1998–99 Karnataka State Film Awards

The Karnataka State Film Awards 1998-99, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 1998.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Name of Award	Awardee(s)	Awarded As
• Dr. Rajkumar Award  • Puttanna Kanagal Award	• U. S. Vadiraj  • T. S. Nagabharana	• Actor,Producer  • Director

Film Awards

Name of Award	Film	Producer	Director
First Best Film	Chaitrada Chiguru		K. Shivarudraiah
Second Best Film	Hoomale	K. S. Usha Rao	Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
Third Best Film	Doni Saagali	H. N. Maruthi	S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
Best Film Of Social Concern	Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga	• Jai Jagadish  • R. Dushyanth Singh	S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
Best Regional Film	Onthe Yedjust Mallpy (Tulu language)

Other Awards

Name of Award	Film	Awardee(s)
Best Direction	Chaitrada Chiguru	K. Shivarudraiah
Best Actor	Veerappa Nayaka	Vishnuvardhan
	Hoomale	Ramesh Aravind
Best Actress	Doni Saagali	Soundarya
Best Supporting Actor	Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi	Doddanna
Best Supporting Actress	Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi	Jayanthi
Best Child Actor	Varsharuthu	Sukhesh
Best Male Playback Singer	Varsharuthu	C. Aswath
Best Female Playback Singer	Hrudayanjali ("Omkara Naadamaya")	Anuradha Sriram
Best Cinematography	Doni Saagali	D. V. Rajaram
Best Editing	Varsharuthu	Basavaraj Urs
Best Lyrics	Pratibhatane ("Hasuvina")	Siddhalingaiah
Best Sound Recording	Swasthik	S. Mahendran
Best Art Direction	Swasthik	M. Ismail
Best Story Writer	Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga	S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
Best Screenplay	Prathyartha	Sunil Kumar Desai
Best Dialogue Writer	Bhoomi Thayiya Chochchala Maga	S. Surendranath
Jury's Special Award	Veerappa Nayaka (For Film)	Producer: Bhagyathi Narayan Director: S. Narayan