67th Filmfare Awards South
Presented on	9 October 2022
Site	Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bengaluru, India
Hosted by	Ramesh Aravind Diganth
Magazine issue	Filmfare
Official website	Filmfare Awards South 2022
Highlights
Best Film	Pushpa: The Rise (Telugu) Jai Bhim (Tamil) Act 1978 (Kannada) Ayyappanum Koshiyum (Malayalam)
Lifetime achievement	Allu Aravind Puneeth Rajkumar
Most awards	Soorarai Pottru (Tamil) (8)
Most nominations	Soorarai Pottru (Tamil) (10)
Television coverage
Channel	Zee Telugu (Telugu) Zee Tamil (Tamil) Zee Keralam (Malayalam) Zee Kannada (Kannada)
Network	Zee Entertainment Enterprises
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The 67th Filmfare Awards South is an awards event that took place at Bangalore, India on 9 October 2022.^[1] The ceremony recognised and honoured the best films and performances from the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films and music released in between 2020 and 2021, along with special honours for lifetime contributions and few special awards. The event took place in Bangalore on 9 October 2022.^[2] The event was held at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre.

Winners and nominees

Popular awards

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Act 1978 – Devaraj R Badava Rascal – Dhananjay Dia – D. Krishna Chaitanya Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana – Ravi Rai Kalasa, Vachan Shetty Salaga – K. P. Srikanth Shivaji Surathkal – Anup Gowda, Rekha K. N.	Raj B. Shetty – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Akash Srivatsa – Shivaji Surathkal Duniya Vijay – Salaga Darling Krishna – Love Mocktail Jadesh Kumar Hampi – Gentleman Mansore – Act 1978 Shankar Guru – Badava Rascal
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dhananjaya – Badava Rascal Darshan – Roberrt Krishna – Love Mocktail Prajwal Devaraj – Gentleman Raj B. Shetty – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Ramesh Aravind – Shivaji Surathkal Rishab Shetty – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana	Yagna Shetty – Act 1978 Aarohi Narayan – Bheemasena Nalamaharaja Amrutha Iyengar – Badava Rascal Asha Bhat – Roberrt Kushee Ravi – Dia Milana Nagaraj – Love Mocktail Reba – Rathnan Prapancha
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
B. Suresha – Act 1978 Achyuth Kumar – Bheemasena Nalamaharaja Balaji Manohar – Amruth Apartments Dhananjaya – Salaga Nagabhushana – Badava Rascal Pramod Panju – Rathnan Prapancha Sanchari Vijay – Gentleman	Umashree – Rathnan Prapancha Aarohi Narayan – Shivaji Surathkal Amrutha Iyengar – Love Mocktail Meghashree – Mugilpete Sparsha Rekha – Popcorn Monkey Tiger Usha Ravishankar – Salaga
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Vasuki Vaibhav – Badava Rascal Arjun Janya and V. Harikrishna – Roberrt B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Gentleman Charan Raj – Salaga Raghu Dixit – Love Mocktail Sridhar V Sambhavam – Mugilpete	Jayanth Kaikini – "Teladu Mugile" from Act 1978 Dhananjay – "Udupi Hotelu" from Badava Rascal Kaviraj – "Mellane" from Rider Nagarjun Sharma – "Malaye Malaye" from Salaga Pramod Maravanthe – "Doora Hogo Munna" from Mugilpete V. Nagendra Prasad – "Dheera Sammohagaara" from Bicchugatti
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Raghu Dixit – "Maley Maley Maleye" from Ninna Sanihake Nakul Abhyankar – "Tareefu Maadalu" from Mugilpete Kadabarege Muniraju – "Teladu Mugilu" from Act 1978 Sanjith Hegde – "Mellane" from Rider Sid Sriram – "Haayagide" from Tom and Jerry Vijay Prakash – "Udupi Hotelu" from Badava Rascal	Anuradha Bhat – "Dheera Sammohagaara" from Bicchugatti Aishwarya Rangarajan – "Malaye Malaye" from Salaga Chinmayi Sripaada – "Soul of Dia" from Dia Shreya Ghoshal – "Kannu Hodiyaka" from Roberrt Shruthi VS – "Love you Chinna" from Love Mocktail Shwetha Devanahally – "Tareefu Maadalu" from Mugilpete

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Ayyappanum Koshiyum – Ranjith, P. M. Sasidharan Anjaam Pathiraa – Ashiq Usman Drishyam 2 – Antony Perumbavoor Joji – Fahadh Faasil, Dileesh Pothan, Syam Pushkaran Malik – Anto Joseph Minnal Murali – Sophia Paul Nayattu – Ranjith, P. M. Sasidharan, Martin Prakkat The Great Indian Kitchen – Dijo Augustine, Jomon Jacob, Vishnu Rajan, Sajin S Raj	Senna Hegde – Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Basil Joseph – Minnal Murali Dileesh Pothan – Joji Jeethu Joseph – Drishyam 2 Jeo Baby – The Great Indian Kitchen Mahesh Narayanan – Malik Midhun Manuel Thomas – Anjaam Pathiraa Sachy – Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Biju Menon – Ayyappanum Koshiyum* as SI Ayyappan Nair** Fahadh Faasil – Malik as Ahammadali Sulaiman / Alikka Indrans – Home as Oliver Twist Jayasurya – Vellam as Murali Nambiar/Vellam Murali Joju George – Madhuram as Sabu Kunchacko Boban – Anjaam Pathiraa as Dr. Anwar Hussain Mohanlal – Drishyam 2 as Georgekutty Tovino Thomas – Minnal Murali as Jaison Varghese / Minnal Murali and Martin Rangakala	*Nimisha Sajayan – The Great Indian Kitchen* as Wife** Anna Ben – Kappela as Jessy Darshana Rajendran – C U Soon as Anumol Sebastian Grace Antony – Halal Love Story as Suhra Kani Kusruti – Biriyaani as Khadeeja Rima Kallingal – Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam as Maria Shobhana – Varane Avashyamund as Neena
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Joju George – Nayattu* as ASI Maniyan** Guru Somasundaram – Minnal Murali as Shibu Joju George – Halal Love Story as Siraj Sharafudheen – Anjaam Pathiraa as Dr. Benjamin Louis Shine Tom Chacko – Kurup as Bhasi Pillai/Pillaichan Sidhartha Siva – Kilometers and Kilometers as Sunny/Veerbhai Suraj Venjaramoodu – Kaanekkaane as Paul Mathai	*Gowri Nandha – Ayyappanum Koshiyum* as Kannamma** Asha Sharath – Drishyam 2 as Geetha Prabhakar Leona Lishoy – Anveshanam as ACP Latha Siddharth Nimisha Sajayan – One as Lathika Satheesh Srinda – Kuruthi as Sumathi Unnimaya Prasad – Joji as Bincy Jaison Urvashi – Varane Avashyamund as Dr. Sherly
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
M. Jayachandran – Sufiyum Sujatayum Alphons Joseph – Varane Avashyamund Arun Muraleedharan – Anugraheethan Antony Ouseppachan – Ellam Sheriyakum Ronnie Raphael – Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham Sreehari K. Nair – Maniyarayile Ashokan	Rafeeq Ahmed – "Ariyathariyathe" from Ayyappanum Koshiyum Anwar Ali – "Pakaliravugalal from Kurup B. K. Harinaranayan – "Neeye En Thayee" from Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham B. K. Harinaranayan – "Medamasa" from Al Mallu Manu Manjith – "Marakkan Kazhiyilla" from Anugraheethan Antony Santosh Varma – Muthunne Kannugalil from Varane Avashyamund
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Shahabaz Aman – "Akashamayavale" from Vellam K. S. Harisankar – "Kaamini" from Anugraheethan Antony K. S. Harisankar – "Pinnenthe" from Ellam Sheriyakum K. S. Harisankar – "Peyyum Nilavu" from Maniyarayile Ashokan Madhu Balakrishnan – "Kala Devadha" from Love FM Sid Sriram – "Uyire" from Gauthamante Radham Sid Sriram – "Olu" from Maniyarayile Ashokan Vijay Yesudas – "Poothalam Pularithalam" from Star	K. S. Chithra – "Theerame" from Malik Jyotsna Radhakrishnan – "Ithal Ithalayi" from Kshanam Mridula Warrier – "Enthinen Pranayame" from Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam Neha Nair – "Pakaliravugalal" from Kurup Nithya Mammen – "Vaathikkalu Vellarippravu" from Sufiyum Sujatayum Sithara Krishnakumar – "Kadukumanikkoru" from Kappela Sujatha Mohan – "Neelambale" from The Priest Swetha Mohan – "Muthunne Kannugalil" from Varane Avashyamund

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Jai Bhim – Jyothika, Suriya Ka Pae Ranasingam – Kotapadi J. Rajesh Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal – Anto Joseph Karnan – Kalaipuli S. Thanu Mandela – S. Sashikanth, Chakravarthy Ramachandra, Balaji Mohan Sarpatta Parambarai – Shanmugam Dhakshanraj, Pa. Ranjith Soorarai Pottru – Jyothika, Suriya, Guneet Monga	Sudha Kongara – Soorarai Pottru Desingh Periyasamy – Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal Madonne Ashwin – Mandela Mari Selvaraj – Karnan P. Virumaandi – Ka Pae Ranasingam Pa. Ranjith – Sarpatta Parambarai T. J. Gnanavel – Jai Bhim
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Suriya – Soorarai Pottru* as Nedumaaran "Maara" Rajangam** Arya – Sarpatta Parambarai as Kabilan Munirathnam Ashok Selvan – Oh My Kadavule as Arjun Marimuthu Dhanush – Karnan as Karnan Dulquer Salmaan – Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal as Siddharth K. Manikandan – Jai Bhim as Rajakannu Suriya – Jai Bhim as Adv. Chandru	*Lijomol Jose – Jai Bhim* as Sengeni Rajakannu** Aishwarya Rajesh – Ka Pae Ranasingam as Ariyanachi Ranasingam Aparna Balamurali – Soorarai Pottru as Sundari "Bommi" Nedumaaran Dushara Vijayan – Sarpatta Parambarai as Mariyamma Jyothika – Ponmagal Vandhal as Venba / Angel / Sakthijothi Jyothika – Udanpirappe as Maathangi Sargunam
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Pasupathy – Sarpatta Parambarai* as Rangan Vaathiyar** Gautham Vasudev Menon – Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal as DCP Prathap Chakravarthi Paresh Rawal – Soorarai Pottru as Paresh Goswami Prakash Raj – Jai Bhim as IG Perumalsamy R. Sarathkumar – Vaanam Kottattum as Bose Kaalai Samuthirakani – Udanpirappe as Sargunam Vaathiyaar S. J. Suryah – Maanaadu as DCP V. Dhanushkodi	*Urvashi – Soorarai Pottru* as Pechi Rajangam** Anupama Kumar – Sarpatta Parambarai as Bakkiyam Nivedhithaa Sathish – Udanpirappe as Keerthana Sargunam Radhika Sarathkumar – Vaanam Kottattum as Chandra Sanchana Natarajan – Sarpatta Parambarai as Lakshmi Sheela Rajkumar – Mandela as Thenmozhi Vani Bhojan – Oh My Kadavule as Meera
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
G. V. Prakash Kumar – Soorarai Pottru Anirudh Ravichander – Darbar Anirudh Ravichander – Doctor Anirudh Ravichander – Master D. Imman – Annaatthe Leon James – Oh My Kadavule	Arivu – "Neeye Oli" from Sarpatta Parambarai Karthik Netha – "Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum" from Netrikann Ko Sesha – "Kadhaippoma" from Oh My Kadavule Thamarai – "Yaar Azhaippadhu" from Maara Uma Devi – "Aarariro" from Kadaseela Biriyani Yugabharathi – "Kaiyilea Aagasam" from Soorarai Pottru
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Christin Jos and Govind Vasantha – "Aagasam" from Soorarai Pottru Arivu – "Vaathi Raid" from Master Bharath Sankar – "Mandela Tribute" from Mandela Kapil Kapilan – "Adiye" from Bachelor Sid Sriram – "Kadhaippoma" from Oh My Kadavule Vijay – "Kutti Story" from Master	Dhee – "Kaattu Payale" from Soorarai Pottru Jonita Gandhi – "Chellama" from Doctor K. S. Chithra – "Thangam Thangam" from Annaatthe Kidakkuzhi Mariyammal – "Kandaa Vara Sollunga" from Karnan Shashaa Tirupati – "Bodhai Kaname" from Oh Manapenne!

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Pushpa: The Rise – Naveen Yerneni & Y. Ravi Shankar Akhanda – Miryala Ravinder Reddy Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo – Allu Aravind, S. Radha Krishna Jathi Ratnalu – Nag Ashwin Love Story – Narayan Das K Narang, Puskar Ram Mohan Rao Palasa 1978 – Dhyan Atluri Uppena – Naveen Yerneni, Y. Ravi Shankar	Sukumar – Pushpa: The Rise Buchi Babu Sana – Uppena Karuna Kumar – Palasa 1978 Rahul Sankrityan – Shyam Singha Roy Sekhar Kammula – Love Story Trivikram Srinivas – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Uday Gurrala – Mail
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Allu Arjun – Pushpa: The Rise* as Pushpa Raj** Mahesh Babu – Sarileru Neekevvaru as Major Ajay Krishna Naga Chaitanya – Love Story as Revanth Nani – Shyam Singha Roy as Shyam Singha Roy and Vasudev Ghanta Naveen Polishetty – Jathi Ratnalu as "Jogipet" Srikanth Rakshit Atluri – Palasa 1978 as Mohan Rao Vaishnav Tej – Uppena as Aasirvadham	*Sai Pallavi – Love Story* as Mounika Rani** Chandini Chowdary – Colour Photo as "Deepthi Varma" Krithi Shetty – Uppena as Sangeetha "Bebbamma" Pooja Hegde – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo as Amulya Rashmika Mandanna –Bheeshma as Chaitra Rashmika Mandanna – Pushpa: The Rise as Srivalli Sai Pallavi – Shyam Singha Roy as Rosie "Maithreyi"
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Murali Sharma *– Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo* as Valmiki** Jagapathi Babu – Republic as Panja Dashrath Praveen – Naandhi as Santosh Rahul Ramakrishna – Jathi Ratnalu as "Jogipet" Ravi Sunil – Pushpaka Vimanam as Sub-inspector Rangam Thiruveer – Palasa 1978 as Rangarao Vennela Kishore – Bheeshma as Parimal	Tabu *– Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo* as Yasoda** Madonna Sebastian – Shyam Singha Roy as Lawyer Padmavathi Priyanka Jawalkar – Gamanam as Zara Ramya Krishna – Republic as 'Visakha' Vani Saranya Pradeep – Jaanu as Subhashini Vijayashanti – Sarileru Neekevvaru as Bharathi
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Devi Sri Prasad – Pushpa: The Rise Devi Sri Prasad – Sarileru Neekevvaru Gopi Sundar – Most Eligible Bachelor Radhan – Jathi Ratnalu Thaman S – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Thaman S – Vakeel Saab Vishal Chandrashekhar – Varudu Kaavalenu	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – "Life of Ram" from Jaanu Ananta Sriram – "Chalaaki Chinnammi" from Narappa Raghuram – "Hey Idi Nenena" from Solo Brathuke So Better Ramajogayya Sastry – "Maguva Maguva" from Vakeel Saab Rambabu Gosala – "Kola Kalle Ilaa" from Varudu Kaavalenu Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – "Pranavalaya" from Shyam Singha Roy Viswa – "Ningi Chutte" from Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Sid Sriram – "Srivalli" from Pushpa: The Rise Sid Sriram – "Samajavaragamana" from Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Sid Sriram – "Manasa Manasa" from Most Eligible Bachelor Sid Sriram – "Maguva Maguva" from Vakeel Saab Anurag Kulkarni – "Ramuloo Ramulaa" from Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Anurag Kulkarni – "Sirivennala" from Shyam Singha Roy Armaan Malik – "Butta Bomma" from Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Ram Miriyala – "Chitti" from Jathi Ratnalu	Indravathi Chauhan – "Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" from Pushpa: The Rise Aditi Bhavaraju – "Baavochhadu" from Palasa 1978 Chinmayi – "Manasulone Nilichipoke" from Varudu Kaavalenu Madhu Priya – "He's So Cute" from Sarileru Neekevvaru Ramya Behara – "Korameesam Polisoda" from Krack Sinduri – "Chenguna Chenguna" from Varudu Kaavalenu

Technical awards

Best Cinematographer – South
*Miroslaw Brozek – Pushpa: The Rise* (Telugu) Niketh Bommireddy – Soorarai Pottru (Tamil) Shreesha Kuduvalli – Rathnan Prapancha (Kannada) Shyju Khalid – Nayattu (Malayalam)**
Best Choreography
*Sekhar Master – "Ramuloo Ramulaa" from Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo* (Telugu) Dinesh Kumar – "Vaathi Coming" from Master (Tamil) Jani Master – "Feel the Power" from Yuvarathnaa (Kannada)**

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement
Allu Aravind Puneeth Rajkumar^[a]
Best Actor (Critics)
*Nani – Shyam Singha Roy* (Telugu) as Shyam Singha Roy and Vasudev Ghanta**
*Arvind Swamy – Thalaivii* (Tamil) as M. J. Ramachandran Arya – Sarpatta Parambarai (Tamil) as Kabilan Munirathnam**
*Darling Krishna – Love Mocktail* (Kannada)**
*Jayasurya – Vellam* (Malayalam) as Murali Nambiar/Vellam Murali**
Best Actress (Critics)
*Sai Pallavi – Shyam Singha Roy* (Telugu) as Rosie "Maithreyi"**
*Aparna Balamurali – Soorarai Pottru* (Tamil) as Sundari "Bommi" Nedumaaran**
*Amrutha Iyengar – Badava Rascal* (Kannada) as Sangeetha Milana Nagaraj – Love Mocktail (Kannada) as Nidhi aka Nidhima**
*Kani Kusruti – Biriyaani* (Malayalam) as Khadeeja**
Best Female Debut
*Krithi Shetty – Uppena* (Telugu) as Sangeetha "Bebbamma"**
*Anaga Narayananan – Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam* (Malayalam) as Suja**
*Dhanya Ramkumar – Ninna Sanihake* (Kannada) as Amrutha**
Best Male Debut
*Panja Vaisshnav Tej – Uppena* (Telugu) as Aasirvadham**
*Dev Mohan – Sufiyum Sujatayum* (Malayalam) as Sufi**

Superlatives

Films with multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
10	Soorarai Pottru
9	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
8	Sarpatta Parambarai
8	Badava Rascal
7	Pushpa: The Rise
7	Salaga
6	Act 1978
	Love Mocktail
	Shyam Singha Roy
	Jai Bhim
	Act 1978
	Badava Rascal
	Love Mocktail
5	Jathi Ratnalu
	Palasa 1978
	Oh My Kadavule
	Mugilpete
4	Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
	Shivaji Surathkal
	Gentleman
	Love Story
	Uppena
	Sarileru Neekevvaru
	Varudu Kaavalenu
	Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal
	Karnan
	Mandela
	Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
	Gentleman
	Roberrt
3	Vakeel Saab
	Ka Pae Ranasingam
	Udanpirappe
	Dia
	Shivaji Surathkal
	Rathnan Prapancha
2	Bheeshma
	Most Eligible Bachelor
	Master
	Bicchugatti
	Bheemasena Nalamaharaja

Films with multiple awards
Awards	Film
8	Soorarai Pottru
7	Pushpa: The Rise
4	Act 1978
4	Ayyappanum Koshiyum
3	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
	Badava Rascal
	Sarpatta Parambarai
2	Uppena
	Shyam Singha Roy
	Jai Bhim
	Love Mocktail
	Ninna Sanihake
	Rathnan Prapancha

Presenters and performers

Presenters
Award	Presenter

Performers
Name	Work
Pooja Hegde	Dance
Mrunal Thakur
Krithi Shetty
Saniya Iyappan
Aindrita Ray

Notes

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