47th Filmfare Awards South

47th Filmfare Awards South
47th Filmfare Awards South
Date	22 April 2000
Site	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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The 47th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in films released 1999, is an event that was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, 22 April 2000. The awards were distributed at Chennai.

Main awards

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Upendra -H. C. Srinivas	Upendra – Upendra
Best Actor	Best Actress
Shiva Rajkumar – A.K.47	Tara – Kanooru Heggadithi
Best Music Director
K. Kalyan – Chandramukhi Pranasakhi

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal	Shyamaprasad – Agnisakshi
Best Actor	Best Actress
Mohanlal – Vanaprastham	Manju Warrier – Pathram
Best Music Director
Vidyasagar – Niram

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Sethu	Bala – Sethu
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ajith Kumar – Vaali	Ramya Krishnan – Padayappa
Best Music Director
A. R. Rahman – Mudhalvan

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Raja	B. Gopal – Samarasimha Reddy
Best Actor	Best Actress
Chiranjeevi – Sneham Kosam	Soundarya – Raja
Best Music Director
S. A. Rajkumar – Raja

Technical Awards

Best Cinematographer Santosh Sivan – Vanaprastham	Best Playback Singer Vasundhara Das - Mudhalvan (for "Shakalaka Baby")

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Pandari Bai Sundaram	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South Jyothika for Vaali
Special award Vikram for Sethu