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 award	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