Best Feature Film: Kaadu 1977: Best Feature Film in Kannada: Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane 1978: Best Screenplay: Bhumika (with Shyam Benegal and Satyadev Dubey) 1978: Best Feature Film in Kannada: Ondanondu Kaladalli 1989: Best Non-Feature Film: Kanaka Purandara 1990: Best Non-feature Film on Social Issues: The Lamp in the Niche 1992: Best Film on Environment Conservation: Cheluvi 1999: Best Feature Film in Kannada: Kaanuru Heggadathi Filmfare Awards South 1972: Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada – Vamsha Vriksha 1974: Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada – Kaadu 1978: Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada – Ondanondu Kaladalli 1983: Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Kannada - Ananda Bhairavi Filmfare Awards Hindi 1980: Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay: Godhuli (with B. V. Karanth) 1980: Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor: Aasha 1982: Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor: Teri Kasam Karnataka State Film Awards 1971-72: First Best Film – Vamsha Vriksha 1971-72: Best Dialogue Writer – Vamsha Vriksha 1973-74: Second Best Film – Kaadu 1989-90: Best Supporting Actor – Santha Shishunala Sharifa 1995-96: Best Supporting Actor – Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai 1999-00: Second Best Film – Kanooru Heggadithi Others Gubbi Veeranna Award for his services to theatre (as a playwright) Karnad served as the director of the Film and Television Institute of India from 1974 to 1975, the Indian co-chairman for the Joint Media Committee of the Indo-US Sub-Commission on Education and Culture from 1984 to 1993, chairman of the Sangeet Natak Academy from 1988 to 1993, and president of Karnataka Nataka Academy from 1976 to 1978. Honorary Doctorate from University of Southern California, Los Angeles – 2011 1996 -Dr.T.M.A.Pai Konkani Distinguished Achievement Award for Performing Arts Controversies At the Tata Literary Festival held in Mumbai in 2012, Karnad was invited to speak about "his life in theater" in an hour-long session. Instead of talking about the subject, he took the opportunity to lash out at V. S. Naipaul for his "antipathy towards Indian Muslims". V. S. Naipaul had earlier been conferred the Lifetime achievement award by the festival's organisers. Karnad also criticized the organizers for having honored Naipaul. The audience, which had gathered to hear Karnad speak, had mixed reactions to the speech. Some, like organizer Anil Dharker, tried ineffectually to steer the speech toward less controversial waters. Others were amused by the episode, and some commented on the research and logic that