Tabu with her trophy. (courtesy: tabubutiful)
Allu Arjun and Suriya have not one, not two but many reasons to rejoice. Their films Pushpa: The Rise and Soorarai Pottru swept top awards at the 67th Filmfare Awards South 2022 on Sunday. FYI: the awards are divided up by language - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Under the Telugu category, it was a night to remember for Allu Arjun who won Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the hit film Pushpa: The Rise. Suriya was recognised for his work in the Tamil category of the awards. He took home the Best Actor trophy for Soorarai Pottru. Suriya also won the National Film Award for his performance in the film based on the life of Captain Gopinath, who founded the budget airline Air Deccan.
Sai Pallavi won the Best Actress trophy for the Telugu film Love Story, and in Tamil cinema, Lijomol Jose was recognised for her role in Jai Bhim, co-starring Suriya.
Among the Kannada stars, Dhananjay won the Best Actor award for Badava Rascal. Biju Menon was given the Best Actor Filmfare for 2020's Malayalam film Ayyappanum Koshiyum.
Pushpa: The Rise won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director. Suriya's Soorarai Pottru took home seven awards, while his 2021 film Jai Bhim earned two Filmfare Awards, including Best Film (Tamil).
At the 67th Filmfare Awards South, the late actor Puneeth Rajkumar won a posthumous award -- Lifetime Achievement Award.
After the award ceremony, an elated and “humbled” Allu Arjun wrote about Pushpa's “clean sweep at Filmfare 2022. Best Actor, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Cinematography, Best Male Singer, Best Female Singer and Best Film.” Read his post here:
Now, take a look at the complete list of winners for Filmfare Awards South (Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam):
Telugu Winners List
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Allu Arjun (Pushpa: The Rise)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) - Sai Pallavi (Love Story)
Best Film - Pushpa: The Rise
Best Director - Sukumar (Pushpa: The Rise)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Murali Sharma (Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) - Tabu (Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo)
Best Lyrics - Seetarama Sastry - Life Of Ram (Jaanu)
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Sid Sriram - Srivalli (Pushpa: The Rise)
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Indravathi Chauhan - Oo Antava(Pushpa: The Rise)
Best Choreography - Sekhar Master - Ramuloo Ramulaa (Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo)
Best Cinematography - Miroslaw Kuba Brozek (Pushpa: The Rise)
Best Debut Male - Panja Vaisshnav Tej (Uppena)
Best Debut Female - Krithi Shetty (Uppena)
Lifetime Achievement Award - Allu Aravind
Tamil Winners List
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Suriya (Soorarai Pottru)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) - Lijomol Jose (Jai Bhim)
Best Film - Jai Bhim
Best Director - Sudha Kongara (Soorarai Pottru)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Pasupathy (Sarpatta Parambarai)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) - Urvashi (Soorarai Pottru)
Best Music Album - G V Prakash Kumar (Soorarai Pottru)
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Christin Jos And Govind Vasantha- Aagasam (Soorarai Pottru)
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Dhee- Kaattu Payale (Soorarai Pottru)
Best Choreography - Dinesh Kumar - Vaathi Coming (Master)
Best Cinematography - Niketh Bommireddy (Soorarai Pottru)
Kannada Winners
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Dhananjay (Badava Rascal)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) - Yagna Shetty (Act 1978)
Best Film - Act 1978
Best Director - Raj B Shetty (Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - B. Suresha (Act 1978)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) - Umashree (Rathnan Prapancha)
Best Music Album - Vasuki Vaibhav (Badava Rascal)
Best Lyrics - Jayanth Kaikini- Teladu Mugile (Act 1978)
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Raghu Dixit- Maley Maley Maleye (Ninna Sanihake)
Best Playback Singer (Female) - Anuradha Bhat- Dheera Sammohagaara (Bicchugatti)
Best Cinematography - Shreesha Kuduvalli (Rathnan Prapancha)
Best Choreography - Jani Master - Feel The Power (Yuvarathnaa)
Lifetime Achievement Award - Puneeth Rajkumar
Malayalam Winners
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Biju Menon (Ayyappanum Koshiyum)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) - Nimisha Sajayan (The Great Indian Kitchen)
Best Film - Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Best Director - Senna Hegde (Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Joju George (Nayattu)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) - Gowri Nandha (Ayyappanum Koshiyum)
Best Music Album - M. Jayachandran (Sufiyum Sujatayum)
Best Lyrics - Rafeeq Ahmed - Ariyathariyathe (Ayyappanum Koshiyum)
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Shahabaz Aman - Akashamayavale (Vellam)
Best Playback Singer (Female) - K.S Chithra- Theerame (Malik)