The event will be conducted at Wellington Island Port Trust Stadium, and you will have singers, actors and technicians from Malayalam film industry. Yesudas’s music has awed us, and he has taken Malayalam film music to international platforms and standards. This is truly an occasion to honor the maestro for all the lovely music that he has gifted us. Singers K.S. Chithra, Hariharan, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, M. G. Sreekumar, Usha Uthup etc., is expected to be part of the show. Musical geniuses Illayaraja, Dakshina Moorthy, Vidya Sagar, and M. Jayachandran will also be present. And now for people from glitz and glamour, you will have Mohanlal, Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Dileep and many more to add to the star-studded presence for the evening.

6^th February 2012 is the day! And for all those who are craving for a musical treat, make sure you don’t miss this one!

Mr. Moorthy Sreenivasulu, M.D. & Publisher, Southscope announced at a Press Meet that “We want to honour the originality and excellence of filmmakers, actors, technicians and artists across the four South Indian film industries viz. Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada.” Various Film Stars Rima Kallingal and Shammu also spoke on the occasion and disclosed the nominations from Malayalam film industry.
The theme of the awards is ‘South is One’.

The Awards ceremony will celebrate and honour cinematic talent in various categories such as:

Best Film – 4 languages

Best Actor (Male / Female) – 4 Languages

Best Director – 4 languages

Best Music Director – 4 languages

Best Singer (Male / Female) – 4 languages

Best Supporting Actor (Male / Female) – 4 languages

Best Comedian – 4 languages

Best Lyricist – 4 languages

Best Cinematographer – 4 languages

Sensational Debut – 4 languages

Lifetime Achievement

The impressive guest list that is to grace the Southscope Cine Awards 2010 comprises of the who’s who of South Indian cinema. Apart from the nominees & other stars,expect to see other mentionable’s like Chiranjeevi, Vikram, Suriya, Mammootty, Mohanlal, Nagarjuna, Puneet Rajkumar, Venkatesh, Ramcharan Tej, Allu Arjun, Ravi Teja, Shriya Saran, Reema Sen, Prabhu Deva, Nayanthara, Jyothika, Vijay, Simbu, Namita, Soundarya Rajnikanth, Upendra, Ramya & Pooja Gandhi.

As an interlude to the presentation ceremony, there will be electrifying performances by prominent film personalities. Genelia, Tamannah, Mamta Mohandas, Charmme, Sruthi Hassan, Reema Sen, Vijay, Yash, Arjun, Bharat and others. The current Indian Idol, Sriram will also be giving a performance.

Now a look at the nominations from the Malayalam film industry.

LUX SANDAL SOUTHSCOPE CINE AWARDS NOMINATIONS-MALAYALAM

Best Film
Pazhassi Raja
Bhramaram
Evidam Swargamanu
Paleri Manikyam

Best Director
Hariharan – Pazhassi Raja
Blessy – Bhramaram
Renjith – Paleri Manikyam
Ranjith Sankar – Passenger

Best Actor
Mammootty – Paleri Manikyam & Pazhassi Raja
Jayaram – Bhagyadevatha
Mohanlal – Bhramaram & Evidam Swargamanu
Prithviraj Sukumaran – Puthiyamugham

Best Actress
Swetha Menon – Paleri Manikyam
Kaniha – Bhagyadevatha
Mamta Mohandas – Passenger
Priyanka – Vilapangalkkapuram

Best Supporting Actor
Manoj K. Jayan – Pazhassi Raja
Sarathkumar – Pazhassi Raja
Nedumudi Venu – Bhagyadevatha
Pasupathy – Vairam

Best Supporting Actress
Padmapriya – Pazhassi Raja
KPAC Lalitha – Bhagyadevatha
Suhasini – Makante Achan & Vilapangalkkapuram
Nitya Menon – Kerala Cafe

Best Comedian
Jagadheesh – 2 Harihar Nagar
Salim Kumar – Chattambinadu
Suraj Venjaranmood – Ivar Vivahitharayal
Jagathy Sreekumar – Crazy Gopalan

Best Music Director
Vidyasagar – Neelathaamara
Deepak Dev – Puthiya Mukham
Ilaiyaraaja – Bhagyadevatha
Mohan Sitara – Bhramaram & Soofi Paranja Katha

Best Male Playback Singer
K. J. Yesudas – Adhi Usha Sandhya – Pazhassi Raja
Shankar Mahadevan – Pichavacha – Puthiya Mukham
V. Sreekumar – Anuraga Vilocha – Neelathaamara
Venugopal – Kuzaloothi – Bhramaram

Best Female Playback Singer
K. S. Chithra – Kunnathe Konna – Pazhassi Raja
Shreya Ghoshal – Chanthu Thottille – Banaras
Shweta Mohan – Priyanu Mathram – Robinhood
Sujatha Mohan – Muthe Muthe – Kanakanmani

Best Lyricist
O. N. V. Kurup – Kunnathe Konna – Pazhassi Raja
Anil Panachuran – Kuzhaloothum – Bhramaram
Kaithapram – Pichavacha – Puthiya Mukham
Sarathchandra Varma – Azhithira – Bhagyadevatha

Best Cinematography
Venu – Bhagyadevatha
P. Sukumar – Passenger
Ajayan Vincent – Bhramaram
Ramnath Shetty – Pazhassi Raja

Best of luck guys.

Mohan Sithara

Music Direcotr Ouseppachan

Details of the event

Venue :  Town Hall

Date : January 12 th 2010

Time :  5.30 p.m

The award comprises Rs. 10,000, plaque and a citation. N. Sreekumar, reception committee chairman, will preside over the function. Singer K.J. Yesudas, who had just celebrated his 70th birthday, will also be felicitated on the occasion.

Mammootty, director Hariharan, and producer Gokulam Gopalan would also be felicitated in connection with the 90th day celebrations of their period epic Pazhassi Raja. P.B. Sreenivas, singer who has given many a nostalgic songs to music lovers, would attend the function as a guest and would be felicitated.