2017 Karnataka State Film Awards


The 2017 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, felicitated the best of Karnataka cinema released in the year 2017. The list of winners was announced on 25 October 2018. The jury panel headed by director N. S. Shankar submitted the list of winners to the Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy.

Lifetime achievement award

Name of AwardAwardeeAwarded AsAwards
Dr. Rajkumar Award
Puttanna Kanagal Award
Dr. Vishnuvardhan Award		 Lakshmi
S. Narayan
TBA		Actress
Director
TBA		₹ 2,00,000 & Gold Medal with a certificate
₹ 2,00,000 & Gold Medal with a certificate
₹ 2,00,000 & Gold Medal with a certificate

Jury

A committee headed by director Kavitha Lankesh was appointed to evaluate the awards. Other jury members were actress Rekha Rao, cinematographer Basavaraj, Director KN Vaidyanath and singer Chandrika Gururaj.