Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer – South

The Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer Award – South is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for South Indian films.

Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer – South
Awarded for	Best work by a cinematographer in films
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	2002
Currently held by	Sathyan Sooryan, Dasara and Ravi Varman, Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023)

Winners

Year	Cinematographer	Film	Language	Ref.
2023	Sathyan Sooryan	Dasara	Telugu
	Ravi Varman	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Tamil
2022	K. K. Senthil Kumar	RRR	Telugu	[1]
	Ravi Varman	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Tamil
2020 / 21	Miroslaw Kuba Brozek	Pushpa: The Rise	Telugu	[2]
	Niketh Bommireddy	Soorarai Pottru	Tamil
	Shyju Khalid	Nayattu	Malayalam
	Shreesha Kuduvalli	Rathnan Prapancha	Kannada
2018	R. Rathnavelu	Rangasthalam	Telugu	[3]
2017	K. K. Senthil Kumar	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	Telugu	[4]
2016	P. S. Vinod	Oopiri	Telugu	[5]
	Tirru	24	Tamil
2015	K. K. Senthil Kumar	Baahubali: The Beginning	Telugu	[6]
2014	P. S. Vinod	Manam	Telugu	[7]
2013	Rajiv Menon	Kadal	Tamil
2012	Chota K. Naidu	Damarukam	Telugu	[8]
2011	R. Velraj	Aadukalam	Tamil
2010	Manoj Paramahamsa	Ye Maaya Chesave	Telugu
	R. Rathnavelu	Enthiran	Tamil
2009	K. K. Senthil Kumar	Magadheera	Telugu	[9]
	Tirru	Kanchivaram	Tamil
2008	Chota K. Naidu	Kotha Bangaru Lokam	Telugu	[10]
	S. Krishna	Haage Summane	Kannada
2007	K. V. Anand	Sivaji	Tamil
2006	S. Gopal Reddy	Sri Ramadasu	Telugu	[11]
2005	V. Manikandan	Anniyan	Tamil
	Ravi Varman
2004	S. Gopal Reddy	Varsham	Telugu	[12]
2003	R. D. Rajasekhar	Kaaka Kaaka	Tamil
2002	Ravi K. Chandran	Kannathil Muthamittal	Tamil	[13]
2001	R. Rathnavelu	Nandha	Tamil	[14]
2000	P. C. Sreeram	Alaipayuthey	Tamil	[15]
1999	Santosh Sivan	Vanaprastham	Malayalam	[16]
1997	Santosh Sivan	Iruvar	Tamil

Superlatives

Superlative	Cinematographer	Record
Most awards	K. K. Senthil Kumar	4 wins
Most consecutive awards	Santosh Sivan	2 wins
Most awards in a single language	K. K. Senthil Kumar	4 wins (Telugu)

See also

• Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography
• Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer – Marathi

References

1. https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/winners-of-the-68th-filmfare-awards-south-telugu-2023_-67194.html ^{[bare URL]}
2. "67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022: Complete winners list - Times of India ►". The Times of India. 10 October 2022.
3. "Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
4. "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". Filmfare. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
5. "Winners of the 64th Jio Filmfare Awards (South)".
6. Filmfare Awards South 2018 - Complete winners list
7. "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South". Filmfare. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
8. Filmfare Awards (South): The complete list of Winners Archived 10 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine
9. "Filmfare Awards: Chennai rocks to Filmfare awards | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India. 8 August 2010.
10. "56th Idea Filmfare Awards 2008". ragalahari.com. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
11. "Filmfare Awards presented". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
12. "Filmfare Awards 2005". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
13. "Manikchand Filmfare Awards: Sizzling at 50". The Economic Times. portal.bsnl.in. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
14. "49th Annual Filmfare Awards - South". The Times of India. 2002. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
15. "Filmfare - Print Edition". Archived from the original on 6 September 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2004.
16. "47th Filmfare South Best Cinematographer". 5 February 2017. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.