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. ^[1]

Contents

• Awards
• Kannada cinema
• Malayalam cinema
• Tamil cinema
• Telugu cinema
• Awards Presentation
• References
• General
• External links

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

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.

External links

• Official website
• Filmfare Awards South at IMDb