# 66th Filmfare Awards South

The 66th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2018 is an event that was held on 21 December 2019 in Chennai. The nominations for all the main awards were announced on 13 December 2019. The Awards show was premiered on 26 January 2020 on Star Suvarna and Star Suvarna HD.

## List of winners and nominees
### Main awards
#### Kannada cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| KGF Ammachi Yemba Nenapu Nathicharami Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Tagaru | Mansore – Nathicharami Karthik Saragur – Jeerjimbe Prashanth Neel – KGF Rishab Shetty – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Suri – Tagaru |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Yash – KGF as Raja Krishnappa Bairya aka Rocky Diganth – Katheyondu Shuruvagide as Tarun Manchale Ganesh – Orange as Santhosh Sathish Ninasam – Ayogya as Siddha Shivrajkumar – Tagaru as ACP Shivakumar / 'Tagaru' Shiva | Manvitha Kamath – Tagaru as Punarvasu Ashika Ranganath – Raambo 2 as Mayuri Meghana Raj – Iruvudellava Bittu as Poorvi Nishvika Naidu -Amma I Love You as Bindhu Sruthi Hariharan – Nathicharami as Gowri |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Dhananjay – Tagaru as Dolly Achyuth Kumar – Choori Katte Ashwin Rao Pallakki – Katheyondu Shuruvagide as Pedro P. Ravishankar – Raambo 2 as Joker Radhakrishna Urala – Ammachi Yemba Nenapu as Puttamatte | Sharanya – Nathicharami as Suma Shreya Anchan – Katheyondu Shuruvagide as Swarna Sudharani – Life Jothe Ondh Selfie as Thulsi Sumalatha – Thayige Thakka Maga as Parvathi Suman Nagarkar – Jeerjimbe |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Vasuki Vaibhav – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Arjun Janya – Ayogya Charanraj – Tagaru Guru Kiran – Amma I Love You Ravi Basrur – KGF | H. S. Venkateshamurthy – Sakkareya Paakadali from Hasiru Ribbon Jayant Kaikini – "Badukina Bannave" from Tagaru Kiran Kaverappa – "Bhavaloka" from Nathicharami Trilok Trivikram – "Praveena Praveena" from Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai V. Nagendra Prasad – "Amma Nannee Januma" from "Amma I Love You" |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Sanjith Hegde – "Shakunthale" – Naduve Antharavirali Anthony Daasan – "Tagaru Banthu Tagaru" from Tagaru Kailash Kher – "Anna Nanna Hesaru" from The Villain Sunil Kashyap – "Amma Nannee Januma" from Amma I Love You Vijay Prakash – "Yenammi Yenammi" from Ayogya | Bindu Malini – "Bhavalokada" from Nathicharami Aditi Sagar – "Dum Maro Dum" from Raambo 2 Ananya Bhat – "Hold On Hold On" from Tagaru Anuradha Bhat – "Holeva Holeyachage" – Ammachi Yemba Nenapu Madhuri Sheshadri – "Nooraru Bannagalu" from Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Sathish Ninasam – Ayogya | Shruti Hariharan – Nathicharami |

#### Malayalam cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Sudani From Nigeria Ee.Ma.Yau Eeda Joseph Njan Prakashan | Lijo Jose Pellissery – Ee.Ma.Yau Anjali Menon – Koode M. Padmakumar – Joseph Madhupal – Oru Kuprasidha Payyan Zakariya Mohammed – Sudani From Nigeria |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Joju George – Joseph as Joseph Parekkatil Chemban Vinod Jose – Ee.Ma.Yau as Eeshi Jayasurya – Captain as V. P. Sathyan Prithviraj – Koode as Joshua Thomas Soubin Shahir – Sudani From Nigeria as Majeed Tovino Thomas – Theevandi as Bineesh Damodaran | Manju Warrier – Aami as Kamala Surayya Aishwarya Lekshmi – Varathan as Priya Paul Anu Sithara – Captain as Anitha Sathyan Nazriya – Koode as Jennifer Maria Thomas Nimisha Sajayan – Eeda as Aishwarya Gopal Sai Pallavi – Athiran as Nithya Lakshmi |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Vinayakan – Ee.Ma.Yau as Ayyappan Ranjith – Koode as Aloshy Sharafudheen – Varathan as Josey Sidhique – Hey Jude as Dominic Aldo Rodrigues Sudheesh – Theevandi as Sugunan | Savithri Sreedharan – Sudani From Nigeria as Jameela Muthumani – Uncle as Lakshmi Nimisha Sajayan – Oru Kuprasidha Payyan as Adv. Hannah Elizabeth Pauly Valsan – Ee.Ma.Yau as Pennamma Sarala Balussery – Sudani From Nigeria as Beeyumma |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Kailas Menon – Theevandi Gopi Sundar – Captain Shaan Rahman – Aravindante Athidhikal Sushin Shyam – Varathan Vishal Bharadwaj – Carbon | B. K.Harinarayanan – "Jeevamshamayi" from Theevandi Ajeesh Dasan – "Ini Orukalathe" from Poomaram Anwar Ali – "Mizhi Niranju" from Eeda Anil Panachooran – "Nenchinullilaake" from Thattumpurath Achuthan Rafeeque Ahmed – "Neer Neermathalam" from Aami |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Vijay Yesudas – "Poomuthole" from Joseph Abhay Jodhpurkar – "Minnaminni" from Koode Haricharan – "Mullappuvithalo" from Abrahaminte Santhathikal Karthik – "Vanville" from Koode Karthik – "Kadavathoru Thoni" from Poomaram | Anne Amie – "Aararo" from Koode Megha Josekutty – "Endhe Kanna" from Aravindante Athidhikal Neha Nair – "Ponnumkasavitta" from Queen Shreya Ghoshal – "Palthira" from Captain Shreya Ghoshal – "Maanam Thudukkanu" – Odiyan |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Soubin Shahir – Sudani from Nigeria | Nimisha Sajayan – Eeda |

#### Tamil cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Pariyerum Perumal 96 Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Ratsasan Sarkar Vada Chennai | Ram Kumar – Ratsasan A. R. Murugadoss – Sarkar Mani Ratnam – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Mari Selvaraj – Pariyerum Perumal Prem Kumar – 96 Vetrimaran – Vada Chennai |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Dhanush – Vada Chennai as Anbu (tie) Vijay Sethupathi – 96 as Ramachandran Aravind Swamy – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam as Varadharajan Senapathi Jayam Ravi – Adanga Maru as Subash Vijay – Sarkar as Sundar Ramaswamy | Trisha Krishnan – 96 as Janaki Devi Aishwarya Rajesh – Kanaa as Kousalya Murugesan Jyotika – Kaatrin Mozhi as Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan Nayantara – Kolamavu Kokila as Kokila Sai Pallavi – Maari 2 Aanandi Maariyappan |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Sathyaraj – Kanaa as Murugesan Akshay Kumar – 2.0 as Pakshi Rajan Anurag Kashyap – Imaikkaa Nodigal as ACP Martin Roy Arun Vijay – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam as Thyagarajan Senapathi Samuthirakani – Kaala as Vaaliyappan Yogi Babu – Kolamavu Kokila as Shekhar | Saranya Ponvannan – Kolamavu Kokila Eswari Rao – Kaala as Selvi Priya Bhavani Shankar – Kadaikutty Singam as Poompozhil Chellamma Ramya Krishnan – Thaana Serndha Kootam as Azhagu Meena Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Sarkar |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Govind Vasantha – 96 Anirudh Ravichandran – Kolamavu Kokila A. R. Rahman – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Santhosh Narayanan – Pariyerum Perumal Yuvan Shankar Raja – Pyaar Prema Kaadhal | Karthik Netha – "Kadhale Kadhale" from 96 Gkb – "Vaayadi Petthapulla" from Kanaa Madhan Karky – "Kurumba" from Tik Tik Tik Vignesh Shivan – "Sodakku" from Thaana Serndha Kootam Vivek – "Pottakati Poovasam" from Pariyerum Perumal |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Sid Sriram – "Hey Penne" from Pyaar Prema Kaadhal Anirudh Ravichandran – "Kalyana Vayasu" from Kolamavu Kokila Anthony Daasan – "Sodakku" from Thaana Serndha Kootam Dhanush – "Rowdy Baby" from Maari 2 Raghu Dixit, Sathya Prakash, Jithin Raj – "Neeyum Naanum Anbe" – Imaikkaa Nodigal | Chinmayi – "Kaathale Kathale" from 96 Dhee – "Rowdy Baby" from Maari 2 Jonita Gandhi – "Omg Ponnu" from Sarkar Shakthisree Gopalan – "Bhoomi Bhoomi" from Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Shashaa Tirupati – "Endhira Logathu" from 2.0 |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Arvind Swami – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam | Aishwarya Rajesh – Kanaa |

#### Telugu cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Mahanati Bharat Ane Nenu C/o Kancharapalem Geetha Govindam Rangasthalam Sammohanam | Nag Ashwin – Mahanati Koratala Siva – Bharat Ane Nenu Mohan Krishna Indraganti – Sammohanam Parasuram – Geetha Govindam Sukumar – Rangasthalam Venkatesh Maha – C/o Kancharapalem |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Ram Charan – Rangasthalam as Chelluboina Chittibabu Dulquer Salman – Mahanati as Gemini Ganesan Mahesh Babu – Bharath Ane Nenu as Bharat Ram N. T. Rama Rao Jr. – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava as Veera Raghava Reddy Vijay Devarakonda – Geetha Govindam as Vijay Govind | Keerthi Suresh – Mahanati as Savitri Aditi Rao Hydari – Sammohanam as Sameera Rathode Anushka Shetty – Bhaagamathie as Bhaagamathie / Chanchala IAS Pooja Hegde – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava as Aravinda Rashmika Mandanna – Geetha Govindam as Geetha Samantha Akkineni – Rangasthalam as Ramalakshmi |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Jagapati Babu – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava as Basi Reddy Aadhi Pinisetty – Rangasthalam as Chelluboina Kumar Babu Doddanna – Aatagadharaa Siva as Jangayya Mohan Bhagat – C/o Kancharapalem as Gaddam Naresh – Sammohanam as Sarvesh R. Madhavan – Savyasachi as Arun Raj Verma Rahul Ramakrishna – Geetha Govindam as Ramakrishna | Anasuya Bharadwaj – Rangasthalam as Kolli Rangamma Asha Sarath – Bhaagamathie as Vaishnavi Natarajan Malavika Nair – Taxiwala as Sisira Bharadwaj Mehreen Pirzada – Kavacham as Lavanya Praveena Paruchuri – C/o Kancharapalem as Saleema Samantha Akkineni – Mahanati as Madhuravani |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Devi Sri Prasad – Rangasthalam Gopi Sunder – Geetha Govindam Mickey J Meyer – Mahanati S. Thaman – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Sweekar Agasthi – C/o Kancharapalem Vivek Sagar – Sammohanam | Chandra Bose – "Entha Sakkagunnavey" from Rangasthalam Anantha Sreeram – "Inkem Inkem Kavaale" from Geetha Govindam Chaitanya Prasad – "Pillaa Raa" from RX 100 Ramajogayya Sastry – "Peniviti" from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry – "Chivaraku Migiledi" from Mahanati |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Sid Sriram – "Inkem Inkem Kavaali" from Geetha Govindam Anurag Kulkarni – "Pillaa Raa" from RX 100 Anurag Kulkarni – "Aasha Paasham" from C/o Kancharapalem Armaan Malik – "Ninnila Ninnila" from Tholi Prema Kaala Bhairava – "Peniviti" from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Rahul Sipligunj – "Rangaa Rangaa Rangasthalaana" from Rangasthalam | Shreya Ghoshal – "Mandaraa Mandaraa" from Bhaagamathie Ananya Bhat – "Yettagayya Shiva Shiva" from Aatagadharaa Siva Chinmayi – "Yenti Yenti"- Geetha Govindam M. M. Manasi – "Rangamma Mangamma" – Rangasthalam Mohana Bhogaraju – "Reddamma Thalli" from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Ramya Behara – "Gelupu Leni Samaram" from Mahanati |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Dulquer Salman – Mahanati | Rashmika Mandanna – Geetha Govindam |

### Technical Awards

Best Cinematographer :
* R. Rathnavelu (Telugu) – Rangasthalam |
* Best Choreography |
* Prabhu Deva, Jani (Tamil) – "Rowdy Baby" from Maari 2 |

### Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award :
* Hariharan |
* Best Female Debut |
* Raiza Wilson (Tamil) for Pyaar Prema Kaadhal |
* Saniya Iyappan (Malayalam) for Queen |

## Superlatives
### Multiple nominations

| Nominations | Film |
| 10 | Rangasthalam |
| 9 | Tagaru |
| 9 | Geetha Govindam |
| 8 | Mahanati |
| 7 | 96 |
| 7 | Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava |
| 7 | Koode |
| 6 | Nathicharami |
| 6 | C/o Kancharapalem |
| 6 | Chekka Chivantha Vaanam |
| 5 | Sammohanam |
| 5 | Sarkar |
| 5 | Kolamavu Kokila |
| 5 | Ee.Ma.Yau |
| 5 | Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai |
| 4 | KGF |
| 4 | Amma I Love You |
| 4 | Joseph |
| 4 | Captain |
| 4 | Theevandi |
| 4 | Pariyerum Perumal |
| 3 | Katheyondu Shuruvagide |
| 3 | Eeda |
| 3 | Raambo 2 |
| 3 | Bharat Ane Nenu |
| 3 | Vada Chennai |
| 3 | Maari 2 |
| 3 | Kanaa |
| 3 | Thaana Serndha Kootam |
| 3 | Ayogya |
| 2 | Ammachi Yemba Nenapu |
| 2 | Jeerjimbe |
| 2 | Oru Kuprasidha Payyan |
| 2 | Aami |
| 2 | Aravindante Athidhikal |
| 2 | Ratsasan |
| 2 | Pyaar Prema Kaadhal |
| 2 | 2.0 |
| 2 | Kaala |
| 2 | RX 100 |
| 2 | Aatagadharaa Siva |

### Multiple wins

| Wins | Film |
| 5 | Rangasthalam |
| 5 | 96 |
| 4 | Mahanati |
| 4 | Nathicharami |
| 3 | Sudani From Nigeria |
| 2 | Geetha Govindam |
| 2 | Joseph |
| 2 | Kanaa |
| 2 | Ee.Ma.Yau. |
| 2 | Pyaar Prema Kaadhal |
| 2 | Tagaru |
| 2 | Theevandi |