27th Filmfare Awards South

27th Filmfare Awards South
27th Filmfare Awards South
Date	July 6, 1980
Site	Chennai
	← 26th; Filmfare Awards South; 28th →;

The 27th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1979 was an event held on July 6, 1980, at Music Academy Madras.^[1]

The president of this year's function was Judge of the Supreme Court P. N. Bhagwati. The chief guest of the evening was L. V. Prasad.

Awards

Kannada cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Dharmasere - Aarathi	Puttanna Kanagal - Dharmasere
Best Actor	Best Actress
Anant Nag - Naa Ninna Bidalaare	Aarathi - Dharmasere

Malayalam cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Thakara - V. V. Babu	Bharathan - Thakara
Best Actor	Best Actress
Prathap K. Pothan - Thakara	Srividya - Edavazhiyile Poocha Minda Poocha

Tamil cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Pasi - Durai	Mahendran - Uthiri Pookkal
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sivakumar - Rosapoo Ravikaikari	Shoba - Pasi

Telugu cinema

Best Film	Best Director
Gorintaku - K. Murari	Dasari Narayana Rao - Gorintaku
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sobhan Babu - Karthika Deepam	Sujatha - Guppedu Manasu

Awards Presentation

Aarathi (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Amol Palekar
V. V. Babu (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Moushumi Chatterjee
K. Murari (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from Sheela
Durai (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Jayasudha
Puttanna Kanagal (Best Director Kannada) Received Award from Vidhubala
Bharathan (Best Director Malayalam) Received Award from Jayachithra
Dasari Narayana Rao (Best Director Telugu) Received Award from Jeetendra
Mahendran (Best Director Tamil) Received Award from Latha
Aarathi (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from Shashi Kapoor
Srividya (Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award from Kamal Haasan
Sujatha (Best Actress Telugu) Received Award from Jayalalithaa
Prema Menon Receives her daughter Shoba's Award (Best Actress Tamil) from Sowcar Janaki
Amol Palekar Receives Anant Nag Award (Best Actor Kannada) from Deepa
Prathap K. Pothan (Best Actor Malayalam) Received Award from Rekha
Sobhan Babu (Best Actor Telugu) Received Award from Rati Agnihotri
Sivakumar (Best Actor Tamil) Received Award from K. R. Vijaya

References

^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Rare Video of 27th Annual Film Fare Awards - 1980 (Voice Over - Radhika Sarathkumar)". YouTube.

Filmfare Magazine August 1-15, 1980.

General

External links

[1] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Rare Video of 27th Annual Film Fare Awards - 1980 (Voice Over - Radhika Sarathkumar)". YouTube.

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