The 34th Filmfare Awards South (1987) is a segment of the annual Filmfare Awards South. The ceremony was held in Chennai on 9 August 1987. It was the 13th 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.
However, the show was again held in Bombay in the years 1973 and 1974.
Thereafter since the 22nd Filmfare Awards South (1975), the ceremony started regularly in Chennai.
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 | M. Saravanan (Producer) | Samsaram Adhu Minsaram |
| M. Balasubramanian (Producer) | ||
| Best Director | Mani Ratnam | Mouna Raagam |
| Best Actor | Vijayakanth | Amman Kovil Kizhakale |
| Best Actress | Raadhika | Dharma Devathai |
| Award Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | +Ramoji Rao (Producer) | Repati Pourulu |
| Best Director | +K. Viswanath | Swati Mutyam |
| Best Actor | +Krishnam Raju | Tandra Paparayudu |
| Kamal Haasan | Swati Mutyam | |
| Best Actress | +Lakshmi | Sravana Meghalu |
| Raadhika | Swati Mutyam | |
| Suhasini | Sirivennela |
| Award Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | P. V. Gangadharan (Producer) | Vartha |
| Best Director | Hariharan | Panchagni |
| Best Actor | Mohanlal | Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam |
| Best Actress | Shari | Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal |
| Award Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Parvathamma Rajkumar (Producer) | Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma |
| Best Director | K. V. Jayaram | Hosa Neeru |
| Best Actor | Rajkumar | Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma |
| Best Actress | Saritha | Mouna Geethe |
| Name | Film |
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | For Outstanding Achievement as a Playback Singer |
| Name | Occupation |
| Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair | Actor, Script Writer, Director, Lyricist |