Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil

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The Filmfare Best Music Director Award is given to film composers by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil (Kollywood) films. A. R. Rahman is the most frequent winner with seventeen wins, which also includes nine consecutive wins between 1992 and 2000. Harris Jayaraj follows A. R. Rahman with five wins.

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Superlatives and multiple wins

Superlative Best Best Music Director – Tamil
Most awards A. R. Rahman 17 awards

Multiple wins:

Winners

YearMusic DirectorFilmRef
2023 Dhibu Ninan Thomas
Santhosh Narayanan
Chiththa [1]
2022 A. R. Rahman Ponniyin Selvan: I [2]
2020-2021 G.V. Prakash Kumar Soorarai Pottru [3]
2018 Govind Vasantha 96 [4]
2017 A. R. Rahman Mersal [5]
2016 Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada [6]
2015 I [7]
2014 Anirudh Ravichander Velaiyilla Pattathari [8]
2013 A. R. Rahman Kadal [9]
2012 D. Imman Kumki [10]
2011 G. V. Prakash Kumar Aadukalam [11]
2010 A. R. Rahman Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa [ citation needed ]
2009 Harris Jayaraj Ayan [12]
2008 Vaaranam Aayiram [13]
2007 A. R. Rahman Sivaji [14]
2006 Sillunu Oru Kaadhal [15]
2005 Harris Jayaraj Anniyan [16]
2004 Bharadwaj Autograph [17]
Yuvan Shankar Raja 7G Rainbow Colony
2003 Harris Jayaraj Kaakha Kaakha [18]
2002 Bharadwaj Gemini [19]
2001 Harris Jayaraj Minnale [20]
2000 A. R. Rahman Alaipayuthey [21]
1999 Mudhalvan [22]
1998 Jeans [23]
1997 Minsara Kanavu [24]
1996 Kadhal Desam [25] [26]
1995 Bombay [27]
1994 Kadhalan [28]
1993 Gentleman [29]
1992 Roja [30]
1991 Ilaiyaraaja Thalapathi [31]
1990 S. A. Rajkumar Pudhu Vasantham [32]

Nominations

2000s

2010s

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