The 18th Filmfare Awards South ceremony, honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1970, was held at Shanmukhananda Hall Bombay on 18 April 1971 along with Hindi Awards.
The president of this year's function was the Governor of Maharashtra Ali Yavar Jung. The chief guest of the evening was Vietnamese film star Kieu Chinh.
Jury Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam & KannadaJustice Ramprasad Rao - (Chairman) A. L. Srinivasan Mariappa Bhatt Dr. (Mrs.) S. Cherian D. Ramanujam R. S. Cunniah Mrs. Umayal Ramanathan S. V. Venugopalan - (Ex Officio)
Awards Best Tamil FilmBest Telugu Film Engirundho Vandhaal - K. Balaji Dharma Daata - Tammareddy Krishna MurthyBest Kannada FilmBest Malayalam Film Sri Krishnadevaraya - B. R. Panthulu Vaazhve Mayam - M. O. Joseph
Awards presentation
B. R. Panthulu (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Rekha M. O. Joseph (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Biswajit T. G. Krishnamurthy (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from Nimmi K. Balaji (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Joysree Roy
References
Filmfare Magazine April 9, 1971.
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