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56th Filmfare Awards South
Date	Friday July 31, 2009
Site	Hyderabad, India
Host	Purab Kohli
Producer	Idea
	Highlights
Best Picture	Subramaniapuram (Tamil); Gamyam (Telugu); Thirakkatha (Malayalam); Moggina Manasu (Kannada)
Most wins	Thirakkatha (6; Malayalam)
Most nominations	Gaalipata (11; Kannada); Mussanjemaatu (11; Kannada)

The 56th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honored its selection of the best South Indian films of 2008 and was held on Friday, July 31, 2009, in Hyderabad, India.^[1]

[edit] Nominations

The nominees for the 56th Filmfare Awards were announced live on Monday, February 16, 2009, at 12:00 a.m. IST (7:30 UTC) by Filmfare chief editors in Mumbai The winners were announced during the awards ceremony scheduled to take place on July 31, 2009, in Hyderabad.

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. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer.

[edit] Multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations.

[edit] Tamil

Nominations
- 7 nominations: Subramaniyapuram, Vaaranam Aayiram and Yaaradi Nee Mohini
- 5 nominations: Dasavathaaram
- 4 nominations: Anjathe and Santosh Subramaniam
- 3 nominations: Abhiyum Naanum and Dhaam Dhoom
- 2 nominations: Kadhalil Vizhunthen and Pirivom Santhippom
- 1 nomination: Bheema, Kuruvi, Pazhani, Sakkarakatti and Poo

Awards
- 5 awards: Vaaranam Aayiram
- 3 awards: Subramaniyapuram
- 1 award: Anjathe
- 1 award: Poo

[edit] Telugu

Nominations
- 7 nominations: Jalsa and Kotha Bangaru Lokam
- 6 nominations: Gamyam
- 4 nominations: Kantri, Parugu and Ready
- 3 nominations: Ashta Chamma, Chintakayala Ravi, Krishna, Nachavule and Pandurangadu
- 1 nomination: Baladur, Gorintaku, Kathanayakudu, Salute and Souryam

Awards
- 4 awards: Gamyam and Kotha Bangaru Lokam
- 1 award: Ashta Chamma and Parugu

[edit] Malayalam

Nominations
- 9 nominations: Thirakkatha
- 6 nominations: Calcutta News and Mulla
- 5 nominations: Gulmohar, Innathe Chintha Vishayam and Veruthe Oru Bhavya
- 4 nominations: Minnaminnikoottam
- 3 nominations: Madambi
- 2 nominations: Akasha Gopuram, Mizhikal Sakshi and Thalappavu
- 1 nomination: Panchamara Thanalil

Awards
- 6 awards: Thirakkatha
- 2 awards: Madambi
- 1 award: Innathe Chintha Vishayam and Thalappavu

[edit] Kannada

Nominations
- 11 nominations: Gaalipata and Mussanjemaatu
- 9 nominations: Moggina Manasu
- 8 nominations: Taj Mahal
- 4 nominations: Psycho
- 3 nominations: Aramane and Haage Summane
- 1 nomination: Buddhivantha

Awards
- 5 awards: Moggina Manasu
- 3 awards: Gaalipata
- 2 awards: Mussanjemaatu

[edit] Awardees

Winners in bold, nominees listed under.

[edit] Tamil

Best Film: - Subramaniyapuram - Sasikumar
- Anjathe - Nemichand Jhabak
- Dasavathaaram - Oscar Ravichandran
- Santosh Subramaniam - Kalaprathi S. Agoram
- Vaaranam Aayiram - Oscar Ravichandran
- Yaaradi Nee Mohini - N. V. Prasad

Best Director: - Sasikumar - Subramaniyapuram
- Gautham Menon - Vaaranam Aayiram
- A. Jawahar - Yaaradi Nee Mohini
- K. S. Ravikumar - Dasavathaaram
- M. Raja - Santosh Subramaniam
- Myshkin - Anjathe

Best Actor: - Surya Sivakumar - Vaaranam Aayiram
- Dhanush - Yaaradi Nee Mohini
- Jayam Ravi - Santosh Subramaniam
- Kamal Haasan - Dasavathaaram
- Narain - Anjathe

Best Actress: - Parvathi Menon - Poo
- Genelia D'Souza - Santosh Subramaniam
- Nayantara - Yaaradi Nee Mohini
- Sneha - Pirivom Santhippom
- Swathi - Subramaniyapuram
- Trisha Krishnan - Abhiyum Naanum

Best Supporting Actor: - Ajmal Ameer - Anjathey
- Prakash Raj - Abhiyum Naanum
- Prasanna - Anjathe
- Sampath Raj - Saroja
- Samuthirakani - Subramaniyapuram

Best Supporting Actress: - Simran - Vaaranam Aayiram
- Aishwarya - Abhiyum Naanum
- Kushboo - Pazhani
- Lakshmi Rai - Dhaam Dhoom
- Saranya Mohan - Yaaradi Nee Mohini

Best Music Director: - Harris Jayaraj - Vaaranam Aayiram
- A. R. Rahman - Sakkarakatti
- James Vasanthan - Subramaniyapuram
- Vijay Antony - Kadhalil Vizhunthen
- Yuvan Shankar Raja - Yaaradi Nee Mohini

Best Lyricist: - Thamarai - Nenjukkul Peithidum - Vaaranam Aayiram
- Na. Muthukumar - Mudhal Mazhai - Bheema
- Thamarai - Kangal Irandal - Subramaniapuram
- Vaali - Kallai Mattum - Dasavathaaram
- Vairamuthu - Vaa Vaa - Abhiyum Naanum

Best Male Playback Singer: - Naresh Iyer - Mundhinam Paarthene - Vaaranam Aayiram
- Belly Raj - Kangal Irandal - Subramaniapuram
- Hariharan - Nenjukkul Peithidum - Vaaranam Aayiram
- Karthik - Oru Naalukkul - Yaaradi Nee Mohini
- Krish - Yaaro Manathile - Dhaam Dhoom
- Vijay Antony - Nakka Mukka - Kadhalil Vizhunthen

Best Female Playback Singer: - Deepa Miriam - Kangal Irandal - Subramaniapuram
- Bombay Jayashree - Yaaro Manathile - Dhaam Dhoom
- Sadhana Sargam - Mukundha Mukundha - Dasavathaaram
- Shreya Ghoshal - Thaen Thaen - Kuruvi
- Swetha - Kandaen Kandaen - Pirivom Santhippom

[edit] Telugu

Best Film: - Gamyam - Saibabu Jagarlamudi
- Ashta Chamma - Ram Mohan
- Jalsa - Allu Aravind
- Kotha Bangaru Lokam - Dil Raju
- Parugu - Dil Raju
- Ready - Ravi Kishore

Best Director: - Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi - Gamyam
- Bhaskar - Parugu
- Ravi Babu - Nachavule
- Srinu Vaitla - Ready
- Trivikram Srinivas - Jalsa
- V. V. Vinayak - Krishna

Best Actor: - Allu Arjun - Parugu
- NTR Jr - Kantri
- Pawan Kalyan - Jalsa
- Ram - Ready
- Ravi Teja - Krishna

Best Actress: - Swathi - Ashta Chamma
- Ileana D'Cruz - Jalsa
- Kamalini Mukherjee - Gamyam
- Shweta Prasad - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
- Trisha Krishnan - Krishna

Best Supporting Actor: - Allari Naresh - Gamyam
- Brahmanandam - Ready
- Jagapati Babu - Kathanayakudu
- Prakash Raj - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
- Srinivas Avasarala - Ashta Chamma

Best Supporting Actress: - Jayasudha - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
- Meera Jasmine - Gorintaku
- Parvati Melton - Jalsa
- Poonam Kaur - Souryam
- Tabu - Pandurangadu

Best Music Director: - Mickey J. Meyer - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
- Devi Sri Prasad - Jalsaa
- Mani Sharma - Kantri
- Sekhar Chandra - Nachavule
- Vishal-Shekhar - Chintakayala Ravi

Best Lyricist: - Sirivennela Seetarama Sastri - Entavaraku - Gamyam
- Chandrabose - Enduko - Chintakayala Ravi
- Sirivennela Seetarama Sastri - Chalre Chalre - Jalsaa
- Suddala Ashok Teja - Matrudevobhava' - Pandurangadu
- Veturi Sundararama Murthy - Vayassunamee - Kantri

Best Male Playback: - Karthik - Nijangaa Nenenaa - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
- Karunya - Andamaina Kalala - Baladur
- Ranjith - Entavaraku - Gamyam
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam - Matrudevobhava - Pandurangadu
- Saketh - Nammavemo Ganee - Parugu

Best Female Playback: - Shweta Pandit - Nenani Neevana - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
- Geeta Madhuri - Ninne Ninne - Nachavule
- Sadhana Sargam - Ninnenaa Nenu - Salute
- Shreya Ghoshal - Merupulaa - Chintakayala Ravi
- Vuneetha - Vayassunamee - Kantri

[edit] Malayalam

Best Film: - Thirakkatha - Renjith
- Calcutta News - Thampi Antony
- Gulmohar - Uttam Jhavar
- Innathe Chintha Vishayam - Antony Perumbavoor
- Veruthe Oru Bharya - Salahudeen

Best Director: - Renjith - Thirakkatha
- Akku Akbar - Veruthe Oru Bharya
- Blessy - Calcutta News
- Jayaraj - Gulmohar
- Madhupal - Thalappavu

Best Actor: - Lal - Thalappavu
- Dileep - Calcutta News
- Jayaram - Veruthe Oru Bharya
- Mohan Lal - Akasha Gopuram
- Renjith - Gulmohar

Best Actress: - Priyamani - Thirakkatha
- Gopika - Veruthe Oru Bharya
- Meera Jasmine - Calcutta News
- Meera Nandan - Mulla
- Padmapriya - Panchamara Thanalil

Best Supporting Actor: - Anoop Menon - Thirakkatha
- Biju Menon - Mulla
- Indrajith - Calcutta News
- Jayasurya - Minnaminnikoottam
- Siddhique - Gulmohar

Best Supporting Actress: - Sukanya - Innathe Chintha Vishayam
- Geetu Mohandas - Akasha Gopuram
- Mohini - Innathe Chintha Vishayam
- Roma - Minnaminnikoottam
- Samvrutha Sunil - Thirakkatha

Best Music Director: - Sarath - Oduvil Oru Sonarekha - Thirakkatha
- Ilaiyaraaja - Kandu Kandu - Innathe Chintha Vishayam
- Jayachandran - Ammamazhakkaar - Madambi
- Johnson - Kaanum Kanninu - Gulmohar
- Vidyasagar - Kannin Vathil - Mulla

Best Lyricist: - Girish Puthenchery - Amma Mazhakkar - Madambi
- Anil Panachuran - Kadalolam Vatsa - Minnaminnikoottam
- O. N. V. Kurup - Amme Nee Oru - Mizhikal Sakshi
- Rafeeq Ahmed - Arikil Nee - Thirakkatha
- Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma - Enguninnu Vanna - Calcutta News

Best Male Playback Singer: - K. J. Yesudas - Amma Mazhakkar - Madambi
- Devanand - Kannin Vathil - Mulla
- M. G. Sreekumar - Kandu Kandu - Innathe Chintha Vishayam
- Madhu Balakrishnan - Arikil Nee - Thirakkatha
- Unni Menon - Omkaram Shankil - Veruthe Oru Bharya

Best Female Playback Singer: - K. S. Chitra - Oduvil Oru - Thirakkatha
- Aparna Rajeev - Manju Thara - Mizhikal Sakshi
- Gayatri - Kannin Vathil - Mulla
- Manjari - Kadaloram Vatsa - Minnaminnikoottam
- Rimy Tomy - Aarumugham - Mulla

[edit] Kannada

Best Film: - Moggina Manasu - E. Krishnappa
- Aramane - K. Manju
- Gaalipata - A. M. Rathnam
- Psycho - Gurudutt
- Taj Mahal - Shivashanker Reddy Jigale

Best Director: - Shashank - Moggina Manasu
- Devadatta - Psycho
- Mahesh - Mussanjemaatu
- R. Chandru - Taj Mahal
- Yograj Bhat - Gaalipata

Best Actor: - Ganesh - Gaalipata
- Ajay - Taj Mahal
- Sudeep - Mussanjemaatu
- Upendra - Buddhivantha
- Yash - Moggina Manasu

Best Actress: - Radhika Pandit - Moggina Manasu
- Daisy Bopanna - Gaalipata
- Pooja Gandhi - Taj Mahal
- Ramya - Mussanjemaatu
- Suhasi - Haage Summane

Best Supporting Actor: - Yash - Moggina Manasu
- Ananth Nag - Taj Mahal
- Ananth Nag - Aramane
- Diganth - Gaalipata
- Rajesh Krishna - Gaalipata

Best Supporting Actress: - Shubha Poonja - Moggina Manasu
- Anu Prabhakar - Mussanjemaatu
- Bhavana Rao - Gaalipata
- Neethu - Gaalipata
- Padmaja Rao - Taj Mahal

Best Music Director: - Harikrishna - Gaalipata
- Abhiman - Taj Mahal
- Mano Murthy - Moggina Manasu
- Raghu Dixit - Psycho
- V. Shridhar - Mussanjemaatu

Best Lyricist: - Jayanth Kaikini - Minchaagi Neenu Baralu - Gaalipata
- R. Chandru - Khushiyaagide - Taj Mahal
- Ramnarayan - Nodalenthu - Mussanje Maathu
- Shashank - Moggina Manasali - Moggina Manasu
- V. Shridhar - Yenagali Mundhe Saagu - Mussanjemaatu

Best Male Playback: - Sonu Nigam - Eenagali Mundhe Saagu - Mussanjemaatu
- Gurukiran - Kolle Nannanne - Aramane
- Kunal Ganjawala - Kaddalu Manasanna - Mussanjemaatu
- Raghu Dixit - Ninna Poojege Bandhe - Psycho
- Sonu Nigam - Mayavagide Manasu - Haage Summane

Best Female Playback: - Shreya Ghoshal - Ninna Nodalenthu - Mussanjemaatu
- K. S. Chithra - Dheema Dhana - Gaalipata
- Shreya Ghoshal - Moggina Manasali - Moggina Manasu
- Shreya Ghoshal - Aakasha Bhoomi - Mussanjemaatu
- Sunidhi Chauhan - Rock Me Baby - Haage Summane

[edit] Other awards

(No nominees for these awards)

Best Male Debutant: Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj - Sakkarakatti (Tamil)
Best Female Debutant: Meera Nandan - Mulla (Malayalam)
Best Choreographer: Prem Rakshit - Kantri (Telugu)
Best Cinematographer: Chota K. Naidu - Kotha Bangaru Lokam (Telugu)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Veturi Sundararama Murthy

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ http://movies.indiatimes.com/Features-Events/Awards/Winners-of-Idea-Filmfare-Awards-South-2008/articleshow/4843634.cms

[edit] External links

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Contents

[edit] Nominations

[edit] Multiple nominations and awards

[edit] Tamil

[edit] Telugu

[edit] Malayalam

[edit] Kannada

[edit] Awardees

[edit] Tamil

[edit] Telugu

[edit] Malayalam

[edit] Kannada

[edit] Other awards

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links