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page 1Karnataka State Film Award winners

Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar
Kannada actor (1975–2021)
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Indian playback singer (1946–2020)

Girish Karnad
Indian playwright, theatre personality (1938–2019)
Yaragudipati Venkata Mahalakshmi
Indian actress
Dr. Rajkumar
Indian Kannada film actor, singer (1929–2006)
K. S. Chithra
Indian playback singer
K. J. Yesudas
Indian playback singer and musician from Kerala.
Shiva Rajkumar
Kannada film actor

Sudeepa
Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer and television presenter, who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He has also worked in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. He is one of the highest paid actors of Kannada films and also featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2013. He has received several awards including four Filmfare awards, two Karnataka State Film Awards and one Nandi Award.
Arundathi Nag
Indian actress, theatre personality
M. Balamuralikrishna
Indian Carnatic vocalist
Chandrashekhara Kambara
Indian writer
Soundarya
Sowmya Sathyanarayana (18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004), better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress known for her works primarily in Telugu cinema. She was regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Telugu cinema. She also acted in a few Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films. She has received three Nandi Awards, three Karnataka State Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards South. In 2002, she received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film as a producer for the Kannada film Dweepa.
Radhika Pandit
Indian actress (born 1984)
Arjun Sarja
Indian actor
Salil Chowdhury
Indian composer, poet and playwright (1925–1995)
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
Indian actress
Balu Mahendra
Sri Lankan born Indian film director (1939–2014)
Pandari Bai
Indian actress (1928–2003)
Tara
Indian film actress
Vishnuvardhan
Indian actor (1950–2009)
Umashree
Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She appears in Kannada cinema, particularly in character roles and supporting roles. She received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Gulabi in the 2008 Kannada film Gulabi Talkies.
Anu Prabhakar
Indian Kannada actress
Ramya
Indian actress
Anant Nag
Indian actor, politician (born 1948)
Aarathi
Aarathi (born as Bharathi in 1954) is a former Indian actress and director who prominently worked in Kannada films during the 1970s and 1980s. Her accolades include four Karnataka State Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. Aarathi has also appeared in a few Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.
Sruthi Hariharan
Indian actress
Meghana Raj
Indian actress
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan
Indian actress
Shruti
Indian actress
Geetha
Indian actress
Anushree
Indian actress
Radhika Kumaraswamy
Indian actress and film producer

Sudha Rani
Indian actress
Anuradha Sriram
Indian musician
Leelavathi
Indian actress (1937-1923)
B. Jayashree
Indian actress, singer, theatre personality
Chippy
Indian actress
Bhavana
Kannada Actress and Politician
Saritha
Saritha is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 150 films and provided voice for many actress for more than 200 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. She was one of the popular and critically acclaimed lead actresses during the 1980s.
Jayanthi
Indian actress (1945–2021)
Harshika Poonacha
Indian actress
Darshan Thoogudeepa
Indian film actor, producer and distributor
Vinaya Prasad
Indian actress
B. V. Karanth
Indian theatre personality, film director (1929–2002)

Bhargavi Narayan
Indian film actress

Rakshit Shetty
Rakshit Shetty is an Indian actor and filmmaker working predominantly in Kannada cinema. He is the recipient of a National Film Award, three Filmfare Awards South, four Karnataka State Film Awards and five SIIMA Awards.
Charuhasan
Charuhasan Srinivasan (born 5 January 1931) is an Indian actor, director and retired lawyer who has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor for the Kannada film Tabarana Kathe (1987). Charuhasan is the elder brother of veteran actor Kamal Haasan and father of Indian actress Suhasini.

Prema
Indian actress
Kalpana (Kannada actress)
Indian actress
Jayamala
Jayamala (born 28 February 1959) is an Indian actress and politician. She served as the Minister for Women and Child Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens in the Government of Karnataka, by virtue of being a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council. She served as the female president of the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce between 2008 and 2010. Her popular Kannada films include Premada Kanike, Shankar Guru, Antha and Chandi Chamundi among several others. She has produced and acted in the award-winning Thaayi Saheba.
Neethu
Neethu, also known as Neethu Shetty, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Kannada-language films and a few Tulu and Malayalam films. She won acclaim and praise for movies like Joke Falls (2004), Beru (2005), Photographer (2006), Koti Chennaya (2007), Gaalipata (2008), Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro (2009) and many others.
V. Ravichandran
actor, director, producer, music director, stunt director, editor and lyricist
Sanchari Vijay
Indian actor (1983-2021)
Shamili
Shamlee (born 10 July 1987) is an Indian former actress who has worked in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam films. Her roles include the mentally challenged child Anjali in the 1990 Tamil-language film Anjali, for which she won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist, and a child trapped inside a bore-well in the Malayalam-language film Malootty, which won her a Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist. She has also won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Child Actor for her performance in her Kannada debut Mathe Haditu Kogile.
Nandini Bhaktavatsala
Indian actress
B. Jaya
Indian actress
Kishore Kumar
Indian actor
Vijay Raghavendra
Kannada actor

Vijay Prakash
singer, performer