Bachchans, Chiranjeevi, Mammootty at the 54th Filmfare Awards (South)

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It was a night to be remembered... Glamour, pomp and gaiety dominated the glittering ceremony of the 54th Filmfare Awards (South) on Saturday evening (August 4, 2007). Constellation of stars, who had descended on to the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), mesmerized the invitees with their fabulous performances and speeches.

The presence of superstars - Amitabh Bachchan along with his son Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, Megastar Chiranjeevi, Tamil superstar Vijay and Malayalam top star Mammootty – made the event more spectacular. The Convention Centre packed to its capacity. The brilliance of the stars, their bonhomie and humour. And the glamour girls of South Indian movies in their resplendent dresses couldn't be missed.

Nagarjuna, Tabu, Venkatesh, Nayantara, Genelia, Trisha, A R Rehman and other hosts of stars had participated and enjoyed the proceedings. Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan Teja who is making his acting debut also was present. Hottie Mamata Mohandas who hails from Kerala and is shining in Telugu films both as an actress and singer set the stage afire with her superb song and dance performance. Simran who made a comeback to films only recently danced to a medley of songs...

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Amitabh Bachchan presenting the best actor award to Malayalam hero Mammootty and later calling Chiranjeevi to bestow him with an honorary award was the highlight. The trio of superstars spoke about their friendship and respect to each other.

Mahesh Babu who won the Best Actor Award in Telugu for his performance in Pokiri could not make it to the function as he is away shooting for Athidhi . His wife Namrata received the award on his behalf. She said: " Pokiri is the film that brought my husband fame and I am happy that he got award for that film too."

Director Shankar who is hogging all the limelight after Rajnikant's Sivaji was here to bag the best film award for his production, Veyil . He voiced his plans of producing more such films.

Veteran actor Krishnam Raju was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Telugu. P Susheela, one of the greatest singers in South India , was honored with the Lifetime Achievement award, too.

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Illeana who won the best debutante award (female) for the film Devadas said she is looking forward to win more Filmfare trophies.

Among the several stars and film personalities who participated in the function were Ramayakrishna, Padmapriya, Bhavana, Charmi, Devi Sri Prasad, Poonam Bazwa, Parvathi Melton, Ramya, Vineeth, Yesudas, Ganesh, director Puri Jagannadh, cameraman S Gopal Reddy, Thespian K Viswanath, actors Ravi Teja, Rohith, Ravi Varma and others.

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54th Filmfare Award (South) Winners – Tamil

Best Film – Veyil
Best Actor (Male)- Ajit Kumar (Vararalu)
Best Actor (Female)- Bhavana (Chitiram Pesuthadi)
Best director – Vasantha Balan (Veyil)
Best Supporting Actor (Male)- Pasupathy (E)
Best Supporting Actor (Female)- Saranya (En Mahan)
Best Music Director – A.R Rahman, (Sillunnu Oru Kathal)
Best Playback Singer (Male)- 'Gana' Ulaganathan (Chitiram Pesuthadi)

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54th Filmfare Award (South) Winners – Telugu

Best Film – Bommarillu
Best Actor – Mahesh Babu (Pokiri)
Best Actress – Genelia D'souza (Bommarillu)
Best Director – Puri Jagannadh (Pokiri)
Best Supporting Actor – Saikumar (Samanyudu)
Best Supporting Actress – Sandhya (Annavaram)
Best Music Director – Devi Sri Prasad (Bommarillu)
Best Singer (Male) – S P Balasubramanyam (Sri Ramadasu)
Best Singer (Female) – Mamata Mohandas (Rakhi)
Best Lyrics – Veturi (Godavari)
Best Debut (Male) – Ram (Devadasu)
Best Debut (Female) - Illeana (Devadasu)