On 9 March 1989, Cinema Express magazine editor V. Ramamurthy announced the best of South Indian films for the year of 1988, selected by the readers of the magazine. G. Lakshma Reddy, sales manager of Dyanora Television, co-sponsor also announced the Dyanora Gold cine awards for excellence in film industry.
Only four category of awards are selected for the languages Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu.
Tamil Category Winner Film Best film G. Venkateswaran Agni Natchathiram Best director Balu Mahendra Veedu Best director (Special award) Mani Ratnam Agni Natchathiram Best new face (director) R. V. Udayakumar Urimai Geetham & Puthiya Vaanam Best actor Prabhu Manasukkul Mathappu Best actress Radhika Paasa Paravaigal & Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran Best actress (Special award) Amala Illam & Agni Natchathiram Best character actor Vijayakanth Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran & Senthoora Poove Best new face (actor) Livingston Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran Best new face (actress) Nirosha Agni Natchathiram & Senthoora Poove Best villain actor Kitty Sathyaa Best comedy actor S. S. Chandran Vasanthi Best comedy actress Manorama Paatti Sollai Thattathe Best child artist Master Silambarasan En Thangai Kalyani Best cameraman M.M.Rengaswamy Senthoora Poove Best music Ilaiyaraaja Soora Samhaaram, Agni Natchathiram & Dharmathin Thalaivan Best male playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Unnal Mudiyum Thambi (Song: ) Best female playback singer P. Susheela Raasave Unnai Nambi (Song:Raasathi Manasule ...)
Telugu Category Winner Film Best film Ch.V. Appa Rao Swarnakamalam Best director K. Viswanath Swarnakamalam Best actor Chiranjeevi Swayamkrushi Best actress Bhanupriya Swarnakamalam
Kannada Category Winner Film Best film Prabha Raj Suprabhatha Best director V. Ravichandran Ranadheera Best actor Vishnuvardhan Suprabhatha Best actress Suhasini Suprabhatha
Malayalam Category Winner Film Best film Atlas Ramachandran Vaisali Best director I. V. Sasi 1921 Best actor Mammootty Oru CBI Diary Kurippu Best actress Geetha Vaisali
Dyanora Gold cine awards Winner Contribution Nageswara Rao Akkineni Contribution to south Indian cinema Rajinikanth For acting in the English film Bloodstone Nagesh Dedicated service to Tamil cinema Anjali Devi The most talented artiste in all south Indian language films
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