Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award

The Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award, instituted in 2011 for the 2008–09 Karnataka State Film Awards is an award given by the government of Karnataka to long-serving film personalities in Kannada cinema. The award previously called Lifetime Contribution to Kannada Cinema Award, was named Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award in honour of Vishnuvardhan, one of Kannada cinema's actors, after his demise in 2009. The award carries a purse of 200,000 and a gold-plated plaque.

Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award
State award for contributions to Kannada cinema
Awarded forContribution to Kannada Cinema.
Sponsored byGovernment of Karnataka
Reward(s)
  • Gold Medal
  • 2,00,000
First awarded1999–2000
Last awarded2018
Most recent winnerB. S. Basavaraju
Highlights
Total awarded22
First winnerS. P. Varadappa
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