Filmfare Awards South 2024: Vikram, Chithha, 2018 take top honours

The 69th SOBHA Filmfare Awards South 2024 was held in Hyderabad on Saturday evening (Aug 3), and many A-listers from the industry were in attendance. The awards honoured the best work in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam cinema released in 2023.

The awards ceremony washosted by Vindhya Vishaka, Sundeep Kishan and Faria Abdullah.

Tamil film Chithha emerged as the biggest winner of the night, bagging awards in the two major categories: Best Film, Best Director award as well as Best Actor Critics award. Superstar Vikram won Best Actor for Ponniyin Selvan Part 2.

In Telugu cinema, Balagam clinched the trophy for Best Film, with its director Venu Yeldandi, winning the Best Director award. Nani and Keerthy Suresh won the Best Actor awards for Dasara.

Meanwhile, in Kannada cinema, Daredevil Musthafa won Best Film.

Here is the full list of winners from Tamil cinema

Best Film – Chithha

Best Director – SU Arun Kumar - Chithha

Best Film Critics – Viduthalai Part 1, directed by Vetri Maaran

Best Actor in Leading Role (Male) – Vikram - Ponniyin Selvan 2

Best Actor Critics – Siddharth - Chithha

Best Actor in Leading Role (Female) – Nimisha Sajayan - Chithha

Here is the full list of winners from Telugu cinema

Best Film – Balagam

Best Director – Venu Yeldandi - Balagam

Best Film Critics – Baby, directed by Sai Rajesh

Best Actor in Leading Role (Male) – Nani - Dasara

Best Actor Critics – Prakash Raj (Ranga Maarthanda) and Naveen Polishetty (Miss Shetty, Mr Polishetty)

Best Actor in Leading Role (Female) – Keerthy Suresh (Dasara)

Best Actress Critics’– Vaishnavi Chaitanya (Baby)

Here is the full list of winners from Malayalam cinema

Best Film – 2018

Best Director – Jude Anthany Joseph - 2018

Best Film Critics – Kaathal The Core, directed by Jeo Baby

Best Actor in Leading Role (Male) – Mammootty - Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam

Best Actor Critics – Joju George - Iratta

Best Actor in Leading Role (Female) – Vincy Aloshius (Rekha)

Best Actress Critics’ – Jyotika - Kaathal The Core

Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) – Jagadish (Purusha Pretham)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) – Poornima Indrajith (Thuramukham), Anaswara Rajan (Neru)