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 filmG. VenkateswaranAgni Natchathiram
Best directorBalu MahendraVeedu
Best director (Special award)Mani RatnamAgni Natchathiram
Best new face (director)R. V. UdayakumarUrimai Geetham & Puthiya Vaanam
Best actorPrabhuManasukkul Mathappu
Best actressRadhikaPaasa Paravaigal & Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran
Best actress (Special award)AmalaIllam & Agni Natchathiram
Best character actorVijayakanthPoonthotta Kaavalkaaran & Senthoora Poove
Best new face (actor)LivingstonPoonthotta Kaavalkaaran
Best new face (actress)NiroshaAgni Natchathiram & Senthoora Poove
Best villain actorKittySathyaa
Best comedy actorS. S. ChandranVasanthi
Best comedy actressManoramaPaatti Sollai Thattathe
Best child artistMaster SilambarasanEn Thangai Kalyani
Best cameramanM.M.RengaswamySenthoora Poove
Best musicIlaiyaraajaSoora Samhaaram, Agni Natchathiram & Dharmathin Thalaivan
Best male playback singerS. P. BalasubrahmanyamUnnal Mudiyum Thambi (Song: )
Best female playback singerP. SusheelaRaasave Unnai Nambi (Song:Raasathi Manasule ...)

Telugu

Category Winner[1] Film
Best filmCh.V. Appa RaoSwarnakamalam
Best directorK. ViswanathSwarnakamalam
Best actorChiranjeeviSwayamkrushi
Best actressBhanupriyaSwarnakamalam

Kannada

Category Winner[1] Film
Best filmPrabha RajSuprabhatha
Best directorV. RavichandranRanadheera
Best actorVishnuvardhanSuprabhatha
Best actressSuhasiniSuprabhatha

Malayalam

Category Winner[1] Film
Best filmAtlas RamachandranVaisali
Best directorI. V. Sasi1921
Best actorMammoottyOru CBI Diary Kurippu
Best actressGeethaVaisali

Dyanora Gold cine awards

Winner[1] Contribution
Nageswara Rao AkkineniContribution to south Indian cinema
RajinikanthFor acting in the English film Bloodstone
NageshDedicated service to Tamil cinema
Anjali DeviThe most talented artiste in all south Indian language films

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "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).
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