The 70th Filmfare Awards South were held on February 22 at the Adlux Convention Centre in Kochi. The ceremony honoured films and talent from regional industries, including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema. While Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule dominated the Telugu category and Amaran emerged as a major winner in Tamil cinema, the maximum Malayalam honours went to Prithviraj’s Aadujeevitham. In the Kannada category, Shakhahaari won Best Film, while acting awards were presented to Srii Murali for Bagheera and Akshatha Pandavapura for Koli Esru.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEOBEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)ALLU ARJUN (PUSHPA 2: THE RULE)BEST ACTOR (CRITICS’)TEJA SAJJA (HANU-MAN)BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)NIVETHA THOMAS (35 CHINNA KATHA KAADU)BEST ACTRESS (CRITICS’)KAJAL AGGARWAL (SATYABHAMA)BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)AMITABH BACHCHAN (KALKI 2898 AD)BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)ANJALI (GANGS OF GODAVARI)BEST MUSIC ALBUMDEVI SRI PRASAD (PUSHPA 2: THE RULE)BEST LYRICSRAMJOGAYYA SASTRY (CHUTTAMALLE – DEVARA: PART 1)BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)SRI KRISHNA (KURCHI MADATHAPETTI – GUNTUR KAARAM)BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)SHILPA RAO (CHUTTAMALLE – DEVARA: PART 1)BEST DEBUT DIRECTORYADHU VAMSI (COMMITTEE KURROLLU)BEST DEBUT MALESANDEEP SAROJ (COMMITTEE KURROLLU)BEST DEBUT FEMALENAYAN SARIKA (GAM GAM GANESHA)BEST PRODUCTION DESIGNNITIN ZIHANI CHOUDHARY (KALKI 2898 AD)RAMAKRISHNA & MONIKA (PUSHPA 2: THE RULE)BEST CHOREOGRAPHYSEKHAR MASTER (KURCHI MADATHAPETTI – GUNTUR KAARAM)TamilBEST FILMAMARANBEST DIRECTORPS VINOTHRAJ (KOTTUKKAALI) and RAJKUMAR PERIASAMY (AMARAN)BEST FILM (CRITICS’)MEIYAZHAGAN (C. PREM KUMAR)BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)SIVAKARTHIKEYAN (AMARAN)BEST ACTOR (CRITICS’)ARAVIND SWAMI (MEIYAZHAGAN)BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)SAI PALLAVI (AMARAN)BEST ACTRESS (CRITICS’)ANNA BEN (KOTTUKKAALI)BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)KARTHI (MEIYAZHAGAN)Story continues below this adBEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)PARVATHY THIRUVOTHU (THANGALAAN) and SWASIKA (LUBBER PANDHU)BEST MUSIC ALBUMG V PRAKASH KUMAR (AMARAN)BEST LYRICSUMA DEVI (YAARO IVAN YAARO – MEIYAZHAGAN)BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)HARICHARAN (HEY MINNALE – AMARAN)BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)SHWETA MOHAN (HEY MINNALE- AMARAN)BEST DEBUT DIRECTORSURESH MARI (J BABY)TAMIZHARASAN PACHAMUTHU (LUBBER PANDHU)BEST DEBUT MALEHRIDHU HAROON (THUGS)BEST DEBUT FEMALESRI GOURI PRIYA (LOVER)BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYC.H. SAI (AMARAN)OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCEVIKRAM (THANGALAAN)KannadaBEST FILMSHAKHAHAARIBEST DIRECTORPRITHVI KONANUR (HADINELENTU)BEST FILM (CRITICS’)BLINK (SRINIDHI BENGALURU)BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)SRII MURALI (BAGHEERA)BEST ACTOR (CRITICS’)GOWRISHANKAR (KEREBETE)BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)AKSHATHA PANDAVAPURA (KOLI ESRU)BEST ACTRESS (CRITICS’)ANKITA AMAR (IBBANI TABBIDA ILEYALI)BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)GOPAL KRISHNA DESHPANDE (BLINK)Story continues below this adBEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)PRIYA SHATAMARSHAN (BHEEMA)BEST MUSIC ALBUMARJUN JANYA (KRISHNAM PRANAYA SAKHI)BEST LYRICSV. NAGENDRA PRASAD (DWAPARA – KRISHNAM PRANAYA SAKHI)BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)JASKARAN SINGH (DWAPARA – KRISHNAM PRANAYA SAKHI)BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)SHRUTHI PRAHLADA (HITHALAKA KARIBYADA – KARATAKA DAMANAKA)BEST DEBUT MALESAMARJIT LANKESH (GOWRI)BEST DEBUT FEMALEBINDU SHIVARAM (KEREBETE)MalayalamBEST FILMMANJUMMEL BOYSBEST DIRECTORRAHUL SADASIVAN (BRAMAYUGAM)BEST FILM (CRITICS’)ULLOZHUKKU (CHRISTO TOMY) and KISHKINDHA KAANDAM (DINJITH AYYATHAN)BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)MAMMOOTTY (BRAMAYUGAM)Story continues below this adBEST ACTOR (CRITICS’)PRITHVIRAJ SUKUMARAN (AADUJEEVITHAM) and ASIF ALI (KISHKINDHA KAANDAM)BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)URVASHI (ULLOZHUKKU)BEST ACTRESS (CRITICS’)ZARIN SHIHAB (AATTAM)BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)VIJAYARAGHAVAN (KISHKINDHA KAANDAM)BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)LIJOMOL JOSE (HER)BEST MUSIC ALBUMSUSHIN SYAM (AAVESHAM)BEST LYRICSRAFEEQ AHAMMED (PERIYONE – AADUJEEVITHAM)BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)JITHIN RAJ (PERIYONE – AADUJEEVITHAM)BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)VAIKOM VIJAYALAKSHMI (ANGU VAANA KONILU – ARM)Story continues below this adBEST DEBUT DIRECTORJOJU GEORGE (PANI) and JITHIN LAAL (ARM)BEST DEBUT MALEK R GOKUL (AADUJEEVITHAM) and ABHIMANYU S THILAKAN (MARCO)BEST DEBUT FEMALEMETHIL DEVIKA (KADHA INNUVARE)BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYSUNIL K S (AADUJEEVITHAM)BREAKTHROUGH IN FILMMAKINGANAND EKARSHI (AATTAM)LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSREENIVASAN and SREEKUMARAN THAMPICINE ICON AWARDBHAVANA