69th Filmfare Awards South

The 69th Filmfare Awards South is an upcoming awards event that recognises and honours the best films and performances from the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films and music released in 2023 along with special honours for lifetime contributions and few special awards. The nominations were announced on 16 July 2024 and is scheduled to be held on 3 August 2024.

69th Filmfare Awards South
Awarded for	Best of films of 2023
Presented by	Filmfare
Announced on	16 July 2024 (nominations)
Presented on	3 August 2024
Site	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Organized by	The Times Group
Magazine issue	Filmfare
Official website	Official website
Highlights
Most nominations	Ponniyin Selvan: II (11)

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Main awards

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
19.20.21 Daredevil Musthafa Kaatera Kousalya Supraja Rama Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye	Hemanth M. Rao – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Mansore – 19.20.21 Nithin Krishnamurthy – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Raj B. Shetty – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye Shashank Soghal – Daredevil Musthafa Tharun Sudhir – Kaatera
Best Actor	Best Actress
Darshan – Kaatera as Kaatera Nagabhushana – Tagaru Palya as Chikka Raj B. Shetty – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye as Aniketh Rakshit Shetty – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello as Manu Shishir Baikady – Daredevil Musthafa as Jamal Abdul Musthafa Hussain Shiva Rajkumar – Ghost as Dalavayi Muddanna / Anand Rao	Akshatha Pandavapura – Pinki Elli Amrutha Prem – Tagaru Palya as Jyothi Milana Nagaraj – Kousalya Supraja Rama as Muthulakshmi Rukmini Vasanth – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello as Priya Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy – Aachar & Co as Suma Siri Ravikumar – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye as Prerana
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Nagabhushana – Kousalya Supraja Rama as Santhu Poornachandra Mysuru – Daredevil Musthafa as Sulthankeri Usman Rajesh Nataranga – 19.20.21 as Rafi Ramesh Indira – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello as Soma Rangayana Raghu – Tagaru Palya as Chikka	Gunjalamma – Pinki Elli M. D. Pallavi – 19.20.21 Shruti – Kaatera as Kumari Sudha Belawadi – Kousalya Supraja Rama as Kousalya Tara – Tagaru Palya as Shantha
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Arjun Janya – Kousalya Supraja Rama Charan Raj – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Midhun Mukundan – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye Vasuki Vaibhav – Tagaru Palya V. Harikrishna – Kaatera	B. R. Lakshman Rao – "Yava Chumbaka" from Chowka Bara Dhananjaya – "Sambanja Annodu Doddu Kana" from Tagaru Palya Dhananjay Ranjan – "Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Title Track" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Jayanth Kaikini – "Preethisuve" from Kousalya Supraja Rama Prithvi – "Mellage" from Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Kapil Kapilan – "Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Title Track" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Ravindra Soragavi– "Nodalaagade Deva" from Viratapura Viraagi Sonu Nigam – "Bombe Bombe" from Kranti Vasuki Vaibhav – "Tagaru Palya Title Track" from Tagaru Palya Vijay Prakash – "Punyathma" from Kaatera	Madhuri Seshadri – "Mellage" from Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye Mangli – "Pasandaagavne" from Kaatera Prithwi Bhat – "Kousalya Supraja Rama" from Kousalya Supraja Rama Sangeetha Katti – "Kaayo Shiva Kapado Shiva" from Pentagon Srilakshmi Belmannu – "Kadalanu" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
2018 Iratta Kaathal – The Core Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Neru Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Romancham	Jeethu Joseph – Neru Jeo Baby – Kaathal – The Core Jithu Madhavan – Romancham Jude Anthany Joseph – 2018 Krishand RK – Purusha Pretham Lijo Jose Pellissery – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Rohit M. G. Krishnan – Iratta
Best Actor	Best Actress
Alexander Prasanth – Purusha Pretham as Sebastian Biju Menon – Thankam as Mathews Joju George – Iratta as Pramod Kumar and Vinod Kumar Mammootty – Kaathal – The Core as Mathew Devassy Mammootty – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam as James / Sundaram Nivin Pauly – Thuramukham as Mattancherry Moidu Tovino Thomas – 2018 as Anoop	Anjana Jayaprakash – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum as Hamsadhwani Jyothika – Kaathal – The Core as Omana Philip Mathew Kalyani Priyadarshan – Sesham Mike-il Fathima as Fathima Noorjahan Lena – Article 21 as Tamara Manju Warrier – Ayisha as Nilambur Ayisha Navya Nair – Janaki Jaane as Janaki Vincy Aloshious – Rekha as Rekha Rajendran
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Arjun Ashokan – Romancham as Sinu Solomon Biju Menon – Garudan as Nishanth Kumar Jagadish – Falimy as Chandran Jagadish – Purusha Pretham as Dileep Siddique – Corona Papers as Shankararaman / Govindan Nambiar Vineeth Sreenivasan – Thankam as Kannan Vishnu Agasthya – RDX: Robert Dony Xavier as Paulson	Anaswara Rajan – Neru as Sara Mohammed Anaswara Rajan – Pranaya Vilasam as Anusree Aswathy B – B 32 Muthal 44 Vare as Jaya Darshana Rajendran – Purusha Pretham as Susan Manju Pillai – Falimy as Rema Chandran Poornima Indrajith – Thuramukham
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
4 Musics – Jawanum Mullapoovum Deepankuran Kaithapram – Mehfil Hesham Abdul Wahab – Madhura Manohara Moham Justin Prabhakaran – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum M. Jayachandran – Ayisha P S Jayhari – Santhosham Sam C. S. – RDX: Robert Dony Xavier	Anwar Ali – "Ennum En Kaaval" from Kaathal – The Core B. K. Harinarayanan – "Ayisha Ayisha" from Ayisha B. K. Harinarayanan – "Muttathe Mulla" from Jawanum Mullapoovum Manu Manjith – "Nin Koode Njan Illayo" from Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Muhsin Parari – "Puthuthayorith" from Iratta Vinayak Sasikumar – "Januvariyile Then Mazha" from Santhosham
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Arvind Venugopal – "Oru Nokkil" from Madhura Manohara Moham K. S. Harisankar – "Januvariyile Then Mazha" from Santhosham Kapil Kapilan – "Neela Nilave" from RDX: Robert Dony Xavier Madhu Balakrishnan – "Kanchana Kannezhuthi" from Njanum Pinnoru Njanum Shahabaz Aman – "Puthuthayorith" from Iratta Sooraj Santhosh – "Maayunnuvo Pakale" from Janaki Jaane Vijay Yesudas – "Onnu Thotte" from Jawanum Mullapoovum	K. S. Chithra – "Aga Naga" from Jaladhara Pumpset Since 1962 K. S. Chithra – "Muttathe Mulla" from Jawanum Mullapoovum Karthika Vaidyanathan – "Neeyum Njaanum" from Pazhanjan Pranayam Madhuvanthi Narayan – "Chembarathi Poo" from Janaki Jaane Nakshathra Santhosh – "Vidaathe Vichaaram" from Phoenix Nithya Mammen – "Mizhiyo Niraye" from Dear Vaappi Shreya Ghoshal – "Ayisha Ayisha" from Ayisha

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Ayothi Chithha Maamannan Ponniyin Selvan: II Viduthalai Part 1	Madonne Ashwin – Maaveeran Mani Ratnam – Ponniyin Selvan: II Mari Selvaraj – Maamannan S. U. Arun Kumar – Chithha Vetrimaaran – Viduthalai Part 1
Best Actor	Best Actress
Siddharth – Chithha as Eeswaran Sivakarthikeyan – Maaveeran as Sathya / Maaveeran Soori – Viduthalai Part 1 as Kumaresan Vadivelu – Maamannan as Sa. Maamannan Vikram – Ponniyin Selvan: II as Aditha Karikalan	Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Ponniyin Selvan: II as Nandini Aishwarya Rajesh – Farhana as Farhana / Isha Aparna Das – Dada as Sindhu Manikandan Bhavani Sre – Viduthalai Part 1 as Tamilarasi / Pappa Nimisha Sajayan – Chithha as Shakthi Shraddha Srinath – Irugapatru as Mithra Manohar Trisha – Ponniyin Selvan: II as Kundavai
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Fahadh Faasil – Maamannan as Rathnavelu M. S. Bhaskar – Parking as S. Ilamparuthi S. J. Suryah – Mark Antony as Jackie Pandian and Madhan Pandian Vinayakan – Jailer as Varman Yogi Babu – Maaveeran as Kumar	Anjali Nair – Chithha Raichal Rabecca – Good Night as Maha Rama – Parking as Selvi Saritha – Maaveeran as Eshwari Subatra Robert – Bommai Nayagi as Kayalvizhi
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Anirudh Ravichander – Jailer Anirudh Ravichander – Leo A. R. Rahman – Ponniyin Selvan: II Dhibu Ninan Thomas – Chithha Ilaiyaraaja – Viduthalai Part 1 G. V. Prakash Kumar – Vaathi	Ilango Krishnan – "Aga Naga" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Ilango Krishnan – "Veera Raja Veera" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Krithika Nelson – "Oru Vezham" from Nitham Oru Vaanam Ku Karthik – "Nira" from Takkar Suka – "Onnoda Nadandhaa" from Viduthalai Part 1
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Anirudh Ravichander – "Hukum" from Jailer Anirudh Ravichander – "Badass" from Leo Haricharan – "Chinnanjiru Nilave" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Sean Roldan – "Naan Gaali" from Good Night Sid Sriram and Gautham Vasudev Menon – "Nira" from Takkar Vijay Yesudas – "Nenjame Nenjame" from Maamannan	K. S. Chithra and Harini – "Veera Raja Veera" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Karthika Vaidyanathan – "Kangal Edho" from Chithha Shakthisree Gopalan – "Aga Naga" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Shakthisree Gopalan – "Nenjame Nenjame" from Maamannan Shilpa Rao – "Kaavaalaa" from Jailer

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Baby Balagam Dasara Hi Nanna Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty Samajavaragamana Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire	Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha Prashanth Neel – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Sai Rajesh Neelam – Baby Shouryuv – Hi Nanna Srikanth Odela – Dasara Venu Yeldandi – Balagam
Best Actor	Best Actress
Anand Deverakonda – Baby as Anand Balakrishna – Bhagavanth Kesari as Nelakonda Bhagavanth Kesari Chiranjeevi – Waltair Veerayya as Waltair Veerayya Dhanush – Sir as Bala Gangadhar Thilak Nani – Dasara as Dharani Nani – Hi Nanna as Viraj Naveen Polishetty – Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty as Sidhu Polishetty Prakash Raj – Ranga Maarthaanda as Raghava Rao	Anushka Shetty – Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty as Anvitha Ravali Shetty Keerthy Suresh – Dasara as Vennela Mrunal Thakur – Hi Nanna as Yashna / Varsha Samantha – Shaakuntalam as Shakuntala Vaishnavi Chaitanya – Baby as Vaishnavi
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Brahmanandam – Ranga Maarthaanda as Chakrapani Dheekshith Shetty – Dasara as Siddham Suryam Kota Jayaram – Balagam as Gajula Ailayya Naresh – Samajavaragamana as Uma Maheswara Rao Ravi Teja – Waltair Veerayya as Vikram Sagar Vishnu Oi – Keedaa Cola as Sikander	Ramya Krishna – Ranga Maarthaanda as Raju Garu Rohini – Writer Padmabhushan as Saraswati Rupa Lakshmi – Balagam as Lakshmi Shyamala – Virupaksha as Savitri Sreeleela – Bhagavanth Kesari as Vijayalakshmi Sriya Reddy – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire as Radha Rama Swathi Reddy – Month of Madhu as Lekha
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Bheems Ceciroleo – Balagam Devi Sri Prasad – Waltair Veerayya Hesham Abdul Wahab – Hi Nanna Hesham Abdul Wahab – Kushi Santhosh Narayanan – Dasara Vijay Bulganin – Baby	Anantha Sriram – "Gaaju Bomma" from Hi Nanna Anantha Sriram – "O Rendu Prema Meghaalila" from Baby Kasarla Shyam – "Chamkeela Angeelesi" from Dasara Kasarla Shyam – "Ooru Palletooru" from Balagam P. Raghu 'Relare Rela' – "Lingi Lingi Lingidi" from Kota Bommali PS
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Anurag Kulkarni – "Samayama" from Hi Nanna Hesham Abdul Wahab – "Kushi Title Song" from Kushi P V N S Rohit – "Premisthunna" from Baby Ram Miriyala – "Potti Pilla" from Balagam Sid Sriram – "Aradhya" from Kushi Sreerama Chandra – "O Rendu Prema Meghaalila" from Baby	Chinmayi Sripaada – "Aradhya" from Kushi Chinmayi Sripaada – "Odiyamma" from Hi Nanna Dhee – "Chamkeela Angeelesi" from Dasara Mangli – "Ooru Palletooru" from Balagam Shakthisree Gopalan – "Ammaadi" from Hi Nanna Shweta Mohan – "Mastaaru Mastaaru" from Sir

Superlatives

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
11	Ponniyin Selvan: II
9	Hi Nanna
	Sapta Saagaradaache Ello
8	Baby
	Balagam
	Dasara
7	Chithha
	Kaatera
	Kousalya Supraja Rama
	Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye
	Tagaru Palya
6	Maamannan
	Viduthalai Part 1
5	Iratta
	Kaathal – The Core
4	19.20.21
	Ayisha
	Daredevil Musthafa
	Jawanum Mullapoovum
	Maaveeran
	Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum
	Purusha Pretham
3	2018
	Bhagavanth Kesari
	Jailer
	Janaki Jaane
	Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty
	Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
	Neru
	Ranga Maarthaanda
	RDX: Robert Dony Xavier
	Romancham
	Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
	Waltair Veerayya
2	Falimy
	Good Night
	Leo
	Madhura Manohara Moham
	Parking
	Pinki Elli
	Samajavaragamana
	Santhosham
	Sir
	Takkar
	Thankam
	Thuramukham
	Virupaksha

External links

• Official Website
• 69th Filmfare Awards South 2024