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69th Filmfare Awards South
69th Filmfare Awards South
Awarded for	Best of films of 2023
Presented by	Filmfare
Announced on	16 July 2024; (nominations)
Presented on	3 August 2024
Site	JRC Conventions & Trade Fairs, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Hosted by	Faria Abdullah; Sundeep Kishan; Vindhya Vishaka
Organized by	The Times Group
Magazine issue	Filmfare
Official website	Official website
Highlights
Best Film	Balagam (Telugu); Chithha (Tamil); 2018 (Malayalam); Daredevil Musthafa (Kannada)
Lifetime achievement	Srinath
Most awards	Chithha (7)
Most nominations	Ponniyin Selvan: II (11)
Television coverage
Channel	Star Maa Movies (Telugu); Vijay Super (Tamil); Asianet Movies (Malayalam); Star Suvarna Plus (Kannada);
Network	Disney Star
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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.^[1]^[2] The nominations were announced on 16 July 2024 and took place on 3 August 2024.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Chithha is the most awarded film with seven awards, followed by Dasara with six, Baby and Ponniyin Selvan: II with five, Sapta Saagaradaache Ello^[a] 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^[a] 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^[a] – Rakshit Shetty, producer Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye – Ramya, Ravi Rai Kalasa and Vachan Shetty, producers	*Hemanth M. Rao – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello^[a]* 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^[a] 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^[a] 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^[a] 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^[a]* 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^[a] 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^[a]
8	Baby
	Balagam
	Dasara
7	Chithha
	Kaatera
	Kousalya Supraja Rama
	Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye
	Tagaru Palya
6	Maamannan
6	Viduthalai Part 1
5	Iratta
5	Kaathal – The Core
4	19.20.21
	Ayisha
	Daredevil Musthafa
	Jawanum Mullapoovum
	Maaveeran
	Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum
	Purusha Pretham
3	2018
	Bhagavanth Kesari
	Jailer
	Janaki Jaane
	Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty
	Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
	Neru
	Ranga Maarthaanda
	RDX: Robert Dony Xavier
	Romancham
	Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
	Waltair Veerayya
2	Falimy
	Good Night
	Leo
	Madhura Manohara Moham
	Parking
	Pinki Elli
	Samajavaragamana
	Santhosham
	Sir
	Takkar
	Thankam
	Thuramukham
	Virupaksha

Films with multiple awards
Awards	Film
7	Chithha
6	Dasara
5	Baby
5	Ponniyin Selvan: II
4	Sapta Saagaradaache Ello
3	Balagam
	Daredevil Musthafa
	Kaathal – The Core
2	2018
	RDX: Robert Dony Xavier
	Ranga Maarthaanda
	Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
	Tagaru Palya