SIIMA Winners List 2024 (Telugu, Kannada): Nani, Rakshit Shetty Win Best Actor; Mrunal Best Actress

SIIMA Winners List 2024: The first day of the South Indian International Movie Awards aka SIIMA took place on Saturday evening with Nani, Rakshit Shetty, Mrunal Thakur, and Keerthy Suresh bagging the biggest awards of the night. Taking place in Dubai this weekend, Nani took home Best Actor (Telugu) for Dussehra whereas Rakshit won the same award in Kannada for Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A. Nani’s films Dasara and Hi Nanna also picked up several other awards.

Both the films’ leading ladies, Keerthy Suresh, and Mrunal Thakur won Best Actress (Telugu) at SIIMA 2024. Meanwhile, Kaatera bagged Best Film in Kannada and Nandamuri Balakrishna starrer Bhagavanth Kesari won Best Film in Telugu. Vijay Devarakonda’s brother Anand Devarakonda won Best Actor in a Leading Role (Critics). Check out the complete winners list:

SIIMA 2024 Winners (Telugu):

Best Actor: Nani (Dasara)

Best Actress: Keerthy Suresh (Dasara)

Best Director: Srikanth Odela (Dasara)

Best Actor (Critics): Anand Deverakonda (Baby)

Best Actress (Critics): Mrinal Thakur (Hi Nanna)

Best Movie: Bhagwant Kesari

Best Actor in Supporting Role: Dixit Shetty (Dasara)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Baby Khiara Khan (Hi Nanna)

Best Debut Actor: Sangeet Shobhan (Mad)

Best Debut Actress: Vaishnavi Chaitanya (Baby)

Best Comedian: Vishnu (Mad)

Best Music Director: Abdul Wahab (Hi Nanna, Khushi)

Best Cinematography: Bhuvana Gowda (Salar)

Best Background Singer: Ram Miryala (Uru Palletooru-Balagam)

Best Debut Director: Souryuv (Hi Dad)

Best Debut Producer: Vaira Entertainments (Hi Dad)

Best Director (Critics): Sai Rajesh

SIIMA 2024 Winners (Kannada):

Best Film: Kaatera

Best Actor: Rakshit Shetty

Best Actress: Chaithra Achar (Toby)

Best Director: Hemanth Rao (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)

Best Debutant Director (Kannada): Nithin Krishnamurthy (Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare)

Best Actor (Critics): Dhananjaya (Gurudev Hoysala)

Best Actress (Critics): Rukmini Vasanth (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)

Best Debutant Actress: Aradhanaa (Kaatera)

Best Actor in Negative Role: Ramesh Indira (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)

Best Music Director: V Harikrishna (Kaatera)

Best Playback Singer (Female): Mangli (Kaatera)

Best Playback Singer (Male): Kapil Kapilan (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)

Excellence in Cinema Award: Shivaraj Kumar

Congratulations to all the winners so far.