The 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002) is a segment of the annual Filmfare Awards South. The ceremony was held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on 20 April June 2002.
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Venue About Filmfare Awards South Introduction of Filmfare Awards South Introduction of New Categories List of Winners-49th Filmfare Awards South Most Awards and Nominations Special Jury Award Filmfare Awards for Best Female Debut-South Filmfare Awards for Best Male Debut-South Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer-South Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer-South Filmfare Award for Best Choreographer-South Filmfare Awards for Best Art Director-South Lifetime Achievement Award Technical Awards Awards Highlights Venue Initially, Filmfare Awards South was part of the Filmfare Awards (Hindi Cinema). Therefore, the award ceremonies were held in Bombay (now Mumbai) from 1964 to 1971 in a row.
Filmfare Awards South was held in Chennai for the first time in the year 1972. Moreover, it was the first time when the show was held outside Bombay.
However, the show was again held in Bombay in the years 1973 and 1974.
Thereafter since the 22nd Filmfare Awards South (1975), the ceremony started regularly in Chennai.
The 39th Filmfare Awards were also held in Bombay along with Filmfare Awards (Hindi Cinema) on 31 March 1993.
The 44th Filmfare South (1996) was held at the Ravindra Bharati Auditorium, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh on 30 August 1997.
This was the first time when Filmfare Awards South were held outside Bombay/Mumbai or Madras/Chennai.
The award function started to be held in Chennai and Hyderabad in alternate years since the 43rd Filmfare Awards South (1996).
The 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002) were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on 20 April 2002.
About Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Awards South is a separate segment of the annualĀ Filmfare Awards . TheĀ First Filmfare Awards Ā were given on 21 March 1954.
Initially, only Hindi cinema personalities get nominated and awarded in various Filmfare Categories. Thereafter, Filmfare started new segments like Filmfare South, Filmfare Marathi, and Filmfare Bengali.
Filmfare Magazine presents Filmfare Awards. The Time Group publish the Filmfare magazine. Filmfare Awards acknowledge and honor the talent of Hindi Cinema. Whereas Filmfare Awards South aims to consider South Indian Films and related film personalities to honor and encourage them.
Introduction of Filmfare Awards South South Film Industry makes films in mainly four languages namely Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. Thus, Filmfare Magazine introduced the new segment of Filmfare Awards for South.
The First Filmfare Award was held in the year 1954 in Bombay (now Mumbai). Filmfare presented awards, for Hindi Cinema, in five categories only.
Thereafter, Filmfare introduced Filmfare Awards South in the year 1964. Meaning thereby, after ten (10) years of the First Filmfare Awards held in Bombay (now Mumbai).
In the meantime, Filmfare also introduced Filmfare Awards East and Filmfare Marathi Awards in 1963. Filmfare Awards East were initially meant for Bangla Cinema. However, Assamese and Odia cinema were also included in the year 2014.
South Indian Films (Tamil and Telugu only) were considered in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Filmfare Awards South. Malayalam Films were added to theĀ 14th Filmfare Awards South (1967) . Thereafter, Kannada Films were also added to the 17th Filmfare Awards South . Thus, all four languages of South Indian Films were considered for awards since the 17th Filmfare Awards South (1970).
Introduction of New Categories Filmfare Awards South presented awards in the category of Best Film only from 1964 to 1972.
Filmfare introduced new categories of awards in the 20th Filmfare Awards (1973) . These new categories were Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
Thus, the number of award categories became four (4) since the 20th Filmfare Awards South (1973) . Now onward all awards were presented in all four main categories as such Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
Best Music Director Award South was introduced in the 38th Filmfare Awards South (1991) .
Three new categories were introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards South (1998) .
Filmfare Award South for Best Cinematography .Filmfare Award South for Best Choreography. Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut South. Two new new categories were introduced in the 46th Filmfare Awards South (1999) .
Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer-South Filmfare Award for Best Art Director-South. Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut-South was introduced in the 48th Filmfare Awards South (2001) . Earlier the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-South was introduced in theĀ 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998) .
List of Winners-49th Filmfare Awards South (2002) Nominees and Winners of Tamil Cinema Awards + indicates winner Award Category Winner Film Best Film +R. B. Choudary (Producer) Aanandham Appachan (Producer) Friends Aroma Mani (Producer) Kasi Best Director +Cheran Pandavar Bhoomi Bala Nandha N. Lingusamy Aanandham Vinayan Kasi Best Actor +Vikram Kasi Ajith Kumar Poovellam Un Vasam Kamal Haasan Aalavandhan Best Actress +Laila Nandha Devayani Aanandham Jyothika Poovellam Un Vasam Best Music Director +Harris Jayaraj Minnale Ilaiyaraja Kasi S. A. Rajkumar Aanandham
Nominees and Winners of Telugu Cinema Awards + indicates winner Award Category Winner Film Best Film +P. Kiran Nuvvu Nenu A.M. Ratnam Kushi N Devi Prasad Murari Ramalingeswara Rao Best Director +Teja Nuvvu Nenu B. Gopal Narasimha Naidu Krishna Vamsi Murari Best Actor +Uday Kiran Nuvvu Nenu Balakrishna Nandamuri Narasimha Naidu Mahesh Babu Murari Pawan Kalyan Kushi Best Actress +Bhoomika Chawla Kushi Laya Preminchu Sonali Bendre Murari Simran Narasimha Naidu Best Music Director +R. P. Patnaik Nuvvu Nenu Mani Sharma Narasimha Naidu Murari
Nominees and Winners of Malayalam Cinema Awards + indicates winner Award Category Winner Film Best Film +M. V. Shreyams Kumar (Producer) Meghamalhar Bose Varghese (Producer) Theerthadanam C Subramanya Menon (Producer) Uthaman J Jayaraj (Producer) Best Director +Vinayan Karumadikkuttan Anil Babu Uthaman Kamal Meghamalhar Best Actor +Jayaram Theerthadanam Biju Menon Meghamalhar Jayaram Uthaman Best Actress +Samyuktha Varma Meghamalhar Chippy Kattu Vannu Vilichappol Sindhu Menon Uthaman Best Music Director +Suresh Peters Ravanaparabhu Mohan Sitara Ishtam M. G. Radhakrishnan Kattu Vannu Vilichappol
Nominees and Winners of Kannada Cinema Awards + indicates winner Award Category Winner Film Best Film +Jai Jagadish (Producer) Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu +Vijayalakshmi Singh (Producer) +Dushyanth Singh (Producer) +Srinidhi (Producer) K. Mustafa (Producer) Huchcha Smt. A. Meharunnisa Rehman (Producer) Ramesh Yadav (Producer) Vaalee Best Director +Nagathihalli Chandrashekar Nanna Preethiya Hudugi S. Mahendar Vaalee Om Prakash Rao Huchcha Best Actor +Sudeep Huchcha Ramesh Aravind Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu Vishnuvardhan Kotigobba Best Actress +Prema Kanasugara Rekha Vedavyas Huchcha Shruthi Gattimela Best Music Director +Gurukiran Chithra Rajesh Ramanath Huchcha Rajesh Ramanath Vaalee
Special Jury Award The Filmfare Special Award was not presented in the 49th Filmfare Awards (2002).
Lifetime Achievement Award Name Occupation M. S. Viswanathan Music Director, Singer, Actor Dasari Narayana Rao Film Producer and Director
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement (South) 2002 Technical Awards Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-South Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut-South was first introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998) . Simran became the first winner of the award. She won the award for the Tamil language films Nerukku Ner, Once More, and VIP. Reemma Sen received the award in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002) for the Tamil language film Minnale. Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut-South Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut-South was first introduced in the 48th Filmfare Awards-South (2001) . R. Madhavan became the first winner of the award. He won the award for the Tamil language film Alaipayuthey. The Best Male Debut-South was not awarded in the 49th Filmfare Awards (2002). Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer-South Filmfare Best Playback Singer-South was first introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South ( 1 998) . Mano won the award for the Song āRukuruku Rukminiā from the Telugu language film Pelli. Bombay Jayashri won the Best Playback Singer-South in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002). She won the award for the Tamil language film Minnale. Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer-South Filmfare Best Cinematographer-South was first introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998) . Santosh Sivan became the first winner of the Award. He won the award for the Tamil language film Iruvar. R. Rathnavelu won the Best Cinematographer-South in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002). He won the award for the Tamil language film Nandha. Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer-South Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer South was first introduced in the 45th Filmfare Awards-South (1998) . Brinda Master became the first person to received the award She won the award for the Telugu language film Preminchukundam Raa. Raghava Lawrence won the Award for the Tamil language film Annayya in the 49th Filmfare Awards (2002). Raghava Lawrence won the Best Choreographer Award for the 2nd consecutive year. He won the Award for the Telugu language film Annayya in the 48th Filmfare Awards (2001) . Filmfare Award for Best Art Director-South Filmfare Award for Best Art Director South was first introduced in the 46th Filmfare Awards-South (1999) . Thotta Tharani won the award for the Telugu language film Choodalani Vundi. Filmfare Award for Best Art Director-South was not awarded in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002) for the 3rd consecutive year. Most Nominations and Most Awards-49th Filmfare Awards South (2002) Most Awards-Tamil Cinema Film Awards Nominations Minnale 3 1 Nandha 2 2
Most Nominations-Tamil Cinema Film Nominations Awards Aanandham 4 1 Kasi 4 1 Nandha 2 2 Poovellam Un Vasam 2 0
Highlights-Most Awards and Most Nominations (Tamil Cinema) Tamil language films Aanandham and Kasi won the most awards (4 each) in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002).Film Aanandham received four nominations. The film received nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Music Director. Film Aanandham won only one award for the Best Film (Tamil). Film Kasi also received four (4) nominations.The film received nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Music Director. The film won only one (1) award for Best Actor. Vikram won the award for Best Actor (Tamil). Tamil language film Minnale won the most awards (4).Minnale received only one (1) nominations for Best Music Director (Tamil) and won the same. However, the film also won Best Female Debut, Best Female Playback Singer (South) and Filmfare Special Award (South). Hence, Minnale won three (4) awards even after receiving only one (1) nominations. Harris Jayaraj won the award for Best Music Director (Tamil). Bombay Jayshri won the Best Female Playback Singer-South. Actress Reemma Sen won the Special Filmfare Award for the film Minnale. Tamil language film Nandha won the second most awards (2) in the 49th Filmfare Awards (2002). The film received two (2) nominations and won both of them. Bala won the award for Best Director (Tamil). Laila won the award for Best Actress (Tamil). Tamil language film Poovellam Un Vasam received two (2) nominations.Ajith Kumar received a nomination for Best Actor (Tamil). Jyothika received a nomination for the Best Actress (Tamil). However, the film did not win any awards. Most Awards-Telugu Cinema Film Awards Nominations Nuvvu Nenu 4 4 Kushi 1 3
Most Nominations-Telugu Cinema Film Nominations Awards Murari 5 0 Nuvvu Nenu 4 4 Narasimha Naidu 4 0 Kushi 3 1
Highlights-Most Awards and Most Nominations (Telugu) Telugu language film Nuvvu Nenu won the most awards (4) in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002).Film Nuvvu Nenu received four (4) nominations and won all of them. The film received nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Music Director. Teja won the award for Best Director (Telugu). Uday Kiran won the award for Best Actor (Telugu). R. P. Patnaik won the award for Best Music Director (Telugu). Telugu language film Kushi received three (3) nominations.Pawan Kalyan received a nomination for Best Actor and Bhoomika Chawla received a nomination for Best Actress. The film won only one (1) award. Bhoomika Chawla won the Best Actress (Telugu). Telugu Film Kushi (2001) is a remake of a Tamil film (2000) with the same name.Tamil film Kushi (2000) was also remade in Hindi as Khushi (2003) and in Kannada as Eno Onthara. Most Awards-Malayalam Cinema Film Awards Nominations Meghamalhar 2 4 Karumadikkuttan 1 1 Ravanaparabhu 1 1 Theerthadanam 1 2
Most Nominations-Malayalam Cinema Film Nominations Awards Meghamalhar 4 2 Uthaman 4 0 Theerthadanam 2 1 Kattu Vannu Vilichappol 2 0
Highlights-Most Awards and Most Nominations (Malayalam Cinema) Malayalam language film Meghamalhar won the most awards (2) in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002).Film Meghamalhar received four (4) nominations and won two (2) of them. The film received nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress. The film won awards for Best Film (Malayalam) and Best Actress (Malayalam). Samyuktha Varma won the award for Best Actress (Malayalam). Film Uthaman received four (4) nominations too.The film received nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress However, the film could not win any awards. By receiving four (4) nominations each, film Uthaman and Meghamalhar became the most nominated film in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002). Film Karumadikkuttan received one (1) nomination and won the same.The film received a nomination for the Best Director. Vinayan won the Best Director (Malayalam). Film Ravanaparabhu also received one (1) nomination and won the same.The film received a nomination for the Best Music Director (Malayalam). Suresh Peters won the Best Director (Malayalam) in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002). Film Theerthadanam received two (2) nominations and won one of them.Theerthadanam received nominations for Best Film and Best Actor. Jayaram won the award for Best Actor (Malayalam). Film Kattu Vannu Vilichappol also received two nominations.The film received nominations for Best Actress and Best Music Director. However, the film could not win any awards. Most Awards-Kannada Cinema Film Awards Nominations Huchcha 1 5 Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu 1 2 Nanna Preethiya Hudugi 1 1 Chithra 1 1 Kanasugara 1 1
Most Nominations-Kannada Cinema Film Nominations Awards Huchcha 5 1 Vaalee 3 0 Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu 2 1
Highlights-Most Awards and Most Nominations (Kannada Cinema) No Kannada language film received more than one award in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002) Kannada language film Huchcha received all five (5).By receiving five nominations the film became the most nominated film in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002). Huchcha also became the first film to receive all five (5) nominations in the Filmfare Awards South. Huchcha won one award for Best Actor. Sudeep won the Best Actor (Kannada). Kannada language film Vaalee received the second-most nominations (3) in the 49th Filmfare Awards South (2002).However, the film did not win any awards. Film Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu received two (2) nominations.The film received nominations for Best Film and Best Actor. Kothigalu won one (1) award out of two nominations. The film won the award for Best Film (Kannada). Film Nanna Preethiya Hudugi received only one (1) nominations and won the same.The film received and won the award in the category of Best Director (Kannada). Nagathihalli Chandrashekar won the award for Best Director (Kannada). Film Chithra received only one nomination and won the same.The film received and won in the category of Best Music Director (Kannada). Gurukiran won the award for the Best Music Director (Kannada). Film Kanasugara also received only one (1) nomination and won the same.The film received and won the award in the category of Best Actress. Prema won the award for Best Actress (Kannada). Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards South