Directed by Raghu KM, ‘Doddahatti Boregowda’ won the Best Film award at the Karnataka State Film Awards 2021. Announced on Friday to honour the finest in Kannada cinema, the awards also recognised ‘777 Charlie’ as Second Best Film and ‘Bisilu Kudure’ as Third Best Film.
In the performance categories, Rakshit Shetty won Best Actor for ‘777 Charlie’, while ‘KHGF’ fame Archana Jois was named Best Actress for ‘Mute’. The Best Supporting Actor awards went to Pramod (Ratnan Prapancha) and Umashree (Ratnan Prapancha) for the male and female categories, respectively.
In the writing categories, Manjunath Muniyappa won Best Story for ‘9 Sullu Kathegalu’, Raghu KM took Best Screenplay for ‘Doddahatti Boregowda’, and Baraguru Ramachandrappa received Best Dialogues for ‘Thaayi Kasthur Gandhi’.
Here’s the full list of winners of the Karnataka State Film Awards 2021
Best Film: Doddahatti Boregowda
Best Second Film: 777 Charlie
Best Third Film: Bisilu Kudire
Best Popular film: Yuvarathnaa
Best Children’s film: Cake (Kishore Moodbidri)
Best debut director: Shankar H for Badava Rascal
Best Regional Film: Nada Peda Asha (Kodava)
Best Director: Prakash Cariappa (Nada Peda Asha)
Best Actor: Rakshit Shetty
Best Actress: Archana Jois
Best Supporting Actor: Pramod (Rathnan Prapancha)
Best Supporting Actress: Umashree (Rathnan Prapancha)
Best Story: Manjunath Muniyappa (Ombatthu Sullu Kathegalu)
Best Screenplay: Raghu KM (Doddahatti Boregowda)
Best Dialogue: Baraguru Ramachandrappa (Thayi Kastur Gandhi)
Best Cinematography: Bhuvanesh Prabhu (Amme Samsara – Konkani)
Best Music Director: Imtiaz Sultan (Bisilu Kudure)
Best Editing: Prateek Shetty (777 Charlie)
Best Child Actor: Master Athish Shetty (Cake)
Best Child Actress: Baby Bhairavi (Bhairavi)
Best Art Director: Ravi S (Bhajarangi 2 )
Best Lyricist: Nagarjun Sharma (777 Charlie)
Best Playback Singer Male: Aneesh Keshava Rao (Sri Jagannatha Dasaru)
Best Playback Singer Female: Sahana M Bharadwaj (Dandi)
Special Jury award: Bhairavi
Bet Costume Designer: Yogi G Raj (Bhajarangi 2)
Best Makeup: Shivakumar (Thayi Kastur Gandhi)
Rakshit Shetty shared a post on X and expressed his gratitude upon receiving the honour. “Feeling grateful and humbled! 777 Charlie wins 4 State Awards.. 2nd Best Film, Best Actor, Best Editing & Best Lyricist. Heartfelt thanks to the jury, our amazing audience, and this incredible team@Kiranraj61 for his vision, Pratheek for the flawless editing, and @Nagarjunsharma2 for words that touched hearts (sic).”
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