The long due Karnataka State Film Awards presentation announced for 2007-2008 in the first week of January 2009 will be given away in first week of April 2010. The Karnataka information minister Khatta Subramanyam Naidu announced the date of state film awards on Tuesday evening when he had come to felicitate the achievers.

Dr Bharathi Vishnuvaradhan will receive the Dr Rajakumar award won by Dr Vishnuvaradhan, Smt Parvathamma Rajakumar gets lifetime achievement award at this colorful state awards evening in Shimoga.

Fixing a particular day for Karnataka state film awards – the Ugadi festival day is also in the mind of the government said Khatta Subramanyam Naidu.

The information minister invited every one of the industry to make to the state film awards evening at Shimoga the home town of Chief Minister Dr BS Yediyurappa.