Filmfare Special Award – South Explained

The Filmfare Special Jury Award is given by the Filmfare Magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for South Indian films. It was decided on 17th Annual Filmfare Awards and started from 20th Annual Filmfare Awards held in 1973. It acknowledges a special and unique performance and encourages artistes, filmmakers and musicians to break new ground in drama, direction, music and acting. From 2011 Critics Award for Best Actor Started irregularly. In 2015 Critics Award for Best Actor & Best Actress become regularly in all four language.

Year	Recipient(s)		Film	Language	Refs
2009		Music director Actor Actor Actress	Oye! (for Outstanding Score) Savaari Bhramaram Eddelu Manjunatha	Telugu Kannada Malayalam Kannada	^[1]
2006		Actors	Legends (Honorary Award)	Telugu Malayalam	^[2]
2005		Music directors	Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Ghajini for outstanding background score	Telugu Tamil
2003		Producer	Anbe Sivam	Tamil	^[3]
2000		Actor	Kalisundam Raa	Telugu	^[4]
1999		Actor	Sethu	Tamil	^[5]
1998		Producer	Contributions	Telugu	^[6] ^[7]
1995		Child Actor	Sisindri	Telugu	^[8]
1986		Singer	For Outstanding Achievement as a Playback Singer	All South Indian languages	^[9] ^[10]
1985		Child Actor	Bettada Hoovu	Kannada	^[11]
1984		Actor	Bandhana	Kannada	^[12]
1983		Actress	Man Vasanai	Tamil	^[13]
1978		Actress	Panthulamma	Telugu	^[14]
1977		Actress	16 Vayathinile	Tamil	^[15]
1976		Actress Actor Actor Director	Siri Siri Muvva & Anthuleni Katha Excellent performance in Jyothi Various films Swapnadanam for Special Commendation Award	Telugu Telugu Malayalam Malayalam	^[16] ^[17] ^[18] ^[19] ^[20]
1975		Actress Director		Tamil Telugu	^[21] ^[22]
1974		Actress	Dheerga Sumangali	Tamil	^[23]
1974		Film	Rashi Brothers	Kannada
1973		Actor Producer	Nagarahavu Ulagam Sutrum Valiban for Excellent Production Values	Kannada Tamil	^[24] ^[25] ^[26] ^[27]
1972		Actress	Pandanti Kapuram	Telugu	^[28]

See also

• Filmfare Awards South

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ravi. Bhama Devi. South's best in spotlight. https://web.archive.org/web/20120612110912/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2010/08/08&PageLabel=4&EntityId=Ar00400&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T. dead. 12 June 2012. The Times of India. 20 July 2012.
2. Web site: Filmfare Awards presented. https://web.archive.org/web/20100130015438/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movietidbits/filmfareawards_aug0407.php. 2010-01-30. Telugucinema.com. 2009-08-05.
3. News: 51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare Award winners - Times of India. The Times of India.
4. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: Victory Venkatesh - Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014 - Hybiz.tv . YouTube. 3 June 2015 .
5. Web site: Filmfare - Print Edition. https://web.archive.org/web/20140218224739/http://downloads.movies.indiatimes.com/site/june2000/if3.html. 2014-02-18. 18 February 2014.
6. Web site: 46th Festival winners . ia601506.us.archive.org . JPG.
7. Web site: Filmfare awards presented at a dazzling function - The Times of India . 1999-04-25 . 2012-07-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725210323/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/%28docid%29/324A4A470734BB1E6525694000620184 . 25 July 2011 .
8. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: Britannia film fare awards 2016 hero akhil . YouTube. 19 June 2016 .
9. https://archive.org/download/34th-filmfare-south-winners/34th%20Filmfare%20South%20winners.jpg
10. https://archive.org/download/s.-p-balu-krishnam-raju-won-filmfare/S.P%20Balu%20Krishnam%20raju%20won%20Filmfare.jpg
11. Web site: 33rd Annual Filmfare Awards South . 17 November 2023 .
12. Web site: The Winner: 50th Manikchand Filmfare Awards 2002 - Filmfare - Indiatimes . filmfaremagazine.indiatimes.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040828123037/http://filmfaremagazine.indiatimes.com/articleshow.cms?msid=46891&right=1&fright=1&botlink=1 . 28 August 2004 . dead.
13. Web site: Filmfare Special Award Revathi. May 2018.
14. [26th Filmfare Awards South]
15. Web site: The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 26 November 1980. Google Books.
16. Web site: The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 26 November 1978. Times of India Press. Google Books.
17. Web site: 1976 Filmfare Telugu Winners . 15 November 2022 .
18. Web site: The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 26 November 1979. Google Books.
19. Web site: The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 26 November 1980. Google Books.
20. Web site: The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 26 November 1980. Google Books.
21. Web site: The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 26 November 1978. Times of India Press. Google Books.
22. https://ia601200.us.archive.org/27/items/sobhan-received-best-actor-award-for-jeevanajyoti/Sobhan%20received%20best%20actor%20award%20for%20Jeevanajyoti.jpg
23. Web site: The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Sir Stanley. Reed. 26 November 1980. Bennett, Coleman & Company. Google Books.
24. Web site: 21st Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners .
25. Web site: The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who . 1976 .
26. Web site: The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Sir Stanley. Reed. 26 November 1974. Bennett, Coleman & Company. Google Books.
27. Web site: The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Sir Stanley. Reed. 26 November 1974. Bennett, Coleman & Company. Google Books.
28. https://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&id=8cUQAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=+jamuna+kapuram