53rd Filmfare Awards South

53rd Filmfare Awards South
53rd Filmfare Awards South
Site	Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai, India
	← 52nd; Filmfare Awards South; 54th →;

The 53rd Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of

Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai

on 9 September 2006.

Main awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.[1]

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Nenapirali Akash Amruthadhare Anna Thangi Jogi	Ratnaja – Nenapirali Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar – Amruthadhare Om Sai Prakash – Anna Thangi Prem – Jogi
Best Actor	Best Actress
Prem Kumar – Nenapirali Puneeth Rajkumar – Akash Shivaraj Kumar – Jogi Sudeep – My Autograph Upendra – Auto Shankar	Vidya Venkatesh – Nenapirali Meena – My Autograph Radhika – Anna Thangi Ramya – Amruthadhare Shilpa Shetty – Auto Shankar
Best Music Director
Hamsalekha – Nenapirali

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Achuvinte Amma	Blessy – Thanmathra
Best Actor	Best Actress
Mohanlal – Thanmathra	Meera Jasmine – Achuvinte Amma
Best Music Director
Ilaiyaraaja – Achuvinte Amma

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Anniyan	Shankar – Anniyan A. R. Murugadoss – Ghajini
Best Actor	Best Actress
Vikram – Anniyan Jiiva – Raam Sarath Kumar – Ayya Suriya – Ghajini	Asin – Ghajini Asin – Majaa Jyothika – Chandramukhi Meera Jasmine – Kasthuri Maan Sadha – Anniyan
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Rajkiran – Thavamai Thavamirundhu	Saranya Ponvannan – Thavamai Thavamirundhu
Best Comedian	Best Villain
Vadivelu – Chandramukhi	Prakash Raj – Sivakasi
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Harris Jayaraj – Anniyan	Vairamuthu – Anniyan ("O Sukumari") Thamarai – Ghajini ("Oru Maalai")
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Karthik – Ghajini ("Oru Maalai")	Binny Krishnakumar – Chandramukhi ("Raa Raa")

Telugu cinema

Best Film^[2]	Best Director
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Athadu Chhatrapati Sankranthi Super	Trivikram Srinivas – Athadu Sankranthi Prabhudeva – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Puri Jagannadh – Super Chhatrapati
Best Actor	Best Actress
Siddharth – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Mahesh Babu – Athadu Nagarjuna – Super Chhatrapati Sankranthi	Trisha – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Trisha – Athadu Charmee Kaur – Anukokunda Oka Roju Ayesha Takia – Super Chhatrapati
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Srihari – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Srihari – Mahanandi Sankranthi Chhatrapati Jagapati Babu – Anukokunda Oka Roju	Balu ABCDEFG Veda – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Anushka Shetty – Super Sankranthi Chhatrapati
Best Comedian	Best Villain
Ali – Super Sunil – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Brahmanandam – Athadu Chhatrapati Venu Madhav – Athanokkade	Ashish Vidyarthi- Athanokkade Chhatrapati Arbaaz Khan – Jai Chiranjeeva Sayaji Shinde – Andhrudu Prakash Raj – Bunny
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Devi Sri Prasad – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Mani Sharma – Athadu Chhatrapati Sankranthi Sandeep Chowta – Super	Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana ("Ghal Ghal") Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – Chakram "Jagamanta Kutumbam" Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana "Chandrullo unde" Balu ABCDEFG "Inthe Inthinte" Sivasakthi Datta – Chhatrapati "Agni Skalana"
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Shankar Mahadevan – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana ("Chandrullo Unde") Sagar – Bunny "Jabilammavo" Karthik – Athadu "Pilichina" S.P. Balasubrahmanyam – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana "Ghal Ghal Ghal Ghal" M. M. Keeravani – Allari Bullodu "Trisha Achata Ichata" Tippu – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana "Something Something"	Smita – Anukokunda Oka Roju ("Evaraina") Malathy – Bunny "Jabilammavo" Shreya Ghoshal – Athadu "Pillagali Allari" Shreya Ghoshal – Modati Cinema "Neeke Nuvvu" Kavitha Krishnamurthy – Athadu "Pilichina" K. S. Chitra – Nireekshana "Manasa Manasa"

Technical Awards

Best Choreography Prabhudeva – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana	Best Cinematography Ravi Varman & V. Manikandan – Anniyan	Best Art Director Sabu Cyril – Anniyan	Best Editor Anthony Gonsalves – Ghajini'	Best Action Director Peter Hein – Anniyan

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Sukumari Thilakan	Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South Arya – Arinthum Ariyamalum	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South Padmapriya Janakiraman – Thavamai Thavamirundhu	Filmfare Award for Best Outstanding Score Harris Jayaraj – Ghajini Devi Sri Prasad – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana

References

^ "53rd Annual South Filmfare Awards Winners". CineGoer.com. 9 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2007.
^ "53rd Annual Filmfare Awards-South Winners". CineGoer.com. 9 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2007.

General

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External links

Official website
Filmfare Awards South at
IMDb

[1] "53rd Annual South Filmfare Awards Winners". CineGoer.com. 9 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2007.

[2] "53rd Annual Filmfare Awards-South Winners". CineGoer.com. 9 September 2006. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2007.

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