SIIMA 2018: Tamil Nominations

If there’s one awards show movie lovers are looking forward to this season 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 make an announcement about the 2018 ceremony. They wrote, “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 the Tamil film industry
Take a look at this list to find out if your favourite stars have been nominated.

Best Film

• Mersal Winner
• Aruvi
• Vikram Vedha
• Aramm
• Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru

Best Director

• Atlee (Mersal) Winner
• H Vinoth (Theeran Adhigaaramj Ondru)
• Pushkar – Gayathri (Vikram Vedha)
• Gopi Nainar (Aram)
• Arun Prabu Purushothaman (Aruvi)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE ( MALE )

• Vijay (Mersal)
• Karthi (Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru )
• Sivakarthikeyan (Velaikkaran) Winner
• Vjay Sethupathi (Vikram Vedha)
• R. Madhavan (Vikram Vedha)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE ( FEMALE )

• Nayanthara (Aramm) Winner
• Andrea Jeremiah (Taramani)
• Aditi Balan (Aruvi)
• Jyothika (Magalir Mattum)
• Nithya Menen (Mersal )

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ( MALE )

• Bobby Simha (Thiruttu Payale 2 )
• Vikranth (Thondan )
• Vivek Prasanna (Meyaadha Maan)
• Ms Bhaskar (8 Thottakkal) Winner
• Barathiraja (Kurangu Bommai)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ( FEMALE )

• Anjali Varathan (Aruvi)
• Sneha (Velaikkaran)
• Varalaxmi Sarathkumar (Vikram Vedha/ Nibunan)
• Shivada (Adhe Kangal) Winner
• Indhuja Ravichandran (Meyaadha Maan)

BEST ACTOR IN A NEGATIVE ROLE

• SJ.Surya (Mersal – Spyder) Winner
• Prasanna (Thiruttu Payale 2)
• Arvind Swami (Bogan )
• Fahadh Faasil (Velaikkaran)
• Vivek Oberoi (Vivegam)

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR

• AR Rahman (Mersal & Kaatru Veliyidai) Winner
• Anirudh (Velaikkaran & Vivegam)
• D. Imman (Bogan)
• Hiphop Tamizha (Meesaya Murukku)
• Sam C.s (Vikram Vedha)

BEST LYRIC WRITER

• Vairamuthu (Vaan – Kaatru Veliyidai)
• Dhanush (Venpani Malarae – Pa Pandi)
• Vivek (Aala Poraan – Mersal) Winner
• Madhan Karky (Azhagiye – Kaatru Veliyidai)
• Viveka (Karuthavanlaam – Velaikkaran)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER ( MALE )

• Anirudh Ravichander (Yaanji – Vikramvedha)

• Haricharan / Arjun Chandy (Azhagiye – Kaatru Veliyidai)
• Hiphop Tamizha/ Sudarshan Ashok (Kavan (oxygen)
• Ar Rahman ( Neethanae – Mersal )

• Sid Sriram (Maacho- Mersal ) Winner

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)

• Luksimi Sivaneswaralingam (Senthoora -Bogan) Winner
• Shweta Mohan (Paarthen – Pa Pandi)
• Shashaa Tirupati (Vaan – Kaatru Veliyidai)
• Shreya Ghoshal (Neethanae – Mersal)
• Shakthisree Gopalan (Yaanji – Vikramvedha )

BEST DEBUTANT ACTOR ( MALE )

• Hiphop Tamizha Adhi (Meesaya Murukku )
• Vasanth Ravi (Taramani ) Winner
• Vetri (8 Thottakkal)
• Kalidas Jayaram (Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyaum)

BEST DEBUTANT ACTOR ( FEMALE )

• Sayyeshaa Saigal (Vanamagan)
• Priya Bhavani Shankar ( Meyaadha Maan)
• Aditi Balan (Aruvi)
• Aditi Rao Hydari (Kaatru Veliyidai) Winner
• Shraddha Srinath (Vikram Vedha)

BEST DEBUTANT DIRECTOR

• Dhanush ( Pa Pandi)
• Lokesh Kanagaraj ( Maanagaram)
• Rajkumar Periasamy (Rangoon)
• Arun Prabhu Purushothaman (Aruvi ) Winner
• Gopi Nainar ( Aramm )

BEST COMEDIAN

• Yogi Babu (Mersal)
• Soori (Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae) Winner
• Robo Shankar (Velaikkaran)
• Rj Balaji ( Ivan Thanthiran)
• Anandaraj ( Maragadha Naanayam)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

• Ravi Varman (Kaatru Veliyidai ) Winner
• Ramji (Velaikkaran )
• G.k Vishnu (Mersal )
• Vetri ( Vivegam )
• Sathyan Sooryan (Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru)

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

Take a look at the list of winners here.