64th Filmfare Awards South

The 64th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2016 is an event that was held on 17 June 2017 at Novotel and HICC Complex in Hyderabad. The nominations for all the main awards were declared on 8 June 2017.^[1]

64th Filmfare Awards South
Date	17 June 2017
Hosted by	Allu Sirish, Vijay Deverakonda, Ragini Dwivedi
Produced by	Jio
Official website	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Highlights
Best Picture	Maheshinte Prathikaaram (Malayalam), Thithi (Kannada), Pelli Choopulu (Telugu), Joker (Tamil)
Most awards	Kirik Party (Kannada), 5 Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu (Kannada), 3 Maheshinte Prathikaaram (Malayalam), 3 Irudhi Suttru and Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada(Tamil), 3 Nannaku Prematho (Telugu), 3
Most nominations	Theri (Tamil), 9 Maheshinte Prathikaaram (Malayalam), 8 Kabali (Tamil), 8 Nannaku Prematho (Telugu), 7 24 (Tamil), 7 A Aa (Telugu), 7 Kirik Party (Kannada), 7
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List of winners and nominees

Main awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Thithi Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Last Bus Rama Rama Re... U Turn	Rishab Shetty- Kirik Party Hemanth Rao – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Narendra Babu – Santheyalli Nintha Kabira Pawan Kumar – U Turn Sumana Kittur – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ananth Nag – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Puneeth Rajkumar – Doddmane Hudga Rakshit Shetty – Kirik Party Shiva Rajkumar – Santheyalli Nintha Kabira Sudeep – Kotigobba 2	Shraddha Srinath – U Turn Hariprriya – Neer Dose Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan Shwetha Srivatsav – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Sruthi Hariharan – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Vasishta N. Simha – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Achyuth Kumar – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu H. G. Dattatreya – Neer Dose Roger Narayan – U Turn Sadhu Kokila – Zoom	Samyuktha Hegde – Kirik Party Aindrita Ray – Niruttara Meghashree Bhagavatar – Last Bus Sonu Gowda – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Suman Ranganathan – Neer Dose
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Ajaneesh Lokanath – Kirik Party Anoop Seelin – Neer Dose Arjun Janya – Mungaru Male 2 Charan Raj – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu V. Harikrishna – Doddmane Hudga	Jayant Kaikini – "Sariyagi Nenapide" from Mungaru Male 2 Kaviraj – "Bhoomi Bhaanu" from Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole Rakshit Shetty – "Katheyondu Helide" from Kirik Party V. Nagendra Prasad – "Neene Raama" from Mukunda Murari Yogaraj Bhat – "Haalu Kudida Makkale" from Dana Kayonu
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Vijay Prakash – "Belageddu Yara Mukhava" from Kirik Party Anoop Seelin – "Alla Alla" from Nataraja Service Puneeth Rajkumar – "Jhanak Jhanak" from Run Antony Santhosh Venky – "Mandara Mandara" from Jai Maruthi 800 Shankar Mahadevan – "Neene Raama" from Mukunda Murari	Ananya Bhat – "Namma Kayo Devare" from Rama Rama Re... Anuradha Bhat – "Yavoora Geleya" from Ricky Indu Nagaraj – "Thraas Akkathi" from Doddmane Hudga Shreya Ghoshal – "Neenire Saniha" from Kirik Party Vani Harikrishna – "Neenaagi Helalilla" from Happy Birthday
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
Rakshit Shetty – Kirik Party	Sruthi Hariharan – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Maheshinte Prathikaaram Action Hero Biju Kammatipaadam Puli Murugan Oppam	Dileesh Pothan – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Abrid Shine – Action Hero Biju Priyadarshan – Oppam Rajeev Ravi – Kammatipaadam Sameer Thahir – Kali Sanal Kumar Sasidharan- Ozhivudivasathe Kali
Best Actor	Best Actress
Nivin Pauly – Action Hero Biju Dulquer Salman – Kali Fahadh Faasil – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Mohanlal – Oppam Prithviraj Sukumaran – Pavada	Nayanthara – Puthiya Niyamam Manju Warrier – Karinkunnam 6'S Rajisha Vijayan – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Sai Pallavi – Kali Shruthy Menon – Kismath
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Vinayakan – Kammatipaadam Alencier – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Chemban Vinod Jose – Kali Renji Panicker – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Siddique – Annmariya Kalippilaanu Tovino Thomas – Guppy	Asha Sarath – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Abhija Sivakala – Ozhivudivasathe Kali Aparna Balamurali – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Lakshmi Ramakrishnan – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Rohini – Guppy
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Bijibal – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Gopi Sunder – Kali Jerry Amaldev – Action Hero Biju Shaan Rahman – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Sushin Shyam – Kismath	Madhu Vasudevan – "Chinnamma" from Oppam Anwar Ali – "Para Para" from Kammatipaadam Anwar Ali – "Kissa Paathiyil" from Kismath B. K. Harinarayanan – "Minnungum" from Oppam Manu Manjith – "Raavu Mayame" from Vettah Rafeeq Ahamed – "Idukki" from Maheshinte Prathikaaram
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
M. G. Sreekumar – "Chinnamma" from Oppam Bijibal – "Idukki" from Maheshinte Prathikaaram Job Kurian – "Chillurandhal" from Kali Karthik – "Mazhaye" from James & Alice Sooraj Santhosh – "Thaniye" from Guppy	Chinmayi – "Oonjalil Aadi" from Action Hero Biju Divya S. Menon – "Varthinkale" from Kali Rinu Razak – "Raavu Mayave" from Vettah Shweta Mohan – "Oruvela" from White Varsha Vinu – "Melle Vannupoyi" from Marupadi
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
Dulquer Salmaan – Kali & Kammatipaadam	No Award

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Joker Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Irudhi Suttru Kabali Theri Visaranai	Sudha Kongara – Irudhi Suttru Atlee – Theri Gautham Vasudev Menon – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Pa. Ranjith – Kabali Raju Murugan – Joker Vetrimaran – Visaranai
Best Actor	Best Actress
Madhavan – Irudhi Suttru Dhanush – Kodi Rajinikanth – Kabali Suriya – 24 Vijay – Theri Vikram – Iru Mugan	Ritika Singh – Irudhi Suttru Nayantara – Iru Mugan Samantha Ruth Prabhu – 24 Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Theri Tamannaah Bhatia – Devi Trisha Krishnan – Kodi
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Samuthirakani – Visaranai Mahendran – Theri Rajendran – Theri Sathish – Remo Sathish Krishnan – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada	Sai Dhanshika – Kabali Aishwarya Rajesh – Dharmadurai Anupama Parameswaran – Kodi Nithya Menon – 24 Radhika – Theri Saranya Ponvannan – Kodi
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
A. R. Rahman – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada A. R. Rahman – 24 Anirudh Ravichander – Remo G. V. Prakash Kumar – Theri Harris Jayaraj – Iru Mugan Santhosh Narayanan – Kabali	Thamarai – "Thalli Pogathey" from Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Arunraja Kamaraj – "Neruppu Da" from Kabali Madhan Karky – "Naan Un Azhaginile" from 24 Vairamuthu – "Endha Pakkam" from Dharmadurai Vivek – "En Suzhali" from Kodi
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Sundarayyar – "Jasmine U" from Joker Anirudh Ravichander – "Senjittaley" from Remo Arunraja Kamaraj – "Neruppu Da" from Kabali Jithin Raj – "Yedho Mayam" from Wagah Sid Sriram – "Mei Nigara" from 24	Swetha Mohan – "Maya Nadhi" from Kabali Chinmayi – "Naan Un" from 24 K. S. Chithra – "Konji Pesida Venam" from Sethupathi Mahalakshmi Iyer – "Un Maele Oru Kannu" from Rajini Murugan Neeti Mohan – "Chella Kutti" from Theri
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
Suriya – 24	Trisha – Kodi

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Pelli Choopulu A Aa Dhruva Nannaku Prematho Kshanam Oopiri	Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage Ravikanth Perepu – Kshanam Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam – Pelli Choopulu Trivikram Srinivas – A Aa
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jr. NTR – Nannaku Prematho Allu Arjun – Sarrainodu Nani – Gentleman Naga Chaitanya – Premam Nagarjuna – Oopiri Ram Charan – Dhruva	Samantha Ruth Prabhu – A Aa Keerthy Suresh – Nenu Sailaja Lavanya Tripathi – Soggade Chinni Nayana Niveda Thomas – Gentleman Rakul Preet Singh – Nannaku Prematho Ritu Varma – Pelli Choopulu
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jagapati Babu – Nannaku Prematho Arvind Swamy – Dhruva Karthi – Oopiri Mohanlal – Janatha Garage Rao Ramesh – A Aa Sathyaraj – Nenu Sailaja	Nandita Swetha – Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada Anasuya Bharadwaj – Kshanam Anupama Parameswaran – A Aa Priyamani – Mana Oori Ramayanam Ramya Krishna – Soggade Chinni Nayana
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Devi Sri Prasad – Nannaku Prematho A. R. Rahman – Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo Mickey J Meyer – A Aa S. S. Thaman – Sarrainodu Vivek Sagar – Pelli Choopulu	Ramajogayya Sastry – "Pranamam" from Janatha Garage Anantha Sreeram – "Thaanu Nenu" from Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo Bhaskarabhatla – "Oka Laalana" from Jyo Achyutananda Krishnakanth – "Nuvvante Naa Nuvvu" from Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – "Oka Life from Oopiri
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Karthik – "Yellipoke Shyamala" from A Aa Dhanunjay – "You Are My MLA" from Sarrainodu NTR Jr. – "Follow Follow" from Nannaku Prematho Shankar Mahadevan – "Oka Laalana" from Jyo Achyutananda Vijay Prakash – "Thanu Nenu" from Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo	K. S. Chithra – "Ee Premaki" from Nenu Sailaja Amritavarshini K. C. – "Chinuku Taake" from Pelli Choopulu Chinmayi – "Oye Meghamala" from Majnu Padmalatha & Vishnupriya – "Pareshaanu Raa" from Dhruva Ramya Behara & Anjana Sowmya – "Naidorintikada" from Brahmotsavam
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
Allu Arjun – Sarrainodu	Ritu Varma – Pelli Choopulu

Technical Awards

Best Cinematographer – South
Tirru (Tamil) – 24 P. S. Vinod (Telugu) – Oopiri
Best Choreography
Sekhar (Telugu) – "Apple Beauty" from Janatha Garage

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement
Vijaya Nirmala
Best Male Debut
Shirish Saravanan for Metro
Best Female Debut
Manjima Mohan for Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada and Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo