20th Filmfare Awards South

Summary

The 20th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1972 was an event held on April 21, 1973 at Shanmukhananda hall in Bombay along with Hindi Awards.

20th Filmfare Awards South
DateApril 21, 1973
SiteBombay

From this year, the awards were regularly presented to four main categories such as Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress in all the four South Indian industries. The president of this year's function was the defence minister Jagjivan Ram. The chief guest of the evening was veteran Ashok Kumar.

Jury edit

Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam & Kannada
  • Justice T. Ramaprasada Rao - (Chairman)
  • M. R. Menon
  • D. Ramanujam
  • S. Rangaswami
  • P. Ramakrishna Rao
  • R. S. Cunniah
  • C. G. Rangabhashyam
  • Mrs. Rohini Krishna Chandra
  • S. V. Venugopalan - (Ex Officio)

Awards edit

Kannada cinema edit

Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress

Malayalam cinema edit

Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress

Tamil cinema edit

Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress

Telugu cinema edit

Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress

Special Awards edit

Special Commendation Award for Performance

Awards presentation edit

References edit

  1. ^ The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 1973.
  • Filmfare Magazine April 6, 1973.
  • Filmfare Magazine May 18, 1973.

General edit

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Filmfare Awards South at IMDb