Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada explained

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
Awarded For:	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in Kannada films
Presenter:	Filmfare
Country:	India
Year:	Kalpana, Yaava Janmada Maitri (1972)
Holder:	Siri Ravikumar, Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye (2023)
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] [2]} 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	7 nominations
Actor with most nominations without ever winning	Hariprriya, Rachita Ram	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
3
2

Multiple nominations

The following individuals have received two or more Best Actress nominations (Post 2005):

Nominations	Actress
6
4
3
2

Winners

Year	Image	Actress	Role	Film	Link
2023		Siri Ravikumar	Prerana	Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye	^[3]
2022		Chaithra J. Achar	Saaki	Taledanda	^[4]
		Yagna Shetty	Geetha	Act 1978	^[5]
2018		Manvitha Kamath	Punarvasu	Tagaru	^[6]
2017			Nandini	Beautiful Manasugalu	^[7]
2016			Rachana	U Turn	^[8]
			Mallika	Aatagara	^[9]
			Bhumika	Fair & Lovely	^[10]
			Shravani	Shravani Subramanya	^[11]
			Chaaru Latha	Chaarulatha	^[12]
			Geetha	Sanju Weds Geetha	^[13]
			Geetha	Krishnan Love Story
			Khushi	Love Guru	^[14]
			Chanchala	Moggina Manasu	^[15]
2007			Poornima	Duniya	^[16]
2006		Ramya	Vanaja	Tananam Tananam	^[17]
2005			Indu	Nenapirali	^[18]
2004			Ganga	Apthamitra	^[19]
2003			Lalitha	Swathi Muthu	^[20]
2002			Naagi	Dweepa	^[21]
2001			Sangeetha	Kanasugara	^[22]
2000			Radha	Sparsha	^[23]
1999			Subbamma Heggadithi	Kanooru Heggadithi	^[24]
1998			Narmada Thaayi Saheba	Thaayi Saheba	^[25]
1997			Rani	Nagamandala	^[26] ^[27]
1996			Kanaka	Janumada Jodi	^[28]
1995			Usha	Aagatha	^[29]
1994				Hettha Karulu	^[30] ^[31]
1993			Ramabai	Hoovu Hannu	^[32]
1992			Padma	Mysooru Mallige	^[33]
1991	–	Malashri	Asha	Hrudaya Haadithu	^[34]
1990			Annapoorna	Muthina Haara	^[35]
1989			Banneri	Sankranthi	^[36] ^[37]
1988			Hema	Suprabhatha	^[38]
1987			Kamala	Shruthi Seridaaga	^[39] ^[40]
1986				Mouna Geethe	^[41] ^[42]
1985	–		Kamala	Mugila Mallige	^[43] ^[44] ^[45]
1984			Gowri	Anubhava	^[46]
1983			Kavitha	Benkiyalli Aralida Hoovu	^[47] ^[48]
1982			Vathsala	Hosa Belaku	^[49]
1981	–		Ranganayaki / Mala	Ranganayaki	^[50]
1980		Ashwini	Savithri	Savithri	^[51]
1979			Thunga	Dharmasere	^[52]
1978			Kusuma	Aparichita	^[53]
1977			Deepa	Deepa	^[54]
1976			Thulasi	Tulasi	^[55]
1975	–		Hema	Shubhamangala	^[56]
1974			Sharada	Upasane	^[57]
1973	–		Madhavi	Edakallu Guddada Mele	^[58] ^[59]
1972			Lalitha	Yaava Janmada Maitri	^[60] ^[61]

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 Monica John – Rathnan Prapancha
• 2022 Chaithra J. Achar – Taledanda as Saaki
  • Aishani Shetty – Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage as Shreya
  • Ganavi Laxman – Vedha as Pushpa
  • Meghana Gaonkar – Shubhamangala as Anu
  • Rachita Ram – Monsoon Raaga as Asma Begum
  • Sapthami Gowda – Kantara as Leela
• 2023 Siri Ravikumar – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye as Prerana
  • Akshatha Pandavapura – Pinki Elli
  • Amrutha Prem – Tagaru Palya as Jyothi
  • Milana Nagaraj – Kousalya Supraja Rama as Muthulakshmi
  • Rukmini Vasanth – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello as Priya
  • Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy – Aachar & Co as Suma

Notes

• Book: Ramachandran, T.M.. Film world. 1973. 9. Tmr.
• Book: The Times of India directory and year book including who's who. 1984. Times of India Press. Toi.

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