53rd Filmfare Awards South explained

Number:	53
Award:	Filmfare Awards South
Award Link:	Filmfare Awards South
Site:	Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai, India
Last:	52nd
Next:	54th

The 53rd Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in films released 2005, is an event that was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai on 9 September 2006.

Main awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.^[1]

Kannada cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Director
Nenapirali Akash Amruthadhare Anna Thangi Jogi	Ratnaja – Nenapirali Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar – Amruthadhare Om Sai Prakash – Anna Thangi Prem – Jogi
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Prem Kumar – Nenapirali Puneeth Rajkumar – Akash Shivaraj Kumar – Jogi Sudeep – My Autograph Upendra – Auto Shankar	Vidya Venkatesh – Nenapirali Meena – My Autograph Radhika – Anna Thangi Ramya – Amruthadhare Shilpa Shetty – Auto Shankar
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Hamsalekha – Nenapirali

Malayalam cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Director
Achuvinte Amma	Blessy – Thanmathra
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Mohanlal – Thanmathra	Meera Jasmine – Achuvinte Amma
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Ilaiyaraaja – Achuvinte Amma

Tamil cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Director
Anniyan	Shankar – Anniyan A. R. Murugadoss – Ghajini
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Vikram – Anniyan Jiiva – Raam Sarath Kumar – Ayya Suriya – Ghajini	Asin – Ghajini Asin – Majaa Jyothika – Chandramukhi Meera Jasmine – Kasthuri Maan Sadha – Anniyan
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Supporting Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Supporting Actress
Rajkiran – Thavamai Thavamirundhu	Saranya Ponvannan – Thavamai Thavamirundhu
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Comedian	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Villain
Vadivelu – Chandramukhi	Prakash Raj – Sivakasi
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Lyricist
Harris Jayaraj – Anniyan	Vairamuthu – Anniyan Thamarai – Ghajini
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Male Playback Singer	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Female Playback Singer
Karthik – Ghajini	Binny Krishnakumar – Chandramukhi

Telugu cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Film^[2]	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Director
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Athadu Chhatrapati Sankranthi Super	Trivikram Srinivas – Athadu Muppalaneni Siva – Sankranthi Prabhudeva – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Puri Jagannadh – Super S. S. Rajamouli – Chhatrapati
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Siddharth – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Mahesh Babu – Athadu Nagarjuna – Super Prabhas – Chhatrapati Venkatesh – Sankranthi	Trisha – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Trisha – Athadu Charmee Kaur – Anukokunda Oka Roju Ayesha Takia – Super Shriya Saran – Chhatrapati
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Supporting Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Supporting Actress
Srihari – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Srihari – Mahanandi Srikanth – Sankranthi Shafi – Chhatrapati Jagapati Babu – Anukokunda Oka Roju	Neha Oberoi – Balu ABCDEFG Veda – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Anushka Shetty – Super Sangeetha – Sankranthi Bhanupriya – Chhatrapati
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Comedian	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Villain
Ali – Super Sunil – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Brahmanandam – Athadu Venu Madhav – Chhatrapati Venu Madhav – Athanokkade	Ashish Vidyarthi- Athanokkade Pradeep Rawat – Chhatrapati Arbaaz Khan – Jai Chiranjeeva Sayaji Shinde – Andhrudu Prakash Raj – Bunny
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Lyricist
Devi Sri Prasad – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Mani Sharma – Athadu M. M. Keeravani – Chhatrapati S. A. Rajkumar – Sankranthi Sandeep Chowta – Super	Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – Chakram "Jagamanta Kutumbam" Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana "Chandrullo unde" Chandrabose – Balu ABCDEFG "Inthe Inthinte" Sivasakthi Datta – Chhatrapati "Agni Skalana"
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Male Playback Singer	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Female Playback Singer
Shankar Mahadevan – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Sagar – Bunny "Jabilammavo" Karthik – Athadu "Pilichina" S.P. Balasubrahmanyam – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana "Ghal Ghal Ghal Ghal" M. M. Keeravani – Allari Bullodu "Trisha Achata Ichata" Tippu – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana "Something Something"	Smita – Anukokunda Oka Roju Malathy – Bunny "Jabilammavo" Shreya Ghoshal – Athadu "Pillagali Allari" Shreya Ghoshal – Modati Cinema "Neeke Nuvvu" Kavitha Krishnamurthy – Athadu "Pilichina" K. S. Chitra – Nireekshana "Manasa Manasa"

Technical Awards

Best Choreography Prabhudeva – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana	Best Cinematography Ravi Varman & V. Manikandan – Anniyan	Best Art Director Sabu Cyril – Anniyan	Best Editor Anthony Gonsalves – Ghajini'	Best Action Director Peter Hein – Anniyan

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Sukumari Thilakan	Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South Arya – Arinthum Ariyamalum	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South Padmapriya Janakiraman – Thavamai Thavamirundhu	Filmfare Award for Best Outstanding Background Score Harris Jayaraj – Ghajini Devi Sri Prasad – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana

References

General

• 53rd FAIR ONE FILMFARE SOUTH AWARDS

Notes and References

1. Web site: 53rd Annual South Filmfare Awards Winners . 2 May 2007 . 9 September 2006 . CineGoer.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070429030243/http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/september2006/filmfarewinners.htm . 29 April 2007 .
2. Web site: 53rd Annual Filmfare Awards-South Winners . 2 May 2007 . 9 September 2006 . CineGoer.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070429030243/http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/september2006/filmfarewinners.htm . 29 April 2007 .