Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil

The Tamil Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Tamil films. The first Tamil award was given in 2006. However, since 1997 till 2005, a common award for playback was available for both male and female singers of all the four South Indian languages.

Chinmayi has the most wins (3).
Superlative Artist Record
Most wins Chinmayi 3
Most nominations Shreya Ghoshal 7
Most nominations without a win Saindhavi 4
Most consecutive nominations Chinmayi, Shweta Mohan
Most consecutive wins Shweta Mohan 2
Youngest winner Uthara Unnikrishnan 10
Youngest nominee
Oldest winner Sadhana Sargam 38
Oldest nominee K. S. Chithra 59

Superlatives and multiple wins edit

Artist Record
Chinmayi 3 wins
Swetha Mohan & Shreya Ghoshal 2 wins

Multiple nominations edit

Winners edit

Year Image Singer Film Song
2020-2021 Dhee[1] Soorarai Pottru "Kaattu Payale"
2019   Chinmayi[2] 96 "Kaathale Kaathale"
2018   Shashaa Tirupati[3] Kaatru Veliyidai "Vaan Varuvan"
2017   Shweta Mohan[4] Kabali "Maaya Nadhi"
2016   Shweta Mohan[5] Thanga Magan "Enna Solla"
2015 Uthara Unnikrishnan[6] Saivam "Azhagu"
2014   Shakthisree Gopalan[7] Kadal "Nenjukullea"
2013 NSK Ramya[8] Neethaane En Ponvasantham "Satru Munbu"
2012   Chinmayi[9] Vaagai Sooda Vaa "Sara Sara"
2011   Shreya Ghoshal[10] Angadi Theru "Un Perai Sollum"
2010   Chinmayi[11] Aadhavan "Vaarayo Vaarayo"
2009   Deepa Miriam[12] Subramaniyapuram "Kangal Irandal"
2008   Sadhana Sargam[13] Kireedam "Akkam Pakkam"
2007   Shreya Ghoshal[14] Sillunu Oru Kadhal "Munbe Vaa"
2006   Binny Krishnakumar[15] Chandramukhi "Raa Raa"
2003[N 1]   Anuradha Sriram[16] Gemini "Nenju Thudikkuthu"
2002   Bombay Jayashri[17] Minnale "Vaseegara"
1999   Vasundhara Das[18] Mudhalvan "Shakalaka Baby"

Nominations edit

The nominees were announced publicly only from 2009. The list along with winners:

2000s edit

2009: Deepa Miriam – "Kangal Irandal" from Subramaniyapuram

2009: Chinmayi – "Vaarayo Vaarayo" from Aadhavan

2010s edit

2010: Shreya Ghoshal – "Un Perai Sollum" from Angaadi Theru

2011: Chinmayi – "Sara Sara" from Vaagai Sooda Vaa

2012: NSK Ramya – "Satru Munbu" from Neethaane En Ponvasantham

2013: Shakthisree Gopalan – "Nenjukulle" from Kadal

2014: Uthara Unnikrishnan – "Azhagu" from Saivam

2015: Shweta Mohan – "Enna Solla" from Thanga Magan

2016: Shweta Mohan – "Maya Nadhi" from Kabali

2017: Shashaa Tirupati – "Vaan Varuvaan" from Kaatru Veliyidai

2018: Chinmayi – "Kaathale Kathale" from 96

2020s edit

2020-2021: Dhee – "Kaattu Payale" from Soorarai Pottru

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Between the introduction of an award for playback singing in 1997 and 2005, awards were not consistently provided every year and a single award was made available for both male and female singers for all the four South Indian languages.

References edit

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  5. ^ "Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)".
  6. ^ "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South".
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  8. ^ "List of Winners at the 60th Idea Filmfare Awards (South)".
  9. ^ "59th Idea Filmfare Awards South (Winners list)".
  10. ^ "Filmfare Awards 2010, South: A glam do". The Times of India. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Filmfare Awards winners". The Times of India. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
  12. ^ "A Sparkling Triumph -The 56th Filmfare South Awards » Bollywood Spice". Archived from the original on 10 January 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  13. ^ "'Happy Days' at the 55th Tiger Balm Filmfare South Awards » Bollywood Spice". Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  14. ^ "Movies : Movie Tidbits : Filmfare Awards presented". Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  15. ^ "'Anniyan' sweeps Filmfare Awards!". Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  16. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ "49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South". The Times of India. 2002. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
  18. ^ "47th Annual Filmfare South Best Playback Singer : Santosh : Free Down…". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017.

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