The 2009–10 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by

Government of Karnataka The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as GoK or GoKA, formerly known as Government of Mysore (1956–1974), is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka ...

, to felicitate the best of

Kannada Cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar ...

released in the year 2009. The ceremony was held on 15 May 2012.

Lifetime achievement award

Jury

A committee headed by

Dwarakish Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (19 August 1942 – 16 April 2024), known by his stage name Dwarakish ( ), was an Indian actor, comedian and filmmaker who predominantly worked in Kannada cinema in addition to few Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cine ...

was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards.

Film Awards

Other Awards

Controversy

On August 14, 2015 in an unprecedented move, the

is taking back four State film awards conferred on two films. The decision on conferring these awards has been questioned by S. Radha in the

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on the contention that the applications for these awards were accepted after the expiry of the deadline fixed by the government to receive entries. The government, according to sources in the Information Department, is making an all-out effort to “avoid humiliation” and are appealing to the recipients to return the awards. The taken awards are as follows: * Best Story -

Nagathihalli Chandrashekar Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar is an Indian director, actor, screenwriter and a lyricist who predominantly works in Kannada Cinema. He made his film debut as a screenplay writer in ''Kadina Benki'' (1986) which won the National Film Award for Best ...

for ''

Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara ''Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara!'' is a 2009 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar. with Srinagar Kitty and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. Chandrashekhar has brilliantly handled the subject in the film which is lace ...

'' * Best Male Playback Singer - Tippu * Best Music Director -

V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and Producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada films. Harikrishna made his debut as an independent composer in actor Darshan's first ...

* Best Editor - Srinivas P. Babu Above three awards for ''

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References

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