36th Filmfare Awards South (1989)

The 36th Filmfare Awards South (1989) is a segment of the annual Filmfare Awards South. The ceremony was held in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu on 13 August 1989. It was the 15th 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.

About Filmfare Awards South

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.

Introduction of Filmfare Awards South 

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).

Introduction of New Categories

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 onward all awards were presented in all four main categories as such Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

List of Winners of 36th Filmfare Awards South (1989)

Winners of Tamil Cinema Awards

Winners Telugu Cinema Awards

Winners of Malayalam Cinema Awards

Winners of Kannada Cinema Awards

Special Jury Award

Filmfare Special Award not presented in the 36th Filmfare Awards South (1989).

Lifetime Achievement Award

Most Awards-36th Filmfare Awards South (1989)

• Film Suprabhatha won three awards. 
  • The film won Best Director (Kannada), Best Actor (Kannada), and Best Actress (Kannada).
  • Dinesh Babu won the Best Director (Kannada) Award.
  • Vishnuvardhan won the Best Actor (Kannada) Award.
  • Suhasini won the Best Actress (Kannada) Award.
• Film Agni Natchathiram won two awards. 
  • The film won Best Film (Tamil) and Best Actor (Tamil).
  • Karthik Srinivasa Rao won the Best Actor Award (Tamil) Award.
• Film Veedu also won two awards. 
  • The film won Best Director (Tamil) and Best Actress (Tamil).
  • Balu Mahendra won the Best Director (Tamil) Award.
  • Archana won the Best Actress (Tamil) Award.

Highlights (36th Filmfare Awards South)

• Filmfare Special Award was not given in the 36th Filmfare Awards South (1989).
• Akkineni Nageswara Rao (Actor and Producer) received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Agni Natchathiram won the Best Film Award (Tamil).
  • Film Producer G. Venkateswaran received the award from Bollywood Actor Dev Anand.
• Swarna Kamalam won the Best Film Award (Telugu).
• “1921” won the Best Film Award (Malayalam).
• Aasphota won the Best Film Award (Kannada).
• Balu Mahendra won the Best Director (Tamil) Award for the film Veedu.
  • M. V. Raghu won the Best Director Award (Telugu) for the film Kallu.
  • Padmarajan won the Best Director Award (Malayalam) for the film Aparan.
  • Dinesh Babu Rao won the Best Director Award (Kannada) for the film Suprabhatha.
• Karthik won the Best Actor Award (Tamil) for the film Agni Natchathiram.
  • Venkatesh won the Best Actor Award (Telugu) for the film Brahma Putrudu.
  • Mohanlal won the Best Actor Award (Malayalam) for the film Paadha Mudra.
  • Vishnuvardhan won the Best Actor (Kannada) Award for the film Suprabhatha.
• Archana won the Best Actress Award (Tamil) for the film Veedu.
  • Bhanupriya won the Best Actress Award (Telugu) for the film Swarna Kamalam.
  • Revathi won the Best Actress Award (Malayalam) for the film Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal.
  • Suhasini won the Best Actress (Kannada) Award for the film Suprabhatha.

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