Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 Highlights: Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi, Shakhahaari win top honours

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Bengaluru: Prajavani newspaper has a close association with the Kannada film industry (Sandalwood) for over six decades. A glance through the pages of history reveals numerous examples of this bond.

‘Prajavani’ has attentively followed the pulse of the film industry, responsibly reported its changes, and maintained a dignified perspective in viewing films from a cultural standpoint.

It is with this intent that in 2023, ‘Prajavani’ created a platform to celebrate and cherish Karnataka’s rich cinematic heritage.

Launched during its ‘Amrita Sambhrama’ (75th anniversary) celebrations, the ‘Prajavani Kannada Cine Sammana’ has won the hearts of the Kannada film fraternity.

After organising two vibrant, grand, and meaningful editions, ‘Prajavani’ is now gearing up for the third edition.

Top dignitaries to grace Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 event

Prominent personalities such as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, and actor Shivrajkumar, who has made immense contributions to Kannada cinema, will be participating in the event.

Several other dignitaries from the fields of cinema, politics, literature, and art will also take part in the programme.

Who will win the coveted awards at the 2025 Prajavani Cine Sammana?

More than 115 films, which were released in 2024 were nominated across 25 categories by the public.

This selection process was conducted with complete transparency under the supervision of an expert jury panel.

Prajavani Jury..

2025 Prajavani Cine Sammana Award Categories: Total 25

• Best Actor

• Best Actress

• Best Film of the Year

• Best Supporting Actor

• Best Supporting Actress

• Best Direction

• Best Cinematography

• Best Music Direction

• Best Screenplay

• Best Dialogue Writing

• Best Editing

2025 Prajavani Cine Sammana: Movies that can serve as guide to the Sandalwood film industry

-- Best Film with Social Impact

-- Best Direction

-- Best VFX, Production Design, and Animation

-- Best Sound Recording and Editing

2025 Prajavani Cine Sammana: People's Choice Awards

-- People's Choice Best Movie

-- People's Choice Best Actor

-- People's Choice Best Actress

-- People's Choice Best Music Director

2025 Prajavani Cine Sammana: Editor's Pick

-- The year's most notable work in the field of movie

-- Outstanding contribution to Kannada Cinema

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Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 stage is set.

Actors young and old vie for the coveted 2025 Prajavani Cine Sammana

Best Direction - Nomination (Name: Film)

1. Jaishankar Aryan: Shivamma Yarehanchinala

2. Siddu Poornachandra: Tharini

3. Santosh Anandram: Yuva

4. M. Bharatraj: Laughing Buddha

5. Utsav Gonavara: Photo

6. Simple Suni: A simple love story

7. Prithvi Konanur: Hadinelentu

8. Nartan: Bhairati Rangal

Best Debut Director - Nomination (Name: Film)

1. Mithilesh Edavalat: Roopanthara

2. Srinidhi Bengaluru: Blink

3. Sandeep Sunkad: Shakahari

4. Raghuraj Gowda, Nagaraj Malligenahalli: Ramesh– Suresh

5. Chandrajit Belyappa: Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali

6. Raghavendra M. Naik: Marigold

Best Supporting Actor - Nomination (Name: Film)

1. Lokesh Gowda: Jalandhara

2. Gopalakrishna Deshpande: Blink

3. Gopalakrishna Deshpande: Shakhahaari

4. Jahangir M.S.: Photo

5. Somashekar Bolegaon: Roopanthara

6. Sampath Maitreya: Moorane Krishnappa

Best Music Direction - Nomination (Name: Film)

1. Anoop Seelin: Kaalapatthar

2. Ritwik Kaikini: Kenda

3. Arjun Janya: Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi

4. Veer Samarth: A simple love story

5. Gagan Baderia: Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali

6. Charan Raj: Bheema

7. B. Ajaneesh Loknath: UI

8. Mayur Ambekallu: Shakhahaari

Best Supporting Actress - Nomination (Name: Film)

1. Ruchika Raj: Jalandhar

2. Aleksya Boregovski: Koli Esru

3. Saddhamaraj: Sambhavami Yuge Yuge

4. Harini Sriram: Kerebete

5. Girish Lotlikar: Genius Mutta

6. Preetam Pawargon: Bhima

7. Hamsika: Roopanthara

8. Sandhya Arekar: Photo

Best Cinematography - Nomination (Name: Picture)

1. PKH Das: Desai

2. Sunil Narasimha Murthy: Anshu

3. Santosh Rai Pataje: Karataka Damanaka

4. Shekhar Chandra: Max

5. Naveen Kumar: Bhairati Rangal

6. Vishwajit Rao: Shakahaari

7. Venkataram Prasad: Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi

8. Dinesh Divakaran: Photo

9. Kirtan Pujari: Kerebete

Best Actress of the Year – Nomination (Name: Film)

1. Ankita Amar: Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali

2. Swatishta Krishnan: A simple love story

3. Roshni Prakash: Murphy

4. Sharanamma Chetty: Shivamma Yerehanchinala

5. Mamata Raut: Tharini

6. Mahalakshmi: Kubusa

7. Nisha Ravikrishna: Anshu

Best Actor of the Year – Nomination (Name: Film)

1. Rangayana Raghu: Shakhahaari

2. Kiccha Sudeep: Max

3. Mahadev Hadapada: Photo

4. Duniya Vijay: Bheema

5. Pramod Shetty: Laughing Buddha

6. Pepe: Vinay Rajkumar

7. Marigold: Digant

8. Hiranya: Rajavardhan

9. Kerebete: Gaurishankar

Best Movie of the Year – Nomination

1. Shakhahaari

2. Blink

3. Hadinelentu

4. Roopanthara

5. Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi

6. Shivamma Yarehanchinala

7. Kubusa

8. Kerebete

VIPs arrive to attend Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025

Prajvani Executive Editor Ravindra G Bhat (right) welcomes Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (centre) and Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa (left) as they arrive to attend Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 event.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.

Kannada Superstar also known as Hattrick Hero Shiva Rajkumar and wife Geetha Shiva Rajkumar arrive at Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 event.

Kannada Cinema Thespian Rajkumar's grandsons and emerging Kannada stars Vinay Rajkumar(left) and Yuva Rajkumar (right) arrive at Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 event.

Lipi Jobson, Head Marketing, Casa Grand arrives at the Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 event.

Mr. Vikas M J, CEO, Mercedes-Benz—Akshaya Motors arrives at the Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 event.

T Saravana, Proprietor, Sai Gold Palace.

[Left to right] Kannada actresses-- Ananya Amar and Ankita Amar (Nominee for the best actress for her performance in Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali.]

Mahalaksmi, lead actress of Kusuba Kannada movie.

Veteran Kannada Actor M.S Umesh with his daughter arrive to attend Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 event.

Kannada movie director Pannaga Bharana and father, a veteran Kannada director and actor T. S. Nagabharana.

Mr. Naveen & Mr. Ketan, Managing Partners, Neuman (from the house of PN RAO)

Dr. Swathi Pradeep & Mr. Pradeep D S, Managing Director, Sadguru Ayurveda.

Santosh Alibadi, Area Manager, HMSI.

K Mohan Sundar, Founder & Managing Director , Travelmart.

Right-to-Left: Abhinav Pandey, ASM Karnataka and Harsh Rastogi, Brand Manager, Freedom Oil.

Mr. Sheshadri, DGM, Bangalore City Co-operative Bank.

Pooja Gandhi, Jury member of Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025.

Srinidhi Bengaluru, Director of Kannada movie 'Blink'.

Siddu Poornachandra, Director of Tharini movie arrives to attend Prajvani Cine Sammana 2025 event. 

Vijay Kumar B K, Regional manager, National Insurance company.

Kerebete Producer Jnannesh and lead actor Gowrishankar S.R.G.

Left to Right: Smt. Vinoda Sivaramaiah, CEO, Janata Co-operative Bank, Aravind (vice presient) and R Ashwath (Director) arrive to attend Prajvani Cine Sammana 2025 event.

Veteran Kannada Director H. R. Bhargava arrives to attend Prajvani Cine Sammana 2025 event

Popular Kannada Director P. Sheshadria rrives to attend Prajvani Cine Sammana 2025 event.

Shivakumar J. Art Director (of KGF fame) arrives to attend Prajvani Cine Sammana 2025 event.

Kiran Kerketta, Manager, Gitam University, arrives to attend Prajvani Cine Sammana 2025 event.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 begins co-hosted by Anushree and Akul Balaji

Anushree and Akul Balaji co-hosting the Prajavani Cine Sammana programme.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025: Blink Director Srinidhi Bengaluru wins Best Debut Director

Srinidhi Bengaluru, Director of Kannada movie 'Blink'.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Shivakumar J wins best art director for the movie Max

Shivakumar J.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | UI movie wins Best VFX, Production Design, and Animation award

UI movie wins  Best VFX, Production Design, and Animation award.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Hadinelentu wins Best Social Impact movie award

Director Prithvi Konanur accepts award for best social impact award for the movie Hadinelentu.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Kerebete movies wins Best Sound Recording and Editing award

Producer and actor Gauri Shankar accepts Best Sound Recording and Editing for Kerebete movie.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025| Kerebete movie wins award for best editing

Jnannesh B Matad, producer of Kerebete movie accepts the award for best editing.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Shekar Chandra of Max movie wins Best Cinematography award

Shekar Chandra of Max movie wins Best Cinematography award.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Shekar VJ of 'Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi' movie wins best choreographer award

Shekar VJ of 'Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi' movie wins best choreographer award.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Shruthi Prahlada of Karataka Damanaka wins best female playback singer

Shruthi Prahlada of Karataka Damanaka movie wins best female playback singer.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Veteran actor Srinath popularly known as 'Pranayaraja' presented with Lifetime Achievement Award for his innumerable contributions to the Kannada film industry

[Left to right] Shri K N Tilak Kumar, Joint Managing Director, The Printers Mysore Ltd, with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Veteran Kannada actor Srinath and Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa at Prajavani Cine Sanmmana 2025 event.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Crazy Star V Ravichandran and Action Queen Malashree doing a playful dance to thrill the audience

Veteran actors V Ravichandran and Malashree.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | V Ravichandran popularly known as Crazy Star has been presented with 'Outstanding contribution to Kannada cinema industry

Shri Chaitanya Netkalappa, Director, The Printers Mysore, presenting the award' Outstanding Contributions to Kannada Cinema' to V Ravichandran at Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 event. 

Crazy Star V Ravichandran.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Rangayana Raghu wins People's Choice Best Actor for Shakhahaari

Rangayana Raghu wins People's Choice Best Actor Award for his performance in the movie Shakhahaari.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Dhruva Sarja wins Breakthrough Performance of Year Award

Kannada Actor Dhruva Sarja.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Dr V. Nagendra Prasad wins Best Lyric Writing for 'Dwapara' song of Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi movie

Dr V. Nagendra Prasad wins Best Lyric Writing for 'Dwapara' song of Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi movie

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Arjun Janya wins Best Music Director for Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi movie

Arjun Janya, Music Director.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Jaskaran Singh wins Best Singer Award for 'Dwapara' song of Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi movie

Jaskaran Singh.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Dwapara song of Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi movie wins People's Choice Best Music Track Award

Srinivas Raju, Director of Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi receives the award for the People's Choice Best Music for 'Dwapara' song at Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Priya Shatamarshan wins Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in the Bheema movie

Priya Shatamarshan with award for 'Best Supporting Actress' for her performance in the movie Bheema.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Duniya Vijay wins Best Actor Award for his performance in Bheema movie

Duniya Vijay.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Ankita Amar wins 'Best Actress Award' for her performance in the movie Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali

Ankita Amar.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Shakhahaari wins People's Choice Best Movie Award

Rajesh Keelambi, Producer of Shakhahaari movie with the People's Choice Best Movie Award at Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Gopal Deshpande wins Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance in the movie Shakhahaari

Gopal Deshpande wins Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Shakhahaari.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 | Narthan wins Best Director Award for the movie Bhairathi Ranagal

Narthan wins Best Director Award for the movie Bhairathi Ranagal.

Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025 |Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi wins Best Movie Award

Srinivas Raju, Director of Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi receives the award for the Best Movie at Prajavani Cine Sammana 2025.