Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film

The Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film is one of the Karnataka State Film Awards presented annually since the awards were instituted for films of 1966–67. The award is given to Kannada films produced in the year.

Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film
State award for contributions to Kannada cinema
Sponsored by	Government of Karnataka
Reward(s)	Silver Medal ₹50,000
First award	1966-67
Final award	2019
Most recent winner	Arghyam
Highlights
Total awarded	54
First winner	Sandhya Raga

The makers of Sandhya Raga (1966) were the first recipients and that of Ondalla Eradalla (2018) the latest.

Awards

All the awardees are awarded with a cash prize of ₹50,000 and a 100-gram silver medal. Award winners include producer and director of the film.^[1]

Winners

Year	Film	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Refs.
1966-67	Sandhya Raga	• A. C. Narasimha Murthy  • A. Prabhakara Rao	• S. K. Bhagavan  • A. C. Narasimha Murthy
1967-68	Bangarada Hoovu	B. A. Arasu Kumar	B. A. Arasu Kumar
1968-69	Mannina Maga	• M. V. Venkatachalam  • Alexander	Geethapriya
1969-70	Mukthi	K. S. Krishnaswamy	N. Lakshminarayan
1969-70	Eradu Mukha	• B. V. Srinivas  • K. S. Prasad  • A. S. Bhakthavathsalam	M. R. Vittal
1970-71	Kula Gourava	N. Veeraswamy	Peketi Sivaram
1971-72	Yaava Janmada Maitri	M. V. Venkatachalam	Geethapriya
1971-72	Sipayi Ramu	Bhagavathi Productions	Y. R. Swamy
1973-74	Abachurina Post Office	N. Lakshminarayan	Pathre C. Vinayak
1974-75	Bhakta Kumbara	Hunsur Krishnamurthy	Anuradha Devi
1975-76	Premada Kanike	V. Somashekar	Jayadevi
1976-77	Kakana Kote	C. R. Simha	M. R. Jayaraj, M. C. Satyanarayana
1977-78	Anuroopa	P. Lankesh	P. Lankesh
1978-79	Parasangada Gendethimma	Maruthi Shivaram	Subramani, Honnayya, A. Shivaram, P. Dorairaj, M. Nagarajan
1979-80	Chandanada Gombe	Dorairaj, S. K. Bhagavan	Bhaktavatsalan, Ramachandra, Dorairaj, S. K. Bhagavan
1980-81	Sangeetha	Chandrashekhara Kambara	Wheel Productions
1981-82	Baadada Hoo	K. V. Jayaram	K. S. Narayan
1982-83	Anveshane	T. S. Nagabharana	Raja, Sarojamma
1983-84	Nodi Swamy Navirodu Heege	Shankar Nag	Shankar Nag
1984-85	Marali Goodige	Balaji	K. R. Shantharam
1985-86	Abhimana	P. N. Srinivas	P. Krishnaraj
1986-87	Madhvacharya	G. V. Iyer	Ananthalakshmi Films
1987-88	Kaadina Benki	Suresh Heblikar	Manasa Arts
1988-89	Sankranthi	N. R. Nanjunde Gowda	K. S. Sachchidanand, Dharmaraj
1989-90	Prathama Ushakirana	Suresh Heblikar	Maanasa Arts
1990-91	Bhujangayyana Dashavathara	Lokesh	Girija Lokesh, Latha, Jayamma
1991-92	Pathitha Pavani
1992-93	Harakeya Kuri	K. S. L. Swamy	B. V. Radha
1993-94	Shhh!	Upendra	Kumar Govind
1994-95	Yarigu Helbedi	Kodlu Ramakrishna	Asha Gunashekar, Padmalatha
1995-96	Beladingala Baale	Sunil Kumar Desai	B. S. Murali
1996-97	Nagareeka	Y. Nanjundappa	Saraswathi Gopal Jois
1997-98	Nodu Baa Nammoora	N. R. Nanjunde Gowda	Chandrashekar, Kripa Shankar, H. C. Srinivas, N. R. Nanjunde Gowda
1998-99	Doni Saagali	Rajendra Singh Babu	H. N. Maruthi, N. M. Madhusudan Gowda
1999-2000	Chandramukhi Pranasakhi	Seetharam Karanth	Prakash Babu
2000-01	Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu	• Jai Jagadish  • Vijayalakshmi Singh  • Dushyanth Singh	S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
2001-02	Neela	Drushti Srushti	T. S. Nagabharana
2002-03	Laali Haadu	Sa. Ra. Govindu	H. Vasu
2003-04	Chandra Chakori	Anitha Kumaraswamy	S. Narayan
2004-05	Gowdru	Sandesh Nagaraj	S. Mahendar
2005-06	Amrithadhare	• Nagathihalli Chandrashekar  • Niveditha Venkatesh  • Shailaja Rao  • Rajashree Ramesh	Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar	[2]
2006–07	Cyanide	• Kenchappa Gowda  • Indumathi	A. M. R. Ramesh
2007–08	Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige	K. Manju	Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
2008-09	Shankara Punyakoti	• Amarnath Hegde  • Srinivas Sooda	G. Murthy
2009–10	Love Guru	Naveen	Prashant Raj
2010–11	Manasa	Anita Rani	Kodlu Ramakrishna	[3]
2011	Allide Nammane Illi Bande Summane	Roopa Saurav	Gopi Peenya
2012	Edegarike	• Syed Aman Bachchan  • M. S. Ravindra	Sumana Kittur
2013	Prakruthi	• S. Lakshmidevi  • V. Ashok Kumar  • Panchakshari	Panchakshari	[4]
2014	Haggada Kone	• Umesh Banakar  • Dayal Padmanabhan	Dayal Padmanabhan	[1]
2015	Mythri	N. S. Rajkumar	B. M. Giriraj	[5]
2016	Antharjala	Harish M. D. Halli	B. Nandakumar	[6]
2017	Paddayi	Nithyananda Pai	Abhaya Simha
2018	Ondalla Eradalla	Umapathy Srinivas	D Satya Prakash	[7]
2019	Arghyam	Y. Srinivas	Y. Srinivas	[8]

See also

• Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film
• Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film