The South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA 2024) is an annual celebration of exceptional talent and hard work in the South Indian film industry. As we gear up for the 12th edition, let’s dive into the details:
SIIMA 2024 Nominations: A Showcase of Talent
Fans can vote for their favorite stars and films via SIIMA’s official website or on SIIMA’s official Facebook page. The following nomination list includes some of the nominees:
List of nominees from the Telugu film industry SIIMA 2024
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
- Nani (Dasara)
- Chiranjeevi (Waltair Veerayya)
- Dhanush (Sir)
- Balakrishna (Bhagavanth Kesari)
- Sai Dharam Tej (Virupaksha)
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)
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)
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 Best nominees from the Tamil film industry SIIMA 2024
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
- Udhayanidhi Stalin (Maamannan)
- Vijay (Leo)
- Rajinikanth (Jailer)
- Vikram (Ponniyin Selvan 2)
- Sivakarthikeyan (Maaveeran)
- Siddharth (Chiththa)
Actress in a Leading Role:
- Meetha Raghunath (Good Night)
- Aishwarya Rai (Ponniyin Selvan 2)
- Trisha (Leo)
- Keerthy Suresh (Maamannan)
- Nayanthara (Annapoorani)
- Aishwarya Rajesh (Farhana)
Actor in a Supporting Role:
- Sarathkumar (Varisu)
- MS Baskar (Parking)
- SJ Suryah (Jigarthanda Double X)
- Vadivelu (Maamannan)
- Vasanth Ravi (Jailer)
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)
Film:
- Maamannan
- Viduthalai-1
- Leo
- Jailer
- Ponniyin Selvan 2
Director:
- Mani Ratnam (Ponniyin Selvan 2)
- SU Arun Kumar (Chiththa)
- Lokesh Kanagaraj (Leo)
- Vetrimaran (Viduthalai 1)
- Mari Selvaraj (Maamannan)
- Nelson (Jailer)
Music Director:
- Anirudh Ravichander – Jailer, Leo
- Santhosh Narayanan – Jigarthanda Double X, Chiththa
- AR Rahman – Ponniyin Selvan-2
- Nivas K Prasanna – Takkar
- Ilayaraja – Viduthalai-1
Lyric Writer:
- Yugabharathi – “Nenjame Nenjame” (Maamannan)
- Vivek Unakku – “Thaan” (Chiththa)
- Ilayaraja – “Kaatumalli” (Viduthalai-1)
- Vignesh Shivan – “Rathamaarey” (Jailer)
- Ku Karthik – “Nira” (Takkar)
Best Nominees from the Kannada Film Industry
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)
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)
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)
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)
Film:
- Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
- Aachar & Co
- Kranti
- Kaatera
- Kousalya Supraja Rama
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)
Director:
- Hemanth M Rao (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)
- Tharun Sudhir (Kaatera)
- V Harikrishna (Kranti)
- Shashank (Kousalya Supraja Rama)
- Akash Srivatsa (Shivaji Surathkal 2)
Music Director:
- Charan Raj – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
- Bindhumalini – Aachar & Co
- Ravi Basrur – Kabzaa
- Vasuki Vaibhav – Tagarupalya
- V Harikrishna – Kaatera
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 Best Nominees from the Malayalam Film Industry
Actor in a Leading Role SIIMA 2024:
- 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)
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)
Director:
- Jeethu Joseph (Neru)
- Lijo Jose Pellissery (Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam)
- Jeo Baby (Kaathal – The Core)
- Jude Anthany Joseph (2018)
- Priyadarshan (Corona Papers)
Music Director:
- Sam C S – Rdx
- Vishnu Vijay – Sulaikha Manzil
- Justin Prabhakaran – Pachuvum Athbuthavilakkum
- Sushin Shyam – Romancham
- Nobin Paul – 2018
Film:
- Neru
- Iratta
- 2018
- Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
- Kaathal – The Core
Actor in a Supporting Role:
- Alexander Prasanth (Purusha Pretham)
- Hakkim Shah (Pranaya Vilasam)
- Jagadeesh (Falimy)
- Siddique (Neru)
- Lal (2018)
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)
Actor in a Negative Role:
- Shabeer Kallarackal (King of Kotha)
- Biju Menon (Garudan)
- Vishnu Agasthya (Rdx)
- Vinay Rai (Christopher)
- Arjun Radhakrishnan (Kannur Squad)
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)