South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) has announced the nominations for the 10th edition. The Saima Awards are for excellence in four South Indian language films. Saima is one of the biggest and most watched film award shows in South India. The 10th edition will be held on September 10 and 11 in Bangalore.
The awards are in the categories of Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Music Direction, Songwriting, Singer, Singer, Best Performance in a Negative Character, Newcomer Actor, Newcomer Actress, Debut Director, Debut Producer, Cinematography and Comedy. Winners will be selected through an online voting system. Fans can vote for their favorite stars and films on www.siima.in and SIIMA’s Facebook page.
Malayalam nominations
Picture – The Great Indian Kitchen, Kurup, Minnal Murali, Monday Nixham, Joji
Actor- Tovino Thomas (Minnal Murali, Kala), Biju Menon (Who Knows), Dulquer Salmaan (Kurrup), Jayasuriya (Water), Fahad Fazil (Malik), Joju George (Nayat)
Actress- Parvathy Thiruvoth (Who Knows), Rajisha Vijayan (Love), Aishwarya Lakshmi (Kanekane), Mamta Mohandas (Bhraam), Sobhita Dhulipala (Kurup), Nimisha Sajayan (The Great Indian Kitchen)
Director- Jeethu Joseph (Scene 2), Dileesh Pothan (Joji), Senna Hegde (Monday Confirmation), Basil Joseph (Minnal Murali), Mahesh Narayanan (Malik).
Supporting Actor- Moore (Kala), Chemban Vinod Jose (Churali), Sharafuddin (Who Knows), Murali Gopi (Scene 2), Baburaj (Joji)
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Supporting Actress- Shelly Kishore (Minnal Murali, Manju Pillai (Home), Unnimaya Prasad (Joji), Shruti Ramachandran (Kanekane), Mamita Baiju (Kho Kho)
Music Direction- Sushin Shyam (Black), Bijipal (Water), Rony Raphael (Marakaar Lion of the Arabian Sea), Ranjin Raj (Kanekane), Hisham Abdul Wahab, Govind Vasantha (Medhu)
Lyricist- Anwar Ali (Daylights- Kurup), Manu Manjit (Uirey- Minnal Murali), Muhsin Perari (Together- Giant’s Way), Nidhish Naderi (Akamayayavele- Water), Vinayak Sasikumar (Palnilavin- Kanekane)
Playback Singers- KS Harishankar (Kamini- Anugreethan Anthony), Shahbaz Aman (Akamayavale- Water), Pradeep Kumar (Limited Time- Madhur), MG Sreekumar (Ilaveil- Marakaar), Mithun Jayaraj (Uire- Minnal Murali)
Playback Singers- Sitara Krishnakumar (Palnilavin- Kanekane), Shweta Mohan (Mayande- Chaturmugam), Neha Nair (Pakaliravum- Kurup), Sujatha Mohan (Neelambale- The Priest), KS Chitra (Theerame- Malik)
Negative Character- Shine Tom Chacko (Kurup), Jinu Joseph (Bheeman’s Way), Irshad (Wolf), Dileesh Pothan (Malik), Guru Somasundaram (Minnal Murali)
Newcomer Actor- Dinesh P (Nayat), Joji Mundakayam (Joji), Jay J Jekerit (Marakaar), Alex Allister (Joji), Sanal Aman (Malik)
Newcomer Actress- Anagha Narayanan (Fixed Monday), Gopika Udayan (Kunjeldo), Yama Gilgamesh (Nayat), Ajisha Prabhakaran (Fixed Monday), Femina George (Minnal Murali).
Debut Director- Sanu John Varghese (Who Knows), Tarun Murthy (Operation Java), Kavya Prakash (Wank), Jeeva KJ (Richter Scale 7.6), Chidambaram (Jan A Man)
Debut Producer- Friendly Productions (Water), Cheers Entertainment (Jan A Man), Nationwide Pictures (Back), Sasa Productions (Aha), Mankind Cinemas, Symmetry Cinemas (The Great Indian Kitchen)
Cinematography- Madhu Neelakandan (Churuli), Sanu John Varghese (Malik), Sameer Tahir (Minnal Murali), Nimish Ravi (Kurup), Shaiju Khalid (Nayat)
Comedian- Aju Varghese (Minnal Murali), Naslen K Ghafoor (Home), Basil Joseph (Jan A Mann), Vinay Fort (Mohan Kumar Fans), Johnny Antony (Home)
Last Updated Aug 23, 2022, 9:51 PM IST
