SIIMA 2022: Telugu Nominations (2021)

BEST FILM

• Akhanda (Dwaraka Creations)
• Pushpa – The Rise (Mythri Movie Makers & Muttamsetty Media)
• Love Story (Amigos Creation And Sri Venkateswara Cinemas)
• Jathi Ratnalu (Swapna Cinema)
• Uppena (Mythri Movie Makers & Sukumar Writings)

BEST DIRECTOR

• Sukumar -Pushpa – The Rise
• Boyapati Srinu -Akhanda
• Gopichand Malineni -Krack
• Anudeep Kv -Jathi Ratnalu
• Rahul Sankrityan -Shyam Singha Roy
• Prasanth Varma -Zombie Reddy

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Allu Arjun -Pushpa – The Rise
• Balakrishna -Akhanda
• Naveen Polishetty -Jathi Ratnalu
• Allari Naresh -Naandhi
• Naga Chaitanya -Love Story
• Nani -Shyam Singha Roy

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Rashmika Mandanna -Pushpa – The Rise
• Shruti Haasan -Krack
• Priyamani -Narappa
• Sai Pallavi -Love Story
• Pooja Hegde -Most Eligible Bachelor
• Pragya Jaiswal -Akhanda

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Priyadarshi -Jathi Ratnalu
• Rahul Ramakrishna -Jathi Ratnalu
• Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari -Pushpa – The Rise
• Sai Kumar -SR Kalyanamandapam
• Jagapathi Babu -Maha Samudram

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Ramya Krishnan -Republic
• Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Krack
• Nivetha Thomas -Vakeel Saab
• Poorna -Akhanda
• Nivetha Pethuraj -Red

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR

• DSP -Pushpa – The Rise
• Thaman -Akhanda
• Pawan Ch -Love Story
• Gopi Sundar -Most Eligible Bachelor
• Radhan -Jathi Ratnalu

BEST LYRIC WRITER

• Chandrabose -Srivalli…Pushpa – The Rise
• Mittapalli Surender -Nee Chitram Choosi…Love Story
• Sri Mani -Leharaayi…Most Eligible Bachelor
• Ramajogayya Sastry – Maguva Maguva…Vakeel Saab
• Kalyan Chakravarthy -Amma Song…Akhanda

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)

• Sid Sriram -Srivalli…Pushpa – The Rise
• Ram Miriyala -Chitti…Jathi Ratnalu
• Anurag Kulkarni -Nee Chitram Choosi…Love Story
• Javed Ali, Sreekanth Chandra -Nee Kannu Neeli Samudram…Uppena
• Penchal Das -Bhalegundi Baalaaa….Sreekaram

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)

• Mangli -Saranga Dariya…Love Story
• Mounika Yadav -Saami Saami…Pushpa – The Rise
• Indravathi Chauhan -Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava…Pushpa – The Rise
• Shreya Ghoshal -Jala Jala Jalapaatham Nuvvu…Uppena
• Sunitha -Neeli Neeli Aakasam…30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela
• Geetha Madhuri -Jai Balayya.. Akhanda

BEST ACTOR IN A NEGATIVE ROLE

• Vijay Sethupathi -Uppena
• Samuthirakani -Krack
• Sunil -Pushpa – The Rise
• Srikanth -Akhanda
• Siddharth -Maha Samudram

BEST DEBUTANT ACTOR

• Vaishnav Tej -Uppena
• Pradeep Machiraju -30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela
• Teja Sajja -Zombie Reddy
• Satya -Vivaha Bhojanambu
• Vikas Vasishta -Cinema Bandi

BEST DEBUTANT ACTRESS

• Krithi Shetty -Uppena
• Sreeleela -Pelli Sandad
• Faria Abdullah -Jathi Ratnalu
• Sandhya Raju -Natyam
• Meenakshi Chaudhary -Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadhu

BEST DEBUTANT DIRECTOR

• Buchi Babu -Uppena
• Vijay Kanakamedala -Naandhi
• Hasith Goli -Raja Raja Chora
• Sridhar Gade -SR Kalyanamandapam
• Praveen Kandregula -Cinema Bandi

BEST DEBUTANT PRODUCER

• Venkat Boyanapalli (Niharika Entertainment) -Shyam Singha Roy
• Satish Varma (SV2 Entertainment) -Naandhi
• Raj Sekhar Varma (Apple Trees Studios) -Zombie Reddy
• Pramod & Raju (Elite Entertainments) -SR Kalyanamandapam
• Ramesh Karutoori ,Venki Pushadapu, Gnana Shekar V.S(Kria Film Corp , Kali Productions) -Gamanam

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

• Mirosław Kuba Brożek -Pushpa: The Rise
• C. Ram Prasad -Akhanda
• G. K. Vishnu -Krack
• Shamdat -Uppena
• Shyam K. Naidu -Narappa

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY ROLE

• Sapthagiri -Varudu Kaavalenu
• Getup Srinu -Zombie Reddy
• Vennela Kishore -Rang De
• Sudarshan -Ek Mini Katha
• Ajay Ghosh – Manchi Rojulochaie