'Filmfare Awards South'

The Filmfare Awards ceremony was held yesterday at Novotel, Hyderabad in spectacular way filling in excitement among every one.

The show picked up at 7:30 PM and went on till 2 PM amidst full crowd those didn’t get away from their seats. Although some felt uncomfortable for the show running late, the glow, glitter and the presence of stars of all four South Indian languages couldn’t make them leave the place.

The satellite rights of the event were bagged by Gemini TV and the people have to wait to watch on idiot box till then. Here is the list of award winners:

Tamil:

• Best Film: Mynaa
• Best Director: Vasanthabalan - Angadi Theru
• Best Actor: Vikram - Raavanan
• Best Actress: Anjali - Angadi Theru
• Best Supporting Actor: Parthiban - Aayirathil Oruvan
• Best Supporting Actress: Saranya Ponvannan - Thenmerku Paruvakaatru
• Best Music Director: A. R. Rahman - Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
• Best Lyricist: Thamarai - "Mannipaya" - Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
• Best Male Playback Singer: Karthik - "Usure Poguthey" - Ravanan
• Best Female Playback Singer: Shreya Ghoshal - "Un Perai Sollum" - Angadi Theru

Telugu

• Best Film: Vedam
• Best Director: Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi - Vedam
• Best Actor: Allu Arjun - Vedam
• Best Actress: Anushka Shetty - Vedam
• Best Supporting Actor: ** Sai Kumar - Prasthanam
• Best Supporting Actress: Abhinaya - Shambo Shiva Shambo
• Best Music Director: ** A. R. Rahman - Ye Maaya Chesave
• Best Male Playback Singer: Ramesh Vinayagam & Karunya - "Sada Shiva Sanyasi" - Mahesh Khaleja
• Best Female Playback Singer: Geetha Madhuri - "Magallu" - Golimaar
• Best Lyricist: Ramajogaiah Sastri - "Sada Siva Sanyasi" - Mahesh Khaleja

Malayalam

• Best Film: Pranchiyettan & the Saint
• Best Director: Ranjith - Pranchiyettan & the Saint
• Best Actor: Mammootty - Pranchiyettan & the Saint
• Best Actress: Mamta Mohandas - Kadha Thudarunnu
• Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon - Marykkundoru Kunjaadu
• Best Supporting Actress: Urvashi - Mummy & Me
• Best Music Director: Gopi Sundar - Anwar
• Best Male Playback Singer: Hariharan - "Aaro Padun" - Kadha Thudarunnu
• Best Female Playback Singer: Shreya Ghoshal - "Kizhakk Pookkum" - Anwar
• Best Lyricist: Rafeeque Ahmed – "Kizhakku Pookkum" – Anwar

Kannada

• Best Film: Jackie
• Best Director: Girish Kasaravalli - Kanasemba Kudureyaneri
• Best Actor: Shivrajkumar - Thamassu
• Best Actress: Radhika Pandit - Krishnan Love Story
• Best Supporting Actor: Avinash - Aptharakshaka
• Best Supporting Actress: Umashree - Krishnan Love Story
• Best Music Director: V. Harikrishna - Jackie
• Best Male Playback: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam - "Gharane" - Aptharakshaka
• Best Female Playback: Sunitha Gopraju – "O Priyathama" - Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu
• Best Lyricist: Kaviraj - "Gharane" - Aptharakshaka

Other awards

• Best Female Debutant: Samantha - Ye Maaya Chesave (Telugu)
• Best Male Debutant: Rana Daggubati - Leader (Telugu)
• Best Choreographer: Baba Bhaskar - "Kadhal Vandhale" - Singam (Tamil)
• Best Choreographer: Raju Sundaram - "Eyi Raaja" - Brindavanam (Telugu)
• Best Cinematographer: R. Rathnavelu - Enthiran (Tamil)
• Best Cinematographer: Manoj Paramahamsa - Ye Maaya Chesave (Telugu)
• Best Costume Design: Manish Malhotra - Enthiran (Tamil)
• Best Production Design: Sabu Cyril - Enthiran (Tamil)
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Chiranjeevi
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Jayasudha

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