17th Filmfare Awards South

The 17th Filmfare Awards South Ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1969 was an event held on April 19, 1970 at Shanmukhananda hall in Bombay along with Hindi Awards.

17th Filmfare Awards South
Date	April 19, 1970
Site	Shanmukhananda hall Bombay
Hosted by	David
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The Kannada films are added in this year. The president of this year's function was the minister of state information and broadcasting I. K. Gujral. The chief guest of the evening was Satyajit Ray.

Jury

Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam & Kannada
Justice P. R. Gokulakrishnan - (Chairman) Mr. Sundarlal Nahata Brig. S. Kesavulu Mrs. P. Kala Bashyam Mrs. P. Leela A. Varadappa Chetty Mrs. Soundaram Kailasam S. V. Venugopalan M. Sivaraman - (Ex Officio)

Awards

Best Tamil Film	Best Telugu Film
Adimai Penn - M. G. Ramachandran	Bangaru Panjaram - B. N. Reddy
Best Kannada Film	Best Malayalam Film
Namma Makkalu - Harini	Adimakal - M. O. Joseph

Awards presentation

• M. G. Ramachandran (Best Film Tamil) Received Award from I. K. Gujral
• Harini (Best Film Kannada) Received Award from Achala Sachdev
• P. Joseph (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award from Raakhee