8th South Indian International Movie Awards

The 8th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event to be held at Qatar on August 15th and 16th, 2019.[1] SIIMA 2019 was recognized the best films and performances from the past year in Tamil, Malayalam , Telugu , and Kannada films released in 2018, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The nomination list for the main awards was announced in July 2019.[2]

8th SIIMA Awards
Date	August 15 – 16, 2019
Site	Lusail Sports Arena, Doha, Qatar
Television coverage
Network	Sun TV Network

Honorary awards

• Suresh Kumar & Menaka Sureshkumar (Lifetime Achievement)

Main awards winners and nominees

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Film

Best Film
Tamil	Telugu
Pariyerum Perumal – Neelam Productions 96 – Madras Enterprises Kadaikutty Singam – 2D Entertainment Sarkar – Sun Pictures Vada Chennai – Wunderbar Films	Mahanati – Vyjayanthi Movies Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava – Haarika & Hasinee Creations Bharat Ane Nenu – DVV Entertainments Geetha Govindam – GA2 Pictures Rangasthalam – Mythri Movie Makers
Kannada	Malayalam
K.G.F: Chapter 1 – Hombale Films Ayogya – Crystal Park Cinemas Raambo 2 – Ladoo Cinema House & De Arte Studios Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai – Rishab Shetty Films Tagaru – Venus Entertainers	Sudani from Nigeria – Happy Hours Entertainments Aravindante Athidhikal – Pathiyara Entertainments & Big Bang Entertainments Ee.Ma.Yau – OPM Cinemas & RGK Cinemas Kayamkulam Kochunni – Sree Gokulam Movies Varathan – Fahadh Faasil & Friends & Amal Neerad Productions
SIIMA Award for Best Director
Tamil	Telugu
Pandiraj – Kadaikutty Singam Ajay Gnanamuthu – Imaikka Nodigal A. R. Murugadoss – Sarkar Shankar – 2.0 Vetrimaaran – Vada Chennai	Sukumar – Rangasthalam Indraganti Mohan Krishna – Sammohanam Nag Ashwin – Mahanati Parasuram – Geetha Govindam Trivikram Srinivas – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
Kannada	Malayalam
Prashanth Neel – K.G.F: Chapter 1 Anil Kumar – Raambo 2 Dayal Padmanabhan– Aa Karaala Ratri Duniya Soori – Tagaru Rishab Shetty – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai	Sathyan Anthikkad- Njan Prakashan Amal Neerad – Varathan Lijo Jose Pellissery – Ee.Ma.Yau Rosshan Andrews – Kayamkulam Kochunni Zakariya- Sudani from Nigeria
Best Cinematographer
Tamil	Telugu
R. D. Rajasekhar – Imaikkaa Nodigal Nirav Shah – 2.0 Sivakumar Vijayan – Kolamavu Kokila Velraj – Vada Chennai S. Venkatesh – Tik Tik Tik	R Rathnavelu – Rangasthalam Dani Sanclez-Lopez – Mahanati George C Williams – Tholi Prema Jay Kay – Padi Padi Leche Manasu Shaneil Deo – Goodachari
Kannada	Malayalam
Bhuvan Gowda – K.G.F: Chapter 1 Mahendra Simmha – Tagaru PKH Das – Aa Karaala Ratri Sudhakar Raj – Raambo 2 Venkatesh Anguraj – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai	Gireesh Gangadharan –Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil Binod Pradhan – Kayamkulam Kochunni Littil Swayamp – Varathan Nikhil S Praveen – Bhayanakam Shyju Khalid – Sudani From Nigeria,Ee.Ma.Yau

Acting

Best Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Dhanush – Vada Chennai Jayam Ravi – Adanga Maru Karthi – Kadaikutty Singam Vijay – Sarkar Vijay Sethupathi – 96	Ram Charan Tej – Rangasthalam Dulquer Salmaan – Mahanati Mahesh Babu - Bharat Ane Nenu NTR Jr. – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Sudheer Babu – Sammohanam Vijay Devarakonda – Geetha Govindam
Kannada	Malayalam
Yash – K.G.F: Chapter 1 Ananth Nag – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Sathish Ninasam – Ayogya Sharan – Raambo 2 Shiva Rajkumar – Tagaru	Tovino Thomas – Theevandi Jayasurya – Captain Joju George – Joseph Mohanlal – Odiyan Prithviraj Sukumaran – Koode
Best Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Trisha Krishnan – 96 Aishwarya Rajesh – Kanaa Jyothika – Kaatrin Mozhi Nayanthara – Kolamavu Kokila Samantha Akkineni – Irumbu Thirai	Keerthi Suresh– Mahanati Aditi Rao Hydari – Sammohanam Anushka Shetty – Bhaagamathie Rashmika Mandanna – Geetha Govindam Samantha Akkineni – Rangasthalam
Kannada	Malayalam
Rachita Ram – Ayogya Ashika Ranganath – Raambo 2 Manvitha Harish – Tagaru Shruti Hariharan – Nathicharami Sonu Gowda - Gultoo	Aishwarya Lekshmi– Varathan Anu Sithara - Captain Nikhila Vimal – Aravindante Athidhikal Nimisha Sajayan – Eeda Trisha Krishnan – Hey Jude
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Prakash Raj – 60 Vayadu Maaniram Ameer – Vada Chennai Samuthirakani – Kaala Sathyaraj – Kanaa Silambarasan – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam	Rajendra Prasad – Mahanati Aadhi Pinisetty – Rangasthalam Murali Sharma – Vijetha Naresh – Sammohanam Ramki – RX 100
Kannada	Malayalam
Achyuth Kumar – K.G.F: Chapter 1 Karthik Jayaram – Aa Karaala Ratri Radhakrishna Urala – Ammachi Yemba Nenapu Roger Narayan – Humble Politician Nograj Vasishta N. Simha – Tagaru	Roshan Mathew – Koode Arjun Ashokan – B.Tech Dileesh Pothan – Joseph/Ee.Ma.Yau K. T. C. Abdullah – Sudani from Nigeria Siddharth – Kammara Sambhavam
SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Easwari Rao – Kaala Andrea Jeremiah – Vada Chennai Ramya Krishnan – Thaanaa Serndha Koottam Saranya Ponvannan – Kolamavu Kokila Poorna – Savarakathi	Anasuya – Rangasthalam Asha Sarath – Bhaagamathie Jayasudha – Srinivasa Kalyanam Ramya Krishnan – Sailaja Reddy Alludu Supriya - Goodachari
Kannada	Malayalam
Archana Jois – K.G.F: Chapter 1 Ashvithi Shetty – Ananthu Vs Nusrath Bhavana Menon – Tagaru Kavya Sha – Loud Speaker Shreya Anchan – Katheyondu Shuruvagide	Lena – Aadhi Muthumani – Uncle Mala Parvathy – Koode Savithri Sreedharan – Sudani from Nigeria Urvashi – Aravindante Athidhikal
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role
Tamil	Telugu
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Sarkar Akshay Kumar – 2.0 Anurag Kashyap – Imaikka Nodigal Arjun – Irumbu Thirai Simran – Seema Raja	Sarathkumar – Naa Peru Surya, Naa Illu India Jagapati Babu – Rangasthalam Jayaram – Bhaagamathie Kunal Kapoor – Devadas R. Madhavan – Savyasachi
Kannada	Malayalam
Dhananjay – Tagaru Balakrishna. P – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Danny – Tharakasura Ramachandra Raju – K.G.F: Chapter 1 P. Ravishankar – Ayogya	Sharafudheen – Varathan Ganesh Venkatraman – My Story Jagapathi Babu – Aadhi Joju George – Njan Marykutty Prakash Raj – Odiyan
SIIMA Award for Best Comedian
Tamil	Telugu
Yogi Babu – Kolamavu Kokila Revathi – Gulaebaghavali Sathish – Tamizh Padam 2 Shiva – Kalakalappu 2 Soori – Kadaikutty Singam	Satya– Chalo Prudhviraj – Sailaja Reddy Alludu Sunil – Amar Akbar Anthony Vennela Kishore – Chi La Sow Vishnu – Taxiwala
Kannada	Malayalam
Prakash Thuminad - Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Chikkanna – Raambo 2 Kuri Prathap – Ayogya Sadhu Kokila – Victory 2 Vijay Chendur – Humble Politician Nograj	Aju Varghese – Aravindante Athidhikal Dharmajan – Kuttanadan Marpappa Hareesh Perumanna – Ente Ummante Peru Navas Vallikkunnu – Sudani from Nigeria Sharafudheen– Johny Johny Yes Papa

Debut awards

SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Dinesh - Oru Kuppa Kathai Adhithya Bhaskar – 96 Anthony – Merku Thodarchi Malai Darshan – Kanaa Saravanan - Raatchasan	Kalyan Dev – Vijetha Aashish Gandhi – Natakam Rahul Vijay – Ee Maaya Peremito Srinivasa Sayee – Subhalekha + Lu Sumanth Sailendra – Brand Babu
Kannada	Malayalam
Danish Sait – Humble Politician Nograj Naveen Shankar – Gultoo Niranjan Sudhindra – Second Half Prakyath Paramesh – Naduve Antharavirali Vaibhav – Tharakasura	Pranav Mohanlal – Aadhi Bibin George – Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha Druvan Druv – Queen Kalidas Jayaram – Poomaram Senthil Krishna – Chalakkudykkaran Changathy
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Raiza Wilson – Pyaar Prema Kaadhal Amritha Aiyer - Padaiveeran Ditya – Lakshmi Gouri G. Kishan – 96 Ivana – Naachiyaar	Payal Rajput – RX 100 Ashima Narwal – Natakam Kiara Advani – Bharat Ane Nenu Nabha Natesh – Nannu Dochukunduvate Nidhi Agerwal – Savyasachi Ruhani Sharma - Chi La Sow
Kannada	Malayalam
Anupama Gowda – Aa Karaala Ratri Aishwarya Arjun – Prema Baraha Nishvika Naidu – Amma I Love You Sonal Monteiro – Abhisaarike Sonika Gowda – Shathaya Gathaya Srinidhi Shetty - K.G.F: Chapter 1	Sania Iyappan – Queen Devika Sanjay – Njan Prakashan Neeta Pillai – Poomaram Saranya R. Nair – Maradona Surabhi Santhosh – Kuttanadan Marpappa
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director
Tamil	Telugu
Nelson – Kolamavu Kokila Arunraja Kamaraj – Kanaa C. Premkumar – 96 Lenin Bharathi – Merku Thodarchi Malai Mari Selvaraj – Pariyerum Perumal	Ajay Bhupathi – RX 100 Rahul Ravindran – Chi La Sow Venky Atluri – Tholi Prema Venky Kudumala – Chalo Venu Udugula – Needi Naadi Oke Katha
Kannada	Malayalam
S. Mahesh Kumar – Ayogya Janardhan Chikkanna - Gultoo Raveen Kumara – Naduve Antaravirali Saad Khan – Humble Politician Nograj Senna Hegde – Katheyondu Shuruvagide	Zakariya – Sudani from Nigeria Dijo Jose Anthony - Queen Prajesh Sen – Captain Rathish Ambat – Kammara Sambhavam Va Shrikumar Menon - Odiyan

Music

SIIMA Award for Best Music Director
Tamil	Telugu
Anirudh Ravichander – Kolamavu Kokila A. R. Rahman - Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Govind Vasantha – 96 Santhosh Narayanan – Pariyerum Perumal Yuvan Shankar Raja – Pyaar Prema Kaadhal	Devi Sri Prasad – Rangasthalam Chaitan Bharadwaj - RX 100 Gopi Sundar – Geetha Govindam Mickey J Meyer – Mahanati S. Thaman – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava
Kannada	Malayalam
Ravi Basrur - K.G.F: Chapter 1 Arjun Janya – Ayogya Charan Raj – Tagaru Judah Sandhy – Thayige Thakka Maga Vasuki Vaibhav – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai	Sushin Shyam – Varathan, Maradona Kailas Menon - Theevandi Ranjan Raj – Joseph Rex Vijayan – Sudani from Nigeria Shaan Rahman – Aravindante Athidhikal
SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist
Tamil	Telugu
Vignesh Shivan - "Naana Thaana" from 'Thaanaa Serndha Koottam Karthik Netha - "Kadhale Kadhale" from 96 Madhan Karky – "Kurumba" from Tik Tik Tik Na. Muthukumar – "Pulinangal" from 2.0 Viveka – "Pottakattil Poovasam" from Pariyerum Perumal	Chandrabose – "Yentha Sakkagunnave" from Rangasthalam Anantha Sriram - "Inkem Inkem" from Geetha Govindam Krishnakanth – "Maate Vinadugaa" from Taxiwaala Ramajogayya Sastry – "Peniviti" from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – "Mooga Manasulu" from Mahanati
Kannada	Malayalam
Chethan Kumar - "Yenammi Yenammi" from Ayogya K. Kalyan – "Hey Sharadhe" from Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Prem – "Hey Jaleela" from Ambi Ning Vayassaytho Siddhu Kodipura - "Eega Thaane Jaariyagide" from Ananthu Vs Nusrath V. Nagendra Prasad – "Salaam Rocky Bhai" from K.G.F: Chapter 1	Vinayak Sasikumar – "Nilapakshikal" from Maradona Ajesh Dasan - "Neramayi" from Poomaram Anwar Ali – "Mizhi Niranju" from Eeda B. K. Harinarayanan – "Jeevamshamayi" from Theevandi Rafeeq Ahamed – "Kondoram" from Odiyan
SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Anthony Daasan - "Sodukku Mela" from 'Thaanaa Serndha Koottam Anirudh Ravichander – "Kalyana Vayasu" from Kolamavu Kokila A. R. Rahman – "Mazhai Kuruvi" from Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Pradeep Kumar – "The Life of Ram" from 96 Sid Sriram - "High on Love" from Pyaar Prema Kaadhal	Anurag Kulkarni - "Pilla Raa" from RX 100 Kaala Bhairava – "Peniviti" from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Kailash Kher – "Vochadayyo Saami" from Bharat Ane Nenu Rahul Sipligunj – "Ranga Ranga" from Rangasthalam Sid Sriram – "Inkem Inkem" from Geetha Govindam
Kannada	Malayalam
H.S Srinivasa Murthy, Mohan, Puneeth Rudranag, Sachin Basrur, Santhosh Venky, Vijay Prakash, Vijay Urs - "Salaam Rocky Bhai" from K.G.F: Chapter 1 Anthony Daasan - "Tagaru Tagaru" from Tagaru Naveen Sajju – "Yenne Namdu" from Kanaka Sanjith Hegde – "Shakunthale Sikkalu" from Naduve Antaravirali Vasuki Vaibhav – "Dadda Song" from Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai	Vijay Yesudas – "Poomuthole" from Joseph Biju Narayanan – "Doore" from Njan Marykutty K. S. Harisankar – "Jeevamshamayi" from Theevandi Karthik – "Vaanaville" from Koode / "Neramayi" from Poomaram Shahabaz Aman – "Kurrah" from Sudani from Nigeria
SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Dhee – "Rowdy Baby" from Maari 2 Andrea Jeremiah - "Saadhi Madham" from Vishwaroopam 2 Chinmayi – "Kadhale Kadhale" from 96 Shakthisree Gopalan – "Bhoomi Bhoomi" from Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Shweta Mohan – "Poovukku" from Nimir	M. M. Manasi – "Rangamma Mangamma" from Rangasthalam Chinmayi – "Yenti Yenti" from Geetha Govindam Shreya Ghoshal – "Allasani Vari" from Tholi Prema Shreya Gopuraju – "Tik Tik Tik" from Savyasachi Sunitha Upadrashta – "Chivaraku Migiledi" from Mahanati
Kannada	Malayalam
Ananya Bhat – "Hold On" from Tagaru Asha – "Hey Sharadhe" from Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Airaa Acharya - "Jokae Naanu" from K.G.F: Chapter 1 Palak Muchhal – "Yenammi Yenammi" from Ayogya Shamita Malnad – "Chuttu Chuttu" from Raambo 2	Sithara Krishnakumar – "Maarivil" from Eeda Anne Amie - "Aaraaro" from Koode K. S. Chithra – "Mrudumandahaasam" from Poomaram Prarthana Indrajith – "Laletta" from Mohanlal Shreya Ghoshal – "Neermathalam" from Aami

Critics' choice

Tamil Cinema

• Best Actor - Jayam Ravi – Adanga Maru
• Best Actress - Aishwarya Rajesh – Kanaa

Telugu Cinema

• Best Actor - Vijay Deverakonda – Geetha Govindam
• Best Actress - Samantha Akkineni – Rangasthalam

Kannada Cinema

• Best Actor - Yash - K.G.F Chapter - 1
• Best Actress - Manvitha Harish - Tagaru

Malayalam Cinema

• Best Actor - Prithviraj Sukumaran – Koode
• Best Actress - Trisha – Hey Jude

Special Jury Awards

• Special Appreciation Jury Award : Sudheer Babu – Sammohanam
• Special Jury for Outstanding performance : Kathir – Pariyerum Perumal
• Special Jury for Child Artist (Tamil) : Master Aarav Ravi – Tik Tik Tik

Generation Next Awards

• • Entertainer of the Year : TBA
  • Generation Next Superstar : TBA
  • Most Popular Star in the Middle East : Mohanlal
  • Popular Celebrity on Social Media : Vijay Devarakonda
  • Style Icon of the Year : Yash

References

1. SIIMA Awards 2019: Here’s a complete list of nominees
2. "SIIMA 2019 (South Indian International Movie Awards) on 15th & 16th August in Doha, Qatar". tollywood.net.
3. "SIIMA 2019 FULL nominations list out!". Times Now. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
4. "SIIMA Awards 2019: Here's a complete list of nominees". The Times of India. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
5. "SIIMA Awards Telugu Winners list". CNN-News18. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.(in Telugu)
6. "SIIMA Awards 2019 full winners list". Times Now. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

External links

• Official website