50th Filmfare Awards South

50th Filmfare Awards South
50th Filmfare Awards South
Date	24 May 2003
Site	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Highlights
Most awards	Kannathil Muthamittal (Tamil), 3; Gemini (Tamil), 3; Khadgam (Telugu), 3; Meesa Madhavan (Malayalam), 3
	← 49th; Filmfare Awards South; 51st →;

The 50th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in films released 2002, is an event that was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, 24 May 2003. The awards were distributed at Hyderabad.^[1]

Main awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Dweepa	Girish Kasaravalli – Dweepa
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sudeep – Nandhi	Soundarya – Dweepa
Best Music Director
Gurukiran – Dhumm

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Nandanam	Lal Jose – Meesa Madhavan
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dileep – Meesa Madhavan	Navya Nair – Nandanam
Best Music Director
Vidyasagar – Meesa Madhavan

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Azhagi	Mani Ratnam – Kannathil Muthamittal
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ajith Kumar – Villain R. Madhavan - Kannathil Muthamittal	Simran – Kannathil Muthamittal
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jayaram - Panchathantiram	Sneha - Unnai Ninaithu
Best Comedian	Best Villain
Vivek - Run	Kalabhavan Mani- Gemini
Best Music Director
Bharathwaj – Gemini

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Santhosham Jayam Manmadhudu Indra	Krishna Vamsi – Khadgam V. V. Vinayak - Aadi Teja - Jayam Puri Jagannadh - Idiot
Best Actor	Best Actress
Chiranjeevi – Indra Jr. NTR - Aadi Nagarjuna - Santhosham Uday Kiran - Nee Sneham	Sadha – Jayam Kalyani - Avunu Valliddaru Ishtapaddaru Shreya Saran - Santhosham Aarthi Agarwal - Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Prakash Raj - Nuvve Nuvve Prakash Raj - Khadgam Ravi Teja - Khadgam Harikrishna - Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo	Sangeeta - Khadgam' Bhanupriya - Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo Gracy Singh - Santhosham Anshu - Manmadhudu
Best Comedian	Best Villain
Brahmanandam - Manmadhudu Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao - Avunu Valliddaru Ishtapaddaru Suman Setty - Jayam Sunil - Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu	Shafi - Khadgam Gopichand - Jayam Rajan P. Dev - Aadi Mukesh Rishi - Indra
Best Music Director
R. P. Patnaik – Santhosham R. P. Patnaik – Jayam Mani Sharma - Indra Chakri - Avunu Valliddaru Ishtapaddaru Harris Jayaraj - Vasu

Technical Awards

Best Choreography Lawrence – from Indra	Best Cinematography Ravi K. Chandran – Kannathil Muthamittal

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement K. Raghavendra Rao Vishnuvardhan	Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut - South Nithiin - Jayam	Best Female Playback Singer Anuradha Sriram - Gemini

Awards Presentation

Nithiin (Best Debut Award) Received Award from Namitha
Shafi (Best Villain Award) Received Award from Ravi Teja
Kalabhavan Mani (Best Villain Award) Received Award from Suriya
Vivek (Best Comedian Award) Received Award from Kiran Rathod
Sangeeta (Best Supporting Actress Award) Received Award from Jayanth C. Paranjee
Sneha (Best Supporting Actress Award) Received Award from Aniruddha Jatkar
Soundarya (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from D. Ramanaidu
D Udhaya Kumar(Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Prabhu Deva
Girish Kasaravalli (Best Director Kannada) Received Award from Uday Kiran
Krishna Vamsi (Best Director Telugu) Received Award from Sunil Shetty
Gurukiran (Best Music Director Kannada) Received Award from Sachiin J. Joshi
Bharathwaj (Best Music Director Tamil) Received Award from Nagendra Babu
Soundarya (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from R. Sarathkumar
Navya Nair (Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award from Kushboo
Sadha (Best Actress Telugu) Received Award from Venkatesh Daggubati
Sudeep (Best Actor Kannada) Received Award from Naghma
Dileep (Best Actor Malayalam) Received Award from Ramya Krishnan
Chiranjeevi father (Best Actor Telugu) Receive Chiranjeevi Award from K. Raghavendra Rao
K. Raghavendra Rao (Lifetime Achievement Award) Received Award from Jeetendra and Jaya Prada
Vishnuvardhan (Lifetime Achievement Award) Received Award from Jeetendra and Jaya Prada

General

References

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External links

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 28 August 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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