23rd Filmfare Awards South explained

Number:	23
Award:	Filmfare Awards South
Award Link:	Filmfare Awards South
Date:	6 June 1976
Site:	Chennai
Last:	22nd
Next:	24th

The 23rd Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1975 is an event held in centenary auditorium Madras on 6 June 1976.^[1]

The chief guests of the evening was Tamil Nadu governor K. K. Shah & director B. N. Reddy.

Awards

Kannada cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
*Chomana Dudi* - Praja Films	B. V. Karanth - Chomana Dudi
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Actress
Rajkumar - Mayura	Aarathi - Shubhamangala

Malayalam cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
*Raagam* - N. P. Ali	Bharathan - Prayanam
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Actress
Adoor Bhasi - Raagam	Lakshmi - Chalanum

Tamil cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
*Apoorva Raagangal* - P. R. Govindarajan	K. Balachandar - Apoorva Raagangal
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Actress
Kamal Haasan - Apoorva Raagangal	Sujatha - Uravu Solla Oruvan

Telugu cinema

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Film	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Director
*Jeevana Jyothi* - D. V. S. Raju	K. Viswanath - Jeevana Jyothi
! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Actor	! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Best Actress
Sobhan Babu - Jeevana Jyothi	Vanisri - Jeevana Jyothi

Special Awards

! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"	Special Commendation Award for Performance^[2]
Srividya - Apoorva Raagangal Dasari Narayana Rao - Swargam Narakam & Balipeetam

Awards Presentation

Sobhan Babu (Best Actor Telugu) received award from Sivaji Ganesan
Vanisri (Best Actress Telugu) received award from Amol Palekar

References

Filmfare Magazine July 1976.

General

Notes and References

Web site: 1976 . Siobhan received best actor award for Jeevanajyoti . ia601200.us.archive.org.
Web site: 1980 . The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who . https://web.archive.org/web/20230101225214/https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Times_of_India_Directory_and_Year_Bo.html?id=bQMfAQAAMAAJ . 2023-01-01 . Pennsylvania State University.