The 21st Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1973 is an event held in Shanmukhananda Hall

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on 11 April 1974 along with Hindi Awards. The chief guest of the evening was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

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and Hollywood Actress

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Jury

Awards

Main awards

Kannada cinema

Malayalam cinema

Tamil cinema

Telugu cinema

Special Awards

Awards presentation

K. S. R. Murthy K. S. R. Murthy was a member of the 11th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Amalapuram constituency of Andhra Pradesh and was a member of the Indian National Congress. He was in Prajarajyam party for some time and later resigned from the P ...

(Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Mehtab Modi *

K S Sethumadhavan K. S. Sethumadhavan (15 May 1931 – 24 December 2021) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He also directed films in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Since the early 1960s, he directed over 60 ...

(Best Director Malayalam) Received Award from Radha Saluja *

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(Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award from

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N. Veeraswamy Nagappa Veeraswamy (17 April 1932 – 23 August 1992) was Indian film producer and distributor, who produced under the house, Sri Eswari Productions. He produced 17 Kannada films and one Hindi film, from the early 1970s till his death in 1992. H ...

(Best Film Kannada) Received Award from

Reena Roy Reena Roy (born Saira Ali; 7 January 1957), is an Indian actress. At the age of 15, she made her film debut with the drama ''Zaroorat'' (1972), but gained wider public recognition with her roles in the romantic comedy ''Jaise Ko Taisa'' (1973) a ...

S. R. Puttanna Kanagal Shubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma (1 December 1933 – 5 June 1985), known popularly as S. R. Puttanna Kanagal, was an Indian filmmaker known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is often considered one of Kannada cinema's most influent ...

(Best Director Kannada) Received Award from Neetu Singh * Jayanthi (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from

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* Rajkumar (Best Actor Kannada)Received Award from

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* Vishnuvardhan (Special Acting Award Kannada) Received Award from Farida Jalal *

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(Best Film Telugu) Received Award from Vinod Mehra *

Receives T Rama Rao's Award (Best Director Telugu) from

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Receives A Nageswara Rao's Award (Best Actor Telugu) from

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(Best Film Tamil) Received Award from Sujeet Kumar * A. C. Tirulokchandar (Best Director Tamil) Received Award from Prem Chopra *

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

(Best Actor Tamil) Received Award from

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