The 26th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1978 was held on 10 June 1979 at Kalaivanar Arangam in Madras.
The president of this year's function was the Major General S. P. Mahadevan, general officer commanding (GOC), Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. The chief guest of the evening was Tamil Nadu Minister for Information and Hindu Endowments Thiru R. M. Veerappan.
Awards
Kannada cinema Best FilmBest DirectorOndanondu Kaladalli - L. N. CombinesGirish Karnad - Ondanondu KaladalliBest ActorBest ActressRajkumar - Shankar GuruShoba - Aparichita
Malayalam cinema Best FilmBest DirectorRathinirvedam - Hari PothanI. V. Sasi - EetaBest ActorBest ActressKamal Haasan - EetaJayabharathi - Vadakakku Oru Hridayam
Tamil cinema Best FilmBest DirectorMullum Malarum - Venu ChettiarBharathiraja - Sigappu RojakkalBest ActorBest ActressKamal Haasan - Sigappu RojakkalLatha - Vattathukkul Sathuram
Telugu cinema Best FilmBest DirectorMana Voori Pandavulu - JayakrishnaK. Balachandar - Maro CharitraBest ActorBest ActressChandra Mohan - Padaharella VayasuTalluri Rameshwari - Seetamalakshmi
Special awards
Special Commendation AwardLakshmi - Oru Nadigai Natakam Parkiral & Panthulamma
Awards presentation
Lakshmi (Special Award) Received Award from Srividya G. N. Lakshmipathy (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Manjula Vijayakumar G. N. Lakshmipathy Received Girish Karnad Award (Best Director Kannada) from Vidhubala Shoba (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from Prem Nazir Rajkumar (Best Actor Kannada)Received Award from Major General S. P. Mahadevan Hari Pothan (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Bindiya I. V. Sasi (Best Director Malayalam) Received Award from Thiru Veerappan Jayabharathi (Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award from K. R. Vijaya Kamal Haasan (Best Actor Malayalam) Received Award from Rekha Jayakrishna (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from Krishnam Raju K. Balachandar (Best Director Telugu) Received Award from Nutan Talluri Rameshwari (Best Actress Telugu) Received Award from Sheela Chandra Mohan (Best Actor Telugu) Received Award from Sharada V. Mohan (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Vijayakumar Bharathiraja (Best Director Tamil) Received Award from Adoor Bhasi Rajkumar Sethupathy brother of Latha Received Latha's Award (Best Actress Tamil) from Asrani Kamal Haasan (Best Actor Tamil) Received Award from Rajesh Khanna
References
Filmfare Magazine September 16–30, 1979.
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