19th Filmfare Awards South

19th Filmfare Awards South
19th Filmfare Awards South
Date	24 March 1972
Site	Shanmukhananda Hall Bombay
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The 19th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1971 was an event held in Shanmukhananda Hall Bombay on 24 March 1972 along with Hindi Awards.

The awards were introduced in 1954, around the films released in 1953. Filmfare Awards, initially recognizing only the Hindi film industry, considered South Indian regional Telugu and Tamil cinema was honored from 1964 onwards. In 1966, awards were presented to Best Film in Malayalam cinema and the Kannada cinema was honored from 1970 onwards. The chief guest of the evening was General Sam Manekshaw.

Jury[edit]

Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam & Kannada
Justice Sadasivam - (Chairman) T. S. Muthuswami K. Cherian R. S. Cunniah U. Harini C. N. Ramanujam Mrs. Sivasailam S. V. Venugopalan - (Ex Officio)

Awards[edit]

Best Tamil Film	Best Telugu Film
Babu - Cine Bharath Productions	Tahsildar Gari Ammayi - N. V. V. Sathya Narayana, A. Surya Narayana
Best Kannada Film	Best Malayalam Film
Sharapanjara - C. S. Rajah	Aabhijathyam - R. S. Prabhu

Awards presentation[edit]

C. S. Rajah (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Rekha
R. S. Prabhu (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Rakesh Roshan
N. V. V. Sathya Narayana and A. Surya Narayana (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from Nanditha Bose
Director A. C. Tirulokchandar (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Jayant

References[edit]

Filmfare Magazine March 24, 1972.

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