9th Cinema Express Awards

9th Cinema Express Awards
Date1989
Highlights
Best PictureAgni Natchathiram

On 9 March 1989, Cinema Express magazine editor V. Ramamurthy announced the best of South Indian films for the year of 1988, selected by the readers of the magazine. G. Lakshma Reddy, sales manager of Dyanora Television, co-sponsor also announced the Dyanora Gold cine awards for excellence in film industry.[1][2][3]

Only four category of awards are selected for the languages Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu.[1]

Tamil

Category Winner[1] Film
Best film G. Venkateswaran Agni Natchathiram
Best director Balu Mahendra Veedu
Best director (Special award) Mani Ratnam Agni Natchathiram
Best new face (director) R. V. Udayakumar Urimai Geetham & Puthiya Vaanam
Best actor Prabhu Manasukkul Mathappu
Best actress Radhika Paasa Paravaigal & Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran
Best actress (Special award) Amala Illam & Agni Natchathiram
Best character actor Vijayakanth Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran & Senthoora Poove
Best new face (actor) Livingston Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran
Best new face (actress) Nirosha Agni Natchathiram & Senthoora Poove
Best villain actor Kitty Sathyaa
Best comedy actor S. S. Chandran Vasanthi
Best comedy actress Manorama Paatti Sollai Thattathe
Best child artist Master Silambarasan En Thangai Kalyani
Best cameraman M.M.Rengaswamy Senthoora Poove
Best music Ilaiyaraaja Soora Samhaaram, Agni Natchathiram & Dharmathin Thalaivan
Best male playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Unnal Mudiyum Thambi (Song: )
Best female playback singer P. Susheela Raasave Unnai Nambi (Song:Raasathi Manasule ...)

Telugu

Category Winner[1] Film
Best film Ch.V. Appa Rao Swarnakamalam
Best director K. Viswanath Swarnakamalam
Best actor Chiranjeevi Swayamkrushi
Best actress Bhanupriya Swarnakamalam

Kannada

Category Winner[1] Film
Best film Prabha Raj Suprabhatha
Best director V. Ravichandran Ranadheera
Best actor Vishnuvardhan Suprabhatha
Best actress Suhasini Suprabhatha

Malayalam

Category Winner[1] Film
Best film Atlas Ramachandran Vaisali
Best director I. V. Sasi 1921
Best actor Mammootty Oru CBI Diary Kurippu
Best actress Geetha Vaisali

Dyanora Gold cine awards

Winner[1] Contribution
Nageswara Rao Akkineni Contribution to south Indian cinema
Rajinikanth For acting in the English film Bloodstone
Nagesh Dedicated service to Tamil cinema
Anjali Devi The most talented artiste in all south Indian language films

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Cinema Express readers choose Agni Nakshathiram". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 11 March 1989. p. 4.
  2. ^ "1988 Award Winners". Cinema Express (in Tamil). Indian Express Group. 1 May 1989.
  3. ^ സ്വന്തം ലേഖകൻ (10 March 1989). "മമ്മൂട്ടിക്കും ഗീതയ്ക്കും അവാർഡ്". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam).