The 65th Filmfare awards (South), held in Hyderabad on Saturday, was all glitz and glamour, with many celebrities from the four south Indian film industries in attendance.
In Tollywood, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion swept the awards, with eight honours. Directed by SS Rajamouli, the Baahubali 2 won him the award for Best Director. Vijay Devarakonda won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for Arjun Reddy while Sai Pallavi won the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) for Fidaa.
In Kollywood, Vikram Vedha bagged four awards, with Pushkar Gayatri winning the award for Best Director and Vijay Sethupathi bagging the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male). Nayanthara won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) for Aramm.
In Mollywood, Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum won big, bagging four out of the 12 honours. For the film, Dileesh Pothan won the award for Best Director and Fahadh Faasil for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male). Parvathy won the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) for Take Off.
In Sandalwood, Tarun Sudhir won the award for Best Director for Chowka. Puneet Rajkumar bagged the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for Rajakumara. Shruthi Hariharan won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) for Beautiful Manasugalu.
I won!! Thank you @filmfare pic.twitter.com/1HRxw32oHQ
— Rana Daggubati (@RanaDaggubati) June 16, 2018
My first FILMFARE!! Thank you to the jury for this honour :) Grateful always to @arrahman Sir for believing in me with "Vaan", His team at Panchathan and Team Kaatru Veliyidai. Mom, Dad, Ash and Bhuvi, and my friends and fans n Bappa: THANK you, Love you#FilmfareAwardsSouth2018 pic.twitter.com/bM3cUOzt54
— Shashaa Tirupati (@sashasublime) June 16, 2018
At the 65th @Filmfare South Awards Red Carpet! Thank you @SSHOMME for this outfit #FilmfareAwardsSouth2018 pic.twitter.com/pC4NKBPm4q
— ARMAAN MALIK (@ArmaanMalik22) June 16, 2018
— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) June 16, 2018
.@TheDeverakonda bags the award for the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for #ArjunReddy at the 65th #JioFilmfareAwards (South). pic.twitter.com/cNHLpYLkfI
— Filmfare (@filmfare) June 16, 2018
Here’s presenting our Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) #SaiPallavi for the 65th #JioFilmfareAwards (South). pic.twitter.com/z888nCl9Nt
— Filmfare (@filmfare) June 16, 2018
Watch this heartwarming acceptance speech of @ActorMadhavan after winning the Best Actor (Critics) award for Vikram Vedha at the 65th #JioFilmfareAwrds (South) pic.twitter.com/f3ndBLh8NY
— Filmfare (@filmfare) June 16, 2018
Pretty pretty! @priyamani6, @Advani_Kiara and @LakshmiManchu at the 65th #JioFilmfareAwards (South) 2018. pic.twitter.com/6gc7F504K8
— Filmfare (@filmfare) June 16, 2018
Dashing duo! @RanaDaggubati and @TheDeverakonda are all smiles at the 65th #JioFilmfareAwards (South) 2018. pic.twitter.com/K6owRVDDEM
— Filmfare (@filmfare) June 16, 2018
All smiles! @Chinmayi @23_rahulr and @sundeepkishan at the red carpet of the 65th #JioFilmfareAwards (South). pic.twitter.com/lzFhteg1Ou
— Filmfare (@filmfare) June 16, 2018
Here is the full list of awardees:
Best film
Telugu - Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
Tamil - Aramm
Malayalam - Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Kannada - Ondu Motteya Kathe
Best Actor (Male) - Critics
Telugu - Venkatesh (Garu)
Tamil - Karthi (Theeran Adigaram Ondru) and R Madhavan (Vikram Vedha)
Malayalam - Tovino Thomas (Mayaanadhi)
Kannada - Dhananjaya (Allama)
Best Actor (Female) - Critics
Telugu - Ritika Singh (Guru)
Tamil - Aditi Balan (Aruvi)
Malayalam - Manju Warrier (Udaranam Sujatha)
Kannada - Shraddha Srinath (Operation Allemellama)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)
Telugu - Vijay Deverakonda (Arjun Reddy)
Tamil - Vijay Sethupathy (Vikram Vedha)
Malayalam - Fahaad Faasil (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
Kannada - Puneet Rajkumar – (Rajakumara)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)
Telugu - Sai Pallavi (Fidaa)
Tamil - Nayanthara (Aramm)
Malayalam - Parvathy (Take Off)
Kannada - Shruthi Hariharan (Beautiful Manasugalu)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Telugu - Rana Daggubati (Baahubali 2: The Conclusion)
Tamil - Prasanna (Thiruttupayale 2)
Malayalam - Alencier (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
Kannada - P Ravishankar (College Kumar)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Telugu - Ramya Krishnan (Baahubali 2: The Conclusion)
Tamil - Nithya Menen (Mersal)
Malayalam - Shanthi Krishna (Njandukalude Nattil Oru Idavella)
Kannada - Bhavani Prakash (Urvi)
Best Music
Telugu - M M Keeravani (Baahubali 2: The Conclusion)
Tamil - AR Rahman (Mersal)
Malayalam - Rex Vijayan (Mayaanadhi)
Kannada - B J Bharath (Beautiful Manasugalu)
Best Lyrics
Telugu - M M Keeravani – Dandaalayyaa (Baahubali 2: The Conclusion)
Tamil - Vairamuthu – Vaan (Kaatru Veliyidai)
Malayalam - Anvar Ali – Mizhiyil Ninnu Mizhiyilekku (Mayanadhi)
Kannada - V Nagendra Prasad - Appa I Love You (Chowka)
Debut Awards
Best Debut (Male)
Vasanth Ravi – Taramani (Tamil)
Antony Varghese - Angamali Diaries (Malayalam)
Best Debut (Female)
Kalyani Priyadarshan – Hello (Telugu)
Aishwarya Lekshmi - Njandukalude Naatil Oridavela (Malayalam)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Telugu - Hemachandra – Oosupodhu (Fidaa)
Tamil - Anirudh Ravichander – Yaanji (Vikram Vedha)
Malayalam - Shabaz Aman - Mizhiyil ninnu mizhiyilekku (Mayaanadhi)
Kannada - Armaan Malik - Ondu Malebillu (Chakravarthi)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Telugu - Madhu Priya – Vachinde (Fidaa)
Tamil - Shashaa Tirupati – Vaan (Kaatru Veliyidai)
Malayalam - KS Chitra – Nadavaathil (Kambhoji)
Kannada - Anuradha Bhat - Appa I Love You (Chowka)
Lifetime Achievement Award - Kaikala Satyanarayana
Best Production Design - Sabu Cyril (Baahubali 2: The Conclusion)
Best Cinematographer - K K Senthil Kumar (Baahubali 2: The Conclusion)
Best Choreographer - Sekhar V J - Ammadu let us kummudu ( Khaidi No.150) & Vachchinde (Fidaa)