The 60th filmfare awards (south) was held in a glittering event at the Hyderabad International Convention Center on Saturday.
The grand ceremony witnessed the presence of prominent celebrities and other members of the south Indian film fraternity. The event began with the red carpet arrivals of stars from all the four south Indian film industries. Celebrities Dhanush and wife Aishwarya, Ram Charan, Nagarjuna and wife Amala, Venkatesh, Shruti Haasan, Amala Paul, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nag Chaitanya, AR Rahman, Tamannah, Priya Mani, Rana Daggubati and Kushboo Sundar are among others who attended the event.
Shruti, Amala Paul, Sunaina and Sharmila Mandre, gave out dazzling performances on stage. These gorgeous actresses set the stage on fire with their rocking dance movements.
The winners of the black lady in about ten categories were also announced. Tamil actor Dhanush, who is on a winning phase post the success of "Raanjhanaa", won two awards - won awards for best actor (male) for his role in Tamil film "3" and best playback singer (male) for the song "Why This Kolaveri Di" ("3") which won him national fame.
Telugu actor Pawan Kalyan bagged the best actor (male) award for "Gabbar Singh", a remake of Salman Khan's "Dabangg". Director Fazil's son Fahaad won the black lady in the same category for his performance in Malayalam film "22 Female Kottayam". Kannada actor Darshan received the award for "Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna".
Here is the complete list of winners in all the categories.
Best Film
"Eega" (Telugu)
"Vazhakku Enn 18/9" (Tamil)
"Ayalum Njanum Thammil" (Malayalam)
"Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna" (Kannada)
Best Director
SS Rajamoulli ("Eega") (Telugu)
Balaji Sakthivel ("Vazhakku Enn 18/9") (Tamil)
Lal Jose ("Ayalum Njanum Thammil") (Malayalam)
Vijayorasad ("Sidlingu") (Kannada)
Best Actor (Male)
Pawan Kalyan ("Gabbar Singh") (Telugu)
Dhanush ("3") (Tamil)
Fahad Fazil ("22 Female Kottayam") (Malayalam)
Darshan ("Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna") (Kannada)
Best Actor (Female)
Samantha ("Eega") (Telugu)
Samantha ("Neethane En Ponvasanthan") (Tamil)
Rima Kalingall ("22 Female Kottayam") (Malayalam)
Priyamani ("Charulatha") (Kannada)
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male)
Sudeep ("Eega") (Telugu)
Thambiramaiah ("Kumki") (Tamil)
Biju Menon ("Ordinary") (Malayalam)
Atul Kulkarni ("Edegarike") (Kannada)
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female)
Amala Akkineni ("Life Is Beautiful") (Telugu)
Saranya Ponvannan ("Neer Paravai") (Tamil)
Gauthami Nair ("Diamond Necklace") (Malayalam)
Suman Ranganathan ("Sidlingu") (Kannada)
Best Music
Devi Sri Prasad ("Gabbar Singh") (Telugu)
D Imman ("Kumki") (Tamil)
Vidyasagar ("Diamond Necklace") (Malayalam)
V Harikrishna ("Drama") (Kannada)
Best Lyrics
Anantha Shreeram ("Yedhi yedhi") ("Yeto Vellipoindhi Manasu") (Tamil)
Yugabarathy ("Solithaley") ("Kumki") (Tamil)
Rafeeq Ahmed ("Maranamethunna nerathu") ("Spirit") (Malayalam)
Yograj Bhat ("Bombe adsonu") ("Drama") (Kannada)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Vaddepalli Srinivas ("Pilla") ("Gabbar Singh") (Telugu)
Dhanush ("Why this kolaveri di") ("3") (Tamil)
Vijay Yesudas ("Mazhakondumathiram") ("Spirit") (Malayalam)
Avinash Chebri ("Elle llo oduva manase") ("Sidlingu") (Kannada)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Suchitra ("Sarocharu") ("Businessman") (Telugu)
NSK Ramya ("Satru munbu") ("Neethane En Ponvasantham") (Tamil)
Shwetha ("Shyama hare") ("Arike") (Malayalam)
Indu Nagaraj ("Pyaaarge aagbuttaithe") ("Govindayanamahe") (Kannada)
Debut Awards
Best Debut (Male) - Dulquer Salman ("Second Show") (Malayalam)
Best Debut (Male) - Udhayanidhi Stalin ("Oru Kal Oru Kannadi") (Tamil)
Best Debut (Female) - Shweta Shrivastav ("Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva") (Kannada)
Best Debut (Female) - Lakshmi Menon ("Sundarapandian") (Tamil)
Technical Awards
Best Cinematographer - Chota K Naidu ("Dhamarukam")
Best Choreographer - Jani ("Dillaku dillaku") ("Racha")
Best VFX - "Eega"
Lifetime Achievement Award - Vani Jairam
Lifetime Achievement Award - Bapu
