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{{Infobox award
| name = Filmfare Awards South
| current_awards = 66th Filmfare Awards South
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Best in [[Film]] and [[Music]]
| presenter = ''[[Filmfare]]''
| country = India
| network = [[Star India]]
Regional Networks :
{{ubl|[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]] (Malayalam)|[[Star Maa]] (Telugu)|[[Star Vijay]] (Tamil)| [[Star Suvarna]] (Kannada) }}
| year = {{ubl| [[Telugu language|Telugu]] (1963) | [[Tamil language|Tamil]] (1963) | |[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] (1966) | [[Kannada language|Kannada]] (1969)}}
| website = [http://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-south-2018/ Filmfare Awards South]
|location=[[India]]|lastawarded=2019|firstawarded=1963|sponsor=Multiple|most_awards=[[Kamal Haasan]]|most_wins=[[Kamal Hassan]]|most_nominations=[[Shreya Ghoshal]]|related=[[Filmfare Awards]]<br/>[[Filmfare Awards East]]|image caption=The Black Lady}}

'''Filmfare Awards South''' is the [[India]]n segment of the annual [[Filmfare Awards]], presented by the [[Filmfare]] magazine of [[The Times Group]] to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the [[Indian film industry]] encompassing four languages, namely, [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Kannada]]. They were introduced in 1954, around the films released in 1952-53 and Filmfare Awards<ref>{{Cite web|title=Filmfare Awards: Bollywood and Regional Film Awards|url=https://www.filmfare.com/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=filmfare.com|language=en}}</ref> initially recognizing the Hindi film industry. In 1964 awards were extended in [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Marathi language|Marathi]], around the films released in 1963. The inclusion of the [[Malayalam cinema]] in the awards came in 1967 while [[Kannada cinema]] was recognized in 1970. Each industry is given its own set of creative awards in annual ceremonies that have predominantly been held in [[Hyderabad]] and [[Chennai]]. [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Uday Kiran]] hold the record for being the youngest to win the [[Best Actor]] award.

== Superlatives ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Superlative
! Artist
! Record
|-
| Most individual wins
| [[Kamal Haasan]]
| 19 awards
|-
| Most individual nominations
| [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| 44 nominations
|-
| Most direction awards
| [[K. Viswanath]], [[K. Balachander]]
| 8 awards
|-
| Most music direction awards
|[[A. R. Rahman]]
| 17 awards
|-
| Most acting awards – Male
| [[Kamal Haasan]]
| 16 awards
|-
| Most acting awards – Female
| [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]
| 7 awards
|-

| Most playback singer awards – Male
| [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
| 6 awards
|-
| Most playback singer awards – Female
| [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| 10 awards
|-
|}

==Records==
{{Multiple image
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| direction = vertical
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| image1 = Kamal Haasan at Promotions of 'Vishwaroop' with Videocon (03).jpg
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| image2 =Lakshmi at Naan Suvasikkum Sivaji Book Launch.jpg
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| footer = Kamal Haasan has the record of 16 wins (top) in Best Actor Category and Lakshmi (bottom) have won the award 7 times in Best Actress Category. Both the actors have won at least one Filmfare in all four languages of Filmfare Awards South.
}}

=== Most Awards for a film ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Film
!No. of Awards
|-
![[Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana]]
|9
|-
! [[Anniyan]]<br />[[Baahubali 2: The Conclusion]]
|8
|}

=== Most Awards for Best Director ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Image
!Recipient
!No. of Awards
|-
|[[File:The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Manish Tewari presenting the Limca Book of Record ‘People of the Year’2013 to Dr. K Vishwanath, at a function, in New Delhi on April 10.jpg|60px]]
![[K. Viswanath]]
|8
|-
|[[File:K Balachander.jpg|60px]]
![[K. Balachander]]
|8
|}

=== Most Awards for Best Actor ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Image
!Recipient
!No. of Awards
|-
|[[File:Kamal Haasan FICCI event.jpg|60px]]
![[Kamal Haasan]]
|16
|-
|[[File:Mammootty malayalam.jpg|60px]]
![[Mammootty]]
|12
|}

=== Most Awards for Best Actress ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Image
!Recipient
!No. of Awards
|-
|[[File:Lakshmi at Naan Suvasikkum Sivaji Book Launch.jpg|60px]]
|[[Lakshmi (actress) |Lakshmi]]
|7
|-
|{{dash}}
|[[Vijayashanti]]
|6
|-
|[[File:Manju Warrier in KLF 2018.jpg|60px]]
|[[Manju Warrier]]
|6
|-
|}

=== Most Awards for Best Actor - Critics ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Image
!Recipient
!No. of Awards
|-
|[[File:Karthi at 62nd Filmfare awards south (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Karthi]]
|2
|-
|[[File:Dulquer Salmaan at Karwaan promotions (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Dulquer Salmaan]]
|2
|}

=== Most Awards for Best Actress - Critics ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Image
!Recipient
!No. of Awards
|-
|[[File:Sruthi Hariharan at Janapada Lokha.jpg|60px]]
|[[Sruthi Hariharan]]
|2
|}

=== Most Awards for Best Supporting Actor ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Recipient
!No. of Awards
|-
|[[Jagapathi Babu]]
|4
|-
|[[Achyuth Kumar]] <br> [[Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor)|Sai Kumar]]
|3
|}

=== Most Awards for Best Supporting Actress ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Image
!Recipient
!No. of Awards
|-
|[[File:Saranya Ponvannan at Saivam Audio Launch.jpg|60px]]
|[[Saranya Ponvannan]]
|5
|-
|[[File:Ramya Krishnan.jpg|60px]]
|[[Ramya Krishnan]]
|3
|}

=== Most Awards for Music Direction ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Image
!Recipient
!No. of Awards
|-
|[[File:A. R. Rahman.jpg|60px]]
|[[A. R. Rahman]]
|17
|-
|[[File:Devi_sri_prasad.jpg|60px]]
|[[Devi Sri Prasad]]
|9
|}

=== Most Awards for Male Singer ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Recipient
!No. of Awards
|-
|[[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
|6
|-
|[[Vijay Yesudas]]
|5
|}

=== Most Awards for Female Singer ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Recipient
!No. of Awards
|-
|[[Shreya Ghoshal]]
|10
|-
|[[K. S. Chithra]]
|8
|}

== History ==
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]].<ref name="1953ff">{{cite news |title=Magadheera,Nadodigal,Josh bag top honours at the Filmfare awards |url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=3&sectid=edid=&edlabel=ETBG&mydateHid=09-08-2010&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00300&publabel=ET |access-date=7 July 2011 |newspaper=The Times of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009113937/http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=3&sectid=edid=&edlabel=ETBG&mydateHid=09-08-2010&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00300&publabel=ET |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Later the ceremony shifted to the distinctive Music Academy.

In 1953 initially recognizing the Hindi film industry. In 1963 Awards extended to Best Picture in Telugu, Tamil, Bengali & Marathi, for the awards and from 1966 Malayalam films were added.<ref name="1953ff" /> Kannada films became a part of the event in 1969.<ref name="1953ff" /> In 1972 the awards were extended to Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director categories in all south Indian films.<ref>{{cite book |title=Film world, Volume 9 |year=1973 |publisher=T.M. Ramachandran |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IXlTAAAAYAAJ&q=Sivaji+Ganesan+and+Jayalalitha%29%2C+Telugu+%28G.}}</ref> 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 discontinued later.

== Statuette ==
The statuette, depicting a woman whose arms uprise in a dance number with her fingers touching, is commonly referred to as "The Black Lady" (or "The Lady in Black"). Originally designed by N.G. Phansare under the supervision of ''[[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.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Pinto, Jerry |journal=Filmfare |date=April 1997 |title=Tangy titbits from the Filmfare past |url=http://www.filmfare.com/site/apr97/fact1.htm |access-date=2012-01-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980705041114/http://www.filmfare.com/site/apr97/fact1.htm |archive-date=5 July 1998}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |title=A golden glow for Filmfare |date=2005-01-28 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/28/stories/2005012811310500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050302190604/http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/28/stories/2005012811310500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-03-02 |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |access-date=2011-01-26}}</ref>

== Award Categories ==
As of 2006, there are a total of 10 categories across each of the four film industries.

=== Creative awards ===

==== '''[[Telugu cinema]]''' ====
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu]]: since 1963
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu]]: since 1972
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu]]: since 1972
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu]]: since 1972
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu]]: since 2002
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu]]: since 2002
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu]]: since 1990
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu]]: since 2005
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu]]: Since 1997
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu]]: since 2004
==== [[Tamil cinema]] ====
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil]]: since 1963
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil]]: since 1972
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil]]: since 1972
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil]]: since 1972
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil]]: since 2002
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil]]: since 2002
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil]]: since 1990
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Tamil]]: since 2005
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Tamil]]: since 2005
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil]]: since 1999

====[[Malayalam cinema]]====
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Malayalam]]: since 1966
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam]]: since 1972
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam]]: since 1972
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam]]: since 1972
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Malayalam]]: since 2006
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Malayalam]]: since 2006
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Malayalam]]: since 1990
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Malayalam]]: since 2006
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Malayalam]]: since 2006
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Malayalam]]: since 2006

==== [[Kannada cinema]] ====
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada]]: since 1969
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]]: since 1972
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada]]: since 1972
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada]]: since 1972
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Kannada]]: since 2006
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada]]: since 2006
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada]]: since 1990
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Kannada]]: since 2006
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Kannada]]: since 2006
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Kannada]]: since 2006

=== Technical awards ===
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Art Director – South]]: since 1998
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer – South]]: since 1997
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer – South]]: since 1997
* Filmfare Award for Best Special Effects – South: since 2012
* Filmfare Award for Best Costume Design – South : since 2010
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Action Director – South]]: since 2005
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Editor – South]]: since 2005

=== Special awards ===
* [[Filmfare Special Award – South]]: Since 1965
* [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South]]: since 2011
*[[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South]]: since 2015
* [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South]]: since 1983
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South]]: since 2000
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South]]: since 1997

=== Retired awards ===
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Comedian – Telugu]]: 2002 to 2005
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Comedian – Tamil]]: 2002 to 2006
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Villain – Telugu]]: 2002 to 2005
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Villain – Tamil]]: 2002 to 2005

== Ceremonies ==
* [[66th Filmfare Awards South]], held on 21 December 2019 [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
* [[65th Filmfare Awards South]], held 16 June 2018 in [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]
* [[64th Filmfare Awards South]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/winners-64th-jio-filmfare-awards-south/articleshow/59192157.cms |title=Winners: 64th Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (South) |publisher=Times of India |date=19 June 2017}}</ref> held 17 June 2017 in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]
* [[63rd Filmfare Awards South]],<ref>[http://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-the-63rd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-13996.html Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702102328/http://www.filmfare.com/news/winners-of-the-63rd-britannia-filmfare-awards-south-13996.html |date=2016-07-02 }}</ref> held 18 June 2016 in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]
* [[62nd Filmfare Awards South]], held 26 June 2015 in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
* [[61st Filmfare Awards South]], held 12 July 2014 in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
* [[60th Filmfare Awards South]], held 20 July 2013 in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[59th Filmfare Awards South]], held 7 July 2012 in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
* [[58th Filmfare Awards South]], held 2 July 2011 in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[57th Filmfare Awards South]], held 7 August 2010 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
* [[56th Filmfare Awards South]], held 31 July 2009 in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[52nd Filmfare Awards South]], held 23 July 2005 in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>[http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/filmfareawards2005.html Filmfare Awards 2005]</ref>
* [[51st Filmfare Awards South]], 12 June 2004 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
* [[49th Filmfare Awards South]], held 20 April 2002 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
* [[45th Filmfare Awards South]], held 13 June 1998 in [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
* [[42nd Filmfare Awards South]], held 23 September 1995 in [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
* [[38th Filmfare Awards South]], held 11 August 1991 in [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
* [[34th Filmfare Awards South]],<ref>https://archive.today/20170528093416/https://archive.org/details/34thAnnualFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners</ref> held 9 August 1987 in [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
* [[21st Filmfare Awards South]], held 11 April 1974 in Bombay, [[Maharastra]]
* [[11th Filmfare Awards South]], held 1964 in Bombay, [[Maharastra]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://awards.filmfare.com/}}
* [https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-south-2018/kannada/winners Filmfare Awards South 2018 | List of Kannada Filmfare Award Winners]
* [https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-south-2018/telugu/winners Filmfare Awards South 2018 | List of Telugu Filmfare Award Winners]
* [https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-south-2018/malayalam/winners Filmfare Awards South 2018 | List of Malayalam Filmfare Award Winners]
* [https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-south-2018/tamil/winners Filmfare Awards South 2018 | List of Tamil Filmfare Award Winners]
* {{IMDb event|0001531|Filmfare Awards South}}

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