2009–10 Karnataka State Film Awards

The 2009–10 Karnataka State Film Awards, presented by Government of Karnataka, to felicitate the best of Kannada Cinema released in the year 2009. The ceremony was held on 15 May 2012.

Jury
A committee headed by Dwarakish was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards.

Controversy
On August 14, 2015 in an unprecedented move, the Government of Karnataka is taking back four State film awards conferred on two films.

The decision on conferring these awards has been questioned by S. Radha in the High Court of Karnataka on the contention that the applications for these awards were accepted after the expiry of the deadline fixed by the government to receive entries. The government, according to sources in the Information Department, is making an all-out effort to “avoid humiliation” and are appealing to the recipients to return the awards.

The taken awards are as follows: Above three awards for Raaj The Showman
 * Best Story - Nagathihalli Chandrashekar for Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara
 * Best Male Playback Singer - Tippu
 * Best Music Director - V. Harikrishna
 * Best Editor - Srinivas P. Babu