The 49th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of

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in films released 2001, is an event that held on 20 April 2002 at the

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. The awards were distributed at Chennai on 20 April 2002.

Multiple nominations and awards

Kannada

*Nominations ** 5 nominations: ''

Huchcha ''Huchcha'' () is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romantic action film directed by Om Prakash Rao, starring Sudeep and Rekha Vedavyas in the lead roles. The film, the Kannada remake of the 1999 Tamil film '' Sethu'' directed by Bala and starr ...

'' ** 3 nominations: '' Vaalee'' ** 2 nominations: ''

Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu (Kannada:''ಕೋತಿಗಳು ಸಾರ್ ಕೋತಿಗಳು'') () is a 2001 Indian Kannada comedy film directed by Rajendra Singh Babu. The film stars Ramesh Aravind, S. Narayan, Mohan, Prema, Tara and Urvas ...

'' ** 1 nomination: ''

Nanna Preethiya Hudugi ''Nanna Preethiya Hudugi'' () is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed and written by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar. It stars newcomers Dhyan and Deepali in lead roles and actors such as Lokesh, Bhavya and Suresh Heblikar in other ...

'', ''

Kotigobba ''Kotigobba'' () is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language action film starring Vishnuvardhan, Priyanka Upendra and Ashish Vidyarthi. The film was a remake of Rajinikanth's 1995 Tamil film ''Baashha''. This movie was directed by Naganna and feature ...

'', '' Kanasugara'', ''Gattimela'' and ''Chithra'' *Awards ** 1 award: ''

'', ''

'', '' Kanasugara'' and ''Chithra''

Malayalam

*Nominations ** 4 nominations: ''

Meghamalhar ''Meghamalhar'' is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language romance film written and directed by Kamal from a story by Iqbal Kuttippuram. It stars Biju Menon and Samyuktha Varma in the lead roles, while Poornima Mohan, Sreenath, Shivaji, Siddique and ...

'' and '' Uthaman'' ** 2 nominations: '' Theerthadanam'' and ''Kattu Vannu Vilichappol'' ** 1 nomination: '' Karumadikkuttan'', '' Ravanaparabhu'' and '' Ishtam'' *Awards ** 2 awards: ''

'' ** 1 award: '' Karumadikkuttan'', '' Theerthadanam'', and '' Ravanaparabhu''

Tamil

*Nominations ** 4 nominations: ''

Aanandham ''Aanandham'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by N. Lingusamy and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film features an ensemble cast including Mammootty, Murali, Abbas, Devayani, Rambha, Sneha, Delhi Ganesh ...

'' and ''

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'' ** 2 nominations: ''

Nandha ''Nandha'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Bala. The film stars Suriya in the lead role, while Rajkiran, Laila, Saravanan and Rajshree play other supporting roles. The film also marked the debut of com ...

'' and '' Poovellam Un Vasam'' ** 1 nomination: '' Friends'', ''

Pandavar Bhoomi ''Paandavar Bhoomi'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language family drama film, written and directed by Cheran. The film has Arun Vijay (credited as Arun Kumar) Shamitha and Rajkiran playing the lead roles. While Vinu Chakravarthy and Mukesh Tiw ...

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Aalavandhan ''Aalavandhan'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Suresh Krissna and produced by S. Thanu. An adaptation of the novel ''Dhayam'' that was written by Kamal Haasan in 1984, The film stars Haasan in dual roles, w ...

'' and ''

Minnale ''Minnale'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The story was written by Menon and Vipul D. Shah, starring Madhavan, Abbas, Reema Sen (in her Tamil debut), Vivek and Nagesh. The film tells the ...

'' *Awards ** 3 awards: ''

'' (including female debut and female playback singer) ** 2 awards: ''

'' (including cinematography) ** 1 award: ''

'', ''

'' and ''

Paarthale Paravasam ''Paarthale Paravasam'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Balachander, for whom this was his 100th film.. ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 9 November 2001 It was produced by Balachander's home banner Kavithalayaa Productions ...

'' (Choreography)

Telugu

*Nominations ** 5 nominations: '' Murari'' ** 4 nominations: ''

Nuvvu Nenu ''Nuvvu Nenu'' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Teja who co-wrote it with Dasaradh. The film stars Uday Kiran and Anita while Sunil, Banerjee, Tanikella Bharani, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, and Telangana Shaku ...

'' and '' Narasimha Naidu'' ** 3 nominations: '' Kushi'' ** 1 nomination: ''

Preminchu ''Preminchu'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Boyina Subba Rao and produced by D. Rama Naidu. The film stars Laya and Sai Kiran with Roopa, Murali Mohan, and Lakshmi in supporting roles. The plot follows Meena (L ...

'' *Awards ** 4 awards: ''

'' ** 1 award: '' Kushi''

Main awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

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Malayalam cinema

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Technical Awards

Special awards

References

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