Emotions ran high on the night of the Black Lady

Just as the decade’s coming to an end, the best of South Indian cinema in 2018 was celebrated at the 66th Yamaha Fascino

Filmfare Awards South

2019 in Chennai. The night saw winners from the

Kannada

, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu industries take home the coveted trophy. As passion for good cinema brought all the four film industries together under one roof, emotions ran high with special dedications, speeches and reminiscence on stage by all the winners.
Nathicharami reigned with four awards — Best Director for Mansore, Best Actor Critics (female) for Sruthi Hariharan, Best Supporting Actor (female) for Sharanya and Best Singer (female) for Bindhu Malini. KGF won two awards — Best Film and Best Actor (male) for Yash. Tagaru, too, bagged two awards — Best Actor (female) for Manvitha Kamath and Best Supporting Actor (male) for Dhananjaya. Vasuki Vaibhav, who is currently in Bigg Boss Kannada house, emerged a winner in the Best Music Album category for his composition Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai.Meanwhile, senior poet-playwright HS Venkatesha Murthy was honoured with the Best Lyricist title for Sakkareya Paakadalli from the film Hasiru Ribbon.
The night also witnessed some funky performances by Sreeleela, Rakul Preet, Saniya Iyappan and Sakshi Agarwal, while actors Sundeep Kishan and Regina Cassandra, as hosts, kept the audience entertained with their repartees and one-liners.

KGF’s double celebration
Team KGF won the Best Film and Best Actor Male awards on the first anniversary of the film’s release. But since the team had an event in Bengaluru, the members could not make it to the awards ceremony in Chennai.

Manvitha Kamath’s promise to the black lady Manvitha Kamath, who took home the Best Actor Female award, was over the moon. “I promise you Black Lady, you will be given a special place at home, and many more awards will accompany you in the future,” she said on stage while accepting the trophy.
Telling us a little more about her experience, the actress said, “I was very nervous on stage. I did not look into anyone’s eyes, and kept staring into the dark while giving the speech.”

Sruthi Hariharan had an emotional hat-trick
Sruthi Hariharan bagged the Best Actress Critics award – making it the actress’ third consecutive Filmfare award. Reflecting on her win, she said, “Nathicharami released at a crazy time and the box office impact was not as it should have been. I apologize to the cast and crew for the same. This award is also special because I win it after the birth of my baby girl. These are scary times, as women have to face a lot of challenges while striving to achieve their goals. And things can get tougher when they are not born with a silver spoon in their mouth. I want to teach my daughter to dream, and show her a better, safer world. And that takes a lot of work.”

Sathish Ninasam’s shout-out to dreamers
As Sathish Ninasam took home the award for Best Actor Critics, he had a unique shout-out to aspiring actors. “This award is for people like me, who dared to dream and wished that someday they’d become a hero, who’d have a cut-out installed on Kempegowda Road. So, I dedicate this award to all those dreamers,” he said, adding, “I would like to consider this the beginning. I have many more dreams that I wish to achieve. My journey has just begun.”

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