The who's who of the south Indian film industry gathered on Saturday at Novotel and HICC Complex in Hyderabad for 65th Filmfare Awards South. The event was hosted by Rahul Ravindran and Sundeep Kishen, where awards were given out in various categories to the films that released last year in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. In Tamil, critically acclaimed Vikram Vedha bagged top prizes, including best director for Pushkar-Gayatri. And the best film award went to Nayanthara's Aaram. In Malayalam, director Dileesh Pothan's Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum swept the awards in all the top categories, including best film and best director. Director SS Rajamouli's global hit Baahubali: The Conclusion dominated the awards announced for Telugu films. In Kannada, Chowka won big, while the best actor award was given to superstar Puneeth Rajkumar for his performance in Raajakumara. Here is the full list of winners of the 65th Filmfare Awards South: Tamil Best Film: Aramm The award for Best Film - Tamil goes to #Aramm. #JioFilmfareAwards (South) 2018. pic.twitter.com/GwHmdVJ4Md — Filmfare (@filmfare) June 16, 2018 Best Director: Pushkar-Gayathri for Vikram Vedha Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Vijay Sethupathi for Vikram Vedha Critics’ Award for Best Actor: Karthi for Theeran Adigaram Ondru and R Madhavan for Vikram Vedha 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 Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Nayanthara for Aramm Best Debut (Male): Vasanth Ravi for Taramani Critics’ Award for Best Actress: Aditi Balan for Aruvi Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Prasanna for Thiruttupayale 2 Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Nithya Menen for Mersal Best Music Album: AR Rahman for Mersal Best Lyrics: Vairamuthu for Vaan - Kaatru Veliyidai Best Playback Singer (Male): Anirudh Ravichander for Yaanji - Vikram Vedha Best Playback Singer (Female): Shashaa Tirupati for Vaan - Kaatru Veliyidai Telugu Best Film (Popular): Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Best Actor In A Leading Role - Female (Popular): Sai Pallavi for Fidaa 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 Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Female): Ritika Singh for Guru Best Actor In A Leading Role - Male (Popular): Vijay Deverakonda for Arjun Reddy .@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 Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Male): Venkatesh for Guru Best Director: SS Rajamouli for Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male): Rana Daggubati for Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Ramya Krishnan for Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Best Music Album: MM Keeravani for Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Best Playback Singer (Male): Hemachandra for Fidaa Best Playback Singer (Female): Madhu Priya for Fidaa Lifetime Achievement Award: Kaikala Satyanarayana Best Cinematography: KK Senthil for Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Malayalam Best Film (Popular): Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum The award for Best Film - Malayalam goes to #ThondimuthalumDriksakshium. #JioFilmfareAwards (South) 2018. pic.twitter.com/VO6ajbJq8y — Filmfare (@filmfare) June 16, 2018 Best Actor In A Leading Role - Female (Popular): Parvathy for Take Off Best Actor In A Leading Role - Male (Popular): Fahadh Faasil for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Female): Manju Warrier for Udhaharanam Sujatha Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Male): Tovino Thomas for Mayaanadhi Best Debutante (female): Aishwarya Lekshmi for Njandukalude Naattil Oridavela Best Debutante (male): Antony Varghese for Angamaly Diaries Best Director: Dileesh Pothen for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male): Alencier Ley for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Shanthi Krishna for Njandukalude Naattil Oridavela Best Playback Singer (Male): Shahbaz Aman for Mizhiyil Ninnum for Maayaanadhi Best Playback Singer (Female): KS Chitra for Nadavaathil for Kamboji Best Lyrics: Anwar Ali for Mizhiyil Ninnum for Mayaanadhi Best Composer: Rex Vijayan for Mayaanadhi Kannada Best Film: Ondu Motteya Kathe The award for Best Film - Kannada goes to #OnduMotteyaKathe. #JioFilmfareAwards (South) 2018. pic.twitter.com/OBSLqGsE1W — Filmfare (@filmfare) June 16, 2018 Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Sruthi Hariharan for Beautiful Manasugalu Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Puneeth Rajkumar for Raajakumara Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Male): Dhananjaya for Allama Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Female): Shraddha Srinath for Operation Alamelamma Best Director: Tarun Sudhir for Chowka The award for Best Director - Kannada goes to #TarunSudhir for #Chowka. #JioFilmfareAwards (South) 2018. pic.twitter.com/Yx20ihUrHk — Filmfare (@filmfare) June 16, 2018 Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): P Ravi Shankar for College Kumara Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Bhavani Prakash for Urvi Best Playback Singer (Male): Armaan Malik for Ondu Malebillu- for Chakravarthy Best Playback Singer (Female): Anuradha Bhat for Appa I Love You for Chowka Best Lyrics: Nagendra Prasad for Appa I Love You for Chowka Best Music Director: Bharath BJ for Beautiful Manasugalu
