Filmfare Awards South
Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards. They are presented by Filmfare magazine to honour artistic and technical excellence in the Indian film industry encompassing four languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. When it was introduced in 1954, the Filmfare Awards initially only recognized achievements in the Hindi film industry. In 1964 the awards were extended to Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi languages. Malayalam cinema was included in the awards in 1967 and Kannada cinema followed in 1970.
| Filmfare Awards South | |
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| Current: 67th Filmfare Awards South | |
The Black Lady | |
| Awarded for | Best in South Indian cinema |
| Sponsored by | Multiple |
| Location | India |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First awarded | 1963 |
| Last awarded | 2022 |
| Most awards | Kamal Haasan |
| Most nominations | Kamal Haasan |
| Website | Filmfare Awards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Star India (2000–19)
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| Related | Filmfare Awards Filmfare Awards East Filmfare Marathi Awards |
Each industry is given its own set of creative awards in annual ceremonies that have predominantly been held in Chennai and Hyderabad. Before 1976, the Awards ceremony was held in Mumbai along with Hindi awards. From 1976, Southern region film awards were separated from Hindi and moved to Chennai.