The 8th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held at Qatar on 15–16 August 2019.SIIMA Awards 2019: Here’s a complete list of nominees SIIMA 2019 recognized the best films and performances from the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and music 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.
Honorary awards Suresh Kumar & Menaka Sureshkumar (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Main awards (in Telugu) Film Best FilmTeluguTamilMahanati – Vyjayanthi MoviesAravinda Sametha Veera Raghava – Haarika & Hasinee Creations Bharat Ane Nenu – DVV Entertainments Geetha Govindam – GA2 Pictures Rangasthalam – Mythri Movie Makers
| valign="top" | Pariyerum Perumal – Neelam Productions 96 – Madras Enterprises Kadaikutty Singam – 2D Entertainment Sarkar – Sun Pictures Vada Chennai – Wunderbar Films |- ! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada ! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| 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 EntertainersSudani 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 ProductionsSIIMA Award for Best DirectorTeluguTamilSukumar – Rangasthalam Indraganti Mohan Krishna – Sammohanam Nag Ashwin – Mahanati Parasuram – Geetha Govindam Trivikram Srinivas – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Pandiraj – Kadaikutty Singam Ajay Gnanamuthu – Imaikka Nodigal A. R. Murugadoss – Sarkar Shankar – 2.0 Vetrimaaran – Vada Chennai Kannada MalayalamPrashanth 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 RaiSathyan Anthikkad- Njan Prakashan Amal Neerad – Varathan Lijo Jose Pellissery – Ee.Ma.Yau Rosshan Andrews – Kayamkulam Kochunni Zakariya- Sudani from NigeriaBest CinematographerTeluguTamilR Rathnavelu – Rangasthalam Dani Sanchez-Lopez – Mahanati George C Williams – Tholi Prema Jay Kay – Padi Padi Leche Manasu Shaneil Deo – Goodachari R. D. Rajasekhar – Imaikkaa Nodigal Nirav Shah – 2.0 Sivakumar Vijayan – Kolamavu Kokila Velraj – Vada Chennai S. Venkatesh – Tik Tik Tik Kannada MalayalamBhuvan 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 RaiGireesh Gangadharan –Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil Binod Pradhan – Kayamkulam Kochunni Littil Swayamp – Varathan Nikhil S Praveen – Bhayanakam Shyju Khalid – Sudani From Nigeria,Ee.Ma.Yau
Acting Best ActorTeluguTamil Ram Charan Teja – Rangasthalam Mahesh Babu – Bharat Ane Nenu NTR Jr. – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Dulquer Salmaan – Mahanati Vijay Devarakonda – Geetha Govindam Dhanush – Vada Chennai Vijay – Sarkar Karthi – Kadaikutty Singam Jayam Ravi – Adanga Maru Vijay Sethupathi – 96 KannadaMalayalamYash – K.G.F: Chapter 1 Ananth Nag – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Sathish Ninasam – Ayogya Sharan – Raambo 2 Shiva Rajkumar – TagaruTovino Thomas – Various films Jayasurya – Captain Joju George – Joseph Mohanlal – Odiyan Nivin Pauly – Kayamkulam KochunniBest ActressTeluguTamilKeerthy Suresh – Mahanati Aditi Rao Hydari – Sammohanam Anushka Shetty – Bhaagamathie Rashmika Mandanna – Geetha Govindam Samantha Akkineni – Rangasthalam Trisha Krishnan – 96 Aishwarya Rajesh – Kanaa Jyothika – Kaatrin Mozhi Nayanthara – Kolamavu Kokila Samantha Akkineni – Irumbu Thirai Kannada MalayalamRachita Ram – Ayogya Ashika Ranganath – Raambo 2 Manvitha Harish – Tagaru Shruti Hariharan – Nathicharami Sonu Gowda – GultooAishwarya Lekshmi – Varathan Anu Sithara – Captain Nikhila Vimal – Aravindante Athidhikal Nimisha Sajayan – Eeda Trisha Krishnan – Hey JudeSIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleTeluguTamilRajendra Prasad – Mahanati Aadhi Pinisetty – Rangasthalam Murali Sharma – Vijetha Naresh – Sammohanam Ramki – RX 100 Prakash Raj – 60 Vayadu Maaniram Ameer – Vada Chennai Samuthirakani – Kaala Sathyaraj – Kanaa Silambarasan – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Kannada MalayalamAchyuth Kumar – K.G.F: Chapter 1 Karthik Jayaram – Aa Karaala Ratri Radhakrishna Urala – Ammachi Yemba Nenapu Roger Narayan – Humble Politician Nograj Vasishta N. Simha – TagaruRoshan Mathew – Koode Arjun Ashokan – B.Tech Dileesh Pothan – Joseph/Ee.Ma.Yau K. T. C. Abdullah – Sudani from Nigeria Siddharth – Kammara SambhavamSIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleTeluguTamilAnasuya Bharadwaj – Rangasthalam Asha Sarath – Bhaagamathie Jayasudha – Srinivasa Kalyanam Ramya Krishnan – Sailaja Reddy Alludu Supriya – Goodachari Easwari Rao – Kaala Andrea Jeremiah – Vada Chennai Ramya Krishnan – Thaanaa Serndha Koottam Saranya Ponvannan – Kolamavu Kokila Poorna – Savarakathi Kannada MalayalamArchana Jois – K.G.F: Chapter 1 Ashvithi Shetty – Ananthu Vs Nusrath Bhavana Menon – Tagaru Kavya Sha – Loud Speaker Shreya Anchan – Katheyondu ShuruvagideLena – Aadhi Muthumani – Uncle Mala Parvathy – Koode Savithri Sreedharan – Sudani from Nigeria Urvashi – Aravindante AthidhikalSIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative RoleTeluguTamilSarathkumar – Naa Peru Surya Jagapati Babu – Rangasthalam Jayaram – Bhaagamathie Kunal Kapoor – Devadas R. Madhavan – Savyasachi Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Sarkar Akshay Kumar – 2.0 Anurag Kashyap – Imaikka Nodigal Arjun – Irumbu Thirai Simran – Seema Raja Kannada MalayalamDhananjay – Tagaru Balakrishna. P – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Danny Sapani – Tharakasura Ramachandra Raju – K.G.F: Chapter 1 P. Ravishankar – AyogyaSharafudheen – Varathan Ganesh Venkatraman – My Story Jagapathi Babu – Aadhi Joju George – Njan Marykutty Prakash Raj – OdiyanSIIMA Award for Best ComedianTeluguTamilSathya – Chalo Prudhvi Raj – Sailaja Reddy Alludu Sunil – Amar Akbar Anthony Vennela Kishore – Chi La Sow Vishnu – Taxiwala Yogi Babu – Kolamavu Kokila Revathi – Gulaebaghavali Sathish – Tamizh Padam 2 Shiva – Kalakalappu 2 Soori – Kadaikutty Singam Kannada MalayalamPrakash Thuminad – Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai Chikkanna – Raambo 2 Kuri Prathap – Ayogya Sadhu Kokila – Victory 2 Vijay Chendoor – Humble Politician NograjAju 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 ActorTeluguTamilKalyaan Dhev – Vijetha Aashish Gandhi – Natakam Rahul Vijay – Ee Maaya Peremito Srinivasa Sayee – Subhalekha + Lu Sumanth Sailendra – Brand Babu Dinesh – Oru Kuppa Kathai Adhithya Bhaskar – 96 Anthony – Merku Thodarchi Malai Darshan – Kanaa Saravanan – Raatchasan Kannada MalayalamDanish Sait – Humble Politician Nograj Naveen Shankar – Gultoo Niranjan Sudhindra – Second Half Prakyath Paramesh – Naduve Antharavirali Vaibhav – TharakasuraPranav Mohanlal – Aadhi Bibin George – Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha Druvan Druv – Queen Kalidas Jayaram – Poomaram Senthil Krishna – Chalakkudykkaran ChangathySIIMA Award for Best Debut ActressTeluguTamilPayal Rajput – RX 100 Ashima Narwal – Natakam Kiara Advani – Bharat Ane Nenu Nabha Natesh – Nannu Dochukunduvate Nidhi Agerwal – Savyasachi Ruhani Sharma – Chi La Sow Raiza Wilson – Pyaar Prema Kaadhal Amritha Aiyer – Padaiveeran Ditya – Lakshmi Gouri G. Kishan – 96 Ivana – Naachiyaar Kannada MalayalamAnupama 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 1Saniya Iyappan – Queen Devika Sanjay – Njan Prakashan Neeta Pillai – Poomaram Saranya R. Nair – Maradona Surabhi Santhosh – Kuttanadan MarpappaSIIMA Award for Best Debut DirectorTeluguTamilAjay Bhupathi – RX 100 Rahul Ravindran – Chi La Sow Venky Atluri – Tholi Prema Venky Kudumula – Chalo Venu Udugula – Needi Naadi Oke Katha Nelson – Kolamavu Kokila Arunraja Kamaraj – Kanaa C. Premkumar – 96 Lenin Bharathi – Merku Thodarchi Malai Mari Selvaraj – Pariyerum Perumal Kannada MalayalamS. Mahesh Kumar – Ayogya Janardhan Chikkanna – Gultoo Raveen Kumara – Naduve Antaravirali Saad Khan – Humble Politician Nograj Senna Hegde – Katheyondu ShuruvagideZakariya – Sudani from Nigeria Dijo Jose Anthony – Queen Prajesh Sen – Captain Rathish Ambat – Kammara Sambhavam Va Shrikumar Menon – Odiyan
Music
SIIMA Award for Best Music DirectorTeluguTamilDevi Sri Prasad – Rangasthalam Chaitan Bharadwaj – RX 100 Gopi Sundar – Geetha Govindam Mickey J Meyer – Mahanati S. Thaman – Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Anirudh Ravichander – Kolamavu Kokila A. R. Rahman – Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Govind Vasantha – 96 Santhosh Narayanan – Pariyerum Perumal Yuvan Shankar Raja – Pyaar Prema Kaadhal Kannada MalayalamRavi 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 RaiSushin Shyam – Varathan, Maradona Kailas Menon – Theevandi Ranjan Raj – Joseph Rex Vijayan – Sudani from Nigeria Shaan Rahman – Aravindante AthidhikalSIIMA Award for Best LyricistTeluguTamilChandrabose – "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 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 Kannada MalayalamChethan 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 1Vinayak 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 OdiyanSIIMA Award for Best Male Playback SingerTeluguTamilAnurag Kulkarni – "Pillaa 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 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 Kannada MalayalamH.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 RaiVijay 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 NigeriaSIIMA Award for Best Female Playback SingerTeluguTamilM. M. Manasi – "Rangamma Mangamma" from Rangasthalam