The State awards for 2012 and 2013 were given away by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others at Mysore on Saturday evening. While Darshan and Nirmala received the beat actor and actress awards for their performances for the year 2012, Nikhil Manju and Smitha received the awards in the same category for the year 2013. Apart from them Bhaktavatsalam, Rajesh, Srinath, P H Vishwanath, Dattaraj, K V Guptha and others received the awards.

The award function was a well attended with many celebrities, politicians and general public present at the event.