56th Filmfare Awards South

The 56th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honored its selection of the best South Indian films of 2008 and was held on Friday, July 31, 2009, in Hyderabad, India.^[1]

Nominations

The nominees for the 56th Filmfare Awards were announced live on Monday, February 16, 2009, at 12:00 a.m. IST (7:30 UTC) by Filmfare chief editors in Mumbai. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony scheduled to take place on July 31, 2009, in Hyderabad.

The Filmfare Best Film Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.

The award was first given in 1954. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company, and the producer.

Multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations.

Kannada

Malayalam

Tamil

Telugu

Awardees

• Winners in bold, nominees listed under.

Kannada cinema

Malayalam

Tamil

Telugu

Other awards

(No nominees for these awards)

• Best Male Debutant: Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj - Sakkarakatti (Tamil)
• Best Female Debutant: Meera Nandan - Mulla (Malayalam)
• Best Choreographer: Prem Rakshit - Kantri (Telugu)
• Best Cinematographer: Chota K. Naidu - Kotha Bangaru Lokam (Telugu)
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Veturi Sundararama Murthy

See also

• Filmfare Awards South
• Filmfare Awards
• 2008 in film
• International Tamil Film Awards
• Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
• Nandi Awards

References

External links

• 56th Filmfare Awards South - 2009 at the Internet Movie Database
• Filmfare Awards South at the Internet Movie Database
• 56th Idea Filmfare Awards Nominations