Puneet Rajkumar, Sudeep, Darshan nominated for Filmfare Awards
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oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Nominations
for
the
various
categories
from
the
Kannada
film
industry
for
the
59th
Idea
Filmfare
Awards
(South)
were
announced
on
Tuesday
(June
12).
Bettada
Jeeva,
Kempe
Gowda,
Lifu
Ishtene,
Olave
Mandara
and
Puttakkana
Highway
were
the
five
Kannada
films
that
have
been
nominated
for
the
Best
Film
category
in
2011.
The
final
award
ceremony
would
be
held
here
on
July
7.
Dinakar
Thugudeepa
(Sarathi),
Jayatheertha
(Olave
Mandara),
Pawan
Kumar
(Lifu
Ishtene),
P
Kumar
(Vishnuvardhana)
and
P
Seshadri
(Bettada
Jeeva)
have
been
nominated
for
the
Best
Director
category.
While
Ajai
Rao
(Krishnan
Marriage
Story),
Darshan
(Sarathi),
Puneet
Rajkumar
(Hudugaru),
Srinagara
Kitty
(Sanju
Weds
Geetha)
and
Sudeep
(Kempe
Gowda)
were
nominated
for
the
Best
Actor
(Male),
Deepa
Sannidhi
(Paramathma),
Nidhi
Subbaiah
(Krishnan
Marriage
Story),
Radhika
Pandit
(Hudugaru),
Ragini
(Kempe
Gowda)
and
Ramya
(Sanju
Weds
Geetha)
were
nominated
for
Best
Actor
(Female)
category.
Music
directors
Jessie
Gift
(Sanju
Weds
Geetha),
Mano
Murthy
(Lifu
Ishtene),
Sambhram
V
Sridhar
(Krishnan
Marriage
Story),
V
Harikrishna
(Paramathma
and
Hudugaru)
have
also
been
nominated.
"Nominations
were
made
after
audience
were
invited
to
vote
for
their
favourite
actors,
music
directors
and
other
categories
and
also
through
an
online
poll," Jithesh
Pillai,
Editor,
Filmfare
said.
Actor
Amala
Paul
and
Sashi
Shankar,
Chief
Marketing
Officer
-
Idea
Cellular
were
also
present
during
the
event.
The
nominations
would
soon
be
announced
from
Tamil,
Telugu
and
Malayalam
film
industries.
(PTI)