Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Kannada films
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	Kalpana,; Yaava Janmada Maitri (1972)
Currently held by	Yagna Shetty, ; Act 1978 (2020-2021)
Website	Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada films (Sandalwood). The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972.^[1] The year indicates the year of release of the film.

Superlatives

Superlative	Actress	Record
Actor with most awards	Aarathi, Saritha	4 wins
Actor with most nominations	Ramya	4 nominations
Actor with most nominations without ever winning	Hariprriya	3 nominations
Oldest winner	Lakshmi	41 years
Oldest nominee	Suhasini	46 years
Youngest winner	Malashri	18 years
Youngest nominee	Hariprriya	18 years

Multiple wins

The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress awards:

Wins	Actress
4	Aarathi Saritha
3	Suhasini Radhika Pandit
2	Jayanthi, Shruti, Sudha Rani, Soundarya, Ramya

Winners

Year	Image	Actress	Role	Film	Link
2020-21		Yagna Shetty	Geetha	Act 1978	^[2]
2018		Manvitha Kamath	Punarvasu	Tagaru	^[3]
2017		Sruthi Hariharan	Nandini	Beautiful Manasugalu	^[4]
2016		Shraddha Srinath	Rachana	U Turn	^[5]
2015		Parul Yadav	Mallika	Aatagara	^[6]
2014		Shwetha Srivatsav	Bhumika	Fair & Lovely	^[7]
2013		Amulya	Shravani	Shravani Subramanya	^[8]
2012		Priyamani	• Chaaru • Latha	Chaarulatha	^[9]
2011		Ramya	Geetha	Sanju Weds Geetha	^[10]
2010		Radhika Pandit	Geetha	Krishnan Love Story
2009		Radhika Pandit	Khushi	Love Guru	^[11]
2008		Radhika Pandit	Chanchala	Moggina Manasu	^[12]
2007		Rashmi	Poornima	Duniya	^[13]
2006		Ramya	Vanaja	Tananam Tananam	^[14]
2005		Vidya Venkatesh	Indu	Nenapirali	^[15]
2004		Soundarya	Ganga	Apthamitra	^[16]
2003		Meena	Lalitha	Swathi Muthu	^[17]
2002		Soundarya	Naagi	Dweepa	^[18]
2001		Prema	Sangeetha	Kanasugara	^[19]
2000		Sudha Rani	Radha	Sparsha	^[20]
1999		Tara	Subbamma Heggadithi	Kanooru Heggadithi	^[21]
1998		Jayamala	Narmada Thaayi Saheba	Thaayi Saheba	^[22]
1997		Vijayalakshmi	Rani	Nagamandala	^[23]^[24]
1996		Shilpa	Kanaka	Janumada Jodi	^[25]
1995		Shruti	Usha	Aagatha	^[26]
1994		Shruti		Hettha Karulu	^[27]^[28]
1993		Lakshmi	Ramabai	Hoovu Hannu	^[29]
1992		Sudha Rani	Padma	Mysooru Mallige	^[30]
1991	–	Malashri	Asha	Hrudaya Haadithu	^[31]
1990		Suhasini Maniratnam	Annapoorna	Muthina Haara	^[32]^[33]
1989		Saritha	Banneri	Sankranthi	^[34]
1988		Suhasini Maniratnam	Hema	Suprabhatha	^[35]
1987		Geetha	Kamala	Shruthi Seridaaga	^[36]^[37]
1986		Saritha		Mouna Geethe	^[38]
1985	–	Saritha	Kamala	Mugila Mallige	^[39]^[40]
1984		Abhinaya	Gowri	Anubhava	^[41]
1983		Suhasini Maniratnam	Kavitha	Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu	^[42]^[43]
1982		Saritha	Vathsala	Hosa Belaku	^[44]
1981	–	Aarathi	Ranganayaki / Mala	Ranganayaki	^[45]
1980		Ashwini	Savithri	Savithri	^[46]
1979		Aarathi	Thunga	Dharmasere	^[47]
1978		Shobha	Kusuma	Aparichita	^[48]
1977		Manjula	Deepa	Deepa	^[49]
1976		Jayanthi	Thulasi	Tulasi	^[50]
1975	–	Aarathi	Hema	Shubhamangala	^[51]
1974		Aarathi	Sharada	Upasane	^[52]
1973	–	Jayanthi	Madhavi	Edakallu Guddada Mele	^[53]
1972		Kalpana	Lalitha	Yaava Janmada Maitri	^[54]^[55]

Nominations

2005 Vidya Venkatesh – Nenapirali as Sindhu
- Meena – My Autograph as Divya
- Shilpa Shetty – Auto Shankar as Maya
- Ramya – Amrithadhare as Amritha
- Radhika Kumaraswamy – Anna Thangi as Lakshmi
2006 Ramya – Tananam Tananam as Vanaja
- Meera Jasmine – Arasu as Aishwarya
- Rakshitha – Neenello Naanalle as Siri
- Radhika Kumaraswamy – Hatavadi as Anisha
2007 Rashmi – Duniya as Poornima
- Parvathy Thiruvothu – Milana as Anjali
- Suhasini – Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige as Kanaka
- Jaya Prada - Ee Bandhana as Nandini
2008 Radhika Pandit – Moggina Manasu as Chanchala
- Daisy Bopanna – Gaalipata as Soumya
- Pooja Gandhi – Taj Mahal as Shruti
- Ramya – Mussanjemaatu as Tanu
- Suhasi – Haage Summane as Khushi
2009 Radhika Pandit – Love Guru as Kushi
- Haripriya – Kallara Santhe as Roopa
- Priyamani – Raam as Pooja
- Priyanka Kothari – Raaj The Showman as Parvathy
- Rekha – Parichaya as Nirmala (Nimmi)
2010 Radhika Pandit – Krishnan Love Story as Geetha
- Aindrita Ray – Veera Parampare
- Nayantara – Super as Indira
- Nidhi Subbaiah – Pancharangi as Ambika
- Ramya – Just Math Mathalli as Tanu
2011 Ramya – Sanju Weds Geetha as Geetha
- Deepa Sannidhi – Paramathma as Deepa aka Thithi Vade
- Nidhi Subbaiah – Krishnan Marriage Story as Khushi
- Radhika Pandit – Hudugaru as Gayathri
- Ragini Dwivedi – Kempe Gowda as Kavya
2012 Priyamani – Chaarulatha
- Pooja Gandhi – Dandupalya
- Pranitha Subhash – Bheema Theeradalli
- Radhika Pandit – Addhuri
- Ramya – Sidlingu
2013 Amulya – Shravani Subramanya
- Aindrita Ray – Bhajarangi
- Meghana Gaonkar – Charminar
- Nithya Menen – Mynaa
- Rachita Ram – Bulbul
- Shwetha Srivatsav – Simple Agi Ondh Love Story
2014 Shwetha Srivatsav – Fair & Lovely
- Haripriya – Ugramm
- Kriti Kharbanda – Super Ranga
- Radhika Pandit – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari
- Ragini Dwivedi – Ragini IPS
2015 Parul Yadav – Aatagara
- Mayuri Kyatari – Krishna Leela
- Nabha Natesh – Vajrakaya
- Rachita Ram – Ranna
- Shanvi Srivastava – Masterpiece
2016 Shraddha Srinath – U Turn
- Hariprriya – Neer Dose
- Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan
- Shwetha Srivatsav – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu
- Sruthi Hariharan – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu
2017 Sruthi Hariharan – Beautiful Manasugalu
- Nivedihta – Shuddhi
- Rashmika Mandanna – Chamak
- Shanvi Srivastava – Tarak
- Shraddha Srinath – Operation Aalamelamma
2018 Manvitha Kamath – Tagaru
- Ashika Ranganath – Raambo 2
- Meghana Raj – Iruvudellava Bittu
- Nishvika Naidu -Amma I Love You
- Sruthi Hariharan – Nathicharami

2020-21 Yagna Shetty – Act 1978
- Aarohi Narayan – Bheemasena Nalamaharaja
- Amrutha Iyengar – Badava Rascal
- Asha Bhat – Roberrt
- Kushee Ravi – Dia
- Milana Nagaraj – Love Mocktail
- Reba – Rathnan Prapancha

References

^ Film world, p 43
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^ "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". Filmfare. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
^ "Winners of the 64th Jio Filmfare Awards (South)".
^ "Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)".
^ "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South". filmfare.com. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ "Winners of 61st Idea Filmfare Awards South".
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^ 41st Annual Filmfare Best Telugu Film winners
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^ "33rd Annual Filmfare Awards South". 17 November 2023.
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^ Google Books Search"Collections 1984 Abhinaya Anubhava" See Page 393
^ James, Anu (4 March 2017). "International Women's Day 2017 special: These 8 South Indian women-centric movies are a must watch". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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Notes

Ramachandran, T.M. (1973). Film world. Vol. 9.
The Times of India directory and year book including who's who. Times of India Press. 1984.

[tmr43-1] Film world, p 43

[2] "67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 with Kamar Film Factory". Filmfare. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

[3] "Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

[4] "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". Filmfare. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

[5] "Winners of the 64th Jio Filmfare Awards (South)".

[6] "Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)".

[7] "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South". filmfare.com. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

[8] "Winners of 61st Idea Filmfare Awards South".

[9] "List of Winners at the 60th Idea Filmfare Awards (South)".

[10] "59th Idea Filmfare Awards South (Winners list)".

[11] 57th Filmfare Awards 2009 winners

[12] Winnersindiatimes.com Archived 4 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[13] "55th annual Tiger Balm South Filmfare Awards-Regional -News & Gossip-Indiatimes Movies". Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.

[14] "Movies : Movie Tidbits : Filmfare Awards presented". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

[15] India New England News ^{[permanent dead link]}

[16] India Times ^{[permanent dead link]}

[17] The Times Of India https://archive.today/20120717020003/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/719104.cms. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[18] "Manikchand Filmfare Awards in Hyderabad". The Times of India. 19 May 2003. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012.

[19] "Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards". The Times of India. 6 April 2002. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.

[20] "Vishnuvardhan, Sudharani win Filmfare awards - The Times of India". The Times of India.

[21] Star-spangled show on cards The Hindu

[22] Winners

[23] "45th Filmfare South Best Actresses : Santosh : Free Download & Stream…". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.

[24] "45th annual Filmfare Best Kannada Actress Vijayalaxmi Ngamandala". 5 February 2017. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

[25] "Filmfare - South Special". Archived from the original on 3 November 1999. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

[26] "Filmfare Awards". 10 October 1999. Archived from the original on 10 October 1999. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

[27] Winners

[28] "42nd Filmfare Kannada Best Actor Actress Winners". 7 February 2017.

[29] 41st Annual Filmfare Best Telugu Film winners

[30] Winners

[31] "39th Annual Filmfare Kannada Best Actor Actress : Santosh : Free Down…". Archived from the original on 8 February 2017.

[32] "38th Filmfare Kannada Best Film Best Director Best Actor". 11 July 2021.

[33] "38th Annual Filmfare Best Kannada Actress". 11 July 2021.

[34] "37th Annual Filmfare Awards South winners". 22 April 2022.

[35] "Vidura". 1989.

[36] "35th Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners : Santosh : Free Download &…". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.

[37] "Geetha Won Filmfare Best Kannada Actress Award Special". 5 February 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

[38] Winners

[39] "33rd Annual Filmfare Awards South". 17 November 2023.

[40] Winners

[41] Google Books Search"Collections 1984 Abhinaya Anubhava" See Page 393

[42] James, Anu (4 March 2017). "International Women's Day 2017 special: These 8 South Indian women-centric movies are a must watch". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

[43] Google Books Search "Collections KANNADA 1984 Best Actress Suhasini Benkiyalli" See Page 393

[44] Reed, Sir Stanley (1984). "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who".

[45] "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 1983.

[46] "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 1982.

[47] "Collections". 1991.

[48] "Collections". 1991.

[49] Reed, Sir Stanley (1984). "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who".

[50] Reed, Sir Stanley (1984). "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who".

[51] "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 1982.

[52] "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 1982.

[53] "Collections". 1991.

[54] "Collections". 1991.

[55] "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 1973.

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