Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award

The Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award, instituted in 2011 for the 2008–09 Karnataka State Film Awards is an award given by the government of Karnataka to long-serving film personalities in Kannada cinema. The award previously called Lifetime Contribution to Kannada Cinema Award, was named Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award in honour of Vishnuvardhan, one of Kannada cinema's actors, after his demise in 2009.^[1] The award carries a purse of ₹200,000 and a gold-plated plaque.^[2]

Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award
State award for contributions to Kannada cinema
Awarded for	Contribution to Kannada Cinema.
Sponsored by	Government of Karnataka
Reward(s)	Gold Medal ₹ 2,00,000
First awarded	1999–2000
Last awarded	2018
Most recent winner	B. S. Basavaraju
Highlights
Total awarded	22
First winner	S. P. Varadappa

Recipients

Year	Recipient	Notes	Ref
1999–2000	S. P. Varadappa	Film producer	[3]
2000–01	T. S. Narasimhan	Film and TV series producer	[3]
2001–02	Rajanand	Actor	[4]
2002–03	S. K. Karim Khan	Lyricist	[5]
2003–04	Kuppuswamy Naidu	Film producer	[6]
2004–05	Vajramuni	Actor	[7]
	Chandulal Jain	Film Producer
2005–06	S. Ramachandra	Cinematographer	[8]
2006–07	Dwarakish	Actor, film director, producer	[9]
2007–08	Parvathamma Rajkumar	Film producer	[10]
2008–09	A. R. Raju (Ajantha Raju)	Film producer	[11]
	R. N. K. Prasad	Cinematographer
2009–10	S. D. Ankalagi	Film producer; produced the first CinemaScope film in Kannada	[12]
2010–11	Ambareesh	Actor	[13]
2011	Anant Nag	Actor	[14]
2012	Rajesh	Actor	[15]
2013	K. V. Gupta	Film producer and distributor	[16]
2014	Suresh Urs	Film editor
2015	Rajan	Composer	[17]
2016	K. Chinnappa	Poster artist	[18]
2017	G. N. Lakshmipathy	Film producer	[19]
2018	B. S. Basavaraju	Cinematographer	[20]

See also

• Karnataka State Film Awards

References

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10. "'Gulabi Talkies' is first best film". The Hindu. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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12. "State Film Awards conferred". The Hindu. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
13. "Ambareesh chosen for Vishnuvardhan award". The Times of India. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
14. "Karnataka State Film Awards 2010-11 winners". The Times of India. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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16. "2013 State Awards Announced - Complete List". chitraloka.com. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
17. "Kannada actress Harini, 79, to be honoured with Rajkumar Award". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
18. "Advani Lakshmi Devi chosen for Dr. Rajkumar Award". The Hindu. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
19. "Rajkumar award for Lakshmi". Bangalore Mirror. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
20. "KARNATAKA STATE FILM AWARDS 2018: RAGHAVENDRA RAJKUMAR AND MEGHANA RAJ BAG TOP HONOURS; CHECK OUT ALL WINNERS". bangalore mirror. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.