Chandanavan Film Critics Academy Award nominations announced
The Chandanavana Film Critics Academy is proud to announce the nominations for the VI Chandanavana Film Critics Awards 2025. Over 50 Kannada film journalists participated in the voting process to select the best Kannada films released in 2024, across 29 diverse categories.
This year, the awards are divided into five major segments: Debut Awards, Technical Awards, Music Awards, Acting & Writing Awards, and Jury Awards. Notably, the Jury Awards category includes a new honor — the Lifetime Achievement Hamsalekha Gold Medal, introduced this year.
At a special event held in Bengaluru on Sunday evening, Sandalwood stars Ajai Rao and Meghana Gaonkar unveiled the newly designed trophy and announced the nominations for the 2025 awards.
Among the nominees for Best Actor are: Shiva Rajkumar (Bhairati Ranagal), Kichcha Sudeep (Max), Ganesh (Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi), Srimuralli (Bhagheera) and Duniya Vijay (Bheema). Competing for Best Film are: Bheema, Hadinelentu, Photo, Max and Shakhahaari. Nominees for Best Actress include: Bindu Shivaram (Kerebete), Roshani Prakash (Murphy), Chaitra Acharya (Blink), Rukmini Vasanth (Bhagheera) and Nishvika Naidu (Karataka Damanaka). In the Debut Awards category, the contenders for Best Debut Actor are: Yuva Rajkumar, Samarjit Lankesh, Ajay Pruthvi, Rohit and Rakesh Dalawayi.
For Best Music Director, the nominees are: Arjun Janya (Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi), Charan Raj (Bheema), B. Ajaneesh Loknath (Max), Veer Samarth (Ondu Sarala Premakathe) and V. Harikrishna (Karataka Damanaka)
The Awards Night is scheduled to take place on May 11, 2025.
We are pleased to announce that Yumi Ventures is the title sponsor for this year’s event, with TurboSteel and Kauvery Hospitals serving as co-sponsors. We extend our sincere gratitude to all our sponsors, the media, and our colleagues in the film industry for their continued support.
SStv
May 5, 2025
