The 69th SOBHA Filmfare Awards South 2024 was held in Hyderabad on Saturday evening (August 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.
Hosted by Vindhya Vishaka, Sundeep Kishan and Faria Abdullah, the 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 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)