Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil
The Filmfare Best Music Director Award is given to film composers by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil films. A. R. Rahman is the most frequent winner with seventeen wins, which also includes nine consecutive wins between 1992 and 2000. Harris Jayaraj follows A. R. Rahman with five wins.
Superlatives and multiple wins
Multiple wins:- 17 wins: A. R. Rahman
- 5 wins: Harris Jayaraj
- 2 wins: Bharadwaj, G. V. Prakash Kumar
Winners
Nominations
2000s
- 2001 'Harris Jayaraj for Minnale
- * Ilayaraja – Kasi
- * S. A. Rajkumar – Aanandham
- 2003 Harris Jayaraj for Kaakha Kaakha
- * A. R. Rahman – Boys
- * Harris Jayaraj – Saamy
- * Ilayaraja – Pithamagan
- * Vidhyasagar – Dhool
- 2007 A. R. Rahman for Sivaji
- * A. R. Rahman – Azhagiya Tamil Magan
- * Harris Jayaraj – Unnale Unnale
- * Vijay Antony – Naan Avanillai
- * Yuvan Shankar Raja – Paruthiveeran2008 Harris Jayaraj – Vaaranam Aayiram
- * A. R. Rahman – Sakkarakatti
- * James Vasanthan – Subramaniyapuram
- * Vijay Antony – Kadhalil Vizhunthen
- * Yuvan Shankar Raja – Yaaradi Nee Mohini2009 Harris Jayaraj' – Ayan
- * Devi Sri Prasad – Kanthaswamy
- * Devi Sri Prasad – Villu
- * Harris Jayaraj – Aadhavan
- * Vidyasagar – ''Kanden Kadhalai''
2010s
2010 'A. R. Rahman – Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa- * A. R. Rahman –