The 69th SOBHA Filmfare Awards South 2024 was held in Hyderabad to celebrate the best of Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam cinema of 2023. With South cinema gaining prominence on not just the national stage, but on the global stage too, many of the recipients of the award weren’t just ‘regional’ stars but pan-Indian stars.
Hosted by Faria Abdullah, Sundeep Kishan, and Vindhya Vishaka, the awards show featured stellar performances from Gayathri Bharadwaj, Saniya Iyappan, and Aparna Balamurali.
The show featured a lot of heartfelt moments, including Nani present on stage to give Srikanth Odela and Shouryuv, the awards for Best Debut Director for his films, Dasara and Hi Nanna. Another bittersweet moment was actor Mammootty, who received his 15th Filmfare award for Best Actor, talking about how this sweet moment is actually overshadowed by the grief engulfing him due to the Wayanad landslides in Kerala that has resulted in major loss of lives and livelihoods.
While Dasara, Balagam and Baby won big in Telugu, it was Sapta Sagaradaache Ello taking home the big prizes in Kannada. Ponniyin Selvan 2 and Chittha shared the spoils in Tamil, and Malayalam had an eclectic set of winners.
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Here is the full list of winners from Telugu cinema
Best Film – Balagam
Best Director – Venu Yeldandi (Balagam)
Best Film (Critics’) – Baby, directed by Sai Rajesh
Best Actor in Leading Role (Male) – Nani (Dasara)
Best Actor (Critics’) – Prakash Raj (Ranga Maarthanda) and Naveen Polishetty (Miss Shetty, Mr Polishetty)
Best Actor in Leading Role (Female) – Keerthy Suresh (Dasara)
Best Actress (Critics’) – Vaishnavi Chaitanya (Baby)
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) – Brahmanandam (Ranga Maarthanda) and Ravi Teja (Waltair Veerayya)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Rupa Lakshmi (Balagam)
Best Music Album – Vijay Bulganin (Baby)
Best Lyrics – Anantha Sriram (O Rendu Prema Meghaalila – Baby) Best Playback Singer (Male) – Sreerama Chandra (O Rendu Prema Meghaalila – Baby)
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Shweta Mohan (Mastaaru Mastaaru – Sir)
Best Cinematography – Sathyan Sooryan (Dasara)
Best Choreography – Prem Rakshith (Dhoom Dhaam Dhoshtaan – Dasara)
Best Production Design – Kolla Avinash (Dasara)
Best Debut Director – Srikanth Odela (Dasara) and Shouryuv (Hi Nanna)
Best Debut (Male) – Sangeeth Shobhan (Mad)
Here is the full list of winners from Malayalam cinema
Best Film – 2018
Best Director – Jude Anthany Joseph (2018)
Best Film (Critics’) – Kaathal The Core, directed by Jeo Baby
Best Actor in Leading Role (Male) – Mammootty (Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam)
Best Actor (Critics’) – Joju George (Iratta)
Best Actor in Leading Role (Female) – Vincy Aloshius (Rekha)
Best Actress (Critics’) – Jyotika (Kaathal The Core)
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) – Jagadish (Purusha Pretham)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Poornima Indrajith (Thuramukham), Anaswara Rajan (Neru)
Best Music Album – Sam CS (RDX)
Best Lyrics – Anwar Ali (Ennum En Kaaval – Kaathal The Core)
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Kapil Kapilan (Neela Nilave – RDX)
Best Playback Singer (Female) – KS Chitra (Muttathe Mulla – Jawaanum Mullapoovum)
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Here is the full list of winners from Tamil cinema
Best Film – Chithha
Best Director – SU Arun Kumar (Chithha)
Best Film (Critics’) – Viduthalai Part 1, directed by Vetri Maaran
Best Actor in Leading Role (Male) – Vikram (Ponniyin Selvan 2)
Best Actor (Critics’) – Siddharth (Chithha)
Best Actor in Leading Role (Female) – Nimisha Sajayan (Chithha)
Best Actress (Critics’) – Aishwarya Rajesh (Farhana) and Aparna Das (Dada)
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) – Fahadh Faasil (Maamannan)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Anjali Nair (Chithha)
Best Music Album – Dhibu Ninan Thomas and Santhosh Narayanan (Chithha)
Best Lyrics – Ilango Krishnan (Aga Naga – Ponniyin Selvan 2)
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Haricharan (Chinnanjiru Nilave – Ponniyin Selvan 2)
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Karthika Vaidyanathan (Kangal Yedho – Chithha)
Best Cinematography – Ravi Varman (Ponniyin Selvan 2)
Best Production Design – Thota Tharani (Ponniyin Selvan 2)
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Here is the full list of winners from Kannada cinema
Best Film – Daredevil Musthafa
Best Director – Hemanth M Rao (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello)
Best Film (Critics’) – Pinki Elli, directed by Prithvi Konanur
Best Actor in Leading Role (Male) – Rakshit Shetty (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello)
Best Actor (Critics’) – Poornachandra Mysore (Orchestra Mysuru)
Best Actor in Leading Role (Female) – Siri Ravikumar (Swathi Muthina Male Haniye)
Best Actress (Critics’) – Rukmini Vasanth (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello)
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) – Rangayana Raghu (Tagaru Palya)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Sudha Belawadi (Kousalya Supraja Rama)
Best Music Album – Charan Raj (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello)
Best Lyrics – BR Lakshman Rao (Yava Chumbaka – Chowka Bara)
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Kapil Kapilan (Nadhiya O Nadhiye – Sapta Sagaradaache Ello-Side A)
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Srilakshmi Belmannu (Kadalanu Kaana Horatiro – Sapta Sagaradaache Ello Side-A)
Best Debut (Female) – Amrutha Prem (Tagaru Palya)
Best Debut (Male) – Shishir Baikady (Daredevil Musthafa)
Lifetime Achievement Award – Srinath
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