26th Filmfare Awards South
The 26th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners of the best of South Indian cinema in 1978 was an event held on 10 June 1979 at Kalaivanar Arangam in Madras.
The president of this year's function was the Major General S. P. Mahadevan, AVSM, General officer commanding, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. The chief guest of the evening was Tamil Nadu Minister for Information and Hindu Endowments Mr. Thiru R. M. Veerappan.
Awards
Special Awards
| Special Commendation Award |
Awards presentation
- Lakshmi Received Award from Srividya
- G. N. Lakshmipathy Received Award from Manjula Vijayakumar
- G. N. Lakshmipathy Received Girish Karnad Award from Vidhubala
- Shoba Received Award from Prem Nazir
- Rajkumar Received Award from Major General S. P. Mahadevan
- Hari Pothan Received Award from Bindiya
- I. V. Sasi Received Award from Thiru Veerappan
- Jayabharathi Received Award from K. R. Vijaya
- Kamal Haasan Received Award from Rekha
- Jayakrishna Received Award from Krishnam Raju
- K. Balachandar Received Award from Nutan
- Talluri Rameshwari Received Award from Sheela
- Chandra Mohan Received Award from Sharada
- V. Mohan Received Award from Vijayakumar
- Bharathiraja Received Award from Adoor Bhasi
- Rajkumar Sethupathy brother of Latha Received Latha's Award from Asrani
- Kamal Haasan Received Award from Rajesh Khanna