| 1996 - Shashikala Chandrashekar |
| 1995 - Shailaja Rau |
| 1994 - Gopinath Boray |
| 1993 - Suma Muralidhar |
| 1992 - Dwarkanath Srinivas |
| 1991 - Vishwanath / Dwarakanath Srinivas |
| 1990 - Vishwanath |
| 1989 - Sushila Mallur |
| 1988 - Lt. Lavappa/ A.R. Char |
| 1987 - K.L. Vasanth |
| 1986 - D.R. Krishnamurthy |
| 1985 - Mysore Nataraja |
| 1984 - Gayathri Jagannath |