Filmfare Awards South 2026 full list of winners: Pushpa 2, Amaran wins big, Amitabh Bachchan wins for Kalki 2898 AD

Filmfare Awards South 2024 full winners list: Allu Arjun won Best Actor for Pushpa 2: The Rule, and Amaran clinched 7 wins.

Updated on: Feb 22, 2026, 12:59:21 IST

By Santanu Das

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The Filmfare Awards South 2026, which was held in Kochi on Saturday, was a star-studded affair. Actors, directors, producers, music composers and other crew members won big across the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries.

Filmfare Awards South 2026: Pushpa 2: The Rule, Amaran and Manjummel Boys won in multiple categories.

Check out the full winners list:

Malayalam

Best Film: Manjummel Boys

Best Director: Rahul Sadasivan for Bramayugam

Best Film (Critics): Ullozhukku and Kishkindha Kaandam (tie)

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Mammootty for Bramayugam

Best Actor (Critics): Prithiviraj Sukumaran for Aadujeevitham and Asif Ali for Kishkinda Kaandam (tie)

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Urvashi for Ullozhukku

Best Actress (Critics): Zarin Shihab for Aattam

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Vijayaraghavan for Kishkindha Kaandam

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Lijomol Jose for Her

Best Music Album: Sushin Shyam for Aavesham

Best Lyrics: Rafeeq Ahammed for Periyone (Aadujeevitham)

Best Playback Singer (Male): Jithin Raj for Periyone (Aadujeevitham)

Best Playback Singer (Female): Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for Angu Vaana Konilu (ARM)

Best Cinematography: Joju George for Pani and Jithin Laal for ARM (tie)

Best Debut Male: K R Gokul for Aadujeevitham and Abhimanyu S Thilakan for Marco (tie)

Best Production Design: Methil Devika (Kadha Innuvare)

Best Cinematography: Sunil KS for Aadujeevitham

Breakthrough in filmmaking: Anand Ekarshi for Aattam

Lifetime Achievement Award: Sreenivasan and Sreekumaran Thampi

Cine Icon Award: Bhavana

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Tamil

Best Film: Amaran

Best Director: PS Vinothraj for Kottukkaali and Rajkumar Periasamy for Amaran (tie)

Best Film (Critics): Meiyazhagan

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Sivakarthikeyan for Amaran

Best Actor (Critics): Arvind Swamy for Meiyazhagan

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Sai Pallavi for Amaran

Best Actress (Critics): Anna Ben for Kottukkaali

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Karthi for Meiyazhagan

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Parvathy for Thangalaan and Swasika for Lubber Pandhu (tie)

Best Music Album: GV Prakash Kumar for Amaran

Best Lyrics: Uma Devi for Yaari Ivan Yaaro in Meiyazhagan

Best Playback Singer (Male): Haricharan for Hey Minnale in Amaran

Best Playback Singer (Female): Shweta Mohan for Hey Minnale in Amaran

Best Cinematography- C.H. Sai for Amaran

Best Debut Director: Suresh Mari for J Baby and Tamizharasan Pachamuthu for Lubber Pandhu (tie)

Best Debut Male: Hridhu Haroon (Thugs)

Best Debut Female: Sri Gouri Priya (Lover)

Kannada

Best Film: Shakhahaari

Best Director: Prithvi Konanur (Hadinelentu)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female): Akshatha Pandavapura (Koli Esru)

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male): Sriimurali (Bhageera)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Gopal Krishna Deshpande (Blink)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Priya Shatamarshan (Bheema)

Best Debut Male: Samarjit Lankesh (Gowri)

Best Debut Female: Bindu Shivaram (Kerebete)

Best Music Album: Arjun Janya (Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi)

Best Playback Singer (Male): Jaskaran Singh for Dwapara (Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi)

Best Playback Singer (Female): Shruthi Prahlada for Hithalaka Karibyada (Karataka Damanaka)

Telugu

Best Film: Pushpa 2: The Rule

Best Director: Sukumar for Pushpa 2: The Rule

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female): Nivetha Thomas for 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu

Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male): Allu Arjun for Pushpa 2: The Rule

Filmfare Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Amitabh Bachchan for Kalki 2898 AD

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Anjali for Gangs of Godavari

Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics): Kajal Aggarwal for Satyabhama

Best Debut Female: Nayan Sarika (Gam Gam Ganesha), Nayan Sarika for Gam Gam Ganesha

Best Debut Male: Sandeep Saroj for Committee Kurrollu

Best Music Album: Devi Sri Prasad for Pushpa 2: The Rule

Best Playback Singer (Female): Shilpa Rao for Chuttamalle for Devara: Part 1

Best Playback Singer (Male): Sri Krishna for Kurchi Madathapetti for Guntur Kaaram

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Santanu Das
Santanu Das is a Senior Content Producer at Hindustan Times with over 5 years of experience, writing on films, pop culture and film festivals. He has a keen interest in writing about South Asian independent films and has covered several film festivals, including Sundance and CPH: Docx. He also brings a sharp perspective to the monthly column called The Fault in Our Stars, where he writes about a recent film/series and what stops the ‘good’ from becoming ‘great’. A gold medalist from Banaras Hindu University, Santanu completed his postgraduate studies in English from Jadavpur University. He is also a Rotten Tomatoes-certified film critic. When not watching films or speaking to celebrities, Santanu can be found reading a book. Some of his favourite films are Aparajito, Ponyo and The Double Life of Veronique. His favourite books include The Corrections, The God of Small Things and A Room of One's Own. Santanu continues to write passionately about films and celebrity culture. He brings a relatable, as well as critically informed, lens to entertainment and culture for a wide audience. Find him on LinkedIn: santanudasfilm Instagram: @santupechaRead More

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