Suvarna Film Awards

The Suvarna Film Awards is an award ceremony for Kannada films presented annually by Star Suvarna Channel, a Kannada-language division of the STAR India, from the south-Indian state of Karnataka. The awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artistic and technical excellence in the Kannada language film industry. Held since 2008,^[1] the awards' sponsors have been made by Ujala and Confident Group.

Suvarna Film Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements for Kannada cinema
Country	India
Presented by	Star Suvarna Channel
First award	2008 - 2013
Website	suvarnafilmawards.tv suvarnafilmawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	Star Suvarna

History and format

The Journey of Suvarna Film Awards had started in the year 2008, in order to appreciate & felicitate the Kannada Film Industry. This is the most prestigious Award given to Kannada Film Fraternities as a token of gratitude to their spectacular and outstanding contribution in the Film Industry.

It has 29 different categories of Awards of which every category of award pertains to their work, on par with excellence in various aspects of Film-making. The selection of nominees is divided into two categories which is Best & Favorite category.

The Best Category nominees are selected by a set of jury members and the Favorite category nominees are selected through the system of voting from all over Karnataka.

Jury Awards

Best Actor

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Male Actor category.

Year	Actor	Film
2013	Darshan	Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna
2012	Sudeep	Vishnuvardhana [2]
2011	Puneeth Rajkumar	Jackie
2010	Jaggesh	Eddelu Manjunatha
2008	Puneeth Rajkumar	Milana

Best Actress

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Female Actor category.

Year	Actor	Film
2013	Priyamani Pooja Gandhi	Chaarulatha Dandupalya
2012	Ramya	Sanju Weds Geetha
2011	Radhika Pandit	Krishnan Love Story
2010	Aindrita Ray	Manasaare
2008	Pooja Gandhi	Krishna

Best Director

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Director category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	A. P. Arjun	Addhuri
2012	Nagashekar	Sanju Weds Geetha
2011	Shashank	Krishnan Love Story
2010	Shivamani	Joshh
2008	Duniya Soori	Duniya

Best Film

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Film category.

Year	Film	Producer
2013	Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna	Anand Appugol (producer) Naganna (director)
2012	Hudugaru	Poornima Enterprises
2011	Jackie	Poornima Enterprises
2010	Joshh	S. V. Babu
2008	Milana

Best Debut Actor

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Debut Male Actor category.

Year	Actor	Film
2013	Dhruva Sarja	Addhuri
2012	Srikanth	Olave Mandara
2011	Sathya	Gundrugoovi
2010	Rakesh Adiga	Jhossh
2008	Prajwal Devaraj	Sixer

Best Debut Actress

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Debut Female Actor category.

Year	Actor	Film
2013	Soundarya Jayamala	Godfather
2012	Deepa Sannidhi	Saarathi
2011	Meghana Raj	Punda
2010	Ragini Dwivedi[3]	Veera Madakari
2008	Rashmi	Duniya

Best Supporting Actor

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Supporting Actor category.

Year	Actor	Film
2013	Tabla Nani	Rambo
2012	Yogesh	Hudugaru
2011	Rangayana Raghu	Modala Sala
2010	Tabla Nani	Eddelu Manjunatha
2008	Rangayana Raghu	Duniya

Best Supporting Actress

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Supporting Actress category.

Year	Actor	Film
2013	Umashree	Bheema Theeradalli
2012	Aindrita Ray	Paramathma
2011	Harshika Poonachha	Jackie
2010	Sumithra	Gokula
2008	Tara	Sri Kaivara Mahatme

Best Actor in Negative Role

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Actor in Negative Role category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Rakesh Adiga	Alemari
2012
2011
2010
2008

Best Actor in Comedy Role

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Role category.

Year	Actor	Film
2013	Sadhu Kokila	Snehitaru
2012
2011	Raju Thalikote	Pancharangi
2010	Raju Thalikote	Manasaare
2008	Ramesh Aravind	Satyavan Savitri

Best Music Director

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Music Director category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	V. Harikrishna	Drama
2012	Jassie Gift	Sanju Weds Geetha
2011	V. Harikrishna	Jackie
2010	V. Harikrishna	Raaj
2008	Mano Murthy	Milana

Best Lyricist

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Lyricist category.

Year	Winner	Song	Film
2013	Kaviraj	"Aalochane Aalaapane"	Romeo
2012
2011	Raghavendra Kamath [4]	"Munjaane Manjalli"	Just Maath Maathalli
2010
2008

Best Male Playback Singer

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer category.

Year	Winner	Song	Film
2013	Vijay Prakash	"Thund Haikla Savasa"	Drama
2012	Chetan Sosca	"Yaarig helona nam"	Lifeu Ishtene
2011	Rajesh Krishnan	"Neen Aadada Maathu"	Krishnan Love Story
2010	Chetan Sosca	"Yaare Nee Devatheya"	Ambaari
2008	Rajesh Krishnan	"Kariya I Love You"	Duniya

Best Female Playback Singer

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer category.

Year	Winner	Song	Film
2013	Vani Harikrishna	"Mussanje Veleli"	Addhuri
2012	Vani Harikrishna	"Hago Heego"	Saarathi
2011	Lakshmi Manmohan	"Hrudayave Bayaside"	Krishnan Love Story
2010	Shamita Malnad	"Madhura Pisumaatige"	Birugaali
2008	Nanditha	"Kariya I Love You"	Duniya

Best Cinematographer

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Cinematographer category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	H. C. Venu	Katari Veera Surasundarangi
2012
2011
2010
2008

Best Editor

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Editor category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Shashikumar (Late)	Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna
2012	N. M. Vishwa	Kempe Gowda [2]
2011
2010
2008

Best Choreographer

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Choreographer category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Harsha	Addhuri
2012	Harsha	Vishnuvardhana [2]
2011
2010
2008

Best Art Director

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Art Director category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Mohan Pandit	Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna
2012
2011
2010
2008

Best Story, Screenplay Writer

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Story, Screenplay Writer category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Keshavaditya	Kraanthiveera Sangolli Raayanna
2012
2011
2010
2008

Best Makeup

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Makeup category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	M. Rajanna	Kalpana
2012
2011
2010
2008

Best Costume Designer

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Costume Designer category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Laxman	Kraanthiveera Sangolli Raayanna
2012
2011
2010
2008

Best Stunt Director

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Stunt Director category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Ravivarma	Kraanthiveera Sangolli Raayanna
2012
2011
2010
2008

Best Dialogue Writer

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Vijay Prasad	Sidlingu
2012
2011
2010
2008

Favorite Awards

Favorite Hero

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Favorite Hero category voted by audience.

Year	Actor	Film
2013	Puneeth Rajkumar	Anna Bond
2012	Darshan	Sarathi
2011	Vishnuvardhan	Aptharakshaka
2010	Sudeep[3]	Veera Madakari
2008	Ganesh	Galipata

Favorite Heroine

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Favorite Heroine category voted by audience.

Year	Actor	Film
2013	Radhika Pandit	Drama
2012	Ramya	Sanju Weds Geetha[5]
2011	Ramya[4]	Just Maath Maathalli
2010	Pooja Gandhi	Gokula
2008	Ramya	N/A

Favorite Director

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Favorite Director category voted by audience.

Year	Director	Film
2013
2012
2011	Upendra	Super
2010
2008

Favorite Film

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Favorite Film category voted by audience.

Year	Film	Producer
2013	Addhuri	C.M.R. Shankar Reddy Keerthi Swamy
2012
2011	Super	Rockline Venkatesh
2010
2008

Favorite Song

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Favorite Song category voted by audience.

Year	Song	Film
2013	"Pyaarge Age Bittaithe"	Govindaya Namaha
2012
2011	"Gaaliye Nodu Baa"	Sanchari
2010
2008

Star Pair of the Year

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Star Pair of the Year category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Not Given	Not Given
2012	Not Given	Not Given
2011	Not Given	Not Given
2010	Srinagar Kitty and Radhika Pandit	Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara
2008	Not Given	Not Given

Special awards

Contribution To Kannada Cinema

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Contribution To Kannada Cinema also called as Lifetime Achievement.

Year	Winner
2013	Srinath
2012	Not Given
2011	Parvathamma Rajkumar
2010	Not Given
2008	Dr. Vishnuvardhan

Entertainer of the year

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Entertainer of the year category.

Year	Winner
2013	Komal (for Govindaaya Namaha)
2012	Not Given
2011	Shivarajkumar
2010	Puneeth Rajkumar
2008	Not Given

Excellence in Kannada cinema

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Excellence in Kannada cinema category.

Year	Winner
2013	Not Given
2012	Not Given
2011	Ambareesh
2010	Not Given
2008	Not Given

Critic Award for Actor

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Critic Award for Actor

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Duniya Vijay	Bheema Theeradalli
2012	Not Given	Not Given
2011	Not Given	Not Given
2010	Not Given	Not Given
2008	Not Given	Not Given

Critic Award for Actress

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Critic Award for Actress

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Ragini Dwivedi	Shiva
2012	Not Given	Not Given
2011	Not Given	Not Given
2010	Not Given	Not Given
2008	Not Given	Not Given

Find of the year

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Find of the Year category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Not Given	Not Given
2012	Not Given	Not Given
2011	Purusotham (director)	Modala Sala
2010	Not Given	Not Given
2008	Not Given	Not Given

Special Award For Performance

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Special Award For Performance category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Not Given	Not Given
2012	Not Given	Not Given
2011	Not Given	Not Given
2010	Not Given	Not Given
2008	Upendra[6]	Anatharu

Mirchi Star of the Year Male

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Mirchi Star of the Year Male category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Yash	Drama
2012	Not Given	Not Given
2011	Not Given	Not Given
2010	Not Given	Not Given
2008	Not Given	Not Given

Mirchi Star of the Year Female

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Mirchi Star of the Year Female category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Deepa Sannidhi	Saarathi
2012	Not Given	Not Given
2011	Not Given	Not Given
2010	Not Given	Not Given
2008	Not Given	Not Given

Glamorous Icon of the Year

The list of winners in Suvarna Film Award for Glamorous Icon of the Year category.

Year	Winner	Film
2013	Parul Yadav	Govindaya Namaha
2012	Not Given	Not Given
2011	Not Given	Not Given
2010	Not Given	Not Given
2008	Not Given	Not Given