45th Filmfare Awards South explained

Number:	45
Award:	Filmfare Awards South
Award Link:	Filmfare Awards South
Date:	13 June 1998
Site:	Mammoth Kamraj Hall, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Last:	44th
Next:	46th

The 45th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema films released 1997, is an event that was held at the Mammoth Kamraj Hall, Madras 13 June 1998.The awards were distributed at Madras.

Main awards

Kannada cinema

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Amrutha Varshini^[1] ^[2] ^[3]	T. S. Nagabharana – Nagamandala
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Ramesh Aravind – Amrutha Varshini	Vijayalakshmi – Nagamandala^[4]
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Deva – Amrutha Varshini ^[5] ^[6]

Malayalam cinema

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Bhoothakkannadi	Jayaraj – Kaliyattam
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Mammootty – Bhoothakkannadi	Manju Warrier – Kaliyattam Aaraam Pathren
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri – Kaliyattam

Tamil cinema

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Iruvar	Cheran – Bharathi Kannamma
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R. Sarathkumar - Suryavamsam ^[7]	Meena – Bharathi Kannamma
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
A. R. Rahman – Minsara Kanavu

Telugu cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Director
Annamayya	K. Raghavendra Rao - Annamayya
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Nagarjuna – Annamayya	Vijayashanti - Osey Ramulamma
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Vandemataram Srinivas - Osey Ramulamma

Technical Awards

Best Choreography Brinda – from Preminchukundam Raa	Best Cinematography Santhosh Sivan – Iruvar	Best Playback Singer Mano - Pelli (for "Rukku Rukku Rukkumani")

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement S. Janaki Nedumudi Venu	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South Simran - Nerukku Ner, Once More, VIP

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Awards Presentation

• Brinda (Best Choreography) Received Award from Khushbu
• Mano (Best Playback Singer) Received Award from K. T. Kunjumon
• Simran (Best Debut) Received Award from Nagma
• B Jayshree Devi (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Priyadarshan
• Sibi Malayil Receives N. Krishnakumar Award (Best Film Malayalam) from G Venkateswaran
• V Doraiswamy Raju (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from Balu Mahendra
• P Henry (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Suresh Krishna
• T. S. Nagabharana (Best Director Kannada) Received Award from R B Chowdhry
• Jayaraj (Best Director Malayalam) Received Award from Parthiban
• K S Prakash Receives Raghavendra Rao Award (Best Director Telugu) from Suriya
• Cheran (Best Director Tamil) Received Award from Prabhu
• Deva (Best Music Director Kannada) Received Award from Gemini Ganeshan
• Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri (Best Music Director Malayalam) Received Award from Prashanth
• Vandemataram Srinivas (Best Music Director Telugu) Received Award from Vineeth
• A. R. Rahman (Best Music Director Tamil) Received Award from K. Balachander
• Vijayalakshmi (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from Shilpa Shetty
• Manju Warrier (Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award from Sonali Bendre
• Preity Zinta Receives Vijayashanti's Award (Best Actress Telugu) from Prabhu Deva
• Meena's Father Receives her award (Best Actress Tamil) from Jaya Prada
• Ramesh Aravind (Best Actor Kannada) Received Award from Boney Kapoor
• Dulquer Salman receives Mammootty's Award (Best Actor Malayalam) from Sridevi
• Nagarjuna (Best Actor Telugu) Received Award from Tabu and Akshay Kumar
• R. Sarathkumar (Best Actor Tamil) Received Award from Rekha and Karishma Kapoor

Notes and References

1. Web site: 45th Filmfare South Best Films Winners : Santosh : Free Download & St… . archive.org . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20170205065518/https://archive.org/details/45thFilmfareSouthBestFilmsWinners . 5 February 2017 . dead.
2. Web site: 45th Filmfare South Best Music Directors : Santosh : Free Download & … . archive.org . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20170205071128/https://archive.org/details/45thFilmfareSouthBestMusicDirectors . 5 February 2017 . dead.
3. Web site: 45th Filmfare Awards South Best Films : Santosh : Free Download & STR… . archive.org . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20170205064758/https://archive.org/details/45thFilmfareAwardsSouthBestFilms . 5 February 2017 . dead.
4. Web site: 45th Filmfare South Best Actresses : Santosh : Free Download & Stream… . archive.org . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20170205073121/https://archive.org/details/45thFilmfareSouthBestActresses . 5 February 2017 . dead.
5. Web site: 45th Annual Filmfare Best Kannada Music Director : Santosh : Free Dow… . archive.org . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20170205071917/https://archive.org/details/45thAnnualFilmfareBestKannadaMusicDirector . 5 February 2017 . dead.
6. Web site: Deva_won_filmfare__best_kannada_music_director : Santosh : Free Downl… . archive.org . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20170205073809/https://archive.org/details/DevawonfilmfarebestkannadamusicdirectorAmruthavarshini . 5 February 2017 . dead.
7. Book: Competition Science Vision . August 1998 . Pratiyogita Darpan Group . 17 October 2018 .
8. Web site: Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20120921025343/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-04-06/hyderabad/27122602_1_filmfare-film-award-actor-award. dead. 21 September 2012. The Times of India. 6 April 2002 .