2014 Karnataka State Film Awards
# 2014 Karnataka State Film Awards

The Karnataka State Film Awards 2014, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2014.

## Lifetime achievement award

| Name of Award | Awardee(s) | Awarded As |
| - | - | - |
| • Dr. Rajkumar Award • Puttanna Kanagal Award • Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award | • Basant Kumar Patil • Baraguru Ramachandrappa • Suresh Urs | • Producer • Director • Editor |

## Jury

A committee headed by K. Shivarudraiah was appointed to evaluate the awards. He said that the committee watched 73 films watched in 45 days before shortlisting 12 for a "re-watch in the second round".

## Film Awards

| Name of Award | Film | Producer | Director |
| - | - | - | - |
| First Best Film | Harivu | Avinash U. Shetty | Manjunath S. Reddy |
| Second Best Film | Abhimanyu | Arjun Sarja | Arjun Sarja |
| Third Best Film | Haggada Kone | • Dayal Padmanabhan • Umesh Banakar | Dayal Padmanabhan |
| Best Film Of Social Concern | Brahmashri Narayana Guruswamy | | |
| Best Children Film | Baanaadi | Dhruthi Nagaraj | Nagaraj Kote |
| Best Regional Film | Vishada Male (Tulu language) | | |
| Best Entertaining Film | Gajakesari | • Jayanna • Bhogendra | S. Krishna |
| Best Debut Film Of Newcomer Director | Ulidavaru Kandanthe | • Hemanth • Simple Suni • Abhi | Rakshit Shetty |

## Other Awards

| Name of Award | Film | Awardee(s) |
| - | - | - |
| Best Direction | Harivu | Manjunath S. Reddy |
| Best Actor | Naanu Avanalla...Avalu | Sanchari Vijay |
| Best Actress | Vidaaya | Lakshmi Gopalaswamy |
| Best Supporting Actor | Nayakanahatti Sri Tipperudraswamy Mahatme | Arun Devasya |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kaudi | B. Jayashree |
| Best Child Actor | Sachin! Tendulkar Alla | Snehith |
| Best Child Actress | Aata Paata | Lahari |
| Best Music Direction | Ulidavaru Kandanthe | B. Ajaneesh Loknath |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Gajakesari ("Saahore Saahore") | Chintan Vikas |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Sachin! Tendulkar Alla ("Kanne Illada Mele") | Vidya Mohan |
| Best Cinematography | Rhaatee | Satya Hegde |
| Best Editing | Ugramm | Srikanth |
| Best Lyrics | Kaudi ("Belaka Battaleyolage") | Hulikunte Murthy |
| Best Art Direction | 143 Nooranalavathmooru | Chandrakantha |
| Best Story Writer | Naanu Avanalla...Avalu | Living Smile Vidya |
| Best Screenplay | Vidaaya | P. Sheshadri |
| Best Dialogue Writer | Thippaji Circle | B. L. Venu |
| Jury's Special Award | Jyothi Alias Kothiraj | Jyothiraj (For Stunts) |
