# 54th Filmfare Awards South

The 54th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2006 is an event that was at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre Hitex, Hyderabad on 4 August 2007.

## Main awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

### Kannada cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Mungaru Male | Indrajit Lankesh – Aishwarya |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Puneeth Rajkumar – Arasu | Ramya – Tananam Tananam |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Rangayana Raghu – Cyanide | Leelavathi – Kannadada Kanda |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Mano Murthy – Mungaru Male | K. Kalyan – Tananam Tananam |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Hemanth Kumar – Kallarali Hoovagi | K. S. Chithra – My Autograph |

### Malayalam cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Notebook | Roshan Andrews – Notebook |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Mammootty – Karutha Pakshikal | Padmapriya Janakiraman – Karutha Pakshikal |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Jagathy Sreekumar – Vaasthavam | Roma Asrani – Notebook |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Raveendran – Vadakkumnadhan | Gireesh Puthenchery – Vadakkumnadhan |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| K. J. Yesudas – Vadakkumnadhan | K. S. Chithra – Vadakkumnadhan |

### Tamil cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Veyyil | Vasanthabalan – Veyyil |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Ajith Kumar – Varalaru | Bhavana – Chithiram Pesuthadi |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Pasupathy – E | Saranya Ponvannan – Emmtan-Magan |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| A. R. Rahman – Sillunu Oru Kadhal | Na. Muthukumar – Veyyil ("Urugude Marugude") |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Gaana Ulaganathan – Chithiram Pesuthadi ("Vaala Meenukkum") | Shreya Ghoshal – Sillunu Oru Kadhal ("Munbe Vaa") |

### Telugu cinema

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Bommarillu Godavari Pokiri Sri Ramadasu | Puri Jagannadh – Pokiri Bhaskar – Bommarillu S. S. Rajamouli – Vikramarkudu Sekhar Kammula – Godavari |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Mahesh Babu – Pokiri Jr. NTR – Rakhi Nagarjuna – Sri Ramadasu Siddharth – Bommarillu | Genelia D'Souza – Bommarillu Aarthi Agarwal – Andala Ramudu Geetha Singh – Kithakithalu Ileana D'Cruz – Pokiri Kamilini Mukherjee – Godavari |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Saikumar – Samanyudu Nassar – Pokiri Prakash Raj – Bommarillu Rajendra Prasad – Bhagyalakshmi Buperdraw | Sandhya – Annavaram Charmy Kaur – Rakhi Jayasudha – Bommarillu Jayasudha – Style |
| Best Music Director | Best Lyricist |
| Devi Sri Prasad – Bommarillu Chakri – Devadasu K. M. Radha Krishnan – Godavari Mani Sharma – Pokiri | Veturi – Godavari ("Uppongile Godavari") Bhaskarabhatla – Bommarillu – "Bommanu Geesthe" Sirivennela – Pournami – "Muvvala Navvakala" Kandikonda – Pokiri – "Samarame" |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – Sri Ramadasu ("Adigo Bhadradri") Chakri – Devadasu – "Nuvvantene Ishtam" Nihal – Pokiri – "Gala Gala" Siddharth – Bommarillu – "Apudo Ipudo" Rajesh - Astram - "Prema Kanna" | Mamta Mohandas – Rakhi ("Rakhee Rakhee") Gopika Poornima – Bommarillu – "Bommanu Geesthe" K. S. Chitra – Godavari – "Manasa Vaacha" K. S. Chitra – Pournami – "Muvvala Navvakala" |

## Technical Awards

| Best Choreography Raghava Lawrence – Style | Best Cinematography S. Gopal Reddy – Sri Ramadasu |

## Special awards

| Lifetime Achievement P. Susheela Krishnam Raju | Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South Ram Pothineni – Devadasu | Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South Ileana D'Cruz – Devadasu | Filmfare Special Award – South Mammootty Chiranjeevi |