The 52nd Filmfare Awards South (2005) is a segment of the annual Filmfare Awards South. The ceremony was held in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India on 23 July 2005. Nikhil Chinnappa and Shriya Reddy hosted the 52nd Filmfare Awards South.
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 52nd Filmfare Awards South (2005) were held at the Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderbad, Andhra Pradesh, India on 23 July 2005.
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 the 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.
Four new award categories were introduced in the 50th Filmfare Awards South for Tamil and Telugu Cinema. These categories were Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Villain, and Best Comedian.
List of Winners-52nd Filmfare Awards South (2005)
Nominees and Winners of Tamil Cinema Awards
+ indicates winner
Award Category
Winner
Film
Best Film
+Cheran (Producer)
Autograph
Best Director
+Cheran
Autograph
Best Actor
+Suriya
Perazhagan
Best Actress
+Sandhya
Kadhal
Best Supporting Actor
+R. Madhavan
Aayitha Ezhuthu
Best Supporting Actress
+Mallika
Autograph
Best Comedian
+Vivek
Perazhagan
Best Villain
+Prakash Raj
Ghilli
Best Music Director
+Yuvan Shankar Raja
7G Rainbow Colony
+Bharathwaj
Autograph
Nominees and Winners of Telugu Cinema Awards
+ indicates winner
Award Category
Winner
Film
Best Film
+M. S. Raju (Producer)
Varsham
Sekhar Kammula (Producer)
Anand
Dil Raju (Producer)
Arya
Sarita Patra (Producer)
Aa Naluguru
Best Director
+Sukumar
Arya
Sekhar Kammula
Anand
S. S. Rajamouli
Sye
K. Vijaya Bhaskar
Malliswari
Best Actor
+Chiranjeevi
Shankar Dada MBBS
Rajendra Prasad
Aa Naluguru
Prabhas
Varsham
Allu Arjun
Arya
Nagarjuna
Mass
Best Actress
+Trisha
Varsham
Kamilini Mukherjee
Anand
Shriya Saran
Nenunnanu
Katrina Kaif
Malliswari
Best Supporting Actor
+Srikanth
Shankar Dada MBBS
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Aa Naluguru
Sunil Varma
Mass
Shashank
Sye
Best Supporting Actress
+Keerthi Reddy
Arjun
Satya Krishnan
Anand
Aamani
Aa Naluguru
Charmy Kaur
Mass
Best Comedian
+Sunil Varma
Pedababu
Venu Madhav
Sye
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
Leela Mahal Center
Yagnam
Best Villain
+Pradeep Rawat
Sye
Gopichand
Varsham
Devaraj
Yagnam
Prakash Raj
Samba
Best Music Director
+Devi Sri Prasad
Varsham
Devi Sri Prasad
Arya
K. M. Radha Krishnan
Anand
Koti
Malliswari
Harris Jayaraj
Gharshana
Nominees and Winners of Malayalam Cinema Awards
+ indicates winner
Award Category
Winner
Film
Best Film
+Noushad (Producer)
Kazhcha
+Xavy Mano Mathew (Producer)
Best Director
+Blessy
Kazhcha
Best Actor
+Mammootty
Kazhcha
Best Actress
+Geetu Mohandas
Akale
Samvrutha Sunil
Rasikan
Best Music Director
+M. Jayachandran
Perumazhakkalam
Nominees and Winners of Kannada Cinema Awards
+ indicates winner
Award Category
Winner
Film
Best Film
+Dwarakish (Producer)
Apthamitra
Best Director
+P. Vasu
Apthamitra
Best Actor
+Vishnuvardhan
Apthamitra
Best Actress
+Soundarya
Apthamitra
Best Music Director
+Gurukiran
Apthamitra
Special Jury Award
The Special Filmfare Award South was not presented in the 52nd Filmfare Awards South (2005).
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