Allu Arjun, Mamooty win at South Filmfare Awards

New Delhi: Composer AR Rahman, actor Allu Arjun, Mamooty and singer Shreya Ghosal were the big winners at the 58th Filmfare Award (South) at Hyderabad that brought together the biggest stars from the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industries.

Tamil film 'Mynaa', Telugu film 'Vedam', Malayalam film 'Pranchiyettan & The Saint' and Kannada film 'Jackie' won the Best Film award in their respective language categories.

Tollywood superstar Chiranjeevi and Jayasudha, now a politician, received the lifetime achievement awards for their contribution to cinema.

Allu Arjun won the best actor award for for his role in Telugu film 'Vedam', Vikram in Tamil for 'Raavanan', Shivraj Kumar in Kannada for 'Thamassu ' and Mammooty in Malayalam for 'Pranchiyettan and The Saint'.

The Best Male Debut award went to Rana Daggubati Telugu film 'Leader'.

Girish Kasaravalli, Ranjith and Radhakrishna Jagarlamudu won Best Director awards. Celebrated composer AR Rahman won Best Music Director for 'Ye Maya Chesave'.

Here are the winners

TAMIL

Best Film: Mynaa

Best Director: Vasanthabalan for "Angadi Theru"

Best Actor Female: Anjali for "Angadi Theru"

Best Actor Male: Vikram for "Raavanan"

Best Costume Award: Manish Malhotra for "Endhiran"

Best Playback Singer Female: Sherya Ghosal for "Un Perai Sollum" In "Angadi Theru"

Best Playback Singer Male: Karthi for "Usure Pogudhe" In "Raavanan"

Best Lyricist: Thamarai For "Mannipaaya" in "Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya"

Best Music Director: AR Rahman for "Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya"

Best Actor Supporting Role Female: Saranya for "Thenmerku Paruvakatru"

Best Actor Supporting Role Male: Parthiban for "Aayirathil Oruvan"

TELUGU

Best Film: Vedam

Best Director: Radhakrishna Jagarlamudu for "Vedam"

Best Actor Female: Anushka Shetty for "Vedam"

Best Actor Male: Allu Arjun for "Vedam"

Best Debut Female: Samantha for "Ye Maya Chesave"

Best Debut Male: Rana Daggubati for "Leader"

Best Playback Singer Female: Geetha Madhuri for "Magallu" In "Golimaar"

Best Playback Singer Male: Ramesh Vinayagam and KarunyaFor "Sada Shiva" in "Mahesh Khaleja"

Best Lyricist: Ramjogayya Sasthri for "Sada Shiva" in "Mahesh Khaleja"

Best Music Director: AR Rahman for "Ye Maya Chesave"

Best Actor Supporting Role Female: Abhinaya for "Sambho Shiva Sambho"

Best Actor Supporting Role Male: Sai Kumar for "Prasthanam"

MALAYALAM

Best Film: Pranchiyettan & The Saint

Best Director: Ranjith for "Pranchiyettan & The Saint"

Best Actor Female: Mamtha Mohandas for "Kadha Thudarunnu"

Best Actor Male: Mamooty for "Pranchiyettan & The Saint"

Best Playback Singer Female: Sherya Ghosal for "Kizhakku Pookum" in "Anwar"

Best Playback Singer Male: Hariharan for "Aaro Padun" in "Kadhathudarunnu"

Best Lyricist: Rafiq Ahmed for "Kizhakku Pookum" in "Anwar"

Best Music Director: Gopi Sundar For "Anwar"

Best Actor Supporting Role Female: Urvasi for "Mummy & Me"

Best Actor Supporting Role Male: Biju Menon for "Merikundoru Kunjadu"

KANNADA

Best Playback Singer Female: Sunitha Gopraju for "O Priyatama" in "Cheluveye Ninna Nodalu"

Best Playback Singer Male: SPB for "Gharne" in "Apatha Rakasha"

Best Lyricist: Kavi Raj for "Gharne" in "Apatha Rakasha"

Best Music Director: V Harikrishna for "Jackie"

Best Actor Supporting Role Female: Umashri for "Krishnan Love Story"

Best Actor Supporting Role Male: Avinash for "Apatha Rakasha"

Best Film: Jackie

Best Director: Girish Kasaravalli for "Kanasembo Kudureyaneri"

Best Actor Female: Radhika Pandit for "Krishnan Love Story"

Best Actor Male: Shivrajkumar for "Thamassu"

Lifetime Achievement Award: Jayasudha Garu

Lifetime Achievement Award: Chiranjeevi