56th Filmfare Awards South

The 56th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honored its selection of the best South Indian films of 2008 and was held on Friday, 31 July 2009, in Hyderabad, India.^[1]

56th Filmfare Awards South
Date	Friday 31 July 2009
Site	Hyderabad, India
Hosted by	Purab Kohli
Produced by	Idea
Highlights
Best Picture	Moggina Manasu (Kannada) Thirakkatha (Malayalam) Subramaniapuram (Tamil) Gamyam (Telugu)
Most awards	Thirakkatha (6; Malayalam)
Most nominations	Gaalipata (11; Kannada) Mussanjemaatu (11; Kannada)
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Nominations

The nominees for the 56th Filmfare Awards were announced live on Monday, 16 June 2009, at 12:00 a.m. IST (7:30 UTC) by Filmfare chief editors in Mumbai. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony scheduled to take place on 31 July 2009, in Hyderabad.

The Filmfare Best Film Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.

The award was first given in 1954. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer.

Multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations.

Kannada

Nominations 11 nominations: Gaalipata and Mussanjemaatu 9 nominations: Moggina Manasu 8 nominations: Taj Mahal

Awards 5 awards: Moggina Manasu 3 awards: Gaalipata 2 awards: Mussanjemaatu

Malayalam

Nominations 9 nominations: Thirakkatha 6 nominations: Calcutta News and Mulla 5 nominations: Gulmohar, Innathe Chintha Vishayam and Veruthe Oru Bhavya

Awards 6 awards: Thirakkatha 2 awards: Madambi

Tamil

Nominations 8 nominations: Vaaranam Aayiram 7 nominations: Subramaniyapuram and Yaaradi Nee Mohini 6 nominations: Dasavathaaram 4 nominations: Anjathe and Santosh Subramaniam

Awards 5 awards: Vaaranam Aayiram 3 awards: Subramaniyapuram

Telugu

Nominations 7 nominations: Jalsa and Kotha Bangaru Lokam 6 nominations: Gamyam 4 nominations: Kantri, Parugu and Ready

Awards 5 awards: Kotha Bangaru Lokam 4 awards: Gamyam 1 award: Ashta Chamma, Kantri and Parugu

Awardees

• Winners in bold, nominees listed under.

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Moggina Manasu – E. Krishnappa Aramane – K. Manju Gaalipata – A. M. Rathnam Psycho – Gurudutt Taj Mahal – Shivashanker Reddy Jigale	Shashank – Moggina Manasu Devadatta – Psycho Mahesh – Mussanjemaatu R. Chandru – Taj Mahal Yogaraj Bhat – Gaalipata
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ganesh – Gaalipata Ajay Rao – Taj Mahal Sudeep – Mussanjemaatu Upendra – Buddhivantha Yash – Moggina Manasu	Radhika Pandit – Moggina Manasu Daisy Bopanna – Gaalipata Pooja Gandhi – Taj Mahal Ramya – Mussanjemaatu Suhasi – Haage Summane
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Yash – Moggina Manasu Ananth Nag – Aramane Ananth Nag – Taj Mahal Diganth – Gaalipata Rajesh Krishnan – Gaalipata	Shubha Poonja – Moggina Manasu Anu Prabhakar – Mussanjemaatu Bhavana Rao – Gaalipata Neethu – Gaalipata Padmaja Rao – Taj Mahal
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
V. Harikrishna – Gaalipata Abhimann Roy – Taj Mahal Mano Murthy – Moggina Manasu Raghu Dixit – Psycho V. Sridhar – Mussanjemaatu	Jayanth Kaikini – "Minchaagi Neenu Baralu" – Gaalipata R. Chandru – "Khushiyaagide" – Taj Mahal Ramnarayan – "Nodalenthu" – Mussanje Maathu Shashank – "Moggina Manasali" – Moggina Manasu V. Sridhar – "Yenagali Mundhe Saagu" – Mussanjemaatu
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Sonu Nigam – "Yenagali Mundhe Saagu" – Mussanjemaatu Gurukiran – "Kolle Nannanne" – Aramane Kunal Ganjawala – "Kaddalu Manasanna" – Mussanjemaatu Raghu Dixit – "Ninna Poojege Bandhe" – Psycho Sonu Nigam – "Mayavagide Manasu" – Haage Summane	Shreya Ghoshal – "Ninna Nodalenthu" – Mussanjemaatu K. S. Chithra – "Nadheem Dheem Tana" – Gaalipata Shreya Ghoshal – "Moggina Manasali" – Moggina Manasu Shreya Ghoshal – "Aakasha Bhoomi" – Mussanjemaatu Sunidhi Chauhan – "Rock Me Baby" – Haage Summane

Malayalam

Best Film	Best Director
Thirakkatha – Ranjith Calcutta News – Thampi Antony Gulmohar – Uttam Jhavar Innathe Chintha Vishayam – Antony Perumbavoor Veruthe Oru Bharya – Salavudeen	Ranjith – Thirakkatha Akku Akbar – Veruthe Oru Bharya Blessy – Calcutta News Jayaraj – Gulmohar Madhupal – Thalappavu
Best Actor	Best Actress
Lal – Thalappavu Dileep – Calcutta News Jayaram – Veruthe Oru Bharya Mohanlal – Akasha Gopuram Ranjith – Gulmohar	Priyamani – Thirakkatha Gopika – Veruthe Oru Bharya Meera Jasmine – Calcutta News Meera Nandan – Mulla Padmapriya – Panchamara Thanalil
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Anoop Menon – Thirakkatha Biju Menon – Mulla Indrajith – Calcutta News Jayasurya – Minnaminnikoottam Siddique – Gulmohar	Sukanya – Innathe Chintha Vishayam Geetu Mohandas – Akasha Gopuram Mohini – Innathe Chintha Vishayam Roma – Minnaminnikoottam Samvrutha Sunil – Thirakkatha
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Sharreth – Oduvil Oru Sonarekha – Thirakkatha Ilaiyaraaja – Kandu Kandu – Innathe Chintha Vishayam Jayachandran – Ammamazhakkaar – Madambi Johnson – Kaanum Kanninu – Gulmohar Vidyasagar – Kannin Vathil – Mulla	Girish Puthenchery – "Amma Mazhakkar" – Madambi Anil Panachuran – "Kadalolam Vatsa" – Minnaminnikoottam O. N. V. Kurup – "Amme Nee Oru" – Mizhikal Sakshi Rafeeq Ahmed – "Arikil Nee" – Thirakkatha Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma – "Enguninnu Vanna" – Calcutta News
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
K. J. Yesudas – "Amma Mazhakkar" – Madambi Devanand – "Kannin Vathil" – Mulla M. G. Sreekumar – "Kandu Kandu" – Innathe Chintha Vishayam Madhu Balakrishnan – "Arikil Nee" – Thirakkatha Unni Menon – "Omkaram Shankil" – Veruthe Oru Bharya	K. S. Chithra – "Oduvil Oru" – Thirakkatha Aparna Rajeev – "Manju Thara" – Mizhikal Sakshi Gayatri – "Kannin Vathil" – Mulla Manjari – "Kadaloram Vatsa" – Minnaminnikoottam Rimy Tomy – "Aarumugham" – Mulla

Tamil

Best Film	Best Director
Subramaniyapuram – Sasikumar Anjathe – Nemichand Jhabak Dasavathaaram – Oscar Ravichandran Santosh Subramaniam – Kalpathi S. Agoram Vaaranam Aayiram – Oscar Ravichandran Yaaradi Nee Mohini – N. V. Prasad	Sasikumar – Subramaniyapuram Gautham Vasudev Menon – Vaaranam Aayiram K. S. Ravikumar – Dasavathaaram Mithran Jawahar – Yaaradi Nee Mohini M. Raja – Santosh Subramaniam Myshkin – Anjathe
Best Actor	Best Actress
Suriya – Vaaranam Aayiram Dhanush – Yaaradi Nee Mohini Jayam Ravi – Santosh Subramaniam Kamal Haasan – Dasavathaaram Narain – Anjathe	Parvathy Thiruvothu – Poo Asin Thottumkal – Dasavathaaram Genelia D'Souza – Santosh Subramaniam Nayantara – Yaaradi Nee Mohini Sneha – Pirivom Santhippom Swathi – Subramaniyapuram Trisha Krishnan – Abhiyum Naanum
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Ajmal Ameer – Anjathey Prakash Raj – Abhiyum Naanum Prasanna – Anjathe Sampath Raj – Saroja Samuthirakani – Subramaniyapuram	Simran – Vaaranam Aayiram Aishwarya – Abhiyum Naanum Khushbu – Pazhani Lakshmi Rai – Dhaam Dhoom Saranya Mohan – Yaaradi Nee Mohini
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Harris Jayaraj – Vaaranam Aayiram A. R. Rahman – Sakkarakatti James Vasanthan – Subramaniyapuram Vijay Antony – Kadhalil Vizhunthen Yuvan Shankar Raja – Yaaradi Nee Mohini	Thamarai – "Nenjukkul Peithidum" – Vaaranam Aayiram Na. Muthukumar – "Mudhal Mazhai" – Bheema Thamarai – "Kangal Irandal" – Subramaniapuram Vaali – "Kallai Mattum" – Dasavathaaram Vairamuthu – "Vaa Vaa" – Abhiyum Naanum
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Naresh Iyer – "Mundhinam Paarthene" – Vaaranam Aayiram Belly Raj – "Kangal Irandal" – Subramaniapuram Hariharan – "Nenjukkul Peithidum" – Vaaranam Aayiram Karthik – "Oru Naalukkul" – Yaaradi Nee Mohini Krish – "Yaaro Manathile" – Dhaam Dhoom Vijay Antony – "Nakka Mukka" – Kadhalil Vizhunthen	Deepa Miriam – "Kangal Irandal" – Subramaniapuram Bombay Jayashree – "Yaaro Manathile" – Dhaam Dhoom Sadhana Sargam – "Mukundha Mukundha" – Dasavathaaram Shreya Ghoshal – "Thaen Thaen" – Kuruvi Swetha – "Kandaen Kandaen" – Pirivom Santhippom

Telugu

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Best Film	Best Director
Gamyam – Saibabu Jagarlamudi Ashta Chamma – Ram Mohan Jalsa – Allu Aravind Kotha Bangaru Lokam – Dil Raju Parugu – Dil Raju Ready – Ravi Kishore	Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi – Gamyam Bhaskar – Parugu Ravi Babu – Nachavule Srinu Vaitla – Ready Trivikram Srinivas – Jalsa V. V. Vinayak – Krishna
Best Actor	Best Actress
Allu Arjun – Parugu NTR Jr – Kantri Pawan Kalyan – Jalsa Ram – Ready Ravi Teja – Krishna	Swathi – Ashta Chamma Ileana D'Cruz – Jalsa Kamalini Mukherjee – Gamyam Shweta Prasad – Kotha Bangaru Lokam Trisha Krishnan – Krishna
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Allari Naresh – Gamyam Brahmanandam – Ready Jagapati Babu – Kathanayakudu Prakash Raj – Kotha Bangaru Lokam Srinivas Avasarala – Ashta Chamma	Jayasudha – Kotha Bangaru Lokam Meera Jasmine – Gorintaku Parvati Melton – Jalsa Poonam Kaur – Souryam Tabu – Pandurangadu
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Mickey J. Meyer – Kotha Bangaru Lokam Devi Sri Prasad – Jalsaa Mani Sharma – Kantri Shekar Chandra – Nachavule Vishal–Shekhar – Chintakayala Ravi	Sirivennela Seetarama Sastri – "Entavaraku" – Gamyam Chandrabose – "Enduko" – Chintakayala Ravi Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – "Chalore Chalore" – Jalsaa Suddala Ashok Teja – "Matrudevobhava" – Pandurangadu Veturi – "Vayassunamee" – Kantri
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Karthik – "Nijangaa Nenenaa" – Kotha Bangaru Lokam N. C. Karunya – "Andamaina Kalala" – Baladur Ranjith – "Entavaraku" – Gamyam S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Matrudevobhava" – Pandurangadu Saketh – "Nammavemo Ganee" – Parugu	Shweta Pandit – "Nenani Neevani" – Kotha Bangaru Lokam Geetha Madhuri – "Ninne Ninne" – Nachavule Sadhana Sargam – "Ninnenaa Nenu" – Salute Shreya Ghoshal – "Merupulaa" – Chintakayala Ravi Sunitha Upadrashta – "Vayassunamee" – Kantri

Other awards

(No nominees for these awards)

• Best Male Debutant: Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj – Sakkarakatti (Tamil)
• Best Female Debutant: Meera Nandan – Mulla (Malayalam)
• Best Choreography: Prem Rakshith – Kantri (Telugu)
• Best Cinematographer: S. Krishna – Haage Summane (Kannada); Chota K. Naidu – Kotha Bangaru Lokam (Telugu)
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Veturi

See also

• Filmfare Awards South
• Filmfare Awards
• 2008 in film
• International Tamil Film Awards
• Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
• Nandi Awards