Mirchi Music Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Mirchi Music Awards

Mirchi Music Awards

The Mirchi Music Awards are presented annually by Radio Mirchi to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were instituted to award the best of 2008. In 2010, the Southern...

, presented by Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the Entertainment Network India Ltd , which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group....

 to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian music industry. The awards are separately given for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. The awards were first given in 2010 for the best of 2009 and the ceremony was held at the Nehru Indoor Stadium on 17 July 2010.The print partner was The Times of India

The Times of India

The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...

.The broadcast partners are Star’s Kannada offering Suvarna TV , Star’s Tamil channel Vijay TV , Zee Telugu

Zee Telugu

Zee Telugu is a Telugu-language cable television channel in India. It is offered by Zee Network, part of the Essel Group.By 2004, the Zee Network already had a strong presence in northern and eastern India, with channels in Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, and Punjabi; their proposed Telugu-language...

 , Star's Malayalam channel Asianet plus.The second edition was held in Nehru Indoor Stadium on 10th September 2011.

Hosts

The award first instituted in 2009 was held on 17th July 2010 in Nehru Indoor Stadium. It was hosted by Shiva

Shiva (actor)

Shiva is an Indian film actor, starring in Tamil films, and a radio jockey with the radio station Radio Mirchi. Acting mainly as a comedian, he rose to fame following his performances in the Venkat Prabhu directorials Chennai 600028 and Saroja....

 an RJ of Radio Mirchi and Director Venkat Prabhu

Venkat Prabhu

Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren , better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu is an Indian filmmaker, who has worked as an actor, director and playback singer in the Tamil film industry...

. The second edition held on 10th September 2011 was also held in Nehru Indoor Stadium hosted by Shiva and hostess Pooja.

Ceremony	Date	Host(s)	Sponsor(s)
1st Mirchi Music Awards South	17 July 2010	Shiva Shiva (actor) Shiva is an Indian film actor, starring in Tamil films, and a radio jockey with the radio station Radio Mirchi. Acting mainly as a comedian, he rose to fame following his performances in the Venkat Prabhu directorials Chennai 600028 and Saroja....  and Venkat Prabhu Venkat Prabhu Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren , better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu is an Indian filmmaker, who has worked as an actor, director and playback singer in the Tamil film industry...	Uninor Uninor Uninor is a mobile operator in India. The company holds Unified Access Service licences to offer mobile telephony services in each of India’s 22 telecom circles, and has received spectrum to roll out services in 21 of these...
2nd Mirchi Music Awards South	10 September 2011	Shiva Shiva (actor) Shiva is an Indian film actor, starring in Tamil films, and a radio jockey with the radio station Radio Mirchi. Acting mainly as a comedian, he rose to fame following his performances in the Venkat Prabhu directorials Chennai 600028 and Saroja....  and Pooja	Uninor Uninor Uninor is a mobile operator in India. The company holds Unified Access Service licences to offer mobile telephony services in each of India’s 22 telecom circles, and has received spectrum to roll out services in 21 of these...

Multiple Wins

Tamil

• Awards
  • 4 Awards: Ninaithale Inikkum
    Ninaithale Inikkum (2009 film)
    Ninaithale Inikkum is a 2009 Tamil mystery-drama film directed by Kumaravelan. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sakthi Vasu, Priyamani, Karthik Kumar and Anuja Iyer in the lead roles while K. Bhagyaraj and Manobala play supporting roles. The film's score was composed by Vijay Antony.The film...
    
    
  • 2 Awards: Endhiran, Paiyaa, Ayan
    Ayan (film)
    Ayan is a 2009 Tamil action thriller film written and directed by K. V. Anand. The film, starring Surya, Prabhu, Tamannaah and Akashdeep Saighal in lead roles, was produced by M. Saravanan and M. S. Guhan, while distribution handled by Sun Pictures. The film score was composed by Harris Jayaraj,...
    
    , Mynaa
    Mynaa
    The film score and soundtrack for Mynaa was composed by D. Imman. The album consists of 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Yugabharathi and Eknaath. The songs, especially the title track, had become very popular, while the album was widely considered Imman's finest work yet.-Awards:...
    
    , Siva Manasula Sakthi
    Siva Manasula Sakthi
    Siva Manasula Sakthi is a 2009 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by debutante Rajesh. It stars Jeeva and newcomer Anuya Bhagvath, a student of Pune Film Institute, in the lead roles, with Santhanam, Urvashi and Sathyan appearing in supporting and Arya appearing in a cameo role...
    
    , Raavanan, Goa
    Goa (film)
    Goa is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, who with the project, directed his third film following two previous successes...
    
    , Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
    Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu
    Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu is a 2009 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by newcomer Susindran, starring debutant Vishnu Vishal, Kishore and Saranya Mohan along with numerous other newcomers in the lead roles....
    
    
  • 1 Award: Madarasapattinam, Thamizh Padam
    Thamizh Padam
    Thamizh Padam is a 2010 Tamil-language spoof film written and directed by debutant C. S. Amudhan. The film stars Shiva and Disha Pandey in the lead roles. The film's plot parodies contemporary commercial films in Tamil cinema, mocking the stereotypical scenes....
    
    , Mandhira Punnagai, Naan Kadavul
    Naan Kadavul
    Naan Kadavul is a 2009 Indian Tamil film co-written and directed by Bala, based on the Tamil novel Yezhaam Ulagam by Jayamohan who also penned the dialogues for the film. The film stars Arya and Pooja in the lead roles...
    
    , Nadodigal, Eesan, Kanthaswamy
    Kanthaswamy
    Kanthaswamy is a 2009 Tamil language feature film directed by Susi Ganesan, who with Kanthaswamy completed his fourth film. Vikram acts in the lead role, whilst Shriya Saran, Prabhu Ganesan, Krishna, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukesh Tiwari, Mansoor Ali Khan, Vadivelu and Y. G. Mahendran also play roles in...
    
    , Suryan Satta Kallori

Telugu

• Awards
  • 5 Awards: Aarya 2
  • 4 Awards: Orange
    Orange (film)
    The music, scored by Harris Jayaraj, was launched and released on October 26, 2010. Despite the failure of the film, the album was huge hit.All lyrics were written by Vanamali, except where noted....
    
    
  • 2 Awards: Khaleja, Maghadheera
  • 1 Award: Dhoom Dhaam, Brindavanam, Boni
    Boni (film)
    Boni is a 2009 Telugu action film that stars Sumanth and Kriti Kharbanda. It is directed by Raj Pippalla, with Ramana Gogula composing music as well as producing the film. The film had an unsuccessful run at the box office.-Plot:...
    
    , Darling
    Darling (2010 film)
    Darling is an Indian, Telugu-language film, directed by A. Karunakaran. The film stars Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles while tamil actor Prabhu plays a key role. The music is composed by GV Prakash Kumar. The film was released on April 23, 2010 and has received positive reviews from...
    
    , Simhaa
    Simha (film)
    Simha is a 2010 Telugu film directed by Boyapati Seenu. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nayantara, Adithya Menon, Sneha Ullal in the lead roles while Namitha, Kota Srinivasa Rao and others plays supporting roles. The film's music is by Chakri. Paruchuri Kiriti produced the film under the...
    
    , Aa Intolo, Komaram Puli, Baanam
    Baanam
    Baanam is a Tollywood film which released on September 16, 2009. This film stars Nara Rohit and Vedika in the lead roles. Chaitanya Dantuluri directed this film...
    
    , Ek Niranjan
    Ek Niranjan
    Ek Niranjan is a 2009 Telugu film starring Prabhas and Kangana Ranaut in lead roles. The film is directed by Puri Jagannadh and Produced by Aditya Ram. The film has been shot on a specially erected set in Hyderabad and shot in Bangkok and the songs have been shot in Switzerland...
    
    , Jhummandi Naadam
    Jhummandi Naadam
    Jhummandi Naadam is a 2010 Telugu film produced by Lakshmi Manchu and directed by veteran K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Manoj Manchu and Taapsee Pannu in the lead roles and Mohan Babu in a supporting role. The film has music scored by M.M. Keeravani...
    
    , Bumper Offer
    Bumper Offer
    Bumper Offer is a 2009 Telugu film directed by Jaya Ravindra. The film stars Sairam Shankar and Bindu Madhavi in the lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Raghu Kunche. Puri Jagannadh produced this film, apart from writing the story and the dialogues...
    
    

Kannada

• Awards
  • 4 Awards: Jackie, Manasaare
    Manasaare
    Manasaare is an Indian Kannada language movie directed by Yograj Bhat starring Diganth in the lead.-Plot:Manohara is an unemployed youth who is always looked down on by his family. However his uncle is very supportive to him. One day in order to prove that he is capable of doing something in his...
    
    
  • 3 Awards: Savari, Krishnan Love Story
    Krishnan Love Story
    Krishnan Love Story is a 2010 Kannada film directed by Shashank and starring Ajay Rao, Radhika Pandit, Umashri, Achuth Kumar, Sharan, Pradeep, Harsha, Chandra. The music of this film is composed by Sridhar V Sambhram.-Plot:...
    
    
  • 2 Awards: Ambaari, Chirru, Karanji,
  • 1 Award: Mathe Mungaru, Aptharakshaka, Parichaya, Raaj the Showman and 1 unknown film

Malayalam

• Awards
  • 6 Awards: Banaras
    Banaras (2009 film)
    -Awards:* Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Shreya Ghoshal for Chanthu Thottille- External links :* at Oneindia* at Indiaglitz...
    
    
  • 5 Awards: Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram
    Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram
    Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Vinod Mankara, starring Indrajith, Mamta Mohandas and Dhanya Mary Varghese in the lead roles.-Plot:...
    
    
  • 2 Awards: Anwar
    Anwar (2010 film)
    - External links : * * at Oneindia.in...
    
    
  • 1 Award: Paribhavam
    Paribhavam
    Paribhavam is a 2009 Malayalam movie directed by K. A. Devaraj starring Abhilash and Kripa.- Plot :Paribhavam movie tells the story of Chandu and Nandini who are Orphans....
    
    , Calendar
    Calendar (film)
    Calendar is a 1993 drama film directed by Atom Egoyan.-Plot:A photographer is sent to Armenia to take pictures of churches for a calendar. He slowly begins to realise that his wife, an Armenian translator, is falling in love with their driver and unofficial guide, Ashot. They grow more and more...
    
    , Paattinte Palazhy
    Paattinte Palazhy
    Paattinte Palazhy is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Rajeev Anchal. The film has Meera Jasmine and Revathy in lead roles. Manoj.K.Jayan and Jagathy Sreekumar also play prominent roles in this film. Meera playsthe role of a playback singer in the film....
    
    , Puthiya Mukham
    Puthiya Mukham
    Puthiya Mukham is a 2009 Malayalam action film directed by Diphan and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran. The shooting locations were Kochi, Palakkad, and Malaysia. The music was...
    
    , Kaaryasthan
    Kaaryasthan
    -Reception:The film opened to mixed reviews, with Nowrunning.com labeling the film as "Disappointing", proceeding to highlight that "With all the formulaic elements intact, Karyasthan disappoints as Dileep's hundredth film...
    
    , Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu
    Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu
    Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu is a 2009 Malayalam film directed by Rajasenan and starring Rajasenan and Sithara. This is Rajasenan's debut film as an actor.- Plot :...
    
    , Nalla Paatukaare, Katha Thudarunnu, Neelathamara, Shikkar, Pazhassi Raja

Trophy

The accolade given to the winners of the Southern Industry is same as given to the Bollywood awardees.It protrays a human partially folding his knee and leaving his hands free.The winners of "Upcoming category" will receive a Certificate of Merit and not an trophy.

Jury

There will be two set of juries to decide the awards - a screening jury to short list the entries and a Grand Jury, with whom rests the task of finalizing the winners for each award. The entire process of screening, shortlisting and selection of winners is audited by Ernst & Young. Each of the four south Indian languages will have separate Jury panels headed by a Chairman.
The list of Jury and Chairman for each language's jury for both years:

Tamil

The Jury chairman for both the years was Gangai Amaren. As for the year of 2009 many eminent personalities were selected as the jury the are: Sudha Raghunathan

Sudha Raghunathan

Sudha Raghunathan is a Carnatic music singer from South India. She was awarded a Padma Shri for excellence in singing. She was born in Bangalore and went to Good Shepherd Convent. She did higher education at Bangalore, Karnataka and obtained a Masters Degree in Economics.She started singing at...

, Arivumathi, S. Ve. Shekher

S. Ve. Shekher

Sattanathapuram Venkataraman Shekhar is a Tamil playwright and film actor known best for his slapstick humor and for his public welfare initiatives...

, A.S. Lakshmi Narayanan, Bharadwaja

Bharadwaja

Bharadwaja was one of the greatest Hindu Arya sages descendant of rishi Angirasa, whose accomplishments are detailed in the Puranas. He was one of the Saptarshis in the present Manvantara; with others being Atri, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni, Kashyapa.Bhardwaj Rishi was father of...

, James Vasanthan

James Vasanthan

James Vasanthan is a popular Indian television anchor and a film music composer. For more than a decade, he worked as an anchor in popular Tamil satellite television channels like Sun TV, Vijay TV and Makkal TV before turning into a film music composer in the Tamil Film Industry.-Biography:James...

, Malaysia Vasudevan

Malaysia Vasudevan

Vasudevan Nair , known as Malaysia Vasudevan was a Tamil playback singer and actor in the Tamil film industry. He was known for singing songs for Indian actor Rajnikanth and many more.- Early life :...

 (Late), Lingusamy, Na. Muthukumar

Na. Muthukumar

Na. Muthukumar is a Tamil poet and lyricist, who writes lyrics for Tamil film songs.-Career:Muthukumar began his career wanting to be a director and worked under Balu Mahendra for four years. But then he became a lyricist, beginning with the lyrics for the songs of the Tamil film Veera Nadai,...

, S. A. Rajkumar. In 2010 most of the jury members were changed except for Sudha Raghunathan and Arivumathi.They were: Malathy Lakshman, Snehan

Snehan

Snehan is a Tamil poet, lyricist. Debuting in the film Putham Pudhiya Poove, he has written lyrics for more than 600 songs.-Career:...

, Vijay Antony

Vijay Antony

-Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...

, A. L. Vijay

A. L. Vijay

A. L. Vijay is a Tamil film director. Earlier he worked as an assistant and close associate of director Priyadarshan. His father A. L. Azhagappan was the president of Tamilnadu Producers Council and appeared in the film Eesan. His brother, Udhaya, has also starred in Tamil films. Presently A. L...

, Vetrimaran

Vetrimaran

Vetrimaaran is a Tamil film director, working primarily in the Tamil film industry based in Tamil Nadu. He made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed Polladhavan . His second feature film Aadukalam won six National Film Awards, with Vetrimaaran receiving two awards for Best...

, Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Vasanth

Vasanth

Vasanth is an Indian film director and screenwriter, working in the Tamil film industry. Following a stint as journalist and after assisting K. Balachander, he made his directorial debut with Keladi Kanmani in 1990, which along with the trendsetting Aasai and Rhythm , are considered his finest...

, Manicka Vinayagam, Sabesh

Telugu

The chairman for the jury for both the years was D. Suresh Babu

Suresh Babu

Suresh Babu was an Indian long jumper from Kerala who had held the national titles in the long, triple, and high jump events, in addition to the decathlon...

. For the year of 2009 the jury members were: Anantha Sreeram, Amma Rajasekhar, Chakri

Chakri (music director)

Chakradhar is an Indian music composer and singer. He works for Tollywood.-Early life:Chakri was born in Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh. He has one brother and three sisters.-Career:...

, Chandrabaose, Tanikella Bharani

Tanikella Bharani

Tanikella Bharani is a critically acclaimed, multi-faceted actor from Tollywood and a writer. He is a playwrighter, a dialogue writer, screen writer, poet, magazine editor, an actor and a director...

, Saluri Koteswara Rao, Devi Sri Prasad

Devi Sri Prasad

Devi Sri Prasad is a music composer and playback singer in Telugu and Tamil films. His soundtracks have been dubbed or remade in several other languages as well.- Awards :...

, Ramana Gogula

Ramana Gogula

Ramana Kumar Gogula is a music director in Telugu films. He formed his own rock-and-roll band in Vizag at the age of 17. Since then, he has traveled around the world as a software professional and music director. His most famous albums are the musical scores to the movies Thammudu,adavilo anna,...

, K. K. Senthil Kumar, Sunitha Upadrashta.In 2010 except Chandrabose, Saluri Koteswara Rao and Sunitha all the others were changed,the jury members for 2010 are: Ramana Gogula

Ramana Gogula

Ramana Kumar Gogula is a music director in Telugu films. He formed his own rock-and-roll band in Vizag at the age of 17. Since then, he has traveled around the world as a software professional and music director. His most famous albums are the musical scores to the movies Thammudu,adavilo anna,...

, Patnaik

Patnaik

Patnaik is an Indian surname and may refer to:*Biju Patnaik , an Indian politician*Devraj Patnaik , a Canadian-born composer, musician and choreographer*Donkada Patnaik , an Indian solicitor and politician...

, Ramajogayya Sastry, K. M. Radha Krishnan

K. M. Radha Krishnan

K. M. Radha Krishnan is an Indian music director who composes music for Tollywood films. Some of his most notable films are Anand and Godavari. Before becoming a music director, Krishnan was a sub-broker for National Stock Exchange. Around the same time, Krishnan was also learning Indian classical...

, V. Madhusudhan Rao

V. Madhusudhan Rao

V. Madhusudhan Rao was a famous Telugu cinema director and script writer with many successful movies like Antasthulu, Aradhana and krishnaveni. He was also known with the other names MadhuSudhan Rao VeeraMachineni and V. Madhusudhana Rao. He was awarded Raghupathi Venkaiah Award by the Andhra...

, Marthand K. Venkatesh

Marthand K. Venkatesh

Marthand K. Venkatesh is an Indian Film editor who mostly works for Tollywood.-Brief lifesketch:Venkatesh is son of noted Telugu film editor K. M. Marthand. He used to assists his father in editing for the films produced by Suresh Productions. Telugu film director K. Raghavendra Rao gave him the...

, Hasam Raja, Raju

Kannada

The chairman of the jury for both the years was Hamsalekha

Hamsalekha

Hamsalekha is a music director and lyricist in the Kannada film industry. He also writes screenplays and dialogues for movies. He has composed music for over 300 feature films and has written lyrics for 300-odd feature films. He has also composed for Tamil and Telugu films...

.For 2009 the other jury members were: V. Harikrishna

V. Harikrishna

Hari Krishna is a music director and singer in the Kannada film industry and has won 3 consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Music for Gaalipata in 2008, Raaj The Showman in 2009 and Jackie in 2010.-Career:...

, Gurukiran

Gurukiran

Gurukiran or Gurukiran Shetty is a noted music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie "A", directed and acted by Upendra. His music for the movie Upendra further consolidated his position in Kannada movie industry. He is a...

, Mano Murthy

Mano Murthy

Mano Murthy is a leading musician and composer in the Kannada Film Industry. Although his compositions in his earlier films were also successful, he shot to fame with Mungaru Male, one of the biggest hits in Kannada industry. Before moving onto becoming a composer, he was an entrepreneur, having...

, Manjula Gururaj

Manjula Gururaj

Manjula Gururaj is an Indian female playback singer.-Early life:Manjula Gururaj was born to G. SeethaLakshmi and Dr.M.N.Ramanna on June 10, in Mysore. She studied science in Bangalore University...

, Raghu Dixit

The Raghu Dixit Project

The Raghu Dixit Project, founded by Raghu Dixit , is an open house for musicians and artistes from different genres to come together, collaborate and create a dynamic sound and expression...

, Rajesh Krishnan

Rajesh Krishnan

Rajesh Krishnan is one of the most accomplished playback singers in the Southern industry. Rajesh Krishnan different from the others of the celebrity posse. His sensitive performances made him as hot property on both silver and small screen....

, Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar

Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar

Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar is a Kannada film director. Chandrashekhar, also known as Chandru, has directed about 15 Kannada movies and about 10 Tele-serials...

, Yograj Bhat

Yograj Bhat

Yograj Bhat is a prominent Kannada film director, producer, screenwriter and a lyricist. He is most predominantly known for the 2006 film Mungaru Male, which he co-wrote with Preetam Gubbi. He was also the director of the film and was one of the lyricists in the film...

.In 2010 in the place of Mano Murthy, Raghu Dixit and Yograj Bhat, Raghavendra Rajkumar

Raghavendra Rajkumar

Raghavendra Rajkumar is an actor in the Kannada film Industry. He is the second son of the legendary Kannada matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar. After starring in lead roles in many Kannada films, he is now actively involved in production - including the recent blockbuster Jackie starring his brother,...

, V. Manohar, Raghavendra Rajkumar

Raghavendra Rajkumar

Raghavendra Rajkumar is an actor in the Kannada film Industry. He is the second son of the legendary Kannada matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar. After starring in lead roles in many Kannada films, he is now actively involved in production - including the recent blockbuster Jackie starring his brother,...

 were placed

Malayalam

The chairman of jury for both the years was Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri. The other jury members for 2009 are: Aashiq Abu

Aashiq Abu

Aashiq Abu is a Malayalam film director from Kerala, India. He began his directorial career by directing a Mammootty movie, Daddy Cool. Daddy cool was appreciated for the brave attempt in making some experimental treatment. His second film Salt N' Pepper turned out to be a trend setter in malayalam...

, Anil Panachooran

Anil Panachooran

Anil Panachooran is a noted Malayalam film lyricist and poet. A lawyer by profession, Panachooran lives on the income from his lyrical and poetic work...

, K. S. Chitra, Deepak Dev

Deepak Dev

Deepak Devraj, better known as Deepak Dev is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema, with films such as Chronic Bachelor, Symphony, Udayananu Tharam, Naran, and Puthiya Mukham.-Early years:...

, Jassie Gift

Jassie Gift

Jassie Gift is a Malayalam film music composer and singer from Thiruvananthapuram, India. He became famous after his song "Lajjavathiye" in the film 4 the people.-Biography:...

, Jency Anthony

Jency Anthony

Jency Anthony is a popular South Indian film playback singer who has worked with the film composers like Ilayaraaja in Tamil films.She was introduced to the Tamil movie industry in the song Vaanathu Poonkili in the movie Thiripurasundari scored by Ilayaraja...

, Johnson Master

Johnson (composer)

Johnson was an Indian film score composer and music director who has given music to some of the most important motion pictures of Malayalam cinema, including those for Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal, Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam, Vadakkunokkiyantram, Perumthachan, Amaram, Njan...

, M. Jayachandran

Jayachandran

Paliyath Jayachandran, popularly known as P. Jayachandran is an Indian playback singer. He has won one National Award, four Kerala State Awards and four Tamil Nadu State Awards. He has recorded songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi languages...

, Raghu Kumar, Sibi Malayil

Sibi Malayil

Sibi Malayil is an Indian film director of Malayalam cinema best known for his melodramas of the 80s and 90s. Since the mid-1980s he has directed some 40 movies. Movies like Kireedam, Dasharatham, Thaniyavarthanam, His Highness Abdullah, Bharatham, and Akashadoothu defined the way Malayalam movies...

. In 2010 Anil Panachooran, K. S. Chitra, Deepak Dev were replaced by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma

Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma

Vayalar Sarathchandravarma is a noted Malayalam film lyricist. His lyrics have proved that he has inherited his father, Vayalar Ramavarma’s‎ gift of poetry. He is a youthful entertainer by penning soothe romantic songs. All his recent contribution has got a large amount attention among Malayalam...

 and Arundathi

Award Categories

The event honours the awardees under 17 broad categories in Tamil.It honours the Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada winners under 15 broad Categories.Mannin Kural - Male/Female is awarded only for the Tamil Music Industry. In 2009 Critica Choice Best Song - Song/Album were given. They was removed in 2010 and only 15 categories were awarded for Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam music industry and Tamil music industry was awarded with 17.

Best Upcoming Lyricist

2009

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Karthik Neetha	Pada Pada	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu is a 2009 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by newcomer Susindran, starring debutant Vishnu Vishal, Kishore and Saranya Mohan along with numerous other newcomers in the lead roles....
Telugu	Balaji	Upenentha	Aarya 2
Kannada	Sudeer Attavar(tie) A. P. Arjun	Marali Mareyagi Yaare Nee Devatheya	Savari Ambaari
Malayalam	Aparna Karimbil	Aarum Meettan	Paribhavam Paribhavam Paribhavam is a 2009 Malayalam movie directed by K. A. Devaraj starring Abhilash and Kripa.- Plot :Paribhavam movie tells the story of Chandu and Nandini who are Orphans....

2010

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Madhan Karky Madhan Karky Madhan Karky Vairamuthu is an Southindian software engineer, research associate, lyricist, and film dialogue writer. He is better known as the son of poet and lyricist Vairamuthu. He is also an assistant professor of computer science at the College of Engineering, Guindy.-Early life and...	Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam Irumbile Oru Irudhaiyam "Irumbile oru Irudhaiyam" is a Tamil song from the 2010 film Enthiran, directed by S. Shankar. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman with the tamil lyrics written by Madhan Karky and the english lyrics written by Lady Kash and Krissy...	Endhiran
Telugu	Nigoti Sarath	Atmahathyalu oddura	Dhoom Dhaam
Kannada	Ghouse Peer	Ille Ille Yello	Chirru
Malayalam	Vinod Mankara Vinod Mankara Vinod Mankara is a writer and film maker, and Senior Programme Producer at Asianet Television. He began his career as a freelance journalist for print media and has worked in Delhi and other major cities in India. His career in electronic media began at Surya TV, where he served as Programme...	Pachilachartham	Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Vinod Mankara, starring Indrajith, Mamta Mohandas and Dhanya Mary Varghese in the lead roles.-Plot:...

Best Upcoming Music Director

2009

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Selvaganesh	Laesa Prakudhu	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu is a 2009 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by newcomer Susindran, starring debutant Vishnu Vishal, Kishore and Saranya Mohan along with numerous other newcomers in the lead roles....
Telugu	Raghu Kunche	Ravanamma	Bumper Offer Bumper Offer Bumper Offer is a 2009 Telugu film directed by Jaya Ravindra. The film stars Sairam Shankar and Bindu Madhavi in the lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Raghu Kunche. Puri Jagannadh produced this film, apart from writing the story and the dialogues...
Kannada	Veer Samarth	Ee Dina Hosadagide	Karanji
Malayalam	Afzal Yusuf Afzal Yusuf Afzal Yusuf is an Indian film composer who mainly works in Malayalam Film industry. Afzal is a visually challenged man. His former works include Chandranilekkoru Vazhi , Calendar , Orange , among which Chandranilekkoru Vazhi being his debut film as a music director.-Career:Afzal was a former...	Chirakarnna Mounam	Calendar Calendar (film) Calendar is a 1993 drama film directed by Atom Egoyan.-Plot:A photographer is sent to Armenia to take pictures of churches for a calendar. He slowly begins to realise that his wife, an Armenian translator, is falling in love with their driver and unofficial guide, Ashot. They grow more and more...

2010

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Kannan	O Maha Zeeyan	Thamizh Padam Thamizh Padam Thamizh Padam is a 2010 Tamil-language spoof film written and directed by debutant C. S. Amudhan. The film stars Shiva and Disha Pandey in the lead roles. The film's plot parodies contemporary commercial films in Tamil cinema, mocking the stereotypical scenes....
Telugu	Thaman	Nijemena	Brindavanam
Kannada	Giridhar Divan	Ille Ille Yello	Chirru
Malayalam	Suresh Manimala	Paattu Paduvan	Paattinte Palazhy Paattinte Palazhy Paattinte Palazhy is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Rajeev Anchal. The film has Meera Jasmine and Revathy in lead roles. Manoj.K.Jayan and Jagathy Sreekumar also play prominent roles in this film. Meera playsthe role of a playback singer in the film....

Best Upcoming Male Singer

2009

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Kaushik	Naatkal	Ninaithale Inikkum Ninaithale Inikkum (2009 film) Ninaithale Inikkum is a 2009 Tamil mystery-drama film directed by Kumaravelan. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sakthi Vasu, Priyamani, Karthik Kumar and Anuja Iyer in the lead roles while K. Bhagyaraj and Manobala play supporting roles. The film's score was composed by Vijay Antony.The film...
Telugu	Sreeram Chandra	Arere Chejarinde	Boni Boni (film) Boni is a 2009 Telugu action film that stars Sumanth and Kriti Kharbanda. It is directed by Raj Pippalla, with Ramana Gogula composing music as well as producing the film. The film had an unsuccessful run at the box office.-Plot:...
Kannada	Vikas Vasistha	Ee Dina Hosadagide	Karanji
Malayalam	Prithviraj Prithviraj Prithviraj may refer to:* Prithviraj Chauhan , a king of the Chauhan dynasty* Prithviraj Kapoor, a famous Indian theatre and cinema personality best known for his work in Hindi cinema....	Kaane Kaane	Puthiya Mukham Puthiya Mukham Puthiya Mukham is a 2009 Malayalam action film directed by Diphan and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran. The shooting locations were Kochi, Palakkad, and Malaysia. The music was...

2010

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Ajeesh Ajeesh Ajeesh is an Indian playback singer from Tamil Nadu. He was the winner of the second season of the reality-based singing competition Airtel Super Singer. The winner was to be given a chance to sing a song for music director Yuvan Shankar Raja...	Idhu Varai Idhu Varai Idhu Varai is a song from the 2010 Tamil feature film Goa, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and performed by Andrea Jeremiah and Ajeesh, the winner of the second season of the reality-based singing competition Airtel Super Singer. The song, with lyrics by Gangai Amaran, was released as part of the...	Goa Goa (film) Goa is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, who with the project, directed his third film following two previous successes...
Telugu	Suraj	Inka Edhu	Darling Darling (2010 film) Darling is an Indian, Telugu-language film, directed by A. Karunakaran. The film stars Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles while tamil actor Prabhu plays a key role. The music is composed by GV Prakash Kumar. The film was released on April 23, 2010 and has received positive reviews from...
Kannada	M. L. R. Karthikeyan	Kangalu Kanavilae	Mathe Mungaru
Malayalam	Subin	Malayalipenne	Kaaryasthan Kaaryasthan -Reception:The film opened to mixed reviews, with Nowrunning.com labeling the film as "Disappointing", proceeding to highlight that "With all the formulaic elements intact, Karyasthan disappoints as Dileep's hundredth film...

Best Female Upcoming Singer

2009

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Janaki Iyer	Azagai Pookuthe	Ninaithale Inikkum Ninaithale Inikkum (2009 film) Ninaithale Inikkum is a 2009 Tamil mystery-drama film directed by Kumaravelan. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sakthi Vasu, Priyamani, Karthik Kumar and Anuja Iyer in the lead roles while K. Bhagyaraj and Manobala play supporting roles. The film's score was composed by Vijay Antony.The film...
Telugu	Nikitha Nigam	Dheera Dheera	Maghadheera
Kannada	Ritisha	Naanu Manasare	Manasaare Manasaare Manasaare is an Indian Kannada language movie directed by Yograj Bhat starring Diganth in the lead.-Plot:Manohara is an unemployed youth who is always looked down on by his family. However his uncle is very supportive to him. One day in order to prove that he is capable of doing something in his...
Malayalam	Divya B Nair	Shinkara Kanna	Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu is a 2009 Malayalam film directed by Rajasenan and starring Rajasenan and Sithara. This is Rajasenan's debut film as an actor.- Plot :...

2010

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Anweshaa	Megam Vandhu	Mandhira Punnagai
Telugu	Shravana Bhargavi	Simhamanti	Simhaa Simha (film) Simha is a 2010 Telugu film directed by Boyapati Seenu. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nayantara, Adithya Menon, Sneha Ullal in the lead roles while Namitha, Kota Srinivasa Rao and others plays supporting roles. The film's music is by Chakri. Paruchuri Kiriti produced the film under the...
Kannada	Lakshmi Nataraj	-	-
Malayalam	Gayathiri	Alapam	Nalla Paattukare

Best Female Playback Singer

2009

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Janaki Iyer	Azagai Pookuthe	Ninaithale Inikkum Ninaithale Inikkum (2009 film) Ninaithale Inikkum is a 2009 Tamil mystery-drama film directed by Kumaravelan. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sakthi Vasu, Priyamani, Karthik Kumar and Anuja Iyer in the lead roles while K. Bhagyaraj and Manobala play supporting roles. The film's score was composed by Vijay Antony.The film...
Telugu	Sunitha	Hrudhayavedana	Aa Intlo
Kannada	Shreya Ghoshal	Na Naguva Modalene	Manasaare Manasaare Manasaare is an Indian Kannada language movie directed by Yograj Bhat starring Diganth in the lead.-Plot:Manohara is an unemployed youth who is always looked down on by his family. However his uncle is very supportive to him. One day in order to prove that he is capable of doing something in his...
Malayalam	Shreya Ghoshal	Chanthu Thottille	Banaras Banaras (2009 film) -Awards:* Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Shreya Ghoshal for Chanthu Thottille- External links :* at Oneindia* at Indiaglitz...

2010

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Chinmayi Chinmayi Chinmayi Sripada is an Indian playback singer, singing predominantly in Tamil. She is also a voice actor in Tamil and Telugu films, and has worked as a television presenter and a radio jockey as well. She is the founder and CEO of a translation services company called Blue Elephant.-Early life and...	Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro (song) "Kilimanjaro" is a Tamil song from the 2010 film Enthiran, directed by S. Shankar. The song was composed by A. R. Rahman, lyrics penned by Pa.Vijay and sung by Javed Ali and Chinmayi. The Hindi and Telugu version of the song have lyrics respectively written by Swanand Kirkire and Bhuvana Chandra...	Endhiran
Telugu	Swetha Mohan	Amma Thale	Komaram Puli
Kannada	Vidyashree	Hrudayave Bayaside	Krishnan Love Story Krishnan Love Story Krishnan Love Story is a 2010 Kannada film directed by Shashank and starring Ajay Rao, Radhika Pandit, Umashri, Achuth Kumar, Sharan, Pradeep, Harsha, Chandra. The music of this film is composed by Sridhar V Sambhram.-Plot:...
Malayalam	K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...	Chithrasalabhame	Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Vinod Mankara, starring Indrajith, Mamta Mohandas and Dhanya Mary Varghese in the lead roles.-Plot:...

Best Male Playback Singer

2009

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Madhu Balakrishnan Madhu Balakrishnan Madhu Balakrishnan is an Indian playback singer, who sings in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages.-Biography:Madhu Balakrishnan is from Tripunithura, Cochin, Kerala in India. A Graded artist in All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has performed with all major playback singers in Kerala...	Pichai Paathiram	Naan Kadavul Naan Kadavul Naan Kadavul is a 2009 Indian Tamil film co-written and directed by Bala, based on the Tamil novel Yezhaam Ulagam by Jayamohan who also penned the dialogues for the film. The film stars Arya and Pooja in the lead roles...
Telugu	Hemchandra	Naalo Nenena	Baanam Baanam Baanam is a Tollywood film which released on September 16, 2009. This film stars Nara Rohit and Vedika in the lead roles. Chaitanya Dantuluri directed this film...
Kannada	Chetan	Yaare Nee Devatheya	Ambaari
Malayalam	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...	Sivagange	Banaras Banaras (2009 film) -Awards:* Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Shreya Ghoshal for Chanthu Thottille- External links :* at Oneindia* at Indiaglitz...

2010

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Karthik Karthik (singer) Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers...	Usre Poguthe	Raavanan
Telugu	Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer is a playback singer from Chennai, India. Naresh Iyer has rendered film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie Rang De Basanti composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won...	Nenu Nuvvantu	Orange Orange (film) The music, scored by Harris Jayaraj, was launched and released on October 26, 2010. Despite the failure of the film, the album was huge hit.All lyrics were written by Vanamali, except where noted....
Kannada	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam is a multilingual Indian playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and a film producer. He is referred to as S. P. B. or Balu by the media. He has won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer six times closely following K. J. Yesudas...	Garane Gara Garane	Aptharakshaka
Malayalam	Hariharan Hariharan Hariharan may refer to:* Hariharan , ghazal and playback singer from India* Hariharan , Malayalam film director* Githa Hariharan , Indian author and editor based in New Delhi...	Aaro Padum	Katha Thudarunnu

Best Music Director

2009

Language	Recipient	Film
Tamil	Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...	Siva Manasula Sakthi Siva Manasula Sakthi Siva Manasula Sakthi is a 2009 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by debutante Rajesh. It stars Jeeva and newcomer Anuya Bhagvath, a student of Pune Film Institute, in the lead roles, with Santhanam, Urvashi and Sathyan appearing in supporting and Arya appearing in a cameo role...
Telugu	Mani Sharma Mani Sharma Mani Sharma Yanamandra is a music director known for his works in Tollywood. He has composed music for over 140 films. He is popularly known as "Swara Brahma" for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Mani Sharma started his career as a music director in 1998. Before that Sharma used to work...	Ek Niranjan Ek Niranjan Ek Niranjan is a 2009 Telugu film starring Prabhas and Kangana Ranaut in lead roles. The film is directed by Puri Jagannadh and Produced by Aditya Ram. The film has been shot on a specially erected set in Hyderabad and shot in Bangkok and the songs have been shot in Switzerland...
Kannada	Mano Murthy Mano Murthy Mano Murthy is a leading musician and composer in the Kannada Film Industry. Although his compositions in his earlier films were also successful, he shot to fame with Mungaru Male, one of the biggest hits in Kannada industry. Before moving onto becoming a composer, he was an entrepreneur, having...	Manasaare Manasaare Manasaare is an Indian Kannada language movie directed by Yograj Bhat starring Diganth in the lead.-Plot:Manohara is an unemployed youth who is always looked down on by his family. However his uncle is very supportive to him. One day in order to prove that he is capable of doing something in his...
Malayalam	Jayachandran Jayachandran Paliyath Jayachandran, popularly known as P. Jayachandran is an Indian playback singer. He has won one National Award, four Kerala State Awards and four Tamil Nadu State Awards. He has recorded songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi languages...	Banaras Banaras (2009 film) -Awards:* Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Shreya Ghoshal for Chanthu Thottille- External links :* at Oneindia* at Indiaglitz...

2010

Language	Recipient	Film
Tamil	A.R.Rahman	Raavanan
Telugu	Mani Sharma Mani Sharma Mani Sharma Yanamandra is a music director known for his works in Tollywood. He has composed music for over 140 films. He is popularly known as "Swara Brahma" for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Mani Sharma started his career as a music director in 1998. Before that Sharma used to work...	Khaleja
Kannada	Shridhar	Krishnan Love Story Krishnan Love Story Krishnan Love Story is a 2010 Kannada film directed by Shashank and starring Ajay Rao, Radhika Pandit, Umashri, Achuth Kumar, Sharan, Pradeep, Harsha, Chandra. The music of this film is composed by Sridhar V Sambhram.-Plot:...
Malayalam	Jayachandran Jayachandran Paliyath Jayachandran, popularly known as P. Jayachandran is an Indian playback singer. He has won one National Award, four Kerala State Awards and four Tamil Nadu State Awards. He has recorded songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi languages...	Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Vinod Mankara, starring Indrajith, Mamta Mohandas and Dhanya Mary Varghese in the lead roles.-Plot:...

Best Lyricist

2009

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Na. Muthukumar Na. Muthukumar Na. Muthukumar is a Tamil poet and lyricist, who writes lyrics for Tamil film songs.-Career:Muthukumar began his career wanting to be a director and worked under Balu Mahendra for four years. But then he became a lyricist, beginning with the lyrics for the songs of the Tamil film Veera Nadai,...	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Oru Kal Oru Kannadi -Production:On 26th April some scenes were filmed in Tidel Park Bridge, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Arya's scene is said to appear near the climax scene in a marriage hall. Director Rajesh celebrated his birthday on the sets of the film. A two minute teaser trailer,introducing the main characters of the...	Siva Manasula Sakthi Siva Manasula Sakthi Siva Manasula Sakthi is a 2009 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by debutante Rajesh. It stars Jeeva and newcomer Anuya Bhagvath, a student of Pune Film Institute, in the lead roles, with Santhanam, Urvashi and Sathyan appearing in supporting and Arya appearing in a cameo role...
Telugu	Chandra Bose	Baby he	Aarya 2
Kannada	Kaviraj	Nadedhaduva Kaamanabillu	Parichaya
Malayalam	Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma Vayalar Sarathchandravarma is a noted Malayalam film lyricist. His lyrics have proved that he has inherited his father, Vayalar Ramavarma’s‎ gift of poetry. He is a youthful entertainer by penning soothe romantic songs. All his recent contribution has got a large amount attention among Malayalam...	Anuraaga	Neelathamara

2010

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Yuga Bharathi	Mynaa Mynaa	Mynaa Mynaa The film score and soundtrack for Mynaa was composed by D. Imman. The album consists of 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Yugabharathi and Eknaath. The songs, especially the title track, had become very popular, while the album was widely considered Imman's finest work yet.-Awards:...
Telugu	Chandra Bose	Deshamante	Jhummandi Naadam Jhummandi Naadam Jhummandi Naadam is a 2010 Telugu film produced by Lakshmi Manchu and directed by veteran K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Manoj Manchu and Taapsee Pannu in the lead roles and Mohan Babu in a supporting role. The film has music scored by M.M. Keeravani...
Kannada	Yograj Bhat Yograj Bhat Yograj Bhat is a prominent Kannada film director, producer, screenwriter and a lyricist. He is most predominantly known for the 2006 film Mungaru Male, which he co-wrote with Preetam Gubbi. He was also the director of the film and was one of the lyricists in the film...	Ekka Raja Ninna	Jackie
Malayalam	Gireesh Puthenchery Gireesh Puthenchery Gireesh Puthenchery was a noted Malayalam lyricist and screenwriter. He also served as a governing council member of the Indian Performance Rights Society . He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics seven times...	Pinne Ennodonnum	Shikkar

Best Song of the Year

2009

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Vijay Antony Vijay Antony -Biography and career:Antony first worked as a sound engineer, later becoming a music director. In 1998 he studied at Loyola College, Chennai after which he founded his own studio, 'Audiophiles', composing and sound engineering for TV jingles and documentaries. The soundtrack of the film Sukran,...	Azhagai Pookuthey	Ninaithale Inikkum Ninaithale Inikkum (2009 film) Ninaithale Inikkum is a 2009 Tamil mystery-drama film directed by Kumaravelan. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sakthi Vasu, Priyamani, Karthik Kumar and Anuja Iyer in the lead roles while K. Bhagyaraj and Manobala play supporting roles. The film's score was composed by Vijay Antony.The film...
Telugu	Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad is a music composer and playback singer in Telugu and Tamil films. His soundtracks have been dubbed or remade in several other languages as well.- Awards :...	Ringa Ringa	Aarya 2
Kannada	Manikanth Kadri Manikanth Kadri Manikanth Kadri is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has predominantly scored music for Kannada as well as several Telugu films. He is the son of legendary saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath.-Career:...	Marali Mareyagi	Savari
Malayalam	Jayachandran Jayachandran Paliyath Jayachandran, popularly known as P. Jayachandran is an Indian playback singer. He has won one National Award, four Kerala State Awards and four Tamil Nadu State Awards. He has recorded songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi languages...	Madhuram Gayathi	Banaras Banaras (2009 film) -Awards:* Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Shreya Ghoshal for Chanthu Thottille- External links :* at Oneindia* at Indiaglitz...

2010

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film...	Pookal Pookum	Madarasapattinam
Telugu	Mani Sharma Mani Sharma Mani Sharma Yanamandra is a music director known for his works in Tollywood. He has composed music for over 140 films. He is popularly known as "Swara Brahma" for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Mani Sharma started his career as a music director in 1998. Before that Sharma used to work...	Sada Siva	Khaleja
Kannada	V. Harikrishna	Shiva Antha Hogutidde	Jackie
Malayalam	Jayachandran Jayachandran Paliyath Jayachandran, popularly known as P. Jayachandran is an Indian playback singer. He has won one National Award, four Kerala State Awards and four Tamil Nadu State Awards. He has recorded songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi languages...	Chithrasalabhame	Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Vinod Mankara, starring Indrajith, Mamta Mohandas and Dhanya Mary Varghese in the lead roles.-Plot:...

Best Album of the Year

2009

Language	Recipient	Film
Tamil	Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.- Early life :Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, Nungambakam. His father,...	Ayan Ayan (film) Ayan is a 2009 Tamil action thriller film written and directed by K. V. Anand. The film, starring Surya, Prabhu, Tamannaah and Akashdeep Saighal in lead roles, was produced by M. Saravanan and M. S. Guhan, while distribution handled by Sun Pictures. The film score was composed by Harris Jayaraj,...
Telugu	Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad is a music composer and playback singer in Telugu and Tamil films. His soundtracks have been dubbed or remade in several other languages as well.- Awards :...	Aarya 2
Kannada	V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna Hari Krishna is a music director and singer in the Kannada film industry and has won 3 consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Music for Gaalipata in 2008, Raaj The Showman in 2009 and Jackie in 2010.-Career:...	Raaj the Showman
Malayalam	Jayachandran Jayachandran Paliyath Jayachandran, popularly known as P. Jayachandran is an Indian playback singer. He has won one National Award, four Kerala State Awards and four Tamil Nadu State Awards. He has recorded songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi languages...	Banaras Banaras (2009 film) -Awards:* Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Shreya Ghoshal for Chanthu Thottille- External links :* at Oneindia* at Indiaglitz...

2010

Language	Recipient	Film
Tamil	Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...	Paiyaa
Telugu	Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.- Early life :Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, Nungambakam. His father,...	Orange Orange (film) The music, scored by Harris Jayaraj, was launched and released on October 26, 2010. Despite the failure of the film, the album was huge hit.All lyrics were written by Vanamali, except where noted....
Kannada	V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna Hari Krishna is a music director and singer in the Kannada film industry and has won 3 consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Music for Gaalipata in 2008, Raaj The Showman in 2009 and Jackie in 2010.-Career:...	Jackie
Malayalam	Jayachandran Jayachandran Paliyath Jayachandran, popularly known as P. Jayachandran is an Indian playback singer. He has won one National Award, four Kerala State Awards and four Tamil Nadu State Awards. He has recorded songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi languages...	Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram Karayilekku Oru Kadal Dooram is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Vinod Mankara, starring Indrajith, Mamta Mohandas and Dhanya Mary Varghese in the lead roles.-Plot:...

Mannin Kural - Male

This award is given only to Tamil Music Industry

Year	Recipient	Song	Film
2009	Velmurugan	Adunga Da	Nadodigal
2010	Solar Sai	Jing Jika	Mynaa Mynaa The film score and soundtrack for Mynaa was composed by D. Imman. The album consists of 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Yugabharathi and Eknaath. The songs, especially the title track, had become very popular, while the album was widely considered Imman's finest work yet.-Awards:...

Manin Kural - Female

This award is given only to Tamil Music Industry

Year	Recipient	Song	Film
2009	Chinna Ponnu	Thaeka Thaeka	Suryan Satta Kallori
2010	Thanjai Selvi	Jilla Vittu	Eesan

Mirchi Listners' Choice Best Album

2009

Language	Recipient	Film
Tamil	Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.- Early life :Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, Nungambakam. His father,...	Ayan Ayan (film) Ayan is a 2009 Tamil action thriller film written and directed by K. V. Anand. The film, starring Surya, Prabhu, Tamannaah and Akashdeep Saighal in lead roles, was produced by M. Saravanan and M. S. Guhan, while distribution handled by Sun Pictures. The film score was composed by Harris Jayaraj,...
Telugu	M. M. Keeravani	Magadheera Magadheera Magadheera is a 2009 Telugu film. The film is a historical drama love tale, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars Ram Charan Tej and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while actors Sri Hari Raghumundri and Dev Gill play other prominent roles. The film features an...
Kannada	Mano Murthy Mano Murthy Mano Murthy is a leading musician and composer in the Kannada Film Industry. Although his compositions in his earlier films were also successful, he shot to fame with Mungaru Male, one of the biggest hits in Kannada industry. Before moving onto becoming a composer, he was an entrepreneur, having...	Manasare
Malayalam	Ilayaraja	Pazhassi Raja

2010

Language	Recipient	Film
Tamil	Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...	Paiyaa
Telugu	Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.- Early life :Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, Nungambakam. His father,...	Orange Orange (film) The music, scored by Harris Jayaraj, was launched and released on October 26, 2010. Despite the failure of the film, the album was huge hit.All lyrics were written by Vanamali, except where noted....
Kannada	Sridhar Sridhar Sridhara was one of lord Vishnu's thousand names when consort to the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.----Sridhar may also refer to:*B.U. Sridhar, Senior Specialist at HCL...	Krishnan Love Story Krishnan Love Story Krishnan Love Story is a 2010 Kannada film directed by Shashank and starring Ajay Rao, Radhika Pandit, Umashri, Achuth Kumar, Sharan, Pradeep, Harsha, Chandra. The music of this film is composed by Sridhar V Sambhram.-Plot:...
Malayalam	Gopi Sundar Gopi Sundar Gopi Sunder is an award winning Indian music programmer, film score composer, musician and singer. He has composed music for more than 5000 ad jingles, programmed music for many major composers and have scored more than ten Malayalam films....	Anwar Anwar (2010 film) - External links : * * at Oneindia.in...

Technical Sound Engineer Award

2009

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Uday Kumar	Excuse Me	Kanthaswamy Kanthaswamy Kanthaswamy is a 2009 Tamil language feature film directed by Susi Ganesan, who with Kanthaswamy completed his fourth film. Vikram acts in the lead role, whilst Shriya Saran, Prabhu Ganesan, Krishna, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukesh Tiwari, Mansoor Ali Khan, Vadivelu and Y. G. Mahendran also play roles in...
Telugu	Uday	Upenentha	Aarya 2
Kannada	Smithampan	Ale Ale	Savare
Malayalam	Sam Devassie	Madhuram Ghayathi	Banaras Banaras (2009 film) -Awards:* Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Shreya Ghoshal for Chanthu Thottille- External links :* at Oneindia* at Indiaglitz...

2010

Language	Recipient	Song	Film
Tamil	Ramji and Guru	Idhu Varai Idhu Varai Idhu Varai is a song from the 2010 Tamil feature film Goa, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and performed by Andrea Jeremiah and Ajeesh, the winner of the second season of the reality-based singing competition Airtel Super Singer. The song, with lyrics by Gangai Amaran, was released as part of the...	Goa Goa (film) Goa is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, who with the project, directed his third film following two previous successes...
Telugu	Ramesh	Rooba Rooba	Orange Orange (film) The music, scored by Harris Jayaraj, was launched and released on October 26, 2010. Despite the failure of the film, the album was huge hit.All lyrics were written by Vanamali, except where noted....
Kannada	Ramesh	Antha Hogutidde	Jackie
Malayalam	Gopi Sundar Gopi Sundar Gopi Sunder is an award winning Indian music programmer, film score composer, musician and singer. He has composed music for more than 5000 ad jingles, programmed music for many major composers and have scored more than ten Malayalam films....	Kizhakku Pookum	Anwar Anwar (2010 film) - External links : * * at Oneindia.in...

Jury Award for outstanding contribution to Film Music Industry

2009

Language	Recipient	Reason
Tamil	R. Govardhanam	Music Condutor / Music Composer (75Yrs)
Telugu	Pandit Janardhan	Sitar
Kannada	Baalesh	Shehnai
Malayalam	Rex Issacs	Violin

2010

Language	Recipient	Reason
Tamil	Philips	Overall Contribution
Telugu	Seenu	Santoor
Kannada	Venu	Tabla
Malayalam	Balan	Tabla

Lifetime Achivement Award

2009

Language	Recipient
Tamil	M. S. Viswanathan M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan , is a Tamil music director. He is popularly known as "Mellisai Mannar" . His major works over the past five decades have been in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films...
Telugu	Bala Saraswati Rao
Kannada	P. B. Sreenivas
Malayalam	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...

2010

Language	Recipient
Tamil	P. Suseela
Telugu	Susarla Dakshinamurthi Susarla Dakshinamurthi Susarla Dakshinamurthi is a playback singer and music director from South India. He has worked for about 135 films in different South Indian languages...
Kannada	Rajan
Malayalam	V. Dakshinamurthy

External links

• 1st Mirchi Music Awards South Winners
• 2nd Mirchi Music Awards South Winners
• Rules and Regulations for qualifying for the Award