The 33rd Filmfare Awards South (1986) was held in Chennai. It was the 12th time in a row when the ceremony was held in Chennai.
Filmfare Awards South was first held in Chennai in the year 1972. Moreover, it was the first time when the show was held outside Bombay.
Earlier Filmfare Awards South were used to be held in Bombay (now Mumbai) from 1964 to 1971 in a row.
Filmfare Awards South is a separate segment of the annual Filmfare Awards. The First Filmfare Awards were given on 21 March 1954.
Initially, only Hindi cinema personalities get nominated and awarded in various Filmfare Categories. Thereafter, Filmfare started new segments like Filmfare South, Filmfare Marathi, and Filmfare Bengali.
Filmfare Magazine presents Filmfare Awards. The Time Group publish the Filmfare magazine. Filmfare Awards acknowledge and honor the talent of Hindi Cinema. Whereas Filmfare Awards South aims to consider South Indian Films and related film personalities to honor and encourage them.
South Film Industry makes films in mainly four languages namely Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. Thus, Filmfare Magazine introduced the new segment of Filmfare Awards for South.
The First Filmfare Award was held in the year 1954 in Bombay (now Mumbai). Filmfare presented awards, for Hindi Cinema, in five categories only.
Thereafter, Filmfare introduced Filmfare Awards South in the year 1964. Meaning thereby, after ten (10) years of the First Filmfare Awards held in Bombay (now Mumbai).
In the meantime, Filmfare also introduced Filmfare Awards East and Filmfare Marathi Awards in 1963. Filmfare Awards East were initially meant for Bangla Cinema. However, Assamese and Odia cinema were also included in the year 2014.
South Indian Films (Tamil and Telugu only) were considered in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Filmfare Awards South. Malayalam Films were added to the 14th Filmfare Awards South (1967). Thereafter, Kannada Films were also added to the 17th Filmfare Awards South. Thus, all four languages of South Indian Films were considered for awards since the 17th Filmfare Awards South (1970).
Filmfare Awards South presented awards in the category of Best Film only from 1964 to 1972.
Filmfare introduced new categories of awards in the 20th Filmfare Awards (1973). These new categories were Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
Thus, the number of award categories became four (4) since the 20th Filmfare Awards South (1973). Now onwards all awards were presented in all four main categories as such Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.
| Award Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Rajam Balachandar (Producer) | Sindhu Bhairavi |
| Best Director | Fazil | Poove Poochooda Vaa |
| Best Actor | Sivaji Ganesan | Muthal Mariyathai |
| Best Actress | Radha | Muthal Mariyathai |
| Award Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Ramoji Rao (Producer) | Pratighatana |
| Best Director | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | Mayuri |
| Best Actor | Chiranjeevi | Vijetha |
| Best Actress | Vijayashanti | Pratighatana |
| Award Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Joy Thomas (Producer) | Nirakkoottu |
| Best Director | Balu Mahendra | Yathra |
| Best Actor | Mammootty | Yathra |
| Best Actress | Not Awarded | |
| Award Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Parvathamma Rajkumar (Producer) | Bettada Hoovu |
| Best Director | N. Lakshmi Narayan | Bettada Hoovu |
| Best Actor | Rajkumar | Ade Kannu |
| Best Actress | Saritha | Mugila Mallige |
| Name | Film |
| Puneeth Rajkumar | Bettada Hoovu (Kannada) |
| Name | Occupation |
| Shivaji Ganesan | Actor |