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53rd Filmfare Awards South
Site	Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai, India
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The 53rd Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in films released 2005, is an event that was held at the 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 Muppalaneni Siva – Sankranthi Prabhudeva – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Puri Jagannadh – Super S. S. Rajamouli – Chhatrapati
Best Actor	Best Actress
Siddharth – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Mahesh Babu – Athadu Nagarjuna – Super Prabhas – Chhatrapati Venkatesh – Sankranthi	Trisha – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Trisha – Athadu Charmee Kaur – Anukokunda Oka Roju Ayesha Takia – Super Shriya Saran – Chhatrapati
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Srihari – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Srihari – Mahanandi Srikanth – Sankranthi Shafi – Chhatrapati Jagapati Babu – Anukokunda Oka Roju	Neha Oberoi – Balu ABCDEFG Veda – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Anushka Shetty – Super Sangeetha – Sankranthi Bhanupriya – Chhatrapati
Best Comedian	Best Villain
Ali – Super Sunil – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Brahmanandam – Athadu Venu Madhav – Chhatrapati Venu Madhav – Athanokkade	Ashish Vidyarthi- Athanokkade Pradeep Rawat – Chhatrapati Arbaaz Khan – Jai Chiranjeeva Sayaji Shinde – Andhrudu Prakash Raj – Bunny
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Devi Sri Prasad – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Mani Sharma – Athadu M. M. Keeravani – Chhatrapati S. A. Rajkumar – Sankranthi Sandeep Chowta – Super	Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana ("Ghal Ghal") Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – Chakram "Jagamanta Kutumbam" Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana "Chandrullo unde" Chandrabose – 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

External links

Filmfare Awards South

Creative awards

Kannada	Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Music Director Best Lyricist Best Male Playback Best Female Playback
Malayalam	Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Music Director Best Lyricist Best Male Playback Best Female Playback
Tamil	Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Music Director Best Lyricist Best Male Playback Best Female Playback
Telugu	Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Music Director Best Lyricist Best Male Playback Best Female Playback

Technical awards

Special awards

Retired awards

Award ceremonies

Main awards

Kannada cinema

Malayalam cinema

Tamil cinema

Telugu cinema

Technical Awards

Special awards

References

General

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