Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada explained

Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada
Awarded For:Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Presenter:Filmfare
Country:India
Year:Leelavathi
Kannadada Kanda (2007)
Holder:Sudha Belawadi,
Kousalya Supraja Rama (2023)
Website:Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award is and award presented annually by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada films. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the Kannada film industry. Although the awards for Kannada films started in 1970, awards for the best supporting actress category started only in 2007. At the 54th Filmfare Awards South ceremony held in 2007, Leelavathi was the first winner of this award for his role in Kannadada Kanda.

Since its inception, the award has been given to ten different actresses. With three nominations including one win, Tara has been the most nominated. As of the 2017 ceremony, Bhavani Prakash is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Bobby in Urvi.

Superlatives

SuperlativeActorRecord
Actress with most awardsUmashree2 wins
Actress with most nominationsUmashree
Tara
3 nominations
Oldest winnerLeelavathi69 years
Oldest nominee
Youngest nomineeHarshika Poonacha17 years

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as per Filmfare convention, and generally correspond to the year of film's theatrical release; the ceremonies are always held the following year.

Table key
Indicates the winner
YearActorFilm Role(s)
2006
(54th)
Kannadada Kanda
2007
(55th)
Ee BandhanaSukanya
2008
(56th)
Moggina ManasuRenuka Devi
Anu PrabhakarMussanjemaatuShwetha
Bhavana RaoGaalipataPavani
NeethuGaalipataRadha
Padmaja RaoTaj MahalShruti's mother
2009
(57th)
JoshSharadamma
Anjana SukhaniMaleyali JotheyaliSandhya
Nithya MenenJoshMeera
Suman RanganathanSavari
Yagna ShettyLove Guru
2010
(58th)
Krishnan Love Story
Harshika PoonachaJackieYashoda
Lakshmi GopalaswamyAptharakshakaSaraswathi
Ramya BarnaPancharangiLatha
TaraModalasalaDeepu's mother
2011
(59th)
Puttakkana HighwayPuttakka[1]
AbhinayaHudugaruPavithra
Aindrita RayParamathmaSaanvi
Ramya BarnaHudugaruSushma
Veena SundarOlave MandaraNanji
2012
(60th)
SidlinguAandalamma[2]
[3]
Catherine TresaGodfatherVani
Jaya PradaSangolli RayannaKittur Chennamma
Sindhu LokanathDramaChandrika
UmashreeAlemari
2013
(61st)
Kalyani Raju Jayammana MagaJayamma[4]
[5]
Milana NagarajBrindavanaMadhu
Parul YadavBachchanAnjali
Rukmini VijayakumarBhajarangiKrishne
TaraShravani SubramanyaAnuradha
2014
(62nd)
OggaraneMeghana[6]
[7]
Asha SarathDrishyaIGP Roopa Chandrashekhar
Malavika AvinashMr. and Mrs. RamachariSudha
Padmaja RaoUgrammAgastya's mother
SumithraShivajinagara
2015
(63rd)
Vaastu PrakaaraVandana[8]
Avantika ShettyRangiTarangaSandhya Bhargav
ChandrikaKendasampigeShakuntala Shetty
MadhooRannaSaraswathi
Paavana GowdaAatagaraAnu
2016
(64th)
Kirik PartyAarya[9]
Aindrita RayNiruttaraShravya
Meghashree BhagavatarLast BusSeethakka
SonuKiragoorina GayyaligaluNagamma
Suman RanganathanNeer DoseSharada Mani
2017
(65th)
UrviBobby[10]
[11]
Aruna BalrajOperation AlamelammaAlamelamma
Samyukta HornadDayavittu Gamanisi
Usha BhandaryOndu Motteya Kathe
Veena SundarKaafi ThotaMeera
2018
(66th)
SharanyaNathicharamiSuma[12]
[13]
Shreya AnchanKatheyondu ShuruvagideSwarna
SudharaniLife Jothe Ondh SelfieThulasi
SumalathaThayige Thakka MagaParvathi
Suman NagarkarJeerjimbe
202021
(67th)
Rathnan PrapanchaSaroja Bai[14]
Aarohi NarayanShivaji SurathkalDr. Anjali
Amrutha IyengarLove MocktailJoshitha
Meghashree Mugilpete
Sparsha RekhaPopcorn Monkey TigerPadma
Usha Ravishankar SalagaVijay's mother
2022
(68th)
Mangala NTaledandaKethamma[15]
Aditi SagarVedhaKanaka
Archana JoisShanthamma
Manasi Sudhir KantaraKamala
VedhaShankri
2023
(69th)
Sudha BelawadiKousalya Supraja RamaKousalya[16]
Gunjalamma Pinky Elli
M. D. Pallavi19.20.21
KaateraKumari
Tagaru PalyaShantha

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 59th Idea Filmfare Awards South (Winners list). Filmfare. filmfare.com. 9 July 2012. 17 October 2015.
  2. Web site: 60th Idea Filmfare Awards 2013 (South) Nominations . 4 July 2013 . 17 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406095119/http://www.filmfare.com/features/60th-idea-filmfare-awards-2013-south-nominations-3603.html . 6 April 2016 .
  3. Web site: List of Winners at the 60th Idea Filmfare Awards (South) . Filmfare . filmfare.com . 21 July 2013 . 17 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406095125/http://www.filmfare.com/news/list-of-winners-at-the-60th-idea-filmfare-awards-south-3745.html . 6 April 2016 .
  4. Web site: 61st Idea Filmfare Awards (South) Nomination list . 8 July 2014 . 17 October 2015.
  5. Web site: Winners of 61st Idea Filmfare Awards South. Filmfare. filmfare.com. 13 July 2014. 17 October 2015.
  6. Web site: Nominations for the 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South) . 3 June 2015 . 17 October 2015.
  7. Web site: Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South . Filmfare . filmfare.com . 29 June 2015 . 17 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160129092825/http://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-62nd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-9643.html . 29 January 2016 .
  8. Web site: Winners: 63rd Filmfare South Awards . 19 June 2016 . 20 June 2016.
  9. Web site: Winners: 64th Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (South). Times of India. 19 June 2017.
  10. Web site: Filmfare Awards South 2018 Kannada Nominations Filmfare . filmfare.com . 19 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180619140745/https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-south-2018/kannada/nominations . 19 June 2018.
  11. Web site: Theatreperson Bhavani Prakash elated to be ‘recognised’ - Times of India . The Times of India . 19 June 2018.
  12. Web site: Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019. Filmfare . 13 December 2019 . 13 December 2019.
  13. Web site: Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019. Filmfare. 22 December 2019.
  14. Web site: 67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 with Kamar Film Factory . Filmfare. 18 October 2022.
  15. Web site: 67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 with Kamar Film Factory . Filmfare. 18 October 2022.
  16. Web site: Full list of Winners of the 69th SOBHA Filmfare Awards South (Kannada). Filmfare. 5 August 2022.