18th Filmfare Awards South

18th Filmfare Awards South
18th Filmfare Awards South
Date	18 April 1971
Site	Shanmukhananda Hall Bombay
Hosted by	Shatrughan sinha and Asrani
	← 17th; Filmfare Awards South; 19th →;

The 18th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1970 was an event held in 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 & Kannada
Justice 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 Film	Best Telugu Film
Engirundho Vandhaal - K. Balaji	Dharma Daata - Tammareddy Krishna Murthy
Best Kannada Film	Best 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
Director K. Balaji (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Joysree Roy

References

Filmfare Magazine April 9, 1971.

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