As a seasoned film critic with over two decades of experience under my belt, I have had the privilege and joy of witnessing some of the most exceptional performances and groundbreaking films in the South Indian film industry. The SIIMA Awards are always an exciting time for me, as they recognize the outstanding achievements of actors, technicians, and artists in various categories.
The South Indian International Movies Awards (SIIMA 2024) honor the remarkable skills and dedication of the South Indian film industry. This year is the 12th anniversary of this esteemed award ceremony, recognizing achievements in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam cinema. The nominations have generated much excitement, and the long-awaited list has been announced.
As a film critic with over two decades of experience in the industry, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing the evolution of Telugu cinema. The current nomination list for various categories at the upcoming film awards is particularly exciting for me, as it showcases a diverse range of talent and promising newcomers.
At the SIIMA 2024 awards, the category for Best Debutant Producer in Kannada films is as follows:
— SIIMA (@siima) July 20, 2024
Moreover, accolades are bestowed upon the Best Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role, the Most Exceptional Music Director, and Outstanding Lyric Writer, among other categories. This underscores the extensive range of SIIMA awards in honoring and commending the artistic achievements within the South Indian cinematic realm.
When & where will SIIMA 2024 be held?
The South Indian International Movies Awards (SIIMA) held its inaugural ceremony at the Dubai World Trade Centre in June 2012, covering a span of two days. The initial day honored budding South Indian film artists, while the following day recognized the main SIIMA award recipients. In September 2024, the 12th edition of SIIMA is scheduled to unfold at the Dubai World Trade Centre on the 14th and 15th.
Brinda Prasad Adusumili, head of SIIMA, expressed his excitement about the SIIMA 2023 nominations. He noted that South Indian filmmakers have shattered language boundaries and created blockbusters that resonated nationally. Hence, regional films are now making a significant impact on a national scale. Looking forward, Brinda is confident that SIIMA 2024 will boast an impressive lineup of strong contenders.
Alternatively, the surge of Over-The-Top (OTT) media and the custom of dubbing has brought significant growth to the South Indian film industry. Numerous South Indian films have achieved success by having filmmakers create movies in various languages, expanding their reach to larger audiences and amassing a massive fan base.
SIIMA 2024 Nominations: Jailer, Kaatera, Hi Nanna & more
Supporters have the option to cast their votes for preferred actors and movies on SIIMA’s main site or through SIIMA’s Facebook page. Here is a selection of some of the nominated individuals.
At the SIIMA 2024 awards in the Malayalam category, here are the debutant producers and their respective films:
— SIIMA (@siima) July 20, 2024
List of nominees from the Telugu film industry:
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
- Nani (Dasara)
- Chiranjeevi (Waltair Veerayya)
- Dhanush (Sir)
- Balakrishna (Bhagavanth Kesari)
- Sai Dharam Tej (Virupaksha)
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
- Mrunal Thakur (Hi Nanna)
- Sreeleela (Bhagavanth Kesari)
- Samyuktha Menon (Virupaksha)
- Keerthy Suresh (Dasara)
- Shruti Haasan (Veera Simha Reddy)
- Payal Rajput (Mangalavaram)
Best Actor in a Negative Role:
- Shine Tom Chacko (Dasara)
- Prakash Raj (Waltair Veerayya)
- Arvind Swamy (Custody)
- Arjun Rampal (Bhagavanth Kesari)
- Duniya Vijay (Veera Simha Reddy)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
- Viraj Ashwin (Baby)
- Brahmanandam (Ranga Maarthaanda)
- Ravi Krishna (Virupaksha)
- Dekshith Shetty (Dasara)
- Angad Bedi (Hi Nanna)
- Prithviraj Sukumaran (Salaar)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
- Soniya Singh (Virupaksha)
- Varalaxmi Sarathkumar (Veera Simha Reddy)
- Shreya Navile (Month Of Madhu)
- Rohini (Writer Padmabhushan)
- Baby Kiara Khanna (Hi Nanna)
- Sreya Reddy (Salaar)
Best Film:
- Hi Nanna
- Balagam
- Bhagavanth Kesari
- Dasara
- Virupaksha
Best Director:
- Bobby (Waltair Veerayya)
- Srikanth Odela (Dasara)
- Karthik Varma Dandu (Virupaksha)
- Sai Rajesh (Baby)
- Gopichand Malineni (Veera Simha Reddy)
- Anil Ravipudi (Bhagavanth Kesari)
Best Music Director:
- Vijay Bulganin (Baby)
- Santhosh Narayanan (Dasara)
- Hesham Abdul Wahab (Kushi, Hi Nanna)
- Devi Sri Prasad (Waltair Veerayya)
- Thaman (Veera Simha Reddy)
Best Lyric Writer:
- Anantha Sriram – “O Rendu Prema Meghaalila” (BABY )
- Kasarla Shyam – “Ooru Palleturu” (Balagam)
- Bhaskara Bhatla – “Nuvvu Navvukuntu” (MAD)
- Krishna Kanth – “Adigaa” (Hi Nanna)
- Shreemani – “Ori Vaari” (Dasara)
List of nominees from the Tamil film industry:
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
- Udhayanidhi Stalin (Maamannan)
- Vijay (Leo)
- Rajinikanth (Jailer)
- Vikram (Ponniyin Selvan 2)
- Sivakarthikeyan (Maaveeran)
- Siddharth (Chiththa)
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
- Meetha Raghunath (Good Night)
- Aishwarya Rai (Ponniyin Selvan 2)
- Trisha (Leo)
- Keerthy Suresh (Maamannan)
- Nayanthara (Annapoorani)
- Aishwarya Rajesh (Farhana)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
- Sarathkumar (Varisu)
- MS Baskar (Parking)
- SJ Suryah (Jigarthanda Double X)
- Vadivelu (Maamannan)
- Vasanth Ravi (Jailer)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
- Saritha (Maaveeran)
- Nadiya Moidu (Let’s Get Married)
- Raichal Rabecca (Good Night)
- Mullai Arasi (Are you Ok Baby)
- Abarnathi (Irugapatru)
Best Actor in a Negative Role:
- Fahadh Faasil (Maamannan)
- Arjun (Leo)
- Vinayakan (Jailer)
- Sunil Sukhada (Por Thozhil)
- Mysskin (Maaveeran)
Best Film:
- Maamannan
- Viduthalai-1
- Leo
- Jailer
- Ponniyin Selvan 2
Best Director:
- Mani Ratnam (Ponniyin Selvan 2)
- SU Arun Kumar (Chiththa)
- Lokesh Kanagaraj (Leo)
- Vetrimaran (Viduthalai 1)
- Mari Selvaraj (Maamannan)
- Nelson (Jailer)
Best Music Director:
- Anirudh Ravichander – Jailer, Leo
- Santhosh Narayanan – Jigarthanda Double X, Chiththa
- AR Rahman – Ponniyin Selvan-2
- Nivas K Prasanna – Takkar
- Ilayaraja – Viduthalai-1
Best Lyric Writer:
- Yugabharathi – “Nenjame Nenjame” (Maamannan)
- Vivek Unakku – “Thaan” (Chiththa)
- Ilayaraja – “Kaatumalli” (Viduthalai-1)
- Vignesh Shivan – “Rathamaarey” (Jailer)
- Ku Karthik – “Nira” (Takkar)
List of Nominees from the Kannada Film Industry:
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
- Daali Dhananjaya (Gurudev Hoysala)
- Darshan (Kaatera)
- Dr. Shivarajkumar (Ghost)
- Rakshit Shetty (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)
- Ramesh Aravind (Shivaji Surathkal 2)
- Raj B Shetty (Toby)
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
- Rukmini Vasanth (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)
- Chaithra J Achar (Toby)
- Meghana Raj (Tatsama Tadbhava)
- Rachita Ram (Kranti)
- Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy (Aachar & Co)
- Megha Shetty (Kaiva)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
- Harshil Koushik (Aachar & Co)
- Gopalkrishna Desphande (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B)
- Rangayana Raghu (Tagaru Palya)
- Aravinnd Iyer (Tatsama Tadbhava)
- Naveen Shankar (Hondisi Bareyiri)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
- Saathvika (Baang)
- Chaithra J Achar (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B)
- Kavya Sha (David)
- Archana Kottige (Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare)
- Samyukta Hornad (Toby)
Best Film:
- Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
- Aachar & Co
- Kranti
- Kaatera
- Kousalya Supraja Rama
Best Actor in a Negative Role:
- Ugram Manju (Kaiva)
- Ramesh Indira (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Side B)
- Kaliprasad K P (Hondisi Bareyari)
- Naveen Shankar (Gurudev Hoysala)
- Deepak Raj Shetty (Toby)
Best Director:
- Hemanth M Rao (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)
- Tharun Sudhir (Kaatera)
- V Harikrishna (Kranti)
- Shashank (Kousalya Supraja Rama)
- Akash Srivatsa (Shivaji Surathkal 2)
Best Music Director:
- Charan Raj – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
- Bindhumalini – Aachar & Co
- Ravi Basrur – Kabzaa
- Vasuki Vaibhav – Tagarupalya
- V Harikrishna – Kaatera
Best Lyric Writer:
- Dhananjay Ranjan – “Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Title Track” (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)
- Daali Dhananjaya – “Tagarupalya Title Track” (Tagarupalya)
- Pruthvi – “Mellage” (Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye)
- Chethan Kumar – “Pasandagavne” (Kaatera)
- Kinnal Raj – “Namaami Namaami” (Kabzaa)
List of Nominees from the Malayalam Film Industry
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
- Tovino Thomas (2018)
- Basil Joseph (Falimy, Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham)
- Mammootty (Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam, Kaathal – The Core, Kannur Squad)
- Suresh Gopi (Garudan)
- Joju George (Iratta)
- Mohanlal (Neru)
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
- Kalyani Priyadarshan (Sesham Mike – Il Fathima)
- Darshana Rajendran (Purusha Pretham)
- Manju Warrier (Ayisha)
- Anaswara Rajan (Neru)
- Vincy Aloshious (Rekha)
- Jyotika (Kaathal – The Core)
Best Director:
- Jeethu Joseph (Neru)
- Lijo Jose Pellissery (Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam)
- Jeo Baby (Kaathal – The Core)
- Jude Anthany Joseph (2018)
- Priyadarshan (Corona Papers)
Best Music Director:
- Sam C S – Rdx
- Vishnu Vijay – Sulaikha Manzil
- Justin Prabhakaran – Pachuvum Athbuthavilakkum
- Sushin Shyam – Romancham
- Nobin Paul – 2018
Best Film:
- Neru
- Iratta
- 2018
- Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
- Kaathal – The Core
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
- Alexander Prasanth (Purusha Pretham)
- Hakkim Shah (Pranaya Vilasam)
- Jagadeesh (Falimy)
- Siddique (Neru)
- Lal (2018)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
- Tanvi Ram (2018)
- Poornima Indrajith (Thuramukham)
- Remya Nambeesan (B 32 Muthal 44 Vare)
- Aima Rosmy (Sebastian Rdx)
- Manju Pillai (Falimy)
Best Actor in a Negative Role:
- Shabeer Kallarackal (King of Kotha)
- Biju Menon (Garudan)
- Vishnu Agasthya (Rdx)
- Vinay Rai (Christopher)
- Arjun Radhakrishnan (Kannur Squad)
Best Lyric Writer:
- Muhsin Parari – “Premakkathu Paattu” (Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham)
- Anvar Ali – “Ennum en Kaaval” (Kaathal – The Core)
- Vinayak Sasikumar – “Roohe” (Neru)
- Vaisakh Sugunan – “Thathamma Chelolu” (Madanolsavam)
- Manu Manjith – “Neela Nilave” (Rdx)
Stay tuned for more updates on the SIIMA 2024 Awards!
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