1998–99 Karnataka State Film Awards

Annual Indian film awards ceremony May 2026 The Karnataka State Film Awards 1998–99 were presented by the Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 1998. Lifetime achievement award Name of AwardAwardee(s)Awarded AsDr. Rajkumar AwardPuttanna Kanagal AwardU. S. VadirajT. S. NagabharanaActor, ProducerDirector Film awards Name of AwardFilmProducerDirectorFirst Best FilmChaitrada ChiguruGururaj SethK. ShivarudraiahSecond Best FilmHoomaleK. S. Usha RaoNagathihalli ChandrashekarThird Best FilmDoni SaagaliH. N. MaruthiS. V. Rajendra Singh BabuBest Film Of Social ConcernBhoomi Thayiya Chochchala MagaJai JagadishR. Dushyanth SinghS. V. Rajendra Singh BabuBest Regional FilmOnthe Yedjust Mallpy(Tulu language) Other awards Name of AwardFilmAwardee(s)Best DirectionChaitrada ChiguruK. Shivarudraiah Best ActorVeerappa NayakaVishnuvardhanHoomaleRamesh AravindBest ActressDoni SaagaliSoundaryaBest Supporting ActorTuvvi Tuvvi TuvviDoddannaBest Supporting ActressTuvvi Tuvvi TuvviJayanthiBest Child ActorVarsharuthuSukheshBest Male Playback SingerVarsharuthuC. AswathBest Female Playback SingerHrudayanjali("Omkara Naadamaya")Anuradha SriramBest CinematographyDoni SaagaliD. V. RajaramBest EditingVarsharuthuBasavaraj UrsBest LyricsPratibhatane("Hasuvina")SiddhalingaiahBest Sound RecordingSwasthikS. MahendranBest Art DirectionSwasthikM. IsmailBest Story WriterBhoomi Thayiya Chochchala MagaS. V. Rajendra Singh BabuBest ScreenplayPrathyarthaSunil Kumar DesaiBest Dialogue WriterBhoomi Thayiya Chochchala MagaS. SurendranathJury's Special AwardVeerappa Nayaka (For Film)Producer: Bhagyavathi NarayanDirector: S. Narayan References Category:Karnataka State Film Awards