The 12th Cinema Express Awards were held on 22 April 1992, and honoured the best of South Indian films released in 1991. The awards were announced in February.

Tamil +CategoryRecipientFilmBest FilmBaluChinna ThambiBest ActorRajinikanthThalapathiBest ActressKhushbuChinna ThambiBest Actor (Special Award)Kamal HaasanGunaaBest Actress (Special Award)GautamiNee Pathi Naan PathiBest DirectorP. VasuChinna ThambiBest Character ActorVijayakumarCheran PandianBest Character ActressSrividyaThalapathiBest Story WriterK. BhagyarajPavunnu PavunuthanBest Dialogue WriterBalakumaranGunaaBest Lyrics WriterGangai AmaranDharma DuraiBest New Face ActorRajkiranEn Rasavin ManasileBest New Face ActressSukanyaPudhu Nellu Pudhu NaathuBest New Face DirectorKathirIdhayamBest VillainAnandarajMaanagara KaavalBest Music DirectorDevaPudhu Manithan and Vasanthakala ParavaiBest CameramanRajarajanCaptain PrabhakaranBest Dance MasterD. K. S. BabuVariousBest Stunt MasterSuper SubbarayanVariousBest Comedy ActorGoundamaniChinna ThambiBest Comedy ActressManoramaPondatti Sonna KettukanumBest Playback Singer (Male)ManoChinna ThambiBest Playback Singer (Female)SwarnalathaChinna ThambiBest Child ArtistMaster SilambarasanShanti Enathu Shanti

Telugu +CategoryRecipientFilmBest FilmV. DoraswamirajuSeetharamayya Gari ManavaraluBest ActorAkkineni Nageswara RaoSeetharamayya Gari ManavaraluBest ActressMeenaSeetharamayya Gari ManavaraluBest DirectorKranthi KumarSeetharamayya Gari Manavaralu

Malayalam CategoryRecipientFilmBest FilmG. JayakumarPerumthachanBest ActorThilakanPerumthachanBest ActressRevathiKilukkamBest DirectorPriyadarshanKilukkam

Solidaire excellency awards Awards in this field were given to film producer G. Venkateswaran, playback singer S. Janaki, art director Thota Tharani and special effects artist Venky.

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