59th Filmfare Awards South

59th Filmfare Awards South
59th Filmfare Awards South
Date	7 July 2012
Hosted by	Karthik ; Chinmayi
Produced by	Idea Cellular
Official website	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Highlights
Best Picture	Olave Mandhara (Kannada); Traffic (Malayalam); Aadukalam (Tamil); Dookudu (Telugu)
Most awards	Dookudu (6; Telugu)
Most nominations	Dookudu (10; Telugu)
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Last updated July 04, 2025

The 59th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2011 was held on 7 July 2012 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India.^[1] For this year more than 451 films from each of the four film industries were considered for nominations in various categories.^[2]

Awards and nominees

Main awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[3]

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Olave Mandhara Bettada Jeeva Kempe Gowda Lifu Ishtene Puttakkana Highway	Jayathirtha – Olave Mandhara Dinakar Thoogudeepa – Saarathi Pawan Kumar – Lifu Ishtene P. Kumar – Vishnuvardhana P. Sheshadri – Bettada Jeeva
Best Actor	Best Actress
Puneeth Rajkumar – Hudugaru Ajay Rao – Krishnan Marriage Story Darshan – Saarathi Srinagar Kitty – Sanju Weds Geetha Sudeepa – Kempe Gowda	Ramya – Sanju Weds Geetha Deepa Sannidhi – Paramathma Nidhi Subbaiah – Krishnan Marriage Story Radhika Pandit – Hudugaru Ragini Dwivedi – Kempe Gowda
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
P. Ravi Shankar – Kempegowda H. G. Dattatreya – Bettada Jeeva Rangayana Raghu – Olave Mandhara Sharath Lohitashwa – Saarathi Yogesh – Hudugaru	Shruti – Puttakkana Highway Abhinaya – Hudugaru Aindrita Ray – Paramathma Ramya Barna – Hudugaru Veena Sundar – Olave Mandhara
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Jessie Gift – Sanju Weds Geetha Mano Murthy – Lifu Ishtene V. Harikrishna – Paramathma V. Harikrishna – Hudugaru V. Sridhar – Krishnan Marriage Story	Kaviraj – "Sanju Mattu Geetha" in Sanju Weds Geetha Jayanth Kaikini – "Paravasha Naadenu" in Paramathma Kaviraj – "Gaganave Baagi" in Sanju Weds Geetha V. Nagendra Prasad – "Yen Chandane Hudugi" in Hudugaru V. Nagendra Prasad – "Haago Heege" in Saarathi
Best Playback Singer - Male	Best Playback Singer - Female
Chethan Sosca – "Yaarige Healona" in Lifu Ishtene Rajesh Krishnan – "Parijathada" in Krishnan Marriage Story Sonu Nigam – "Paravasha Naadenu" in Paramathma Sonu Nigam – "Neerinalli Sanna Ale" in Hudugaru V. Harikrishna – "Kathlalli Karadige" in Paramathma	Shreya Ghoshal – "Gaganave Baagi" in Sanju Weds Geetha Lakshmi Manmohan – "Parijathada" in Krishnan Marriage Story Shamita Malnad – "Neerige Baare Chenni" in Jarasandha Shamita Malnad – "Manase Manase" in Saarathi Shreya Ghoshal – "Maayavi Maayavi" in Lifeu Ishtene

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Traffic Beautiful Indian Rupee Pranayam Salt N' Pepper	Blessy – Pranayam Aashiq Abu – Salt N' Pepper Rajesh Pillai – Traffic Renjith – Indian Rupee Salim Ahamed – Adaminte Makan Abu
Best Actor	Best Actress
Salim Kumar – Adaminte Makan Abu Anupam Kher – Pranayam Mohanlal – Arabiyum Ottakavum P. Madhavan Nairum Mohanlal – Pranayam Prithviraj – Indian Rupee	Kavya Madhavan – Khaddama Jaya Prada – Pranayam Rima Kallingal – City of God Samvrutha Sunil – Swapna Sanchari Shwetha Menon – Salt N' Pepper
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Thilakan – Indian Rupee Anoop Menon – Beautiful Baburaj – Salt N' Pepper Fahadh Faasil – Chappa Kurish Jagathi Sreekumar – Urumi	Lena – Traffic Meghna Raj – Beautiful Mythili – Salt N' Pepper Nithya Menen – Urumi Ramya Nambeeshan – Chappa Kurish
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
M. Jayachandran – Pranayam Bijibal – Salt N' Pepper Deepak Dev – Urumi M. K. Arjunan – Nayika Ramesh Narayan – Makaramanju	O. N. V. Kurup – "Paattil Ee Paattil" in Pranayam Anoop Menon – "Mazhaneer Thullikal" in Beautiful Mullanezhi – "Ee Puzhayum" in Indian Rupee Murugan Kattakada – "Madhumasa Mounaragam" in Rathinirvedam Rafeeq Ahammed – "Chembavu" in Salt N' Pepper
Best Playback Singer - Male	Best Playback Singer - Female
Vijay Yesudas – "Ee Puzhayum" in Indian Rupee Hariharan – "Amruthamayi Abhayamai" in Snehaveedu P. Jayachandran – "Premikkumbol" in Salt N' Pepper Srinivas – "Ithile Varoo" in The Train Unni Menon – "Mazhaneer Thullikal" in Beautiful	Shreya Ghoshal – "Paattil Ee Paattil" in Pranayam Gayatri – "Ninviral Thumbil" in Beautiful Jyotsna – "Chantham Thikanjoru" in Mohabbath Manjari – "Chimmi Chimmi" in Urumi Shreya Ghoshal – "Kaanamullal" in Salt N' Pepper

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Aadukalam – Kathiresan 7 Aum Arivu – Udhayanidhi Stalin Deiva Thirumagal – M. Chinthamani, Ronnie Screwvala Ko – Kumar, Jayaraman Mankatha – Dhayanidhi Alagiri, Vivek Rathnavel	Vetrimaaran – Aadukalam A. L. Vijay – Deiva Thirumagal A. R. Murugadoss – 7 Aum Arivu K. V. Anand – Ko Venkat Prabhu – Mankatha
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dhanush – Aadukalam Ajith Kumar – Mankatha Jiiva – Ko Suriya – 7 Aum Arivu Vikram – Deiva Thirumagal	Anjali – Engaeyum Eppothum Asin Thottumkal – Kaavalan Anushka Shetty – Deiva Thirumagal Ineya – Vaagai Sooda Vaa Richa Gangopadhyay – Mayakkam Enna Shruthi Haasan – 7 Aum Arivu
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Ajmal Ameer – Ko Santhanam – Deiva Thirumagal Santhanam – Siruthai Sunder Ramu – Mayakkam Enna V. I. S. Jayabalan – Aadukalam	Ananya – Engaeyum Eppothum Amala Paul – Deiva Thirumagal Lakshmi Rai – Mankatha Manisha Koirala – Mappillai Mithra Kurian – Kaavalan
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
G. V. Prakash Kumar – Aadukalam G. V. Prakash Kumar – Deiva Thirumagal Harris Jayaraj – 7 Aum Arivu Harris Jayaraj – Ko M Ghibran – Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Vairamuthu – "Saara Saara" from Vaagai Sooda Vaa Madhan Karky – "Nee Korinaal" from Nootrenbadhu Na. Muthukumar – "Mun Andhi" from 7 Aum Arivu Na. Muthukumar – "Vizhigalil Oru" from Deiva Thirumagal Thamarai – "Engeyum Kadhal" from Engeyum Kadhal
Best Playback Singer - Male	Best Playback Singer - Female
Aalap Raju – "Enamo Aedho" from Ko G. V. Prakash Kumar – "Yathe Yathe" from Aadukalam Karthik – "Mun Andhi" from 7 Aum Arivu Richard – "Nangai" from Engeyum Kadhal S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Yamma Yamma" from 7 Aum Arivu	Chinmayi – "Saara Saara" from Vaagai Sooda Vaa Madhushree – "Un Pere Theriyadhu" from Engaeyum Eppothum Neha Bhasin – "Poranae" from Vaagai Sooda Vaa Saindhavi – "Vizhigalil Oru" from Deiva Thirumagal Swetha Mohan – "Nee Korinaal" from Nootrenbadhu

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Dookudu 100% Love Mr. Perfect Rajanna Sri Rama Rajyam	Sreenu Vaitla – Dookudu Bapu – Sri Rama Rajyam Dasaradh – Mr. Perfect Nandini Reddy – Ala Modalaindi Sukumar – 100% Love
Best Actor	Best Actress
Mahesh Babu – Dookudu Balakrishna – Sri Rama Rajyam Nagarjuna – Rajanna Prabhas – Mr. Perfect Ram Pothineni – Kandireega	Nayantara – Sri Rama Rajyam Kajal Aggarwal – Mr. Perfect Nithya Menen – Ala Modalaindi Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Dookudu Tamannaah Bhatia – 100% Love
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
M. S. Narayana – Dookudu Akkineni Nageswara Rao – Sri Rama Rajyam Jagapati Babu – Jai Bolo Telangana Prakash Raj – Dookudu Sonu Sood – Kandireega	Annie – Rajanna Aksha Pardasany – Kandireega Lakshmi Manchu – Anaganaga O Dheerudu Poonam Kaur – Gaganam Taapsee Pannu – Mr. Perfect
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Thaman – Dookudu Devi Sri Prasad – 100% Love Ilaiyaraaja – Sri Rama Rajyam Kalyani Malik – Ala Modalaindi M. M. Keeravani – Rajanna	Jonnavithhula Ramalingeswara Rao – "Jagadhannadha" in Sri Rama Rajyam Anantha Sreeram – "Chali Chali Ga" in Mr. Perfect Ramajogayya Sastry – "Guruvaram March Okati" in Dookudu Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – "Ammammo Ammo" in Ala Modalaindi Suddala Ashok Teja – "Lachuvamma Lachuvamma" in Rajanna
Best Playback Singer - Male	Best Playback Singer - Female
Rahul Nambiar – "Guruvaram March Okati" in Dookudu Karthik – "Champakamala" in Kandireega Hemachandra – "Oka Vithanam" in Golconda High School Tippu – "Kalaya Nijama" in Sri Rama Rajyam Vijay Prakash – "Niharika" in Oosaravelli	Shreya Ghoshal – "Jagadhananda Karaka" in Sri Rama Rajyam Swathi – "A Square B Square" in 100% Love Neha Bhasin – "Hello Hello" in Dhada Nithya Menen – "Ammammo Ammo" in Ala Modalaindi Ramya – "Poovai Poovai" in Dookudu

Technical Awards

Best Choreography	Best Cinematography
Prem Rakshith – "Nath Nath" from Badrinath	Velraj – Aadukalam

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement
S. P. Muthuraman (Director)	Seema (Actress)
Critics Best Actor – Tamil
Vikram for Deiva Thirumagal
Best Male Debut
Aadi for Prema Kavali
Best Female Debut
Shruti Haasan for 7 Aum Arivu and Anaganaga O Dheerudu

Multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations.

Kannada

Nominations
- 8 nominations: Hudugaru
- 6 nominations: Paramathma
- 5 nominations: Lifeu Ishtene , Sanju Weds Geetha , Krishnan Marriage Story , Saarathi
- 4 nominations: Kempe Gowda , Olave Mandhara
- 2 nominations: Bettada Jeeva , Puttakkana Highway
- 1 nomination: Vishnuvardhana , Jarasandha

Awards
- 4 awards: Sanju Weds Geetha
- 2 awards: Olave Mandhara
- 1 award: Lifeu Ishtene , Hudugaru , Kempe Gowda , Puttakkana Highway

Malayalam

Nominations
- 9 nominations: Salt N' Pepper
- 8 nominations: Pranayam
- 6 nominations: Beautiful , Indian Rupee
- 4 nominations: Traffic , Urumi
- 2 nominations: Adaminte Makan Abu , Chappa Kurish
- 1 nomination: Arabiyum Ottakavum P. Madhavan Nairum , City of God , Khaddama , Makaramanju , Mohabbath , Nayika , Rathinirvedam , Snehaveedu , Swapna Sanchari , The Train

Awards
- 4 awards: Pranayam
- 2 awards: Indian Rupee , Traffic
- 1 award: Adaminte Makan Abu , Khaddama

Tamil

Nominations
- 9 nominations: Deiva Thirumagal
- 7 nominations: 7 Aum Arivu
- 6 nominations: Aadukalam , Ko
- 5 nominations: Vaagai Sooda Vaa
- 4 nominations: Mankatha
- 3 nominations: Engaeyum Eppothum
- 2 nominations: Engeyum Kadhal , Mayakkam Enna , Nootrenbadhu
- 1 nomination : Kaavalan , Mappillai , Siruthai

Awards
- 5 awards: Aadukalam (1)
- 2 awards: Engaeyum Eppothum , Ko , Vaagai Sooda Vaa
- 1 award : Deiva Thirumagal (1), 7 Aum Arivu (1)

Telugu

Nominations
- 10 nominations: Dookudu
- 9 nominations: Sri Rama Rajyam
- 6 nominations: Mr. Perfect
- 5 nominations: 100% Love , Ala Modalaindi , Rajanna
- 4 nominations: Kandireega
- 1 nomination: Jai Bolo Telangana , Anaganaga O Dheerudu , Gaganam , Golconda High School , Oosaravelli , Dhada

Awards
- 6 awards: Dookudu
- 3 awards: Sri Rama Rajyam
- 1 award: Anaganaga O Dheerudu (1), Badrinath (1), Rajanna , Prema Kavali (1)

Number in brackets after the film title indicates the number of special awards included, which have no nominees.

References

↑ "Rana Daggubati announces the 59th Idea Filmfare Awards (South)". Filmfare. Times Internet Limited. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
↑ "Filmfare awards on July 7". The Times of India . 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
↑ Filmfare Editorial (9 July 2012). "59th Idea Filmfare Awards South (Winners list)". Filmfare. Times Internet Limited. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

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[1] "Rana Daggubati announces the 59th Idea Filmfare Awards (South)". Filmfare. Times Internet Limited. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.

[2] "Filmfare awards on July 7". The Times of India . 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.

[3] Filmfare Editorial (9 July 2012). "59th Idea Filmfare Awards South (Winners list)". Filmfare. Times Internet Limited. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

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