17th Filmfare Awards South

Award ceremony for South Indian films

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The 17th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1969 was an event held in April 19, 1970 at Shanmukhananda hall in Bombay along with Hindi Awards.

The Kannada films are added in this year. The president of this year's function was the minister of state information and broadcasting I. K. Gujral. The chief guest of the evening was Satyajit Ray.

Jury

Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam & Kannada
  • Justice P. R. Gokulakrishnan - (Chairman)
  • Mr. Sundarlal Nahata
  • Brig. S. Kesavulu
  • Mrs. P. Kala Bashyam
  • Mrs. P. Leela
  • A. Varadappa Chetty
  • Mrs. Soundaram Kailasam
  • S. V. Venugopalan
  • M. Sivaraman - (Ex Officio)

Awards

Best Tamil Film Best Telugu Film
  • Adimai Penn - M. G. Ramachandran
  • Bangaru Panjaram - B. N. Reddy
Best Kannada Film Best Malayalam Film
  • Namma Makkalu - Harini
  • Adimakal - M. O. Joseph

Awards presentation

References

  • Filmfare Magazine April 10, 1970.
  • Filmfare Magazine May 8, 1970.

General

External links

  • Official website
  • Filmfare Awards South at IMDb
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