66th Filmfare Awards South

66th Filmfare Awards South
66th Filmfare Awards South
Date	21 December 2019
Site	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Highlights
Best Picture	KGF (Kannada); Sudani from Nigeria (Malayalam); Pariyerum Perumal (Tamil); Mahanati (Telugu)
Most awards	Rangasthalam (Telugu) - 5; 96 (Tamil) - 5
Most nominations	Rangasthalam (Telugu), 10
	← 65th ; Filmfare Awards South ; 67th →;

Last updated July 20, 2024

The 66th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2018 is an event that was held on 21 December 2019 in Chennai. The nominations for all the main awards were announced on 13 December 2019.^[1]^[2] The Awards show was premiered on 26 January 2020 on Star Suvarna and Star Suvarna HD.^[3]

List of winners and nominees

Main awards

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
KGF Ammachi Yemba Nenapu Nathicharami Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Tagaru	Mansore – Nathicharami Karthik Saragur – Jeerjimbe Prashanth Neel – KGF Rishab Shetty – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Suri – Tagaru
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Yash – KGF* as Raja Krishnappa Bairya aka Rocky** Diganth – Katheyondu Shuruvagide as Tarun Manchale Ganesh – Orange as Santhosh Sathish Ninasam – Ayogya as Siddha Shivrajkumar – Tagaru as ACP Shivakumar / 'Tagaru' Shiva	*Manvitha Kamath – Tagaru* as Punarvasu** Ashika Ranganath – Raambo 2 as Mayuri Meghana Raj – Iruvudellava Bittu as Poorvi Nishvika Naidu - Amma I Love You as Bindhu Sruthi Hariharan – Nathicharami as Gowri
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Dhananjay – Tagaru* as Dolly** Achyuth Kumar – Choori Katte Ashwin Rao Pallakki – Katheyondu Shuruvagide as Pedro P. Ravishankar – Raambo 2 as Joker Radhakrishna Urala – Ammachi Yemba Nenapu as Puttamatte	*Sharanya – Nathicharami* as Suma** Shreya Anchan – Katheyondu Shuruvagide as Swarna Sudharani – Life Jothe Ondh Selfie as Thulsi Sumalatha – Thayige Thakka Maga as Parvathi Suman Nagarkar – Jeerjimbe
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Vasuki Vaibhav – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Arjun Janya – Ayogya Charanraj – Tagaru Guru Kiran – Amma I Love You Ravi Basrur – KGF	H. S. Venkateshamurthy – Sakkareya Paakadali from Hasiru Ribbon Jayant Kaikini – "Badukina Bannave" from Tagaru Kiran Kaverappa – "Bhavaloka" from Nathicharami Trilok Trivikram – "Praveena Praveena" from Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai V. Nagendra Prasad – "Amma Nannee Januma" from "Amma I Love You"
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Sanjith Hegde – "Shakunthale" – Naduve Antharavirali Anthony Daasan – "Tagaru Banthu Tagaru" from Tagaru Kailash Kher – "Anna Nanna Hesaru" from The Villain Sunil Kashyap – "Amma Nannee Januma" from Amma I Love You Vijay Prakash – "Yenammi Yenammi" from Ayogya	Bindu Malini – "Bhavalokada" from Nathicharami Aditi Sagar – "Dum Maro Dum" from Raambo 2 Ananya Bhat – "Hold On Hold On" from Tagaru Anuradha Bhat – "Holeva Holeyachage" – Ammachi Yemba Nenapu Madhuri Sheshadri – "Nooraru Bannagalu" from Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
Sathish Ninasam – Ayogya	Shruti Hariharan – Nathicharami

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Sudani From Nigeria Ee.Ma.Yau Eeda Joseph Njan Prakashan	Lijo Jose Pellissery – Ee.Ma.Yau Anjali Menon – Koode M. Padmakumar – Joseph Madhupal – Oru Kuprasidha Payyan Zakariya Mohammed – Sudani From Nigeria
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Joju George – Joseph* as Joseph Parekkatil** Chemban Vinod Jose – Ee.Ma.Yau as Eeshi Jayasurya – Captain as V. P. Sathyan Prithviraj – Koode as Joshua Thomas Soubin Shahir – Sudani From Nigeria as Majeed Tovino Thomas – Theevandi as Bineesh Damodaran	*Manju Warrier – Aami* as Kamala Surayya** Aishwarya Lekshmi – Varathan as Priya Paul Anu Sithara – Captain as Anitha Sathyan Nazriya – Koode as Jennifer Maria Thomas Nimisha Sajayan – Eeda as Aishwarya Gopal Sai Pallavi – Athiran as Nithya Lakshmi
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Vinayakan – Ee.Ma.Yau* as Ayyappan** Ranjith – Koode as Aloshy Sharafudheen – Varathan as Josey Sidhique – Hey Jude as Dominic Aldo Rodrigues Sudheesh – Theevandi as Sugunan	*Savithri Sreedharan – Sudani From Nigeria* as Jameela** Muthumani – Uncle as Lakshmi Nimisha Sajayan – Oru Kuprasidha Payyan as Adv. Hannah Elizabeth Pauly Valsan – Ee.Ma.Yau as Pennamma Sarala Balussery – Sudani From Nigeria as Beeyumma
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Kailas Menon – Theevandi Gopi Sundar – Captain Shaan Rahman – Aravindante Athidhikal Sushin Shyam – Varathan Vishal Bharadwaj – Carbon	B. K.Harinarayanan – "Jeevamshamayi" from Theevandi Ajeesh Dasan – "Ini Orukalathe" from Poomaram Anwar Ali – "Mizhi Niranju" from Eeda Anil Panachooran – "Nenchinullilaake" from Thattumpurath Achuthan Rafeeque Ahmed – "Neer Neermathalam" from Aami
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Vijay Yesudas – "Poomuthole" from Joseph Abhay Jodhpurkar – "Minnaminni" from Koode Haricharan – "Mullappuvithalo" from Abrahaminte Santhathikal Karthik – "Vanville" from Koode Karthik – "Kadavathoru Thoni" from Poomaram	Anne Amie – "Aararo" from Koode Megha Josekutty – "Endhe Kanna" from Aravindante Athidhikal Neha Nair – "Ponnumkasavitta" from Queen Shreya Ghoshal – "Palthira" from Captain Shreya Ghoshal – "Maanam Thudukkanu" – Odiyan
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
Soubin Shahir – Sudani from Nigeria	Nimisha Sajayan – Eeda

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Pariyerum Perumal 96 Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Ratsasan Sarkar Vada Chennai	Ram Kumar – Ratsasan A. R. Murugadoss – Sarkar Mani Ratnam – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Mari Selvaraj – Pariyerum Perumal Prem Kumar – 96 Vetrimaran – Vada Chennai
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Dhanush – Vada Chennai* as Anbu(tie) Vijay Sethupathi – 96 as Ramachandran** Aravind Swamy – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam as Varadharajan Senapathi Jayam Ravi – Adanga Maru as Subash Vijay – Sarkar as Sundar Ramaswamy	Trisha Krishnan – 96 as Janaki Devi Aishwarya Rajesh – Kanaa as Kousalya Murugesan Jyotika – Kaatrin Mozhi as Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan Nayantara – Kolamavu Kokila as Kokila Sai Pallavi – Maari 2 Aanandi Maariyappan
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Sathyaraj – Kanaa* as Murugesan** Akshay Kumar – 2.0 as Pakshi Rajan Anurag Kashyap – Imaikkaa Nodigal as ACP Martin Roy Arun Vijay – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam as Thyagarajan Senapathi Samuthirakani – Kaala as Vaaliyappan Yogi Babu – Kolamavu Kokila as Shekhar	Saranya Ponvannan – Kolamavu Kokila Eswari Rao – Kaala as Selvi Priya Bhavani Shankar – Kadaikutty Singam as Poompozhil Chellamma Ramya Krishnan – Thaana Serndha Kootam as Azhagu Meena Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Sarkar
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Govind Vasantha – 96 Anirudh Ravichandran – Kolamavu Kokila A. R. Rahman – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Santhosh Narayanan – Pariyerum Perumal Yuvan Shankar Raja – Pyaar Prema Kaadhal	Karthik Netha – "Kadhale Kadhale" from 96 Gkb – "Vaayadi Petthapulla" from Kanaa Madhan Karky – "Kurumba" from Tik Tik Tik Vignesh Shivan – "Sodakku" from Thaana Serndha Kootam Vivek – "Pottakati Poovasam" from Pariyerum Perumal
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Sid Sriram – "Hey Penne" from Pyaar Prema Kaadhal Anirudh Ravichandran – "Kalyana Vayasu" from Kolamavu Kokila Anthony Daasan – "Sodakku" from Thaana Serndha Kootam Dhanush – "Rowdy Baby" from Maari 2 Raghu Dixit, Sathya Prakash, Jithin Raj – "Neeyum Naanum Anbe" – Imaikkaa Nodigal	Chinmayi – "Kaathale Kathale" from 96 Dhee – "Rowdy Baby" from Maari 2 Jonita Gandhi – "Omg Ponnu" from Sarkar Shakthisree Gopalan – "Bhoomi Bhoomi" from Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Shashaa Tirupati – "Endhira Logathu" from 2.0
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
Arvind Swami – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam	Aishwarya Rajesh – Kanaa

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Mahanati Bharat Ane Nenu C/o Kancharapalem Geetha Govindam Rangasthalam Sammohanam	Nag Ashwin – Mahanati Koratala Siva – Bharat Ane Nenu Mohan Krishna Indraganti – Sammohanam Parasuram – Geetha Govindam Sukumar – Rangasthalam Venkatesh Maha – C/o Kancharapalem
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Ram Charan – Rangasthalam* as Chelluboina Chittibabu** Dulquer Salman – Mahanati as Gemini Ganesan Mahesh Babu – Bharath Ane Nenu as Bharat Ram N. T. Rama Rao Jr. – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava as Veera Raghava Reddy Vijay Devarakonda – Geetha Govindam as Vijay Govind	*Keerthi Suresh – Mahanati* as Savitri** Aditi Rao Hydari – Sammohanam as Sameera Rathode Anushka Shetty – Bhaagamathie as Bhaagamathie / Chanchala IAS Pooja Hegde – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava as Aravinda Rashmika Mandanna – Geetha Govindam as Geetha Samantha Akkineni – Rangasthalam as Ramalakshmi
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Jagapati Babu – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava* as Basi Reddy** Aadhi Pinisetty – Rangasthalam as Chelluboina Kumar Babu Doddanna – Aatagadharaa Siva as Jangayya Mohan Bhagat – C/o Kancharapalem as Gaddam Naresh – Sammohanam as Sarvesh R. Madhavan – Savyasachi as Arun Raj Verma Rahul Ramakrishna – Geetha Govindam as Ramakrishna	*Anasuya Bharadwaj – Rangasthalam* as Kolli Rangamma** Asha Sarath – Bhaagamathie as Vaishnavi Natarajan Malavika Nair – Taxiwala as Sisira Bharadwaj Mehreen Pirzada – Kavacham as Lavanya Praveena Paruchuri – C/o Kancharapalem as Saleema Samantha Akkineni – Mahanati as Madhuravani
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Devi Sri Prasad – Rangasthalam Gopi Sunder – Geetha Govindam Mickey J Meyer – Mahanati S. Thaman – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Sweekar Agasthi – C/o Kancharapalem Vivek Sagar – Sammohanam	Chandra Bose – "Entha Sakkagunnavey" from Rangasthalam Anantha Sreeram – "Inkem Inkem Kavaale" from Geetha Govindam Chaitanya Prasad – "Pillaa Raa" from RX 100 Ramajogayya Sastry – "Peniviti" from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry – "Chivaraku Migiledi" from Mahanati
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Sid Sriram – "Inkem Inkem Kavaali" from Geetha Govindam Anurag Kulkarni – "Pillaa Raa" from RX 100 Anurag Kulkarni – "Aasha Paasham" from C/o Kancharapalem Armaan Malik – "Ninnila Ninnila" from Tholi Prema Kaala Bhairava – "Peniviti" from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Rahul Sipligunj – "Rangaa Rangaa Rangasthalaana" from Rangasthalam	Shreya Ghoshal – "Mandaraa Mandaraa" from Bhaagamathie Ananya Bhat – "Yettagayya Shiva Shiva" from Aatagadharaa Siva Chinmayi – "Yenti Yenti"- Geetha Govindam M. M. Manasi – "Rangamma Mangamma" – Rangasthalam Mohana Bhogaraju – "Reddamma Thalli" from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Ramya Behara – "Gelupu Leni Samaram" from Mahanati
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
Dulquer Salman – Mahanati	Rashmika Mandanna – Geetha Govindam

Technical Awards

Best Cinematographer
R. Rathnavelu (Telugu) – Rangasthalam
Best Choreography
Prabhu Deva, Jani (Tamil) – "Rowdy Baby" from Maari 2

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
Hariharan
Best Female Debut
Raiza Wilson (Tamil) for Pyaar Prema Kaadhal
Saniya Iyappan (Malayalam) for Queen

Superlatives

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
10	Rangasthalam
9	Tagaru
9	Geetha Govindam
8	Mahanati
7	96
	Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
	Koode
6	Nathicharami
	C/o Kancharapalem
	Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
5	Sammohanam
	Sarkar
	Kolamavu Kokila
	Ee.Ma.Yau
	Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai
4	KGF
	Amma I Love You
	Joseph
	Captain
	Theevandi
	Pariyerum Perumal
3	Katheyondu Shuruvagide
	Eeda
	Raambo 2
	Bharat Ane Nenu
	Vada Chennai
	Maari 2
	Kanaa
	Thaana Serndha Kootam
	Ayogya
2	Ammachi Yemba Nenapu
	Jeerjimbe
	Oru Kuprasidha Payyan
	Aami
	Aravindante Athidhikal
	Ratsasan
	Pyaar Prema Kaadhal
	2.0
	Kaala
	RX 100
	Aatagadharaa Siva

Multiple wins

Wins	Film
5	Rangasthalam
5	96
4	Mahanati
4	Nathicharami
3	Sudani From Nigeria
2	Geetha Govindam
	Joseph
	Kanaa
	Ee.Ma.Yau.
	Pyaar Prema Kaadhal
	Tagaru
	Theevandi

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↑ "Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare . Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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[1] "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

[2] "Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare . Retrieved 22 December 2019.

[3] "Watch Filmfare Awards (South) 2019 on 26th January 2020". RDDU ENTERTAINMENT. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

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