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Pushpa had a clean sweep at the awards, winning in seven of the categories it was nominated in, while Soorarai Pottru also managed to equal the score with seven wins
The 67th Filmfare Awards South saw blockbusters like ‘Pushpa’ bag major awards. Held in Bangalore on October 9, the awards are presented by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group. The awards are divided across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. The night saw Allu Arjun bag the Best Actor award for his performance in ‘Pushpa: The Rise’ while Suriya won in the same category in Tamil for his performance in ‘Soorarai Pottru.’
Pushpa had a clean sweep at the awards, winning in seven of the categories it was nominated in, while ‘Soorarai Pottru’ also managed to equal the score with seven wins. Actors Allu Arjun and Suriya posted on their respective Instagram handle to celebrate the performance of their movies at the award function.
Here’s the full list of winners.
Telugu Winners List
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) – Allu Arjun | Pushpa: The Rise.
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) – Sai Pallavi | Love Story.
Best Film – Pushpa: The Rise.
Best Director – Sukumar | Pushpa: The Rise.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) – Murali Sharma | Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Tabu | Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.
Best Lyrics – Seetarama Sastry – Life of Ram | Jaanu.
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Sid Sriram – Srivalli | Pushpa: The Rise.
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Indravathi Chauhan – Oo Antava | Pushpa: The Rise.
Best Choreography – Sekhar Master – Ramuloo Ramulaa | Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.
Best Cinematography – Miroslaw Kuba Brozek | Pushpa: The Rise.
Best Debut Male – Panja Vaisshnav Tej | Uppena.
Best Debut Female – Krithi Shetty | Uppena.
Lifetime Achievement Award – Allu Aravind.
Tamil Winners List
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) – Suriya | Soorarai Pottru.
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) – Lijomol Jose | Jai Bhim.
Best Film – Jai Bhim.
Best Director – Sudha Kongara | Soorarai Pottru.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) – Pasupathy | Sarpatta Parambarai.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Urvashi | Soorarai Pottru.
Best Music Album – G V Prakash Kumar | Soorarai Pottru.
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Christin Jos And Govind. Vasantha- Aagasam | Soorarai Pottru.
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Dhee- Kaattu Payale | Soorarai Pottru.
Best Choreography – Dinesh Kumar – Vaathi Coming | Master.
Best Cinematography – Niketh Bommireddy | Soorarai Pottru.
Best Choreography – Dinesh Kumar – Vaathi Coming | Master.
Best Cinematography – Niketh Bommireddy | Soorarai Pottru.
Kannada Winners
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) – Dhananjay | Badava Rascal.
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) – Yagna Shetty | Act 1978.
Best Film – Act 1978.
Best Director – Raj B Shetty | Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) – B. Suresha | Act 1978.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Umashree | Rathnan Prapancha.
Best Music Album – Vasuki Vaibhav | Badava Rascal.
Best Lyrics – Jayanth Kaikini- Teladu Mugile | Act 1978.
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Raghu Dixit- Maley Maley Maleye | Ninna Sanihake.
Best Playback Singer (Female) – Anuradha Bhat- Dheera Sammohagaara | Bicchugatti.
Best Cinematography – Shreesha Kuduvalli | Rathnan Prapancha.
Best Choreography – Jani Master – Feel The Power | Yuvarathnaa.
Lifetime Achievement Award – Puneeth Rajkumar.
Malayalam Winners
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) – Biju Menon | Ayyappanum Koshiyum.
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) – Nimisha Sajayan | The Great Indian Kitchen.
Best Film – Ayyappanum Koshiyum.
Best Director – Senna Hegde | Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) – Joju George | Nayattu.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Gowri Nandha | Ayyappanum Koshiyum.
Best Music Album – M. Jayachandran | Sufiyum Sujatayum.
Best Lyrics – Rafeeq Ahmed – Ariyathariyathe | Ayyappanum Koshiyum.
Best Playback Singer (Male) – Shahabaz Aman – Akashamayavale | Vellam.
Best Playback Singer (Female) – K.S Chithra- Theerame | Malik.
(Edited by : Sudarsanan Mani)