Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay is a film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honors Kannada-language films.
Award winners
The first recipient of the award was S. R. Puttanna Kanagal. For six times, multiple writers were awarded for their work in a single film; Shankar Nag and Mariam Jetpurwala for Minchina Ota, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and Chi. Udayashankar for Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma and Anand, S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu and Ramani for Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu, Prakash and M. S. Abhishek for Rishi, and Shashank and Raghu Kovi for Krishna Leela.The following is a complete list of award winners and the films for which they won.