The
organisers
of
61st
Idea
South
Filmfare
Awards
2013
held
a
press
conference
on
Tuesday
evening
in
Hyderabad
to
announce
the
nominations
for
various
categories
in
Telugu
films.
Popular
South
Indian
actress
Samantha
Ruth
Prabhu,
who
was
the
chief
guest
on
the
occasion,
announced
the
names
of
nominees.
The
Awards
will
be
given
away
to
Telugu
films
in
10
different
categories.
Tarun
Rai,
Chief
Executive
Officer
of
Worldwide
Media
and
Rajat
Mukarji,
Chief
Corporate
Affairs
Officer
of
Idea
Cellular
held
a
press
conference
in
Hyderabad
on
Tuesday.
Addressing
the
conference,
Tarun
Rai
said,
"Awards
will
be
given
away
to
Telugu,
Tamil,
Kannada
and
Malayalam
films
in
10
categories.
Out
of
the
607
films
produced
by
the
South
Indian
film
industry
last
year,
205
are
in
contention
for
the
awards."
Five
Telugu
films
like
Attarintiki
Daredi,
Gunde
Jaari
Gallanthayyiinde,
Mirchi,
Seethamma
Vaakitlo
Sirimalle
Chettu
and
Uyyala
Jampala
are
in
contention
for
the
Best
Film.
CEO
Tarun
Rai
added,
"The
nominations
were
chosen
from
a
list
of
popular
and
critically
acclaimed
films
after
tabulation
of
the
data
from
a
vote
count.
A
specially-appointed
jury
will
now
help
pick
the
winners
from
nominees
in
each
regional
category."
The
61st
Idea
South
Filmfare
Awards
2013
will
be
held
at
the
Nehru
Indoor
Stadium,
Chennai
on
July
12
an
it
is
going
to
be
starry
and
glitzy
event
with
all
leading
stars
from
Telugu,
Tamil,
Malayalam
and
Kannada
swarming
in
on
the
occasion.
Continue
to
slide
to
see
the
nominations
list
of
Telugu
films
of
the
61st
Idea
South
Filmfare
Awards
2013.
61st
Idea
Filmfare
Awards
2013
-
Best
Telugu
Movie