The Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South ceremony. Following is a list of the award recipients.The lifetime Achievement award south was first instituted in 1984 & those who are recognised Legendary filmmakers, artists, film personalities for outstanding contributions to Indian cinema.
Recipients † Indicates also honoured by Dadasaheb Phalke Award Year Honorees Nature of workRef. 1984 Sowkar Janaki Actress 1985 Padmini Actress 1986Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Lyricist S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Playback Singer 1987 Akkineni Nageswara Rao † Actor 1988 Bhanumathi Ramakrishna Actress 1989 Ilayaraja Music Director 1990 M. T. Vasudevan Nair Screenplay Writer/Filmmaker 1991 No award 1992L. V. Prasad † Director / Producer 1993 Gemini Ganesan Actor 1994B. Saroja Devi Actress K. Balachander † Director Madhu Actor K. Viswanath † DirectorSoumitra Chatterjee † Actor Hrishikesh Mukherjee † Director 1995Nagesh Actor Manorama Actress 1996Krishna Actor Sarada Actress 1997S. Janaki Singer Nedumudi Venu Actor 1998Lakshmi Actress Allu Ramalingaiah Actor 1999Pandari Bai Actress Sundaram Choreographer 2000D. Rama Naidu † Producer Sheela Actress 2001M. S. Viswanathan Music Director Dasari Narayana Rao Director 2002Vishnuvardhan Actor K. Raghavendra Rao Director 2003Vijayashanti Actress K. J. Yesudas Singer 2004K. R. Vijaya Actress Ramoji Rao Producer 2005Thilakan Actor Sukumari Actress 2006Krishnam Raju Actor P. Susheela Singer 2007Sivakumar Actor Jaya Prada Actress 2008 Veturi Lyricist 2009Ambareesh Actor K. P. A. C. Lalitha Actress 2010Chiranjeevi Actor Jayasudha Actress 2011S. P. Muthuraman Director Seema Actress 2012Bapu Director Vani Jairam Singer 2013Balu Mahendra Cinematographer Jayabharathi Actress 2014IV Sasi Director Radhika Actress 2015 Mohan Babu Actor 2016 Vijaya Nirmala Actress 2017 Kaikala Satyanarayana Actor 2018 Hariharan Director 2020–2021Puneeth Rajkumar ActorAllu Aravind Producer 2022 No award2023Srinath Actor2024Sreenivasan Actor/ WriterSreekumaran ThampiDirector/ Writer
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External links 55th Filmfare Awards South Winners