Information Minister Shivaram announced the list of Karnataka
State Film Awards for 2004-2005 today at 05.00pm. Monalisa
directed by Indrajith Lankesh bagged the Best Film
award while film Beru directed by P. Sheshadri
and Gowdru directed by S. Mahedra awarded second
and third place respectively. A.T. Raghu is honored
with late Puttanna Kanagal award and Dr. Rajkumar
award goes to M.P. Shankar. Chandulal Jain
and Vajramuni are sharing lifetime achievement award.
Actor Murali has won the Best Actor award for
his performance in film Kanti and Shruti as Best
Actress for Gowdru. Sadhu Kokila has won the Best
Music Director award for Rakshasa while Venu bags
Best Cinematographer award for his work in Encounter
Dayanayak.
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