70th Filmfare Awards South

70th Filmfare Awards South
70th Filmfare Awards South
Awarded for	Best of films of 2024
Presented by	Filmfare
Announced on	12 February 2026 (nominations)
Presented on	21 February 2026
Site	Adlux International Convention Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India
Hosted by	Mithun Ramesh; Ranjini Haridas; Vishnu Warrier
Organized by	The Times Group
Magazine issue	Filmfare
Official website	Official website
Highlights
Best Film	Pushpa 2: The Rule (Telugu); Amaran (Tamil); Manjummel Boys (Malayalam); Shakhahaari (Kannada)
Lifetime achievement	Sreenivasan; Sreekumaran Thampi
Most awards	Amaran (8)
Most nominations	Amaran (10)
Television coverage
Channel	Zee Telugu (Telugu); Zee Tamil (Tamil); Zee Keralam (Malayalam); Zee Kannada (Kannada);
Network	Zee Entertainment Enterprises
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Awarded forBest of films of 2024

Presented byFilmfare

Announced on12 February 2026 (nominations)

Presented on21 February 2026

The 70th Filmfare Awards South is an awards event that recognised and honoured the best films and performances from the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and music released in 2024 along with special honours for lifetime contributions and few special awards.^[1]^[2] The nominations were announced on 11 February 2026 and took place in Kochi, Kerala, India on 21 February 2026.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] The event made its debut in Kochi, Kerala after being held in Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.^[7] Mithun Ramesh, Ranjini Haridas and Vishnu Warrier have hosted the event.^[8]

Amaran is the most awarded film with eight awards, followed by Aadujeevitham and Pushpa 2: The Rule with five each, Meiyazhagan with four, and Kishkindha Kaandam and Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi with three each. Pushpa 2: The Rule is the most awarded Telugu film.^[9] Amaran is the most awarded Tamil film.^[10] Aadujeevitham is the most awarded Malayalam film.^[11] Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi is the most awarded Kannada film.^[12]

Amaran is the only film to have two lead acting role awards won by Sivakarthikeyan (Best Actor – Tamil) and Sai Pallavi (Best Actress – Tamil). "Chuttamalle" (from Devara: Part 1), "Dwapara" (from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi), "Hey Minnale" (from Amaran), "Kurchi Madathapetti" (from Guntur Kaaram) and "Periyone" (from Aadujeevitham) are the most awarded songs with two wins each.

Amitabh Bachchan is the oldest winner, whereas, Sreekumaran Thampi is the oldest winner including non-competitive awards.

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Best Film	Best Director
Shakhahaari – Rajesh Keelambi and Ranjini Prasanna, producers Bagheera – Vijay Kiragandur, producer Bheema – Krishna Sartak and Jagadeesh Gowda, producers Blink – Ravichandra A. J, producer Hadinelentu – Prithvi Konanur and Tejaswi Konanur, producers Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi – Prashanth G. Rudrappa, producers	Prithvi Konanur – Hadinelentu Duniya Vijay – Bheema Rajguru B – Kerebete Sandeep Sunkad – Shakhahaari Srinidhi Bengaluru – Blink Utsav Gonwar – Photo
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sriimurali *– Bagheera* as Vedanth Prabhakar / Bagheera** Duniya Vijay – Bheema as Bheema Ganesh – Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi as Krishna Rangayana Raghu – Shakhahaari as Subbanna Bhatta Shiva Rajkumar – Bhairathi Ranagal as Bhairathi Ranagal Sudeepa – Max as Arjun Mahakshay / Max	*Akshatha Pandavapura – Koli Esru* as Hucchheeri** Ankita Amar – Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali as Anahita Madhumita Banarjee Bindu Shivaram – Kerebete as Meena Chaithra J Achar – Blink as Devaki Roshni Prakash – Murphy as Janani Rukmini Vasanth – Bagheera as Dr. Sneha
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Gopalkrishna Deshpande – Blink* as Gopal Krishna** Gopalkrishna Deshpande – Shakhahaari as Mallikarjuna Hiremath Jahangir M. S. – Photo as Husenappa Nagendra Shah – Maryade Prashne Prabhu Mundkur – Maryade Prashne as Rocky Prakash Raj – Bagheera as Guru Raj B. Shetty – Roopanthara as Goon	*Priya Shathamarshan – Bheema* as Girija** Apeksha Choranahalli – Koli Esru as Lachchu Harini Shreekanth – Kerebete as Gowrakka Lekha Naidu – Roopanthara as Hanumakka Rekha Kudligi – Hadinelentu as Seetha Sandhya Arekere – Photo as Gangamma
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Arjun Janya – Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Max J. Anoop Seelin – Kaalapatthar Charan Raj – Bheema V. Harikrishna – Karataka Damanaka Veer Samarth – Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe	V. Nagendra Prasad – "Dwapara" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Ghouse Peer – "Bhuvana Hudukadide" from Kerebete Kaviraj – "Ninna Hegalu" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Nagarjun Sharma – "Dont Worry Baby Chinnamma" from Bheema Pramod Maravanthe – "Sakhi" from Blink
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Jaskaran Singh – "Dwapara" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Kapil Kapilan – "Oh Anahitha" from Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali Siddhartha Belmannu – "Sakhi" from Blink Sonu Nigam – "He Gagana" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Vijay Prakash – "Sanje Mele" from Matinee	Shruti Prahlad – "Hithalakka Karibyada" from Karataka Damanaka Indu Nagaraj – "Chinnamma" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Shivani Swamy – "Ella Maathannu Onde Baari" from Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe Srilakshmi Belmannu – "Radhe" from Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali Vaish – "I Love You" from Bheema
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
*Gowrishankar SRG – Kerebete* as Naga**	*Ankita Amar – Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali* as Anahita Madhumita Banarjee**

Best Film	Best Director
Manjummel Boys – Soubin Shahir, Babu Shahir and Shawn Antony, producers Bramayugam – Chakravarthy Ramachandra, S. Sasikanth and Victor Prabhakaran, producers Aadujeevitham – Blessy, K. G. Abraham and K. C. Eapen, producers Aattam – Ajith Joy, producer Premalu – Fahadh Faasil, Dileesh Pothan and Syam Pushkaran, producers Aavesham – Fahadh Faasil, Nazriya Nazim and Anwar Rasheed, producers Kishkindha Kaandam – Joby George, producer Prabhayay Ninachathellam – Thomas Hakim and Julian Graff, producers Ullozhukku – Ronnie Screwvala, Honey Trehan and Abhishek Chaubey, producers	Rahul Sadasivan – Bramayugam Jithu Madhavan – Aavesham Jithin Laal – ARM Chidambaram – Manjummel Boys Dinjith Ayyathan – Kishkindha Kaandam Blessy – Aadujeevitham Anand Ekarshi – Aattam Christo Tomy – Ullozhukku Payal Kapadia – Prabhayay Ninachathellam
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Mammootty – Bramayugam* as Koduman Potti / Chathan** Asif Ali – Kishkindha Kaandam as Ajay Chandran Basil Joseph – Sookshmadarshini as Manuel Fahadh Faasil – Aavesham as Ranjith Gangadharan / Ranga Prithviraj Sukumaran – Aadujeevitham as Najeeb Muhammad Tovino Thomas – ARM as Maniyan / Ajayan / Kunjikelu	*Urvashi – Ullozhukku* as Leelamma** Mamitha Baiju – Premalu as Reenu Roy Nazriya Nazim – Sookshmadarshini as Priyadarshini Antony Divya Prabha – Prabhayay Ninachathellam as Anu Kani Kusruti – Prabhayay Ninachathellam as Prabha Parvathy Thiruvothu – Ullozhukku as Anju Zarin Shihab – Aattam as Anjali
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Vijayaraghavan – Kishkindha Kaandam* as K. Appu Pillai** Arjun Ashokan – Bramayugam as Thevan / Chathan Kunchacko Boban – Bougainvillea as Dr. Royce John Sidharth Bharathan – Bramayugam as Potti's illicit son and cook K R Gokul – Aadujeevitham as Hakim Jagadish – Vaazha: Biopic of a Billion Boys as Vishwam's father	*Lijomol Jose – Her* as Abhinaya** Abhinaya – Pani as Gowri Aparna Balamurali – Kishkindha Kaandam as Aparna Pooja Mohanraj – Aavesham as Beauty Surabhi Lakshmi – ARM as Manikyam Vani Viswanath – Rifle Club as Ittiyanam
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Sushin Shyam – Aavesham Amrith Ramnath – Varshangalkku Shesham A. R. Rahman – Aadujeevitham Christo Xavier – Sookshmadarshini Dhibu Ninan Thomas – ARM Sankar Sharma – Jai Ganesh Sushin Shyam – Bougainvillea	Rafeeq Ahamed – "Periyone" from Aadujeevitham Manu Manjith – "Angu Vaana Konilu" from ARM P. S. Rafeeque – "Madhabhara" from Malaikottai Vaaliban Santhosh Varma – "Orupaadu Paaduvan" from Jai Ganesh Vaishak Sugunan – "Jeevithagaadhakale" from Varshangalkku Shesham Vinayak Sasikumar – "Gandharva Ganam" from Rifle Club Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Madhu Pakaroo" from Varshangalkku Shesham
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Jithin Raj – "Periyone" from Aadujeevitham Amrith Ramnath – "Nyabagam" from Varshangalkku Shesham K. S. Harisankar – "Kiliye" from ARM Madhu Balakrishnan – "Orupaadu Paaduvan" from Jai Ganesh Vijay Yesudas – "Omane" from Aadujeevitham Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Madhu Pakaroo" from Varshangalkku Shesham	Vaikom Vijayalakshmi – "Angu Vanna Konile" from ARM Madhuvanthi Narayanan – "Maravikale" from Bougainvillea Mary Anna – "Sthuthi" from Bougainvillea Mridula Warrier – "Mandhara Malarin" from Anand Sreebala Nithya Mammen – "Ee Vazhikalil" from Kummattikkali Preeti Pillai – "Mathabhara" from Malaikottai Vaaliban Shweta Mohan – "Gandharva" from Rifle Club Sithara Krishnakumar – "Pande Nenchil" from Once Upon a Time in Kochi
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
*Asif Ali – Kishkindha Kaandam* as Ajay Chandran Prithviraj Sukumaran – Aadujeevitham as Najeeb Muhammad**	*Zarin Shihab – Aattam* as Anjali**

Best Film	Best Director
Amaran – Kamal Haasan, R. Mahendran and Vivek Krishnani, producers Kottukkaali – Sivakarthikeyan and Kalai Arasu, producers Lubber Pandhu – S. Lakshman Kumar and A. Venkatesh, producers Maharaja – Jagadish Palaniswamy and Sudhan Sundaram, producers Meiyazhagan – Suriya and Jyothika, producers Vaazhai – Mari Selvaraj and Divya Mari Selvaraj, producers	PS Vinothraj – Kottukkaali Rajkumar Periasamy – Amaran C. Prem Kumar – Meiyazhagan Mari Selvaraj – Vaazhai Nithilan Saminathan – Maharaja Pa. Ranjith – Thangalaan
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Sivakarthikeyan – Amaran* as Major Mukund Varadarajan** Arvind Swamy – Meiyazhagan as Arulmozhi V R Dinesh – Lubber Pandhu as Poomalai / Gethu Vikram – Thangalaan as Thangalaan Muni / Kaadaiyan / Arasan "Aaran" / Adhi Muni / Naga Muni Dhanush – Captain Miller as Analeesan "Easa" / Captain Miller Soori – Garudan as Sokkan Vijay Sethupathi – Maharaja as Maharaja	*Sai Pallavi – Amaran* as Indu Rebecca Varghese** Anna Ben – Kottukkaali as Meena Keerthy Suresh – Raghu Thatha as Kayalvizhi Pandian Simran – Andhagan as Simi Sri Gouri Priya – Lover as Divya Shanmugam Urvashi – J Baby as J Baby
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Karthi – Meiyazhagan* as Meiyazhagan** Anurag Kashyap – Maharaja as Selvam Bobby Deol – Kanguva as Udhiran Kaali Venkat – Lubber Pandhu as Karuppaiya Shantanu Bhagyaraj – Blue Star as Rajesh	*Parvathy Thiruvothu – Thangalaan* as Gengammal Swasika – Lubber Pandhu as Yasodhai** Dushara Vijayan – Raayan as Durga Nikhila Vimal – Vaazhai as Poongodi Priya Anand – Andhagan as Julie
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
G. V. Prakash Kumar – Amaran A. R. Rahman – Raayan Anirudh Ravichander – Vettaiyan Santhosh Narayanan – Vaazhai Sean Roldan – Lubber Pandhu	Uma Devi K – "Yaaro Ivan Yaaro" from Meiyazhagan Karthik Netha – "Hey Minnale" from Amaran Mohan Rajan – "Aasa Orave" from Lubber Pandhu Vivek – "Uyirey" from Amaran
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Haricharan – "Hey Minnale" from Amaran Kapil Kapilan – "Vennilavu Saaral" from Amaran Pradeep Kumar – "Chillanjirukkiye" from Lubber Pandhu Sanjay Subrahmanyan – "Manasula" from Viduthalai 2 Sid Sriram – "Thaaye Thaaye" from Maharaja Vijay Narain – "Poraen Naa Poraen" from Meiyazhagan	Shweta Mohan – "Hey Minnale" from Amaran Ananya Bhat – "Manasula" from Viduthalai 2 Dhee – "Thenkizhakku" from Vaazhai Ganavya – "Oh Raaya" from Raayan Sakthisree Gopalan – "Thaensudare" from Lover
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
*Arvind Swamy – Meiyazhagan* as Arulmozhi Varman**	*Anna Ben – Kottukkaali* as Meena**

Best Film	Best Director
Pushpa 2: The Rule – Naveen Yerneni and Y. Ravi Shankar, producers 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu – Srujan Yarabolu and Siddharth Rallapalli, producers Committee Kurrollu – Padmaja Konidela and Jayalakshmi Adapaka Hanu-Man – K. Niranjan Reddy, producer Kalki 2898 AD – C. Aswini Dutt, producer Lucky Baskhar – Suryadevara Naga Vamsi and Sai Soujanya, producers	Sukumar – Pushpa 2: The Rule Nag Ashwin – Kalki 2898 AD Nanda Kishore Emani – 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu Prasanth Varma – Hanu-Man Venky Atluri – Lucky Baskhar Yadhu Vamsi – Committee Kurrollu
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Allu Arjun – Pushpa 2: The Rule* as Pushpa Raj** Dulquer Salmaan – Lucky Baskhar as Baskhar Kumar N. T. Rama Rao Jr. – Devara: Part 1 as Devara / Vara Nani – Saripodhaa Sanivaaram as Surya Siddhu Jonnalagadda – Tillu Square as Bala Gangadhar Tilak Teja Sajja – Hanu-Man as Hanumanthu	*Nivetha Thomas – 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu* as Bala Saraswati** Anupama Parameswaran – Tillu Square as Lilly Joseph Ashika Ranganath – Naa Saami Ranga as Varalakshmi Meenakshi Chaudhary – Lucky Baskhar as Sumathi Priyanka Mohan – Saripodhaa Sanivaaram as Charulatha Rashmika Mandanna – Pushpa 2: The Rule as Srivalli
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Amitabh Bachchan – Kalki 2898 AD* as Ashwatthama** Dhananjaya – Zebra as Aditya Devaraj Fahadh Faasil – Pushpa 2: The Rule as Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat Satya – Mathu Vadalara 2 as Yesu Das S. J. Surya – Saripodhaa Sanivaaram as R. Dayanand Vinay Rai – Hanu-Man as Michael / Mega Man	*Anjali – Gangs of Godavari* as Rathnamala** Faria Abdullah – Mathu Vadalara 2 as Nidhi Rashi Singh – Prasanna Vadanam as Vaidehi Sharanya Pradeep – Ambajipeta Marriage Band as Padma Shraddha Srinath – Mechanic Rocky as Apsara / Maya Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Hanu-Man as Anjamma
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Devi Sri Prasad – Pushpa 2: The Rule Anirudh Ravichander – Devara: Part 1 Chaitan Bharadwaj – Harom Hara G. V. Prakash Kumar – Lucky Baskhar Gowra Hari, Anudeep Dev, Krishna Saurabh – Hanu-Man Jakes Bejoy – Saripodhaa Sanivaaram Thaman S – Guntur Kaaram	Ramajogayya Sastry – "Chuttamalle" from Devara: Part 1 Krishna Kanth – "Aa Rojulu Malli Raavu" from Committee Kurrollu Ramajogayya Sastry – "Dum Masala" from Guntur Kaaram Ramajogayya Sastry – "Kurchi Madathapetti" from Guntur Kaaram Sri Mani – "Srimathi Garu" from Lucky Baskhar
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Sri Krishna – "Kurchi Madathapetti" from Guntur Kaaram Anirudh Ravichander – "The Fear Song" from Devara: Part 1 Anurag Kulkarni – "Suttamla Soosi" from Gangs of Godavari Arijit Singh – "Anuvanuvu" from Om Bheem Bush Gowra Hari – "Poolamme Pilla" from Hanu-Man Ram Miriyala – "Sufiyana" from Aay Sanjith Hegde – "Dum Masala" from Guntur Kaaram	Shilpa Rao – "Chuttamalle" from Devara: Part 1 Mangli – "Gulledu Gulledu" from Mechanic Rocky Shreya Ghoshal – "Sooseki" from Pushpa 2: The Rule Usha Uthup – "Title Track" from Lucky Baskhar
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
*Teja Sajja – Hanu-Man* as Hanumanthu**	*Kajal Aggarwal – Satyabhama* as Satyabhama IPS**

Nominations	Film
10	Amaran
8	Aadujeevitham
8	Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi
7	ARM
	Bheema
	Hanu-Man
	Lucky Baskhar
	Lubber Pandhu
	Pushpa 2: The Rule
6	Blink
6	Meiyazhagan
5	Aavesham
	Bramayugam
	Guntur Kaaram
	Kishkindha Kaandam
	Maharaja
	Varshangalkku Shesham
	Vaazhai
4	Bagheera
	Bougainvillea
	Kerebete
	Prabhayay Ninachathellam
	Saripodhaa Sanivaaram
	Shakhahaari
	Ullozhukku
3	35 Chinna Katha Kaadu
	Aattam
	Committee Kurrollu
	Hadinelentu
	Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali
	Kalki 2898 AD
	Kottukkaali
	Photo
	Rifle Club
	Sookshmadarshini
	Thangalaan
2	Andhagan
	Gangs of Godavari
	Jai Ganesh
	Karataka Damanaka
	Lover
	Malaikottai Vaaliban
	Manjummel Boys
	Maryade Prashne
	Mathu Vadalara 2
	Mechanic Rocky
	Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe
	Premalu
	Raayan
	Roopanthara
	Viduthalai 2

70th Filmfare Awards South

Main awards

Kannada cinema

Malayalam cinema

Tamil cinema

Telugu cinema

Technical awards

Special awards

Superlatives

Presenters and performers

Notes

References

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Lifetime Achievement Award
Sreenivasan^[a]
Sreekumaran Thampi
Critics Best Film (Director)
Lucky Baskhar (Telugu) – Venky Atluri
Meiyazhagan (Tamil) – C. Prem Kumar
Ullozhukku (Malayalam) – Christo Tomy Kishkindha Kaandam (Malayalam) – Dinjith Ayyathan
Blink (Kannada) – Srinidhi Bengaluru
Best Debut Director
Yadhu Vamsi (Telugu) – Committee Kurrollu
Suresh Mari (Tamil) – J Baby Tamizharasan Pachamuthu (Tamil) – Lubber Pandhu
Jithin Laal (Malayalam) – ARM Joju George (Malayalam) – Pani
Best Male Debut
*Sandeep Saroj (Telugu) – Committee Kurrollu* as Shiva**
*Hridhu Haroon (Tamil) – Thugs* as Sethu Padmakumar**
Abhimanyu Shammy Thilakan *(Malayalam) – Marco* as Russell Isaac K. R. Gokul (Malayalam) – Aadujeevitham as Hakim**
Samarjit Lankesh *(Kannada) – Gowri* as Raja / Gowri**
Best Female Debut
*Nayan Sarika (Telugu) – Aay* as "Funk" Pallavi**
*Sri Gouri Priya (Tamil) – Lover* as Divya Shanmugam**
Methil Devika *(Malayalam) – Kadha Innuvare* as M. S. Lekshmi**
*Bindu Shivaram (Kannada) – Kerebete* as Meena**
Outstanding Performance
*Vikram (Tamil) – Thangalaan* as Thangalaan Muni / Kaadaiyan / Arasan "Aaran" / Adhi Muni / Naga Muni**
Breakthrough In Filmmaking
Anand Ekarshi (Malayalam) – Aattam
Cine Icon Award
Bhavana