46th Filmfare Awards South

46th Filmfare Awards South
Date	24 April 1999
Site	Lalitha Kala Thoranam, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Hosted by	Suchitra Pillai

The 46th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in films released 1998, is an event that was held at the Lalitha Kala Thoranam, Public Gardens on 24 April 1999.The awards were distributed at Hyderabad.

Jury

Kannada	Malayalam
L. S. Seshagiri Rao Ponnappa Veena Sajnani	George Dominique Parvathy Manorenjini Venugopal K. Nair
Telugu	Tamil
C. H. Shailaja Siva Kumar Reddy Tej Deep Appa Rao	N. Krithivasan P. C. Ramakrishna Shantha Dananjayan

Main awards

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Thaayi Saheba	Girish Kasaravalli – Thaayi Saheba
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ramesh Aravind – Hoomale	Jaimala – Thaayi Saheba
Best Music Director
Hamsalekha – Yaare Neenu Cheluve

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	Sreenivasan – Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala
Best Actor	Best Actress
Balachandra Menon – Samaantharangal	Manju Warrier – Kanmadam
Best Music Director
Vidyasagar – Summer in Bethlehem

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Natpukkaga	Cheran – Desiya Geetham
Best Actor	Best Actress
R. Sarathkumar – Natpukkaga	Kausalya – Pooveli
Best Music Director
A. R. Rahman – Jeans

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Antahpuram	Krishna Vamsi – Antahpuram
Best Actor	Best Actress
Venkatesh – Ganesh	Soundarya – Antahpuram
Best Music Director
Mani Sharma – Choodalani Vundi

Technical Awards

Best Choreography Suchitra Chandrabose – for Ooyala	Best Art Director Thotta Tharani – Choodalani Vundi	Best Playback Singer Vandemataram Srinivas - Aahaa..! (for "Priyurale")

Special awards

Special award Ramoji Rao - from excellent outstanding contributions of south Indian cinema	Lifetime Achievement Allu Ramalingaiah Lakshmi	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South Isha Koppikar - Kadhal Kavithai & En Swasa Kaatre

Awards Presentation

• Vandemataram Srinivas (Best Playback Singer) Received Award from Mani Ratnam
• Suchitra Chandrabose (Best Choreography) Received Award from Farah Khan
• Thotta Tharani (Best Art Director) Received Award from Neelam Chauhan & Divya Palat
• Isha Koppikar (Best Female Debut) Received Award from M. F. Hussain
• Jaimala (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from V. Madhusudan Rao
• Karunakaran (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from K. S. Ramarao
• P. Kiran (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from K. Viswanath
• A. M. Rathnam (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Nagma
• Girish Kasaravalli (Best Director Kannada) Received Award from S. V. Krishna Reddy
• Naveen Vadde Receives Sreenivasan Award (Best Director Malayalam)
• Krishna Vamsi (Best Director Telugu) Received Award from Chiranjeevi
• Cheran (Best Director Tamil) Received Award from D. Rama Naidu
• Hamsalekha (Best Music Director Kannada) Received Award from E. V. V. Satyanarayana
• Vidyasagar (Best Music Director Malayalam) Received Award from D. Suresh Babu
• A. R. Rahman (Best Music Director Tamil) Received Award from Simran
• Mani Sharma (Best Music Director Telugu) Received Award from Kamaal Khan
• Jaimala (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from Prakash Raj
• Naveen Vadde Receives Manju Warrier Award (Best Actress Malayalam)
• Soundarya (Best Actress Telugu) Received Award from Rekha
• Kausalya (Best Actress Tamil) Received Award from Anupam Kher
• Ramesh Aravind (Best Actor Kannada) Received Award from Aiswarya
• Balachandra Menon (Best Actor Malayalam) Received Award from Khushbu
• Venkatesh (Best Actor Telugu) Received Award from Madhuri Dixit
• R. Sarathkumar (Best Actor Tamil) Received Award from Ramya Krishna
• Ramoji Rao (Special Award) Received Award from A. Madhava Reddy
• Lakshmi (Lifetime Achievement Award) Received Award from N. Chandrababu Naidu & Chiranjeevi
• Allu Ramalingaiah (Lifetime Achievement Award) Received Award from N. Chandrababu Naidu & Chiranjeevi

External links

• Official website
• Filmfare Awards South at IMDb