The 70th Filmfare Awards South is an awards event that recognised and honoured the best films and performances from the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and music released in 2024 along with special honours for lifetime contributions and few special awards. The nominations were announced on 11 February 2026 and took place in Kochi, Kerala, India on 21 February 2026. The event made its debut in Kochi, Kerala after being held in Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Mithun Ramesh, Ranjini Haridas and Vishnu Warrier have hosted the event.

Amaran is the most awarded film with eight awards, followed by Aadujeevitham and Pushpa 2: The Rule with five each, Meiyazhagan with four, and Kishkindha Kaandam and Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi with three each. Pushpa 2: The Rule is the most awarded Telugu film. Amaran is the most awarded Tamil film. Aadujeevitham is the most awarded Malayalam film. Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi is the most awarded Kannada film.

Amaran is the only film to have two lead acting role awards won by Sivakarthikeyan (Best Actor – Tamil) and Sai Pallavi (Best Actress – Tamil). "Chuttamalle" (from Devara: Part 1), "Dwapara" (from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi), "Hey Minnale" (from Amaran), "Kurchi Madathapetti" (from Guntur Kaaram) and "Periyone" (from Aadujeevitham) are the most awarded songs with two wins each.

Amitabh Bachchan is the oldest winner, whereas, Sreekumaran Thampi is the oldest winner including non-competitive awards.

Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Main awards

Kannada cinema Best FilmBest Director Shakhahaari Rajesh Keelambi and Ranjini Prasanna, producers Bagheera Vijay Kiragandur, producer Bheema Krishna Sartak and Jagadeesh Gowda, producers Blink Ravichandra A. J, producer Hadinelentu Prithvi Konanur and Tejaswi Konanur, producers Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Prashanth G. Rudrappa, producers

| valign="top" | Prithvi Konanur – Hadinelentu Duniya Vijay – Bheema Rajguru B – Kerebete Sandeep Sunkad – Shakhahaari Srinidhi Bengaluru – Blink Utsav Gonwar – Photo Best Actor Best Actress Sriimurali – Bagheera as Vedanth Prabhakar / Bagheera Duniya Vijay – Bheema as Bheema Ganesh – Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi as Krishna Rangayana Raghu – Shakhahaari as Subbanna Bhatta Shiva Rajkumar – Bhairathi Ranagal as Bhairathi Ranagal Sudeepa – Max as Arjun Mahakshay / Max Akshatha Pandavapura – Koli Esru as Hucchheeri Ankita Amar – Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali as Anahita Madhumita Banarjee Bindu Shivaram – Kerebete as Meena Chaithra J Achar – Blink as Devaki Roshni Prakash – Murphy as Janani Rukmini Vasanth – Bagheera as Dr. Sneha Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Gopalkrishna Deshpande – Blink as Gopal Krishna Gopalkrishna Deshpande – Shakhahaari as Mallikarjuna Hiremath Jahangir M. S. – Photo as Husenappa Nagendra Shah – Maryade Prashne Prabhu Mundkur – Maryade Prashne as Rocky Prakash Raj – Bagheera as Guru Raj B. Shetty – Roopanthara as Goon Priya Shathamarshan – Bheema as Girija Apeksha Choranahalli – Koli Esru as Lachchu Harini Shreekanth – Kerebete as Gowrakka Lekha Naidu – Roopanthara as Hanumakka Rekha Kudligi – Hadinelentu as Seetha Sandhya Arekere – Photo as Gangamma Best Music Director Best Lyricist Arjun Janya – Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Max J. Anoop Seelin – Kaalapatthar Charan Raj – Bheema V. Harikrishna – Karataka Damanaka Veer Samarth – Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe V. Nagendra Prasad – "Dwapara" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Ghouse Peer – "Bhuvana Hudukadide" from Kerebete Kaviraj – "Ninna Hegalu" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Nagarjun Sharma – "Dont Worry Baby Chinnamma" from Bheema Pramod Maravanthe – "Sakhi" from Blink Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – Female Jaskaran Singh – "Dwapara" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Kapil Kapilan – "Oh Anahitha" from Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali Siddhartha Belmannu – "Sakhi" from Blink Sonu Nigam – "He Gagana" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Vijay Prakash – "Sanje Mele" from Matinee Shruti Prahlad – "Hithalakka Karibyada" from Karataka Damanaka Indu Nagaraj – "Chinnamma" from Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi Shivani Swamy – "Ella Maathannu Onde Baari" from Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe Srilakshmi Belmannu – "Radhe" from Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali Vaish – "I Love You" from BheemaCritics Best ActorCritics Best Actress Gowrishankar SRG – Kerebete as Naga Ankita Amar – Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali as Anahita Madhumita Banarjee

Malayalam cinema Best FilmBest Director Manjummel Boys – Soubin Shahir, Babu Shahir and Shawn Antony, producers Bramayugam – Chakravarthy Ramachandra, S. Sasikanth and Victor Prabhakaran, producers Aadujeevitham – Blessy, K. G. Abraham and K. C. Eapen, producers Aattam – Ajith Joy, producer Premalu – Fahadh Faasil, Dileesh Pothan and Syam Pushkaran, producers Aavesham – Fahadh Faasil, Nazriya Nazim and Anwar Rasheed, producers Kishkindha Kaandam – Joby George, producer Prabhayay Ninachathellam – Thomas Hakim and Julian Graff, producers Ullozhukku – Ronnie Screwvala, Honey Trehan and Abhishek Chaubey, producers Rahul Sadasivan – Bramayugam Jithu Madhavan – Aavesham Jithin Laal – ARM Chidambaram – Manjummel Boys Dinjith Ayyathan – Kishkindha Kaandam Blessy – Aadujeevitham Anand Ekarshi – Aattam Christo Tomy – Ullozhukku Payal Kapadia – Prabhayay Ninachathellam Best Actor Best Actress Mammootty – Bramayugam as Koduman Potti / Chathan Asif Ali – Kishkindha Kaandam as Ajay Chandran Basil Joseph – Sookshmadarshini as Manuel Fahadh Faasil – Aavesham as Ranjith Gangadharan / Ranga Prithviraj Sukumaran – Aadujeevitham as Najeeb Muhammad Tovino Thomas – ARM as Maniyan / Ajayan / Kunjikelu Urvashi – Ullozhukku as Leelamma Mamitha Baiju – Premalu as Reenu Roy Nazriya Nazim – Sookshmadarshini as Priyadarshini Antony Divya Prabha – Prabhayay Ninachathellam as Anu Kani Kusruti – Prabhayay Ninachathellam as Prabha Parvathy Thiruvothu – Ullozhukku as Anju Zarin Shihab – Aattam as Anjali Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Vijayaraghavan – Kishkindha Kaandam as K. Appu Pillai Arjun Ashokan – Bramayugam as Thevan / Chathan Kunchacko Boban – Bougainvillea as Dr. Royce John Sidharth Bharathan – Bramayugam as Potti's illicit son and cook K R Gokul – Aadujeevitham as Hakim Jagadish – Vaazha: Biopic of a Billion Boys as Vishwam's father Lijomol Jose – Her as Abhinaya Abhinaya – Pani as Gowri Aparna Balamurali – Kishkindha Kaandam as Aparna Pooja Mohanraj – Aavesham as Beauty Surabhi Lakshmi – ARM as Manikyam Vani Viswanath – Rifle Club as Ittiyanam Best Music Director Best Lyricist Sushin Shyam – Aavesham Amrith Ramnath – Varshangalkku Shesham A. R. Rahman – Aadujeevitham Christo Xavier – Sookshmadarshini Dhibu Ninan Thomas – ARM Sankar Sharma – Jai Ganesh Sushin Shyam – Bougainvillea Rafeeq Ahamed – "Periyone" from Aadujeevitham Manu Manjith – "Angu Vaana Konilu" from ARM P. S. Rafeeque – "Madhabhara" from Malaikottai Vaaliban Santhosh Varma – "Orupaadu Paaduvan" from Jai Ganesh Vaishak Sugunan – "Jeevithagaadhakale" from Varshangalkku Shesham Vinayak Sasikumar – "Gandharva Ganam" from Rifle Club Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Madhu Pakaroo" from Varshangalkku Shesham Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – Female Jithin Raj – "Periyone" from Aadujeevitham Amrith Ramnath – "Nyabagam" from Varshangalkku Shesham K. S. Harisankar – "Kiliye" from ARM Madhu Balakrishnan – "Orupaadu Paaduvan" from Jai Ganesh Vijay Yesudas – "Omane" from Aadujeevitham Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Madhu Pakaroo" from Varshangalkku Shesham Vaikom Vijayalakshmi – "Angu Vanna Konile" from ARM Madhuvanthi Narayanan – "Maravikale" from Bougainvillea Mary Anna – "Sthuthi" from Bougainvillea Mridula Warrier – "Mandhara Malarin" from Anand Sreebala Nithya Mammen – "Ee Vazhikalil" from Kummattikkali Preeti Pillai – "Mathabhara" from Malaikottai Vaaliban Shweta Mohan – "Gandharva" from Rifle Club Sithara Krishnakumar – "Pande Nenchil" from Once Upon a Time in KochiCritics Best ActorCritics Best Actress Asif Ali – Kishkindha Kaandam as Ajay Chandran Prithviraj Sukumaran – Aadujeevitham as Najeeb Muhammad Zarin Shihab – Aattam as Anjali

Tamil cinema Best FilmBest Director Amaran – Kamal Haasan, R. Mahendran and Vivek Krishnani, producers Kottukkaali – Sivakarthikeyan and Kalai Arasu, producers Lubber Pandhu – S. Lakshman Kumar and A. Venkatesh, producers Maharaja – Jagadish Palaniswamy and Sudhan Sundaram, producers Meiyazhagan – Suriya and Jyothika, producers Vaazhai – Mari Selvaraj and Divya Mari Selvaraj, producers

| valign="top" | PS Vinothraj – Kottukkaali Rajkumar Periasamy – Amaran C. Prem Kumar – Meiyazhagan Mari Selvaraj – Vaazhai Nithilan Saminathan – Maharaja Pa. Ranjith – Thangalaan Best Actor Best Actress Sivakarthikeyan – Amaran as Major Mukund Varadarajan Arvind Swamy – Meiyazhagan as Arulmozhi V R Dinesh – Lubber Pandhu as Poomalai / Gethu Vikram – Thangalaan as Thangalaan Muni / Kaadaiyan / Arasan "Aaran" / Adhi Muni / Naga Muni Dhanush – Captain Miller as Analeesan "Easa" / Captain Miller Soori – Garudan as Sokkan Vijay Sethupathi – Maharaja as Maharaja Sai Pallavi – Amaran as Indu Rebecca Varghese Anna Ben – Kottukkaali as Meena Keerthy Suresh – Raghu Thatha as Kayalvizhi Pandian Simran – Andhagan as Simi Sri Gouri Priya – Lover as Divya Shanmugam Urvashi – J Baby as J Baby Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Karthi – Meiyazhagan as Meiyazhagan Anurag Kashyap – Maharaja as Selvam Bobby Deol – Kanguva as Udhiran Kaali Venkat – Lubber Pandhu as Karuppaiya Shantanu Bhagyaraj – Blue Star as Rajesh Parvathy Thiruvothu – Thangalaan as Gengammal Swasika – Lubber Pandhu as Yasodhai Dushara Vijayan – Raayan as Durga Nikhila Vimal – Vaazhai as Poongodi Priya Anand – Andhagan as Julie Best Music Director Best Lyricist G. V. Prakash Kumar – Amaran A. R. Rahman – Raayan Anirudh Ravichander – Vettaiyan Santhosh Narayanan – Vaazhai Sean Roldan – Lubber Pandhu Uma Devi K – "Yaaro Ivan Yaaro" from Meiyazhagan Karthik Netha – "Hey Minnale" from Amaran Mohan Rajan – "Aasa Orave" from Lubber Pandhu Vivek – "Uyirey" from Amaran Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – Female Haricharan – "Hey Minnale" from Amaran Kapil Kapilan – "Vennilavu Saaral" from Amaran Pradeep Kumar – "Chillanjirukkiye" from Lubber Pandhu Sanjay Subrahmanyan – "Manasula" from Viduthalai 2 Sid Sriram – "Thaaye Thaaye" from Maharaja Vijay Narain – "Poraen Naa Poraen" from Meiyazhagan Shweta Mohan – "Hey Minnale" from Amaran Ananya Bhat – "Manasula" from Viduthalai 2 Dhee – "Thenkizhakku" from Vaazhai Ganavya – "Oh Raaya" from Raayan Sakthisree Gopalan – "Thaensudare" from LoverCritics Best ActorCritics Best Actress Arvind Swamy – Meiyazhagan as Arulmozhi Varman Anna Ben – Kottukkaali as Meena Telugu cinema Best FilmBest Director Pushpa 2: The Rule – Naveen Yerneni and Y. Ravi Shankar, producers 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu – Srujan Yarabolu and Siddharth Rallapalli, producers Committee Kurrollu – Padmaja Konidela and Jayalakshmi Adapaka Hanu-Man – K. Niranjan Reddy, producer Kalki 2898 AD – C. Aswini Dutt, producer Lucky Baskhar – Suryadevara Naga Vamsi and Sai Soujanya, producers

| valign="top" | Sukumar – Pushpa 2: The Rule Nag Ashwin – Kalki 2898 AD Nanda Kishore Emani – 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu Prasanth Varma – Hanu-Man Venky Atluri – Lucky Baskhar Yadhu Vamsi – Committee Kurrollu Best Actor Best Actress Allu Arjun – Pushpa 2: The Rule as Pushpa Raj Dulquer Salmaan – Lucky Baskhar as Baskhar Kumar N. T. Rama Rao Jr. – Devara: Part 1 as Devara / Vara Nani – Saripodhaa Sanivaaram as Surya Siddhu Jonnalagadda – Tillu Square as Bala Gangadhar Tilak Teja Sajja – Hanu-Man as Hanumanthu Nivetha Thomas – 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu as Bala Saraswati Anupama Parameswaran – Tillu Square as Lilly Joseph Ashika Ranganath – Naa Saami Ranga as Varalakshmi Meenakshi Chaudhary – Lucky Baskhar as Sumathi Priyanka Mohan – Saripodhaa Sanivaaram as Charulatha