17th Filmfare Awards South

Award ceremony for South Indian films February 2019 February 2019 17 Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Awards South April 19, 1970 Shanmukhananda hall Bombay David 15th 18th The 17th Filmfare Awards South ceremony, honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1969, was held on April 19, 1970 at Shanmukhananda hall in Bombay along with Hindi Awards. The Kannada films were 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 & KannadaJustice 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 FilmBest Telugu FilmAdimai Penn - M. G. RamachandranBangaru Panjaram - B. N. ReddyBest Kannada FilmBest Malayalam FilmNamma Makkalu - HariniAdimakal - M. O. Joseph Awards presentation M. G. Ramachandran (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from I. K. Gujral Harini (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Achala Sachdev P. Joseph (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Raakhee References Filmfare Magazine April 10, 1970. Filmfare Magazine May 8, 1970. General External links https://www.filmfare.com/awards/ 0001531 Filmfare Awards South expanded Category:Filmfare Awards South by year