Mirchi Music Awards in Hyderabad Aug 16

The Mirchi Music Awards South 2013, which brings together the music fraternity across all the four southern language films, will take place in Hyderabad Aug 16.

This year, the music artists from South India get a chance to win 14 awards across popular categories, Radio Mirchi said in a statement here Friday.

Each of the four south Indian languages will have a separate jury panel headed by a chairman.

The Tamil jury is headed by Gangai Amaran, Telugu by D. Suresh Babu, Kannada by D.Narayanan and Shyamaprasad will be doing the honours for the Malayalam industry.

The entire process of screening, short listing and selection of winners is audited by Ernst & Young.

Prashanth Pandey, CEO, Radio Mirchi, said the Mirchi Music Awards South has reached its fifth year and "this is our way of showing love and respect to the industry that is an integral part of us".

"From screening to selection to the final awards, each process has been meticulously planned in a structured manner so that no deserving work goes unnoticed," said Pandey.