The most anticipated South Indian International Movie Awards- SIIMA is back with its 5th edition on 30th June and 1st July 2016, in Singapore.
Taking the South Indian Movie industry onto a global platform, the SIIMA nomination process is executed by a panel of veteran judges from the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam industries. The process then goes into the hands of the audiences, who vote online to give the final verdict of the winners.
This year, leading with the highest number of nominations in the various select categories are OK Kanmani and Naanum Rowdy Dhaan in Tamil, Baahubali and Srimanthudu in Telugu, Kendasampige and Rangi Taranga in Kannada, and Premam and Ennu Ninte Moideen in Malayalam.
OK Kanmani is a Tamil romantic drama, directed by Mani Ratnam, which is leading the order with 9 nominations in categories like Best Director, Film and Music Director etc. Vignesh Shivan’s Naanum Rowdy Dhaan is next on the list with 8 nominations, which is nominated in the categories of Best Film, Actress and Director etc.
In the Telugu order there is, the S.S.Rajamouli directed historical drama film – Baahubali starring Prabhas and Rana Daggubati who have been nominated in 11 categories like the Best Actor, Director and Film etc. Giving them equal competition is the Mahesh Babu and Shruti Hassan starrer Srimanthudu, directed by Koratala Siva, which is also amounting to 11 nominations in the categories of Best Actor, Actress and Director etc.
Leading the Kannada order with a tie of 10 nominations each are Kendasampige, directed by Duniya Soori, while RangiTaranga by Anup Bhandari follows it with a total of 9 nominations. Both have made it to the categories of Best Lyricist, Female Singer and Debutants etc.
While in the Malayalam order with 14 nominations is the romantic drama – Premam featuring Nivin Pauly, and directed by Alphonse Putharen, with nominations in the categories of Best Director, Actor and Film. Breaking even with it is the biographical romantic drama, Ennu Ninte Moideen by R. S. Vimal with 10 nominations, too.
Coming to Singapore on the 30th June and 1st July, by bringing together the best of the South Film Industry, SIIMA would witness the best of Entertainment being awarded under one roof. Open to public voting from 25th May (Wednesday), fans will be able to vote for their favourite stars and movies on our official website: www.siima.in
| S.No. |
CATEGORY |
NOMINATION 1 |
NOMINATION 2 |
NOMINATION 3 |
NOMINATION 4 |
NOMINATION 5 |
| 1 |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) |
Sathyaraj (Baahubali - The Beginning) |
Jagapati Babu (Srimanthudu) |
Upendra (S/O Satyamurthy) |
Rajendra Prasad (Srimanthudu) |
Posani (Temper) |
| 2 |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) |
Ramya Krishna (Baahubali - The Beginning) |
Nithya Menen (Rudhramadevi) |
Kriti Kharbanda (Bruce Lee - The Fighter) |
Sneha (S/O Satyamurthy) |
Pavitra Lokesh (Malli Malli Idi Raniroju ) |
| 3 |
Best Actor In a Negative Role |
Rana Daggubati (Baahubali - The Beginning) |
Mithun Chakraborty (Gopala Gopala) |
Ravi Kishan (Kick 2) |
Sampath Raj (Srimanthudu) |
Prakash Raj (Temper) |
| 4 |
Best Lyricst |
Ramajogayya Sastry (Rama Rama / Srimanthudu) |
Devi Sri Prasad (Super Machi / Son of Satyamurthy) |
Shiva Shakti Datta (Mamatala Talli / Baahubali - The Beginning) |
Ramajogayya Sastry (O Manishi O Maharshi / Yevade Subramanyam) |
Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry (Itu Itu Itu / Kanche) |
| 5 |
Music Director |
M.M.Keeravani (Baahubali - The Beginning) |
Devi Sri Prasad (Srimanthudu) |
Gopi Sunder (Bhale Bhale Magadivoy) |
S.S.Thaman (Bruce Lee - The Fighter) |
Devi Sri Prasad (S/O Satyamurthy) |
| 6 |
Playback Singer (Female) |
Satya Yamini (Mamatala Talli / Baahubali - The Beginning) |
Ramya Behara (Dheevara / Baahubali - The Beginning) |
Priya Hemesh (Gathama Gathama / Mali Mali Idi Rani Roju) |
Shreya Goshal (Nijamenani Nammani / Kanche) |
Chinmayi Sripada (Vennellona Mounam / Surya vs Surya) |
| 7 |
Playback Singer (Male) |
Dhanunjay & Haricharan (Bhaje Bhaaje / Gopala Gopala) |
Sagar (Jatha Kalise / Srimanthudu) |
M.M.Keeravani (Nippule Swasaga / Baahubali - The Beginning) |
Raghu Dixit (Jaago Jaagore / Srimanthudu) |
Sonu Nigam (Needhe Needhe / Gopala Gopala) |
| 8 |
Best Comedian |
Prudhvi (Bengal Tiger) |
Ali (S/O Satyamurthy) |
Brahmanandam (Bruce Lee - The Fighter) |
Vennela Kishore (Bhale Bhale Magadivoy) |
Srinivas Reddy (Pataas) |
| 9 |
Best Debutant Female |
Pragya Jaiswal (Mirchi Lanti Kurradu & Kanche) |
Malavika Nair (Yevade Subramanayam) |
Shruti Sodhi (Pataas) |
Tridha Chudhary (Surya vs Surya) |
Sayesha Saigal (Akhil - The Power of Jua) |
| 10 |
Best Debutant Male |
Akash Puri (Andhra Pori) |
Parvateesam (Kerintha) |
Akhil Akkineni (Akhil - The Power of Jua) |
Satya Karthik (Tippu) |
Vijay Devarekonda (Yevade Subramanyam) |
| 11 |
Best Debut Director |
Anil Ravipudi (Pataas) |
Sriram Aditya (Bhale Manchi Roju) |
Nag Ashwin (Yevade Subramanyam) |
KK Radha Krishna Kumar (Jil) |
Karthik Ghattamaneni (Surya vs Surya) |
| 12 |
Best Actress |
Samantha (S/O Satyamurthy) |
Shruti Haasan (Srimanthudu) |
Nithya Menen (Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju ) |
Lakshmi Manchu (Dongata) |
Anushka (Rudhramadevi) |
| 13 |
Best Actor |
Prabhas (Baahubali - The Beginning) |
Mahesh Babu (Srimanthudu) |
Nani (Bhale Bhale Magadivoy) |
Varun Tej (Kanche) |
Allu Arjun (Rudhramadevi) |
| 14 |
Best Director |
S.S.Rajamouli Baahubali - The Beginning) |
Koratala Siva (Srimanthudu) |
Maruthi (Bhale Bhale Magadivoy) |
Krish (Kanche) |
Gunasekar (Rudhramadevi) |
| 15 |
Best Film |
Baahubali - The Beginning (Shobu Yarlagadda & Prasad Devineni) |
Srimanthudu (Mythri Movie Makers) |
Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (Bunny Vasu & UV Creations) |
Kanche (Y. Rajeev Reddy & J.Sai Babu) |
Rudhramadevi (Gunasekar) |
