Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South

The Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South ceremony.

Recipients

Year	Image	Honorees	Nature of work	Age when awarded	Ref.
1993		L. V. Prasad	Director / Producer	86	^[1]^[2]
1994		Gemini Ganesan	Actor	73	^[3]
1995		B. Saroja Devi	Actress	57	^[4]
		K. Balachander †	Director	65
		Madhu	Actor	62
		K. Viswanath †	Director	65
		Soumitra Chatterjee †	Actor	60
		Hrishikesh Mukherjee †	Director	72
1996		Nagesh	Actor	62	^[5]
1996		Manorama	Actress	59	^[5]
1997		Krishna	Actor	54	^[6]
1997	–	Sarada	Actress	52	^[6]
1998		S. Janaki	Singer	60	^[7]
1998		Nedumudi Venu	Actor	50	^[7]
1999		Lakshmi	Actress	51	^[8]
1999		Allu Ramalingaiah	Actor	76	^[8]
2000		Pandari Bai	Actress	71	^[9]
2000	–	Sundaram	Choreographer	64	^[9]
2001		D. Rama Naidu †	Producer	64
2001		Sheela	Actress	56
2002		M. S. Viswanathan	Music Director	73	^[10]
2002		Dasari Narayana Rao	Director	59	^[10]
2003		Vishnuvardhan	Actor	52	^[11]
2003		K. Raghavendra Rao	Director	61	^[11]
2004		Vijayashanti	Actress	37	^[12]
2004		K. J. Yesudas	Singer	64	^[12]
2005	–	K. R. Vijaya	Actress	56	^[13]
2005		Ramoji Rao	Producer	68	^[13]
2006		Thilakan	Actor	71
2006		Sukumari	Actress	65
2007		Krishnam Raju	Actor	67	^[14]^[15]
2007		P. Susheela	Singer	72	^[14]^[15]
2008		Sivakumar	Actor	66	^{[citation needed]}
2008		Jaya Prada	Actress	46	^{[citation needed]}
2009		Veturi	Lyricist	73	^{[citation needed]}
2010		Ambareesh	Actor	58	^[16]
2010		K. P. A. C. Lalitha	Actress	63	^[16]
2011		Chiranjeevi	Actor	55	^[17]^[18]^[19]
2011		Jayasudha	Actress	52	^[17]^[18]^[19]
2012		S. P. Muthuraman	Director	77	^[20]
2012		Seema	Actress	55	^[20]
2013		Bapu	Director	79	^[21]
2013		Vani Jairam	Singer	67	^[21]
2014		Balu Mahendra (posthumous)	Cinematographer	74
2014		Jayabharathi	Actress	60
2015		IV Sasi	Director	67	^[22]
2015		Radhika	Actress	52	^[22]
2016		Mohan Babu	Actor	64	^[23]
2017		Vijaya Nirmala	Actress	71
2018		Kaikala Satyanarayana	Actor	82	^[24]
2019		Hariharan	Director	64
2022		Puneeth Rajkumar (posthumous)	Actor	46
2022		Allu Aravind	Producer	73
2023	No award
2024		Srinath	Actor	80

Notes

References

General

Filmfare Editorial (10 July 2014). "Lifetime Achievement Award (South) winners down the years..." Filmfare. Retrieved 29 August 2014. Here is a list of the legendary stars who won the Lifetime Achievement Award (South)

Specific

^ https://archive.org/download/40thSouthFilmfareLifetimeAchievement/40th%20south%20filmfare%20lifetime%20achievement.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}
^ https://archive.org/download/40thFilmfareSouthBestActorActressFilmsLifetimeMusicDirector/40th%20filmfare%20south%20best%20actor%20actress%20films%20lifetime%20music%20director.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}
^ https://archive.org/download/FilmfareLifetimeAchievement/filmfare%20lifetime%20achievement.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}
^ "42nd Annual Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award Winners South". 5 August 2024.
^ "Special Updates". 28 April 1997. Archived from the original on 28 April 1997. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "Filmfare - South Special". Archived from the original on 3 November 1999. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
^ Darpan, Pratiyogita (August 1998). Competition Science Vision — Google Books. p. 791. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ https://archive.org/download/46thFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners/46th%20Filmfare%20Awards%20south%20winners.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}
^ "Filmfare - Print Edition". Archived from the original on 18 February 2014.
^ "49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South". Archived from the original on 10 July 2013.
^ "Manikchand Filmfare Awards in Hyderabad". The Times of India. 19 May 2003. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
^ "51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare South Award winners". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ "Filmfare Awards 2005". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ "Filmfare Awards presented". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ "54th Annual Filmfare awards south Lifetime achievement award winners & Legendary honorary winners". 27 January 2025.
^ "Filmfare Awards winners". The Times of India. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
^ "Chiranjeevi Filmfare Best Actor Awards". 25 May 2018.
^ "58 Filmfare Awards South India 2-07-2011". Kasepu.com. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "58th Filmfare Awards South 2011- A Complete Winner Lists". News365Today. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South)". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ "Filmfare Awards (South): The complete list of Winners". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015.
^ "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South". Filmfare. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
^ "Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016.
^ "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018".

External links

55th Filmfare Awards South Winners Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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[4] "42nd Annual Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award Winners South". 5 August 2024.

[1995ff-5] "Special Updates". 28 April 1997. Archived from the original on 28 April 1997. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[6] "Filmfare - South Special". Archived from the original on 3 November 1999. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

[7] Darpan, Pratiyogita (August 1998). Competition Science Vision — Google Books. p. 791. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[8] ttps://archive.org/download/46thFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners/46th%20Filmfare%20Awards%20south%20winners.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}

[9] "Filmfare - Print Edition". Archived from the original on 18 February 2014.

[10] "49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South". Archived from the original on 10 July 2013.

[Indiatimes-11] "Manikchand Filmfare Awards in Hyderabad". The Times of India. 19 May 2003. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2009.

[indiatimes.com-12] "51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare South Award winners". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

[Filmfare_Awards_2005-13] "Filmfare Awards 2005". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

[Filmfare_Awards_presented-14] "Filmfare Awards presented". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

[15] "54th Annual Filmfare awards south Lifetime achievement award winners & Legendary honorary winners". 27 January 2025.

[16] "Filmfare Awards winners". The Times of India. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.

[17] "Chiranjeevi Filmfare Best Actor Awards". 25 May 2018.

[18] "58 Filmfare Awards South India 2-07-2011". Kasepu.com. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[19] "58th Filmfare Awards South 2011- A Complete Winner Lists". News365Today. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[20] "The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South)". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

[21] "Filmfare Awards (South): The complete list of Winners". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015.

[22] "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South". Filmfare. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[23] "Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016.

[24] "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018".

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v t e Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South
1983–1989	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1983) Sowcar Janaki (1984) Sivaji Ganesan (1985) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1986) P. Bhanumathi (1987) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1988) Ilaiyaraaja (1989)
1990–1999	Padmini (1990) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1991) L. V. Prasad (1992) Gemini Ganesan (1993) K. Balachander, K. Viswanath, B. Saroja Devi, Madhu, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Soumitra Chatterjee (1994) Nagesh & Manorama (1995) Krishna & Sharada (1996) Nedumudi Venu & S. Janaki (1997) Allu Ramalingaiah & Lakshmi (1998) Pandari Bai & Mugur Sundar (1999) D. Ramanaidu & Sheela (2000)
2001–2010	M. S. Viswanathan & Dasari Narayana Rao (2001) K. Raghavendra Rao & Vishnuvardhan (2002) K. J. Yesudas & Vijayashanti (2003) K. R. Vijaya & Ramoji Rao (2004) Thilakan & Sukumari (2005) Krishnam Raju & P. Susheela (2006) Sivakumar & Jaya Prada (2007) Veturi (2008) Ambareesh & K. P. A. C. Lalitha (2009) Chiranjeevi & Jayasudha (2010)
2011–2018	S. P. Muthuraman & Seema (2011) Bapu & Vani Jairam (2012) Balu Mahendra & Jayabharathi (2013) I. V. Sasi & Radhika Sarathkumar (2014) Mohan Babu (2015) Vijaya Nirmala (2016) Kaikala Satyanarayana (2017) Hariharan (2018)
2020–present	Puneeth Rajkumar and Allu Aravind (2020–2021) Srinath (2023)