'Eega' sweeps Filmfare Awards
Veteran Telugu filmmaker Bapu was presented the lifetime achievement award along with singer Vani Jairam
Filmmaker SS Rajamouli's critically acclaimed revenge-drama 'Eega' swept the 60th Filmfare awards (south) ceremony in Hyderabad by winning five honours, including best film and best director, in the Telugu language category.
Apart from best film and best director award for Rajamouli, actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu was adjudged best actress for her performance in the film, while her co-star Kiccha Sudeep won best actor in a supporting role award.
'Eega', which was lauded for its breathtaking visual effects, also won best VFX award. The Filmfare awards ceremony was held at the International Convention Centre Saturday night.
Action-drama 'Gabbar Singh' followed in second place with three awards ' best actor for Pawan Kalyan, best music director for Devi Sri Prasad and best playback singer male for Vaddepalli Srinivas for the song 'Pilla'. Anantha Sriram won best lyricist in Telugu award for his song 'Yedhi Yedh' from the film 'Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu', while best playback singer female award was pocketed by Suchitra for the song 'Sarocharu' from 'Businessman'.
Amala Akkineni, who made a comeback to the big screen with college-drama 'Life is Beautiful', won best actress in a supporting role award.
In the Tamil language category, Vikram-Prabhu-starrer 'Kumki', about the relationship between a mahout and his master, bagged three awards, including best actor in a supporting role male for 'Thambi Ramaiah', best music director for D Imman and best lyrics for Yugabarathy for the song 'Solithaley'.
The National Award-winning teen crime-thriller 'Vazhakku En 18/9' won two awards for best film and best director for Balaji Sakthivel. It was a lucky day for Dhanush who picked up best actor's trophy for '3' and an award for the global hit song 'Why This Kolaveri' from the same film.
Tamil romantic-drama 'Neethaane En Pon Vasantham' won two awards for best actress for Samantha Ruth Prabhu and best playback singer female for the song 'Sattru Munbu'. Saranya Ponvannan won best actor in a supporting role female award.
In the technical department, best cinematographer award was won by Chota K. Naidu for Telugu socio-fantasy 'Damarukam' and Jani won best choreographer award for the song 'Dillaku Dillaku' from Telugu action-drama 'Rachcha'. Veteran Telugu filmmaker Sathiraju Lakshmi Narayana aka Bapu was presented the lifetime achievement award along with singer Vani Jairam.
News Posted: 22 July, 2013
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