51st Filmfare Awards South explained

Number:	51
Award:	Filmfare Awards South
Award Link:	Filmfare Awards South
Date:	12 June 2004
Site:	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Last:	50th
Next:	52nd

The 51st Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in films released 2003, is an event that was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, 12 June 2004.The awards were distributed at Chennai.

Main awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Kannada cinema

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Paris Pranaya	P. A. Arun Prasad – Kiccha
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Sudeep – Swathi Muthu	Meena – Swathi Muthu
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
R. P. Patnaik – Excuse Me

Malayalam cinema

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Manassinakkare	Sathyan Anthikad – Manassinakkare
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Jayaram – Manassinakkare	Meera Jasmine – Kasthooriman
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Ilaiyaraja – Manassinakkare

Tamil cinema

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Pithamagan Anbe Sivam Dhool Kaaka Kaaka Kadhal Kondein Saamy	Bala – Pithamagan Dharani - Dhool Gautham Vasudev Menon - Kaaka Kaaka Hari - Saamy Selvaraghavan - Kadhal Kondein
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Vikram – Pithamagan Dhanush - Kadhal Kondein Kamal Haasan - Anbe Sivam Suriya - Kaaka Kaaka Vikram - Saamy	Laila – Pithamagan Jyothika - Kaaka Kaaka Jyothika - Dhool Sneha - Parthiban Kanavu Simran - Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Supporting Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Supporting Actress
Suriya - Pithamagan R. Madhavan - Anbe Sivam Prakash Raj - Chokka Thangam	Sangeeta - Pithamagan Reemma Sen - Dhool Sridevi Vijayakumar - Priyamana Thozhi
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Comedian	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Villain
Vivek - Saamy	Jeevan- Kaaka Kaaka
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Harris Jayaraj – Kaaka Kaaka A. R. Rahman - Boys Vidyasagar - Dhool Ilaiyaraaja - Pithamagan Harris Jayaraj - Saamy

Telugu cinema

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Okkadu Aithe Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi Vasantham	Gunasekhar – Okkadu S. S. Rajamouli - Simhadri Rasool Ellore - Okariki Okaru Puri Jagannadh - Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Mahesh Babu – Okkadu Mahesh Babu – Nijam Jr. NTR - Simhadri Chiranjeevi - Tagore Nandamuri Harikrishna - Seetayya	Asin – Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi Asin - Sivamani Bhoomika Chawla - Missamma Sridevi Vijayakumar - Ninne Istapaddanu
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Supporting Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Supporting Actress
Prakash Raj - Tagore Shashank - Aithe Prakash Raj - Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi Krishnam Raju - Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu	Jayasudha - Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi Talluri Rameshwari - Nijam Kalyani - Vasantham Sindhu Tolani - Aithe
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Ali - Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi Venu Madhav - Dil Satyam Rajesh - Satyam M. S. Narayana - Ottesi Cheputunna	Pawan Malhotra- Aithe Mukesh Rishi - Seetayya Prakash Raj - Okkadu Rahul Dev - Simhadri
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Mani Sharma – Okkadu M. M. Keeravani - Gangotri Chakri - Satyam S. A. Rajkumar - Vasantham

Technical Awards

Best Choreography Brinda – from Kaaka Kaaka	Best Cinematography R. D. Rajasekhar – Kaaka Kaaka

Special awards

Special Jury Award Anbe Sivam - Tamil film	Lifetime Achievement K. J. Yesudas Vijayashanti	Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut - South Vishnu Manchu - Vishnu	Best Male Playback Singer Chakri - Satyam

References

General

• 51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare Award winners