The 22nd Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1974 was an event held at Shanmukhananda Hall Bombay on 30 March 1975 along with Hindi Awards.
The president of this year's function was Maharashtra Chief Minister S. B. Chavan. The chief guest of the evening, G. P. Sippy, being indisposed was represented by B. R. Chopra.
Jury Tamil & MalayalamTelugu & KannadaJustice S. Mohan - (Chairman) Mrs. Alamelu Rangachari Dada Mirasee Mrs. Mammen Mappillai S. V. Venugopalan - (Ex Officio)Justice G. Ramanujam - (Chairman) T. S. Muthuswami A. Varadappa Chetty S. V. Venugopalan - (Ex Officio)
Awards
Kannada cinema Best FilmBest DirectorKaadu - K. N. NarayanGirish Karnad - KaaduBest ActorBest ActressLokesh - Bhootayyana Maga AyyuAarathi - Upasane
Malayalam cinema Best FilmBest DirectorNellu - N. P. AliK. S. Sethumadhavan - ChattakkariBest ActorBest ActressKamal Haasan - KanyakumariLakshmi - Chattakkari
Tamil cinema Best FilmBest DirectorDikkatra Parvathi - Singeetham Srinivasa RaoK. Balachandar - Aval Oru Thodar KathaiBest ActorBest ActressGemini Ganesan - Naan AvanillaiLakshmi - Dikkatra Parvathi
Telugu cinema Best FilmBest DirectorO Seetha Katha - SharmaK. Viswanath - O Seetha KathaBest ActorBest ActressSobhan Babu - Khaidi BabayiVanisri - Krishnaveni
Special awards Special Commendation Award for PerformanceK. R. Vijaya - Dheerga Sumangali
Filmfare Special Award - SouthUpasane - Rashi Brothers
Awards presentation
K. N. Narayan (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Asrani Amrish Puri Received Girish Karnad's award (Best Director Kannada) from Madan Puri Aarathi (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from Jeetendra Lokesh (Best Actor Kannada)Received Award from Prema Narayan S. R. Puttanna Kanagal Received Producers (Rashi Brothers) award (Special Award) from A. K. Hangal N. P. Ali (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Dara Singh K S Sethumadhavan (Best Director Malayalam) Received Award from Asha Sachdev Lakshmi (Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award from Shammi Kapoor Kamal Haasan (Best Actor Malayalam) Received Award from Reeta Bhaduri K. R. S. Sharma (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from Zarina Wahab K. Viswanath (Best Director Telugu) Received Award from Farida Jalal Vanisri (Best Actress Telugu) Received Award from B. R. Chopra Sobhan Babu (Best Actor Telugu) Received Award from Nirupa Roy Singeetham Srinivasa Rao (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Helen K. Balachandar (Best Director Tamil) Received Award from Vidya Sinha Lakshmi (Best Actress Tamil) Received Award from Amitabh Bachchan
References
Filmfare Magazine April 18, 1975.
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