56th Filmfare Awards South


The 56th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honored its selection of the best South Indian films of 2008 and was held on Friday, 31 July 2009, in Hyderabad, India.

Nominations

The nominees for the 56th Filmfare Awards were announced live on Monday, 16 June 2009, at 12:00 a.m. IST by Filmfare chief editors in Mumbai. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony scheduled to take place on 31 July 2009, in Hyderabad.
The Filmfare Best Film Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.
The award was first given in 1954. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer.

Multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations.

Kannada

Malayalam

Tamil

Telugu

Best FilmBest Director

  • Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi - Gamyam
  • * Bhaskar - Parugu
  • * Ravi Babu - Nachavule
  • * Srinu Vaitla - Ready
  • * Trivikram Srinivas - Jalsa
  • * V. V. Vinayak - Krishna
    • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Allu Arjun - Parugu
  • * NTR Jr - Kantri
  • * Pawan Kalyan - Jalsa
  • * Ram - Ready
  • * Ravi Teja - Krishna
  • Swathi - Ashta Chamma
  • * Ileana D'Cruz - Jalsa
  • * Kamalini Mukherjee - Gamyam
  • * Shweta Prasad - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
  • * Trisha Krishnan - Krishna
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Allari Naresh - Gamyam
  • * Brahmanandam - Ready
  • * Jagapati Babu - Kathanayakudu
  • * Prakash Raj - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
  • * Srinivas Avasarala - Ashta Chamma
  • Jayasudha - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
  • * Meera Jasmine - Gorintaku
  • * Parvati Melton - Jalsa
  • * Poonam Kaur - Souryam
  • * Tabu - Pandurangadu
    • Best Music DirectorBest Lyricist
  • Mickey J. Meyer - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
  • * Devi Sri Prasad - Jalsaa
  • * Mani Sharma - Kantri
  • * Sekhar Chandra - Nachavule
  • * Vishal–Shekhar - Chintakayala Ravi
  • Sirivennela Seetarama Sastri - "Entavaraku" - Gamyam
  • * Chandrabose - "Enduko" - Chintakayala Ravi
  • * Sirivennela Sitaramasastri - "Chalore Chalore" - Jalsaa
  • * Suddala Ashok Teja - "Matrudevobhava" - Pandurangadu
  • * Veturi Sundararama Murthy - "Vayassunamee" - Kantri
    • Best Male Playback SingerBest Female Playback Singer
  • Karthik - "Nijangaa Nenenaa" - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
  • * N. C. Karunya - "Andamaina Kalala" - Baladur
  • * Ranjith - "Entavaraku" - Gamyam
  • * S. P. Balasubrahmanyam - "Matrudevobhava" - Pandurangadu
  • * Saketh - "Nammavemo Ganee" - Parugu
  • Shweta Pandit - "Nenani Neevani" - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
  • * Geetha Madhuri - "Ninne Ninne" - Nachavule
  • * Sadhana Sargam - "Ninnenaa Nenu" - Salute
  • * Shreya Ghoshal - "Merupulaa" - Chintakayala Ravi
  • * Sunitha Upadrashta - "Vayassunamee" - Kantri

    • Other awards

  • Best Male Debutant: Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj - Sakkarakatti
  • Best Female Debutant: Meera Nandan - Mulla
  • Best Choreographer: Prem Rakshith - Kantri
  • Best Cinematographer:
    • S. Krishna - Haage Summane
    Chota K. Naidu - Kotha Bangaru Lokam