Young actors like Sundeep Kishan and Rahul Ravindran are said to be hosting the 65th Filmfare Awards South, which will be held at Novotel and HICC Complex in Hyderabad on June 16.
Filmfare Awards is one among the prestigious film awards and they were first given to Hindi films in 1953. The awards were extended to Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi films in 1963, Malayalam films in 1966 and Kannada films in 1969. In recent years, these awards are given to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals from Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil on one platform.
The organisers have planned to hold a grand ceremony for 65th Jio Filmfare Awards in Hyderabad this Saturday. The who's who of the South Indian film industry is expected to attend this function and the celebs will be honoured amidst several entertainment programs. It is reported that Sundeep Kishan and Rahul Ravindran are going to host this event.
The celeb, who host the award function, is one among the attractions of the show. Rana Daggubati, Nani, Allu Sirish and Navdeep have hosted the previous editions of Filmfare Awards South and they were able to impress the audiences with their anchoring skills. Now, all eyes are set on Sundeep Kishan and Rahul Ravindran.
The winners of Filmfare Awards South are based on the votes for the public and a committee of experts. The organisers announced the nomination list of all the four film industries and winners are already selected based on the votes.
Here is the 65th Filmfare Awards South nomination list for Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam movies:
| Award | Tamil | Telugu | Kannada | Malayalam |
| Best Film | Aramm Aruvi Taramani Theeran Adhigaram Ondru Vikram Vedha |
Arjun Reddy Baahubali 2 Fidaa Gautamiputra Satakarni Ghazi Sathamanam Bhavathi |
Chowka Dayavittu Gamanisi Ondu Motteya Kathe Shuddhi Urvi |
Angamaly Diaries Mayanadi Rakshadhikari Baiju Take Off Thondimuthalum Driksakshium |
| Best Director | Arun Prabu Atlee Dhanush Gopi Nainar H Vinoth Pushkar Gayathri |
Krish SS Rajamouli Sandeep Reddy Vanga Sankalp Reddy Satish Vegesna Sekhar Kammula |
Jayathirtha Raj B Shetty Rohith Padaki Santhosh Anandram Tarun Sudhir |
Ashique Abu Dileesh Pothen Lijo Jose Pallissery Mahesh Narayanan Soubin Shahir |
| Best Actor | Karthi Madhavan Raj Kiran Vijay Vijay Sethupathy |
Chiranjeevi Jr NTR Nandamuri Balakrishna Prabhas Venkatesh Vijay Devarakonda |
Darshan Ganesh Puneet Rajkumar Shivarajkumar Sudeep |
Biju Menon Dulquer Salman Fahad Fazil Mohan Lal Nivin Pauly Tovino Thomas |
| Best Actress | Aditi Balan Amala Paul Andrea Jeremiah Jyotika Nayantara Revathi |
Anushka Shetty Niveda Thomas Rakul Preet Singh Ritika Singh Sai Pallavi |
Niveditha Rashmika Mandanna Shanvi Srivastav Shradha Srinath Shruthi Hariharan |
Aiswarya Lakshmi Anu Sithara Manju Warrier Nimisha Sajayan Parvathy |
| Best Supporting Actor | Abhimanyu Singh Prasanna SJ Suryah Vinay Vivek Oberoi |
Aadhi Pinisetty Prakash Raj Rana Daggubati SJ Surya Sathyaraj |
Achuth Kumar Dattatreya Devaraj P Ravishankar Vasishta Simha |
Alencier Joju George Kunchakko Boban Renji Panicker Sarath |
| Best Supporting Actress | Anjali Varadhan Banupriya Nithya Menon Orvashi Varalakshmi Sarath Kumar |
Bhumika Catherine Tresa Jayasudha Ramya Krishna Saranya Pradeep |
Aruna Balraj Bhavani Prakash Samyuktha Horanadu Usha Bhandari Veena Sundar |
Aiswarya Rajesh Anna Rajan Aparna Balamurali Shanthi Krishna Srinda |
| Best Music Album | Anirudh Ravichander AR Rahman D Imman |
Anoop Rubens Devi Sri Prasad M M Keeravani Mickey J Meyer Shakti Kanth |
Anoop Seelin Arjun Janya B J Bharath Ravi Basrur V Harikrishna |
Bijibal Gopi Sundar Prasanth Pillai Rex Vijayan Shaan Rahman |
| Best Lyrics | Madhan Karky Vairamuthu Vivek |
Chaithanya Pingali Chandra Bose MM Keeravani Ramajogayya Sastry Shreshta |
Jayant Kaikini K Kalyan Santhosh Anandram V Nagendra Prasad Yograj Bhat |
Anvar Ali BK Harinarayanan Adam Joan Rafeeque Ahmed Santhosh Varma |
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Anirudh Ravichander AR Rahman Arjun Chandy and Haricharan Sathyaprakash Sid Sriram |
Anurag Kulakarni Arman Malik Hemachandra LV Revanth Sid Sriram |
Arman Malik Raghu Dixit Sonu Nigam Vasishtha Simha Vijaya Prakash |
Haricharan Karthik Shabaz Aman Shreekumar Vayalil Vijay Yesudas |
| Best Playback Singer (Female) | Luksimi Neethi Mohan Shashaa Tirupati Shreya Ghoshal Shwetha Mohan |
Geetha Madhuri and Mansi Madhu Priya Neha Basin Sameera Bharadwaj Sony and Deepu |
Anuradha Bhat Eesha Suchi Indu Nagaraj RK Sparsha Supriya Lohith |
KS Chitra Gayatri Varma Shreya Ghoshal Shwetha Mohan Sithara Krishnakumar |
