Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Male)

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Male) is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language films.

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Male)
State award for contributions to Kannada cinema
Awarded for	Best Performance by Child Artist
Sponsored by	Government of Karnataka
Reward(s)	Silver Medal ₹ 20,000
First award	1973-74
Final award	2017
Most recent winner	Karthik
Highlights
Most wins	Puneeth Rajkumar (2)
Total awarded	37
First winner	G. S. Nataraj

Key

Symbol	Meaning
†	Indicates a joint award for that year

Award winners

The following is a partial list of award winners and the name of the films for which they won.

Year	Winner	Role	Film
2019	Master Preetham[1]		Minchulu
2018	Master Aaron[2]		Ramana Savari
2017	Karthik[3]		Rama Rajya
2016	K. Manohar[4]	Jollu	Railway Children
2015	Likhith Sharma[5]		Ashtavakra
2014	Snehith[6]		Sachin! Tendulkar Alla
2013	Pradhyumna[7]		Kariya Kannbitta
2012	Anil Kumar[8]		Karanika Shishu
2011	Sankalp [9]	Prasad	Prasad
2010-11	Channa Kumar [10]		Ondooralli
2009-10	Chiranjeevi[11]		Ekameva
2008-09	Manoj[12]	Ramu	Nandadeepa
2007-08	Likhith	Gandhi	Naanu Gandhi
2006-07	Revanth[13]		Daatu
2005-06	Kishan[14]	Slum	Care of Footpath
2004-05	Aniruddh[15]	Paapu	Rakshasa
2003-04	Varsha[16]		Amaasa
2002-03	Nitil Krishna[17]		Devara Makkalu
2001-02	Vijay[18]		Yuddha Mattu Swatantrya
2000-01	Rohith Bhat[19]		Mussanje
1999-2000	Manja[19]	Kyatha	Deveeri
1998-99	Sukhesh		Varsharuthu
1996-97	Vinayak Joshi	Deepu	Nammoora Mandara Hoove
1994-95	Anand	Gunda	Thaayi Illada Thavaru
1993-94	Vijay Raghavendra	Muttha	Chinnari Mutha
1991-92	Anand	Ganesha	Gauri Ganesha
1989-90	Dhamarugendra	Kiran	Prathama Ushakirana
1987-88	Jayanth		Dange
1986-87 †	Santhosh	Babu	Tabarana Kathe
1986-87 †	Srivathsa	Child Madhva	Madhvacharya
1984-85	Manjunath	Papu	Parameshi Prema Prasanga
1983-84	Puneeth	• Raja  • Rajakumara	Eradu Nakshatragalu
1982-83	Puneeth	Ramu	Chalisuva Modagalu
1980-81	Sathya Prakash	Ramu	Rama Lakshmana
1978-79	Prakash	Putta	Aparichita
1977-78	Ajith Kumar	Nani	Ghatashraddha
1976-77	• Prasad Tagat  • Bhanu Prakash  • Sathish		Nagarahole
1973-74	G. S. Nataraj	Kitty	Kaadu

See also

• Cinema of Karnataka
• List of Kannada-language films