Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy

Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy

Abbreviation	KCA
Motto	Strengthening the grass roots of cinema culture
Formation	26 July 2009 (2009-07-26)
Type	Governmental department
Purpose	Film Cultural
Headquarters	Badami House, Opp. to BBMP Office
Location	Bangalore
President	S. V. Rajendra Singh
Website	Editing Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy

Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (English: Karnataka Film Academy) was formed by the Government of Karnataka in 2009 to promote film culture in Karnataka. The Academy has taken up several projects to develop a healthy film culture in the state and adopted the motto of promoting 'Education in Cinema and Cinema in Education'.^[1]

Activities

Karnataka Chalanachitra Sanstha (Karnataka Movie Academy) has been conducting Film Appreciation Courses in different parts of the Karnataka state, in colleges and film societies. It has also promoted the establishment of district, institutional and campus film societies all over the state. It engaged the members of these societies to participate in the first-ever Karnataka Chalanachitra Sanstha Antarjatiya Chalanachitra Utsava (English: Karnataka Film Academy International Film Festival), a low-budget event with DVD screenings of 100 films, which found overwhelming response in Bengaluru and four other districts of Karnataka.

SV Rajendrasingh is now heading the academy as Mukhya Adhyaksha (English: Chief President) since 2014.^[2]

The Academy is mandated by the government to conduct the 6th BIFFES (Bangalore International Film Festival), the international film festival in Bengaluru, from Dec 26, 2013, for a week, showcasing the Chalanachitra Parishrama Alli Uttama (English: Best in Cinema) from around the world.^[3]

Belli Hejje

Belli Hejje is the important program arranged by Academy every month.In this event, Academy invites one eminent personality from Cinema field to share their career, achievements with people.

Participants of Belli Hejje are as follows^[4]

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Participant	Date
Parvathamma Rajkumar	14 November 2009
Dwarakish	18 December 2009
B. Saroja Devi	2 January 2010
Siddalingaiah	13 February 2010
Jayanthi	13 March 2010
Geethapriya	10 April 2010
K. C. N. Gowda	15 May 2010
Leelavathi	12 June 2010
K. S. L. Swamy	10 July 2010
Harini	14 August 2010
P. B. Srinivas	4 September 2010
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan	9 October 2010
S. K. Bhagavan	13 November 2010
M. N. Lakshmi Devi	11 December 2010
• R. N. Sudarshan  • Shylashri	9 January 2011
C. V. Shivashankar	12 February 2011
Rajesh	9 April 2011
Rajan	14 May 2011
Prathima Devi Shankar Singh	11 June 2011
S. Shivaram	9 July 2011
S. D. Ankalagi	13 August 2011
Sowkar Janaki	10 September 2011
Anant Nag	8 October 2011
Srinath	12 November 2011
Ambareesh	28 December 2011
K. Janakiram	28 January 2012
Ashok	11 February 2012
B. Jaya	24 March 2012
Hamsalekha	April 2012
Mukhyamantri Chandru	26 May 2012
K. Sundarnath Suvarna	23 June 2012
M. S. Umesh	28 July 2012
Kunigal Nagabhushan	25 August 2012
S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu	22 September 2012
C. H. Lokanath	27 October 2012
Ramesh Aravind	17 November 2012
K. V. Gupta	8 December 2012
Ramesh Bhat	19 January 2013
H. R. Bhargava	16 February 2013
B. K. Sumithra	16 March 2013
Srinivasa Murthy	25 May 2013
Bhavya	31 August 2013
Ramakrishna	28 September 2013
Suresh Heblikar	26 October 2013
Kashinath	30 November 2013
• M. K. Sundar Raj  • Prameela Joshai	15 February 2014
Joe Simon	24 May 2014
Honnavalli Krishna	28 June 2014
Jai Jagadish	26 July 2014
V. Ravichandran	12 September 2014
T. S. Nagabharana	7 August 2015
M. N. Kumar	11 September 2015
Doddanna	14 November 2015
Shiva Rajkumar	30 November 2015
Girish Kasaravalli	21 December 2015
Sa. Ra. Govindu	8 January 2016
Sudha Rani	2 July 2016
H. D. Gangaraju	25 July 2016
Lakshmi	7 August 2016
M. Bhakthavathsala	17 September 2016
K. C. Nanjunde Gowda Chandrashekar	26 December 2016
Nagathihalli Chandrashekar	16 March 2017
P. Sheshadri	10 July 2017
P. R. Ramadas Naidu	2 September 2017
G. Manoharan Naidu	10 October 2017
Baraguru Ramachandrappa	09 November 2017
Suresh Urs	17 November 2017
Om Sai Prakash	14 July 2018
H. G. Dattatreya	27 July 2018
B. L. Venu	6 October 2018

Belli Cinema Belli Maathu

Festivals

• Bangalore International Film Festival
• KCA International Film Festival - in collaboration with the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI)

Also Read

• Bangalore International Film Festival

References

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