70th Filmfare Awards South

70th Filmfare Awards South
70th Filmfare Awards South
Awarded for	Best of films of 2024
Presented by	Filmfare
Announced on	TBA
Presented on	TBA
Site	Kochi, Kerala, India
Organized by	The Times Group
Magazine issue	Filmfare
Official website	Official website
Television coverage
Channel	Star Maa Movies (Telugu); Vijay Super (Tamil); Asianet Movies (Malayalam); Star Suvarna Plus (Kannada);
Network	Disney Star

The 70th Filmfare Awards South is an upcoming awards event that is scheduled at Kochi, Kerala, India on 21 February 2026. The ceremony recognised and honoured the best films and performances from the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films and music released in 2024, along with special honours for lifetime contributions and few special awards.^[1]^[2]

Nominees

Main awards

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Bagheera – Vijay Kiragandur, producer Bheema – Krishna Sartak & Jagadeesh Gowda, producers Blink – Ravichandra A. J, producer Hadinelentu – Prithvi Konanur & Tejaswi Konanur, producers Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi – Prashanth G. Rudrappa, producers Shakhahaari – Rajesh Keelambi & Ranjini Prasanna, producers	Duniya Vijay - Bheema Prithvi Konanur – Hadinelentu Rajguru B – Kerebete Sandeep Sunkad – Shakhahaari Srinidhi Bengaluru – Blink Utsav Gonwar – Photo
Best Actor	Best Actress
Duniya Vijay – Bheema as Bheema Ganesh – Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi as Krishna Rangayana Raghu – Shakhahaari as Subbanna Bhatta Shiva Rajkumar – Bhairathi Ranagal as Bhairathi Ranagal Sri Murali – Bagheera as Vedanth Sudeepa – Max as Arjun Mahakshay/Max	Akshatha Pandavapura – Koli Esru as Hucchheeri Ankita Amar – Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali as Anahita Madhumita Banarjee Bindu Shivaram – Kerebete as Meena Chaithra J Achar – Blink as Devaki Roshni Prakash – Murphy as Janani Rukmini Vasanth - Bagheera as Dr. Sneha
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Gopalkrishna Deshpande – Blink as Gopal Krishna Gopalkrishna Deshpande – Shakhahaari as SI Mallikarjuna Hiremath Jahangir M. S. – Photo as Husenappa Nagendra Shah – Maryade Prashne Prabhu Mundkur – Maryade Prashne as Rocky Prakash Raj - Bagheera as Guru Raj B Shetty - Roopanthara as Goon	Apeksha Choranahalli - Koli Esru as Lachchu Harini Shreekanth – Kerebete as Gowrakka Lekha Naidu – Roopanthara as Hanumakka Priya Shathamarshan – Bheema as Girija Rekha Kudligi – Hadinelentu as Seetha Sandhya Arekere - Photo as Gangamma
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
B. Ajaneesh Loknath - Max Anoop Seelin – Kaalapatthar Arjun Janya – Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Charan Raj – Bheema V. Harikrishna – Karataka Damanaka Veer Samarth - Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe	Ghouse Peer – "Bhuvana Hudukadide" from Kerebete Kaviraj – "Ninna Hegalu" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Nagarjun Sharma – "Dont Worry Baby Chinnamma" from Bheema Pramod Maravanthe – "Sakhi" from Blink V. Nagendra Prasad – "Dwapara" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Jaskaran Singh - "Dwapara" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Kapil Kapilan – "Oh Anahitha" from Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali Siddhartha Belmannu – "Sakhi" from Blink Sonu Nigam – "He Gagana" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Vijay Prakash – "Sanje Mele" from Matinee	Indu Nagaraj - "Chinnamma" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Shivani Swamy – "Ella Maathannu Onde Baari" from Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe Shruti Prahlad – "Hithalakka Karibyada" from Karataka Damanaka Srilakshmi Belmannu – "Radhe" from Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali Vaish – "I Love You" from Bheema
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
TBA	TBA

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Aadujeevitham – Blessy, K. G. Abraham & K. C. Eapen, producers Aattam – Ajith Joy, producer Aavesham – Fahadh Faasil, Nazriya Nazim & Anwar Rasheed, producers Bramayugam – Chakravarthy Ramachandra, S. Sasikanth & Victor Prabhakaran, producers Kishkindha Kaandam – Joby George, producer Manjummel Boys – Soubin Shahir, Babu Shahir & Shawn Antony, producers Prabhayay Ninachathellam – Thomas Hakim & Julian Graff, producers Premalu - Fahadh Faasil, Dileesh Pothan & Syam Pushkaran, producers Ullozhukku - Ronnie Screwvala, Honey Trehan & Abhishek Chaubey, producers	Anand Ekarshi - Aattam Blessy – Aadujeevitham Chidambaram – Manjummel Boys Christo Tomy – Ullozhukku Dinjith Ayyathan – Kishkindha Kaandam Jithin Laal – ARM Jithu Madhavan – Aavesham Payal Kapadia - Prabhayay Ninachathellam Rahul Sadasivan - Bramayugam
Best Actor	Best Actress
Asif Ali - Kishkindha Kaandam as Ajay Chandran Basil Joseph – Sookshmadarshini as Manuel Fahadh Faasil – Aavesham as Ranjith Gangadharan/Ranga Mammootty – Bramayugam as Kodumon Potti/Chathan Prithviraj Sukumaran – Aadujeevitham as Najeeb Muhammad Tovino Thomas – ARM as Maniyan/Ajayan/Kunjikelu	Divya Prabha - Prabhayay Ninachathellam as Anu Kani Kusruti – Prabhayay Ninachathellam as Prabha Mamitha Baiju – Premalu as Reenu Roy Nazriya Nazim – Sookshmadarshini as Priyadarshini Antony Parvathy Thiruvothu - Ullozhukku as Anju Urvashi – Ullozhukku as Leelamma Zarin Shihab – Aattam as Anjali
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Arjun Ashokan – Bramayugam Jagadish – Vaazha K R Gokul – Aadujeevitham Kunchacko Boban – Bougainvillea Sidharth Bharathan – Bramayugam Vijayaraghavan – Kishkindha Kaandam	Abhinaya - Pani Aparna Balamurali - Kishkindha Kaandam Lijomol Jose – Her Pooja Mohanraj – Aavesham Surabhi – ARM Vani Viswanath – Rifle Club
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Amrith Ramnath - Varshangalkku Shesham A. R. Rahman – Aadujeevitham Christo Xavier – Sookshmadarshini Dhibu Ninan Thomas – ARM Sankar Sharma – Jai Ganesh Sushin Shyam – Aavesham Sushin Shyam – Bougainvillea	Manu Manjith – "Angu Vaana Konilu" from ARM P. S. Rafeeque – "Madhabhara" from Malaikottai Vaaliban Rafeeq Ahamed - "Periyone" from Aadujeevitham Santhosh Varma - "Orupaadu Paaduvan" from Jai Ganesh Vaishak Sugunan - "Jeevithagaadhakale" from Varshangalkku Shesham Vinayak Sasikumar – "Gandharva Ganam" from Rifle Club Vineeth Sreenivasan - "Madhu Pakaroo" from Varshangalkku Shesham
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Amrith Ramnath - "Nyabagam" from Varshangalkku Shesham K. S. Harisankar – "Kiliye" from ARM Jithin Raj – "Periyone" from Aadujeevitham Madhu Balakrishnan – "Orupaadu Paaduvan" from Jai Ganesh Vijay Yesudas – "Omane" from Aadujeevitham Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Madhu Pakaroo" from Varshangalkku Shesham	Madhuvanthi Narayanan - "Maravikale" from Bougainvillea Mary Anna – "Sthuthi" from Bougainvillea Mridula Warrier – "Mandhara Malarin" from Anand Sribala Nithya Mammen – "Ee Vazhikalil" from Kummattikkali Preeti Pillai – "Mathabhara" from Malaikottai Vaaliban Shweta Mohan – "Gandharva" from Rifle Club Sithara Krishnakumar – "Pande Nenchil" from Once Upon A Time Vaikom Vijayalakshmi - "Angu Vanna Konile" from ARM
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
TBA	TBA

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Amaran – Kamal Haasan, Mahendran & Sony Pictures Films India, producers Kottukkaali – Sivakarthikeyan & Kalai Arasu, producers Lubber Pandhu – S. Lakshman Kumar & A. Venkatesh, producers Maharaja – Jagadish Palaniswamy & Sudhan Sundaram, producers Meiyazhagan – Suriya & Jyothika, producers Vaazhai – Mari Selvaraj & Divya Mari Selvaraj, producers	C. Prem Kumar - Meiyazhagan Mari Selvaraj – Vaazhai Nithilan Saminathan – Maharaja Pa. Ranjith – Thangalaan PS Vinothraj – Kottukkaali Rajkumar Periasamy – Amaran
Best Actor	Best Actress
Arvind Swamy - Meiyazhagan as Arulmozhi Attakathi Dinesh – Lubber Pandhu as Poomalai/Gethu Vikram – Thangalaan as Thangalaan Muni/Kaadaiyan/Arasan "Aaran"/Adhi Muni/Naga Muni Dhanush – Captain Miller as Analeesan "Easa"/Captain Miller Sivakarthikeyan – Amaran as Major Mukund Varadarajan Soori – Garudan as Sokkan Vijay Sethupathi - Maharaja as Maharaja	Anna Ben - Kottukkaali as Meena Keerthy Suresh – Raghu Thatha as Kayalvizhi Pandian Sai Pallavi – Amaran as Indu Rebecca Varghese Simran – Andhagan as Simi Sri Gouri Priya - Lover as Divya Shanmugam Urvashi – J Baby as J Baby
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Anurag Kashyap – Maharaja Bobby Deol – Kanguva Kaali Venkat – Lubber Pandhu Karthi – Meiyazhagan Shantanu Bhagyaraj – Blue Star	Dushara Vijayan - Raayan Nikhila Vimal - Vaazhai Parvathy Thiruvothu – Thangalaan Priya Anand – Andhagan Swasika – Lubber Pandhu
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
A. R. Rahman – Raayan Anirudh Ravichander – Vettaiyan G. V. Prakash Kumar – Amaran Santhosh Narayanan – Vaazhai Sean Roldan – Lubber Pandhu	Karthik Netha – "Hey Minnale" from Amaran Mohan Rajan – "Aasa Orave" from Lubber Pandhu Uma Devi K - "Yaaro Ivan Yaaro" from Meiyazhagan Vivek - "Uyirey" from Amaran
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Haricharan - "Hey Minnale" from Amaran Kapil Kapilan – "Vennilavu Saaral" from Amaran Pradeep Kumar – "Chillanjirukkiye" from Lubber Pandhu Madhu Balakrishnan – "Orupaadu Paaduvan" from Jai Ganesh Sanjay Subrahmanyan – "Manasula" from Viduthalai 2 Sid Sriram – "Thaaye Thaaye" from Maharaja Vijay Narain - "Poraen Naa Poraen" from Meiyazhagan	Ananya Bhat - "Manasula" from Viduthalai 2 Dhee – "Thenkizhakku" from Vaazhai Ganavya – "Oh Raaya" from Raayan Sakthisree Gopalan – "Thaensudare" from Lover Shweta Mohan – "Hey Minnale" from Amaran
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
TBA	TBA

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
35 Chinna Katha Kaadu – Srujan Yarabolu & Siddharth Rallapalli, producers Committee Kurrollu – Niharika Konidela, Padmaja Konidela & Jayalakshmi Adapaka Hanu-Man – Niranjan Reddy, producer Kalki 2898 AD – C. Aswini Dutt, producer Lucky Baskhar – Suryadevara Naga Vamsi & Sai Soujanya, producers Pushpa 2: The Rule – Naveen Yerneni & Y. Ravi Shankar, producers	Nag Ashwin - Kalki 2898 AD Nanda Kishore Emani – 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu Prasanth Varma – Hanu-Man Sukumar – Pushpa 2: The Rule Venky Atluri – Lucky Baskhar Yadhu Vamsi – Committee Kurrollu
Best Actor	Best Actress
Allu Arjun - Pushpa 2: The Rule as Pushpa Raj Dulquer Salman – Lucky Baskhar as Baskhar Kumar Jr. NTR – Devara: Part 1 as Devara/Vara Nani – Saripodhaa Sanivaaram as Surya Siddhu Jonnalagadda – Tillu Square as Bala Gangadhar Tilak Teja Sajja – Hanu-Man as Hanumanthu	Anupama Parameswaran - Tillu Square as Lilly Joseph Ashika Ranganath – Naa Saami Ranga as Varalakshmi Meenakshi Chaudhary – Lucky Baskhar as Sumathi Nivetha Thomas – 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu as Sripathi Panditharadhyula Venkata Padma Kamala Kantha Pranava Manjula Bala Saraswati Priyanka Mohan - Saripodhaa Sanivaaram as P. C. Charulatha Rashmika Mandanna – Pushpa 2: The Rule as Srivalli
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Amitabh Bachchan – Kalki 2898 AD Dhananjaya – Zebra Fahadh Faasil – Pushpa 2: The Rule Satya – Mathu Vadalara 2 S. J. Surya – Saripodhaa Sanivaaram Vinay Rai - Hanu-Man	Anjali - Gangs of Godavari Faria Abdullah - Mathu Vadalara 2 Rashi Singh Nandu – Prasanna Vadanam Sharanya Pradeep – Ambajipeta Marriage Band Shraddha Srinath – Mechanic Rocky Varalaxmi Sarathkumar - Hanu-Man
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Anirudh Ravichander – Devara: Part 1 Chaitan Bharadwaj – Harom Hara Devi Sri Prasad – Pushpa 2: The Rule G. V. Prakash Kumar – Lucky Baskhar Gowra Hari, Anudeep Dev, Krishna Saurabh – Hanu-Man Jakes Bejoy - Saripodhaa Sanivaaram Thaman - Guntur Kaaram	Krishna Kanth – "Aa Rojulu Malli Raavu" from Committee Kurrollu Ramajogayya Sastry – "Chuttamalle" from Devara: Part 1 Ramajogayya Sastry - "Dum Masala" from Guntur Kaaram Ramajogayya Sastry - "Kurchi Madathapetti" from Guntur Kaaram Sri Mani - "Srimathi Garu" from Lucky Baskhar
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Anirudh Ravichander - "The Fear Song" from Devara: Part 1 Anurag Kulkarni – "Suttamla Soosi" from Gangs of Godavari Arijit Singh – "Nuvanuvvu" from Om Bheem Bush Gowra Hari – "Poolamme Pilla" from Hanu-Man Ram Miriyala – "Sufiyana" from Aay Sanjith Hegde – "Dum Masala" from Guntur Kaaram Sri Krishna - "Kurchi Madathapetti" from Guntur Kaaram	Mangli - "Gulledu Gulledu" from Mechanic Rocky Shilpa Rao – "Chuttamalle" from Devara: Part 1 Shreya Ghoshal – "Sooseki" from Pushpa 2: The Rule Usha Uthup – "Title Track" from Lucky Baskhar
Critics Best Actor	Critics Best Actress
TBA	TBA

References

^ "70th Filmfare Awards South are happening in Kerala this February". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-02-02.
^ 6.8K views · 31 reactions | #RajkummarRao gives us a sneak peek into the buzz around Filmfare Awards South. 😍 70th Filmfare Awards South are happening in Kerala this February! 🥳 Destination Partner: Kerala Tourism Special Partner: Kamar Criket Film Factory Co-Powered By: Prestige #70thFilmfareAwardsSouth #FilmfareAwardsSouth #FilmfareAwards #Filmfare | Filmfare. Retrieved 2026-02-02 – via www.facebook.com.

[1] "70th Filmfare Awards South are happening in Kerala this February". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-02-02.

[2] 6.8K views · 31 reactions | #RajkummarRao gives us a sneak peek into the buzz around Filmfare Awards South. 😍 70th Filmfare Awards South are happening in Kerala this February! 🥳 Destination Partner: Kerala Tourism Special Partner: Kamar Criket Film Factory Co-Powered By: Prestige #70thFilmfareAwardsSouth #FilmfareAwardsSouth #FilmfareAwards #Filmfare | Filmfare. Retrieved 2026-02-02 – via www.facebook.com.

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