The organisers of South Indian International Movie Awards, known as SIIMA Awards, have announced the nomination list of Telugu and Kannada movies for its seventh edition. They have also revealed the date and place of the award ceremony.
SIIMA, which was instituted Vishnuvardhan Induri in 2012, is now entering its seventh edition. The awards are presented in separate parts on two different days. On the first day, the most promising upcoming South Indian film artists are honoured at the Generation Next Awards, while the second day is reserved for the main SIIMA Awards.
The bosses of SIIMA took to Twitter to make an announcement about the 2018 ceremony. They wrote, "We are more than thrilled to announce our dates for SIIMA awards 2018 happening in Dubai on 14 & 15th September. Stay tuned for more exciting updates on #SIIMA2018 #PantaloonsSIIMA #VisitDubai (sic)"
They also announced the nomination list of Telugu and Kannada movies for the seventh edition of SIIMA. These nominees are selected by a jury of senior artists and professionals and the winners will be decided based on public vote. You can vote to your favourite ones, by clicking here.
Here is the nomination list of Telugu and Kannada movies for SIIMA Awards 2018:
| Category | Telugu | Kannada |
| Best Film | Baahubali-2 The Conclusion Fidaa Gautamiputra Satakarni The Ghazi Attack Sathamanam Bhavati |
Bharjari Raajakumara Chamak Chowka Ondu Motteya Kathe |
| Best Director | Krish (Gautamiputra Satakarni) SS Rajamouli (Baahubali 2) Sandeep Vanga (Arjun Reddy) Sankalp Reddy (The Ghazi Attack) Satish Vegesna (Sathamanam Bhavati) |
Santhosh Ananddram (Raajakumara) Chethan Kumar (Bharjari) Suni (Chamak) Prakash Jayaram (Taarak) PC Sekhar (Raaga) |
| Best Actor | Nandamuri Balakrishna (Gautamiputra Satakarni) Prabhas (Baahubali 2) Vijay Devarakonda (Arjun Reddy) Jr NTR (Jai Lava Kusa) Rana Daggubati (Nene Raju Nene Mantri) |
Shivarajkumar (Mufti) Puneeth Rajkumar (Raajakumara) Sri Murali (Mufti) Ganesh (Chamak) Dhruva Sarja (Bharjari) |
| Best Actress | Anushka Shetty (Baahubali 2) Rakul Preet Singh (Jaya Janaki Nayaka) Kajal Aggarwal (Nene Raju Nene Mantri) Ritika Singh (Guru) Sai Pallavi (Fidaa) |
Shraddha Srinath (Operation Alamelamma) Niveditha (Shuddi) Shanvi Srivastava (Taarak) Rashmika Mandanna (Chamak) Sruthi Hariharan (Beautiful Manasugalu) |
| Best Actor In A Supporting Role | Aadhi Pinisetty (Ninnu Kori) Prakash Raj (Sathamanam Bhavati) KK Menon (The Ghazi Attack) Satya Raj (Baahubali 2) Sri Vishnu (Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi) |
P Ravishankar (College Kumar) Diganth Manchale (Happy New Yeaar) Kashinath (Chowka) Rajesh Nataranga (Operation Alamelamma) Sooraj Gowda (Siliconn City) |
| Best Actress In a Supporting Role | Bhumika Chawla (MCA) Jayasudha (Sathamanam Bhavati) Ramya Krishnan (Baahubali 2) Hema Malini (Gautamiputra Satakarni) Raadhika Sarathkumar (Raja The Great) |
Aruna Balraj (Operation Alamelamma) Harshika Poonacha (Upendra Matte Baa) Saanika (Saheba) Samyukta Hornad (Dayavittu Gamanisi) Bhavana Rao (Satya Harischandra) |
| Best Music Director | SS Thaman (Mahanubhavudu) Devi Sri Prasad (Khaidi No 150) MM Keeravani (Baahubali 2) Shakti Kanth (Fidaa) Gopi Sundar (Ninnu Kori) |
Charan Raj (Pushpaka Vimana) V Harikrishna (Raajakumara) Raghu Dixit (Happy New Year) Arjun Janya (Chakravarthi) Judah Sandy (Chamak) |
| Best Lyric Writer | Suddala Ashok Teja (Vachinde - Fidaa) Chandra Bose (Nuvvele Nuvvele - Jai Janaki Nayaka) Siva Shakti Dutta (Saahore Bahubali - Baahubali-2) Ramajogayya Sastry (Nilavade - Sathamanam Bhavati) Sri Mani (Bramaramba Ki Nachesanu - Rarandoi Veduka Chudham) |
V Nagendra Prasad (Chowka - Appa I Love You) Suvarna Sharma (Urvi - Thili Prema) Hrudaya Shiva (Raju Kannada Medium - Kodeyondara Adiyalli) Santhosh Ananddram (Raajakumara Title Song) Yogaraj Bhat (Mugulu Nage - Ninna Snehadinda) |
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Armaan Malik (Hello - Hello) Hema Chandra (Oosupodhu - Fidaa) Devi Sri Prasad (Ammadu Lets Do Kummudu - Khaidi No.150) Sid Sriram (Adiga Adiga - Ninnu Kori) Kaala Bhairava (Dandaalayyaa - Baahubali 2) |
Armaan Mallik (Chakravarthy - Ondu Malebillu) Ravi Basrur (Anjaniputra - Chanda Chanda) Vijay Prakash (Raajakumara Title Song) B J Bharath (Beautiful Manasugalu Theme Song) Sanchit Hegde (Chamak - Khush Khush) |
| Best Playback Singer (Female) | Geetha Madhuri & Mansi (Mahanubhavudu - Mahanubhavudu) Madhu Priya (Vachchinde - Fidaa) Neha Basin (Swing Zara - Jai Lava Kusa) Uma Neha (Paisa Vasool - Paisa Vasool) Sony (Hamsa Naava - Baahubali 2) |
Indu Nagaraj (Pushpaka Vimana - Jilka Jilka) Sinchan Dixit (Kaafi Thota - Indu Ninna Eduralli) Supriya Lohith (Chamak - Are Are Enidu) Anuradha Bhat (Chowka - Appa I Love You) Shreya Ghoshal - (Mugulu Nage - Ninna Snehadinda) |
| Best Actor In A Negative Role | Rana Daggubati (Baahubali 2) Tarun Arora (Khaidi No 150) Rao Ramesh (Duvvada Jagannadham) Arjun Sarja (Lie) Vijay Varma (MCA) |
Prakash Rai (Raajakumara) Aashish Vidyarthi (Pataki) Apeksha Purohit (Coffee Thota) P Ravishankar (Hebbuli) Shahawar Ali (Chakravarthy) |
| Best Debutant Actor | Ishan (Rogue) Rakshit (London Babulu) Aashish Raj (Aakatayi) Vishvaksen (Vellipomakey) Ganta Ravi (Jayadev) |
Ishaan (Rogue) Raj B Shetty (Ondu Motteya Kathe) Manoranjan (Saheba) Manish Rishi (Operation Alamelamma) Mithra (Raaga) |
| Best Debuteant Actress | Megha Akash (Lie) Shalini Pandey (Arjun Reddy) Kalyani Priyadarshan (Hello) Aakanksha Singh (Malli Rava) Nivetha Pethuraj (Mental Madilo) |
Ekta Rathod (Siliconn City) Aditi Prabhudeva (Dhairyam) Kavitha Gowda (Srinivasa Kalyana) Vaibhavi Shandilya (Raj Vishnu) Divya Uruduga (Huliraya) |
| Best Debutant Director | Sandeep Vanga (Arjun Reddy) Sankalp Reddy (The Ghazi Attack) Prabhakar Podakandla (Next Nuvve) Vivek Athreya (Mental Madilo) Mahi V Raghav (Anando Brahma) |
Tarun Sudheer (Chowka) Pannaga Bharana (Happy New Year) Raj B Shetty (Ondu Motteya Kathe) Ravi Basrur (Kataka) Adarsh Eshwarappa (Shuddi) |
| Best Cinematographer | Senthil Kumar (Baahubali 2) VS Gnana Shekar (Gautamiputra Satakarni) R Madhi (The Ghazi Attack) R Rathnavelu (Khaidi No.150) Sameer Reddy (Sathamanam Bhavati) |
Santhosh Rai Pataje (Chamak) Venkatesh Anguraj (Raajakumara) Naveen Kumar (Mufti) AV Krishna Kumar (Taarak) Shreesha Kuduvalli (Bharjari) |
| Best Comedian | Rahul Ramakrishna (Arjun Reddy) Srinivas Reddy (Anando Brahma/Raja The Great) Praveen (Sathamanam Bhavati) Prudhvi Raj (Psv Garuda Vega) Shakalaka Shankar (Anando Brahma) |
Sadhu Kokila (Chamak) Vijay Chendur (Pataaki) Sai Kumar (Happy New Year) Kuri Pratap (Melkote Manja) Chikkanna (Raajakumara) |
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