The 21st Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1973 was held in Shanmukhananda Hall Bombay on 11 April 1974 along with Hindi Awards.
The chief guests were Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and Hollywood actress Diane Baker.
Jury Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam & KannadaJustice G. Ramanujam - (Chairman) S. V. Chitti Babu K. Vishwanathan C. N. Ramanujam C. V. George P. Pulliah B. K. Anantharaman Vasudev Nayak Mrs. S. Kurien S. V. Venugopalan - (Ex Officio)
Awards
Main awards
Kannada cinema Best FilmBest DirectorNaagarahaavuPuttanna Kanagal - Edakallu Guddada Mele Best Actor Best ActressRajkumar- Gandhada GudiJayanthi - Edakallu Guddada Mele
Malayalam cinema Best FilmBest DirectorPanitheeratha VeeduK. S. Sethumadhavan - Pani Theeratha Veedu Best Actor Best ActressP. J. Antony - NirmalayamNanditha Bose - Swapnam
Tamil cinema Best FilmBest DirectorBharatha VilasA. C. Tirulokchandar -Bharatha Vilas Best Actor Best ActressSivaji Ganesan - GauravamJayalalithaa -Suryakanthi
Telugu cinema Best FilmBest DirectorJeevana TharangaaluT. Rama Rao - Jeevana Tharangaalu Best Actor Best ActressAkkineni Nageswara Rao- Marupurani ManishiVanisri- Jeevana Tarangalu
Special awards Special Award for excellent performanceVishnuvardhan - Nagarahavu Special Award for excellent production valuesUlagam Sutrum Valiban - M. G. Ramachandran
Awards presentation Source: K. S. R. Murthy (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Mehtab Modi K S Sethumadhavan (Best Director Malayalam) Received Award from Radha Saluja Nanditha Bose (Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award from Feroz Khan N. Veeraswamy (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Reena Roy S. R. Puttanna Kanagal (Best Director Kannada) Received Award from Neetu Singh Jayanthi (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from Vijay Arora Rajkumar (Best Actor Kannada)Received Award from Helen Vishnuvardhan (Special Acting Award Kannada) Received Award from Farida Jalal D. Rama Naidu (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from Vinod Mehra D. Rama Naidu Receives T Rama Rao's Award (Best Director Telugu) from Ambika Johar S. V. Venugopal Receives A Nageswara Rao's Award (Best Actor Telugu) from Tariq T. Bharathi (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Sujeet Kumar A. C. Tirulokchandar (Best Director Tamil) Received Award from Prem Chopra Sivaji Ganesan (Best Actor Tamil) Received Award from Lata Mangeshkar
References
Filmfare Magazine 5 April 1974 Filmfare Magazine 3 May 1974
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