49th Filmfare Awards South explained

Number:	49
Award:	Filmfare Awards South
Award Link:	Filmfare Awards South
Date:	20 April 2002
Site:	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Most Wins:	Nuvvu Nenu (4; Telugu)
Most Nominations:	Huchcha (5; Kannada) Murari (5; Telugu)
Last:	48th
Next:	50th

The 49th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in films released 2001, is an event that held on 20 April 2002 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai.^{[1] [2] [3]} The awards were distributed at Chennai on 20 April 2002.^[1]

Multiple nominations and awards

Kannada

• Nominations
  • 5 nominations: Huchcha
  • 3 nominations: Vaalee
  • 2 nominations: Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu
  • 1 nomination: Nanna Preethiya Hudugi, Kotigobba, Kanasugara, Gattimela and Chithra

• Awards
  • 1 award: Huchcha, Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu, Nanna Preethiya Hudugi, Kanasugara and Chithra

Malayalam

• Nominations
  • 4 nominations: Meghamalhar and Uthaman
  • 2 nominations: Theerthadanam and Kattu Vannu Vilichappol
  • 1 nomination: Karumadikkuttan, Ravanaparabhu and Ishtam

• Awards
  • 2 awards: Meghamalhar
  • 1 award: Karumadikkuttan, Theerthadanam, and Ravanaparabhu

Tamil

• Nominations
  • 4 nominations: Aanandham and Kasi
  • 2 nominations: Nandha and Poovellam Un Vasam
  • 1 nomination: Friends, Pandavar Bhoomi, Aalavandhan and Minnale

• Awards
  • 3 awards: Minnale (including female debut and female playback singer)
  • 2 awards: Nandha (including cinematography)
  • 1 award: Aanandham, Pandavar Bhoomi, Kasi and Paarthale Paravasam (Choreography)

Telugu

• Nominations
  • 5 nominations: Murari
  • 4 nominations: Nuvvu Nenu and Narasimha Naidu
  • 3 nominations: Kushi
  • 1 nomination: Preminchu

• Awards
  • 4 awards: Nuvvu Nenu
  • 1 award: Kushi

Main awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Kannada cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Director
Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu Huchcha Vaalee	Nagathihalli Chandrashekar – Nanna Preethiya Hudugi S. Mahendar – Vaalee Om Prakash Rao – Huchcha
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Sudeep – Huchcha Ramesh Aravind – Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu Vishnuvardhan – Kotigobba	Prema – Kanasugara Rekha Vedavyas – Huchcha Shruthi – Gattimela
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Gurukiran – Chitra Rajesh Ramanath – Huchcha Rajesh Ramanath – Vaalee

Malayalam cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Director
Meghamalhar Theerthadanam Uthaman	Vinayan – Karumadikkuttan Anil Babu – Uthaman Kamal – Meghamalhar
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Jayaram – Theerthadanam Biju Menon – Meghamalhar Jayaram – Uthaman	Samyuktha Varma – Meghamalhar Chippy – Kattu Vannu Vilichappol Sindhu Menon – Uthaman
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Suresh Peters – Ravanaparabhu Mohan Sitara – Ishtam M. G. Radhakrishnan – Kattu Vannu Vilichappol

Tamil cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Director
Aanandham Friends Kasi	Cheran – Pandavar Bhoomi Bala – Nandha N. Lingusamy – Aanandham Vinayan - Kasi
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Vikram – Kasi Ajith Kumar – Poovellam Un Vasam Kamal Haasan – Aalavandhan	Laila – Nandha Devayani – Aanandham Jyothika – Poovellam Un Vasam
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Harris Jayaraj – Minnale Ilaiyaraja – Kasi S. A. Rajkumar – Aanandham

Telugu cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Director
Nuvvu Nenu Kushi Murari	Teja – Nuvvu Nenu B. Gopal – Narasimha Naidu Krishna Vamsi – Murari
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Uday Kiran – Nuvvu Nenu Balakrishna Nandamuri – Narasimha Naidu Mahesh Babu – Murari Pawan Kalyan - Kushi	Bhoomika Chawla – Kushi Laya – Preminchu Sonali Bendre – Murari Simran - Narasimha Naidu
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
R. P. Patnaik – Nuvvu Nenu Mani Sharma – Narasimha Naidu Mani Sharma – Murari

Technical Awards

Best Choreography Lawrence – from Paarthale Paravasam	Best Cinematography R. Rathnavelu – Nandha

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement M. S. Viswanathan Dasari Narayana Rao	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South Reemma Sen - Minnale	Best Playback Singer Bombay Jayashri - Minnale

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References

General

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Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu wins Filmfare. The Times of India . 6 April 2002 . 11 October 2018.
2. Web site: 49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South . downloads.movies.indiatimes.com . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20130710024450/http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/south2001/winners.html . 10 July 2013 . dead.
3. Web site: 49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South . downloads.movies.indiatimes.com . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20130710070143/http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/south2001/tel_nom.html%23bas . 10 July 2013 . dead.
4. 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. live. 21 September 2012. The Times of India. 6 April 2002 .