action king arjun has won the karnataka state award for the year 2012 thanks to his performance in the movie prasad opposite madhuri bhattacharya the actor is quite elated at this feat prasad was directed by manoj sathi and had music by none other than maestro ilaiyaraaja the composer had even flown down to bangalore for the audio launch the film released in march 2012 and was selected for screening at the prestigious berlin film festival arjun later went on to films like mankatha and kadal the actors performance in both the films earned him praises and mankatha even went on to be become a