Mirchi Music Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Mirchi Music Awards, presented by Radio Mirchi to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian music industry. The awards are separately given for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. The awards were first given out in 2010 for the best of 2009 and the ceremony was held at the Nehru Indoor Stadium on 17 July 2010.The print partner was The Times of India.[1] The broadcast partners wre Star's Kannada offering Suvarna TV, Star's Tamil channel Vijay TV, Zee Telugu & ETV, Star's Malayalam channel Asianet plus.[2] The second edition was held in Nehru Indoor Stadium on 10 September 2011.
History
Hosts
The award first instituted in 2009 was held on 17 July 2010 in Nehru Indoor Stadium. It was hosted by Shiva an RJ of Radio Mirchi and Director Venkat Prabhu. The second edition held on 10 September 2011 was also held in Nehru Indoor Stadium hosted by Shiva and hostess Pooja.
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Date
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Host(s)
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Sponsor(s)
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| 1st Mirchi Music Awards South |
17 July 2010 |
Shiva and Venkat Prabhu |
Uninor
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| 2nd Mirchi Music Awards South |
10 September 2011 |
Shiva and Pooja |
Uninor
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| 3rd Mirchi Music Awards South |
2012 |
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| 4th Mirchi Music Awards South |
2013 |
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| 5th Mirchi Music Awards South |
2014 |
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| 6th Mirchi Music Awards South |
2015 |
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| 7th Mirchi Music Awards South |
2016 |
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| 8th Mirchi Music Awards South |
2017 |
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| 9th Mirchi Music Awards South |
2018 |
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| 10th Mirchi Music Awards South |
2020 |
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| 11th Mirchi Music Awards South |
2021 |
Geetha Madhuri and Ravi |
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Multiple wins
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Kannada
- Malayalam
Trophy
The accolade given to the winners of the Southern Industry is same as given to the Bollywood awardees. It portrays a human partially folding his knee and leaving his hands free. The winners of "Upcoming category" will receive a Certificate of Merit and not a trophy.[4]
Jury
There will be two set of juries to decide the awards - a screening jury to short list the entries and a Grand Jury, with whom rests the task of finalizing the winners for each award. The entire process of screening, shortlisting and selection of winners is audited by Ernst & Young. Each of the four south Indian languages will have separate Jury panels headed by a chairman.[5]
The list of Jury and chairman for each language's jury for both years:
Tamil
The Jury chairman for both the years was Gangai Amaren. As for the year of 2009 many eminent personalities were selected as the jury; they are: Sudha Raghunathan, Arivumathi, S. Ve. Shekher, A. S. Lakshmi Narayanan, Bharadwaja, James Vasanthan, Malaysia Vasudevan (Late), Lingusamy, Na. Muthukumar, S. A. Rajkumar. In 2010 most of the jury members were changed except for Sudha Raghunathan and Arivumathi. They were: Malathy Lakshman, Snehan, Vijay Antony, A. L. Vijay, Vetrimaran, Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Vasanth, Manicka Vinayagam, Sabesh
Telugu
The chairman for the jury for both the years was D. Suresh Babu. For the year of 2009 the jury members were: Anantha Sreeram, Amma Rajasekhar, Chakri, Chandrabaose, Tanikella Bharani, Koti, Devi Sri Prasad, Ramana Gogula, K. K. Senthil Kumar, Sunitha Upadrashta. In 2010 except Chandrabose, Saluri Koteswara Rao and Sunitha all the others were changed, the jury members for 2010 are: Ramana Gogula, Patnaik, Ramajogayya Sastry, K. M. Radha Krishnan, V. Madhusudhana Rao, Marthand K. Venkatesh, Hasam Raja, Raju. For 2021, Tanikella Bharani, Bhaskarabhatla, Jeevitha, D. Suresh Babu, Raghu Kunche, R. P. Patnaik, Madhura Sreedhar Reddy, Kousalya, M. M. Srilekha, Kalyan Koduri and Haasam Raja were the jury members.
Kannada
The chairman of the jury for both the years was Hamsalekha. For 2009 the other jury members were: V. Harikrishna, Gurukiran, Mano Murthy, Manjula Gururaj, Raghu Dixit, Rajesh Krishnan, Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar, Yograj Bhat. In 2010 in the place of Mano Murthy, Raghu Dixit and Yograj Bhat, Raghavendra Rajkumar, V. Manohar, Raghavendra Rajkumar were placed
Malayalam
The chairman of jury for both the years was Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri. The other jury members for 2009 are: Aashiq Abu, Anil Panachooran, K. S. Chitra, Deepak Dev, Jassie Gift, Jency Anthony, Johnson Master, M. Jayachandran, Raghu Kumar, Sibi Malayil. In 2010 Anil Panachooran, K. S. Chitra, Deepak Dev were replaced by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma and Arundathi
Award categories
The event honours the awardees under 17 broad categories in Tamil. It honours the Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada winners under 15 broad Categories.Mannin Kural - Male/Female is awarded only for the Tamil Music Industry. In 2009 Critica Choice Best Song - Song/Album were given. These categories were removed in 2010 and only 15 categories were awarded for Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam music industry, and 17 categories for Tamil music industry.
Jury awards
Best Upcoming Lyricist
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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| Language |
Recipient |
Song |
Film |
Photo
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| Tamil |
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| Telugu |
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| Kannada |
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| Malayalam |
Meppalil Balan |
cherupathi |
Kappirithuruthu |
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2017
2018
Best Upcoming Music Director
2009
2010
2011
2012
| Language |
Recipient |
Song |
Film |
Photo
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| Tamil |
Karthik |
Nila Nila |
Aravaan |
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| Telugu |
Radhan |
Manasu Palike |
Andala Rakshasi |
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| Kannada |
Vasu Dixit & Abhilashlakra |
Alisi Hridayada Haadanu |
Cyber Yugadol Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam |
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| Malayalam |
Arakkal Nandakumar |
Neeyo Dhanya |
Prabhuvinte Makkal |
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2016
| Language |
Recipient |
Song |
Film |
Photo
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| Tamil |
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| Telugu |
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| Kannada |
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| Malayalam |
Sreeraj Sahajan |
Minni Chinnum |
Kolumittayi |
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Best Upcoming Male Singer
2009
2010
2011
2012
2016
| Language |
Recipient |
Song |
Film |
Photo
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| Tamil |
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| Telugu |
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| Kannada |
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| Malayalam |
Sreeraj Sahajan |
Minni Chinnum |
Kolumittayi |
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Best Upcoming Female Singer
2009
2010
2011
| Language |
Recipient |
Song |
Film
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| Tamil |
Baby Priyanka, Baby Srinisha, Baby Nithyashree |
Oru Malayoram |
Avan Ivan
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| Telugu |
Ramya N.S. |
Poovai Poovai |
Dookudu
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| Kannada |
Meghana |
Bella Bellane Aa Seereyanna |
Allide Nammane Illi Bande Summane
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| Malayalam |
Riya Raju |
Ninnedenikkulla |
Dr. Love
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2012
2012
Best Female Playback Singer
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Best Male Playback Singer
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Best Music Director
2009
2010
2011
2012
2016
Best Lyricist
2009
2010
2011
2012
2016
2021
Song of the Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
| Language |
Recipient |
Song |
Film |
Photo
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| Tamil |
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| Telugu |
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| Kannada |
D. Imman |
Saaluthillave |
Kotigobba 2 |
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| Malayalam |
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Album of the Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
| Language |
Recipient |
Film |
Photo
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| Tamil |
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| Telugu |
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| Kannada |
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| Malayalam |
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2014
| Language |
Recipient |
Film |
Photo
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| Tamil |
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| Telugu |
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| Kannada |
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| Malayalam |
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2015
| Language |
Recipient |
Film |
Photo
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| Tamil |
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| Telugu |
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| Kannada |
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| Malayalam |
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2021
Mannin Kural - Male
This award is given only to Tamil Music Industry
Manin Kural - Female
This award is given only to Tamil Music Industry
Listeners Choice Award
Mirchi Listeners' Choice - Album of the Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2015
2021
Mirchi Listeners' Choice - Song of the Year
2009
2010
2011
| Language |
Recipient |
Song |
Film |
Photo
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| Tamil |
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| Telugu |
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| Kannada |
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| Malayalam |
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2012
2016
Technical Awards
Technical Sound Engineer Award
2009
| Language |
Recipient |
Song |
Film |
Photo
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| Tamil |
Uday Kumar |
Excuse Me |
Kanthaswamy |
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| Telugu |
Uday |
Upenentha |
Aarya 2 |
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| Kannada |
Smithampan |
Ale Ale |
Savaari |
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| Malayalam |
Sam Devassy |
Madhuram Ghayathi |
Banaras |
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2010
2011
| Language |
Recipient |
Song |
Film |
Photo
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| Tamil |
Kumaraguru Paran |
Vilaiyaadu Mankatha |
Mankatha |
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| Telugu |
Murali |
Jagadhananda Karaka |
Sri Rama Rajyam |
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| Kannada |
S. Ramesh |
Paravasha Naadenu |
Paramathma |
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| Malayalam |
Renjith Rajan |
Paattil Ee Paattil |
Pranayam |
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2012
Special awards
Jury Award for outstanding contribution to Film Music Industry
2009
| Language |
Recipient |
Reason |
Photo
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| Tamil |
R. Govardhanam |
Music Conductor / Music Composer (75 Yrs) |
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| Telugu |
Pandit Janardhan |
Sitar |
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| Kannada |
Balesh |
Shehnai |
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| Malayalam |
Rex Issacs |
Violin |
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2010
| Language |
Recipient |
Reason |
Photo
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| Tamil |
Philips |
Overall Contribution |
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| Telugu |
Seenu |
Santoor |
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| Kannada |
Venu |
Tabla |
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| Malayalam |
Balan |
Tabla |
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2011
| Language |
Recipient |
Reason |
Photo
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| Tamil |
Tabla Prasad |
Tabla |
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| Telugu |
Alan D'Costa |
Rhythms |
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| Kannada |
Palani D. Senapati |
Music |
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| Malayalam |
Jerson Antony |
Music Director |
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2012
| Language |
Recipient |
Reason |
Photo
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| Tamil |
Emanuel |
Emmy Sound Recordist |
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| Telugu |
Chinna Prasad |
Tabla |
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| Kannada |
Faiyaz Khan |
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| Malayalam |
Michael |
Tabla/ Mridangam |
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Lifetime achievement award
2009
2010
2011
| Language |
Recipient |
Photo
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| Tamil |
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| Telugu |
Koti
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| Kannada |
Geethapriya |
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| Malayalam |
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See also
References
External links
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