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 most celebrated actors, after his demise in 2009.^[1]

Recipients

Year	Recipient	Notes
1999	S. P. Varadappa	Film producer[2]
2000	T. S. Narasimhan	Film and TV series producer[2]
2001	Rajanand	Actor[3]
2002	S. K. Karim Khan	Lyricist[4]
2003	Kuppuswamy Naidu	Film producer[5]
2004	Vajramuni	Actor[6]
	Chandulal Jain	Film director and producer[6]
2005	S. Ramachandra	Cinematographer[7]
2006	Dwarakish	Actor, film director, producer[8]
2007	Parvathamma Rajkumar	Film producer[9]
2008	Ajantha Raju	Film producer[10]
	R. N. K. Prasad	Cinematographer[10]
2009	S. D. Ankalagi	Film producer; produced the first CinemaScope film in Kannada[11]
2010	Ambareesh	Actor[12]
2011	Anant Nag	Actor[13]
2012	Rajesh	Actor[14]
2013	K. V. Gupta	Film producer and distributor[15]
2014	Suresh Urs	Editor [16]

See also

• Karnataka State Film Awards

References

1. "Film Awards instituted in the name of Vishnuvardhan, K.S. Aswath". Deccan Herald. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
2. "Shivaraj, Tara, Anu bag State film awards". The Hindu. 17 December 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
3. "2001-02 State Award Winners List". chitraloka.com. 26 May 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
4. "Film Awards 2002-03". viggy.com. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
5. "2003-04 State Movie Awards". chitraloka.com. 17 July 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
6. "Karnataka State Film Awards 2004-05". viggy.com. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
7. "2005-06 State Award Winner List". chitraloka.com. 20 September 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
8. "Dwarakish bags lifetime achievement award". The Times of India. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
9. "‘Gulabi Talkies’ is first best film". The Hindu. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
10. "Controversies cloud Karnataka state film awards". The New Indian Express. 4 December 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
11. "State Film Awards conferred". The Hindu. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
12. "Ambareesh chosen for Vishnuvardhan award". The Times of India. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
13. "Karnataka State Film Awards 2010-11 winners". The Times of India. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
14. "State annual awards: Tallana is adjudged best film". The Hindu. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
15. "2013 State Awards Announced - Complete List". chitraloka.com. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.