49th_Filmfare_Awards_South Knowpia

49th Filmfare Awards South
49th Filmfare Awards South
Date	20 April 2002
Site	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Highlights
Best Picture	Kothigalu Sir Kothigalu (Kannada); Meghamalhar (Malayalam); Aanandham (Tamil); Nuvvu Nenu (Telugu);
Most awards	Nuvvu Nenu (4; Telugu)
Most nominations	Huchcha (5; Kannada) ; Murari (5; Telugu)
	← 48th; Filmfare Awards South; 50th →;

The 49th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in films released 2001, is an event that held on 20 April 2002 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai.^[1]^[2] ^[3] The awards were distributed at Chennai on 20 April 2002.^[1]

Multiple nominations and awards edit

Kannada edit

Nominations
- 5 nominations: Huchcha
- 3 nominations: Vaalee
- 2 nominations: Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu
- 1 nomination: Nanna Preethiya Hudugi, Kotigobba, Kanasugara, Gattimela and Chithra

Awards
- 1 award: Huchcha, Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu, Nanna Preethiya Hudugi, Kanasugara and Chithra

Malayalam edit

Nominations
- 4 nominations: Meghamalhar and Uthaman
- 2 nominations: Theerthadanam and Kattu Vannu Vilichappol
- 1 nomination: Karumadikkuttan, Ravanaparabhu and Ishtam

Awards
- 2 awards: Meghamalhar
- 1 award: Karumadikkuttan, Theerthadanam, and Ravanaparabhu

Tamil edit

Nominations
- 4 nominations: Aanandham and Kasi
- 2 nominations: Nandha and Poovellam Un Vasam
- 1 nomination: Friends, Pandavar Bhoomi, Aalavandhan and Minnale

Awards
- 3 awards: Minnale (including female debut and female playback singer)
- 2 awards: Nandha (including cinematography)
- 1 award: Aanandham, Pandavar Bhoomi, Kasi and Paarthale Paravasam (Choreography)

Telugu edit

Nominations
- 5 nominations: Murari
- 4 nominations: Nuvvu Nenu and Narasimha Naidu
- 3 nominations: Kushi
- 1 nomination: Preminchu

Awards
- 4 awards: Nuvvu Nenu
- 1 award: Kushi

Main awards edit

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Kannada cinema edit

Best Film	Best Director
Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu Huchcha Vaalee	Nagathihalli Chandrashekar – Nanna Preethiya Hudugi S. Mahendar – Vaalee Om Prakash Rao – Huchcha
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sudeep – Huchcha Ramesh Aravind – Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu Vishnuvardhan – Kotigobba	Prema – Kanasugara Rekha Vedavyas – Huchcha Shruthi – Gattimela
Best Music Director
Gurukiran – Chitra Rajesh Ramanath – Huchcha Rajesh Ramanath – Vaalee

Malayalam cinema edit

Best Film	Best Director
Meghamalhar Theerthadanam Uthaman	Vinayan – Karumadikkuttan Anil Babu – Uthaman Kamal – Meghamalhar
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jayaram – Theerthadanam Biju Menon – Meghamalhar Jayaram – Uthaman	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

Tamil cinema edit

Best Film	Best Director
Aanandham Friends Kasi	Cheran – Pandavar Bhoomi Bala – Nandha N. Lingusamy – Aanandham Vinayan - Kasi
Best Actor	Best Actress
Vikram – Kasi Ajith Kumar – Poovellam Un Vasam Kamal Haasan – Aalavandhan	Laila – Nandha Devayani – Aanandham Jyothika – Poovellam Un Vasam
Best Music Director
Harris Jayaraj – Minnale Ilaiyaraja – Kasi S. A. Rajkumar – Aanandham

Telugu cinema edit

Best Film	Best Director
Nuvvu Nenu Kushi Murari	Teja – Nuvvu Nenu B. Gopal – Narasimha Naidu Krishna Vamsi – Murari
Best Actor	Best Actress
Uday Kiran – Nuvvu Nenu Balakrishna Nandamuri – Narasimha Naidu Mahesh Babu – Murari Pawan Kalyan - Kushi	Bhoomika Chawla – Kushi Laya – Preminchu Sonali Bendre – Murari Simran - Narasimha Naidu
Best Music Director
R. P. Patnaik – Nuvvu Nenu Mani Sharma – Narasimha Naidu Mani Sharma – Murari Mani Sharma - Kushi

Technical Awards edit

Best Choreography Lawrence – from Paarthale Paravasam	Best Cinematography R. Rathnavelu – Nandha

Special awards edit

Lifetime Achievement M. S. Viswanathan Dasari Narayana Rao	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South Reemma Sen - Minnale	Best Playback Singer Bombay Jayashri - Minnale

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References edit

General edit

^[2]
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Specific edit

^ ^a ^b "Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu wins Filmfare". The Times of India. 6 April 2002. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South". downloads.movies.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South". downloads.movies.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Nuvvu Nenu wins 4 Filmfare awards". The Times of India. 6 April 2002. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.