Awards Arena
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Chandanavan Film Critics Academy has become a platform for Kannada filmmakers to showcase their creativity and receive recognition for their hard work.
Winners
Winners 2024
Winners 2023
Winners 2022
Winners 2021
Winners 2020
Winners 2024
| Best Film | Kaatera |
| Best Director | Tarun Kishore Sudhir (Kaatera) |
| Best Screenplay | Tarun Kishore – Jadesh K (Kaatera) |
| Best Dialogues | Maasti (Kaatera) |
| Best Lead Actor | Ramesh Aravind (Shivaji Surathkal 2) |
| Best Lead Actress | Rukmini Vasanth (Sapta Sagaradache Ello) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ramesh Indira (Sapta Sagaradache Ello) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Shruti (Kaatera) |
| Best Child Artist | Namana (Gowli) |
| Best Music | V. Harikrishna (Kranti) |
| Best BGM | Kadri Manikanth (Viratapura Viraagi) |
| Best Lyrics | Jayanth Kaikini (Kausalya Supraja Rama – Preethisuve) |
| Best Singer Male | Ravindra Soragavi (Viratapura Viraagi – Nodalaagade) |
| Best Singer Female | Sangeeta Katti (Pentagon – Kayo Shiva) |
| Best Cinematography | Advaitha Gurumurthy (Sapta Sagaradache Ello) |
| Best Editing | K M Prakash (Kaiva) |
| Best Art Direction | Dharani Gangeputra (Kaiva) |
| Best Choreography | Bhushan (Kaatera – Pasandagavne) |
| Best Stunt/Action | Vikram Mor (Sapta Sagaradache Ello) |
| Best VFX | Asoo Studios, Mohammed Abdi (Ghost) |
| Best Actor (Debut) – Sanchari Vijay Award | Shishir Baikady (Daredevil Musthafa) |
| Best Actress (Debut) – Tripuramba Award | Aradhana for Kaatera |
| Best Director (Debut) – Shankar Nag Award | Shashank Sogal (Daredevil Musthafa) |
| Best Producer (Debut) – Puneeth Rajkumar Award | Ramya, Swati Mutthina Male Haniye |
| Best Writer (Debut) – Chi Udayshankar Award |
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Winners 2023
| Best Film | Kantara |
| Best Director | Kiranraj K (777 Charlie) |
| Best Screenplay | Darling Krishna (Love Mocktail 2) |
| Best Dialogues | Maasthi (Guru Sishyaru) |
| Best Lead Actor | Rishab Shetty (Kantara) |
| Best Lead Actress | Sharmiela Mandre (Gaalipata 2) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Suchendra Prasad (Wheelchair Romeo) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sudharani (Thurthu Nirgamana) |
| Best Child Artist | Sharvari (777 Charlie) |
| Best Music | Ajaneesh Loknath (Kantara) |
| Best BGM | Anoop Seelin (Monsoon Raaga) |
| Best Lyrics | Shashank (Jagave Neenu Gelathiye – Love 360) |
| Best Singer Male | Mohan V – (Song: Junjappa – Film: Vedha) |
| Best Singer Female | Aishwarya Rangarajan, (Song: Meet Madana – FilmL Ek Love Ya) |
| Best Cinematography | Bhuvan Gowda (KGF 2) |
| Best Editing | Ujwal Kulkarni (KGF2) |
| Best Art Direction | Shiva Kumar – Vikrant Rona |
| Best Choreography | Mohan (Ek Love Ya – Meet Madona ) |
| Best Stunt/Action | Vikram Mor (Kantara) |
| Best VFX | Udaya Ravi Hegde (Unified Media) – KGF Chapter 2 |
| Best Actor (Debut) – Sanchari Vijay Award | Pruthvi Shamanoor (Padavipoorva) |
| Best Actress (Debut) | Yasha Shivakumar (Mansoon Raaga) |
| Best Director (Debut) – Shankar Nag Award | Sridhar Shikaripura – Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage |
| Best Producer (Debut) – Puneeth Rajkumar Award | Pawan Wadeyar (Dollu) |
| Best Writer (Debut) – Chi Udayshankar Award | Sridhar Shikaripura (Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage) |
| Best YouTube Creator of the Year | K S Parameshwara (Kala Madhyama) |
| Best Social Media Entertainer of the Year | Vikas (Vicky Pedia) |
Winners 2022
| Best Film | Dia |
| Best Director | Masore for Act 1978 |
| Best Actor | Dhananjay for Popcorn Monkey Tiger |
| Best Actress | Khushi for Dia |
| Best Supporting Actor | Achyut Kumar for Mayabazaar 2016 |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tara Anuradha for Shivarjuna |
| Best Screenplay | Abhijith Y R and Akash Srivathsa for Shivaji Surathkal |
| Best Child Actor/Actress | Aaradhya N Chandra for Gentleman |
| Best Music Director | Raghu Dixit for Love Mocktail |
| Best Background Music | Ajaneesh Loknath for Dia |
| Best Song Composition | Nagarjuna Sharma and Kinnil Raj for Gentleman |
| Best Male Singer | Sanchit Hegde for “Gentleman” |
| Best Female Singer | Chinmayi Sripada for “Dia” – Soul of Dia |
| Best Cinematography | Shekhar S for Popcorn Monkey Tiger |
| Best Dialogue | Ashok KS for Dia |
| Best Editing | Deepu S Kumar for Popcorn’s Monkey Tiger |
| Best Choreography | A Harsha for “Maya Bazaar” ( Lokamaya Bazaar) |
| Best Action | Jolly Bastin for Popcorn Monkey Tiger |
| Best Art Direction | Guna for Bicchugatti |
| Best VFX | Bhajarangi 2 ( Shibeesh and Elangov) |
| Best Actor (Non-human) | Simba for Nanu Mathu Gunda |
Winners 2021
| Best Film | Puksatte Lifu |
| Best Director | Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishaba Vahana) |
| Best Actor | Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishaba Vahana) |
| Best Actress | Ganavi Lakshman (Hero) |
| Best Screenplay | Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishaba Vahana) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Rangayana Raghu (Badava Rascal) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sparsha Rekha (Badava Rascal) |
| Best Child Actor | Master Mithun (Akshi) |
| Best First Film | Dr. Raghavendra BS (Premam Poojyam) |
| Best Music Director | Arjun Janya (Roberrt) |
| Best BGM | Charan Raj (Salaga) |
| Best Lyricist | Yograj Bhat (Kannu Hodeyaake, Roberrt), Raghavendra Kamath (Kanavarike, Arjun Gowda) |
| Best Singer (Male) | Vasuki Vaibhav (Aagaaga Nenapaagutaale, Badava Rascal) |
| Best Singer (female) | Girija Siddi (Tininga Mininga, Salaga) |
| Best Cinematography | Sudhakar Raj (Roberrt) |
| Best Dialogues | Maasti (Salaga) |
| Best Editing | Praveen Shriyan (Garuda Gamana Vrishaba Vahana) |
| Best Art Direction | Ravi Santehaiklu (Bhajarangi 2) |
| Best Choreography | Bhushan (Roberrt) |
| Best Stunt Choreography | Ravi Verma (Bhajarangi 2) |
| Best VFX | Shibish and Elangov (Bhajarangi 2) |
Winners 2020
| Best Film | Premier Padmini |
| Best Director | Ramesh Indira |
| Best Actor | Jaggesh(Premier Padmini) |
| Best Actress | Aditi Prabhudeva (Ranganayaki) |
| Best Screenplay | Jayathirtha (Bell Bottom) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ananth Nag (Kavaludaari) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Bhagirathi Bai (Missing Boy) Sonu Gowda (I Love U) |
| Best Child Actor | Aishwaraya Upendra (Devaki) |
| Best Music Director | Ajaneesh B (Bell Bottom) |
| Best BGM | Ajaneesh B (Avane Srimanarayana) |
| Best Lyricist | Pramod Maravanthe ( Mundina Nildana) |
Best Singer (Male) | Kadubagere Muniraju (Bell Bottom) |
Best Singer (female) | Aditi Sagar(Kavaludaari) |
| Best Cinematography | Karam Chawla(Avane Srimanarayana) |
| Best Dialogues | Kaviraj (Kalidasa Kannada Mestru) |
| Best Editing | Rajendra Urs (Premier Padmini) |
| Best Art Direction | Ullas (Avane Srimanarayana) |
| Best Choreography | Imran Sardariya (Avane Srimanarayana) |
| Best Stunt Choreography | Avane Srimanarayana |
| Best VFX | Avane Srimanarayana |
Nominees
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2024
| Best Film | Sapta Sagaradache Ello | Daredevil Musthafa | 19.20.21 | Kaatera | Kousalya Supraja Rama |
| Best Director | Jaytheertha –Kaiva | Tharun Kishore Sudhir – Kaatera | Nitin Krishnamurthy – Hostel Hudugaru Bekaagiddare | Manso Re – 19.20.21 | Raj B Shetty – Swathi Mutthina Malehaniye |
| Best Screenplay | Shivaji Surathkal – Akash Srivatsa – Abhijith YR | Kaiva – Jaytheertha | Swathi Mutthina Malehaniye – Raj B Shetty | Dooradarshana – Sukhesh Shetty | Kaatera – Tharun Kishore Sudhir and Jadeshaa K Hampi |
| Best Dialogues | Kaiva – Raghu Niduvalli | Hostel Hudugaru Bekaagiddare – Nithin Krishnamurthy | Kausalya Supraja Rama – Yadunandan | Kaatera – Maasthi | TagaruPalya – Umesh K Kripa |
| Best Lead Actor | Rakshit Shetty – Sapta Sagaradache Ello | Raj B Shetty – Swathi Mutthina Malehaniye | Ramesh Aravind – Shivaji Surathkal | Shrunga BV – 19.20.21 | Darshan – Kaatera |
| Best Lead Actress | Rukmini Vasanth – Sapta Sagaradache Ello | Akshata Pandavapura – Pinki Elli | Milana Nagaraj – Kausalya Supraja Rama | Siri Ravikumar – Swathi Mutthina Malehaniye | Megha Shetty – Kaiva |
| Best Supporting Actor | Poornachandra Mysore – Daredevil Musthafa | Rangayana Raghu – Tagaru Palya | Raghu Shivamogga – Kaiva | Mahadev Hadapad – 19.20.21 | 5. Ramesh Indira – Sapta Sagaradache Ello |
| Best Supporting Actress | Hema Dutt – Totapuri | Shruti – Kaatera | Tara Anuradha – Tagaru Palya | Sudha Belawadi – Kousalya Supraja Rama | MD Pallavi – 19.20.21 |
| Best Child Artist | Ambuja – Akanksha | Shivaji Surathkal 2 – Aaradhya | Gowli – Namana | Toby – Snigdha R Shetty | O Nanna Chethana – Prathick Manjunath |
| Best Music | Sapta Sagaradache Ello – Charan Raj | Kousalya Supraja Rama – Arjun Janya | Tagaru Palya – Vasuki Vaibhav | Kranti – V Harikrishna | Kaiva – Ajaneesh Lokanath |
| Best BGM | Ghost – Arjun Janya | Sapta Sagaradache Ello – Charan Raj | Kaatera – V Harikrishna | Viratapura Viragi – Kadri Manikanth | Hostel Hudugaru Bekaagiddare – B Ajaneesh Lokanath |
| Best Lyrics | Tagaru Palya – Sambanja Andre – Daali Dhananjaya | Sapta Sagradache Ello – Nadhiye – Dhananjay Ranjan | Kousalya Supraja Rama – Preethisuve – Jayanth Kaikini | Raghavendra Stores – Gaalige Gandha – Ghouse Peer | Swathi Mutthina Malehaniye – Mellage – Prithvi |
| Best Singer Male | Nodalaade – Viratapura Viragi – Pandit Ravindra Soragavi | Bombe Bombe – Kranti – Sonu Nigam | Single Sundara – Raghavendra Stores – Vijay Prakash and Naveen Sajju | Nondkobedve – Tagaru Palya – Vasuki Vaibhav | Sapta Sagaradache Ello Title Track – Sapta Sagaradache Ello- Kapil Kapilan |
| Best Singer Female | Kaayo Shiva Kapado Shiva – Pentagon – Sangeeta Katti | 90 Haaku Kittappa – Kousalya Supraja Rama – Aishwarya Rangarajan | Pasandaagavne – Kaatera – Mangli | Chum Chum Chali Chali – Kabzaa – Airaa Udupi | Mellage – Swathi Mutthina Malehaniye – Madhuri Sheshadri |
| Best Cinematography | Sapta Sagaradache Ello (Side B) – Advaitha Gurumurthy | Hostel Hudugaru Bekaagiddare – Aravind Kashyap | Swati Mutthina Malehaniye – Praveen Shriyan | Ghost – Mahendra Simha | Kaatera – Sudhakar S Raj |
| Best Editing | Hostel Hudugaru Bekaagiddare – Suresh M | Ghost – Deepu S Kumar | Shivaji Surathkal 2– Akash Srivatsa | Kaatera – K M Prakash | Kaiva – K M Prakash |
| Best Art Direction | Kabzaa – Shivakumar J | Sapta Sagaradaache Ello (A&B) – Ullas Hydur | Kaatera – Guna | Ghost – Mohan B Kere | Kaiva – Dharani Gangeputra |
| Best Choreography | Pushpavathi – Kranti – Ganesh | Pasandagavne – Kaatera – Bhushan | Bad Manners – Bad Manners – B Dhananjay | 90 Haaku Kittappa – Kousalya Supraja Rama – Kalai | Chumu Chumu – Kabzaa – Jani Master |
| Best Stunt/Action | Sapta Sagaradache Ello (Side B) – Chethan Dsouza, Vikram More | Gurudev Hoysala – Dhilip Subbarayan, Arjun Raj | Kabzaa – Ravi Varma, Vikram More | Kaiva – Arjun Raj, Different Danny | Kaatera – Ram-Laxman |
| Best VFX | Sapta Sagaradaache Ello (A&B) – Pinaka Studios – Rahul V Gopalkrishnan | Kabzaa – Unifi Media | Gurudev Hoysala – Digital Turbo Media, Kusa | Kaatera – Gagan Ajai | Ghost – Asoo Studios (Tehran), Mohammad Abdi |
| Best Actor (Debut) – Sanchari Vijay Award | Shishir Baikadi (Daredevil Musthafa) | Rajesh Dhruva (Sri Balaji Photo Studio) | Shivanna Beeruhundi (Doddahatti Bore Gowda) | Kiran Narayan (Snehashri) | Sarthak (South Indian Hero) |
| Best Actress (Debut) | Aradhanaa Ram (Kaatera) | Nireeksha Rao (Rajayoga) | Amrutha Prem (Tagaru Palya) | Chaitra HG (Maavu Bevu) | Pritika Deshpande (Pentagon) |
| Best Director (Debut) – Shankar Nag Award | Sindhu Srinivasamurthy (Achar & Co) | Nitin Krishnamurthy (Hostel Hudugaru Bekaagiddare) | Shashank Shogal (Daredevil Musthafa) | Devendra Badiger (Rudri) | Umesh Krupa (Tagaru Palya) |
| Best Producer (Debut) – Puneeth Rajkumar Award | Swati Mutthina Male Haniye (Ramya – AppleBox Studios) | Hostel Hudugaru Bekaagiddare (Varun Studios) | Daredevil Musthafa (Cinema Mara) | South Indian Hero (Shilpa LS – Riyanshi Films) | Mandala (Ajay Sarpeshkar) |
| Best Writer (Debut) – Chi Udayshankar Award | Ramenahalli Jagannath (Hondisi Bareyiri) | Nitin Krishnamurthy (Hostel Hudugaru Bekaagiddare) | Sindhu Srinivasmurthy (Achar & Co) | Umesh Krupa (Tagaru Palya) | Mandala (Ajay Sarpeshkar) |
2023
| Best Film | Kantara | KGF 2 | Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage | 777 Charlie | Wheelchair Romeo |
| Best Director | Prashant Neel (KGF 2) | Rishab Shetty (Kantara | Kiranraj K (777 Charlie) | Anup Bhandari (Vikrant Rona) | Jadesh Hampi (Guru Sishyaru) |
| Best Screenplay | Kantara (Rishab Shetty) | 777 Charlie (Kiranraj K) | Shridhar Shikharipura (Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage) | Darling Krishna (Love Mocktail 2) | KGF 2 (Prashant Neel) |
| Best Dialogues | Guru Shisyaru (Maasthi) | Vedha (Raghu Niduvali) | Wheel Chair Romeo (Nataraj G) | 777 Charlie (Kiran K, Raj B Shetty, Abijith Mahesh) | Kantara (Rishab Shetty) |
| Best Lead Actor | Rishab Shetty (Kantara) | Yash (KGF 2) | Achuth Kumar (Monsoon Raaga) | Rakshith Shetty (777 Charlie) | Ram Chetan (Wheelchair Romeo) |
| Best Lead Actress | Sapthami Gowda (Kantara) | Sobal Monteiro (Banaras) | Ashika Ranganath (Raymo) | Sharmila Mandre (Gaalipata 2) | Aishani Shetty (Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kishore (Kantara) | Diganth (Gaalipata 2) | Dattanna (Guru Shishyaru) | Gopal Krishna Deshpande (10) | Suchendra Prasad (Wheelchair Romeo) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Umashree (Vedha) | Hema Dutta (Thotapuri) | Suhasini (Monsoon Raaga) | Rachitha Ram (Monsoon Raaga) | Sudharani (Thurthu Nirgamana) |
| Best Child Artist | Hruday Sharan (Guru Sishyaru) | Mahendra Prasad (Jordan) | Praanya M Rao (Jamaligudda) | Sharvari (777 Charlie) | Ekanth Prem (Guru Sishyaru) |
| Best Music | Ajaneesh Loknath (Kantara) | Arjun Janya (Gaalipata 2) | Nobin Paul (777 Charlie) | Anoop Seelin (Monsoon Raaga) | Ajaneesh Loknath (Banaras) |
| Best BGM | Ravi Basrur (KGF 2) | Anoop Seelin (Mansoon Raaga) | Ajaneesh Lokanath (Vikranth Rona) | Ajaneesh Lokanath (Kantara) | Arjun Janya (Padavipoorva) |
| Best Lyrics | Trilok Trivikrama (Karmada Kallanu Edavida – Kantara) | Yograj Bhat (Prayashaha – Gaalipata 2) | Shashank (Jagave Neenu Gelathiye – Love 360) | V Nagendra Prasad (Belakina Kavithe – Banaras) | Raghavendra Kamat (Love Mocktail 2) |
| Best Singer Male | Vijay Prakash (Singara Siriye – Kantara) | Sid Sriram (Jagave Neenu – Love 360) | Mohan V – (Junjappa – Vedha) | Sanjith Hegde (Belakina Kavite – Banaras) | Sai Vignesh (Varaha Roopam – Kantara) |
| Best Singer Female | Ankita Kundu (Naa Ninage Kavalugaara- James) | Aishwarya Rangarajan, (Meet Madana – Ek Love Ya) | Mangli (Yavano Ivanu Gillakko) | Ananya Bhat (Kantara) | Sunidhi Chauhan (Ekka Sakka – Vikrant Rona) |
| Best Cinematography | William David (Vikrant Rona) | Arvind Kashyap (Charlie and Kantara) | Vishwajith Rao (Khasagi Putagalu) | Karam Chawla (10) | Bhuvan Gowda (KGF 2) |
| Best Editing | Ujwal Kulkarni (KGF2) | Prateek Shetty (Kantara) | Sri Crazy Minds (Love Mocktail-2) | K M Prakash (Guru Sishyaru) | Prateek Shetty (777 Charlie) |
| Best Art Direction | Shiva Kumar – Vikrant Rona | Shivakumar J – KGF Chapter 2 | Ravi Santhehaklu – Vedha | Dharani – Kantara | Guna – Monsoon Raaga |
| Best Choreography | Jaani Master – Ra Ra Rakamma – Vikrant Rona | Murali – Rama Rama – Dil Pasand | Imran Sardariya – Raymo Faymo – Raymo | Veda – Junjappa – Harsha A | Ek Love Ya – Meet Madona – Mohan |
| Best Stunt/Action | Vikram Mor (Kantara) | Anbariv (KGF-2) | Vijay (Vikrant Rona) | Vedha ( Dr Ravi Varma, Chetan Dsouza, Arjun Raj, Vikram Mor) | Head Bush ( Vinod, Chetan Dsouza) |
| Best VFX | Vikrant Rona – Nirmal Kumar – Radiance | KGF 2 – Udayravi Hegde – Unifi Media | Thurthu Nirgamana – Nitin Anand, Indrajith Unni Pulliath – Sutra and I-VFX | 777 Charlie – Rahul V Gopalakrishna – Pinaka Studios | Vedha – Jupiter – Elango, Subeesh |
| Best Actor (Debut) – Sanchari Vijay Award | Zaid Khan (Banaras) | Raana (Ek Luv Ya) | Karthick Mahesh (Dollu) | Pruthvi Shamanoor (Padavipoorva) | Rohit Sridhar (Vasanthi Nalidaga) |
| Best Actress (Debut) | Reshma Naniah (Ek Love Ya) | Rachel David (Love Mocktail 2) | Shwetha Leonilla D’souza (Khasagi Putagalu) | Yasha Shivakumar (Padavipurva/Mansoon Raaga) | Anjali Anish (Padavipurva) |
| Best Director (Debut) – Shankar Nag Award | Karm Chawla – 10 | Sridhar Shikaripura – Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage | Sagar Puranik – Dollu | Nataraj G – Wheelchair Romeo | Shashidhar K – Sugarless |
| Best Producer (Debut) – Puneeth Rajkumar Award | Pawan Wadeyar (Dollu) | Omkar Arya (Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage) | Manju V Raj (Khasagi Putagalu) | Abhilash Shetty (Koli Taal) | Geetha Pictures (Vedha) |
| Best Writer (Debut) – Chi Udayshankar Award | Dollu (Sagar Puranik and Shreenidhi D S) | Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage (Sridhar Shikaripura) | Kamblihulla (Naveen Srinivas) | Kasagi Putagalu (Santhosh Srikantappa) | Window Seat (Sheetal Shetty) |
| Best YouTube Creator of the Year | Dr Bro | Ram Mahabala | Kala Madhyama | Sandeep (Tech in Kannada) | Flying Passport |
| Best Social Media Entertainer of the Year | Vine Store Raghu | Pavan Venegopal | Sonu Venugopal | Udaal Pavvya | Vicky Pedia |
2022
| Best Film | Badava Rascal | Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana | Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa | Ratnan Prapancha | Salaga |
| Best Director | Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana) | Arvind Kuplikar (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa) | Tharun Sudhir (Roberrt) | B M Giriraj (Kannadiga) | Duniya Vijay (Salaga) |
| Best Actor | Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana) | Dhananjay (Badava Rascal) | Sanchari Vijay (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa) | V. Ravichandran (Drushya 2) | Dhananjay (Ratnan Prapancha) |
| Best Actress | Rachitha Ram (Love You Rachchu) | Amrutha Iyengar (Badava Rascal) | Ghanavi Lakshman (Hero) | Nishvika Naidu (Sakkath) | Ashika Ranganath (Madhagaja) |
| Best Screenplay | Arvind Kuplikar (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa) | Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana) | Tharun Sudhir (Roberrt) | Duniya Vijay, Maasthi Upparahalli (Salag) | Rohit Padaki (Ratnan Prapancha) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Pramod (Ratnan Prapancha) | Rangayana Raghu (Badava Rascal) | Achyuth Kumar (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa) | Gopalkrishna Deshpande (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana) | Sampath Kumar (Drishya 2) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sparsha Rekha (Badava Rascal) | Umashree (Ratnan Prapancha) | Thara (Badava Rascal) | Shruthi (Bhajarangi 2) | Ester Naronha (Lanke) |
| Best Child Actor | Johnson D’Souza (Roberrt) | Aadya (Kotigobba 3) | Pranya P Rao (Rider) | Master Mithun (Akshi) | Param Swamy (Mohan Das) |
| Best Music Director | Charan Raj (Salaga) | Arjun Janya (Roberrt) | Mithun Mukundan (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana) | Vasuki Vaibhav (Badava Rascal) | Manikanth Kadri (Love You Rachchu) |
| Best BGM | Mithun Mukundan (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana) | Poornachandra Tejaswi (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa) | Arjun Janya (Bhajarangi 2) | Charan Raj (Salaga) | V. Harikrishna (Roberrt) |
| Best Lyricist | Yogaraj Bhatt (Kannu hodiyake, Robert) | K. Kalyan (Nee sigovarege, Bhajarangi 2) | Raghavendra Kamath (Kanavarije, Arjun Gowda) | Santoshh Ananddram (Pathashala, Yuvarathna) | Dhananjay (Giniye, Badava Rascal) |
| Best Singer (Male) | Vasuki Vaibhav (Agaga Nenapaguttide, Badava Rascal) | Vijay Prakash (Nenapina Hudugiye, Hero) | Sancjith Hegde (Keeli Kotta Gombe, Ratnam World) | Sid Sriram (Hayagide, Tom and Jerry) | Vijay Prakash (Udupi hotel, Badava Rascal) |
| Best Singer (female) | Chaitra Acharya (Sojigada, Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana) | Shreya Ghoshal (Nee Nadena, Yuvaratne) | Girija Siddi (Tining Mining, Salga) | Aishwarya Rangarajan (Baby Dance, Roberrt) | Anuradha Bhatt (Pataki Porio, Kotigobba 3) |
| Best Cinematography | Preetha Jayaraman (Badava Rascal) | Sudhakar Raj (Roberrt) | Swamy Gowda (Bhajarangi 2) | Praveen Shriyan (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana) | Advaita Gurumurthy (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa) |
| Best Dialogues | Santosh Ananddram (Yuvarathna) | Suman Jadugar and Praveen Kumar (Ninna Sanihake) | Masthi (Salaga) | Rohit Padaki (Ratnan Prapancha) | Shankar Guru (Badava Rascal) |
| Best Editing | Suresh Armugam (Puksatte Lifu Pursotte Illa) | Prateek Shetty (Hero) | K.M. Prakash (Rider) | Praveen Shriyan (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana) | Deepu S Kumar (Salaga) |
| Best Art Direction | Mohan B Kere (Pogaru) | Mohan B Kere (Roberrt) | Ravi Santhehaiklu (Bhajarangi 2) | Rajesh Sajipa and Vikram Devadiga (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana) | Mohan B Kere (Rider) |
| Best Choreography | Bhushan (Baby Dance, Robert) | Murali ( Karabu, Pogaru) | A. Harsha (Bhajarangi 2) | Johnny Master (Feel the Power, Yuvarathna) | Bhushan (Dava Davaa, Rider) |
| Best Stunt Choreography | Different Danny (Kaliveera) | Ravi Verma (Bhajarangi 2) | Vikram (Hero) | Rama Lakshmana (Roberrt) | Vinod (Salaga) |
| Best VFX | Hero | Bhajarangi 2 | Poguru | 100 | Roberrt |
2021
| Best Film | Act 1978 | Dia | Gentleman | Love Mocktail | Naanu Mattu Gunda |
| Best Director | Ashok KS (Dia) | Darling Krishna (Love Mocktail) | Radhakrishna Reddy (Mayabazaar 2016) | Mansore (Act 1978) | Srinivas Thimmaiah (Naanu Mattu Gunda) |
| Best Actor | Dhananjaya (Popcorn Monkey Tiger) | Darling Krishna ( LoveMocktail ) | Prajwal Devaraj (Gentleman) | Pruthvi Ambar (Dia) | Ramesh Aravind (ShivajiSurathkal) |
| Best Actress | HariPrriya (Bichchugatti) | kushee Ravi (Dia) | Milana Nagaraj (Love Mocktail) | Mayuri (Mounam) | Yagna Shetty (ACT1978) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sanchari Vijay (Gentleman) | Vasishta Simhaa ( Mayabazaar 2016) | Achyuth Kumar (Bheemasena Nalamaharaja) | Dikshit Shetty (Dia) | Vijay Chendur (Bheemasena Nalamaharaja) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tara ( Shivarjuna) | Pavithra Lokesh (Dia) | Sparsha Rekha ( Popcorn Monkey Tiger) | Kushi Acharya (Love Mocktail) | Amrutha Iyengar (Love Mocktail) |
| Best Screenplay | Act 1978 (Mansore) | Love Mocktail (Darling Krishnaa) | Jadesh Kumar (Gentleman) | Akash Srivatsa (Shivaji Surathkal) | Ashoka KS (Dia ) |
| Best Child Actor/Actress | Aadya Udupi (Bheemasena Nalamaharaja) | Dhanush Pranav (Love Mocktail) | Aaron (Ramana Savari) | Aashik Arya (Saguta Doora Doora) | Aradhya N Chandra (Gentleman) |
| Best Music Director | Raghu Dixit (Love Mocktail) | Udit Haritas (Arishadvarga) | Charan Raj (Popcorn Monkey Tiger) | Ajaneesh B (Gentleman) | Ajaneesh B (Dia) |
| Best Background Music | Ajaneesh B (Dia) | Charan Raj (Popcorn Monkey Tiger) | Gummineni Vijay (Kaanadante Maayavadanu) | Udit Haritas (Arishadvarga) | Manikanth Kadri (Saaguva Doora Doora) |
| Best Lyrics | Dhananjay Ranjan (Dia) | Jayanth Kaikini (Act 1978) | Nagarjun Sharma and Kinnal Raj (Gentleman) | Raghavendra Kamath (Love Mocktail ) | Vasuki Vaibhav (French Biriyani) |
| Best Male Singer | Nakul Abhyankar (Love Mocktail) | Raghu Dixit (Love Mocktail) | SP Balasubrahmanyam (Mayabazaar 2016) Sanjith Hegde (Gentleman) | Vijay Prakash (Gentleman) | |
| Best Female Singer | Shruthi VS (Love Mocktail) | Chinmayi (Dia) | Aditi Sagar (French Biriyani) | Anuradha Bhat (Bicchugatti) | C R Bobby (Gentleman) |
| Best Cinematography | Balaji Manohar (Arishadvarga) | Aaror Sudhakar Shetty (Gentleman) | Uday Leela (Malgudi Days) | Sri Crazymindz (Love Mocktail) | Shekar S (Popcorn Monkey Tiger) |
| Best Dialogue | Dia (Ashoka KS) | Act 1978 (Mansore) | Love Mocktail (Darling Krishnaa) | Naanu Mattu Gunda (Sharath Chakravarthi) | Bichchugatti (BL Venu) |
| Best Editing | Deepu S Kumar (Popcorn Monkey Tiger) | Sri Crazymindz (Love Mocktail) | Naveen Raj (Dia) | Akash Srivatsa (Shivaji Surathkal) | Nagendra K Ujjani (Act 1978) |
| Best Choreography | Mohan (Prathiyoba- Khakhi) | Mohan ( Sriramane Jagada- Drona) | B Dhananjaya (Bengaluru Song- French Biriyani) | A Harsha (Loka Maya Bazaar) | Murali (Hakuna Matata – Shivarjuna) |
| Best Action | Gentleman (Different Dany and Vinod) | Shivarjuna ( Ravi Varma) | Kaanadante Mayavadanu (Vinod) | Bichchugatti (Ravi Varma) | Popcorn Monkey Tiger (Jolly Bastian ) |
| Best Art Direction | Pogaru (Mohan B Kere) | Roberrt (Mohan B Kere) | Bhajarangi 2 (Ravi Santehaiklu) | GGVV (Rajesh S and Vikram Devadiga) | Rider (Mohan B Kere) |
| Best VFX | Bichchugatti | Dia | Kaanadante Mayavadanu | Mane Number 13 | Shivaji Surathkal |
2020
| Best Film | Gantumoote | Bell Bottom | Premier Padmini | Chambal | Kavaludaari |
| Best Director | Gantumoote (Roopa Rao) | Bell Bottom (Jayatheertha) | Premier Padmini ( Ramesh Indira) | Chambal (Jacob Varhghese) | Kavaludaari ( Hemanth Rao) |
| Best Actor | Jaggesh (Premier Padmini) | Ganesh ( Geetha ) | Rishab Shetty (Bell Bottom) | Rishi (Kavaludaari) | Neenasam Sathish (Chambal) |
| Best Actress | HariPrriya (Bell Bottom) | Aditi Prabhudeva (Ranganayaki) | Shanvi Srivatsav (Avane Srimanarayana) | Teju Belawadi (Gantumoote) | Rachitha Ram (Ayushmanbhava) |
| Best Screenplay | Bell Bottom | Geetha | Premier Padmini | Kavaludaari | I Love U |
| Best Supporting Actor | Pramod (Premier Padmini) | Ananth Nag ( Kavaludaari) | Achyuth Kumar (Kavaludaari) | P Ravishankar (Kurukshetra) | Sujay Shastri (Bell Bottom) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ananya Kashyap (Mundina Nildana) | Sonu Gowda (I love U) | Bagirathi Bai (Missing Boy) | Tara (Adi Lakshmi Purana) | Hitha Chandrashekhar (Premier Padmini) |
| Best Child Actor | Aishwarya ( Devaki) | Ashlesh Raj (Girmit) | Anoop (Devaru Bekagidare) | Shlaga Saligrama (Girmit) | Vamshi (Pailwan) |
| Best Music Director | Ajaneesh B (Bell Bottom) | Ajaneesh B (Padehulli) | Charan Raj (Kavaludaari) | Arjun Janya (Pailwan) | Harikrishna (Yajamana) |
| Best BGM | Poornachandra Tejaswi (Chambal) | Ajaneesh B (Padehulli) | Charan Raj (Kavaludaari) | Arjun Janya (Pailwan) | Harikrishna (Kurukshetra) |
| Best Lyricist | Yograj Bhat (Bell Bottom) | Kiran Kaverappa (Mundina Nildana) | Kavi Raj (Amar) | V Nagendra Prasad (Kavacha) | Vasuki Vaibhav (Mundina Nildhana) |
| Best Singer (Male) | Kadubagere Muniraju (Bell Bottom) | Suraj Santhosh & Varun Sunil (Mundina Nildana) | Sanjith Hegde (Amar) | Vijay Prakash (Bell Bottom) | Vijay Prakash (Avane Srimanarayana) |
| Best Singer (Female) | Shreya Ghoshal (Kiss) | Shreya Jaydeep (Kavacha) | Anuradha Bhat (Kurukshetra) | Vandana Srinivas (Natasarvabhouma) | Aditi Sagar (Kavaludaari) |
| Best Cinematography | Karam Chawla (Avane Srimanarayana) | Advaith Gurumurthy (Kavalidaari) | Shrish Kudivali (Geeta) | Sahadev Kelvadi (Gantumoote) | H C Venu (Devaki) |
| Best Dialogues | Kempegowda 2 (Arya) | Ramesh Indira (Premier Padmini) | Kaviraj (Kalidasa Kannada Mestru) | Vijay Nagendra (Geetha) | Roopa Rao (Gantu Moote) |
| Best Editing | Pradeep Nayak (Gantumoote) | Arjun (Bramachari) | Jagadhish (Kavaludaari) | Rajendra Urs (Premier Padmini) | Sathish Chandraya (Nanna Prakara) |
| Best Art Direction | Shiva Kumar (Premier Padmini) | Ullas (Avane Srimanarayana) | Hosmane Murthy (Panchatantra) | Karthik Basrur (Girmit) | Mallikarjun Mathighatta(Sujidaara) |
| Best Choreography | Bhushan (Natasarvabhouma) | Ganesh Swamy ( Yajamana) | Imran Saradariya (Avane Srimanarayana) | A Harsha (Sitharama Kakyana) | Johny Master (Natasaravabhouma) |
| Best Stunt Choreography | Avane Srimanarayana | Rustum | Kurukshetra | Pailwan | Yajamana |
| Best VFX | Avane Srimanarayana | Ayushmanbhava | Bazaar | Geetha | Pailwan |