Bharathi Vishnuvardhan

Bharathi Vishnuvardhan
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan
Born	Bharathidevi Rao; 15 August 1948; Mysore State (now Karnataka), India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1966–present
Spouse(s)	Vishnuvardhan ; (m.1975–2009) ; (Until his demise)
Children	Keerthi, Chandana
Parent(s)	Ramachandra Rao (father); Bhadravathi (mother)
Awards	Padma Shri (2017)

Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (born 15 August 1948),[1] also known mononymously as Bharathi, is an Indian film actress known primarily for her work in Kannada cinema and television serials. She began her career in 1966, as a lead actress, with the Kannada movie Love in Bangalore. In a career spanning over 50 years, Bharathi has appeared in 150 films. Apart from 100 films in Kannada, she has also acted in a handful of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. In the course of her career, she became known for portrayal of the roles mythological and historical characters, and also that of a student, a romantic and a rural belle.[1] Her role in Sri Krishnadevaraya (1970) as Chennambike won her the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress. In 2017, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[2]

Bharathi is one of the most elegant actresses to grace the Kannada film industry.

Personal life

Bharathi was born into a Marathi-speaking family in Bhadravathi on 15 August 1948 in the erstwhile Indian state of Mysore (now Karnataka).[1] Her father Ramachandra Rao was a tailor and mother was a homemaker. Bharathi studied at Malleswaram Ladies Association (M.L.A) High School and then joined Maharani's Women's Science College in Bengaluru. While she was active in both sports and dance, her ambition at the time was to become a basketball player or an athlete. She even represented Karnataka State Level Throw-ball team during her college days. Destiny willed otherwise. In 1964, photos of her dance performance caught the eye of Kannada actor Kalyan Kumar, who cast her in Love in Bangalore.

Bharathi married actor Vishnuvardhan on 27 February 1975 in Bengaluru. They have adopted two daughters - Keerthi and Chandana. Dr. Vishnuvardhan died in December 2009.[3]

Career

Her first Kannada release was Dudde Doddappa followed by Love in Bangalore. Her sensitive portrayal of a singer in Sandhya Raga won her critical acclaim and she went on to form a successful romantic pair with Rajkumar.The iconic pair went on to give hit after hit until 1972, very significant among them are the mega hits Sri Krishnadevaraya, Bangaaradha Manushya and Mayor Muthanna. She formed a popular pair with Vishnuvardhan (who then became her husband) after that starring in blockbusters like Rahasya Rathri, Bhagya Jyothi, Devara Gudi, Nagara Hole and Bangarada Jinke.

Bharathi was introduced to Hindi cinema by director A. Bhimsingh with Mehrban (1967) and Saadhu Aur Shaitaan (1968). She acted in several Hindi films like Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani opposite Rakesh Roshan, Manoj Kumar's Purab Aur Paschim and Hum Tum Aur Woh with Vinod Khanna, Mastana and Mehmood's Kunwaara Baap (1974).

In Tamil she played supporting roles in the 1966 films Nadodi and Chandhrodhayam and graduated to lead heroine roles with Deiva Cheyal, Avalukendru Oru Manam and Thanga Surangam opposite stars like Muthuraman, Gemini Ganeshan, Shivaji Ganeshan and M. G. Ramachandran.

After a brief hiatus from the movies she returned to the Kannada screen in 1984 with Puttanna Kanagal's much acclaimed Runamukthalu and started her second innings as a lead heroine in slightly more mature roles, going on to star in several movies each with lead actors of the time - Anant Nag Maneye Manthralaya, Shanthi Nivasa) Prabhakar (Bandha Mukta), (Thaliya Aane), Ambareesh (Matsara) and Rajesh (Tavaru Mane). She also starred in several Hindi films in her second innings - Prabhat Khanna's Uttar Dakshin (1987), Izzatdaar (1990 with Dilip Kumar) and Aao Pyaar Karen (with Saif Ali Khan and Shilpa Shetty).

She acted in the Kannada Doordarshan serial Janani in the late 90s. In 2012, she appeared as a strict, no-nonsense sessions court judge in T.N. Seetharam's Kannada daily serial Mukta-Mukta.

Bharathi has acted in Telugu movies like Jai Jawan (1970), Govula Gopanna (1968) and Sipayi Chinnayya with Akkineni Nageswara Rao and various Malayalam films with many leading actors, mainly in character roles.

Apart from acting, Bharathi has also been a singer and associate director in the film industry, singing a duet with T.M. Soundarrajan, a Tamil song "Thanga Nilave Nee Illamal" picturised on her and Gemini Ganesan. She sang a Kannada song "Ee Notake Mai Matake" with her husband Vishnuvardhan for the movie Nagara Hole. She worked as associate director with K. S. L. Swamy for the movies Karune Illada Kanoonu, Huli Hejje and the classic Malaya Marutha.

Filmography

Below is a partial list of her films.[4]

Year	Film	Language	Role	Director	Notes
1966	Love in Bangalore	Kannada		Kalyan Kumar
1966	Dudde Doddappa	Kannada	Kalpana	B. R. Panthulu
1966	Emme Thammanna	Kannada		B. R. Panthulu
1966	Sandhya Raga	Kannada		S. K. Bhagavan A.C. Narasimhamurthy
1966	Madhu Malathi	Kannada	Madhumalathi	S. K. A. Chari
1966	Nadodi	Tamil	Meena Dharmalingam	B. R. Panthulu	Debut in Tamil
1966	Chandhrodhayam	Tamil	Kamala	K. Shankar
1966	Enga Pappa	Tamil		B. R. Panthulu
1966	Namma Veettu Lakshmi	Tamil		B. R. Panthulu
1967	Beedhi Basavanna	Kannada	Vijaya	B. R. Panthulu
1967	Rajashekara	Kannada	Mangala	G. V. Iyer
1967	Thanga Thambi	Tamil	Parvathi	Francis Ramanath
1967	Rajadurgada Rahasya	Kannada	Mangala	A.C. Narasimhamurthy
1967	Mehrban	Hindi	Geeta Shanti Swarup	A. Bhimsingh
1967	Deiva Cheyal	Tamil		M. G. Balu
1967	Valiba Virundhu	Tamil		Murasoli Maran
1967	Naan Yaar Theriyuma	Tamil		V.N.Ramanan
1967	Aggi Dora	Telugu		B. Vittalacharya
1967	Gange Gowri	Kannada	Gange	B. R. Panthulu
1967	Pattukunte Padivelu	Telugu		M. Mallikarjuna Rao
1968	Uyarndha Manithan	Tamil	Gowri	Krishnan-Panju
1968	Sadhu Aur Shaitaan	Hindi	Vidya Shastri/Chuniya	A. Bhimsingh
1968	Amma	Kannada		B. R. Panthulu
1968	Mana Samsaram	Telugu		C. S. Rao
1968	Ninne Pelladuta	Telugu		B. V. Srinivas
1968	Nimirindhu Nil	Tamil		Devan
1968	Kalisina Manasulu	Telugu		Kamalakar Kameswara Rao
1968	Manassakshi	Kannada		S. K. A. Chari
1968	Bangaru Gaajulu	Telugu		C. S. Rao
1968	Govula Gopanna	Telugu		C. S. Rao
1968	Poovum Pottum	Tamil		Dada Mirasi
1968	Nane Bhagyavathi	Kannada		T. V. Singh Thakur
1968	Lakshmi Nivasam	Telugu		V. Madhusudana Rao
1969	Nangu Killadigal	Tamil		L. Balu
1969	Mayor Muthanna	Kannada		Siddalingaiah
1969	Ardha Rathri	Telugu		P. Sambasiva Rao
1969	Gandondu Hennaru	Kannada	Meena	B. R. Panthulu
1969	Thanga Surangam	Tamil	Amutha	T. R. Ramanna
1969	Shiva Bhaktha	Kannada		K. V. Srinivas
1969	Padicha Kallan	Malayalam		M. Krishnan Nair
1969	Sipayi Chinnayya	Telugu	Shobha	G. V. Sheshagiri Rao
1969	Chaduranga	Kannada		N. C. Rajan
1969	Nil Gavani Kadhali	Tamil		C. V. Rajendran
1969	Gruhalakshmi	Kannada		Vijaya Satyam
1970	Jai Jawan	Telugu		D.Yoganand
1970	Aliya Geleya	Kannada		B. R. Panthulu
1970	Akhandudu	Telugu		V. Ramachandra Rao
1970	Baalu Belagithu	Kannada	Lakshmi	Siddalingaiah
1970	Sri Krishnadevaraya	Kannada	Chinna	B. R. Panthulu	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1970	Purab Aur Paschim	Hindi	Gopi	Manoj Kumar
1970	Hasiru Thorana	Kannada	Meena	T. V. Singh Thakur
1970	Snehithi	Tamil		G. Ramakrishnan
1970	Bhale Jodi	Kannada	Sunitha	Y. R. Swamy
1970	Mastana	Hindi	Sharada	Adurthi Subba Rao
1970	Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani	Hindi	Seema	T. Prakash Rao	Famous for Sama Hai Suhana song
1970	Rangamahal Rahasya	Kannada		Vijay
1971	Avalukendru Oru Manam	Tamil		C. V. Sridhar
1971	Sri Krishna Rukmini Satyabhama	Kannada	Sathyabhama	K. S. L. Swamy
1971	Duniya Kya Jane	Hindi		C. V. Sridhar
1971	Kula Gourava	Kannada		Peketi Sivaram
1971	Thayi Devaru	Kannada		Siddalingaiah
1971	Seema	Hindi		Surendra Mohan
1971	Hum Tum Aur Woh	Hindi	Aarti	Shiv Kumar
1971	Andam Kosam Pandem	Telugu		A.Sheshagiri Rao
1971	Namma Samsara	Kannada		Siddalingaiah
1971	Meendum Vazhven	Tamil		T. N. Balu
1970	Andariki Monagadu	Telugu		M. Mallikarjuna Rao
1971	Naa Thammudu	Telugu		K. S. Prakash Rao
1972	Janma Rahasya	Kannada		S. P. N. Krishna
1972	Jeevana Jokali	Kannada		Geetapriya
1972	Jaga Mecchida Maga	Kannada		Hunsur Krishnamurthy
1972	Hrudaya Sangama	Kannada	Belli/Chandra	Rashi Brothers
1972	Annamitta Kai	Tamil	Doctor Kalpana
1972	Bangaaradha Manushya	Kannada	Lakshmi	Siddalingaiah
1972	Aankh Micholi	Hindi		Ramanna
1972	Unakkum Enakkum	Tamil		N. S. Maniam
1972	Sub Ka Saathi	Hindi		A. Bhimsingh
1972	Chitti Thalli	Telugu
1973	Bidugade	Kannada		Y. R. Swamy
1973	Swayamvara	Kannada		Y. R. Swamy
1973	Doorada Betta	Kannada		Siddalingaiah
1973	Ponvandu	Tamil		N. S. Maniam
1973	Neramu Siksha	Telugu		K. Viswanath
1974	Mugguru Ammayilu	Telugu		Kotayya Pratyagatma
1974	Anna Attige	Kannada		M. R. Vittal
1974	Onde Roopa Eradu Guna	Kannada		A. M. Sameevulla	In song "O Udala Sarala"
1974	Kunwara Baap	Hindi	Radha	Mehmood
1974	Thulasi	Telugu		K. Babu Rao
1974	Amma Manasu	Telugu		K. Viswanath
1974	Anaganaga Oka Thandri	Telugu		C. S. Rao
1974	Adapillala Thandri	Telugu		K. Vasu
1974	Harathi	Telugu		P. Lakshmi Deepak
1975	Devara Gudi	Kannada		R. Ramamurthy
1975	Kaveri	Kannada		H. N. Reddy
1975	Kotha Kapuram	Telugu		P. Chandrasekhar Reddy
1975	Bhagya Jyothi	Kannada		K. S. L. Swamy
1975	Saubhagyavathi	Telugu		P. Chandrasekhara Reddy
1975	Puttinti Gowravam	Telugu		P. Chandrasekhar Reddy
1975	Pandanti Samsaram	Telugu		P. Chandrasekhar Reddy
1975	Kathanayakuni Katha	Telugu		D. Yoganand
1976	Makkala Bhagya	Kannada		K. S. L. Swamy
1975	Pellade Bomma	Telugu		Chakravarthy
1976	Vadhu Varulu	Telugu		N.D. Vijayababu
1977	Devare Dikku	Kannada
1977	Manassakshi	Telugu		P. Sambasiva Rao
1977	Nee Vazha Vendum	Tamil		A. Bhimsingh
1977	Nagara Hole	Kannada	Madhu
1978	Madhura Sangama	Kannada	Lalithambe in play	T. P. Venugopal	Cameo appearance
1978	Prathima	Kannada
1978	Sandharbha	Kannada
1979	Manini	Kannada		K. S. Sethumadhavan
1980	Chitrakoota	Kannada		Gowri Sundar
1980	Rahasya Rathri	Kannada		M. S. Kumar
1980	Bangarada Jinke	Kannada		T. S. Nagabharana
1982	Pedda Gedda	Kannada
1984	Runamukthalu	Kannada	Goda	Puttana Kanagal
1986	Tavaru Mane	Kannada
1986	Maneye Manthralaya	Kannada
1986	Namma Oora Devathe	Kannada
1986	Ella Hengasarinda	Kannada
1986	Uppu	Malayalam	Khadeeja
1986	Padikkatha Padam	Tamil		Bharath
1987	Uttar Dakshin	Hindi		Prabhat Khanna
1987	Bandha Mukta	Kannada
1987	Thaliya Aane	Kannada
1988	Shanthi Nivasa	Kannada
1988	Mutthinantha Manushya	Kannada
1989	Yuddha Kaanda	Kannada		K. V. Raju
1990	Izzatdaar	Hindi	Sujatha	Kovelamudi Bapayya
1990	Bannada Gejje	Kannada	Vyjayanthi	Rajendra Singh Babu
1990	Prema Yuddham	Telugu	Vyjayanthi	Rajendra Singh Babu
1990	Urudhi Mozhi	Tamil		R. V. Udayakumar
1991	Sandhwanam	Malayalam
1992	Khel	Hindi	Kamini/Sharda	Rakesh Roshan
1993	Devaasuram	Malayalam	Neelakandan's mother
1994	Aao Pyaar Karen	Hindi	Anjali
1994	Sarigamalu	Telugu
1995	Dore	Kannada
1995	Achan Kombathu Amma Varampathu	Malayalam	Parvathi
1996	Katta Panchayathu	Tamil	Karthik's Mother
1996	Kaadhale Nimmadhi	Tamil	Kavitha's Mother
1997	Varnapakittu	Malayalam	Sunny's mother	I. V. Sasi
1997	Oru Yathramozhi	Malayalam	Govindankutty's mother
1998	Nakshatratharattu	Malayalam	Sreedevi
1998	Sundara Pandian	Tamil	Pandian's mother
2000	Narasimham	Malayalam	Induchoodan's mother	Shaji Kailas
2001	Karumadikkuttan	Malayalam	Bharathi
2002	Mazhathullikilukkam	Malayalam	Alice John
2003	Preethi Prema Pranaya	Kannada	Sharadha Devi	Kavitha Lankesh
2005	Maharaja	Kannada	Annapoorna	Sai Prakash
2006	Photographer	Malayalam	Dijo's & Joy's mother
2006	Tananam Tananam	Kannada	Shastry's wife	Kavitha Lankesh
2009	Raaj - The Showman	Kannada	Herself	Prem
2012	Crazy Loka	Kannada		Kavitha Lankesh
2012	Kanneerinum Madhuram	Malayalam	Vijayakumari
2016	Doddmane Hudga	Kannada	Doddmane Rajeeva's sister	Duniya Soori
2017	Ambar Caterers[5]	Tulu		Jai Prasad
2018	Raja Simha	Kannada		Ravi Ram
2018	Edakallu Guddada Mele	Kannada
2019	Kurukshetra	Kannada	Kunti	Naganna

Television

Bhagyavantaru as Annapoorneshwari Devi - serial aired in Star Suvarna
Sevanthi as Pramoda Devi - serial aired in Udaya TV
Janani -serial aired in Doordarshan

Awards

2017 - Padmashri - the 4th highest civilian award of India[6].

2010 - Honorary Doctorate from Karnataka State Open University[7].

1969-70 - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress - Sri Krishnadevaraya

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References

"Bharathi Vishnuvardhan: Shining on the silver screen for five decades". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
"Padma Awards 2017" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
"Vishnuvardhan Death". Retrieved 9 September 2012.
Bharathi, IMDb, retrieved 15 January 2008
http://www.tulucinema.com/kannada-actor-bharathi-vishnuvardhan-act-tulu-film-titled-ambar-caterers/
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157675
http://lyricsraaga.com/articles/list-kannad-film-artists-honorary-doctorate-degree/

External links

Bharathi on IMDb

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[toi1-1] "Bharathi Vishnuvardhan: Shining on the silver screen for five decades". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[2] "Padma Awards 2017" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[Vishnuvardhan_Death-3] "Vishnuvardhan Death". Retrieved 9 September 2012.

[imdb-4] Bharathi, IMDb, retrieved 15 January 2008

[5] ttp://www.tulucinema.com/kannada-actor-bharathi-vishnuvardhan-act-tulu-film-titled-ambar-caterers/

[6] ttp://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157675

[7] ttp://lyricsraaga.com/articles/list-kannad-film-artists-honorary-doctorate-degree/

Recipients of Padma Shri in Art
1950s	Omkarnath Thakur (1955) Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956) Sudhir Khastgir (1957) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957) Debaki Bose (1958) Shambhu Maharaj (1958) Nargis (1958) Satyajit Ray (1958) Devika Rani (1958)
1960s	Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar (1961) Bismillah Khan (1961) Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961) Ashok Kumar (1962) Mehboob Khan (1963) Melville de Mellow (1963) Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964) Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964) P. C. Sorcar (1964) Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965) V. Nagaiah (1965) Ravishankar Raval (1965) Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965) Sivaji Ganesan (1966) M. F. Husain (1966) Sumitra Charat Ram (1966) P. Bhanumathi (1966) Daji Bhatawadekar (1967) Vasant Desai (1967) Siddheshwari Devi (1967) Mohammed Rafi (1967) Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967) Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967) M. R. Acharekar (1968) Begum Akhtar (1968) Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968) Nikhil Banerjee (1968) Sunil Dutt (1968) Durga Khote (1968) Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968) Shankar–Jaikishan (1968) Ayodhya Prasad (1968) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968) N. T. Rama Rao (1968) Devi Lal Samar (1968) Vyjayanthimala (1968) Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969) David Abraham Cheulkar (1969) Narayan Shridhar Bendre (1969) S. D. Burman (1969) B. Saroja Devi (1969) Indrani Rahman (1969) Balraj Sahni (1969) S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)
1970s	Sukumar Bose (1970) Prem Dhawan (1970) Ratna Fabri (1970) Gemini Ganesan (1970) Ritwik Ghatak (1970) Damayanti Joshi (1970) Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970) Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970) Madhaviah Krishnan (1970) Rajendra Kumar (1970) Pankaj Mullick (1970) Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970) Relangi (1970) Gummadi (1970) Vijay Raghav Rao (1970) V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970) Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970) K. B. Sundarambal (1970) Avinash Vyas (1970) M. Balamuralikrishna (1971) Sankho Chaudhuri (1971) Manna Dey (1971) Tripti Mitra (1971) Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971) Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971) K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971) Shanta Rao (1971) Ravi (music director) (1971) Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971) Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972) Girija Devi (1972) Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972) Sunil Janah (1972) Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972) Bhimsen Joshi (1972) Mahendra Kapoor (1972) Ram Kumar (artist) (1972) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972) Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972) Samta Prasad (1972) M. K. Radha (1972) Raghu Rai (1972) Krishna Reddy (1972) Waheeda Rehman (1972) Juthika Roy (1972) Suchitra Sen (1972) Gubbi Veeranna (1972) Sitara Devi (1973) T. N. Krishnan (1973) Kishan Maharaj (1973) Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973) Uma Sharma (1973) S. G. Thakur Singh (1973) Pushkar Bhan (1974) Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974) Bindhyabasini Devi (1974) Naina Devi (1974) Girish Karnad (1974) Shriram Lagoo (1974) Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974) Nutan (1974) M. D. Ramanathan (1974) Som Nath Sadhu (1974) Emani Sankara Sastry (1974) Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974) Manik Varma (1974) M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975) Jasraj (1975) Amjad Ali Khan (1975) Gopi Krishna (1975) Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975) Basavaraj Rajguru (1975) Kalyanam Raghuramaiah (1975) M. S. Sathyu (1975) K. G. Subramanyan (1975) Gitchandra Tongbra (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1975) Shyam Benegal (1976) Raghunath Mohapatra (1976) Ram Narayan (1976) K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976) R. Nagendra Rao (1976) S. Somasundaram (1976) Parween Sultana (1976) Dhanraj Bhagat (1977) Bhupen Hazarika (1977) Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977) Alla Rakha (1977) Jehangir Sabavala (1977) Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)
1980s	B. V. Karanth (1981) Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981) Gambhir Singh Mura (1981) Dashrath Patel (1981) S. H. Raza (1981) Padma Subrahmanyam (1981) Allah Jilai Bai (1982) Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982) Jabbar Patel (1982) Virendra Prabhakar (1982) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983) Nepal Mahato (1983) Handel Manuel (1983) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Sobha Singh (1983) Habib Tanvir (1983) Ganga Devi (1984) Amitabh Bachchan (1984) Purushottam Das (1984) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) Bhupen Khakhar (1984) Ben Kingsley (1984) Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984) Roshan Kumari (1984) Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984) N. Rajam (1984) Raja and Radha Reddy (1984) Nek Chand (1984) Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984) Shanti Dave (1985) Asa Singh Mastana (1985) Laxman Pai (1985) Smita Patil (1985) Palghat R. Raghu (1985) Naseeruddin Shah (1985) Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986) Kanika Banerjee (1986) Subrata Mitra (1986) Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986) Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986) K. Balachander (1987) Kumudini Lakhia (1987) Vijaya Mehta (1987) N. Ramani (1987) Aparna Sen (1987) Naresh Sohal (1987) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Shabana Azmi (1988) Teejan Bai (1988) Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988) Zakir Hussain (1988) Chindodi Leela (1988) Sudharani Raghupathy (1988) Sudarshan Sahoo (1988) Kudrat Singh (1988) Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Adyar K. Lakshman (1989) Haku Shah (1989) L. Subramaniam (1989) Ratan Thiyam (1989) Upendra Trivedi (1989)
1990s	Mohan Agashe (1990) G. Aravindan (1990) Prabha Atre (1990) Asgari Bai (1990) Gulab Bai (1990) Balwantrai Bhatt (1990) Diwaliben Bhil (1990) Raj Bisaria (1990) S. M. Ganapathy (1990) Kamal Haasan (1990) Bishamber Khanna (1990) Krishen Khanna (1990) Allu Ramalingaiah (1990) Tarun Majumdar (1990) Madhavi Mudgal (1990) Om Puri (1990) Kanak Rele (1990) Leela Samson (1990) Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990) Kapila Vatsyayan (1990) Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991) Bharat Gopy (1991) Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991) Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991) Shanno Khurana (1991) Pratima Barua Pandey (1991) Manu Parekh (1991) Shivkumar Sharma (1991) Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991) Sharda Sinha (1991) Alarmel Valli (1991) Jaya Bachchan (1992) Pankaj Charan Das (1992) Biren De (1992) Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992) Sabri Khan (1992) Sunita Kohli (1992) Madurai N. Krishnan (1992) Manoj Kumar (1992) Meera Mukherjee (1992) Asha Parekh (1992) Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992) Bhagaban Sahu (1992) Anandji Virji Shah (1992) Kalyanji Virji Shah (1992) Sundari K. Shridharani (1992) Tapan Sinha (1992) Muthiah Sthapati (1992) K. Viswanath (1992) Chitra Visweswaran (1992) Dipali Barthakur (1998) Mammootty (1998) Kunja Bihari Meher (1998) Shahir Krishnarao Sable (1998) Zohra Sehgal (1998) K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998) U. Srinivas (1998) Javed Akhtar (1999) Saryu Doshi (1999) Sulochana Latkar (1999) Sumati Mutatkar (1999) Shobha Deepak Singh (1999) Jagmohan Sursagar (1999) Ram V. Sutar (1999)
2000s	Kanhai Chitrakar (2000) Shekhar Kapur (2000) Hema Malini (2000) Anjolie Ela Menon (2000) Shubha Mudgal (2000) Alyque Padamsee (2000) A. R. Rahman (2000) Ramanand Sagar (2000) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001) Aamir Raza Husain (2001) Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001) Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001) Sunil Kothari (2001) Nerella Venu Madhav (2001) Mohanlal (2001) Shobha Naidu (2001) D. V. S. Raju (2001) Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001) Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001) Thota Tharani (2001) W. D. Amaradeva (2002) Raj Begum (2002) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002) Pushpa Bhuyan (2002) Rajan Devadas (2002) Darshana Jhaveri (2002) Abdul Latif Khan (2002) Mani Krishnaswami (2002) Fazal Mohammad (2002) Manorama (Tamil actress) (2002) Govind Nihalani (2002) Mani Ratnam (2002) Kiran Segal (2002) Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002) Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002) T. H. Vinayakram (2002) Jahnu Barua (2003) Danny Denzongpa (2003) Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003) Rita Ganguly (2003) Ranjana Gauhar (2003) Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003) Rakhee Gulzar (2003) Nemi Chandra Jain (2003) O. P. Jain (2003) Aamir Khan (2003) Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003) T. M. Soundararajan (2003) Sukumari (2003) Satish Vyas (2003) Bharathiraja (2004) Maguni Charan Das (2004) Manoranjan Das (2004) D. K. Datar (2004) Kadri Gopalnath (2004) Hariharan (singer) (2004) Purshottam Das Jalota (2004) Krishn Kanhai (2004) Heisnam Kanhailal (2004) Anupam Kher (2004) Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004) Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004) Sudha Ragunathan (2004) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004) Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004) Bharati Shivaji (2004) Singh Bandhu (2004) Bhajan Sopori (2004) Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004) Muzaffar Ali (2005) Shameem Dev Azad (2005) M. Boyer (2005) K. S. Chithra (2005) Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005) Shah Rukh Khan (2005) Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005) Kavita Krishnamurti (2005) Chaturbhuj Meher (2005) Kumkum Mohanty (2005) Punaram Nishad (2005) Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005) Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005) Komala Varadan (2005) Wadali Brothers (2005) Ileana Citaristi (2006) Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006) Shree Lal Joshi (2006) Surinder Kaur (2006) Rashid Khan (musician) (2006) Vasundhara Komkali (2006) Yashodhar Mathpal (2006) Madhup Mudgal (2006) Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006) Shyama Charan Pati (2006) Gayatri Sankaran (2006) Prasad Sawkar (2006) Aribam Syam Sharma (2006) Shobana (2006) Kanaka Srinivasan (2006) Pankaj Udhas (2006) Mohan Babu (2007) Geeta Chandran (2007) Astad Deboo (2007) Neelamani Devi (2007) Remo Fernandes (2007) P. Gopinathan (2007) Pushpa Hans (2007) Shanti Hiranand (2007) Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007) Govardan Kumari (2007) Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007) Balachandra Menon (2007) Shashikala (2007) Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007) Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007) Pannuru Sripathy (2007) Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007) Waman Thakre (2007) P. R. Thilagam (2007) Tom Alter (2008) Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008) Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008) Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008) Madhuri Dixit (2008) Kekoo Gandhy (2008) Helen Giri Syiem (2008) Jatin Goswami (2008) Hans Raj Hans (2008) Sabitri Heisnam (2008) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008) P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008) Pratap Govindrao Pawar (2008) Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008) Gangadhar Pradhan (2008) M. Night Shyamalan (2008) Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008) Jawahar Wattal (2008) Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009) Hemi Bawa (2009) Brahmanandam (2009) Devayani (dancer) (2009) Suresh Dutta (2009) Kalamandalam Gopi (2009) Niranjan Goswami (2009) Geeta Kapur (2009) Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009) Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009) Helen (2009) S. Krishnaswamy (2009) Akshay Kumar (2009) Iravatham Mahadevan (2009) Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009) Penaz Masani (2009) Shaoli Mitra (2009) Udit Narayan (2009) Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009) Leela Omchery (2009) Pratapaditya Pal (2009) Aruna Sairam (2009) Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009) Kumar Sanu (2009) Kiran Seth (2009) Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009) Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009) Thilakan (2009) K. P. Udayabhanu (2009) Vivek (actor) (2009)
2010s	Gul Bardhan (2010) Carmel Berkson (2010) Wasifuddin Dagar (2010) Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010) Nemai Ghosh (2010) Sumitra Guha (2010) Ulhas Kashalkar (2010) Saif Ali Khan (2010) Mukund Lath (2010) Ram Dayal Munda (2010) Arundathi Nag (2010) Raghunath Panigrahi (2010) Resul Pookutty (2010) Arjun Prajapati (2010) Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010) Shobha Raju (2010) Mayadhar Raut (2010) Rekha (2010) Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011) Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011) Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011) Mahasundari Devi (2011) Gajam Govardhana (2011) Sunayana Hazarilal (2011) S. R. Janakiraman (2011) Jayaram (2011) Kajol (2011) Shaji N. Karun (2011) Girish Kasaravalli (2011) Irrfan Khan (2011) Tabu (2011) Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011) Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011) Jivya Soma Mashe (2011) Dadi Pudumjee (2011) M. K. Saroja (2011) Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011) Prahlad Tipanya (2011) Usha Uthup (2011) Satish Alekar (2012) Satish Alekar (2012) Vanraj Bhatia (2012) Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012) Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012) Gundecha Brothers (2012) Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012) Anup Jalota (2012) Moti Lal Kemmu (2012) Shahid Parvez (2012) Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012) Sakar Khan (2012) Joy Michael (2012) Minati Mishra (2012) Na Muthuswamy (2012) R. Nagarathnamma (2012) Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Vijay Sharma (2012) Laila Tyabji (2012) Yamunabai Waikar (2012) S. Shakir Ali (2013) Gajam Anjaiah (2013) Bapu (2013) Pablo Bartholomew (2013) Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013) G. C. D. Bharti (2013) Apurba Kishore Bir (2013) Ghanakanta Bora (2013) B. Jayashree (2013) Hildamit Lepcha (2013) Madhu (actor) (2013) Sudha Malhotra (2013) Kailash Chandra Meher (2013) Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013) Nana Patekar (2013) Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013) Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013) Jaymala Shiledar (2013) Ramesh Sippy (2013) Sridevi (2013) Suresh Talwalkar (2013) Mahrukh Tarapor (2013) Balwant Thakur (2013) Rajendra Tikku (2013) Mohammad Ali Baig (2014) Vidya Balan (2014) Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014) Sabitri Chatterjee (2014) Biman Bihari Das (2014) Sunil Das (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Rani Karnaa (2014) Bansi Kaul (2014) Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014) Geeta Mahalik (2014) Paresh Maity (2014) Ram Mohan (2014) Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014) Paresh Rawal (2014) Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014) Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014) Santosh Sivan (2014) Sooni Taraporevala (2014) Naresh Bedi (2015) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015) Rahul Jain (2015) Ravindra Jain (2015) Prasoon Joshi (2015) A. Kanyakumari (2015) Prafulla Kar (2015) Tripti Mukherjee (2015) Neil Nongkynrih (2015) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015) Shekhar Sen (2015) Pran Kumar Sharma (2015) Mahesh Raj Soni (2015) Malini Awasthi (2016) Madhur Bhandarkar (2016) Tulsidas Borkar (2016) Mamta Chandrakar (2016) Ajay Devgn (2016) Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016) Laxma Goud (2016) Saeed Jaffrey (2016) Venkatesh Kumar (2016) Naresh Chander Lal (2016) Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016) Nila Madhab Panda (2016) Michael Postel (2016) Pratibha Prahlad (2016) Gulabo Sapera (2016) Prakash Chand Surana (2016) Basanti Bisht (2017) Baua Devi (2017) Jitendra Haripal (2017) Kailash Kher (2017) Sadhu Meher (2017) Aruna Mohanty (2017) T. K. Murthy (2017) Mukund Nayak (2017) Anuradha Paudwal (2017) Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017) Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017) Doddarange Gowda (2018) Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018) Pran Kishore Kaul (2018) Vijay Kichlu (2018) Pravakara Maharana (2018) Sisir Mishra (2018) Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018) Gobardhan Panika (2018) R. Sathyanarayana (2018) Bhajju Shyam (2018) Ibrahim Sutar (2018) Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018) Manoj Bajpayee (2019) Pritam Bhartwan (2019) Jyoti Bhatt (2019) Swapan Chaudhuri (2019) Dinyar Contractor (2019) Thanga Darlong (2019) Prabhu Deva (2019) Godawari Dutta (2019) Joravarsinh Jadav (2019) Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019) K. G. Jayan (2019) Waman Kendre (2019) Kader Khan (2019) Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019) Shankar Mahadevan (2019) Narthaki Nataraj (2019) Milena Salvini (2019) Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019) Rajeev Taranath (2019) Hiralal Yadav (2019)
2020s	Shashadhar Acharya (2020) Rajeshwar Acharya (2019) Indira P P Bora (2020) Bombay Sisters (2020) Vajira Chitrasena (2020) Puru Dadheech (2020) Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020) Sarita Joshi (2020) Kangana Ranaut (2020) Ramzan Khan (2020) Manilal Nag (2020) Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020) Adnan Sami (2020) Suresh Wadkar (2020)

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1968–1980	Kalpana (1968) Kalpana (1969) Bharathi (1970) Kalpana (1971) L. V. Sharadha (1972) Aarathi (1973) Jayanthi & Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1974) no award (1975) Aarathi (1976) Jayanthi (1977) Aparna Narang (1978) Aarathi (1979) Vaishali Kasaravalli (1980)
1981–2000	Aarathi (1981) Jayanthi (1982) Padma Vasanthi (1983) Abhinaya (1984) Roopa Devi (1985) Jayanthi (1986) Geetha (1987) no award (1988) Saritha (1989) Sudha Rani (1990) Tara (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Vinaya Prasad (1993) Lakshmi (1994) Shruti (1995) Prema (1996) Shilpa (1997) Jayamala (1998) Soundarya (1999) Tara (2000)
2001–present	Anu Prabhakar (2001) Soundarya (2002) Bhavana (2003) Radhika Kumaraswamy (2004) Shruti (2005) Pavitra Lokesh (2006) Tara (2007) Umashree (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009) Anu Prabhakar (2010) Ramya (2011) Bhavana (2012) Nirmala Chennappa (2013) Nivedhitha (2014) Lakshmi Gopalaswamy (2015) Sruthi Hariharan (2016)