66th Filmfare Awards South

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The 66th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2018 is an event that was held on 21 December 2019 in Chennai. The nominations for all the main awards were announced on 13 December 2019.^[1]^[2] The Awards show was premiered on 26 January 2020 at 3 PM on Star Suvarna and Star Suvarna HD and also on Asianet and Asianet HD at 9 AM.^[3]

List of winners and nominees

Main awards

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
KGF Tagaru Nathicharami Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Ammachi Yemba Nenapu	Mansore - Nathicharami Suri - Tagaru Prashanth Neel - KGF Rishab Shetty - Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Karthik Saragur - Jeerjimbe
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Yash - KGF* as Raja Krishnappa Bairya aka Rocky** Shivrajkumar - Tagaru as ACP Shivakumar / 'Tagaru' Shiva Sathish Ninasam - Ayogya as Siddha Diganth - Katheyondu Shuruvagide as Tarun Manchale Ganesh - Orange as Santhosh	*Manvitha Kamath - Tagaru* as Punarvasu** Sruthi Hariharan - Nathicharami as Gowri Meghana Raj - Iruvudellava Bittu as Poorvi Ashika Ranganath - Raambo 2 as Mayuri Nishvika Naidu -Amma I Love You as Bindhu
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Dhananjay - Tagaru* as Dolly** Radhakrishna Urala - Ammachi Yemba Nenapu as Puttamatte P. Ravishankar - Raambo 2 as Joker Achyuth Kumar - Choori Katte Ashwin Rao Pallakki -Katheyondu Shuruvagide as Pedro	*Sharanya - Nathicharami* as Suma** Shreya Anchan - Katheyondu Shuruvagide as Swarna Sumalatha - Thayige Thakka Maga as Parvathi Sudharani - Life Jothe Ondh Selfie as Thulsi Suman Nagarkar - Jeerjimbe
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Vasuki Vaibhav - Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Charanraj - Tagaru Ravi Basrur - KGF Arjun Janya - Ayogya Guru Kiran - Amma I Love You	H. S. Venkateshamurthy - Sakkareya Paakadali from Hasiru Ribbon V. Nagendra Prasad - "Amma Nannee Januma" from "Amma I Love You" Kiran Kaverappa - "Bhavaloka" from Nathicharami Jayant Kaikini - "Badukina Bannave" from Tagaru Trilok Trivikram - "Praveena Praveena" from Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Sanjith Hegde - "Shakunthale" - Naduve Antharavirali Vijay Prakash - "Yenammi Yenammi" from Ayogya Anthony Daasan - "Tagaru Banthu Tagaru" from Tagaru Sunil Kashyap - "Amma Nannee Januma" from Amma I Love You Kailash Kher - "Anna Nanna Hesaru" from The Villain	Bindu Malini - "Bhavalokada" from Nathicharami Ananya Bhat - "Hold On Hold On" from Tagaru Aditi Sagar - "Dum Maro Dum" from Raambo 2 Anuradha Bhat - "Holeva Holeyachage" - Ammachi Yemba Nenapu Madhuri Sheshadri - "Nooraru Bannagalu" from Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Sudani From Nigeria Joseph Njan Prakashan Ee.Ma.Yau Eeda	Lijo Jose Pellissery - Ee.Ma.Yau Zakariya Mohammed - Sudani From Nigeria M. Padmakumar - Joseph Anjali Menon - Koode Madhupal - Oru Kuprasidha Payyan
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Joju George - Joseph* as Joseph Parekkatil** Jayasurya - Captain as V. P. Sathyan Tovino Thomas - Theevandi as Bineesh Damodaran Soubin Shahir - Sudani From Nigeria as Majeed Chemban Vinod Jose - Ee.Ma.Yau as Eeshi Prithviraj - Koode as Joshua Thomas	*Manju Warrier - Aami* as Kamala Surayya** Aishwarya Lekshmi - Varathan as Priya Paul Anu Sithara - Captain as Anitha Sathyan Nimisha Sajayan - Eeda as Aishwarya Gopal Nazriya - Koode as Jennifer Maria Thomas
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Vinayakan - Ee.Ma.Yau* as Ayyappan** Sidhique - Hey Jude as Dominic Aldo Rodrigues Sharafudheen - Varathan as Josey Ranjith - Koode as Aloshy Sudheesh - Theevandi as Sugunan	*Savithri Sreedharan - Sudani From Nigeria* as Jameela** Sarala Balussery - Sudani From Nigeria as Beeyumma Muthumani - Uncle as Lakshmi Nimisha Sajayan - Oru Kuprasidha Payyan as Adv. Hannah Elizabeth Pauly Valsan - Ee.Ma.Yau as Pennamma
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Kailas Menon - Theevandi Sushin Shyam - Varathan Vishal Bharadwaj - Carbon Shaan Rahman - Aravindante Athidhikal Gopi Sundar - Captain	B.K.Harinarayanan - "Jeevamshamayi" from Theevandi Rafeeque Ahmed - "Neer Neermathalam" from Aami Anil Panachooran - "Nenchinullilaake" from Thattumpurath Achuthan Ajeesh Dasan - "Ini Orukalathe" from Poomaram Anwar Ali - "Mizhi Niranju" from Eeda
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Vijay Yesudas - "Poomuthole" from Joseph Karthik - "Kadavathoru Thoni" from Poomaram Karthik - "Vanville" from Koode Abhay Jodhpurkar - "Minnaminni" from Koode Haricharan - "Mullappuvithalo" from Abrahaminte Santhathikal	Anne Amie - "Aararo" from Koode Megha Josekutty - "Endhe Kanna" from Aravindante Athidhikal Neha Nair - "Ponnumkasavitta" from Queen Shreya Ghoshal - "Palthira" from Captain Shreya Ghoshal - "Maanam Thudukkanu" - Odiyan

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Pariyerum Perumal 96 Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Ratsasan Sarkar Vada Chennai	Ram Kumar - Ratsasan Mani Ratnam - Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Mari Selvaraj - Pariyerum Perumal A R Murugadoss - Sarkar Prem Kumar - 96 Vetrimaran - Vada Chennai
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Dhanush - Vada Chennai* as Anbu tied with Vijay Sethupathi - 96 as Ramachandran** Aravind Swamy - Chekka Chivantha Vaanam as Varadharajan Senapathi Jayam Ravi - Adanga Maru as Subash Vijay - Sarkar as Sundar Ramaswamy	Trisha Krishnan - 96 as Janaki Devi Aishwarya Rajesh - Kanaa as Kousalya Murugesan Jyotika - Kaatrin Mozhi as Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan Nayantara - Kolamavu Kokila as Kokila Sai Pallavi - Maari 2 Aanandi Maariyappan
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Sathyaraj - Kanaa* as Murugesan** Akshay Kumar - 2.0 as Pakshi Rajan Anurag Kashyap - Imaikkaa Nodigal as ACP Martin Roy Arun Vijay - Chekka Chivantha Vaanam as Thyagarajan Senapathi Samuthirakani - Kaala as Vaaliyappan Yogi Babu - Kolamavu Kokila as Shekhar	Saranya Ponvannan - Kolamavu Kokila Eswari Rao - Kaala as Selvi Priya Bhavani Shankar - Kadaikutty Singam as Poompozhil Chellamma Ramya Krishnan - Thaana Serndha Kootam as Azhagu Meena Varalaxmi Sarathkumar - Sarkar
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Govind Vasantha - 96 Anirudh Ravichandran - Kolamavu Kokila A R Rahman - Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Santhosh Narayanan - Pariyerum Perumal Yuvan Shankar Raja - Pyaar Prema Kaadhal	Karthik Netha - "Kadhale Kadhale" from 96 Gkb - "Vaayadi Petthapulla" from Kanaa Madhan Karky - "Kurumba" from Tik Tik Tik Vignesh Shivan - "Sodakku" from Thaana Serndha Kootam Vivek - "Pottakati Poovasam" from Pariyerum Perumal
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Sid Sriram - "Hey Penne" – Pyaar Prema Kaadhal Anirudh Ravichandran - "Kalyana Vayasu" from Kolamavu Kokila Anthony Daasan - "Sodakku" from Thaana Serndha Kootam Dhanush - "Rowdy Baby" from Maari 2 Raghu Dixit, Sathya Prakash, Jithin Raj - "Neeyum Naanum Anbe" – Imaikkaa Nodigal	Chinmayi - "Kaathale Kathale" from 96 Dhee - "Rowdy Baby" from Maari 2 Jonita Gandhi - "Omg Ponnu" from Sarkar Shakthisree Gopalan - "Bhoomi Bhoomi" from Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Shashaa Tirupati - "Endhira Logathu" from 2.0

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Mahanati Rangasthalam Geetha Govindam C/o Kancharapalem Sammohanam Bharat Ane Nenu	Nag Ashwin - Mahanati Venkatesh Maha - C/o Kancharapalem Sukumar - Rangasthalam Parasuram - Geetha Govindam Mohan Krishna Indraganti - Sammohanam Koratala Siva - Bharat Ane Nenu
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Ram Charan - Rangasthalam* as Chelluboina Chittibabu** Vijay Devarakonda - Geetha Govindam as Vijay Govind Mahesh Babu - Bharath Ane Nenu as Bharat Ram Dulquer Salman - Mahanati as Gemini Ganesan N. T. Rama Rao Jr. - Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava as Veera Raghava Reddy	*Keerthi Suresh - Mahanati* as Savitri** Samantha Akkineni - Rangasthalam as Ramalakshmi Rashmika Mandanna - Geetha Govindam as Geetha Anushka Shetty - Bhaagamathie as Bhaagamathie / Chanchala IAS Pooja Hegde - Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava as Aravinda Aditi Rao Hydari - Sammohanam as Sameera Rathode
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Jagapati Babu - Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava* as Basi Reddy** Aadhi Pinisetty - Rangasthalam as Chelluboina Kumar Babu Naresh - Sammohanam as Sarvesh R. Madhavan - Savyasachi as Arun Raj Verma Rahul Ramakrishna - Geetha Govindam as Ramakrishna Doddanna - Aatagadharaa Siva as Jangayya Mohan Bhagat - C/o Kancharapalem as Gaddam	*Anasuya Bharadwaj - Rangasthalam* as Kolli Rangamma** Malavika Nair - Taxiwala as Sisira Bharadwaj Asha Sarath - Bhaagamathie as Vaishnavi Natarajan Samantha Akkineni - Mahanati as Madhuravani Mehreen Pirzada - Kavacham as Lavanya Praveena Paruchuri - C/o Kancharapalem as Saleema
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Devi Sri Prasad - Rangasthalam Gopi Sunder - Geetha Govindam Mickey J Meyer - Mahanati Vivek Sagar - Sammohanam S. Thaman - Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Sweekar Agasthi - C/o Kancharapalem	Chandra Bose - "Entha Sakkagunnavey" from Rangasthalam Ramajogayya Sastry - "Penimiti" from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry - "Chivaraku Migiledi" from Mahanati Chaitanya Prasad - "Pillaa Raa" from RX 100 Anantha Sreeram - "Inkem Inkem Kavaale" from Geetha Govindam
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Sid Sriram - "Inkem Inkem Kavaali" from Geetha Govindam Anurag Kulkarni - "Pillaa Raa" from RX 100 Rahul Sipligunj - "Rangaa Rangaa Rangasthalaana" from Rangasthalam Kaala Bhairava - "Penimiti" from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Armaan Malik - "Ninnila Ninnila" from Tholi Prema Anurag Kulkarni - "Aasha Paasham" from C/o Kancharapalem	Shreya Ghoshal - "Mandaraa Mandaraa" from Bhaagamathie M. M. Manasi - "Rangamma Mangamma" - Rangasthalam Ramya Behara - "Gelupu Leni Samaram" from Mahanati Mohana Bhogaraju - "Reddamma Thalli" from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Ananya Bhat - "Yettagayya Shiva Shiva" from Aatagadharaa Siva Chinmayi - "Yenti Yenti"- Geetha Govindam

Technical Awards

Best Cinematographer – South
Rathnavelu – Rangasthalam
Best Choreography
Prabhu Deva & Jani – "Rowdy Baby" from Maari 2

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement
Hariharan (director)
Critics Award for Best Actor
Arvind Swami for Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
Dulquer Salman for Mahanati
Sathish Ninasam for Ayogya
Soubin Shahir for Sudani from Nigeria
Critics Award for Best Actress
Aishwarya Rajesh for Kanaa
Rashmika Mandanna for Geetha Govindam
Shruti Hariharan for Nathicharami
Nimisha Sajayan for Eeda
Best Female Debut
Raiza Wilson for Pyaar Prema Kaadhal
Saniya Iyappan for Queen

Superlatives

Multiple nominations

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Nominations	Film
10	Rangasthalam
9	Tagaru
9	Geetha Govindam
8	Mahanati
7	96
	Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
	Koode
6	Nathicharami
	C/o Kancharapalem
	Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
5	Sammohanam
	Sarkar
	Kolamavu Kokila
	Ee.Ma.Yau
	Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai
4	KGF
	Amma I Love You
	Joseph
	Captain
	Theevandi
	Pariyerum Perumal
3	Katheyondu Shuruvagide
	Eeda
	Raambo 2
	Bharat Ane Nenu
	Vada Chennai
	Maari 2
	Kanaa
	Thaana Serndha Kootam
	Ayogya
2	Ammachi Yemba Nenapu
	Jeerjimbe
	Oru Kuprasidha Payyan
	Aami
	Aravindante Athidhikal
	Ratsasan
	Pyaar Prema Kaadhal
	2.0
	Kaala
	RX 100
	Aatagadharaa Siva

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Multiple wins