WINNERS TAKE ALL
South cinema is leading in terms of stories, technical finesse and performances. Our Telugu Best Film Mahanati, which also won the Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female) Award for Keerthi Suresh is a biopic on legendary actress Savitri. Best Actor In A Leading Role Male (Popular) from Tamil cinema, Dhanush (Vada Chennai), played a gangster while joint winner Vijay Sethupathi (’96) a distraught lover... Here’s looking at all the talented winners of the 66th Yamaha Fascino Filmfare Awards South 2019... A night of camaraderie, celebration and cheer…
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
HARIHARAN
Hariharan is a multiple National and Kerala State Film Award Winner. He won the Filmfare Best Director trophy for Parinayam (1994) and Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (2009). His films are rooted in the milieu of Kerala and reflect the ethos of the region. They also offer a wider spectrum, critiquing the human condition. His films are praised for their varied content as well as for the depiction of complex human relationships. Multi-layered and meaningful, they have proved to be as popular with the masses as with the critics. His repertoire ranges from thrillers, whodunits, musicals, war films and historicals. His films were entertaining but carried a kernel of social reform. He’s revered across the world for his seminal work. His Sargam (1992) received a special honour at the Fukuoka and Swiss film festivals. He also won the National Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for Sargam, the National Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues for Parinayam (1994) and the National Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam for Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (2009). His film Ennu Swantham Janakikutty was the inaugural film at the Korean film festival (2000). It also took part in the London film festival (2000).
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE) TELUGU
RAM CHARAN
MOVIE: RANGASTHALAM
Ram Charan plays a happy-go-lucky villager in the film, who sadly gets involved in an excruciating revenge saga after the death of his elder brother. Charan is a simpleton and is shown to be hard of hearing. It’s only later that his crafty mind shines through. Charan essayed both facets with ease and won acclaim for it.
