The20th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1972 was held on April 21, 1973 at Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay along with Hindi Awards.^[1][2][3]

From this year, the awards were regularly presented to four main categories – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress – in all four South Indian film industries. The president of this year's function was the defence minister Jagjivan Ram. The chief guest of the evening was veteran actor Ashok Kumar.

• G. V. Iyer (Best Film Kannada) Received Award fromDevendra Goel
• S. K. Nair (Best Film Malayalam) Received Award fromSujit Kumar
• G. Hanumantha Rao (Best Film Telugu) Received Award fromDeven Varma
• P. Madhavan (Best Film Tamil) Received Award fromRakesh Roshan
• N. T. Rama Rao ReceivesK. V. Reddy's Award (Best Director Telugu) fromG. P. Sippy
• P. Madhavan (Best Director Tamil) Received Award fromFarida Jalal
• Kalpana (Best Actress Kannada) Received Award fromJeetendra
• Roja Ramani (Best Actress Malayalam) Received Award fromAjit Wadekar
• Jayalalithaa (Best Actress Telugu) Received Award fromAshok Kumar
• Jayalalithaa (Best Actress Tamil) Received Award fromJairaj
• Venkat Rao Talegiri (Best Actor Kannada) Received Award fromRekha
• Madhu (Best Actor Malayalam) Received Award fromSanjay
• N. T. Rama Rao (Best Actor Telugu) Received Award fromYogeeta Bali
• Sivaji Ganesan (Best Actor Tamil) Received Award fromAshok Kumar

• Filmfare Magazine April 6, 1973.
• Filmfare Magazine May 18, 1973.

• Official website
• Filmfare Awards South atIMDb

• Filmfare Awards South by year

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