Filmfare Awards South | |
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Current: 69th Filmfare Awards South | |
Awarded for | Best in South Indian cinema |
Sponsored by | Multiple |
Location | India |
Country | India |
Presented by | Filmfare |
First awarded | 1963 |
Last awarded | 2024 |
Most awards | A. R. Rahman, Kamal Haasan |
Most nominations | Shreya Ghoshal |
Website | Filmfare Awards |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Star India (2000–19, 2024–present)
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Related | Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards East Filmfare Marathi Awards |
The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by Filmfare magazine of The Times Group. When it was introduced in 1954, the Filmfare Awards initially only recognized achievements in the Hindi cinema. In 1964 the awards were extended to Telugu, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi languages. [1] Malayalam cinema was included in the awards in 1967 and Kannada cinema followed in 1970.
Each industry is given its own set of creative awards in annual ceremonies that have predominantly been held in Chennai and Hyderabad. Before 1976, the Awards ceremony was held in Mumbai along with Hindi awards. From 1976, Southern region film awards were separated from Hindi and moved to Chennai.
The awards were first given in 1953 and the ceremony used to be held along with Bollywood Filmfare Awards. The awards were being held in the Kalaivanar Arangam, Chennai in the early days. [2] Later the ceremony was shifted to the distinctive Music Academy.
In 1953, initially only the Hindi film industry was recognized [3] . In 1963 Awards extended to Best Picture in Telugu, Tamil, Bengali & Marathi, for the awards and from 1966 Malayalam films were added. [2] Kannada films became a part of the event in 1969. [2] In 1972 the awards were extended to Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director categories in all south Indian films. [4] The categories for Special Awards were introduced in the 1980s and Best Music Direction in 1990s. Lifetime Achievement Award – South was first given in 1983. Award for Best Male debut and Female debut were given irregularly during the same period. Categories for Best Male Playback Singing and Best Female Playback Singing were introduced in 1997. In 2002, awards for Best Supporting actors were given for Telugu and Tamil films. Since 2005, these awards were extended to the Malayalam and Kannada film industries. In the same year, additional categories such as Best Lyricist, Best Playback Singing were also introduced. Awards for Best Comedian were given from 2002 till 2006 and was discontinued later.
The statuette, depicting a woman whose arms uprise in a dance number with her fingers touching, is commonly referred to as "Black Lady" (or "The Lady in Black"). Originally designed by N.G. Pansare under the supervision of The Times of India's art director Walter Langhammer, it is generally made of bronze, its height is 46.5 cm and it weighs around five kg. [5]
To celebrate the 25th year of the awards, the statues were made in silver and to celebrate the 50th year the statues were made in gold. [6]
The Red Carpet is a segment that takes place before the beginning of the actual ceremony. [7] This is where actors, actresses, producers, directors, singers, composers, and others that have contributed to Indian cinema are introduced. Hosts question the celebrities about upcoming performances and who they think deserves to take the Black Lady home. [8]
Superlative | Artist | Record |
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Most individual wins | A. R. Rahman | 18 awards |
Kamal Haasan | ||
Most individual nominations | Shreya Ghoshal | 48 nominations |
Most direction awards | K. Viswanath | 8 awards |
K. Balachander | ||
Most music direction awards | A. R. Rahman | 18 awards |
Most acting awards – Male | Kamal Haasan | 17 awards |
Most acting awards – Female | Lakshmi | 7 awards |
Most playback singer awards – Male | Karthik | 6 awards |
Most playback singer awards – Female | K. S. Chithra | 10 awards |
Shreya Ghoshal | ||
No. of Awards | Film |
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9 | Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana |
RRR | |
8 | Anniyan |
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | |
Soorarai Pottru |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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8 | K. Viswanath | |
K. Balachander |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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17 | Kamal Haasan |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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7 | Lakshmi |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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3 | Dulquer Salmaan |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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2 | Nithya Menen | |
Sruthi Hariharan | ||
Sai Pallavi | ||
Jyothika | ||
Aishwarya Rajesh |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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4 | Jagapathi Babu | |
Achyuth Kumar |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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5 | Saranya Ponvannan |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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18 | A. R. Rahman |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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6 | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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6 | Karthik |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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10 | K. S. Chithra | |
Shreya Ghoshal |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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4 | K. K. Senthil Kumar |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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6 | Prem Rakshith |
No. of Awards | Recipient | Image |
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4 | Sabu Cyril |
Meena Durairaj, known professionally as Meena, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in South Indian films as well as Hindi cinema. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. Meena has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi films She is one of the most sought after actresses in the South Indian film industry. In addition to acting, Meena is also a playback singer, TV judge, and occasional dubbing artist. She has received numerous accolades, including two Filmfare Awards South, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Nandi Award for Best Actress and Cinema Express Awards. In 1998, she was honoured with the Kalaimamani Award by Government of Tamil Nadu.
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Yaragudipadi Venkata Mahalakshmi, known professionally as Lakshmi, is an Indian actress known for her works primarily in all 4 Southern Indian language film industries. She has also acted in some Hindi films. Her debut as a full fledged actress happened with the Tamil film Jeevanaamsam in 1968. In the same year, she acted in the Kannada film Goa Dalli CID 999 and Telugu film Bandhavyalu.
Chinmayi Sripada, known mononymously as Chinmayi, is an Indian singer and voice actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Telugu films. Noted for her wide vocal range and versatility, she is one of the most popular singers in South India .She rose to fame for her critically acclaimed song "Oru Deivam Thantha Poovae" from Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), directed by Mani Ratnam and composed by A. R. Rahman. She debuted as a voice actress in Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006) rendering her voice for Bhumika Chawla, after being referred by one of A. R. Rahman's sound engineers. She debuted as a composer with a short lullaby titled Laali, which she also sang and released as part of Instagram's #1MinMusic.
Priya Mani Raj, known professionally as Priyamani, is an Indian actress and television personality who predominantly works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. She is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award, three Filmfare Awards South and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.
Sujatha was an Indian actress who performed and starred in a variety of unique characters in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films- in addition to few in Kannada and Hindi languages as well. The actress was best known for restraint and subtlety in portrayal of varied emotions. After starring in numerous Malayalam films in her mother-tongue, Sujatha later got introduced to the Tamil film industry by veteran director K. Balachander and producer P.R. Govindarajan as a protagonist in her first Tamil film, Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974). It was a critically acclaimed film and launched the actress's first commecrical breakthrough in her acting career. Whereas, her first Telugu picture happened to be a Telugu/Tamil bilingual titled as Guppedu Manasu (1979) in Telugu and was simultaneously shot as Nool Veli in Tamil of the same year. She died of a cardiac arrest on 6 April 2011 in Chennai.
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The 45th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema films released 1997, is an event that was held at the Mammoth Kamraj Hall, Madras 13 June 1998.The awards were distributed at Madras.
The 46th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in films released 1998, is an event that was held at the Lalitha Kala Thoranam, Public Gardens on 24 April 1999.The awards were distributed at Hyderabad.
The 42nd Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honouring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1994 is an event held on 23 September 1995 was an event held at the Kamaraj Hall, Madras.
The 40th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honouring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1992 is an event held on 13 October 1993 was an event held at the Kamaraj Hall, Madras.
The 39th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honouring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1991 is an event held on 31 March 1993 along with Bollywood Filmfare Awards was an event held at the Bombay City.
The 21st Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1973 is an event held in Shanmukhananda Hall Bombay on 11 April 1974 along with Hindi Awards.
The 38th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honouring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1990 is an event held on 11 August 1991 was an event held at the Kamaraj Memorial Hall, Madras. The chief guest of the evening was The Governor of Tamil Nadu Mr. Bhishma Narain Singh and Actor Shatrughan Sinha.
The 34th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honouring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1986 is an event held on 9 August 1987 was an event held at the Madras. The Chief guests of the function is the minister of Information Karnataka Mr. M. P. Prakash and Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair.
The 20th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1972 was an event held on April 21, 1973 at Shanmukhananda hall in Bombay along with Hindi Awards.
The 22nd Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1974 was an event held in Shanmukhananda Hall Bombay on 30 March 1975 along with Hindi Awards.
The 26th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1978 was an event held on 10 June 1979 at Kalaivanar Arangam in Madras.
The 37th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honouring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1989 is an event held at the Kamaraj Memorial Hall, Madras 12 August 1990. The chief guest of the evening was Dilip Kumar & Tamil Nadu governor Krishan Kant addressing the gathering. The winners list announced on 13 June 1990.