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The filmfare awards for South Indian movies was held on July 31 in Hyderabad. The awards for malayalam was swept away by Thirakkatha while Vaaranam Aayiram and Subramaniyapuram dominated the tamil category.

Awards Tally

Thirakkatha – 6

Maadambi – 2

Thalappavu- 1

Innathe Chintha Vishayam - 1

Awardee List for Malayalam

Best Director

Renjith – Thirakkatha
Akku Akbar – Veruthe Oru Bharya
Blessy – Calcutta News
Jayaraj – Gulmohar
Madhupal – Thalappavu

Best Film

Thirakkatha – Renjith
Calcutta News – Thampi Antony
Gulmohar – Uttam Jhavar
Innathe Chintha Vishayam – Antony Perumbavoor
Veruthe Oru Bharya – Salahudeen

Best Actor

Lal – Thalappavu
Dileep – Calcutta News
Jayaram – Veruthe Oru Bharya
Mohan Lal – Akasha Gopuram
Renjith – Gulmohar

Best Actress

Priyamani – Thirakkatha
Gopika – Veruthe Oru Bharya
Meera Jasmine – Calcutta News
Meera Nandan – Mulla
Padmapriya – Panchamara Thanalil

Best Supporting Actor

Anoop Menon – Thirakkatha
Biju Menon – Mulla
Indrajith – Calcutta News
Jayasurya – Minnaminnikoottam
Siddhique – Gulmohar

Best Supporting Actress

Sukanya – Innathe Chintha Vishayam
Geetu Mohandas – Akasha Gopuram
Mohini – Innathe Chintha Vishayam
Roma – Minnaminnikoottam
Samvrutha Sunil – Thirakkatha

Best Music Director

Sarath – Thirakkatha
Ilaiyaraaja – Innathe Chintha Vishayam
Jayachandran – Madambi
Johnson – Gulmohar
Vidyasagar – Mulla

Best Lyricist

Girish Puthenchery – Amma Mazhakkarinu (Madambi)
Anil Panachuran – Kadalolam Vatsa (Minnaminnikoottam)
O. N. V. Kurup – Amme Nee Oru (Mizhikal Sakshi)
Rafeeq Ahmed – Arikil Nee (Thirakkatha)
Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma – Enguninnu Vanna (Calcutta News)

Best Male Playback Singer

K. J. Yesudas – Amma Mazhakkarinu (Madambi)
Devanand – Kannin Vathil (Mulla)
M. G. Sreekumar – Kandu Kandu (Innathe Chintha Vishayam)
Madhu Balakrishnan – Arikil Nee (Thirakkatha)
Unni Menon – Omkaram Shankil (Veruthe Oru Bharya)

Best Female Playback Singer

K. S. Chitra – Oduvil Oru (Thirakkatha)
Aparna Rajeev – Manju Thara (Mizhikal Sakshi)
Gayatri – Kannin Vathil (Mulla)
Manjari – Kadaloram Vatsa (Minnaminnikoottam)
Rimy Tomy – Aarumugham (Mulla)

VMC Noushad is a popular malayalam movie producer and the brother of poluar malayal comedy actor Cochin Haneefa. His nominations are listed below.

Best Movies

Thomas Sebastian is the director of last year released movie Mayabazaar. His nominations are listed below.

Collins Leophill is one of the most popular designers of malayalam cinema now. His choices for the various categories are listed below.

Best Movies

Deepu Karunakaran is the director of the recently released Dileep movie Crazy Gopalan. The following are his choices for best films of 2008.

• Culcutta News
• Cycle
• Pachamarathanalil
• Madambi
• Veruthe Oru Bharya
• Thalappavu
• Gulmohar
• Kurukshetra
• Rathrimazha
• Pakal Nakshathrangal
• Twenty 20

Uday Ananthan is the director of the movie Pranayakalam. The following are his list of nominations.

Best Actor

• No Nominations

Best Actress

• Priyamani (Thirakkatha)

Best Film

• Thirakkatha

Best Director

• Blessy (Calcutta News)

Sanjay is one of the most promising young writers in Malayalam cinema. He started his career along with his brother Bobby by scripting a TV serial named Avasthantharangal which won the state awards including best serial, screenplay, director etc. Afterwards, Bobby Sanjay team wrote scripts for movies like Ente Veedu Appoontem and Notebook. Now Bobby Sanjay duo is doing the script work of their new film Casanova, which will be directed by Roshan Andrews with Mohanlal in the lead.

Best Films

• Thirakkatha
• Pakalnakshatrangal
• Thalappavu

Best Films

• Twenty 20
• Thirakkadha
• Adayalangal 

Best Director

• Joshiy (Twenty 20)
• Ranjith (Thirakkadha)
• M G Sasi (Adayalangal)

Best Actor

• Mohanlal

Best Actress

• Priyamani (Thirakkadha)

Best Music Director

• Sarath (Thirakkadha)
• Vidyasagar (Mulla)

Best Singer Male

• Dr K J Yesudas
• Madhu Balakrishnan
• Shankar Mahadevan (Thirakkadha)

Best Singer Female

• Gayathri Asokan
• Shwetha Mohan
• K.S.Chitra
• Rimi Tomi

• Thirakkatha - Renjith
• Gulmohar - Jayaraj
• Cycle - Johnny Antony
• Swarnam - Venugopan
• Malabar Wedding - Rajesh, Faizal