69th Filmfare Awards South: Check out the Complete List of Nominations

69th Filmfare Awards South: The anticipation for the 69th edition of the Filmfare Awards South is palpable as the nominees across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam cinema have been announced. Scheduled for August 3, 2024, in Hyderabad, this prestigious event promises to honour the best talents and films from the southern film industries. Let’s delve into the diverse categories and nominees that highlight the vibrant cinematic achievements of the year.

Here’s the Complete list of nominees for the 69th Filmfare Awards South

Telugu Cinema Nominees

Best Film

• Baby
• Balagam
• Dasara
• Hi Nanna
• Miss Shetty, Mr. Polishetty
• Samajavaragamana
• Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire

Best Director

• Anil Ravipudi (Bhagavanth Kesari)
• Karthik Dandu (Virupaksha)
• Prashanth Neel (Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire)
• Sai Rajesh (Baby)
• Shouryuv (Hi Nanna)
• Srikanth Odela (Dasara)
• Venu Yeldandi (Balagam)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)

• Anand Deverakonda (Baby)
• Balakrishna (Bhagavanth Kesari)
• Chiranjeevi (Waltair Veerayya)
• Dhanush (Sir)
• Nani (Dasara, Hi Nanna)
• Naveen Polishetty (Miss Shetty, Mr. Polishetty)
• Prakash Raj (Ranga Maarthaanda)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)

• Anushka Shetty (Miss Shetty, Mr. Polishetty)
• Keerthy Suresh (Dasara)
• Mrunal Thakur (Hi Nanna)
• Samantha (Shaakuntalam)
• Vaishnavi Chaitanya (Baby)

Best Music Album

• Baby (Vijay Bulganin)
• Balagam (Bheems Ceciroleo)
• Dasara (Santhosh Narayanan)
• Hi Nanna (Hesham Abdul Wahab)
• Kushi (Hesham Abdul Wahab)
• Waltair Veerayya (Devi Sri Prasad)

Best Lyrics

• Anantha Sriram (Gajju Bomma – Hi Nanna)
• Kasarla Shyam (Chamkeela Angeeles)
• P. Raghu ‘relare Rela’ (Lingi Lingi Lingidi – Kotabommali P.s)

Best Playback Singer (Male)

• Anurag Kulkarni (Samayama – Hi Nanna)
• Hesham Abdul Wahab (Kushi Title Song – Kushi)
• Pvns Rohit (Premisthunna – Baby)
• Ram Miriyala (Potti Pilla – Balagam)
• Sid Sriram (Aradhya – Kushi)
• Sreerama Chandra (O Rendu Prema Meghaalila – Baby)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

• Chinmayi Sripada (Aradhya – Kushi)
• Dhee (Chamkeela Angeelesi – Dasara)
• Mangli (Ooru Palleturu – Balagam)
• Shakthisree Gopalan (Ammaadi – Hi Nanna)
• Shweta Mohan (Mastaaru Mastaaru – Sir)

Tamil Cinema Nominees

Best Film

• Ayothi
• Chithha
• Maamannan
• Ponniyin Selvan Part-2
• Viduthalai Part-1

Best Director

• Madonne Ashwin (Maaveeran)
• Mani Ratnam (Ponniyin Selvan Part-2)
• Mari Selvaraj (Maamannan)
• S U Arun Kumar (Chithha)
• Vetri Maaran (Viduthalai Part-1)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)

• Siddharth (Chithha)
• Sivakarthikeyan (Maaveeran)
• Soori (Viduthalai Part-1)
• Vadivelu (Maamannan)
• Vikram (Ponniyin Selvan Part-2)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)

• Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Ponniyin Selvan Part-2)
• Aishwarya Rajesh (Farhana)
• Aparna Das (Dada)
• Bhavani Sri (Viduthalai Part-1)
• Nimisha Sajayan (Chithha)
• Shraddha Srinath (Irugapatru)
• Trisha (Ponniyin Selvan Part-2)

Best Music Album

• Chithha (Dhibu Neenan Thomas)
• Jailer (Anirudh Ravichander)
• Leo (Anirudh Ravichander)
• Ponniyin Selvan Part-2 (A. R. Rahman)
• Vaathi (Gv Prakash Kumar)
• Viduthalai Part-1 (Ilaiyaraaja)

Best Lyrics

• Ilango Krishnan (Aga Naga – Ponniyin Selvan Part-2)
• Ku Karthik (Nira – Takkar)
• Suka (Onnoda Nadandhaa – Viduthalai Part-1)

Best Playback Singer (Male)

• Anirudh Ravichander (Badass – Leo)
• Anirudh Ravichander (Hukum – Jailer)
• Haricharan (Chinnanjiru Nilave – Ponniyin Selvan Part-2)
• Sid Sriram And Gautham Vasudev Menon (Nira – Takkar)
• Vijay Yesudas (Nenjame Nenjame – Maamannan)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

• K.s.chithra And Harini (Veera Raja Veera – Ponniyin Selvan Part-2)
• Karthika Vaidyanathan (Kangal Edho – Chithha)
• Shakthisree Gopalan (Aga Naga – Ponniyin Selvan Part-2)
• Shreya Ghoshal (Ayisha Ayisha – Ayisha)

Kannada Cinema Nominees

Best Film

• 19.20.21
• Daredevil Musthafa
• Kaatera
• Kousalya Supraja Rama
• Sapta Sagaradaache Ello
• Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye

Best Director

• Hemanth M Rao (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello)
• Mansore (19.20.21)
• Nithin Krishnamurthy (Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare)
• Raj B. Shetty (Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye)
• Shashank Soghal (Daredevil Musthafa)
• Tharun Sudhir (Kaatera)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)

• Darshan (Kaatera)
• Nagabhushana (Tagaru Palya)
• Raj B. Shetty (Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye)
• Rakshit Shetty (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello)
• Shishir Baikady (Daredevil Musthafa)
• Shivarajkumar (Ghost)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)

• Akshatha Pandavapura (Pinki Elli)
• Amrutha Prem (Tagaru Palya)
• Milana Nagaraj (Kousalya Supraja Rama)
• Rukmini Vasanth (Sapta Sagaradaache Ello)
• Sindhu Srinivasamurthy (Aachar & Co.)
• Siri Ravikumar (Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye)

Best Music Album

• Kaatera (V Harikrishna)
• Kousalya Supraja Rama (Arjun Janya)
• Sapta Sagaradaache Ello (Charan Raj)
• Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye (Midhun Mukundan)
• Tagaru Palya (Vasuki Vaibhav)

Best Lyrics

• Daali Dhananjaya (Sambanja Annodu Doddu Kana – Tagaru Palya)
• Jayanth Kaikini (Preethisuve – Kousalya Supraja Rama)
• Pruthvi (Mellage – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye)

Best Playback Singer (Male)

• Kapil Kapilan (Nadhiye O Nadhiye – Sapta Sagaradaache Ello Side A)
• Ravindra Soragavi (Nodalagade Deva – Viratapura Viraagi)
• Sonu Nigam (Bombe Bombe – Kranti)
• Vasuki Vaibhav (Nondkobyaadve – Tagaru Palya)
• Vijay Prakash (Punyathma – Kaatera)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

• Madhuri Seshadri (Mellage – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye)
• Mangli (Pasandaagavne – Kaatera)
• Prithwi Bhat (Preethisuve – Kousalya Supraja Rama)
• Sangeetha Katti (Kaayo Shiva Kapaado Shiva – Pentagon)
• Shashwathi (Neenidare – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare)

Malayalam Cinema Nominees

Best Film

• 2018
• Iratta
• Kaathal-the Core
• Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
• Neru
• Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum
• Romancham

Best Director

• Jeethu Joseph (Neru)
• Jeo Baby (Kaathal-the Core)
• Jithu Madhavan (Romancham)
• Jude Anthany Joseph (2018)
• Krishand (Purusha Pretham)
• Lijo Jose Pellissery (Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam)
• Rohit Mg Krishnan (Iratta)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male)

• Biju Menon (Thankam)
• Joju George (Iratta)
• Mammootty (Kaathal- The Core, Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam)
• Nivin Pauly (Thuramukham)
• Prasanth Alexander (Purusha Pretham)
• Tovino Thomas (2018)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female)

• Anjana Jayaprakash (Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum)
• Jyothika (Kaathal- The Core)
• Kalyani Priyadarshan (Sesham Mike-il Fathima)
• Lena (Article 21)
• Manju Warrier (Ayisha)
• Navya Nair (Janaki Jaane)
• Vincy Aloshious (Rekha)

Best Music Album

• Ayisha (M Jayachandran)
• Jawanum Mullapoovum (4 Musics)
• Madhura Manohara Moham (Hesham Abdul Wahab)
• Mehfil (Deepankuran)
• Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum (Justin Prabhakaran)
• Rdx (Sam C S)
• Santhosham (P S Jayhari)

Best Lyrics

• Anwar Ali (Ennum En Kaaval – Kaathal- The Core)
• B K Harinarayanan (Ayisha Ayisha – Ayisha)
• Manu Manjith (Nin Koode Njan Illayo – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum)
• Muhsin Parari (Puthuthayorithu – Iratta)
• Vinayak Sasikumar (Januvariyile Then – Santhosham)

Best Playback Singer (Male)

• Arvind Venugopal (Oru Nokkil – Madhura Manohara Moham)
• K S Harishanker (Januvariyile Then Mazha – Santhosham)
• Kapil Kapilan (Neela Nilave – Rdx)
• Madhu Balakrishnan (Kanchana Kannezhuthi – Njanum Pinnoru Njanum)
• Shahabaz Aman (Puthuthayorithu – Iratta)
• Sooraj Santhosh (Maayunnuvo Pakale – Janaki Jaane)
• Vijay Yesudas (Onnu Thotte – Jawanum Mullappoovum)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

• K S Chithra (Ee Mazhamukilo – Jaladhara Pumpset Since 1962)
• K S Chithra (Muttathe Mulla – Jawanum Mullappoovum)
• Karthika Vaidyanathan (Neeyum Njaanum – Pazhanjan Pranayam)
• Madhuvanthi Narayan (Chembarathi Poo – Janaki Jaane)
• Nakshathra Santhosh (Vidaathe Vichaaram – Phoenix)
• Nithya Mammen (Mizhiyo Niraye – Dear Vaappi)
• Shreya Ghoshal (Ayisha Ayisha – Ayisha)

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