Bangalore :

The state film awards for 2012 were announced on Monday. The Best Actor award goes to Darshan for his role in Kranti Veera Sangolli Rayanna and Nirmala Chennappa has been adjudged the Best Actress for her role in Tallana.

Announcing the winners, K C N Chandrashekhar, the chairman of the State Film Awards selection committee, said 58 films vied for the top honours of 2012.

He said M Bhaktavatsala has been chosen for the Dr Rajkumar Award and Chi Dattaraj for the Puttanna Kanagal Award. The Dr Vishnuvardhan Award will be bestowed on senior actor Rajesh. All these awards carry a purse of `2 lakh and a gold medal.

And the Top Films Are

Tallana, directed by N Sudarshan, has been chosen as the best film of the year, followed by P Sheshadri’s Bharath Stores and D Suman Kumar’s Edegaarike. While the winning film gets a cash prize of `1 lakh and 50 gm gold, the second and the third best films will get `75,000 and `50,000, respectively, in addition to 100 gm silver.

C Lakshman’s Karanika Shishu has been adjudged the best movie with a social concern. Naganna’s Kranthi Veera Sangolli Rayanna and K Shivaram Krista’s Little Master have been chosen as the best entertainment and children’s movie,  respectively. Santosh’s directorial effort Alemari has been chosen as the best debut film while Umesh Naik’s Konchavaram has been chosen as the best regional movie.

‘Awards Will be Given on Time’

Information Minister Roshan Baig said from next year onwards, the awards will be given for the same year.

“We are yet to constitute a selection committee for 2013. Awardees will be finalised soon. The date for the 2012 award ceremony will be fixed after consulting CM Siddaramaiah,” he said.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Express News Service / August 26th, 2014