38th Filmfare Awards South explained

Number:	38
Award:	Filmfare Awards South
Award Link:	Filmfare Awards South
Date:	11 August 1991
Site:	Kamaraj Memorial Hall Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Host:	Kasturi
Last:	37th
Next:	39th

The 38th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honouring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1990 is an event held on 11 August 1991 was an event held at the Kamaraj Memorial Hall, Madras. The chief guest of the evening was The Governor of Tamil Nadu Mr. Bhishma Narain Singh and Actor Shatrughan Sinha.

Awards

Main awards

Kannada cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
*Prathama Ushakirana*	Suresh Heblikar - Prathama Ushakirana
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Ananth Nag- Udbhava	Suhasini - Muthina Haara
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
S. A. Rajkumar - Shruthi

Malayalam cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
*Thazhvaram*	Bhadran - Iyer The Great
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Mammootty - Mathilukal	Shobhana - Innale
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Raveendran - His Highness Abdullah

Tamil cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
*Pudhu Vasantham*	Mani Ratnam -Anjali
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Karthik - Kizhakku Vasal	Radhika -Keladi Kanmani
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
S. A. Rajkumar - Pudhu Vasantham

Telugu cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
*Karthavyam*	*K. Raghavendra Rao - Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari*
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Actress
Rajasekhar- Magaadu	Vijayashanti - Karthavyam
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"	Best Music Director
Ilayaraja- Bobbili Raja

Special awards

Awards presentation

V. B. K. Menon (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Ramki
K. A. Ashok Pai (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Vani Ganapathy
A. M. Rathnam (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from Nirosha
R. B. Choudary (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Balu Mahendra
Bhadran (Best Director Malayalam) Received Award from Archana
Suresh Heblikar (Best Director Kannada) Received Award from Gulshan Grover
Mani Ratnam (Best Director Tamil) Received Award from Shilpa Shirodkar
Ravindran (Best Music Director Malayalam) Received Award from Jayachitra
S. A. Rajkumar (Best Music Director Kannada) & (Best Music Director Tamil) Received Award from Srividya
Shobana (Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award from Shatrughan Sinha
Suhasini (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from Venkatesh
Nirosha Received on behalf of sister Radhika Award (Best Actress Tamil) from G. Venkateswaran
Mammootty (Best Actor Malayalam) Received Award from Rekha
Rajasekhar (Best Actor Telugu) Received Award from Romu Sippy
Karthik (Best Actor Tamil) Received Award from Poonam Sinha
M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Special Award) Received Award from Bhishma Narain Singh