Darling Krishna's Love Mocktail, Kushee Ravi-starrer Dia and Prajwal Devaraj's Gentleman have garnered the maximum number of nominations in the second Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards. The trophy along with nomination list was unveiled on Saturday, 13 February, by actress Manvitha Kamath and Sanchari Vijay.

Chandanavana Film Critics Academy Awards
Love Mocktail, Dia, Gentleman Dominate Nomination List.PR Handout

Romantic dramas Love Mocktail and Dia have got 14 nominations each, while Gentleman is nominated in 12 categories. Hariprriya-starrer Bicchugatti: Chapter 1 − Dalvayi Dange and Yajna Shetty-starrer Act 1978 are nominated in six and eight categories, respectively.

Chandanavana Film Critics Academy is a forum of Kannada cinema journalists, freelancers and critics who nominate movies based on the list provided by the Nominations Committee for the given year. This process has the participation of around 70 journalists from different organisations.

Sanchari Vijay and Manvitha Kamath
Sanchari Vijay and Manvitha Kamath.PR Handout

In the Covid-hit 2020, 77 films, released between 1 January and 31 December, were considered for the awards. Check out the Complete Nomination List Here:

Best Choreographer:
Mohan (Prathiyobba - Khakhi)
Mohan (Sri Ramane Jagada Nayaka - Drona)
B Dhananjay (Bengaluru - French Biriyani)
A Harsha (Loka Maya Bazaar - Maya Bazaar 2016)
Murali (Hakuna - Shivarjuna)

Best Child Artiste
Aadya Udupi (Bheemasena Nalamaharaja)
Dhanush Pranav (Love Mocktail)
Aaron (Ramana Savaari)
Ashik Aarya (Saaguta Doora Doora)
Aradhya N Chandru (Gentleman)

Best Dialogue Writer
Ashok KS (Dia)
TK Dayanand and Veeru Malanna (Act 1978)
Krishna and Milana Nagraj (Love Mocktail)
Sharat Chakravarthi (Nanu Mathu Gunda)
GL Venu (Bicchugatti)

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Dhananjaya's Popcorn Monkey Tiger.PR Handout

Best BGM
Gummineni Vijay (Kanadante Mayavadano)
Udit Haritaash (Arishadvarga)
Kadri Manikanth (Saguta Doora Doora)
Charan Raj (Popcorn Monkey Tiger)
Ajaneesh Lokanath (Dia)

Best Actor (Male)
Dhananjay (Monkey Monkey Tiger)
Krishna (Love Mocktail)
Prajwal Devaraj (Gentleman)
Pruthvi Ambar (Dia)
Ramesh Aravind (Shivaji Surathkal)

Best Actor (Female)
Hariprriya (Bicchugatti)
Khushi (Dia)
Milana Nagraj (Love Mocktail)
Mayuri (Mounam)
Yajna Shetty (Act 1978)

Best Art Director
Hosmane Murthy (Kanadante Mayavadano)
Santhosh Panchal (Act 1978)
Shivakumar (French Biriyani)
Guna (Bicchugatti)
Suresh Bhagavanar and Malla (Popcorn Monkey Tiger)

Best Cinematography
Balaji Manohar (Arishadvarga)
Arur Sudakar Shetty (Gentleman)
Uday Leela (Malgudi Days)
Sri Crazy Mind (Love Mocktail)
Shekhar S (Popcorn Monkey Tiger)

Best Director
Ashok K (Dia)
Krishna (Love Mocktail)
Radhakrishna Reddy (Maya Bazaar 2016)
Mansore (Act 1978)
Srinivasa Thimmaiah (Nanu Mathu Gunda)

Best Editor
Deepu N Kumar (Popcorn Monkey Tiger)
Sri Crazymind (Love Mocktail)
Naveen Raj (Dia)
Srikanth and Akash Srivatsa (Shivaji Surathkal)
Nagendra K Ujjani (Act 1978)

Best Music Director
Raghu Dixit (Love Mocktail)
Udit Haritas (Arishadvarga)
Charan Raj (Popcorn Monkey Tiger)
Ajaneesh Loknath (Gentleman and Dia)

Best Lyrics
Dhananjay Ranjan (Soul of Dia - Dia)
Jayanth Kaikini (Teladu Mugile - Act 1978)
Nagarjuna Sharma and Kinnal Raj (Marali Manasagide - Gentleman)
Raghavendra Kamath (Love you chinna - Love Mocktail)
Vasuki Vaibhav and Avinash (Hogbitta Charlie - French Biriyani)

Best Film
Act 1978
Dia
Gentleman
Love Mocktail
Nanu Mathu Gunda

Best Singer (Female)
Shruthi VS (Love You Chinna - Love Mocktail)
Chinmayi Sripaada (Soul of Dia - Dia)
Aditi Sagar (The Bengaluru - French Biriyani)
Anuradha Bhat (Dheera Samohagara - Bicchugatti)
CR Baachi (Marali Manasagide - Gentleman)

Best Singer (Male)
Nakul Abyantar (Love you chinna - Love Mocktail)
Raghu Dixit (Oho Love Agi Hoitalla - Love Mocktail)
SPB (Loka Maya Bajaru - Mayabazaar 2016)
Sanjith Hegde (Marali Manasagide - Gentleman)
Vijay Prakash (Are Shuruvaitu ega - Gentleman)

Best Screenplay
Mansore and TK Dayanand (Act 1978)
Krishna (Love Mocktail)
Jadesh Kumar (Gentleman)
Abhijith Vay R and Akash Srivatasa (Shivaji Surathkal)
Ashok KS (Dia)

Best Supporting Actor (Male)
Sanchari Vijay (Gentleman)
Vijay Chendur (Bheemasena Nalamaharaja)
Vasishta Simha (Maya Bazaar 2016)
Achyuth Kumar (Maya Bazaar 2016)
Deekshith Shetty (Dia)

Best Supporting Actor (Female)
Tara (Shivarjun)
Pavithra Lokesh (Dia)
Sparsha Rekha (Popcorn Monkey Tiger)
Khushi Acharya (Love Mocktail)
Amrutha Iyengar (Love Mocktail)

Best Stunt
Different Danny and Vinod (Gentleman)
Ravi Varma and Vinod (Shivarajun)
Vinod (Kanadante Mayavadano)
Jolly Bastin (Popcorn Monkey Tiger)
Ravi Varma and Team (Bicchugatti)

Best VFX
Bicchugatti
Dia
Kanadante Mayavadano
Mane No. 13
Shivaji Surathkal