# 69th Filmfare Awards South

The 69th Filmfare Awards South is an awards event that recognised and honoured 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 took place on 3 August 2024.
Chithha is the most awarded film with seven awards, followed by Dasara with six, Baby and Ponniyin Selvan: II with five, Sapta Saagaradaache Ello with four, and Balagam, Daredevil Musthafa and Kaathal – The Core with three. Dasara is the most awarded Telugu film. Chithha is the most awarded Tamil film. Kaathal – The Core is the most awarded Malayalam film. Sapta Saagaradaache Ello is the most awarded Kannada film.
Every Best Film winner have also won the Best Director award, expect for Kannada cinema. Kapil Kapilan is the most awarded individual having won Best Male Playback Singer – Malayalam and Best Male Playback Singer – Kannada, making him the only individual to win an award in two different languages (Malayalam and Kannada). Dasara is the only film to have two lead acting role awards won by Nani (Best Actor – Telugu) and Keerthy Suresh (Best Actress – Telugu).

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

### Main awards
#### Kannada cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Daredevil Musthafa 19.20.21 – Devaraj R, producer Kaatera – Rockline Venkatesh, producer Kousalya Supraja Rama – B. C. Patil and Shashank, producers Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Rakshit Shetty, producer Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye – Ramya, Ravi Rai Kalasa and Vachan Shetty, producers | 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 |
| Rakshit Shetty – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello as Manu Darshan – Kaatera as Kaatera Nagabhushana – Tagaru Palya as Chikka Raj B. Shetty – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye as Aniketh Shishir Baikady – Daredevil Musthafa as Jamal Abdul Musthafa Hussain Shiva Rajkumar – Ghost as Dalavayi Muddanna / Anand Rao | Siri Ravikumar – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye as Prerana 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 |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Rangayana Raghu – Tagaru Palya as Chikka 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 | Sudha Belawadi – Kousalya Supraja Rama as Kousalya Gunjalamma – Pinki Elli M. D. Pallavi – 19.20.21 Shruti – Kaatera as Kumari Tara – Tagaru Palya as Shantha |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Charan Raj – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Arjun Janya – Kousalya Supraja Rama 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 | Srilakshmi Belmannu – "Kadalanu" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A 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 |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Poornachandra Mysuru – Orchestra Mysuru as Poorna | Rukmini Vasanth – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello as Priya |

#### Malayalam cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| 2018 – Anto Joseph, C.K. Padmakumar and Venu Kunnappilly, producers Iratta – Joju George, Martin Prakkat and Sijo Vadakkan, producers Kaathal – The Core – Mammootty, producer Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam – Mammootty, producer Neru – Antony Perumbavoor, producer Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum –Sethu Mannarkkad, producer Romancham – Girish Gangadharan, Joby George and Johnpaul George, producers | Jude Anthany Joseph – 2018 Jeethu Joseph – Neru Jeo Baby – Kaathal – The Core Jithu Madhavan – Romancham Krishand RK – Purusha Pretham Lijo Jose Pellissery – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Rohit M. G. Krishnan – Iratta |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Mammootty – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam as James / Sundaram 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 Nivin Pauly – Thuramukham as Mattancherry Moidu Tovino Thomas – 2018 as Anoop | Vincy Aloshious – Rekha as Rekha Rajendran 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 |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Jagadish – Purusha Pretham as Dileep Arjun Ashokan – Romancham as Sinu Solomon Biju Menon – Garudan as Nishanth Kumar Jagadish – Falimy as Chandran Siddique – Corona Papers as Shankararaman / Govindan Nambiar Vineeth Sreenivasan – Thankam as Kannan Vishnu Agasthya – RDX: Robert Dony Xavier as Paulson | Poornima Indrajith – Thuramukham 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 |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Sam C. S. – RDX: Robert Dony Xavier 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 | 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 |
| Kapil Kapilan – "Neela Nilave" from RDX: Robert Dony Xavier Arvind Venugopal – "Oru Nokkil" from Madhura Manohara Moham K. S. Harisankar – "Januvariyile Then Mazha" from Santhosham 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 – "Muttathe Mulla" from Jawanum Mullapoovum K. S. Chithra – "Ee Mazhamukilo" from Jaladhara Pumpset Since 1962 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 |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Joju George – Iratta as Pramod Kumar and Vinod Kumar | Jyothika – Kaathal – The Core as Omana Philip Mathew |

#### Tamil cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Chithha – Siddharth, producer Ayothi – R. Ravindran, producer Maamannan – Udhayanidhi Stalin, producer Ponniyin Selvan: II – Mani Ratnam and Subaskaran Allirajah, producers Viduthalai Part 1 – Elred Kumar, producer | S. U. Arun Kumar – Chithha Madonne Ashwin – Maaveeran Mani Ratnam – Ponniyin Selvan: II Mari Selvaraj – Maamannan Vetrimaaran – Viduthalai Part 1 |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Vikram – Ponniyin Selvan: II as Aditha Karikalan Siddharth – Chithha as Eeswaran Sivakarthikeyan – Maaveeran as Sathya / Maaveeran Soori – Viduthalai Part 1 as Kumaresan Vadivelu – Maamannan as Sa. Maamannan | Nimisha Sajayan – Chithha as Shakthi 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 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 |
| Dhibu Ninan Thomas & Santhosh Narayanan – Chithha Anirudh Ravichander – Jailer Anirudh Ravichander – Leo A. R. Rahman – Ponniyin Selvan: II 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 |
| Haricharan – "Chinnanjiru Nilave" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Anirudh Ravichander – "Hukum" from Jailer Anirudh Ravichander – "Badass" from Leo Sean Roldan – "Naan Gaali" from Good Night Sid Sriram and Gautham Vasudev Menon – "Nira" from Takkar Vijay Yesudas – "Nenjame Nenjame" from Maamannan | Karthika Vaidyanathan – "Kangal Edho" from Chithha K. S. Chithra and Harini – "Veera Raja Veera" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Shakthisree Gopalan – "Aga Naga" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Shakthisree Gopalan – "Nenjame Nenjame" from Maamannan Shilpa Rao – "Kaavaalaa" from Jailer |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Siddharth – Chithha as Eeswaran | Aishwarya Rajesh – Farhana as Farhana / Isha Aparna Das – Dada as Sindhu Manikandan |

#### Telugu cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Balagam – Hanshitha Reddy and Harshith Reddy, producers Baby – Sreenivasa Kumar Naidu, producer Dasara – Sudhakar Cherukuri, producer Hi Nanna – Mohan Cherukuri, Murthy K. S. and Vijender Reddy Teegala, producers Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty – Pramod Uppalapati and V. Vamsi Krishna Reddy, producers Samajavaragamana – Razesh Danda, producer Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire – Vijay Kiragandur, producer | Venu Yeldandi – Balagam Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha Prashanth Neel – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Sai Rajesh Neelam – Baby Shouryuv – Hi Nanna Srikanth Odela – Dasara |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Nani – Dasara as Dharani 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 – Hi Nanna as Viraj Naveen Polishetty – Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty as Sidhu Polishetty Prakash Raj – Ranga Maarthaanda as Raghava Rao | Keerthy Suresh – Dasara as Vennela Anushka Shetty – Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty as Anvitha Ravali Shetty 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 Ravi Teja – Waltair Veerayya as Vikram Sagar Dheekshith Shetty – Dasara as Siddham Suryam Kota Jayaram – Balagam as Gajula Ailayya Naresh – Samajavaragamana as Uma Maheswara Rao Vishnu Oi – Keedaa Cola as Sikander | Rupa Lakshmi – Balagam as Lakshmi Ramya Krishna – Ranga Maarthaanda as Raju Garu Rohini – Writer Padmabhushan as Saraswati 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 |
| Vijai Bulganin – Baby Bheems Ceciroleo – Balagam Devi Sri Prasad – Waltair Veerayya Hesham Abdul Wahab – Hi Nanna Hesham Abdul Wahab – Kushi Santhosh Narayanan – Dasara | Anantha Sriram – "O Rendu Prema Meghaalila" from Baby Anantha Sriram – "Gaaju Bomma" from Hi Nanna 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 |
| Sreerama Chandra – "O Rendu Prema Meghaalila" from Baby 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 | Shweta Mohan – "Mastaaru Mastaaru" from Sir 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 |
| Critics Best Actor | Critics Best Actress |
| Naveen Polishetty – Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty as Sidhu Polishetty Prakash Raj – Ranga Maarthaanda as Raghava Rao | Vaishnavi Chaitanya – Baby as Vaishnavi |

### Technical awards

* Best Cinematographer
* Sathyan Sooryan (Telugu) – Dasara
* Ravi Varman (Tamil) – Ponniyin Selvan: II
* Best Choreography
* Prem Rakshith (Telugu) – "Dhoom Dhaam Dhosthaan" from Dasara
* Best Production Design
* Kolla Avinash (Telugu) – Dasara
* Thota Tharani (Tamil) – Ponniyin Selvan: II

### Special awards

* Lifetime Achievement Award
* Srinath
* Critics Best Film (Director)
* Baby (Telugu) – Sai Rajesh Neelam
* Viduthalai Part 1 (Tamil) – Vetrimaaran
* Kaathal – The Core (Malayalam) – Jeo Baby
* Pinki Elli (Kannada) – Prithvi Konanur
* Best Debut Director
* Shouryuv (Telugu) – Hi Nanna
* Srikanth Odela (Telugu) – Dasara
* Best Male Debut
* Sangeeth Sobhan (Telugu) – Mad as Damodhar
* Shishir Baikady (Kannada) – Daredevil Musthafa as Jamal Abdul Musthafa Hussain
* Best Female Debut
* Amrutha Prem (Kannada) – Tagaru Palya as Jyothi

## Superlatives

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

## Presenters and performers

Performers :
| Performer | Work |
| Aparna Balamurali | Dance |
| Gayatri Bhardwaj | Dance |
| Raashii Khanna | Dance |
| Saniya Iyappan | Dance |