68th Filmfare Awards South

68th Filmfare Awards South
Announced on	11 July 2024
Organized by	The Times Group
Magazine issue	Filmfare
Official website	Official website
Highlights
Best Film	RRR (Telugu) Ponniyin Selvan: I (Tamil) Kantara (Kannada) Nna Thaan Case Kodu (Malayalam)
Most awards	RRR (8 )

The 68th 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 between 2022 along with special honours for lifetime contributions and few special awards. The nominations and winners were announced on 11 July 2024.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Popular awards

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Kantara 777 Charlie Dollu KGF: Chapter 2 Taledanda Vedha Vikrant Rona	Kiranraj K – 777 Charlie A. Harsha – Vedha Prashanth Neel – KGF: Chapter 2 Praveen Krupakar – Taledanda Rishab Shetty – Kantara Sagar Puranik – Dollu Yogaraj Bhat – Gaalipata 2
Best Actor	Best Actress
Rishab Shetty – Kantara as Shiva Dhananjaya – Monsoon Raaga as Katte Rakshit Shetty – 777 Charlie as Dharmaraj Dattana Shiva Rajkumar – Vedha as Vedha Sudeepa – Vikrant Rona as Vikrant Rona Yash – KGF: Chapter 2 as Rocky	Chaithra J. Achar – Taledanda as Saaki Aishani Shetty – Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage as Shreya Ganavi Laxman – Vedha as Pushpa Meghana Gaonkar – Shubhamangala as Anu Rachita Ram – Monsoon Raaga as Asma Begum Sapthami Gowda – Kantara as Leela
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Achyuth Kumar – Kantara as Devendra Suttooru Anant Nag – Gaalipata 2 as Kishore / Meshtru Kishore – Kantara as Murali Nirup Bhandari – Vikrant Rona as Sanjeev Gambhira / Raghava Prakash Raj – KGF: Chapter 2 as Vijayendra Ingalagi	Mangala N – Taledanda as Kethamma Aditi Sagar – Vedha as Kanaka Archana Jois – KGF: Chapter 2 as Shanthamma Manasi Sudhir– Kantara as Kamala Umashree – Vedha as Shankri
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Kantara Arjun Janya – Vedha J. Anoop Seelin – Monsoon Raaga Nobin Paul – 777 Charlie Ravi Basrur – KGF: Chapter 2	V. Nagendra Prasad – "Belakina Kavithe" from Banaras Jayanth Kaikini – "Neenu Bagehariyada Haadu" from Gaalipata 2 K. Kalyan – "Megharajana Raaga" from Monsoon Raaga Raghavendra Kamath – "Ninadene Januma" from Love Mocktail 2 Trilok Trivikrama – "Karma Song" from Kantara
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Sai Vignesh – "Varaha Roopam" from Kantara Haricharan – "Aa Kanasu" from Sakutumba Sametha Sanjith Hegde – "Belakina Kavithe" from Banaras Sid Sriram – "Jagave Neenu Gelathiye" from Love 360 Vijay Prakash – "Singara Siriye" from Kantara	Sunidhi Chauhan – "Ra Ra Rakkamma" from Vikrant Rona Aarna Shetty – "Sahapaati" from 777 Charlie Harshika Devanath– "Aane Maadi Heluteeni" from Guru Shishyaru Indu Nagaraj – "Aralada Mallige" from Vedha Siri Ravikumar – "Sangaathi" from Sakutumba Sametha

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Nna Thaan Case Kodu Ariyippu Hridayam Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey Jo and Jo Puzhu Saudi Vellakka	Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval – Nna Thaan Case Kodu Amal Neerad – Bheeshma Parvam Khalid Rahman – Thallumaala Mahesh Narayanan – Ariyippu Rahul Sadasivan – Bhoothakaalam Tharun Moorthy – Saudi Vellakka Vipin Das – Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey
Best Actor	Best Actress
Kunchacko Boban – Nna Thaan Case Kodu as Kozhummal Rajeevan Basil Joseph – Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey as Rajesh Kunchako Boban – Ariyippu as Hareesh P. V. Mammootty – Puzhu as Kuttan Prithviraj Sukumaran – Jana Gana Mana as Aravind Swaminathan Tovino Thomas – Thallumaala as Wazim Vineeth Sreenivasan – Mukundan Unni Associates as Mukundan Unni	Darshana Rajendran – Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey as Jayabharathi Aishwarya Lekshmi – Kumari as Kumari Devi Varma – Saudi Vellakka as Ayisha Rawther Navya Nair – Oruthee as C. K. Radhamani Nikhila Vimal – Jo and Jo as Jomol Palathara Nithya Menen – 19(1)(a) Revathi – Bhoothakaalam
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Indrans – Udal as Kuttichayan Alencier Ley Lopez – Appan Naslen K. Gafoor – Jo and Jo as Manoj Sundaran P. P. Kunhikrishnan – Nna Thaan Case Kodu as Magistrate Sharafudheen – Rorschach as Satheeshan Madathil Shine Tom Chacko – Bheeshma Parvam as Anjootti Peter Suraj Venjaramoodu – Jana Gana Mana as Sajjan Kumar	Parvathy Thiruvothu – Puzhu as Bharathi Darshana Rajendran – Hridayam as Darshana Grace Antony – Rorschach as Sujatha Mamta Mohandas – Jana Gana Mana as Saba Mariyam Radhika Radhakrishnan – Appan as Sheela Sshivada – Meri Awas Suno as Meryl Surabhi Lakshmi – Kumari as Muthamma
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Kailas Menon – Vaashi A. R. Rahman – Malayankunju M. Jayachandran – Meri Awas Suno M. Jayachandran – Pathonpatham Noottandu Rahul Raj – Aaraattu Ranjin Raj – Malikappuram Sumesh Parameswar – Signature	Arun Alat – "Darshana" from Hridayam B. K. Harinarayanan – "Kaattathoru Mankoodu" from Meri Awas Suno B. K. Harinarayanan – "Nangeli Poove" from Malikappuram Nikesh Chembilode – "Thaaruzhiyum" from Aaraattu Rafeeq Ahamed – "Mayilpeeli Ilakunnu" from Pathonpatham Noottandu Santosh Varma – "Elelamma" from Signature Vinayak Sasikumar – "Enthanithu Engottithu" from Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Unni Menon – "Rathipushpam" from Bheeshma Parvam Ranjin Raj – "Nangeli Poove" from Malikappuram Jithin Raj – "Kaattathoru Mankoodu" from Meri Awas Suno Job Kurian – "Pakalo Kaanaathe" from Saudi Vellakka K. S. Harisankar – "Thaaruzhiyum" from Aaraattu Shahabaz Aman – "Aadalodakam" from Nna Thaan Case Kodu Vijay Yesudas – "Cholappenne" from Malayankunju	Mridula Warrier – "Mayilpeeli Ilakunnu" from Pathonpatham Noottandu Aavani Malhar – "Mandarappoove" from Kumari Anne Amie – "Pranayamennoru Vakku" from Meri Awas Suno Shweta Mohan – "Mannum Niranje" from Malayankunju Sithara Krishnakumar – "Angane" from Jack N' Jill Vrinda Menon – "Elelamma" from Signature

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Ponniyin Selvan: I Gargi Iravin Nizhal Kadaisi Vivasayi Rocketry: The Nambi Effect Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Vikram	Mani Ratnam – Ponniyin Selvan: I Gautham Ramachandran – Gargi Gautham Vasudev Menon – Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Lokesh Kanagaraj – Vikram M. Manikandan – Kadaisi Vivasayi R. Madhavan – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect Radhakrishnan Parthiban – Iravin Nizhal
Best Actor	Best Actress
Kamal Haasan – Vikram as Agent Arun Kumar Vikram Dhanush – Thiruchitrambalam as Thiruchitrambalam Jr. Karthi – Ponniyin Selvan: I as Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan R. Madhavan – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect as Nambi Narayanan Radhakrishnan Parthiban – Iravin Nizhal as Nandu Silambarasan – Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu as Muthuveeran Vikram – Ponniyin Selvan: I as Aditha Karikalan	Sai Pallavi – Gargi as Gargi Aishwarya Lekshmi – Gatta Kusthi as Keerthi Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Ponniyin Selvan: I as Nandini Keerthy Suresh – Saani Kaayidham as Ponni Kovai Sarala – Sembi as Veerathayi Nithya Menen – Thiruchitrambalam as Shobana Trisha Krishnan – Ponniyin Selvan: I as Kundavai
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Kaali Venkat – Gargi as Indrans Kaliyaperumal Arav – Kalaga Thalaivan as Arjun S. J. Suryah – Don as Bhoominathan Selvaraghavan – Saani Kaayidham as Sangayya Vijay Sethupathi – Vikram as Sandhanam Yogi Babu – Love Today as Venu Shastri Iyengar	Urvashi – Veetla Vishesham as Krishnaveni Unnikrishnan Aishwarya Lekshmi – Ponniyin Selvan: I as Poonguzhali Radhika Sarathkumar – Love Today as Saraswathi Raichal Rabecca Philip – Kadaisi Vivasayi as Mangaiyarkarasi Raiza Wilson – FIR as Anisha Qureshi Simran – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect as Meena Narayanan
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
A. R. Rahman – Ponniyin Selvan: I Anirudh Ravichander – Beast Anirudh Ravichander – Thiruchitrambalam Anirudh Ravichander – Vikram A. R. Rahman – Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Yuvan Shankar Raja – Love Today	Thamarai – "Marakuma Nenjam" from Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Dhanush – "Megham Karukkatha" from Thiruchitrambalam Ilango Krishnan – "Devaralan Attam" from Ponniyin Selvan: I Ilango Krishnan – "Ponni Nadhi" from Ponniyin Selvan: I Madhan Karky – "Maayava Thooyava" from Iravin Nizhal Vishnu Edavan – "Porkanda Singam" from Vikram
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Santhosh Narayanan – "Thenmozhi" from Thiruchitrambalam A. R. Rahman – "Marakuma Nenjam" from Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Dhanush – "Megham Karukkatha" from Thiruchitrambalam Anirudh Ravichander and Kamal Haasan – "Pathala Pathala" from Vikram Sid Sriram – "Mother Song" from Valimai	Antara Nandy – "Alaikadal" from Ponniyin Selvan: I Chinmayi Sripaada – "Panithuli" from Raangi Jonita Gandhi – "Arabic Kuthu" from Beast Madhushree – "Mallipoo" from Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Shreya Ghoshal – "Maayava Thooyava" from Iravin Nizhal Shreya Ghoshal – "Unna Nenachadhum" from Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
RRR Bimbisara DJ Tillu Karthikeya 2 Major Sita Ramam	S. S. Rajamouli – RRR Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya 2 Hanu Raghavapudi – Sita Ramam Sai Kiran – Masooda Sashi Kiran Tikka – Major Vimal Krishna – DJ Tillu
Best Actor	Best Actress
N. T. Rama Rao Jr. – RRR as Komaram Bheem Ram Charan – RRR as Alluri Sitarama Raju Adivi Sesh – Major as Sandeep Unnikrishnan Chiranjeevi – Godfather as Brahma Teja Dulquer Salmaan – Sita Ramam as Ram Pawan Kalyan – Bheemla Nayak as Sarhad Bheemla Nayak Siddhu Jonnalagadda – DJ Tillu as Bala Gangadhar Tilak	Mrunal Thakur – Sita Ramam as Princess Noor Jahan / Sita Mahalakshmi Aishwarya Lekshmi – Ammu as Amudha Ravindranath Nazriya Nazim – Ante Sundaraniki as Leela Thomas Neha Shetty – DJ Tillu as Radhika Nithya Menen – Bheemla Nayak as Suguna Sai Pallavi – Virata Parvam as Vennela Samantha – Yashoda as Yashoda
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Rana Daggubati – Bheemla Nayak as Danny Shekhar Ajay Devgn – RRR as Alluri Venkatarama Raju Muralidhar Goud – DJ Tillu Naresh – Ante Sundaraniki as Kasthuri Suryanarayana Sastry Satyadev – Godfather as Jaidev Das Sumanth – Sita Ramam as Vishnu Sharma	Nandita Das – Virata Parvam as Shakuntala Amala – Oke Oka Jeevitham Priyamani – Virata Parvam as Bharathakka Rashmika Mandanna – Sita Ramam as Afreen / Waheeda Sangeetha – Masooda as Neelam Sobhita Dhulipala – Major as Pramoda Reddy
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
M. M. Keeravani – RRR Bheems Ceciroleo – Dhamaka Sricharan Pakala – DJ Tillu Sricharan Pakala – Major Thaman S – Bheemla Nayak Vishal Chandrashekhar – Sita Ramam	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – "Kaanunna Kalyanam" from Sita Ramam Chandrabose – "Kolu Kolu" from Virata Parvam Krishnakanth – "Inthandham" from Sita Ramam Ramajogayya Sastry – "Entha Chithram" from Ante Sundaraniki Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – "Amma Song" from Oke Oka Jeevitham Suddala Ashok Teja – "Komuram Bheemudo" from RRR
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Kaala Bhairava – "Komuram Bheemudo" from RRR Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava – "Naatu Naatu" from RRR Ram Miriyala – "Tillu Anna DJ Pedithe" from DJ Tillu Sid Sriram – "Kalaavathi" from Sarkaru Vaari Paata S. P. Charan – "Inthandham" from Sita Ramam	Chinmayi Sripaada – "Oh Prema" from Sita Ramam Divya Malika – "Kolu Kolu" from Virata Parvam Haripriya – "Ee Veduka" from Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam Jonita Gandhi – "Ento Enteynto" from Thank You K. S. Chithra – "Antha Ishtam" from Bheemla Nayak Prakruthi Reddy – "Komma Uyyala" from RRR

Technical awards

Best Cinematographer
K. K. Senthil Kumar (Telugu) – RRR Ravi Varman (Tamil) – Ponniyin Selvan: I
Best Choreography
Prem Rakshith (Telugu) – "Naatu Naatu" from RRR
Best Production Design
Sabu Cyril (Telugu) – RRR

Special awards

Best Film (Critics')
Sita Ramam (Telugu) – Hanu Raghavapudi
Kadaisi Vivasayi (Tamil) – M. Manikandan
Ariyippu (Malayalam) – Mahesh Narayanan
Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage (Kannada) – Sridhar Shikaripura
Best Actor (Critics)
Dulquer Salmaan (Telugu) – Sita Ramam as Ram
R. Madhavan (Tamil) – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect as Nambi Narayanan Dhanush (Tamil) – Thiruchitrambalam as Thiruchitrambalam Jr.
Alencier Ley Lopez (Malayalam) – Appan as Ittychan
Naveen Shankar (Kannada) – Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage as Aadi
Best Actress (Critics)
Sai Pallavi (Telugu) – Virata Parvam as Vennela
Nithya Menen (Tamil) – Thiruchitrambalam as Shobana
Revathi (Malayalam) – Bhoothakaalam as Asha
Sapthami Gowda (Kannada) – Kantara as Leela
Best Male Debut
Pradeep Ranganathan (Tamil) – Love Today as Uthaman Pradeep
Best Female Debut
Aditi Shankar (Tamil) – Viruman as Thenmozhi

Superlatives

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film

Films with multiple awards

Awards	Film
8	RRR
6	Kantara
5	Ponniyin Selvan: I
	Sita Ramam
3	Nna Thaan Case Kodu
2	Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage
	Gargi
	Taledanda
	Thiruchitrambalam
	Virata Parvam

External links

• Filmfare Official Website
• 68th Filmfare Awards South 2023