The 27th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1979 washeld on July 6, 1980, at Music Academy Madras.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
The president of this year's function was Supreme Court judge P. N. Bhagwati. The chief guest of the evening was L. V. Prasad.
Awards
Kannada cinema Best FilmBest DirectorDharmasere - AarathiPuttanna Kanagal - DharmasereBest ActorBest ActressAnant Nag - Naa Ninna BidalaareAarathi - Dharmasere
Malayalam cinema Best FilmBest DirectorThakara - V. V. BabuBharathan - ThakaraBest ActorBest ActressPrathap K. Pothan - ThakaraSrividya - Edavazhiyile Poocha Minda Poocha
Tamil cinema Best FilmBest DirectorPasi - DuraiMahendran - Uthiri PookkalBest ActorBest ActressSivakumar - Rosapoo RavikaikariShoba - Pasi
Telugu cinema Best FilmBest DirectorGorintaku - K. MurariDasari Narayana Rao - GorintakuBest ActorBest ActressSobhan Babu - Karthika DeepamSujatha - Guppedu Manasu
Awards Presentation
Aarathi (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Amol Palekar V. V. Babu (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Moushumi Chatterjee K. Murari (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from Sheela Durai (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Jayasudha Puttanna Kanagal (Best Director Kannada) Received Award from Vidhubala Bharathan (Best Director Malayalam) Received Award from Jayachithra Dasari Narayana Rao (Best Director Telugu) Received Award from Jeetendra Mahendran (Best Director Tamil) Received Award from Latha Aarathi (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from Shashi Kapoor Srividya (Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award from Kamal Haasan Sujatha (Best Actress Telugu) Received Award from Jayalalithaa Prema Menon Receives her daughter Shoba's Award (Best Actress Tamil) from Sowcar Janaki Amol Palekar Receives Anant Nag Award (Best Actor Kannada) from Deepa Prathap K. Pothan (Best Actor Malayalam) Received Award from Rekha Sobhan Babu (Best Actor Telugu) Received Award from Rati Agnihotri Sivakumar (Best Actor Tamil) Received Award from K. R. Vijaya
References
Filmfare Magazine August 1-15, 1980.
General
External links