68th Filmfare Awards South

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 2022 along with special honours for lifetime contributions and few special awards. Since the ceremony was not held in person in 2023, the nominations and winners were announced digitally on 11 July 2024.

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 (9)
Most nominations	RRR and Sita Ramam (13)

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Main awards

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Kantara – Vijay Kiragandur, producer 777 Charlie – G. S. Gupta and Rakshit Shetty, producers Dollu – Apeksha Purohit and Pavan Wadeyar, producers KGF: Chapter 2 – Vijay Kiragandur, producer Taledanda – Hema Malini Krupakar, producer Vedha – Geeta Shivarajkumar, producer Vikrant Rona – Jack Manjunath, producer	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
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
Naveen Shankar – Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage as Aadi	Sapthami Gowda – Kantara as Leela

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Nna Thaan Case Kodu – Kunchacko Boban, Santhosh T. Kuruvilla and Sheril Rachel Santhosh, producers Ariyippu – Kunchako Boban, Mahesh Narayanan and Shebin Backer, producers Hridayam – Visakh Subramaniam, producer Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey – Ganesh Menon, Lakshmi Warrier, producers Jo and Jo – Adarsh Narayan, Anumod Bose, Harris Desom and P. B. Anish, producers Puzhu – S. George, producer Saudi Vellakka – Sandip Senan, producer	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 Rowther Navya Nair – Oruthee as C. K. Radhamani Nithya Menen – 19(1)(a) Revathi – Bhoothakaalam as Asha
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Indrans – Udal as Kuttichayan Alencier Ley Lopez – Appan 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
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
Alencier Ley Lopez – Appan as Ittychan	Revathi – Bhoothakaalam as Asha

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Ponniyin Selvan: I – Mani Ratnam and Subaskaran Allirajah, producers Gargi – Aishwarya Lekshmi, Gautham Ramachandran, Thomas George and Ravichandran Ramachandran, producers Iravin Nizhal – Anshu Prabhakar, Bala Swaminathan, Caldwell Velnambi, Pinchi Srinivasan, Ranjith Dhandapani and R. Parthiban, producers Kadaisi Vivasayi – M. Manikandan, producer Rocketry: The Nambi Effect – R. Madhavan, Sarita Madhavan, Varghese Moolan and Vijay V. Moolan, producers Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu – Ishari K. Ganesh, producer Vikram – Kamal Haasan and R. Mahendran, producers	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
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
R. Madhavan – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect as Nambi Narayanan Dhanush – Thiruchitrambalam as Thiruchitrambalam Jr.	Nithya Menen – Thiruchitrambalam as Shobana

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
RRR – D. V. V. Danayya, producer Bimbisara – Kosaraju Harikrishna, producer DJ Tillu – Suryadevara Naga Vamsi, producer Karthikeya 2 – Abhishek Agarwal and T. G. Viswa Prasad, producers Major – Anurag Reddy, Mahesh Babu, Namrata Shirodkar and Sharath Chandra, producers Sita Ramam – C. Aswani Dutt, producer	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
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
Dulquer Salmaan – Sita Ramam as Ram	Sai Pallavi – Virata Parvam as Vennela

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

Critics Best Film (Director)
Sita Ramam (Telugu) – Hanu Raghavapudi
Kadaisi Vivasayi (Tamil) – M. Manikandan
Ariyippu (Malayalam) – Mahesh Narayanan
Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage (Kannada) – Sridhar Shikaripura
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
13	RRR
	Sita Ramam
12	Kantara
	Ponniyin Selvan: I
7	DJ Tillu
	Thiruchitrambalam
	Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu
6	KGF: Chapter 2
	Vikram
	Vedha
5	777 Charlie
	Bheemla Nayak
	Iravin Nizhal
	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey
	Major
	Meri Awas Suno
	Nna Thaan Case Kodu
	Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
	Virata Parvam
4	Ariyippu
	Gargi
	Kadaisi Vivasayi
	Love Today
	Monsoon Raaga
	Saudi Vellakka
	Taledanda
	Vikrant Rona
3	Aaraattu
	Ante Sundaraniki
	Appan
	Bheeshma Parvam
	Bhoothakaalam
	Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage
	Gaalipata 2
	Hridayam
	Jana Gana Mana
	Jo and Jo
	Kumari
	Malayankunju
	Malikappuram
	Pathonpatham Noottandu
	Puzhu
	Signature
2	Banaras
	Beast
	Dollu
	Godfather
	Karthikeya 2
	Masooda
	Rorschach
	Saani Kaayidham
	Sakutumba Sametha
	Thallumaala
	Oke Oka Jeevitham

Films with multiple awards

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

External links

• Filmfare Official Website
• 68th Filmfare Awards South 2023