7th South Indian International Movie Awards

7th SIIMA Awards
Date	September 14 - 15, 2018
Site	Dubai
Television coverage
Network	Sun TV Network

The 7th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held at Dubai on September 14th and 15th, 2018.^[1] SIIMA 2018 will recognize the best films and performances from the past year in Tamil, Malayalam , Telugu , and Kannada films, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.^[2] The nomination list for the main awards was announced in June 2017.^[3]

Main awards winners and nominees

Film

Best Film
Tamil	Telugu
Vikram Vedha – Aramm – Aruvi – Mersal – Theeran Adhigaram Ondru –	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion – Fidaa – Gautamiputra Satakarni – Ghazi – Sathamanam Bhavati
Kannada	Malayalam
'Raajakumara – Bharjari – Chamak – Chowka – Dwarakish Chitra Ondu Motteya Kathe –	Angamaly Diaries – Mayanadhi – Parava – Take Off – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum –
SIIMA Award for Best Director
Tamil	Telugu
Atlee - Mersal Arun Prabhu Purushothaman – Aruvi Gopi Nainar – Aramm H. Vinoth – Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru Pushkar-Gayathri – Vikram Vedha	S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Krish – Gautamiputra Satakarni Sandeep Reddy Vanga – Arjun Reddy Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi Satish Vegesna – Sathamanam Bhavati
Kannada	Malayalam
Santhosh Ananddram – Raajakumara Chethan Kumar– Bharjari P. C. Shekhar – Raaga Prakash Jayaram – Taarak Suni – Chamak	Aashiq Abu - Mayanadhi Dileesh Pothan – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Lijo Jose Pellissery – Angamaly Diaries Mahesh Narayan – Take Off Soubin Shahir- Parava

Acting

Best Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Sivakarthikeyan – Velaikkaran Karthi - Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru Madhavan – Vikram Vedha Vijay – Mersal Vijay Sethupathi – Vikram Vedha	Prabhas – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion NTR Jr. – Jai Lava Kusa Nandamuri Balakrishna – Gautamiputra Satakarni Rana Daggubati – Nene Raju Nene Mantri Vijay Devarakonda – Arjun Reddy
Kannada	Malayalam
Puneeth Rajkumar– Raajakumara Dhruva Sarja - Bharjari Ganesh - Chamak Shiva Rajkumar – Mufti Sri Murali – Mufti	Nivin Pauly – Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela Dulquer Salmaan - Solo Fahadh Faasil - Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Mammootty - The Great Father Tovino Thomas – Mayanadhi
Best Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Nayanthara – Aramm Aditi Balan - Aruvi Andrea Jeremiah - Taramani Jyothika – Magalir Mattum Nithya Menen – Mersal	Ritika Singh – Guru Anushka Shetty - Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Kajal Aggarwal - Nene Raju Nene Mantri Rakul Preet Singh – Jaya Janaki Nayaka Sai Pallavi – Fidaa
Kannada	Malayalam
Shanvi Srivastava – Taarak Nivedhitha – Shuddhi Rashmika Mandanna - Chamak Shraddha Srinath – Operation Alamelamma Shruti Hariharan – Beautiful Manasugalu	Aishwarya Lekshmi – Mayanadhi Manju Warrier – Udaharanam Sujatha Nimisha Sajayan – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Parvathy – Take Off Anu Sithara – Ramante Edanthottam
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
M. S. Bhaskar - 8 Thottakkal Bharathiraja - Kurangu Bommai Bobby Simha - Thiruttu Payale 2 Vikranth – Thondan Vivek Prasanna – Meyaadha Maan	Aadhi Pinisetty - Ninnu Kori Kay Kay Menon - Ghazi Prakash Raj – Sathamanam Bhavati Sathyaraj – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Sree Vishnu – Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi
Kannada	Malayalam
Diganth - Happy New Year Kashinath – Chowka P. Ravishankar – College Kumar Rajesh Nataranga – Operation Alamelamma Suraj Gowda – Siliconn City	Shane Nigam – Parava Suraj Venjaramoodu – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum }*Joju George - Ramante Edanthottam* Kunchacko Boban - Take Off Mukesh - Jomonte Suvisheshangal
SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Sshivada – Adhe Kangal Anjali Varathan - Aruvi Indhuja Ravichandran - Meyaadha Maan Sneha – Velaikkaran Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Vikram Vedha/ Nibunan	Bhoomika Chawla - Middle Class Abbayi Hema Malini – Gautamiputra Satakarni Jayasudha – Sathamanam Bhavati Raadhika Sarathkumar - Raja The Great Ramya Krishna – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
Kannada	Malayalam
Aruna Balraj - Operation Alamelamma Bhavana Rao - Satya Harischandra Harshika Poonacha - Upendra Matte Baa Saanika – Saheba Samyukta Hornad - Dayavittu Gamanisi	Asha Sarath - Sunday Holiday Amala Akkineni - C/O Saira Banu Chandini Sreedharan - CIA Mamta Mohandas - Udaharanam Sujatha Shanthi Krishna – Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role
Tamil	Telugu
S. J. Surya – Mersal/ Spyder Arvind Swamy - Bogan Fahadh Faasil - Velaikkaran Prasanna – Thiruttu Payale 2 Vivek Oberoi – Vivegam	Rana Daggubati - Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Arjun Sarja - LIE Rao Ramesh - Duvvada Jagannadham Tarun Arora – Khaidi No. 150 Vijay Varma – Middle Class Abbayi
Kannada	Malayalam
Ashish Vidyarthi - Pataki Apeksha Purohit - Kaafi Thota P. Ravishankar – Hebbuli Prakash Raj - Raajakumara Shawar Ali – Chakravarthy	Chemban Vinod Jose - Velipadinte Pusthakam Murali Gopy – Kaattu Sarath Appani – Angamaly Diaries Soubin Shahir – Parava Unni Mukundan – Masterpiece
SIIMA Award for Best Comedian
Tamil	Telugu
Soori – Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae Anandaraj - Maragadha Naanayam RJ Balaji - Ivan Thanthiran Robo Shankar – Velaikkaran Yogi Babu - Mersal	Rahul Ramakrishna – Arjun Reddy Praveen - Sathamanam Bhavati Prudhviraj - PSV Garuda Vega Shakalaka Shankar – Anando Brahma Srinivas Reddy – Anando Brahma/ Raja The Great
Kannada	Malayalam
Chikkanna - Raajakumara Kuri Prathap - Melkote Manja Sadhu Kokila – Chamak Saikumar - Happy New Year Vijay Chendur – Pataki	Aju Varghese - Godha Dharmajan - Punyalan Private Limited Hareesh Perumanna - Rakshadhikari Baiju Oppu Jacob Gregory - Jomonte Suvisheshangal Saiju Kurup– Aadu 2

Debut awards

SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Vasanth Ravi - Taramani Hiphop Tamizha - Meesaya Murukku Vetri – 8 Thottakkal	Ishaan - Rogue Aashish Raj - Aakatayi Ganta Ravi - Jayadev Rakshit - London Babulu Vishwaksen - Vellipomakey
Kannada	Malayalam
Rishi - Operation Alamelamma Ishaan - Rogue Manoranjan - Saheba Mithra – Raaga Raj B. Shetty - Ondu Motteya Kathe	Antony Varghese - Angamaly Diaries Amal Shah - Parava Arjun Asokan - Parava Askar Ali - Honey Bee 2.5 Sarath Appani - Angamaly Diaries
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Aditi Rao Hydari - Kaatru Veliyidai Aditi Balan - Aruvi Priya Bhavani Shankar – Meyaadha Maan Sayyeshaa Saigal – Vanamagan Shraddha Srinath – Vikram Vedha	Kalyani Priyadarshan – Hello Aakanksha Singh - Malli Raava Megha Akash – LIE Nivetha Pethuraj – Mental Madhilo Shalini Pandey - Arjun Reddy
Kannada	Malayalam
Ekta Rathod - Siliconn City Aditi Prabhudeva - Dhairyam Divya Uruduga - Huliraaya Kavitha Gowda – Srinivasa Kalyana Vaibhavi Shandilya - Raj Vishnu	Nimisha Sajayan - 'Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum' Aishwarya Lekshmi - Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela Reshma Anna Rajan – Angamaly Diaries Santhy Balachandran – Tharangam Wamiqa Gabbi – Godha
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director
Tamil	Telugu
Arun Prabhu Purushothaman - Aruvi Dhanush – Pa Paandi Gopi Nainar - Aramm Lokesh Kanagaraj - Maanagaram Rajkumar Periaswamy – Rangoon	Sandeep Vanga - Arjun Reddy Mahi V. Raghav - Anando Brahma Prabhakar Podakandla - Next Nuvve Sankalp Reddy - Ghazi Vivek Athreya - Mental Madhilo
Kannada	Malayalam
Tharun Sudhir - Chowka Adarsh Eshwarappa - Shuddhi Pannaga Bharana - Happy New Year Raj B. Shetty - Ondu Motteya Kathe Ravi Basrur - Kataka	Arun Gopy - Ramaleela Haneef Adeni - The Great Father Jay K - Ezra Mahesh Narayan - Take Off Soubin Shahir - Parava

Music

SIIMA Award for Best Music Director
Tamil	Telugu
A. R. Rahman – Kaatru Veliyidai/ Mersal Anirudh Ravichander – Velaikkaran/ Vivegam D. Imman – Bogan Hiphop Tamizha – Meesaya Murukku Sam C. S. – Vikram Vedha	M. M. Keeravani - Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Devi Sri Prasad - Khaidi No. 150 Gopi Sundar - Ninnu Kori S. S. Thaman - Mahanubhavudu Shakti Kanth - Fidaa
Kannada	Malayalam
V. Harikrishna - Raajakumara Arjun Janya - Chakravarthy Charan Raj - Pushpaka Vimana Judah Sandhy - Chamak Raghu Dixit - Happy New Year	Gopi Sundar - Comrade in America Bijibal - Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Prashant Pillai - Angamaly Diaries Rex Vijayan - Parava Shaan Rahman - Velipadinte Pusthakam
SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist
Tamil	Telugu
Vivek - "Aala Poran" from Mersal Dhanush - "Venpani Malare" from Pa Paandi Madhan Karky - "Azhagiyae" from Kaatru Veliyidai Vairamuthu - "Vaan" from Kaatru Veliyidai Viveka - "Karuthavanlaam" from Velaikkaran	Suddala Ashoka Teja - "Vachinde" from Fidaa Chandrabose - "Nuvvele Nuvvele" from Jaya Janaki Nayaka Ramajogayya Sastry - "Nilavade" from Sathamanam Bhavati Siva Shakti Dutta - "Saahore Baahubali" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Sri Mani - "Bramaramba Ki" from Rarandoi Veduka Chudham
Kannada	Malayalam
Santhosh Ananddram - "Bombe Heluthaithe" from Raajakumara Hrudaya Shiva - "Kodeyondara Adiyalli" from Raju Kannada Medium Suvarna Sharma - "Thili Prema" from Urvi V. Nagendra Prasad - "Appa I Love You" from Chowka Yogaraj Bhat - "Ninna Snehadinda" from Mugulu Nage	Anwar Ali - "Mizhiyil Ninnum" from Mayanadhi B. K. Harinarayanan - "Njaanum Neeyum" from Theeram Manoj Manjith - "Aaro Nenjil" from Godha Santhosh Varma - "Akaleyoru" from Ramante Edanthottam Vinayak Sasikumar - "Pyar Pyar" from Parava
SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Sid Sriram - "Maacho" from Mersal A. R. Rahman - "Neethane Neethane" from Mersal Anirudh Ravichander - "Yaanji" from Vikram Vedha Haricharan/ Arjun Chandy - "Azhagiye" from Kaatru Veliyidai Hiphop Tamizha/ Sudarshan Ashok - "Kavan" from Oxygen	Kaala Bhairava - "Dandaalayya" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Armaan Malik - "Hello" from Hello Devi Sri Prasad - "Ammadu Lets Do Kummudu" from Khaidi No. 150 Hemachandra - "Oosupodhu" from Fidaa Sid Sriram - "Adiga Adiga" from Ninnu Kori
Kannada	Malayalam
Ravi Basrur - "Chanda Chanda" from Anjani Putra Armaan Malik - "Ondu Malebillu" from Chakravarthy B. J. Bharath - "Beautiful Manasugalu" from Beautiful Manasugalu Sanjith Hegde - "Kush Kush" from Chamak Vijay Prakash - "Bombe Heluthaithe" from Raajakumara	Arvind Venugopal - "Mazha Paadum" from Sunday Holiday Haricharan - "Lailakame" from Ezra Shahabaz Aman - "Mizhiyil" from Mayanadhi Vijay Yesudas - "Ivalaaro" from Oru Mexican Aparatha Vineeth Sreenivasan - "Jaanah Meri Jaanah" from Cappucino
SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Luksimi Sivaneswaralingam - "Senthoora" from Bogan Sakthisree Gopalan - "Yaanji" from Vikram Vedha Shashaa Tirupati - "Vaan" from Kaatru Veliyidai Shreya Ghoshal - "Neethane Neethane" from Mersal Shweta Mohan - "Paarthen" from Pa Paandi	Madhupriya - "Vacchinde" from Fidaa Geetha Madhuri / M. M. Manasi - "Mahanubhavudu" from Mahanubhavudu Neha Bhasin - "Swing Zara" from Jai Lava Kusa Sony - "Hamsa Naava" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Uma Neha - "Paisa Vasool" from Paisa Vasool
Kannada	Malayalam
Anuradha Bhat - "Appa I Love You" from Chowka Indu Nagaraj - "Jilkaa Jilkaa" from Pushpaka Vimana Sinchan Dixit - "Indu Ninna Edurali" from Kaafi Thota Shreya Ghoshal - "Ninna Snehadinda" from Mugulu Nage Supriya Lohith - "Are Are Enidu" from Chamak	Gowry Lekshmi - "Aaro Nenjil" from Godha K. S. Chithra - "Nadavathil Thurannilla" from Kambhoji Shweta Mohan - "Ozhukiyozhuki" from Oru Cinemakkaran Soumya Ramakrishnan - "Kannile Poika" from Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Sujatha Mohan - "Neelakasham" from Jomonte Suvisheshangal

Critics' choice

Tamil Cinema

Best Actor - R. Madhavan - Vikram Vedha
Best Actress - Aditi Balan - Aruvi

Telugu Cinema

Best Actor – Nandamuri Balakrishna - Gautamiputra Satakarni
Best Actress -

Kannada Cinema

Best Actor -
Best Actress -

Malayalam Cinema

Best Actor -
Best Actress -

Generation Next Awards

- Entertainer of the Year :
Rana Daggubati - Baahubali 2: The Conclusion / Ghazi / Nene Raju Nene Mantri
Generation Next Superstar – TBA

References

↑ SIIMA Awards 2018 Dates and Venue Confirmed
↑ "Nominations list for the SIIMA 2017 announced!". Sify.com.
↑ "SIIMA awards 2017 nominations announced". Sify.com.

External links

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[1] SIIMA Awards 2018 Dates and Venue Confirmed

[2] "Nominations list for the SIIMA 2017 announced!". Sify.com.

[3] "SIIMA awards 2017 nominations announced". Sify.com.