The nominations for the second edition of the Prajavani Kannada Cine Sammana are here. Each category has five nominations.
Best Film of the Year
Pinki Elli directed by Prithvi Konanur, Daredevil Musthafa by Shashank Soghal, Kaatera by Tharun Sudhir, Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye by Raj B Shetty, and Viratapura Viraagi by B S Lingadevaru.
Best Director Award
Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy (Aachar & Co.), B S Lingadevaru (Viratapura Viraagi),
Prithvi Konanur (Pinki Elli), Shashank Sogal (Daredevil Musthafa) and Hemanth M Rao (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello — Side A)
Best Debut Director Award
Vishal Atreya (‘Tatsama Tadbhava’), Umesh K Krupa (‘Tagarupalya’), Shashank Soghal (‘Daredevil Musthafa’), Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy (‘Aachar & Co.’) Nithin Krishnamurthy (‘Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare’).
Best Actor (Female)
Siri Ravikumar (Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye), Rukmini Vasanth (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello — Side A), Akshata Pandavapura (Pinki Elli), Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy (Aachar & Co.) and Milana Nagaraj (Kousalya Supraja Rama).
Best Actor (Male)
Raj B Shetty (Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye and Toby), Shishir Baikady (Daredevil Musthafa), Darshan Toogudeepa (Kaatera) and Shiva Rajkumar (Ghost).
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female)
Gunjalamma (Pinki Elli), Tara Anuradha (Tagarupalya), Umashree (Kaasinasara), Pavitra Lokesh (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello - Side A) and Venya Rai (Bhavapoorna).
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male)
Poornachandra Mysore and Shobhraj Pavvor (Daredevil Musthafa), Nagabhushana (Kousalya Supraja Rama),
J P Tumminadu (Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye), Ramesh Indira (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello — Side A) and Rangayana Raghu (Tagarupalya).
Best Cinematography
Praveen Shriyan (Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye), Sudhakar S Raj (Kaatera), Ashok V Raman (Viraatapura Viraagi), Shiva B K Kumar (19.20.21) and Abhimanyu Sadanandan (Aachar & Co.)
Best Editing
Deepu S Kumar (Ghost), Sharath Vasishta, Hareesh Komme and Rahul Roy (Daredevil Musthafa), Sunil Bharadwaj (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello — Side A), Suresh Armugam (19.20.21) and Ashik Kusugolli (Aachar & Co.).
Best Music
Bindhumalini (Aachar & Co.), V Harikrishna (Kaatera), Midhun Mukundan (Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye), Raghu Dixit (Orchestra Mysuru) and Manikanth Kadri (Viratapura Viraagi).