# 64th Filmfare Awards South

The 64th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2016 is an event that was held on 17 June 2017 at Novotel and HICC Complex in Hyderabad. The nominations for all the main awards were declared on 8 June 2017.

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

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

#### Kannada cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Thithi Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Last Bus Rama Rama Re... U Turn | Rishab Shetty- Kirik Party Hemanth Rao – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Narendra Babu – Santheyalli Nintha Kabira Pawan Kumar – U Turn Sumana Kittur – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Ananth Nag – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Puneeth Rajkumar – Doddmane Hudga Rakshit Shetty – Kirik Party Shiva Rajkumar – Santheyalli Nintha Kabira Sudeep – Kotigobba 2 | Shraddha Srinath – U Turn Hariprriya – Neer Dose Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan Shwetha Srivatsav – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Sruthi Hariharan – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Vasishta N. Simha – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Achyuth Kumar – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu H. G. Dattatreya – Neer Dose Roger Narayan – U Turn Sadhu Kokila – Zoom | Samyuktha Hegde – Kirik Party Aindrita Ray – Niruttara Meghashree Bhagavatar – Last Bus Sonu Gowda – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Suman Ranganathan – Neer Dose |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Ajaneesh Lokanath – Kirik Party Anoop Seelin – Neer Dose Arjun Janya – Mungaru Male 2 Charan Raj – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu V. Harikrishna – Doddmane Hudga | Jayant Kaikini – "Sariyagi Nenapide" from Mungaru Male 2 Kaviraj – "Bhoomi Bhaanu" from Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole Rakshit Shetty – "Katheyondu Helide" from Kirik Party V. Nagendra Prasad – "Neene Raama" from Mukunda Murari Yogaraj Bhat – "Haalu Kudida Makkale" from Dana Kayonu |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Vijay Prakash – "Belageddu Yara Mukhava" from Kirik Party Anoop Seelin – "Alla Alla" from Nataraja Service Puneeth Rajkumar – "Jhanak Jhanak" from Run Antony Santhosh Venky – "Mandara Mandara" from Jai Maruthi 800 Shankar Mahadevan – "Neene Raama" from Mukunda Murari | Ananya Bhat – "Namma Kayo Devare" from Rama Rama Re... Anuradha Bhat – "Yavoora Geleya" from Ricky Indu Nagaraj – "Thraas Akkathi" from Doddmane Hudga Shreya Ghoshal – "Neenire Saniha" from Kirik Party Vani Harikrishna – "Neenaagi Helalilla" from Happy Birthday |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Rakshit Shetty – Kirik Party | Sruthi Hariharan – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu |

#### Malayalam cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Maheshinte Prathikaaram Action Hero Biju Kammatipaadam Puli Murugan Oppam | Dileesh Pothan – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Abrid Shine – Action Hero Biju Priyadarshan – Oppam Rajeev Ravi – Kammatipaadam Sameer Thahir – Kali Sanal Kumar Sasidharan- Ozhivudivasathe Kali |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Nivin Pauly – Action Hero Biju Dulquer Salman – Kali Fahadh Faasil – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Mohanlal – Oppam Prithviraj Sukumaran – Pavada | Nayanthara – Puthiya Niyamam Manju Warrier – Karinkunnam 6'S Rajisha Vijayan – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Sai Pallavi – Kali Shruthy Menon – Kismath |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Vinayakan – Kammatipaadam Alencier – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Chemban Vinod Jose – Kali Renji Panicker – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Siddique – Annmariya Kalippilaanu Tovino Thomas – Guppy | Asha Sarath – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Abhija Sivakala – Ozhivudivasathe Kali Aparna Balamurali – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Lakshmi Ramakrishnan – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Rohini – Guppy |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Bijibal – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Gopi Sunder – Kali Jerry Amaldev – Action Hero Biju Shaan Rahman – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Sushin Shyam – Kismath | Madhu Vasudevan – "Chinnamma" from Oppam Anwar Ali – "Para Para" from Kammatipaadam Anwar Ali – "Kissa Paathiyil" from Kismath B. K. Harinarayanan – "Minnungum" from Oppam Manu Manjith – "Raavu Mayame" from Vettah Rafeeq Ahamed – "Idukki" from Maheshinte Prathikaaram |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| M. G. Sreekumar – "Chinnamma" from Oppam Bijibal – "Idukki" from Maheshinte Prathikaaram Job Kurian – "Chillurandhal" from Kali Karthik – "Mazhaye" from James & Alice Sooraj Santhosh – "Thaniye" from Guppy | Chinmayi – "Oonjalil Aadi" from Action Hero Biju Divya S. Menon – "Varthinkale" from Kali Rinu Razak – "Raavu Mayave" from Vettah Shweta Mohan – "Oruvela" from White Varsha Vinu – "Melle Vannupoyi" from Marupadi |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Dulquer Salmaan – Kali & Kammatipaadam | No Award |

#### Tamil cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Joker Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Irudhi Suttru Kabali Theri Visaranai | Sudha Kongara – Irudhi Suttru Atlee – Theri Gautham Vasudev Menon – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Pa. Ranjith – Kabali Raju Murugan – Joker Vetrimaran – Visaranai |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Madhavan – Irudhi Suttru Dhanush – Kodi Rajinikanth – Kabali Suriya – 24 Vijay – Theri Vikram – Iru Mugan | Ritika Singh – Irudhi Suttru Nayantara – Iru Mugan Samantha Ruth Prabhu – 24 Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Theri Tamannaah Bhatia – Devi Trisha Krishnan – Kodi |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Samuthirakani – Visaranai Mahendran – Theri Rajendran – Theri Sathish – Remo Sathish Krishnan – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada | Sai Dhanshika – Kabali Aishwarya Rajesh – Dharmadurai Anupama Parameswaran – Kodi Nithya Menon – 24 Radhika – Theri Saranya Ponvannan – Kodi |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| A. R. Rahman – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada A. R. Rahman – 24 Anirudh Ravichander – Remo G. V. Prakash Kumar – Theri Harris Jayaraj – Iru Mugan Santhosh Narayanan – Kabali | Thamarai – "Thalli Pogathey" from Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Arunraja Kamaraj – "Neruppu Da" from Kabali Madhan Karky – "Naan Un Azhaginile" from 24 Vairamuthu – "Endha Pakkam" from Dharmadurai Vivek – "En Suzhali" from Kodi |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Sundarayyar – "Jasmine U" from Joker Anirudh Ravichander – "Senjittaley" from Remo Arunraja Kamaraj – "Neruppu Da" from Kabali Jithin Raj – "Yedho Mayam" from Wagah Sid Sriram – "Mei Nigara" from 24 | Swetha Mohan – "Maya Nadhi" from Kabali Chinmayi – "Naan Un" from 24 K. S. Chithra – "Konji Pesida Venam" from Sethupathi Mahalakshmi Iyer – "Un Maele Oru Kannu" from Rajini Murugan Neeti Mohan – "Chella Kutti" from Theri |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Suriya – 24 | Trisha – Kodi |

#### Telugu cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Pelli Choopulu A Aa Dhruva Nannaku Prematho Kshanam Oopiri | Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage Ravikanth Perepu – Kshanam Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam – Pelli Choopulu Trivikram Srinivas – A Aa |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jr. NTR – Nannaku Prematho Allu Arjun – Sarrainodu Nani – Gentleman Naga Chaitanya – Premam Nagarjuna – Oopiri Ram Charan – Dhruva | Samantha Ruth Prabhu – A Aa Keerthy Suresh – Nenu Sailaja Lavanya Tripathi – Soggade Chinni Nayana Niveda Thomas – Gentleman Rakul Preet Singh – Nannaku Prematho Ritu Varma – Pelli Choopulu |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Jagapati Babu – Nannaku Prematho Arvind Swamy – Dhruva Karthi – Oopiri Mohanlal – Janatha Garage Rao Ramesh – A Aa Sathyaraj – Nenu Sailaja | Nandita Swetha – Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada Anasuya Bharadwaj – Kshanam Anupama Parameswaran – A Aa Priyamani – Mana Oori Ramayanam Ramya Krishna – Soggade Chinni Nayana |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Devi Sri Prasad – Nannaku Prematho A. R. Rahman – Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo Mickey J Meyer – A Aa S. S. Thaman – Sarrainodu Vivek Sagar – Pelli Choopulu | Ramajogayya Sastry – "Pranamam" from Janatha Garage Anantha Sreeram – "Thaanu Nenu" from Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo Bhaskarabhatla – "Oka Laalana" from Jyo Achyutananda Krishnakanth – "Nuvvante Naa Nuvvu" from Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – "Oka Life from Oopiri |
| Best Playback Singer – Male | Best Playback Singer – Female |
| Karthik – "Yellipoke Shyamala" from A Aa Dhanunjay – "You Are My MLA" from Sarrainodu NTR Jr. – "Follow Follow" from Nannaku Prematho Shankar Mahadevan – "Oka Laalana" from Jyo Achyutananda Vijay Prakash – "Thanu Nenu" from Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo | K. S. Chithra – "Ee Premaki" from Nenu Sailaja Amritavarshini K. C. – "Chinuku Taake" from Pelli Choopulu Chinmayi – "Oye Meghamala" from Majnu Padmalatha & Vishnupriya – "Pareshaanu Raa" from Dhruva Ramya Behara & Anjana Sowmya – "Naidorintikada" from Brahmotsavam |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Allu Arjun – Sarrainodu | Ritu Varma – Pelli Choopulu |

### Technical Awards

Best Cinematographer – South :
* Tirru (Tamil) – 24
* P. S. Vinod (Telugu) – Oopiri |
* Best Choreography |
* Sekhar (Telugu) – "Apple Beauty" from Janatha Garage |

### Special awards

Lifetime Achievement :
* Vijaya Nirmala |
* Best Male Debut |
* Shirish Saravanan for Metro |
* Best Female Debut |
* Manjima Mohan for Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada and Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo |