Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South

The Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South ceremony. Following is a list of the award recipients.The lifetime Achievement award south was first instituted in 1984 & those who are recognised Legendary filmmakers, artists, film personalities for outstanding contributions to Indian cinema.

Recipients[edit | edit source]

Year	Honorees	Nature of work	Ref.
1984	Sowkar Janaki	Actress	^[1]
1985	Padmini	Actress	^[2]
1986	Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair	Lyricist	^[3]
1986	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Playback Singer	^[3]
1987	Akkineni Nageswara Rao	Actor
1988	Bhanumathi Ramakrishna	Actress	^[4]^[5]
1989	Ilayaraja	Music Director	^[6]
1990	M. T. Vasudevan Nair	Screenplay Writer/Filmmaker	^[7]
1991	No award
1992	L. V. Prasad	Director / Producer	^[8]^[9]
1993	Gemini Ganesan	Actor	^[10]
1994	B. Saroja Devi	Actress	^[11]
	K. Balachander †	Director
	Madhu	Actor
	K. Viswanath †	Director
	Soumitra Chatterjee †	Actor
	Hrishikesh Mukherjee †	Director
1995	Nagesh	Actor	^[12]
1995	Manorama	Actress	^[12]
1996	Krishna	Actor	^[13]^[14]
1996	Sarada	Actress	^[13]^[14]
1997	S. Janaki	Singer	^[15]
1997	Nedumudi Venu	Actor	^[15]
1998	Lakshmi	Actress	^[16]
1998	Allu Ramalingaiah	Actor	^[16]
1999	Pandari Bai	Actress	^[17]
1999	Sundaram	Choreographer	^[17]
2000	D. Rama Naidu †	Producer
2000	Sheela	Actress
2001	M. S. Viswanathan	Music Director	^[18]
2001	Dasari Narayana Rao	Director	^[18]
2002	Vishnuvardhan	Actor	^[19]
2002	K. Raghavendra Rao	Director	^[19]
2003	Vijayashanti	Actress	^[20]
2003	K. J. Yesudas	Singer	^[20]
2004	K. R. Vijaya	Actress	^[21]
2004	Ramoji Rao	Producer	^[21]
2005	Thilakan	Actor
2005	Sukumari	Actress
2006	Krishnam Raju	Actor	^[22]^[23]
2006	P. Susheela	Singer	^[22]^[23]
2007	Sivakumar	Actor	^{[citation needed]}
2007	Jaya Prada	Actress	^{[citation needed]}
2008	Veturi	Lyricist	^{[citation needed]}
2009	Ambareesh	Actor	^[24]
2009	K. P. A. C. Lalitha	Actress	^[24]
2010	Chiranjeevi	Actor	^[25]^[26]^[27]
2010	Jayasudha	Actress	^[25]^[26]^[27]
2011	S. P. Muthuraman	Director	^[28]
2011	Seema	Actress	^[28]
2012	Bapu	Director	^[29]
2012	Vani Jairam	Singer	^[29]
2013	Balu Mahendra (posthumous)	Cinematographer
2013	Jayabharathi	Actress
2014	IV Sasi	Director	^[30]
2014	Radhika	Actress	^[30]
2015	Mohan Babu	Actor	^[31]
2016	Vijaya Nirmala	Actress
2017	Kaikala Satyanarayana	Actor	^[32]
2018	Hariharan	Director
2020–2021	Puneeth Rajkumar (posthumous)	Actor
2020–2021	Allu Aravind	Producer
2022	No award
2023	Srinath	Actor
2024	Sreenivasan (posthumous)	Actor	^[33]
2024	Sreekumaran Thampi	Director / Writer	^[33]

Notes[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

General[edit | edit source]

Filmfare Editorial (10 July 2014). "Lifetime Achievement Award (South) winners down the years..." Filmfare. Retrieved 29 August 2014. Here is a list of the legendary stars who won the Lifetime Achievement Award (South)

Specific[edit | edit source]

↑ "32nd Annual Filmfare Awards South". 24 February 2026.
↑ "33rd annual filmfare awards south".
↑ "34th Filmfare South Winners".
↑ "36th annual Filmfare south winners".
↑ "36th Filmfare Awards South".
↑ "39th Annual Filmfare Tamil Best Director Film Music".
↑ "38th Annual Filmfare Awards South".
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↑ "42nd Annual Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award Winners South". 5 August 2024.
↑ "Filmfare Awards". Archived from the original on 10 October 1999.
↑ https://archive.org/details/filmfare-life-time-achievement
↑ "Filmfare - South Special". Archived from the original on 3 November 1999. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
↑ Darpan, Pratiyogita (August 1998). Competition Science Vision — Google Books. p. 791. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
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↑ "Filmfare - Print Edition". Archived from the original on 18 February 2014.
↑ "49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Manikchand Filmfare Awards in Hyderabad". The Times of India. 19 May 2003. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
↑ "51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare South Award winners". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 5 August 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Filmfare Awards 2005". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
↑ "Filmfare Awards presented". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
↑ "54th Annual Filmfare awards south Lifetime achievement award winners & Legendary honorary winners". 27 January 2025.
↑ "Filmfare Awards winners". The Times of India. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
↑ "Chiranjeevi Filmfare Best Actor Awards". 25 May 2018.
↑ "58 Filmfare Awards South India 2-07-2011". Kasepu.com. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
↑ "58th Filmfare Awards South 2011- A Complete Winner Lists". News365Today. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
↑ "The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South)". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 July 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Filmfare Awards (South): The complete list of Winners". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015.
↑ "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South". Filmfare. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
↑ "Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016.
↑ "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018".
↑ "Full List of Winners of The 70th Filmfare Awards South With Kerala Tourism (Malayalam)". Filmfare. 22 February 2026. Retrieved 23 February 2026.

External links[edit | edit source]

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[1] "32nd Annual Filmfare Awards South". 24 February 2026.

[2] "33rd annual filmfare awards south".

[3] "34th Filmfare South Winners".

[4] "36th annual Filmfare south winners".

[5] "36th Filmfare Awards South".

[6] "39th Annual Filmfare Tamil Best Director Film Music".

[7] "38th Annual Filmfare Awards South".

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[11] "42nd Annual Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award Winners South". 5 August 2024.

[12] "Filmfare Awards". Archived from the original on 10 October 1999.

[13] ttps://archive.org/details/filmfare-life-time-achievement

[14] "Filmfare - South Special". Archived from the original on 3 November 1999. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

[15] Darpan, Pratiyogita (August 1998). Competition Science Vision — Google Books. p. 791. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[16] ttps://archive.org/download/46thFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners/46th%20Filmfare%20Awards%20south%20winners.jpg Template:Bare URL image

[17] "Filmfare - Print Edition". Archived from the original on 18 February 2014.

[18] "49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[Indiatimes-19] "Manikchand Filmfare Awards in Hyderabad". The Times of India. 19 May 2003. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2009.

[indiatimes.com-20] "51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare South Award winners". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 5 August 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[Filmfare_Awards_2005-21] "Filmfare Awards 2005". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

[Filmfare_Awards_presented-22] "Filmfare Awards presented". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

[23] "54th Annual Filmfare awards south Lifetime achievement award winners & Legendary honorary winners". 27 January 2025.

[24] "Filmfare Awards winners". The Times of India. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.

[25] "Chiranjeevi Filmfare Best Actor Awards". 25 May 2018.

[26] "58 Filmfare Awards South India 2-07-2011". Kasepu.com. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[27] "58th Filmfare Awards South 2011- A Complete Winner Lists". News365Today. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[28] "The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South)". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 July 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[29] "Filmfare Awards (South): The complete list of Winners". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015.

[30] "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South". Filmfare. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[31] "Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016.

[32] "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018".

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v t e Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South
1983–1989	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1983) Sowcar Janaki (1984) Sivaji Ganesan (1985) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1986) Bhanumathi Ramakrishna (1987) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1988) Ilaiyaraaja (1989)
1990–1999	Padmini (1990) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1991) L. V. Prasad (1992) Gemini Ganesan (1993) K. Balachander, K. Viswanath, B. Saroja Devi, Madhu, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Soumitra Chatterjee (1994) Nagesh & Manorama (1995) Krishna & Sharada (1996) Nedumudi Venu & S. Janaki (1997) Allu Rama Lingaiah & Lakshmi (1998) Pandari Bai & Mugur Sundar (1999) D. Ramanaidu & Sheela (2000)
2001–2010	M. S. Viswanathan & Dasari Narayana Rao (2001) Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao & Vishnuvardhan (2002) K. J. Yesudas & Vijayashanti (2003) K. R. Vijaya & Ramoji Rao (2004) Thilakan & Sukumari (2005) Krishnam Raju & P. Susheela (2006) Sivakumar & Jaya Prada (2007) Veturi Sundararama Murthy (2008) Ambareesh & KPAC Lalitha (2009) Chiranjeevi & Jayasudha (2010)
2011–present	S. P. Muthuraman & Seema (2011) Bapu & Vani Jairam (2012) Balu Mahendra & Jayabharathi (2013) I. V. Sasi & Raadhika (2014) Mohan Babu (2015) Vijaya Nirmala (2016) Kaikala Satyanarayana (2017)