Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada

Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Kannada
Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Kannada
Description	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	Venkata Rao Talegiri, ; Vamsha Vriksha (1972)
Currently held by	Puneeth Rajkumar, ; Raajakumara (2017); and; Dhananjay, ; Allama (2017)
Website	Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Best Actor Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada (Sandalwood) films. The Award was first given in 1972.^[1]

Superlatives

Most Awards

• Rajkumar	8 Awards
• Anant Nag	6 Awards
• Vishnuvardhan • Shiva Rajkumar • Puneeth Rajkumar	4 Awards

List of winners

Year	Actor	Role	Film	Ref
2017	Puneeth Rajkumar	Siddharth	Raajakumara	^[2]
2016	Anant Nag	Venkob Rao	Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu	^[3]
2015	Puneeth Rajkumar	Vikram^[a]	Rana Vikrama	^[4]
2014	Yash	Ramachari	Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari	^[5]
2013	Prem Kumar	Mohan	Charminar	^[6]
2012	Darshan	Sangolli Rayanna	Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna	^[7]
2011	Puneeth Rajkumar	Prabhu	Hudugaru	^[8]
2010	Shiva Rajkumar	ACP Shankar	Thamassu	^[9]
2009	Ganesh	Preetham	Maleyali Jotheyali	^[10]
2008	Ganesh	Ganesh	Gaalipata	^[11]
2007	Duniya Vijay	Shivalingu	Duniya	^[12]
2006	Puneeth Rajkumar	Shivaraj Urs	Arasu	^[13]
2005	Prem Kumar	Kishore	Nenapirali	^[14]
2004	Vishnuvardhan	Dr. Vijay	Apthamitra	^[15]
2003	Sudeep	Shivayya	Swathi Muthu	^[16]
2002	Sudeep	Nandi	Nandhi	^[17]
2001	Sudeep	Sacchidananda / Kiccha	Huchcha	^[18]
2000	Vishnuvardhan	• Shankara • Ganesha	Yajamana	^[19]
1999	Shiva Rajkumar	Ram	AK-47	^[20]
1998	Ramesh Aravind	Santosh	Hoomale	^[21]
1997	Ramesh Aravind	Abhishek Bhardwaj	Amrutha Varshini	^[22]
1996	Shiva Rajkumar	Manoj	Nammoora Mandara Hoove	^[23]
1995	Shiva Rajkumar	Sathya	Om	^[24]
1994	Vishnuvardhan	Siddartha	Haalunda Thavaru	^[25]^[26]
1993	Rajkumar	Murthy	Aakasmika	^[27]
1992	Charuhasan	Dr. Kubera	Kubi Matthu Iyala	^[28]
1991	Anant Nag	Lambodara	Gauri Ganesha	^[29]
1990	Anant Nag	Raghanna	Udbhava
1989	Anant Nag	Anand Somavarpet	Hendthighelbedi	^[30]
1988	Vishnuvardhan	Vijay	Suprabhatha	^[31]
1987	Kamal Haasan	Unemployee	Pushpaka Vimana	^[32]^[33]
1986	Rajkumar	Panduranga	Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma	^[34]
1985	Rajkumar	• Jagannath • Gopinath	Ade Kannu	^[35]
1984	Rajkumar	Kumar	Shravana Banthu	^[36]
1983	Girish Karnad	Narayana Sharma	Ananda Bhairavi	^[37]
1982	Anant Nag	Satish Chandra	Bara	^[38]
1981	Rajkumar	Inspector Shankar	Keralida Simha	^[39]
1980	Lokesh	Belya	Ellindalo Bandavaru	^[40]
1979	Anant Nag	Krishna	Naa Ninna Bidalaare	^[41]
1978	Rajkumar	• Shankar • Guru • Rajashekar	Shankar Guru	^[42]
1977	Maanu	Kalinge Gowda	Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane	^[43]
1976	Srinath	Venu	Besuge	^[44]
1975	Rajkumar	Mayurasharma	Mayura	^[45]
1974	Lokesh	Ayyu	Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu	^[46]
1973	Rajkumar	Kumar	Gandhada Gudi	^[47]^[48]
1972	Venkata Rao Talageri	Shrinivasa Shrothri	Vamsha Vriksha	^[49]^[50]

^ Puneeth played double roles with same name.

References

^ Film world, Volume 9. T.M. Ramachandran. 1973.
^ https://www.filmfare.com/features/winners-of-the-65th-jio-filmfare-awards-south-2018_-28887-2.html
^ https://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-the-64th-jio-filmfare-awards-south-21594.html
^ https://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-the-63rd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-13996.html
^ https://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-62nd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-9643.html
^ https://www.filmfare.com/features/winners-of-61st-idea-filmfare-awards-south-6712.html
^ https://www.filmfare.com/news/list-of-winners-at-the-60th-idea-filmfare-awards-south-3745.html
^ https://www.filmfare.com/news/59th-idea-filmfare-awards-south-winners-list-809.html
^ "58th Idea Filmfare Awards South 2010 Winners". 8pmnews.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Filmfare Awards winners". The Times Of India. 9 August 2010.
^ "56th Idea Filmfare Awards 2008 South: The winners". The Times of India. 1 August 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "55th annual Tiger Balm South Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. 13 July 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "54th Fair One Filmfare Awards 2006". idlebrain.com. 4 August 2007. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "A special moment for the". nowrunning.com. 13 September 2006. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Filmfare Awards 2005". idlebrain.com. 23 July 2005. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Pithamagan sweeps FilmFare Awards". indiaglitz.com. 5 June 2004. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Manikchand Filmfare Awards: Sizzling at 50". The Economic Times. 25 May 2003. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards". The Times Of India. 6 April 2002. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Vishnuvardhan, Sudharani win Filmfare awards". The Times Of India. 23 March 2001. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Star-spangled show on cards". The Hindu. 15 April 2000. Archived from the original on July 15, 2006. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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^ https://archive.is/f1ZnO
^ https://web.archive.org/web/19991018182845/http://www.filmfare.com:80/site/october97/south3f.htm
^ "Filmfare Awards". 1999-10-10. Archived from the original on October 10, 1999. Retrieved 2016-05-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ https://archive.is/QyW2Q
^ https://archive.is/Kava3
^ https://ia801502.us.archive.org/5/items/41stAnnualFilmfareBestTeluguFilmKannadaActorActressDirector/41st%20annual%20filmfare%20best%20telugu%20film%20kannada%20actor%20actress%20director.jpg
^ https://ia601501.us.archive.org/17/items/40thFilmfareSouthBestActorActress/40th%20Filmfare%20South%20Best%20Actor%20Actress.jpg
^ https://archive.is/N3csE
^ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=hNA8uZnrLkoC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=saritha
^ https://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&id=S5ZZAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Vishnuvardhan
^ https://archive.is/ZoiwQ
^ Dave, Kajol. "Filmfare trivia: Kamal Haasan". Filmfare. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
^ https://archive.is/XKkNp
^ Google Books Search "Collections KANNADA 1985 Best Actor Raj Kumar Adhe Kannu" See page 393
^ Google Books Search "Collections KANNADA 1984 Best Actor Raj Kumar Sravana" See page 393
^ Google Books Search "Collections KANNADA 1983 Best Actor Girish Karnad" See page 393
^ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=xU3jAAAAMAAJ&dq=times+of+india++directory+year+book+including+whos+who+1984&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=sarita+hosa
^ https://books.google.co.in/books?lr=&id=o4biAAAAMAAJ&dq=editions%3As7JYM5Ah__kC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=+Simha+Ranganayaki+
^ https://books.google.co.in/books?lr=&id=N6kQAQAAMAAJ&dq=editions%3As7JYM5Ah__kC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Ellindalo+Bandavaru
^ https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=1979++Anant+Nag+Naa+Bidalare
^ https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=1978++Raj+Kumar+Shankar+Guru
^ https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=1977++Manu+Tabbaliyu
^ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=xU3jAAAAMAAJ&dq=times+of+india++directory+year+book+including+whos+who+1984&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=besuge
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^ https://books.google.co.in/books?lr=&id=N6kQAQAAMAAJ&dq=editions%3As7JYM5Ah__kC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Lokesh+Bhootayyana+Maga
^ https://books.google.co.in/books?lr=&id=nw62AAAAIAAJ&dq=editions%3AMzUspQPrsGQC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Raj+kumar+Gandhada+Gudi
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[4] Puneeth played double roles with same name.

[1] Film world, Volume 9. T.M. Ramachandran. 1973.

[2] ttps://www.filmfare.com/features/winners-of-the-65th-jio-filmfare-awards-south-2018_-28887-2.html

[3] ttps://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-the-64th-jio-filmfare-awards-south-21594.html

[5] ttps://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-the-63rd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-13996.html

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[8] ttps://www.filmfare.com/news/list-of-winners-at-the-60th-idea-filmfare-awards-south-3745.html

[9] ttps://www.filmfare.com/news/59th-idea-filmfare-awards-south-winners-list-809.html

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[12] "56th Idea Filmfare Awards 2008 South: The winners". The Times of India. 1 August 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[13] "55th annual Tiger Balm South Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. 13 July 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[14] "54th Fair One Filmfare Awards 2006". idlebrain.com. 4 August 2007. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[15] "A special moment for the". nowrunning.com. 13 September 2006. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[16] "Filmfare Awards 2005". idlebrain.com. 23 July 2005. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[17] "Pithamagan sweeps FilmFare Awards". indiaglitz.com. 5 June 2004. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[18] "Manikchand Filmfare Awards: Sizzling at 50". The Economic Times. 25 May 2003. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[19] "Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards". The Times Of India. 6 April 2002. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[20] "Vishnuvardhan, Sudharani win Filmfare awards". The Times Of India. 23 March 2001. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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[24] ttps://web.archive.org/web/19991018182845/http://www.filmfare.com:80/site/october97/south3f.htm

[25] "Filmfare Awards". 1999-10-10. Archived from the original on October 10, 1999. Retrieved 2016-05-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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[30] ttps://archive.is/N3csE

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[32] ttps://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&id=S5ZZAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Vishnuvardhan

[33] ttps://archive.is/ZoiwQ

[34] Dave, Kajol. "Filmfare trivia: Kamal Haasan". Filmfare. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

[35] ttps://archive.is/XKkNp

[36] Google Books Search "Collections KANNADA 1985 Best Actor Raj Kumar Adhe Kannu" See page 393

[37] Google Books Search "Collections KANNADA 1984 Best Actor Raj Kumar Sravana" See page 393

[38] Google Books Search "Collections KANNADA 1983 Best Actor Girish Karnad" See page 393

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Actor
1972–1989	Venkata Rao Talegiri (1972) Dr. Rajkumar (1973) Lokesh (1974) Dr. Rajkumar (1975) Srinath (1976) Maanu (1977) Dr. Rajkumar (1978) Anant Nag (1979) Lokesh (1980) Dr. Rajkumar (1981) Anant Nag (1982) Girish Karnad (1983) Dr. Rajkumar (1984) Dr. Rajkumar (1985) Dr. Rajkumar (1986) Kamal Haasan (1987) Vishnuvardhan (1988) Anant Nag (1989)
1990–2009	Anant Nag (1990) Anant Nag (1991) Charuhasan (1992) Dr. Rajkumar (1993) Unknown (1994) Shiva Rajkumar (1995) Shiva Rajkumar (1996) Ramesh Aravind (1997) Ramesh Aravind (1998) Shiva Rajkumar (1999) Vishnuvardhan (2000) Sudeepa (2001) Sudeepa (2002) Sudeepa (2003) Vishnuvardhan (2004) Prem Kumar (2005) Puneeth Rajkumar (2006) Duniya Vijay (2007) Ganesh (2008) Ganesh (2009)
2010–present	Shiva Rajkumar (2010) Puneeth Rajkumar (2011) Darshan (2012) Prem Kumar (2013) Yash (2014) Puneeth Rajkumar (2015) Anant Nag (2016) Puneeth Rajkumar (2017) Yash (2018) Dhananjaya (2020/2021) Rishab Shetty (2022) Rakshit Shetty (2023)