17th Filmfare Awards South explained

Number:	17
Award:	Filmfare Awards South
Award Link:	Filmfare Awards South
Date:	April 19, 1970
Site:	Shanmukhananda hall Bombay
Host:	David
Last:	15th
Next:	18th

The 17th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1969 was an event held on April 19, 1970 at Shanmukhananda hall in Bombay along with Hindi Awards.

The Kannada films are added in this year. The president of this year's function was the minister of state information and broadcasting I. K. Gujral. The chief guest of the evening was Satyajit Ray.

Jury

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam & Kannada
Justice P. R. Gokulakrishnan - (Chairman) *Mr. Sundarlal Nahata* *Brig. S. Kesavulu* *Mrs. P. Kala Bashyam* *Mrs. P. Leela* *A. Varadappa Chetty* *Mrs. Soundaram Kailasam* *S. V. Venugopalan* *M. Sivaraman* - (Ex Officio)

Awards

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Tamil Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Telugu Film
*Adimai Penn* - M. G. Ramachandran	*Bangaru Panjaram* - B. N. Reddy
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Kannada Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Malayalam Film
*Namma Makkalu* - Harini	*Adimakal* - M. O. Joseph

Awards presentation

M. G. Ramachandran (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from I. K. Gujral
Harini (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Achala Sachdev
P. Joseph (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Raakhee

References

Filmfare Magazine April 10, 1970.
Filmfare Magazine May 8, 1970.