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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox film awards
|number=26
|award=Filmfare Awards South
|award_link=Filmfare Awards South
|image=
|caption=
|date= 10 June 1979
|site= [[Chennai]]
|preshow=
|host= [[Sowcar Janaki]]
|producer=
|last = [[25th Filmfare Awards South|25th]]
|next = [[27th Filmfare Awards South|27th]]
}}

The '''26th Filmfare Awards South''' ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1978 was an event held in 10th June 1979 at Kalaivanar Arangam in Madras.

The president of this year's function was the Major General S. P. Mahadevan, AVSM, General officer commanding, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. The chief guest of the evening was Tamil Nadu Minister for Information and Hindu Endowments Mr. Thiru R. M. Veerappan.

==Awards==

===Kannada cinema===
{| class="wikitable" width=100% |
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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]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''''[[Ondanondu Kaladalli]]''''' - L. N. Combines
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Girish Karnad]]''' - ''[[Ondanondu Kaladalli]]''
|-
! ! 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]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]]''' - ''[[Shankar Guru (1978 film)|Shankar Guru]]''
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Shoba]]''' - ''[[Aparichita]]''
|-
|}

===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]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''''[[Rathinirvedam (1978 film)|Rathinirvedam]]''''' - Hari Pothan
| valign="top" |
*'''[[I. V. Sasi]]''' - ''[[Eeta]]''
|-
! ! 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]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Kamal Haasan]]''' - ''[[Eeta]]''
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Jayabharathi]]''' - ''[[Vadakakku Oru Hridayam]]''
|-
|}

===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" |
*'''''[[Mullum Malarum]]''''' - Venu Chettiar
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Bharathiraja]]''' - ''[[Sigappu Rojakkal]]''
|-
! ! 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" |
*'''[[Kamal Haasan]]''' - ''[[Sigappu Rojakkal]]''
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Latha (actress)|Latha]]''' - ''[[Vattathukkul Sathuram]]''
|-
|}

===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" |
*'''''[[Mana Voori Pandavulu]]''''' - Jayakrishna
| valign="top" |
*'''[[K. Balachandar]]''' - ''[[Maro Charitra]]''
|-
! ! 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]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]]''' - ''[[Padaharella Vayasu]]''
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Talluri Rameshwari]]''' - ''[[Seetamalakshmi]]''
|-
|}

===Special Awards===

{| class="wikitable" width=50% |
|-
! ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center; width:50%;"|[[Filmfare Special Award - South|Special Commendation Award]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]''' - ''[[Panthulamma]]''
|}

==Awards presentation==

* [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] (Special Award) Received Award from [[Srividya]]
* [[G. N. Lakshmipathy]] (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from [[Manjula Vijayakumar]]
* [[G. N. Lakshmipathy]] Received [[Girish Karnad]] Award (Best Director Kannada) from [[Vidhubala]]
* [[Shoba]] (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award from [[Prem Nazir]]
* [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] (Best Actor Kannada)Received Award from [[Major General S. P. Mahadevan]]
* Hari Pothan (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from [[Bindiya]]
* [[I. V. Sasi]] (Best Director Malayalam) Received Award from [[Thiru Veerappan]]
* [[Jayabharathi]] (Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award from [[K. R. Vijaya]]
* [[Kamal Haasan]] (Best Actor Malayalam) Received Award from [[Rekha]]
* Jayakrishna (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from [[Krishnam Raju]]
* [[K. Balachandar]] (Best Director Telugu) Received Award from [[Nutan]]
* [[Talluri Rameshwari]] (Best Actress Telugu) Received Award from [[Sheela]]
* [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]] (Best Film Telugu) Received Award from [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]
* V. Mohan (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]
* [[Bharathiraja]] (Best Director Tamil) Received Award from [[Adoor Bhasi]]
* [[Rajkumar Sethupathy]] brother of Latha Received [[Latha (actress)|Latha]]'s Award (Best Actress Tamil) from [[Asrani]]
* [[Kamal Haasan]] (Best Actor Tamil) Received Award from [[Rajesh Khanna]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* ''Filmfare'' Magazine September 16-30, 1979.

===General===

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

{{Filmfare Awards South|state=expanded}}

[[Category:Filmfare Awards South]]

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>Chprem at 07:08, 6 September 2021