The 28th Filmfare Awards South ceremony, honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1980, was an event held at the Madras Music Academy, 19 July 1981. The Chief guests of the function is the Union Minister N. D. Tiwari & Dr. Ram Tarneja (Managing director of Bennet, Coleman & co.), Amitabh Bachchan & Vinod Tiwari.
Awards
Kannada cinema Best FilmBest DirectorEllindalo Bandavaru - Mohan Kumar KondajjiShankar Nag - Minchina OtaBest ActorBest ActressLokesh - Ellindalo BandavaruAshwini - Savithri
Malayalam cinema Best FilmBest DirectorChamaram - AppachhanBharathan - ChamaramBest ActorBest ActressPrathap K. Pothan - ChamaramSrividya - Puzha
Tamil cinema Best FilmBest DirectorVarumayin Niram Sigappu - R. VenkatramanK. Balachandar - Varumayin Niram SigappuBest ActorBest ActressSivakumar - VandichakkaramSaritha - Vandichakkaram
Telugu cinema Best FilmBest DirectorMaa Bhoomi - B. Narsing RaoBapu - Vamsa VrukshamBest ActorBest ActressJ. V. Somayajulu - SankarabharanamJyothi - Vamsa Vruksham
Awards Presentation
Roopa Presents the behalf of J. V. Somayajulu Best Actor Award to Natana Swapna presents the Best Kannada Actor Award to Lokesh Bharathiraja presents the Best Tamil actor Award to Sivakumar Gemini Ganesan presents the Best Actress Telugu Award to Jyothi Suhasini presents the Best Kannada Actress Award to "Ashwini" Kamal Haasan presents the Best Tamil Actress Award to Saritha D. Ramanujan presents the Best Director Malayalam Award to Bharathan Latha presents the Best Kannada Film Award to Mohan Kumar Kondajji Sarika presents the Best Malayalam Film Award to Appachan Vidhubala presents the Best Telugu Film Award to G. Ravindranath
References
Filmfare Magazine September 16–30, 1981.
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