The year's Filmfare awards for South Indian films was announced yesterday. Megastar Mammootty was named the best actor for his performance in' Pranchiyettan and the Saint' while Mamtha Mohandas was named the best actress for 'katha thudaraunnu'.'Pranchiyettan and the saint' also bagged the awards for the best picture and best director for Renjith. While Hariharan was selected as the best singer for 'katha Thudarunnu', Shreya Ghoshal was named the best female singer for her song' Kizhakku pookkkum 'from 'Anwar'. Urvashy was selected as the best supporting actress while Biju Menon was named as the best supporting actor. Gopi Sundar bagged the award for the best music director.

Vikram and Allu Arjun was named the best actors in Tamil and Telugu respectively. A R Rehman was named the bets musician in Tamil and Telugu while 'Maina' was named the best feature in Tamil.