Indian film awards
TheFilmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in theTelugu cinema ,Tamil cinema ,Malayalam cinema andKannada cinema . They are presented byFilmfare The Times Group . When it was introduced in 1954, theFilmfare Awards initially only recognized achievements in theHindi cinema . In 1964 the awards were extended toTelugu ,Tamil ,Bengali andMarathi languages.[ 1] Malayalam cinema was included in the awards in 1967 andKannada cinema followed in 1970.
Each industry is given its own set of creative awards in annual ceremonies that have predominantly been held inChennai andHyderabad . Before 1976, the ceremony was held inMumbai along withHindi segment . From 1976, the southern region segment were separated from awards for Hindi-language films and moved first to Chennai and later to Hyderabad.
The awards were first given in 1953 and the ceremony used to be held along with Hindi cinema'sFilmfare Awards . The awards were being held in the Kalaivanar Arangam,Chennai in the early days.[ 2]
In 1953, initially only the Hindi film industry was recognized.[ 3] [ 2] [ 2] [ 4]
In 2002, awards for Best Supporting actors were given for Tamil and Telugu 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 ofThe Times of India '[ 5]
To celebrate the 25th year of the awards, the statues were made insilver and to celebrate the 50th year the statues were made ingold .[ 6]
The Red Carpet is a segment that takes place before the beginning of the actual ceremony.[ 7] [ 8]
Superlative Artist Record Most individual wins Kamal Haasan 18 awards A. R. Rahman Most individual nominations Kamal Haasan 58 nominations Most best director awards K. Viswanath 8 awards K. Balachander Most best actor awards Kamal Haasan 17 awards Most best actor nominations Kamal Haasan 45 nominations Most best actress awards Lakshmi 8 awards Most best actress nominations Jyothika 21 nominations Most best music director awards A. R. Rahman 18 awards Most best male playback singer awards Karthik 6 awards Most best female playback singer awards K. S. Chithra 10 awards Shreya Ghoshal
Most Awards for a film [ edit ] Most Awards for Best Director [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] No. of Awards Recipient Image 7 Lakshmi
[ edit ] [ edit ] Most Awards for Best Supporting Actor [ edit ] Most Awards for Best Supporting Actress [ edit ] Most Awards for Best Music Director [ edit ] Most Awards for Best Lyricist [ edit ] [ edit ] No. of Awards Recipient Image 6 Karthik
[ edit ] Most Awards for Best Cinematographer [ edit ] Most Awards for Best Choreographer [ edit ] Most Awards for Best Production Designer [ edit ] 11th Filmfare Awards South , held on 17 June 1964 inBombay ,Maharashtra 12th Filmfare Awards South , held in 1965 in Bombay, Maharashtra13th Filmfare Awards South , held in 1966 in Bombay, Maharashtra14th Filmfare Awards South , held in 1967 in Bombay, Maharashtra15th Filmfare Awards South , held in 1968 in Bombay, Maharashtra16th Filmfare Awards South , held in 1969 in Bombay, Maharashtra17th Filmfare Awards South , held on 19 April 1970 in Bombay, Maharashtra18th Filmfare Awards South , held on 18 April 1971 in Bombay, Maharashtra19th Filmfare Awards South , held on 24 March 1972 in Bombay, Maharashtra20th Filmfare Awards South , held on 21 April 1973 in Bombay, Maharashtra21st Filmfare Awards South , held on 11 April 1974 in Bombay, Maharashtra22nd Filmfare Awards South , held on 30 March 1975 in Bombay, Maharashtra23rd Filmfare Awards South , held on 6 June 1976 inMadras ,Tamil Nadu 24th Filmfare Awards South , held on 14 August 1977 in Madras, Tamil Nadu25th Filmfare Awards South , held on in Madras, Tamil Nadu26th Filmfare Awards South , held on 10 June 1979 in Madras, Tamil Nadu27th Filmfare Awards South ,[ 9] 28th Filmfare Awards South , held in 1981 in Madras, Tamil Nadu29th Filmfare Awards South , held on August 1982 in Madras, Tamil Nadu30th Filmfare Awards South , held on 5 September 1983 in Madras, Tamil Nadu31st Filmfare Awards South , held in September 1984 in Madras, Tamil Nadu32nd Filmfare Awards South , held in 1985 in Madras, Tamil Nadu33rd Filmfare Awards South , held on 10 August 1986 in Madras, Tamil Nadu34th Filmfare Awards South ,[ 10] [ 11] 35th Filmfare Awards South , held on 14 August 1988 in Madras, Tamil Nadu36th Filmfare Awards South , held on 13 August 1989 in Madras, Tamil Nadu37th Filmfare Awards South , held on 12 August 1990 in Madras, Tamil Nadu38th Filmfare Awards South , held on 11 August 1991 in Madras, Tamil Nadu[ 12] 39th Filmfare Awards South , held on 31 March 1993 in Bombay, Maharashtra40th Filmfare Awards South , held on 13 October 1993 in Madras, Tamil Nadu41st Filmfare Awards South , held on 24 September 1994 in Madras, Tamil Nadu42nd Filmfare Awards South , held on 23 September 1995 in Madras, Tamil Nadu43rd Filmfare Awards South , held on 14 September 1996 in Madras, Tamil Nadu44th Filmfare Awards South , held on 30 August 1997 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh45th Filmfare Awards South , held on 13 June 1998 in Madras, Tamil Nadu46th Filmfare Awards South , held on 24 April 1999 inHyderabad ,Andhra Pradesh 47th Filmfare Awards South , held on 22 April 2000 inChennai , Tamil Nadu48th Filmfare Awards South , held on 7 April 2001 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh49th Filmfare Awards South , held on 20 April 2002 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu50th Filmfare Awards South , held on 24 May 2003 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh51st Filmfare Awards South , held on 12 June 2004 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu52nd Filmfare Awards South , held on 23 July 2005 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh[ 13] 53rd Filmfare Awards South , held on 9 September 2006 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu54th Filmfare Awards South , held on 4 August 2007 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh55th Filmfare Awards South , held on 12 July 2008 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu56th Filmfare Awards South , held on 31 July 2009 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh57th Filmfare Awards South , held on 7 August 2010 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu58th Filmfare Awards South , held on 2 July 2011 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh59th Filmfare Awards South , held on 7 July 2012 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu60th Filmfare Awards South , held on 20 July 2013 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh61st Filmfare Awards South , held on 12 July 2014 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu62nd Filmfare Awards South , held on 26 June 2015 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu63rd Filmfare Awards South ,[ 14] Telangana 64th Filmfare Awards South ,[ 15] 65th Filmfare Awards South , held on 16 June 2018 in Hyderabad, Telangana66th Filmfare Awards South , held on 21 December 2019 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu67th Filmfare Awards South , held on 9 October 2022 inBengaluru ,Karnataka 68th Filmfare Awards South , announced digitally on 12 July 202469th Filmfare Awards South , held on 3 August 2024 in Hyderabad, Telangana70th Filmfare Awards South , held on 21 February 2026 inKochi ,Kerala .[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] ^ "11th Annual South Filmfare Awards Winners" . 6 August 2024.^a b c "Magadheera,Nadodigal,Josh bag top honours at the Filmfare awards" .The Times of India . 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