List of accolades received by Kannathil Muthamittal

This is a list of awards and nominations received by the 2002 Indian Tamil-language film Kannathil Muthamittal. The film was highly appreciated upon its release and went on to win several awards and nominations at different award ceremonies the following year. It also had a highly acclaimed soundtrack which got A. R. Rahman his fourth National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the second consecutive time after Lagaan for both his songs and background score.[1] The film holds a record of six National Film Awards wins which is the highest by any Tamil Film tied with Aadukalam and also being the highest for the year 2002. The film has won a total of 40 awards since its release.[2]

The President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Best Child Artist Award for the year 2002 to Keertana for her role as Amudha (along with Shweta Prasad,for the Hindi film "Makdee" ) at the 50th National Film Awards
List of accolades received by Kannathil Muthamittal
Total number of awards and nominations[lower-alpha 1]
Totals 40 42
References

Awards and nominations

Indian awards
Award Date of ceremony[lower-alpha 2] Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
National Film Awards 29 December 2003 Best Feature Film in Tamil Mani Ratnam (Madras Talkies) Won [3]
Best Child Artist P. S. Keerthana Won
Best Music Direction A. R. Rahman Won
Best Lyrics Vairamuthu Won
Best Audiography H. Sridhar
A. S. Laxmi Narayanan		 Won
Best Editing A. Sreekar Prasad Won
Filmfare Awards South 24 May 2003 Best Director – Tamil Mani Ratnam Won [4]
Best Actress – Tamil Simran Won
Best Cinematographer – South Ravi K. Chandran Won
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 23 February 2006 Second Best Film Mani Ratnam (Madras Talkies) Won [5]
[6]
Best Director Mani Ratnam Won
Best Art Director Sabu Cyril Won
Best Actor R. Madhavan Won
Best Child Artist P. S. Keerthana Won
Special Prize Award Nandita Das Won
Best Female Playback Singer Chinmayi Won
Cinema Express Awards 21 December 2002 Best Film – Tamil Mani Ratnam (Madras Talkies) Won [7]
Special Jury Award for Best Director Mani Ratnam Won
Best Actress – Tamil Simran Won
Best Child Artist P. S. Keerthana Won
Best Stunt Director Vikram Dharma Won
Best Choreographer Brindha Won
International Tamil Film Awards 31 October 2003 Best Movie Mani Ratnam (Madras Talkies) Won [8]
Best Director Mani Ratnam Won
Best Actress Simran Won
Best Supporting Actor Prakash Raj Won
Best Cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran Won
Best Upcoming Singer Chinmayi Won
Ajanta Fine Arts Awards 2003 Best Female Playback Singer Won [9]
Best Media Associates Awards Won [10]
South Indian Cinematographers Association Awards 25 November 2003 Best Cinematographer Award Ravi K. Chandran Won [11]
Best Child Artist P. S. Keerthana Won

International awards
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Film Fest New Haven 2004 Special Award - Achievement Award Mani Ratnam Won [12]
Audience Award - Best Feature Film (International) Kannathil Muthamittal (Mani Ratnam) Won
Jury Award - Best Feature Film (International) Won
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 22 April 2003 Audience Award for Best Picture Won [13]
[14]
Jerusalem Film Festival 10-19 July 2003 In Spirit for Freedom Award Won [15]
Zimbabwe International Film Festival 2003 Best Picture Won [16]
RiverRun International Film Festival 2004 Audience Award - Best Feature Film Won [17]
Westchester Film Festival Best International Film Won [18]

Notes
  1. Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
  2. Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

References
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  4. "Ajith Simran bag Filmfare awards". The Times of India. 17 May 2003. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. "Tamil Nadu State Film Awards announces awards for three years". IndiaGlitz. 1 October 2004. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  6. "Tamil Nadu state awards announced". Rediff.com. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  7. "Kannathil Muthamittal gets six Cinema Express Awards". The Hindu. 22 December 2002. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-06-07. Retrieved 9 May 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  10. "Chinmayi wins Best singer award". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  11. "Kannathil Muthamittal wins 2 at the SICA". The Hindu. 25 November 2003. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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  15. "The 20th JFF". jff.org. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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  17. "2004 Award winners". riverrunfilm.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
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