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.

Recipients[edit]

Year	Image	Honorees	Ref.
1983		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	^[1]
1984		Sowcar Janaki
1985		Sivaji Ganesan	^[2]
1986		Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
1988		Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
1989		Akkineni Nageswara Rao
1989		Ilaiyaraaja
1990		Padmini
1991		M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1992		L. V. Prasad	^[3]^[4]
1993		Gemini Ganesan	^[5]
1994		K. Balachander
		K. Viswanath
		B. Saroja Devi
		Madhu
		Hrishikesh Mukherjee
		Soumitra Chatterjee
1995		Nagesh	^[6]
1995		Manorama	^[6]
1996		Krishna	^[7]
1996	–	Sarada	^[7]
1997		S. Janaki	^[8]
1997		Nedumudi Venu	^[8]
1998		Allu Ramalingaiah	^[9]
1998		Lakshmi	^[9]
1999	–	Pandari Bai	^[1]
1999	–	Sundaram	^[1]
2000		D. Rama Naidu	^[1]
2000		Sheela	^[1]
2001		M. S. Viswanathan	^[10]
2001		Dasari Narayana Rao	^[10]
2002		K. Raghavendra Rao	^[11]
2002		Vishnuvardhan	^[11]
2003		K. J. Yesudas	^[12]
2003	–	Vijayashanti	^[12]
2004	–	K. R. Vijaya	^[13]
2004		Ramoji Rao	^[13]
2005		Thilakan
2005		Sukumari
2006		Krishnam Raju	^[14]
2006		P. Susheela	^[14]
2007		Sivakumar	^[15]
2007		Jaya Prada	^[15]
2008	–	Veturi	^[16]
2009		Ambareesh	^[17]
2009		K. P. A. C. Lalitha	^[17]
2010		Chiranjeevi	^[18]^[19]
2010	–	Jayasudha	^[18]^[19]
2011		S. P. Muthuraman	^[20]
2011		Seema	^[20]
2012		Bapu	^[21]
2012		Vani Jairam	^[21]
2013		Balu Mahendra
2013		Jayabharathi
2014		IV Sasi	^[22]
2014		Radhika	^[22]
2015		Mohan Babu	^[23]
2016	–	Vijaya Nirmala
2017		Kaikala Satyanarayana	^[24]
2018		Hariharan
2020–21		Puneeth Rajkumar
2020–21		Allu Aravind

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

General[edit]

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]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lifetime Achievement Award (South) winners down the years". Filmfare.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "33rd Annual Filmfare Awards South". 17 November 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^ https://archive.org/download/40thSouthFilmfareLifetimeAchievement/40th%20south%20filmfare%20lifetime%20achievement.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}
^ https://archive.org/download/40thFilmfareSouthBestActorActressFilmsLifetimeMusicDirector/40th%20filmfare%20south%20best%20actor%20actress%20films%20lifetime%20music%20director.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}
^ https://archive.org/download/FilmfareLifetimeAchievement/filmfare%20lifetime%20achievement.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}
^ "Special Updates". 28 April 1997. Archived from the original on 28 April 1997. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "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.
^ https://archive.org/download/46thFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners/46th%20Filmfare%20Awards%20south%20winners.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}
^ "49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South". Archived from the original on 10 July 2013.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
^ "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.
^ "Happy Days at the 55th Tiger Balm Filmfare South Awards". bollyspice.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
^ "A Sparkling Triumph — The 56th Filmfare South Awards". bollyspice.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
^ "Filmfare Awards winners". The Times of India. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ "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".

External links[edit]

55th Filmfare Awards South Winners Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[filmfare1-1] "Lifetime Achievement Award (South) winners down the years". Filmfare.com. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[2] "33rd Annual Filmfare Awards South". 17 November 2023 – via Internet Archive.

[3] ttps://archive.org/download/40thSouthFilmfareLifetimeAchievement/40th%20south%20filmfare%20lifetime%20achievement.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}

[4] ttps://archive.org/download/40thFilmfareSouthBestActorActressFilmsLifetimeMusicDirector/40th%20filmfare%20south%20best%20actor%20actress%20films%20lifetime%20music%20director.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}

[5] ttps://archive.org/download/FilmfareLifetimeAchievement/filmfare%20lifetime%20achievement.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}

[1995ff-6] "Special Updates". 28 April 1997. Archived from the original on 28 April 1997. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

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

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

[9] ttps://archive.org/download/46thFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners/46th%20Filmfare%20Awards%20south%20winners.jpg ^{[bare URL image file]}

[10] "49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South". Archived from the original on 10 July 2013.

[Indiatimes-11] "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-12] "51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare South Award winners". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

[Filmfare_Awards_2005-13] "Filmfare Awards 2005". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

[Filmfare_Awards_presented-14] "Filmfare Awards presented". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2009.

[15] "Happy Days at the 55th Tiger Balm Filmfare South Awards". bollyspice.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.

[16] "A Sparkling Triumph — The 56th Filmfare South Awards". bollyspice.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.

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

[18] "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.

[19] "58th Filmfare Awards South 2011- A Complete Winner Lists". News365Today. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[20] "The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South)". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

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

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

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

[24] "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) P. Bhanumathi (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 Ramalingaiah & Lakshmi (1998) Pandari Bai & Mugur Sundar (1999) D. Ramanaidu & Sheela (2000)
2001–2010	M. S. Viswanathan & Dasari Narayana Rao (2001) K. 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 (2008) Ambareesh & K. P. A. C. Lalitha (2009) Chiranjeevi & Jayasudha (2010)
2011–2018	S. P. Muthuraman & Seema (2011) Bapu & Vani Jairam (2012) Balu Mahendra & Jayabharathi (2013) I. V. Sasi & Radhika Sarathkumar (2014) Mohan Babu (2015) Vijaya Nirmala (2016) Kaikala Satyanarayana (2017) Hariharan (2018)
2020–present	Puneeth Rajkumar & Allu Aravind (2020–2021)