SIIMA 2018: Malayalam Nominations

If there’s one award show movie lovers are looking forward to this season, it is the SIIMA 2018. The South Indian International Movie Award (SIIMA) is one of the biggest events which awards the brightest and most talented actors and technicians of the Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil cinema industry. And 2018 is no different, as the organizers have announced the dates for the seventh edition of the most-awaited awards show. They took to their Twitter handle to say, “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)”.

Set to take place on 14th and 15th September in Dubai, the awards show will feature some of the popular stars of Indian cinema. SIIMA has announced the list of nominees for Malayalam cinema.  Take a look at this list to find out if your favourite stars have been nominated.

BEST FILM

• Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Winner
• Take Off
• Mayaanadhi
• Angamaly Diaries
• Parava

BEST DIRECTOR

• Lijo Jose Pellissery (Angamaly Diaries) Winner
• Mahesh Narayan (Take Off)
• Dileesh Pothan (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
• Soubin Shahir (Parava) Aashiq Abu (Mayaanadhi)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE(MALE)

• Mammootty (The Great Father)
• Dulquer Salmaan (Solo)
• Tovino Thomas (Mayaanadhi)
• Nivin Pauly (Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela) Winner
• Fahadh Faasil (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)

• Parvathy (Take Off)
• Aishwarya Lekshmi (Mayaanadhi) Winner
• Nimisha Sajayan (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
• Anu Sithara (Ramante Edanthottam)
• Manju Warrier (Udaharanam Sujatha)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

• Suraj Venjarammoodu (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
• Joju George (Ramante Edanthottam)
• Mukesh (Jomonte Suvisheshangal)
• Kunchacko Boban (Take Off)
• Shane Nigam (Parava) Winner

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

• Mamta Mohandas (Udaharanam Sujatha)
• Asha Sarath (Sunday Holiday) Winner
• Chandini Sreedharan (Cia)
• Amala Akkineni (C/o Saira Banu)
• Shanthi Krishna (Njandukalude Naattil Oridavela)

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR

• Rex Vijayan (Parava)
• Gopi Sundar (Cia) Prashant Pillai
• (Angamaly Diaries)
• Bijibal (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
• Shaan Rahman (Velipadinte Pusthakam) Winner

BEST LYRIC WRITER

• Anwar Ali (Mizhiyil Ninnum… Mayaanadhi)
• Vinayak Sasikumar (Pyaar Pyaar… Parava)
• B K Harinarayanan (Njanum Neeyum… Theeram)
• Manu Manjith (Aaro Nenjil… Godha) Winner
• Santhosh Varma (Akaleyoru… Ramante Edenthottam)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)

• Haricharan (Lailakame… Ezra)
• Shahabaz Aman (Mizhiyil… Mayaanadhi)
• Arvind Venugopal (Mazha Paadum… Sunday Holiday)
• Vineeth Sreenivasan (Janah Meri Janah… Cappuccino) Winner
• Vijay Yesudas (Ivalaaro… Oru Mexican Aparatha)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)

• Shweta Mohan (Ozhukiyozhuki… Oru Cinemakkaaran)
• Soumya Ramakrishnan (Kannile Poika… Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
• K S Chithra (Nadavathil… Kambhoji) Winner
• Gowry Lekshmi (Aaro Nenjil… Godha)
• Sujatha Mohan (Neelakasham… Jomonte Suvisheshangal)

BEST ACTOR IN A NEGATIVE ROLE

• Murali Gopy (Kaattu)
• Sarath ‘appani’ (Angamaly Diaries) Winner
• Chemban Vinod Jose (Velipadinte Pusthakam)
• Unni Mukundan (Masterpiece)
• Soubin Shahir (Parava)

BEST DEBUTANT DIRECTOR

• Soubin Shahir (Parava)
• Jay K (Ezra)
• Arun Gopy (Ramaleela)
• Mahesh Narayan (Take Off)
• Haneef Adeni (The Great Father)

BEST DEBUTANT ACTOR (MALE)

• Antony Varghese (Angamaly Diaries) Winner
• Amal Shah/govind Pai (Parava)
• Sarath ‘appani’ (Angamaly Diaries)
• Arjun Ashokan (Parava) Askar Ali (Honey Bee 2.5)

BEST DEBUTANT ACTOR (FEMALE)

• Wamiqa Gabbi (Godha)
• Aishwarya Lekshmi (Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela)
• Santhy Balachandran (Tharangam)
• Nimisha Sajayan (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum) Winner
• Reshma Anna Rajan (Angamaly Diaries)

BEST COMEDIAN

• Hareesh Perumanna (Rakshadhikary Baiju Oppu)
• Jacob Gregory (Jomonte Suvisheshangal)
• Dharmajan Bolgatty (Punyalan Private Limited)
• Saiju Kurup (Aadu 2)
• Aju Varghese (Godha) Winner

Would you like your favourite to win? Then start voting right away!

Take a look at the list of winners