This evening the prestigious 62nd Filmfare awards were declared at a glittering ceremony in Chennai tonight. The whole South Indian film fraternity (Tollywood, Kollywood,Mollywood & Sandalwood) have graced this gala event and this year we had a tough competition amidst our Telugu films to hold the lovely Black Lady.
But as expected Manam bagged most of the accolades with a total of 5 Filmfare Awards and Stylish star’s Race Gurram is the second best with 3 trophies. While this is perhaps the debut award for super talents like composer Anup Rubens, lyricist Chandrabose and singer Simha (for Cinema Soopistamama, Race Gurram), this is the 3rd Filmfare for Stylish Star Allu Arjun (Vedam & Parugu earlier) and 2nd Filmfare trophy in a row for Manchu Lakshmi (Gundello Godari & now Chandamama Kathalu). Interestingly, Bellamkonda Scion Bellamkonda Sreenivas has bagged the prestigious and much revered Filmfare with his debut film (Alludu Seenu) only. Above all, Samantha has a bigger reason to celebrate because her films Manam, Alludu Seenu, Kaththi (Tamil) bagged trophies tonight.
Well the event was at its grandeur best with the glitzy presence of the who’s who of the industry, scintillating performances by divas like Taapsee, Poorna etc and big smiles of all the awardees. Here is the entire list of the award winners in Telugu:
Best Film (Telugu) – Manam.
Best Director (Telugu) – Vikram Kumar Manam.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male|Telugu) -Jagapathi Babu (Legend)
Best Actor in a Supporting role (Female|Telugu) - Lakshmi Manchu (Chandamama Kathalu).
Best Playback Singer (Male|Telugu) - Simha for Cinema Choopista Mama (Race Gurram).
Best Playback Singer (Female|Telugu) – Sunitha for Yem Sandeham Ledu (Oohalu Gusagusalade).
Best Music (Telugu) - Anoop Rubens for Manam.
Best Lyrics (Telugu) – Chandrabose for Kanipinchina Maa Ammake (Manam)
Best Cinematographer – P S Vinod for Manam.
Best Debut (Male) – Bellamkonda Sreenivas for Alludu Seenu.
Best Actor (Female|Telugu) Shruti Hassan for Race Gurram.
Best Actor (Male|Telugu) Allu Arjun for Race Gurram.
Lifetime Achievement Award - Actress Radhika.