18th Filmfare Awards South explained

Number:	18
Award:	Filmfare Awards South
Award Link:	Filmfare Awards South
Date:	18 April 1971
Site:	Shanmukhananda Hall Bombay
Host:	Shatrughan sinha and Asrani
Last:	17th
Next:	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

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	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

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Tamil Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Telugu Film
*Engirundho Vandhaal* - K. Balaji	*Dharma Daata* - Tammareddy Krishna Murthy
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Kannada Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	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.