Idea Filmfare Awards South announces the nominees

Malayalam movies like Elsamma Enna Aankutty, Kadha Thudarunnu, Kutti Sranku and Pranchiyettan and The Saint have bagged maximum number of nominations at the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards South 2010. The nominations were recently announced at a press conference.

Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards. The awards are given for films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language films. The magazine has been honouring the spirit of excellence in cinema for years.

The event of the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards 2010 South will be held on July 2 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre. The event is going to be a grand show of stars as the actors, directors and producers of South Indian film industry will come together.

The following are nominees from Malayalam films

Best Film

Elsamma Enna Aankutty
Kadha Thudarunnu
Kuttisranku
Merykundoro Kunjadu
Pranchiyettan & The Saint

Best Director

Lal Jose - Elsamma Enna Aankutty
Ranjith - Pranchiyettan & The Saint
Sathyan Anthicau - Kadha Thudarunnu
Shafi Merykundoro - Kunjadu
Shaji. N .Karun- Kuttisranku

Best Actor (Male)

Anoop Menon – Cocktail
Dilip – Merykundoro Kunjadu
Kunchakko Boban – Elsamma Enna Aankutty
Mammootty – Pranchiyettan & The Saint
Prithviraj – Anwar

Best Actor (Female)

Archana Kavi - Mummy & Me
Kavya Madhavan - Pappi Appacha
Mamtha Mohandas - Kadha Thudarunnu
Priyamani – Pranchiyettan & The Saint
Samvrutha Sunil – Cocktail

Best Actor Supporting Role (Male)

AP Lal – Anwar
Biju Menon – Merikundoru Kunjadu
Indrajith – Elsamma Enna Aankutty
Jayasurya – Cocktail
Suresh Krishna – Kuttisranku

Best Actor Supporting Role (Female)

Kpac Lalitha – Elsamma Enna Aankutty
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy – Shikkar
Lakshmi Priya – Kadha Thudarunnu
Urvasi – Mummy & Me
Vinaya Prasad – Merikundoru Kunjadu

Best Music Director

Gopi Sundar – Anwar – Kizhakku Pookkum
Illayaraja – Kadha Thudarunnu – Aaro Padunu Doore
M. Jayachandran Shikkar – Shikkar – Pinne Ennodonnum
M.G.Sreekumar – Orunal Varum – Maavin Chuvattil
Ouseppachan – Aagathan – Manju Mazhakkalam

Best Lyricist

Anil Panachooran – Cocktail – Neeyam Thanalin
Kaithapram – Aagathan – Manju Mazha
Murugan Kattakkada – Orunal Varum – Maavin Chuvattil
Rafeeque Ahmed – Anwar – Kizhakku Pookkum
Sarathchandra Varma – Kadha Thudarunnu – Aro Padunnu

Best Playback Singer (Male)

Hariharan – Kadhathudarunnu – Aaro Padun
K J Yesudas – Shikkar – Ennodonnum Parayathe
Madhu Balakrishnan – Manjin Velli ( Duet) – Pappi Appacha
Rahul Nambiar – Mummy & Me – Ven Mukilin
Vijay Yesudas – Neeyam Thanal (Duet) – Cocktail

Best Playback Singer (Female)

Chithra – Mummy & Me – Malakha Pole
Shreya – Anwar – Kizhakk Pookkum
Shreya – Aagathan – Manju Mazhakk
Shwetha Mohan – Orunal Varum – Maavin Chuvati
Sujatha – Karayilekkoru Kadal Dooram – Pachila Charthan