Filmfare Awards South: Will Pawan Kalyan Win Best Actor Award Once Again?

The 61st Idea Filmfare Awards (South) is all set to take place at the Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai, on 12 July. The nominations for all the south film industries including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada have been announced under various categories.

Telugu actor Pawan Kalyan has once again been nominated for the best actor (male) award for his 2013 blockbuster flick "Attarintiki Daredi." The actor's name features along with Mahesh Babu ("Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu"), Nithiin ("Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde"), Prabhas ("Mirchi") and Ram Charan ("Naayak") in the best actor (male) category. All the four films were successful at the box office last year and the performances of the leads were well appreciated by the audience. Pawan's "Attarintiki Daredi" emerged as the biggest hit of the year, receiving fantastic reviews from the critics and audience alike. Power Star's performance also won accolades from all sections of people.

Last year, Kalyan was selected as the best actor for his role in "Gabbar Singh" by beating Mahesh Babu ("Businessman"), Nagarjuna ("Damarukam"), Ram Charan ("Racha") and Nithiin ("Ishq"). It will be interesting to see if the power star will beat the others named in the same category and win the Filmfare award for the second consecutive time.

Besides best actor (male) award, "Attarintiki Daredi" has been nominated under several other categories including best film, best actor (female) - Samantha, best director - Trivikram, best music – Devi Sri Prasad, best supporting actor (female) – Nadiya Moidu and Praneetha Subash, best lyricist – Srimani, best playback singer (male) – Shankar Mahadevan.

Check below the list of nominations for the Telugu industry.

Best Film

Attarintiki Daredi

Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde

Mirchi

Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu

Uyyala Jampala

Best Director

Koratala Siva (Mirchi)

Srikanth Addala (Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu)

Trivikram Srinivas (Attarintiki Daredi)

Vijay Kumar Konda (Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde)

Virinchi Varma (Uyyala Jampala)

Best Actor (Male)

Mahesh Babu (Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu)

Nithiin (Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde)

Pawan Kalyan (Attarintiki Daredi)

Prabhas (Mirchi)

Ram Charan (Nayak)

Best Actor (Female)

Anushka Shetty (Mirchi)

Nanditha Raj (Prema Katha Chitram)

Nithya Menen (Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde)

Rakul Preet Singh (Venkatadri Express)

Samantha (Attarintiki Daredi)

Best Supporting Actor (Male)

Brahmaji (Venkatadri Express)

Prakash Raj (Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu)

Sandeep Kishan (Gundello Godari)

Sunil (Tadakha)

Venkatesh (Masala)

Best Supporting Actor (Female)

Anjali (Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu)

Lakshmi Manchu (Gundello Godari)

Nadiya Moidu (Attarintiki Daredi)

Pranitha Subhash (Attarintiki Daredi)

Punarnavi (Uyyala Jampala)

Best Music

Anoop Rubens (Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde)

Devi Sri Prasad (Mirchi)

Devi Sri Prasad (Attarintiki Daredi)

M R Sunny (Swamy Ra..Ra)

Mickey J Meyer (Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu)

Best Lyricist

Ananth Sriram - Jabilli Nuvve Cheppamma (Ramayya Vasthavayya)

Chandrabose - Gundello Godari Pongiporluthondi (Gundello Godari)

Ramajogayya Sastry - Pandagala Digivachavu (Mirchi)

Srimani - Aardugula Bulletu (Attarintiki Daredi)

Viswa - Diamond Girl (Baadshah)

Best Playback Singer (Male)

Daler Mehendi - Banthi Poola Janaki (Baadshah)

Kailash Kher - Pandagala Digivachavu (Mirchi)

Ranjith - Jabilli Nuvve Cheppamma (Ramayya Vasthavayya)

Shankar Mahadevan - Bapu Gari Bomma (Attarintiki Daredi)

Suchith Sureshan - Meenakshi Meenakshi (Masala)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

Chinnaponnu – Mirchi (Mirchi)

Chitra - Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu)

Geetha Madhuri - Vechaani Vayasu (Gundello Godari)

Indu Nagraj - Pyar Mein Padipoya (Potugadu)

Shreya Goshal - Hey Naayak (Naayak)

To check the complete list of nominations for other south industries, click HERE.