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{{short description|Award ceremony for South Indian films}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox film awards
|number=20
|award=Filmfare Awards South
|award_link=Filmfare Awards South
|image=
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|date= April 21, 1973
|site= [[Bombay]]
|preshow=
|host=
|producer=
|last = [[19th Filmfare Awards South|19th]]
|next = 21st
}}

The '''20th Filmfare Awards South''' ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1972 was held on April 21, 1973 at Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay along with Hindi Awards.<ref>https://archive.org/details/20th-filmfare-best-actor-award-winners</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/20th-filmfare-best-director-actress-winners</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/20th-filmfare-best-film-winners</ref>

From this year, the awards were regularly presented to four main categories – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress – in all four South Indian film industries. The president of this year's function was the defence minister Jagjivan Ram. The chief guest of the evening was veteran actor Ashok Kumar.

==Jury==
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! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Malayalam]] & [[Kannada]]
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*'''[[Justice T. Ramaprasada Rao]]''' - (Chairman)
*'''''[[M. R. Menon]]'''''
*'''''[[D. Ramanujam]]'''''
*'''''[[S. Rangaswami]]'''''
*'''''[[P. Ramakrishna Rao]]'''''
*'''''[[R. S. Cunniah]]'''''
*'''''[[C. G. Rangabhashyam]]'''''
*'''''[[Mrs. Rohini Krishna Chandra]]'''''
*'''''[[S. V. Venugopalan]]''''' - (Ex Officio)
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==Awards==

===Kannada cinema===
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! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada|Best Film]]
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada|Best Director]]
|-
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*'''''[[Vamsha Vriksha]]''''' - [[G. V. Iyer]]
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*'''[[B. V. Karanth]], [[Girish Karnad]]''' - ''[[Vamsha Vriksha]]''
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! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada|Best Actor]]
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada|Best Actress]]
|-
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*'''Venkat Rao Talegiri''' - ''[[Vamsha Vriksha]]''
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*'''[[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]''' - ''[[Yaava Janmada Maitri]]''
|-
|}

===Malayalam cinema===
{| class="wikitable" width=100% |
|-
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Malayalam|Best Film]]
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Malayalam|Best Director]]
|-
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*'''''[[Chembarathi]]''''' - S. K. Nair
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*'''[[K. S. Sethumadhavan]]''' - ''[[Punarjanmam]]''
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! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam|Best Actor]]
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam|Best Actress]]
|-
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*'''[[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]]''' - ''[[Swayamvaram (1972 film)|Swayamvaram]]''
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*'''[[Roja Ramani]]''' - ''[[Chembarathi]]''
|-
|}

===Tamil cinema===
{| class="wikitable" width=100% |
|-
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil|Best Film]]
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil|Best Director]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''''[[Pattikada Pattanama]]''''' - [[P. Madhavan]]
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*'''[[P. Madhavan]]''' - ''[[Gnana Oli]]''
|-
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil|Best Actor]]
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil|Best Actress]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Sivaji Ganesan]]''' - ''[[Gnana Oli]]''
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*'''[[Jayalalithaa]]''' - ''[[Pattikada Pattanama]]''
|-
|}

===Telugu cinema===
{| class="wikitable" width=100% |
|-
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu|Best Film]]
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu|Best Director]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''''[[Pandanti Kapuram]]''''' - G. Hanumantha Rao
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*'''[[K. V. Reddy]]''' - ''[[Sri Krishna Satya]]''
|-
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu|Best Actor]]
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu|Best Actress]]
|-
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*'''[[N. T. Rama Rao]]''' - ''[[Badi Panthulu]]''
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*'''[[Jayalalithaa]]''' - ''[[Sri Krishna Satya]]''
|-
|}

===Special Awards===
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|-
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Special Award - South|Special Commendation Award for Performance]]
|-
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*'''[[Jamuna (actress)|Jamuna]]''' - ''[[Pandanti Kapuram]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8cUQAQAAMAAJ&dq=editions:s7JYM5Ah__kC|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|year=1973}}</ref>
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==Awards presentation==

* [[G. V. Iyer]] (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from [[Devendra Goel]]
* '''S. K. Nair''' (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from [[Sujit Kumar]]
* '''G. Hanumantha Rao''' (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from [[Deven Varma]]
* [[P. Madhavan]] (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from [[Rakesh Roshan]]
* [[N. T. Rama Rao]] Receives [[K. V. Reddy]]'s Award (Best Director Telugu) from [[G. P. Sippy]]
* [[P. Madhavan]] (Best Director Tamil) Received Award from [[Farida Jalal]]
* [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from [[Jeetendra]]
* [[Roja Ramani]] (Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award from [[Ajit Wadekar]]
* [[Jayalalithaa]] (Best Actress Telugu) Received Award from [[Ashok Kumar]]
* [[Jayalalithaa]] (Best Actress Tamil) Received Award from [[Paidi Jairaj|Jairaj]]
* '''Venkat Rao Talegiri''' (Best Actor Kannada) Received Award from [[Rekha]]
* [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] (Best Actor Malayalam) Received Award from [[Sanjay]]
* [[N. T. Rama Rao]] (Best Actor Telugu) Received Award from [[Yogeeta Bali]]
* [[Sivaji Ganesan]] (Best Actor Tamil) Received Award from [[Ashok Kumar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Filmfare Magazine April 6, 1973.
* Filmfare Magazine May 18, 1973.

===General===

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.filmfare.com/awards/}}
* {{IMDb event|0001531|Filmfare Awards South}}

{{Filmfare Awards South|state=expanded}}

[[Category:Filmfare Awards South by year]]

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