57th Filmfare Awards South

57th Filmfare Awards South
Date	August 7, 2010
Site	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Host	Ganesh Venkatraman and Andrea Jeremiah
Producer	Idea Cellular
Highlights
Best Picture	Maleyali Jotheyali (Kannada) Pazhassi Raja (Malayalam) Naadodigal (Tamil) Magadheera (Telugu)
Most awards	Pazhassi Raja (7; Malayalam)
Most nominations	Ayan (11; Tamil)

The 57th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2009 was held on August 7, 2010 in Chennai, India.

Nominations

The Filmfare Best Film Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award was first given in 1954.

The following is a list of the award winners and nominees.

Multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations.

Kannada

• Nominations
  • 8 nominations: MaLeyali Jotheyali
  • 7 nominations: Josh
  • 6 nominations: Love Guru and Parichaya
  • 5 nominations: Savaari
  • 4 nominations: Eddelu Manjunatha
  • 3 nominations: Kallara Santhe, Raaj The Showman and Ram
  • 2 nominations: Birugali and Manasaare
  • 1 nomination: Ambari

• Awards
  • 2 awards: Eddelu Manjunatha*, Josh and MaLeyali Jotheyali
  • 1 award: Ambari, Birugali, Love Guru, Manasaare, Raaj The Showman and Savaari*

Malayalam

• Nominations
  • 7 nominations: Bhagyadevatha, Pazhassi Raja
  • 6 nominations: Bhramaram
  • 4 nominations: Evidam Swargamanu, Neelathaamara, Paleri Manikyam and Robinhood
  • 3 nominations: Passenger, Puthiya Mukham
  • 2 nominations: Banaras and Swantham Lekhakan
  • 1 nomination: Kanakanmani, Moz & Cat, Ritu, Vilapangalkkapuram

• Awards
  • 7 awards: Pazhassi Raja
  • 2 awards: Paleri Manikyam
  • 1 award: Bhramaram* and Neelathaamara

Tamil

• Nominations
  • 11 nominations: Ayan
  • 7 nominations: Pasanga
  • 6 nominations: Naan Kadavul
  • 5 nominations: Kanchivaram, Aadhavan
  • 4 nominations: Vettaikaaran
  • 3 nominations: Naadodigal
  • 2 nominations: Kanden Kadhalai, Kanthaswamy, Peranmai, Unnaipol Oruvan and Villu
  • 1 nomination: Achchamundu! Achchamundu!, Padikathavan, Pokkisham and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu

• Awards
  • 4 awards: Kanchivaram*
  • 3 awards: Ayan*
  • 2 awards: Aadhavan and Naadodigal*
  • 1 awards: Naan Kadavul and Pasanga

Telugu

• Nominations
  • 9 nominations: Arundhati and Magadheera
  • 7 nominations: Arya 2
  • 5 nominations: Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam
  • 4 nominations: Kick
  • 3 nominations: Eenadu and Gopi Gopika Godavari
  • 2 nominations: Billa, Mahatma and Prayanam
  • 1 nomination: Aakasamantha, Banam, Ek Niranjan, Oy! and Pravarakhyudu

• Awards
  • 6 awards: Magadheera*
  • 2 awards: Arundhati
  • 1 award: Arya 2, Josh*, Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam, Mahatma and Oy!*

*: Includes one special award, which has no nominees.

Awardees

• Winners in bold, nominees listed under.

Kannada

Best Film	Best Director
MaLeyali Jotheyali Josh Parichaya Savaari Eddelu Manjunatha	Guruprasad - Eddelu Manjunatha Jacob Verghese - Savaari Prashanth Raj - Love Guru Shivamani - Josh Sanjay - Parichaya
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ganesh - Maleyali Jotheyali Jaggesh - Eddelu Manjunatha Tarun Chandra - Parichaya Raghu Mukherjee - Savaari Diganth - Manasaare	Radhika Pandit - Love Guru Haripriya - Kallara Santhe Priyamani - Raam Priyanka Kothari - Raaj The Showman Rekha - Parichaya
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Achyuth Kumar - Josh Dilip Raj - Love Guru Rangayana Raghu - Raam Sharan - Josh Tabla Nani - Eddelu Manjunatha	Tulasi Shivamani - Josh Anjana Sukhani - MaLeyali Jotheyali Nithya Menon - Josh Suman Ranganath - Savaari Yagna Shetty - Love Guru
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
V. Harikrishna - Raaj The Showman Jassie Gift - Parichaya Joshua Sridhar - Love Guru V. Harikrishna - Maleyali Jotheyali V. Manohar - Kallara Santhe	Jayanth Kaikini - "Yello Maleyaagide" - Manasaare Jayanth Kaikini - "Ni Sanihake Bandare" - Maleyali Jotheyali Kaviraj - "Shuruvagide Sundara Kanasu" - MaLeyali Jotheyali Kaviraj - "Thanthane Thanthanthane" - Josh V. Manohar - "Kapadi Kapadi" - Kallara Santhe
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Chetan Sosca - "Yaare Nee Devatheya" - Ambari Karthik - "Yaaru Kooda Ninna Haage" - Love Guru K. K. - "Nadedaaduva Kamanabillu" - Parichaya Shaan - "Shuruvagide Sundara Kanasu" - MaLeyali Jotheyali Shankar Mahadevan – "Muthuraja" - Raaj The Showman	Shamitha Malnad - "Madhura Pisu Maathige" - Birugaali Nanditha – "Neenendare" - Raam Sadhana Sargam - "Marali Mareyagi" - Savaari Shreya Ghoshal - "Yenu Helabeku" - Maleyali Jotheyali Shreya Ghoshal - "Hoovina Banadante" – Birugaali

Malayalam

Best Film	Best Director
Pazhassi Raja Bhagyadevatha Bhramaram Evidam Swargamanu Paleri Manikyam	Hariharan - Pazhassi Raja Blessy - Bhramaram Ranjith - Paleri Manikyam Ranjith Sankar - Passenger Shyamaprasad - Ritu
Best Actor	Best Actress
Mammootty - Paleri Manikyam Dileep - Swantham Lekhakan Jayaram - Bhagyadevatha Mohanlal - Evidam Swargamanu Prithviraj Sukumaran - Robinhood	Swetha Menon - Paleri Manikyam Gopika - Swantham Lekhakan Kanika - Bhagyadevatha Mamta Mohandas - Passenger Jyothika – Seetha Kalyanam
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Manoj K. Jayan - Pazhassi Raja Lalu Alex - Evidam Swargamanu Narain - Robinhood Nedumudi Venu - Bhagyadevatha Suresh Menon - Bhramaram	Padmapriya - Pazhassi Raja Lakshmi Gopalaswamy - Bhramaram Lakshmi Rai - Evidam Swargamanu Samvrutha Sunil - Neelathaamara Sona Nair - Passenger
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Vidyasagar - Neelathaamara Deepak Dev - Puthiya Mukham Ilaiyaraaja - Bhagyadevatha M. Jayachandran - Banaras M. Jayachandran - Robinhood	O. N. V. Kurup - "Kunnathe Konna" - Pazhassi Raja Anil Panachuran – "Kuzhaloothum" - Bhramaram Kaithapram – "Pichavacha" - Puthiya Mukham Sarathchandra Varma – "Anuraga" - Neelathaamara Sarathchandra Varma – "Azhithira" – Bhagyadevatha
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
K. J. Yesudas - "Adhi Usha Sandhya" - Pazhassi Raja Karthik - "Azhi Thira Thallipoyalum" - Bhagyadevatha Shankar Mahadevan - "Picha Vacha" - Puthiya Mukham Shreekumar Vakkiyil - "Anuraga Vilocha" - Neelathaamara Venugopal - "Kuzaloothi" - Bhramaram	K. S. Chithra - "Kunnathe Konna" - Pazhassi Raja Shreya Ghoshal - "Chanthu Thottille" - Banaras Shweta Mohan - "Priyanu Mathram" - Robinhood Shweta Mohan - "Thottal Pookkum" - Moz & Cat Sujatha Mohan - "Muthe Muthe" - Kanakanmani

Tamil

Best Film	Best Director
Naadodigal Ayan Kanchivaram Naan Kadavul Pasanga Peranmai	Priyadarshan - Kanchivaram K. V. Anand - Ayan Bala - Naan Kadavul Pandiraj - Pasanga Samuthirakani - Naadodigal Suseenthiran - Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
Best Actor	Best Actress
Prakash Raj - Kanchivaram Arya - Naan Kadavul Jayam Ravi - Peranmai Kamal Haasan - Unnaipol Oruvan Suriya - Ayan	Pooja Umashanker - Naan Kadavul Padmapriya Janakiraman - Pokkisham Sriya Reddy - Kanchivaram Sneha - Achamundu Achamundu Tamannaah Bhatia - Kandein Kadhalai
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jayaprakash - Pasanga Jagan - Ayan Prabhu - Ayan Rajendran - Naan Kadavul Vadivelu - Aadhavan Vivek - Padikathavan	Shammu - Kanchivaram Abhinaya - Naadodigal Anuja Iyer - Unnaipol Oruvan Renuka - Ayan Sujatha - Pasanga
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Harris Jayaraj - Ayan Devi Sri Prasad - Villu Devi Sri Prasad - Kanthaswamy Harris Jayaraj - Aadhavan Vidyasagar - Kandein Kadhalai	Na. Muthukumar - "Vizhi Moodi" - Ayan Ilaiyaraaja - "Piychai Paathiram" - Naan Kadavul Kabilan - "Karikaalan" - Vettaikaaran Thamarai - "Oru Vetkam" - Pasanga Vairamuthu - "Nenje Nenje" - Ayan Vivega - "Chinna Thamarai" - Vettaikaaran
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Karthik - "Hasili Fisili" - Aadhavan Harish Raghavendra - "Nenje Nenje" - Ayan Karthik - "Vizhi Moodi" - Ayan Krish - "Chinna Thamarai" - Vettaikaaran Naresh Iyer - "Oru Vetkam" - Pasanga Tippu - "Vaada Mapillai" - Villu	Chinmayi - "Vaarayo Vaarayo" - Aadhavan Harini - "Hasili Fisili" - Aadhavan Rita - "Allegra" - Kanthaswamy Shreya Ghoshal - "Oru Vetkam" - Pasanga Suchitra - "Chinna Thamarai" - Vettaikaaran

Telugu

Best Film	Best Director
Magadheera Arundhati Arya 2 Kick Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam	S. S. Rajamouli - Magadheera Chaitanya Danthaluri - Banam Kodi Ramakrishna - Arundhati Sukumar - Arya 2 Surender Reddy - Kick
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ram Charan Teja - Magadheera Allu Arjun - Arya 2 Kamal Haasan - Eenadu Prabhas - Ek Niranjan Ravi Teja - Kick	Anushka Shetty - Arundhati Kajal Aggarwal - Magadheera Kamalinee Mukherjee - Gopi Gopika Godavari Ileana D'Cruz - Kick Tamannaah Bhatia - Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Sonu Sood - Arundhati Prakash Raj - Aakasamantha Sayaji Shinde - Arundhati Srihari - Magadheera Venkatesh - Eenadu	Ramya Krishnan - Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam Kalpika - Prayanam Lakshmi - Eenadu Manorama - Arundhati Namitha - Billa
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
M. M. Keeravani - Magadheera Chakri - Gopi Gopika Godavari Devi Sri Prasad - Arya 2 Koti - Arundhati Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy - Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam	Sirivennela Sitaramasastri - "Indiramma" - Mahatma Chandrabose - "Panchadara Bomma" - Magadheera C. Narayana Reddy - "Kammukunna Cheektlona" - Arundhati Ramajogayya Sastry - "Nuvvakkadunte" - Gopi Gopika Godavari Vanamali - "Karigeloga Jeevitam" - Arya 2
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Anuj Gurwara - "Panchadara Bomma" - Magadheera Baba Sehgal - "Mr. Perfect" - Arya 2 Kailash Kher - "Kammukunna Cheekatlona" - Arundhati Shankar Mahadevan - "Konchem Ishtam" - Kick S. P. Balasubramaniam - "Indiramma" - Mahatma	Priya Hemesh - "Ringa Ringa" - Arya 2 Amrita Varshini - "Meghama" - Prayanam Nikita Nigam - "Dheera Dheera" - Magadheera Sunidhi Chauhan - "Saradaga" - Oy! Sunitha - "Neela Neela Mabbulu" - Pravarakhyudu

Special awards

• Special Jury Awards:
  • Mohanlal - Bhramaram (Malayalam),
  • Yuvan Shankar Raja - Oy! (Telugu),
  • Srinagar Kitty - Savaari (Kannada)
  • Yagna Shetty - Eddelu Manjunatha (Kannada)
• Best Male Debutant: Naga Chaitanya - Josh (Telugu)
• Best Female Debutant: Abhinaya - Naadodigal (Tamil)
• Best Cinematographers:
  • Tirru - Kanchivaram (Tamil),
  • K.K. Senthil Kumar - Magadheera (Telugu)
• Best Choreographer:
  • Prem Rakshit (Telugu)
  • Dinesh (Tamil)
• Lifetime Achievement Awards:
  • K. P. A. C. Lalitha
  • Ambareesh

See also

• Filmfare Awards South
• Filmfare Awards
• 2009 in film
• Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
• Nandi Awards

External links

• 57th Filmfare Awards South - 2010 at the Internet Movie Database
• Filmfare Awards South at the Internet Movie Database

Nominations

• 57th Filmfare Awards South Nominations Tamil
• 57th Filmfare Awards South Nominations Telugu
• 57th Filmfare Awards South Nominations Malayalam
• 57th Filmfare Awards South Nominations Kannada

Wins

• 57th Filmfare Awards South Winners (Article)
• 57th Filmfare Awards South Winners (list)