9th Cinema Express Awards

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9th Cinema Express Awards

Date| 1989
Highlights
Best Picture| Agni Natchathiram

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On 9 March 1989, Cinema Express magazine editor V. Ramamurthy announced the best of South Indian films for the year of 1988, selected by the readers of the magazine. G. Lakshma Reddy, sales manager of Dyanora Television, co-sponsor also announced the Dyanora Gold cine awards for excellence in film industry.[1][2][3]

Only four category of awards are selected for the languages Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu.[1]

## Tamil[edit]

Category  | Winner[1] | Film

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Best film | G. Venkateswaran | Agni Natchathiram
Best director | Balu Mahendra | Veedu
Best director (Special award) | Mani Ratnam | Agni Natchathiram
Best new face (director) | R. V. Udayakumar | Urimai Geetham & Puthiya Vaanam
Best actor | Prabhu | Manasukkul Mathappu
Best actress | Radhika | Paasa Paravaigal & Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran
Best actress (Special award) | Amala | Illam & Agni Natchathiram
Best character actor | Vijayakanth | Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran & Senthoora Poove
Best new face (actor) | Livingston | Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran
Best new face (actress) | Nirosha | Agni Natchathiram & Senthoora Poove
Best villain actor | Kitty | Sathyaa
Best comedy actor | S. S. Chandran | Vasanthi
Best comedy actress | Manorama | Paatti Sollai Thattathe
Best child artist | Master Silambarasan | En Thangai Kalyani
Best cameraman | M.M.Rengaswamy | Senthoora Poove
Best music | Ilaiyaraaja | Soora Samhaaram, Agni Natchathiram & Dharmathin Thalaivan
Best male playback singer | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | Unnal Mudiyum Thambi (Song: )
Best female playback singer | P. Susheela | Raasave Unnai Nambi (Song:Raasathi Manasule ...)

## Telugu[edit]

Category  | Winner[1] | Film

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Best film | Ch.V. Appa Rao | Swarnakamalam
Best director | K. Viswanath | Swarnakamalam
Best actor | Chiranjeevi | Swayamkrushi
Best actress | Bhanupriya | Swarnakamalam

## Kannada[edit]

Category  | Winner[1] | Film

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Best film | Prabha Raj | Suprabhatha
Best director | V. Ravichandran | Ranadheera
Best actor | Vishnuvardhan | Suprabhatha
Best actress | Suhasini | Suprabhatha

## Malayalam[edit]

Category  | Winner[1] | Film

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Best film | Atlas Ramachandran | Vaisali
Best director | I. V. Sasi | 1921
Best actor | Mammootty | Oru CBI Diary Kurippu
Best actress | Geetha | Vaisali

## Dyanora Gold cine awards[edit]

Winner[1] | Contribution

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Nageswara Rao Akkineni | Contribution to south Indian cinema
Rajinikanth | For acting in the English film Bloodstone
Nagesh | Dedicated service to Tamil cinema
Anjali Devi | The most talented artiste in all south Indian language films

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g "Cinema Express readers choose Agni Nakshathiram". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 11 March 1989. p. 4.
2. ^ "1988 Award Winners". Cinema Express (in Tamil). Indian Express Group. 1 May 1989.
3. ^ സ്വന്തം ലേഖകൻ (10 March 1989). "മമ്മൂട്ടിക്കും ഗീതയ്ക്കും അവാർഡ്". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam).

## External links[edit]

* Cinema Express Awards at IMDb