Times has conduced a poll online to decide 50 most desirable men in 2013. Tollywood Superstar Mahesh Babu has been voted by fans as the most desirable man in India beating the likes of his Bollywood competitors Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and others. Surya is ranked comfortably at 12th position in the list. There are only three Tamil actors who made it to the final list.
Surya has beaten his rivals in Kollywood by a big margin. Dhanush is ranked 25th and Ajith is ranked 27th in the list.