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{{Short description|Annual Indian film awards}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 55
| award = Karnataka State Film Awards
| image =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Best of Kannada Cinema in 2020
| award_org =
| presenting_org = [[Siddaramaiah]] {{small|([[Chief Minister of Karnataka]])}}
| announced_date = {{Start date|2025|3|12|df=yes}}
| presented_date = 
| date = 
| site = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
|host =
| website =
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_picture =
| best_film = 
| best_film_jury_choice =
| best_feature =
| best_direction = [[Prithvi Konanur]]
| best_direction_film = [[Pinki Elli]]
| best_actor = [[Prajwal Devaraj]]
| best_actor_film = [[Gentleman (2020 film)|Gentleman]]
| best_actress = Akshatha Pandavapura
| best_actress_film = [[Pinki Elli]]
| most_awards = ''[[Taledanda (film)|Thaledanda]]'' (4)
|last = [[2019 Karnataka State Film Awards|54]]
|next =
[[2021 Karnataka State Film Awards|56]]
}}

The '''2020 Karnataka State Film Awards''', presented by [[Government of Karnataka]], felicitated the best of [[Cinema of Karnataka|Karnataka cinema]] released in the year 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/karnataka-state-film-awards-2020-prajwal-akshata-best-actors-pinki-elli-wins-best-film/articleshow/118933729.cms|title=Karnataka State Film Awards 2020: Prajwal, Akshata best actors; Pinki Elli? wins best film|website=TimesofIndia.com|date=13 March 2025}}</ref> The selection advisory committee was headed by film director [[B. S. Lingadevaru]] along with journalist Padma Shivamogga, actress [[Padma Vasanthi]], cinema analyst Ivan De Silva, director Umesh Nayak, production manager D. R. Sampath, cinematographer Manjunath. R and music director Gururaj.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/karnataka-state-awards-2020-sanchari-vijay-presented-posthumous-jury-award-3443270|title=Karnataka State Awards 2020: Sanchari Vijay presented posthumous Jury Award|website=DeccanHerald.com|date=12 March 2025}}</ref>

Actor [[Sanchari Vijay]] was posthumously honoured with [[Karnataka State Film Award (Special Jury Award)|Special Jury Award]] for his contribution to cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/kannada/karnataka-state-film-awards-2020-announced-prajwal-devaraj-akshatha-pandavapura-named-best-actor-and-actress-pink-elli-wins-best-film-article-118898063|title=Karnataka State Film Awards 2020 Announced: Prajwal Devaraj, Akshatha Pandavapura Named Best Actor And Actress; 'Pink Elli?' Wins Best Film|website=TimesnowNews.com|date=11 March 2025}}</ref>

==Lifetime achievement award==

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Award title
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awarded As
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awards
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|-
|'''[[Dr. Rajkumar Award]]''' || || ||[[₹]]2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate
|-
|'''[[Puttanna Kanagal Award]]''' || || ||[[₹]]2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate
|-
|'''[[Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award]]''' || || || [[₹]]2,00,000 and a gold medal with a certificate
|-
|}

== Film awards ==
{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Award title
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Producer(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Director
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film|First Best Film]]'''
|''[[Pinki Elli]]''
|Krishne Gowda
|[[Prithvi Konanur]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Second Best Film|Second Best Film]]'''
|''Varnapatala''
|Kavitha Santhosh & Saraswathi Hosadurga
|Chethan Mundadi
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film|Third Best Film]]'''
|''Hariva Nadige Maiyella Kalu''
|
|Babu Eshwar Prasad
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Social film|Best Film of Social Concern]]'''
|''Giliyu Panjaradollilla'' ''Ee Mannu''
| Eshwaridas Shetty, Rajeshwari Rai
| Ramadas Naidu Shivadwaj Shetty
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Children Film|Best Children Film]]'''
|''Padaka''
|Aditya R. Chiranjeevi
|Aditya R. Chiranjeevi
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Regional film|Best Regional Film]]'''
|''[[Jeetige]]'' ([[Tulu language]])
|Arun Rai Thodar
|Santhosh Mada
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Family Entertainer|Best Entertaining Film]]'''
|''[[Fourwalls]]''
| T. Vishwanath Naik
| S. S. Sajjan
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Debut Film of Newcomer Director|Best Debut Film of Newcomer Director]]'''
|''Neeli Hakki''
|Ganesh Hegde, Suman Shetty, Vinay Shetty, Yogesh
|Ganesh Hegde
|-
|}

== Other awards ==
{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Award title
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awardee
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Cash prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]]'''
|''[[Pinki Elli]]''
| [[Prithvi Konanur]]
|[[₹]] 1,00,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]'''
| ''[[Gentleman (2020 film)|Gentleman]]''
| [[Prajwal Devaraj]]
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]'''
| ''[[Pinki Elli]]''
| Akshatha Pandavapura
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]'''
|''[[Taledanda (film)|Thaledanda]]''
| Ramesh Pandit
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]'''
|''Danthapurana''
| Manjulamma
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Male)|Best Child Actor]]'''
|''Danthapurana''
| Ahil Ansari
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Female)|Best Child Actress]]'''
|''Paaru''
| Hitaishi Poojar
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Direction]]'''
| ''[[Malgudi Days (2020 film)|Malgudi Days]]''
| Gagan Baderia
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]'''
|''Acharya Sri Shankara''
| [[Aniruddha Sastry]]
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]'''
|''Danthapurana'' 
| Arundhati Vasishta
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematography]]'''
|''[[Taledanda (film)|Thaledanda]]''
| Ashok Kashyap
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Editor|Best Editing]]'''
|''[[Act 1978]]''
| Nagendra K. Ujjaini
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyrics]]'''
|{{•}} ''Parjanya'' {{•}} ''Ee Mannu''
|{{•}} Gargi Karehaklu {{•}} Sachin Shetty Kumble
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]'''
|''[[Bicchugatti]]''
| Gunasekhar
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Story|Best Story Writer]]'''
|''Ranchi''
| Shashikant Gatti
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]'''
| ''Chandni Bar''
| Raghavendra Kumar
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue Writer]]'''
|''Hoovina Hara''
| Veerappa Maralvadi
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="6"|'''[[Karnataka State Jury's Special Award|Jury's Special Award]]'''
| ''[[Taledanda (film)|Thaledanda]]'' & ''[[Act 1978]]'' || [[Sanchari Vijay]] (posthumous - acting)
|rowspan="6"|[[₹]] 20,000 each
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|''Saravajra'' ||Sri Valli (costume design)
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|''[[Taledanda (film)|Thaledanda]]'' || Ramesh Babu (production)
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|''Amruth Apartments'' || V G Rajan (sound recording)
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|''Arabbie'' || Vishwas K S (acting)
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|''Kannadiga'' || Champakadhama Babu (production manager)
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Book on Kannada Cinema|Best Book on Kannada Cinema]]'''
| ||
|[[₹]] 20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|'''[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Short Film|Best Short Film]]'''
|
|
|[[₹]] 20,000
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Karnataka State Film Awards}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Karnataka State Film Awards|2020]]
[[Category:2020 Indian film awards]]

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