The year 2021 began with the South film industry bagging prestigious acclaim from the Dadasaheb Phalke Awards. On Friday, the Ministry of Broadcasting and Information announced the names of critically acclaimed actors and filmmakers from the South industry for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. The foundation honoured the talented stars from the four film industries including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada. From Nagarjuna To Dhanush, many actors from different lingual industries won the award, here is the list of winners for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Awards South 2020.
In Tollywood, Akkineni Nagarjuna received the Most Versatile Actor Award, Naveen Polishetty received the Best Actor Award for the film Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya. Rashmika Mandanna acclaimed the Best Actress Award for her film Dear Comrade and the Best Director award is being presented to Sujeet for the film Saaho. Nani’s Jersey received the Best Film Award, and S.S. Thaman received the Best Music Director Award.
Dhanush from the Tamil industry, Suraj Venjaramoodu from the Malayalam lingual region and Rakshit Shetty from the Kannada industry, won the Best Actor Awards this year for their performances. For Best Actress, Jyotika, Parvathy Thiruvothu and Tanya Hope bagged the award from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada respectively. Actors Ajith in Tamil, Mohanlal in Malayalam and Shivarajkumar in Kannada received the Most Versatile Actors in their respective film industries.
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