# 63rd Filmfare Awards South

The 63rd Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2015 is an event held on 18 June 2016 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre.

## List of nominees
### Main awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

#### Kannada cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| H.K.Prakash -RangiTaranga Aatagara Krishna Leela Mythri Rana Vikrama | Anup Bhandari –RangiTaranga Duniya Soori – Kendasampige K. M. Chaitanya – Aatagara Pavan Wadeyar – Rana Vikrama Shashank- Krishna Leela |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Puneeth Rajkumar – Rana Vikrama Ajay Rao – Krishna Leela Sanchari Vijay – Naanu Avanalla...Avalu Shivarajkumar – Vajrakaya Yash – Masterpiece | Parul Yadav – Aatagara Mayuri Kyatari – Krishna Leela Nabha Natesh – Vajrakaya Rachita Ram – Ranna Shanvi Srivastava – Masterpiece |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Saikumar – RangiTaranga Ananth Nag – Vaastu Prakaara P. Ravi Shankar – Aatagara Ramakrishna – Raja Rajendra Sundar – Naanu Avanalla...Avalu | Sudharani – Vaastu Prakaara Avantika Shetty – RangiTaranga Chandrika – Kendasampige Madhoo – Ranna Pavana Gowda – Aatagara |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Sridhar V. Sambhram – Krishna Leela Anup Bhandari – RangiTaranga Arjun Janya – Vajrakaya Jassie Gift – Luv U Alia V. Harikrishna – Rhaatee | Jayant Kaikini – "Nenape Nitya Mallige" from Kendasampige Kaviraj – "Nee Muddada" from Rathavara Pavan Wadeyar – "Jagave Ondu Ranaranga" from Rana Vikrama V. Nagendra Prasad – "Edeyal Yaro Ghazal" from Muddu Manase Yogaraj Bhat – "Manege Naaku Moole" from Vaastu Prakaara |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Santhosh Venky – "Raja Raniyanthe" from Rhaatee Dhanush – "No Problem" from Vajrakaya Javed Ali – "Sanje Veleli" from Luv U Alia Karthik – "Nenape Nitya Mallige" from Kendasampige Vijay Prakash – "Thuttoori Thalavarayya" from Bullet Basya | Inchara Rao – "Kareyole" from RangiTaranga Anuradha Bhat – "Irali Heege" from Benkipatna Indu Nagaraj – "Ka Thalkattu Kaa" from Mr. Airavata Shreya Ghoshal – "Shuru Shuru" from 1st Rank Raju Vani Harikrishna – "Raata Patta" from Rhaatee |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Sanchari Vijay – Naanu Avanalla...Avalu | Rachita Ram – Ranna |

#### Malayalam cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Pathemari Anarkali Charlie Ennu Ninte Moideen Premam | R. S. Vimal – Ennu Ninte Moideen Alphonse Putharen – Premam Martin Prakkat – Charlie Salim Ahmed- Pathemari V. K. Prakash – Nirnayakam |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Mammootty – Pathemari Dulquer Salman – Charlie Jayasurya – Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam Nivin Pauly – Premam Prithviraj Sukumaran – Ennu Ninte Moideen | Parvathy Thiruvothu – Ennu Ninte Moideen Amala Paul – Mili Anusree – Chandrettan Evideya Mamta Mohandas – Two Countries Manju Warrier – Rani Padmini |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Tovino Thomas – Ennu Ninte Moideen Biju Menon – Madhura Naranga Indrajith Sukumaran – Amar Akbar Anthony Nedumudi Venu – Charlie Sreenivasan – Pathemari | Lena – Ennu Ninte Moideen Ann Augustine – Nee-Na Aparna Gopinath – Charlie Miya – Anarkali Namitha Pramod – Chandrettan Evideya |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| M. Jayachandran – Ennu Ninte Moideen Bijibal – Pathemari Gopi Sunder – Charlie Rajesh Murugesan – Premam Vidyasagar – Ennum Eppozhum | Rafeeq Ahamed – "Kaathirunnu" from Ennu Ninte Moideen BK Harinarayanan – "Manju Peyyume" from Mili Rafeeq Ahamed – "Oru Karimukilinu" from Charlie Rafeeq Ahamed – "Padiyirangunnu" from Pathemari Shabareesh Varma – "Malare" from Premam |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Vijay Yesudas – "Malare" from Premam Hariharan – "Padiyirangunnu" from Pathemari Najim Arshad – "Manju Peyyume" from Mili P. Jayachandran – "Malarvaka Kombath" from Ennum Eppozhum Vijay Yesudas – "Hemanthamen" from Kohinoor | Shreya Ghoshal – "Kaathirunnu" from Ennu Ninte Moideen Chitra Arun – "Oru Makara Nilavayi" from Rani Padmini Shreya Ghoshal – "Mele Mele" from Life of Josutty Shweta Mohan – "Kayampoo Niramayi" from Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam Vaikom Vijayalakshmi – "Kaikkottum" from Oru Vadakkan Selfie |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Jayasurya – Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam | Amala Paul – Mili |

#### Tamil cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Kaaka Muttai 36 Vayathinile I OK Kanmani Papanasam Thani Oruvan | Mohan Raja – Thani Oruvan Jithu Joseph – Papanasam Mani Ratnam – OK Kanmani M. Manikandan – Kaaka Muttai Roshan Andrews – 36 Vayadhinile Shankar – I |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Vikram – I Ajith Kumar – Yennai Arindhaal Dhanush – Anegan Jayam Ravi – Thani Oruvan Kamal Haasan – Papanasam | Nayantara – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Aishwarya Rajesh – Kaaka Muttai Gautami – Papanasam Jyothika – 36 Vayadhinile Nithya Menen – OK Kanmani |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Arvind Swamy – Thani Oruvan Arun Vijay – Yennai Arindhaal K. S. Ravikumar – Thanga Magan Prakash Raj – OK Kanmani R. Parthiepan – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan | Radhika – Thanga Magan Asha Sarath – Papanasam Devadarshini – 36 Vayadhinile Leela Samson – OK Kanmani Parvathy Nair – Yennai Arindhaal |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| A. R. Rahman – I Anirudh Ravichander – Maari Anirudh Ravichander – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan A. R. Rahman – OK Kanmani Harris Jayaraj – Yennai Arindhaal | Madhan Karky – "Pookkale Sattru" from I Kabilan – "Ennodu Nee Irundhaal" from I Thamarai – "Unakenna Venum Sollu" from Yennai Arindhaal Vignesh Shivan – "Thangamey" from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Vivek – "Vaadi Rasaathi" from 36 Vayadhinile |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Sid Sriram – "Ennodu Nee Irundhaal" from I Anirudh Ravichander – "Thangamey" from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan A. R. Rahman – "Mental Manadhil" from OK Kanmani Dhanush – "Oh Ohh" from Thanga Magan Vijay – "Yeandi Yeandi" from Puli | Swetha Mohan – "Enna Solla" from Thanga Magan Kharesma Ravichandran – "Kadhal Cricket" from Thani Oruvan Neeti Mohan – "Neeyum Naanum" from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Shreya Ghoshal – "Pookkale Sattru" from I Shruti Haasan – "Yeandi Yeandi" from Puli |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Jayam Ravi – Thani Oruvan | Jyotika – 36 Vayadhinile |

#### Telugu cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Baahubali: The Beginning Bhale Bhale Magadivoy Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Kanche Srimanthudu | S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali: The Beginning Koratala Siva – Srimanthudu Kranthi Madhav – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Krish – Kanche Trivikram Srinivas – S/O Satyamurthy |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Mahesh Babu – Srimanthudu Allu Arjun – S/O Satyamurthy Nani – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy N. T. Rama Rao Jr. – Temper Prabhas – Baahubali: The Beginning | Anushka Shetty – Rudhramadevi Hebah Patel – Kumari 21F Nithya Menen – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Shruti Haasan – Srimanthudu Tamannaah Bhatia – Baahubali: The Beginning |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Allu Arjun – Rudhramadevi Jagapati Babu – Srimanthudu Posani Krishna Murali – Temper Rana Daggubati – Baahubali: The Beginning Sathyaraj – Baahubali: The Beginning | Ramya Krishna – Baahubali: The Beginning Kriti Kharbanda – Bruce Lee - The Fighter Pavithra Lokesh – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Revathi – Loafer Sukrithi – Kerintha |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Devi Sri Prasad – Srimanthudu Anoop Rubens – Gopala Gopala Chirantan Bhat – Kanche Gopi Sunder – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju M. M. Keeravani – Baahubali: The Beginning | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – "Raa Mundadugeddam" from Kanche Anantha Sreeram & Sri Mani – "Meghalu Lekunna" from Kumari 21F Chandrabose – "Enduko Enduko" from Gopala Gopala Ramajogayya Sastry – "Pora Srimanthuda" from Srimanthudu Sri Mani – "Sithakalam Suryudulaga" from S/O Satyamurthy |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| M. L. R. Karthikeyan – "Pora Srimanthuda" from Srimanthudu Dhanunjay – "Bhaje Bhaje" from Gopala Gopala Keerthi Sagathia – "Neeku Theliyanida" from Kanche Yazin Nizar – "Meghalu Lekunna" from Kumari 21F Yazin Nizar – "Charusheela" from Srimanthudu | Geetha Madhuri – "Jeevanadhi" from Baahubali: The Beginning Aishwarya/K. S. Chithra – "Marhaba" from Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Jonita Gandhi – "Ye Katha" from Kerintha Mohana Bhogaraju – "Size Sexy" from Size Zero Shreya Ghoshal – "Nijamenani" from Kanche |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Nani – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy | Nithya Menen – Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju |

### Technical Awards

Best Cinematographer – South :
* K. K. Senthil Kumar (Telugu) – Baahubali: The Beginning |
* Best Choreography |
* Sekhar (Telugu) – "Kung Fu Kumaari" from Bruce Lee: The Fighter |

### Special awards

Lifetime Achievement :
* Mohan Babu (Actor) |
* Best Male Debut |
* Akhil Akkineni for Akhil |
* G. V. Prakash Kumar for Darling |
* Best Female Debut |
* Pragya Jaiswal for Kanche |
* Sai Pallavi for Premam |