Editing 8th South Indian International Movie Awards

{{Infobox film awards
| number              = 8
| award               = SIIMA Awards
| award_link          = South Indian International Movie Awards
| image               =
| caption             =
| date                = August 15 – 16, 2019
| site                = {{flagicon|Qatar}}[[Lusail Sports Arena]], [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
|host                 =[[Rahul Ramakrishna]], [[Suma Kanakala]], [[Priyadarshi Pulikonda]], [[Mirchi Shiva]], [[Anupama Gowda]], [[ Pearle Maaney]]
| producer            =[[Vibri Media Group]]
| director            = 
| organizer           =[[Vibri Media Group]]
| best_picture        = 
| best_direction      = 
| best_direction_film = 
| best_actor          = 
| best_actor_film     = 
| best_actress        = 
| best_actress_film   = 
| most_wins           = ''[[Rangasthalam ]]'',''[[K.G.F: Chapter 1 ]]'' — 8
| most_nominations    = 
| channel             = [[Gemini TV]] (Telugu),<br />[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] (Tamil),<br />[[Surya TV ]](Malayalam),<br />[[Udaya TV]](Kannada)
| network             = {{flagicon|India}}[[Sun TV Network]]
| duration            = 
| ratings             = 
| last                = [[7th South Indian International Movie Awards|7th]]
| next                = [[9th South Indian International Movie Awards|9th]]
}}

The '''8th South Indian International Movie Awards''' is an awards event held at [[Qatar]] on August 15 – 16, 2019.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/siima-awards-2019-heres-a-complete-list-of-nominees/articleshow/70287216.cms SIIMA Awards 2019: Here’s a complete list of nominees]</ref> [[South Indian International Movie Awards|SIIMA]] 2019 recognized the best films and performances from the past year in [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]], [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] and [[Kannada cinema|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tollywood.net/siima-2019-south-indian-international-movie-awards-on-15th-16th-august-in-doha-qatar/|title=SIIMA 2019 (South Indian International Movie Awards) on 15th & 16th August in Doha, Qatar|publisher=tollywood.net}}</ref>

== Honorary awards ==
* Suresh Kumar & [[Menaka Sureshkumar]] ([[SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Award]])

== Main awards winners and nominees ==
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/article/siima-2019-full-nominations-list-out-vijay-sethupathi-samantha-akkineni-and-others-bag-top-honours/455922|title=SIIMA 2019 FULL nominations list out!|website=Times Now|date=18 July 2019|access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/siima-awards-2019-heres-a-complete-list-of-nominees/articleshow/70287216.cms|title=SIIMA Awards 2019: Here’s a complete list of nominees|website=The Times of India|date=19 July 2019|access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telugu.news18.com/photogallery/movies/siima-awards-telugu-winners-list-best-actor-ram-charan-best-actress-keerthy-suresh-ta-279896-page-4.html|title=SIIMA Awards Telugu Winners list|website=CNN-News18|date=16 August 2019|access-date=19 January 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/south-gossip/article/siima-awards-2019-full-winners-list-vijay-deverakonda-keerthy-suresh-yash-win-big/470065|title=SIIMA Awards 2019 full winners list|website=Times Now|date=17 August 2019|access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref>
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" |
|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; width:3000px; text-align:center;"|<big>Best Film</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; width:50%; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; width:50%; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Film (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Pariyerum Perumal]]''' – ''[[Pa. Ranjith|Neelam Productions]]''
**''[[96 (film)|96]]'' – ''Madras Enterprises''
**''[[Kadaikutty Singam]]'' – ''[[2D Entertainment]]''
**''[[Sarkar (2018 film)|Sarkar]]'' – ''[[Sun Pictures]]''
**''[[Vada Chennai]]'' – ''[[Wunderbar Films]]''

| valign="top" |
*'''''[[Mahanati]]'' – ''[[Vyjayanthi Movies]]'''''
**''[[Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava]]'' – ''Haarika & Hasinee Creations''
**''[[Bharat Ane Nenu]]'' – ''DVV Entertainments''
**''[[Geetha Govindam]]'' – ''[[Geetha Arts|GA2 Pictures]]''
**''[[Rangasthalam]]'' – ''[[Mythri Movie Makers]]''
|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| [[SIIMA Award for Best Film – Malayalam|Malayalam]]
|-
|
*'''''[[K.G.F: Chapter 1]]''''' '''– ''[[Hombale Films]]'''''
**''[[Ayogya (2018 film)|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 Entertainers''

|
*'''''[[Sudani from Nigeria]]'' – ''Happy Hours Entertainments'''''
**''[[Aravindante Athidhikal]]'' – ''Pathiyara Entertainments & Big Bang Entertainments''
**''[[Ee.Ma.Yau]]'' – ''OPM Cinemas & RGK Cinemas''
**''[[Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018 film)|Kayamkulam Kochunni]]'' – ''Sree Gokulam Movies''
**''[[Varathan]]'' – ''[[Fahadh Faasil]] & Friends & [[Amal Neerad]] Productions''

|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|<big>'''SIIMA Award for Best Director'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Director (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Pandiraj]] – ''[[Kadaikutty Singam]]'''''
**[[R. Ajay Gnanamuthu|Ajay Gnanamuthu]] – ''[[Imaikka Nodigal]]''
**[[A. R. Murugadoss]] – ''[[Sarkar (2018 film)|Sarkar]]''
**[[S. Shankar|Shankar]] – ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]''
**[[Vetrimaaran]] – ''[[Vada Chennai]]''

| valign="top" |
*'''[[Sukumar (director)|Sukumar]] – ''[[Rangasthalam]]'''''
**[[Mohan Krishna Indraganti|Indraganti Mohan Krishna]] – ''[[Sammohanam (2018 film)|Sammohanam]]''
**[[Nag Ashwin]] – ''[[Mahanati]]''
**[[Parasuram (director)|Parasuram]] – ''[[Geetha Govindam]]''
**[[Trivikram Srinivas]] – ''[[Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| [[SIIMA Award for Best Director – Malayalam|Malayalam]]
|-
|
*'''[[Prashanth 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 Rai]]''

|
*'''[[Sathyan Anthikkad]]- ''[[Njan Prakashan]]'''''
**[[Amal Neerad]] – ''[[Varathan]]''
**[[Lijo Jose Pellissery]] – ''[[Ee.Ma.Yau]]''
**[[Rosshan Andrews]] – ''[[Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018 film)|Kayamkulam Kochunni]]''
**[[Zakariya]]- ''[[Sudani from Nigeria]]''
|-

|-
! rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82;" !align="center"|<big>Best Cinematographer</big>
|-
|-
! style="background:#efac00;" !align="center"|Tamil
! style="background:#efeb00;" !align="center"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[R. D. Rajasekhar]] – ''[[Imaikkaa Nodigal]]'''''
**[[Nirav Shah]] – ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]''
**[[Sivakumar Vijayan]] – ''[[Kolamavu Kokila]]''
**[[Velraj]] – ''[[Vada Chennai]]''
**S. Venkatesh – ''[[Tik Tik Tik (2018 film)|Tik Tik Tik]]''
| valign="top" |
*'''[[R. Rathnavelu|R Rathnavelu]] – ''[[Rangasthalam]]'''''
**Dani Sanclez-Lopez – ''[[Mahanati]]''
**[[George C. Williams (cinematographer)|George C Williams]] – [[Tholi Prema (2018 film)|''Tholi Prema'']]
**Jay Kay – ''[[Padi Padi Leche Manasu]]''
**Shaneil Deo – ''[[Goodachari]]''
|-
! style="background:#00def3;" ! align="center"| Kannada
! style="background:#4df300;" ! align="center"| Malayalam
|-
|
*'''[[Bhuvan 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 Rai]]''
|
*'''[[Girish Gangadharan|Gireesh Gangadharan]] –''[[Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil]]'''''
**[[Binod Pradhan]]  – ''[[Kayamkulam Kochunni]]''
**[[Littil Swayamp]]  – ''[[Varathan]]''
**[[Nikhil S. Praveen|Nikhil S Praveen]]  – ''[[Bhayanakam]]''
**[[Shyju Khalid]] – ''[[Sudani From Nigeria]]'',''[[Ee.Ma.Yau]]''

|}

=== Acting ===
{| class="wikitable" |
|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; width:3000px; text-align:center;"|<big>[[SIIMA Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; width:50%; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA for Best Actor – Tamil|Tamil]]
! ! style="background:#efeb00; width:50%; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Actor (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] – ''[[Sarkar (2018 film)|Sarkar]]'''''
**[[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] – ''[[Irumbu Thirai]]''
**[[Karthi]] – ''[[Kadaikutty Singam]]''
**[[Siva Karthikeyan]] – ''[[Seema Raja]]''
**[[Vijay Sethupathi]] – ''[[96 (film)|96]]''
**[[Vishnu Vishal]] - [[Raatchasan]]

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*'''[[Ram Charan Teja]]''' – '''''[[Rangasthalam]]'''''
**[[Mahesh Babu]] – ''[[Bharat Ane Nenu]]''
**[[NTR Jr.]] – ''[[Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava]]''
**[[Dulquer Salmaan ]] – ''[[Mahanati]]''
**[[Vijay Devarakonda]] – ''[[Geetha Govindam]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA for Best Actor – Malayalam|Malayalam]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Yash (actor)|Yash]] – ''[[K.G.F: Chapter 1]]'''''
**[[Ananth Nag]] – ''[[Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai]]''
**[[Sathish Ninasam]] – ''[[Ayogya (2018 film)|Ayogya]]''
**[[Sharan (actor)|Sharan]] – ''[[Raambo 2]]''
**[[Shiva Rajkumar]] – ''[[Tagaru]]''

|
*'''[[Tovino Thomas]] – ''[[Theevandi|Various films]]'''''
**[[Jayasurya]] – ''[[Captain (2018 film)|Captain]]''
**[[Joju George]] – ''[[Joseph (2018 film)|Joseph]]''
**[[Mohanlal]] – ''[[Odiyan (film)|Odiyan]]''
**[[Nivin Pauly]] – ''[[Kayamkulam Kochunni]]''

|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|<big>[[SIIMA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Trisha Krishnan]] – ''[[96 (film)|96]]'''''
**[[Aishwarya Rajesh]] – ''[[Kanaa (film)|Kanaa]]''
**[[Jyothika]] – ''[[Kaatrin Mozhi]]''
**[[Nayanthara]] – ''[[Kolamavu Kokila]]''
**[[Samantha Akkineni]] – ''[[Irumbu Thirai]]''

| valign="top" |
*'''[[Keerthy Suresh]]– ''[[Mahanati]]'''''
**[[Aditi Rao Hydari]] – ''[[Sammohanam (2018 film)|Sammohanam]]''
**[[Anushka Shetty]] – ''[[Bhaagamathie]]''
**[[Rashmika Mandanna]] – ''[[Geetha Govindam]]''
**[[Samantha Akkineni]] – ''[[Rangasthalam]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam
|-
|
*'''[[Rachita Ram]]''' '''– ''[[Ayogya (2018 film)|Ayogya]]'''''
**[[Ashika Ranganath]] – ''[[Raambo 2]]''
**[[Manvitha Harish]] – ''[[Tagaru]]''
**[[Shruti Hariharan]] – ''[[Nathicharami]]''
**[[Sonu Gowda]] – ''[[Gultoo]]''
|
*'''[[Aishwarya Lekshmi]]– ''[[Varathan]]'''''
**[[Anu Sithara]] – ''[[Captain (2018 film)|Captain]]''
**[[Nikhila Vimal]] – ''[[Aravindante Athidhikal]]''
**[[Nimisha Sajayan]] – ''[[Eeda]]''
**[[Trisha Krishnan]] – ''[[Hey Jude (film)|Hey Jude]]''
|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|<big>'''SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Prakash Raj]] – ''[[60 Vayadu Maaniram]]'''''
**[[Ameer (director)|Ameer]] – ''[[Vada Chennai]]''
**[[Samuthirakani]] – ''[[Kaala (2018 film)|Kaala]]''
**[[Sathyaraj]] – ''[[Kanaa (film)|Kanaa]]''
**[[Silambarasan]] – ''[[Chekka Chivantha Vaanam]]''

| valign="top" |
*'''[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] – ''[[Mahanati]]'''''
**[[Aadhi Pinisetty]] – ''[[Rangasthalam]]''
**[[Murali Sharma]] – ''[[Vijetha (film)|Vijetha]]''
**[[Naresh (actor)|Naresh]] – ''[[Sammohanam (2018 film)|Sammohanam]]''
**[[Ramki]] – ''[[RX 100 (film)|RX 100]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam
|-
|
*'''[[Achyuth Kumar]] – ''[[K.G.F: Chapter 1]]'''''
**[[Karthik Jayaram]] – ''[[Aa Karaala Ratri]]''
**Radhakrishna Urala – ''[[Ammachi Yemba Nenapu]]''
**[[Roger Narayan]] – ''[[Humble Politician Nograj]]''
**[[Vasishta N. Simha]] – ''[[Tagaru]]''
|

*'''[[Roshan Mathew]] – ''[[Koode]]'''''
**[[Arjun Ashokan]] – ''[[B.Tech (film)|B.Tech]]''
**[[Dileesh Pothan]] – ''[[Joseph (2018 film)|Joseph]]''/''[[Ee.Ma.Yau]]''
**[[K. T. C. Abdullah]] – ''[[Sudani from Nigeria]]''
**[[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth]] – ''[[Kammara Sambhavam]]''
|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|<big>'''SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Easwari Rao]] – ''[[Kaala (2018 film)|Kaala]]'''''
**[[Andrea Jeremiah]] – ''[[Vada Chennai]]''
**[[Ramya Krishnan]] – ''[[Thaanaa Serndha Koottam]]''
**[[Saranya Ponvannan]] – ''[[Kolamavu Kokila]]''
** [[Shamna Kasim|Poorna]] – ''[[Savarakathi]]''

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*'''[[Anasuya Bharadwaj]] – ''[[Rangasthalam]]'''''
**[[Asha Sarath]] – ''[[Bhaagamathie]]''
**[[Jayasudha]] – ''[[Srinivasa Kalyanam (2018 film)|Srinivasa Kalyanam]]''
**[[Ramya Krishnan]] – ''[[Sailaja Reddy Alludu]]''
**Supriya – ''[[Goodachari]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam
|-
|
*'''Archana Jois – ''[[K.G.F: Chapter 1]]'''''
**Ashvithi Shetty – ''[[Ananthu Vs Nusrath]]''
**[[Bhavana Menon]] – ''[[Tagaru]]''
**Kavya Sha – ''Loud Speaker''
**Shreya Anchan – ''[[Katheyondu Shuruvagide]]''

|
*'''[[Lena (actress)|Lena]] – ''[[Aadhi]]'''''
**[[Muthumani]] – ''[[Uncle (film)|Uncle]]''
**Mala Parvathy – ''[[Koode]]''
**[[Savithri Sreedharan]] – ''[[Sudani from Nigeria]]''
**[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] – ''[[Aravindante Athidhikal]]''

|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|<big>'''SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Varalaxmi Sarathkumar]] – ''[[Sarkar (2018 film)|Sarkar]]'''''
**[[Akshay Kumar]] – ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]''
**[[Anurag Kashyap]] – ''[[Imaikka Nodigal]]''
**[[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]] – ''[[Irumbu Thirai]]''
**[[Simran (actress)|Simran]] – ''[[Seema Raja]]''

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*'''[[Sarathkumar]] – ''[[Naa Peru Surya, Naa Illu India]]'''''
**[[Jagapati Babu]] – ''[[Rangasthalam]]''
**[[Jayaram]] – ''[[Bhaagamathie]]''
**[[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]] – ''[[Devadas (2018 film)|Devadas]]''
**[[R. Madhavan]] – ''[[Savyasachi (2018 film)|Savyasachi]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam
|-
|
*'''[[Dhananjay (actor)|Dhananjay]] – ''[[Tagaru]]'''''
**Balakrishna. P – ''[[Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai]]''
**Danny – ''Tharakasura''
**[[Ramachandra Raju]] – ''[[K.G.F: Chapter 1]]''
**[[P. Ravishankar]] – ''[[Ayogya (2018 film)|Ayogya]]''
|
*'''[[Sharafudheen]] – ''[[Varathan]]'''''
**[[Ganesh Venkatraman]] – ''[[My Story (film)|My Story]]''
**[[Jagapathi Babu]] – ''[[Aadhi]]''
**[[Joju George]] – ''[[Njan Marykutty]]''
**[[Prakash Raj]] – ''[[Odiyan (film)|Odiyan]]''

|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|<big>'''[[SIIMA Award for Best Comedian (Telugu)|SIIMA Award for Best Comedian]]'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Comedian (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Yogi Babu]] – ''[[Kolamavu Kokila]]'''''
**[[Revathi]] – ''[[Gulaebaghavali]]''
**[[Satish (actor)|Sathish]] – ''[[Tamizh Padam 2]]''
**[[Shiva (actor)|Shiva]] – ''[[Kalakalappu 2]]''
**[[Soori (actor)|Soori]] – ''[[Kadaikutty Singam]]''

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*'''''[[Satya (Telugu actor)|Sathya]]''– ''[[Chalo]]'''''
**[[Prudhvi Raj]] – ''[[Sailaja Reddy Alludu]]''
**[[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] – ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony (2018 film)|Amar Akbar Anthony]]''
**[[Vennela Kishore]] – ''[[Chi La Sow]]''
**[[Vishnu]] – ''[[Taxiwaala (2018)|Taxiwala]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam
|-
|
*'''Prakash Thuminad – ''[[Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai]]'''''
**[[Chikkanna]] – ''[[Raambo 2]]''
**[[Kuri Prathap]] – ''[[Ayogya (2018 film)|Ayogya]]''
**[[Sadhu Kokila]] – ''[[Victory 2]]''
**[[Vijay Chendoor]] – ''[[Humble Politician Nograj]]''
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*'''[[Aju Varghese]] – ''[[Aravindante Athidhikal]]'''''
**[[Dharmajan]] – ''[[Kuttanadan Marpappa]]''
**[[Hareesh Perumanna]] – ''[[Ente Ummante Peru]]''
**Navas Vallikkunnu – ''[[Sudani from Nigeria]]''
**[[Sharafudheen]]– ''[[Johny Johny Yes Papa]]''
|}

=== Debut awards ===
{| class="wikitable" |
|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; width:3000px; text-align:center;"|<big>'''SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actor'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; width:50%; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; width:50%; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Dinesh (choreographer)|Dinesh]] – ''[[Oru Kuppa Kathai]]'''''
**Adhithya Bhaskar – ''[[96 (film)|96]]''
**Anthony – ''[[Merku Thodarchi Malai]]''
**Darshan – ''[[Kanaa (film)|Kanaa]]''
**Saravanan – ''[[Raatchasan]]''

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*'''[[Kalyaan Dhev]] – ''[[Vijetha (2018 film)|Vijetha]]'''''
**Aashish Gandhi – ''[[Natakam]]''
**[[Rahul Vijay]] – ''[[Ee Maaya Peremito]]''
**Srinivasa Sayee – ''Subhalekha + Lu''
**[[Sumanth Shailendra|Sumanth Sailendra]] – ''Brand Babu''
|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| [[SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Malayalam|Malayalam]]
|-
|
*'''[[Danish Sait]] – ''[[Humble Politician Nograj]]'''''
**Naveen Shankar – ''[[Gultoo]]''
**Niranjan Sudhindra – ''[[Second Half (2018 film)|Second Half]]''
**Prakyath Paramesh – ''Naduve Antharavirali''
**Vaibhav – ''[[Tharakaasura|Tharakasura]]''

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*'''[[Pranav Mohanlal]] – ''[[Aadhi]]'''''
**Bibin George – ''[[Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha]]''
**Druvan Druv – ''[[Queen (2018 film)|Queen]]''
**[[Kalidas Jayaram]] – ''[[Poomaram]]''
**[[Senthil Krishna]] – ''[[Chalakkudykkaran Changathy]]''

|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|<big>'''SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Raiza Wilson]] – ''[[Pyaar Prema Kaadhal]]'''''
**[[Amritha Aiyer]] – ''[[Padaiveeran]]''
**[[Ditya Bhande|Ditya]] – ''[[Lakshmi (2018 film)|Lakshmi]]''
**[[Gouri G. Kishan]] – ''[[96 (film)|96]]''
**[[Ivana (actress)|Ivana]] – ''[[Naachiyaar]]''

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*'''[[Payal Rajput]] – ''[[RX 100 (film)|RX 100]]'''''
**[[Ashima Narwal]] – ''[[Natakam]]''
**[[Kiara Advani]] – ''[[Bharat Ane Nenu]]''
**[[Nabha Natesh]] – ''[[Nannu Dochukunduvate]]''
**[[Nidhi Agerwal]] – ''[[Savyasachi (2018 film)|Savyasachi]]''
**[[Ruhani Sharma]] – ''[[Chi La Sow]]''
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! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| [[SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Malayalam|Malayalam]]
|-
|
*'''''[[Anupama 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 1]]''
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*'''''[[Saniya Iyappan]]'''''  – ''[[Queen (2018 film)|Queen]]'''''
**Devika Sanjay – ''[[Njan Prakashan]]''
**[[Neeta Pillai]] – ''[[Poomaram]]''
**Saranya R. Nair – ''[[Maradona]]''
**[[Surabhi Santhosh]] – ''[[Kuttanadan Marpappa]]''

|-

! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|<big>'''SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Nelson Dilipkumar|Nelson]] – ''[[Kolamavu Kokila]]'''''
**[[Arunraja Kamaraj]] – ''[[Kanaa (film)|Kanaa]]''
**C. Premkumar – ''[[96 (film)|96]]''
**Lenin Bharathi – ''[[Merku Thodarchi Malai]]''
**Mari Selvaraj – ''[[Pariyerum Perumal]]''

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*'''[[Ajay Bhupathi]] – ''[[RX 100 (film)|RX 100]]'''''
**[[Rahul Ravindran]] – ''[[Chi La Sow]]''
**[[Venky Atluri]] – ''[[Tholi Prema (2018 film)|Tholi Prema]]''
**[[Venky Kudumula]] – ''[[Chalo]]''
**[[Venu Udugula]] – ''[[Needi Naadi Oke Katha]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam
|-
|
*'''S. Mahesh Kumar – ''[[Ayogya (2018 film)|Ayogya]]'''''
**Janardhan Chikkanna – ''[[Gultoo]]''
**Raveen Kumara – ''[[Naduve Antaravirali]]''
**[[Saad Khan]] – ''[[Humble Politician Nograj]]''
**[[Senna Hegde]] – ''[[Katheyondu Shuruvagide]]''

|
*'''[[Zakariya]]  – ''[[Sudani from Nigeria]]'''''
**Dijo Jose Anthony – ''[[Queen (2018 film)|Queen]]''
**[[Prajesh Sen]] – ''[[Captain (2018 film)|Captain]]''
**Rathish Ambat – ''[[Kammara Sambhavam]]''
**Va Shrikumar Menon – ''[[Odiyan (film)|Odiyan]]''
|}

=== Music ===

{| class="wikitable" |
|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; width:3000px; text-align:center;"|<big>'''SIIMA Award for Best Music Director'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; width:50%; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Music Director (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Anirudh Ravichander]] – ''[[Kolamavu Kokila]]'''''
**[[A. R. Rahman]] – ''[[Chekka Chivantha Vaanam]]''
**[[Govind Vasantha]] – ''[[96 (film)|96]]''
**[[Santhosh Narayanan]] – ''[[Pariyerum Perumal]]''
**[[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] – ''[[Pyaar Prema Kaadhal]]''

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*'''[[Devi Sri Prasad]] – ''[[Rangasthalam]]'''''
**[[Chaitan Bharadwaj]] – ''[[RX 100 (film)|RX 100]]''
**[[Gopi Sundar]] – ''[[Geetha Govindam]]''
**[[Mickey J Meyer]] – ''[[Mahanati]]''
**[[S. Thaman]] – ''[[Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam
|-
|
*'''[[Ravi Basrur]] – ''[[K.G.F: Chapter 1]]'''''
**[[Arjun Janya]] – ''[[Ayogya (2018 film)|Ayogya]]''
**[[Charan Raj (composer)|Charan Raj]] – ''[[Tagaru]]''
**[[Judah Sandhy]] – ''[[Thayige Thakka Maga (2018 film)|Thayige Thakka Maga]]''
**[[Vasuki Vaibhav]] – ''[[Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai]]''
|
*'''[[Sushin Shyam]] – ''[[Varathan]]'', ''[[Maradona]]'''''
**Kailas Menon – ''[[Theevandi]]''
**Ranjan Raj – ''[[Joseph (2018 film)|Joseph]]''
**[[Rex Vijayan]] – ''[[Sudani from Nigeria]]''
**[[Shaan Rahman]] – ''[[Aravindante Athidhikal]]''

|-

! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|<big>'''SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Vignesh Shivan]]''' – "Naana Thaana" from '''''[[Thaanaa Serndha Koottam]]'''''
**[[Karthik Netha]] – "Kadhale Kadhale" from ''[[96 (film)|96]]''
**[[Madhan Karky]] – "Kurumba" from ''[[Tik Tik Tik (2018 film)|Tik Tik Tik]]''
**[[Na. Muthukumar]] – "Pulinangal" from ''[[2.0 (film)|2.0]]''
**[[Viveka (lyricist)|Viveka]] – "Pottakattil Poovasam" from ''[[Pariyerum Perumal]]''

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*'''[[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]] –''' "Yentha Sakkagunnave" from '''''[[Rangasthalam]]'''''
**[[Anantha Sriram]] – "Inkem Inkem" from ''[[Geetha Govindam]]''
**Krishnakanth – "Maate Vinadugaa" from ''[[Taxiwaala (2018)|Taxiwaala]]''
**[[Ramajogayya Sastry]] – "[[Peniviti]]" from ''[[Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava]]''
**[[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]] – "Mooga Manasulu" from ''[[Mahanati]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam
|-
|
*'''[[Chethan Kumar]]''' – "Yenammi Yenammi" from '''''[[Ayogya (2018 film)|Ayogya]]'''''
**[[K. Kalyan]] – "Hey Sharadhe" from ''[[Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai]]''
**[[Prem (director)|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 1]]''

|
*'''[[Vinayak Sasikumar]]''' – "Nilapakshikal" from ''[[Maradona (2018 film)|'''Maradona''']]''
**Ajesh Dasan – "Neramayi" from ''[[Poomaram]]''
**[[Anwar Ali (poet)|Anwar Ali]] – "Mizhi Niranju" from ''[[Eeda]]''
**B. K. Harinarayanan – "Jeevamshamayi" from ''[[Theevandi]]''
**[[Rafeeq Ahamed]] – "Kondoram" from ''[[Odiyan (film)|Odiyan]]''

|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|<big>'''SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[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 (musician)|Pradeep Kumar]] – "The Life of Ram" from ''[[96 (film)|96]]''
**[[Sid Sriram]] – "High on Love" from ''[[Pyaar Prema Kaadhal]]''

| valign="top" |
*'''[[Anurag Kulkarni]]''' – "[[Pillaa Raa]]" from ''[[RX 100 (film)|'''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]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam
|-
|
*'''H.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 (film)|Kanaka]]''
**[[Sanjith Hegde]] – "Shakunthale Sikkalu" from ''Naduve Antaravirali''
**[[Vasuki Vaibhav]] – "Dadda Song" from ''[[Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai]]''

|
*'''[[Vijay Yesudas]] –''' "Poomuthole" from '''''[[Joseph (2018 film)|Joseph]]'''''
**[[Biju Narayanan]] – "Doore" from ''[[Njan Marykutty]]''
**[[K. S. Harisankar]] – "Jeevamshamayi" from ''[[Theevandi]]''
**[[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]] – "Vaanaville" from ''[[Koode]]'' / "Neramayi" from ''[[Poomaram]]''
**[[Shahabaz Aman]] – "Kurrah" from ''[[Sudani from Nigeria]]''

|-
! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|<big>'''SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer'''</big>
|-
! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil
! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|[[SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (Telugu)|Telugu]]
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Dhee]] –''' "[[Rowdy Baby (song)|Rowdy Baby]]" from '''''[[Maari 2]]'''''
**[[Andrea Jeremiah]] – "Saadhi Madham" from ''[[Vishwaroopam 2]]''
**[[Chinmayi]] – "Kadhale Kadhale" from ''[[96 (film)|96]]''
**[[Shakthisree Gopalan]] – "Bhoomi Bhoomi" from ''[[Chekka Chivantha Vaanam]]''
**[[Shweta Mohan]] – "Poovukku" from ''[[Nimir]]''

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*'''[[M. M. Manasi]]''' – "Rangamma Mangamma" from '''''[[Rangasthalam]]'''''
**[[Chinmayi]] – "Yenti Yenti" from ''[[Geetha Govindam]]''
**[[Shreya Ghoshal]] – "Allasani Vari" from ''[[Tholi Prema (2018 film)|Tholi Prema]]''
**Shreya Gopuraju – "Tik Tik Tik" from ''[[Savyasachi (2018 film)|Savyasachi]]''
**[[Sunitha Upadrashta]] – "Chivaraku Migiledi" from ''[[Mahanati]]''

|-
! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada
! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam
|-
|
*'''[[Ananya Bhat]]''' – "Hold On" from '''''[[Tagaru]]'''''
**Asha – "Hey Sharadhe" from ''[[Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai]]''
**Airaa Acharya – "Jokae Naanu" from ''[[K.G.F: Chapter 1]]''
**[[Palak Muchhal]] – "Yenammi Yenammi" from ''[[Ayogya (2018 film)|Ayogya]]''
**[[Shamita Malnad]] – "Chuttu Chuttu" from ''[[Raambo 2]]''

|
*'''[[Sithara Krishnakumar]] –''' "Maarivil" from '''''[[Eeda]]'''''
**Anne Amie – "Aaraaro" from ''[[Koode]]''
**[[K. S. Chithra]] – "Mrudumandahaasam" from ''[[Poomaram]]''
**Prarthana Indrajith – "Laletta" from ''[[Mohanlal (film)|Mohanlal]]''
**[[Shreya Ghoshal]] – "Neermathalam" from ''[[Aami]]''
|}

== Technical Awards ==

* Best Art Director – Sabbani Rama Krishna for ''[[Rangasthalam]]''

== Critics' choice ==
;Tamil Cinema
*Best Actor – [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] – ''[[Sandakozhi 2]]''
*Best Actress – [[Aishwarya Rajesh]] – ''[[Kanaa (film)|Kanaa]]''

;Telugu Cinema
*Best Actor – [[Vijay Deverakonda]] – ''[[Geetha Govindam]]''
*Best Actress – [[Samantha Akkineni]] – ''[[Rangasthalam]]''

;Kannada Cinema
*Best Actor – [[Yash (actor)|Yash]] – [[K.G.F: Chapter 1|''K.G.F Chapter – 1'']]
*Best Actress – [[Manvitha (actress)|Manvitha Harish]] – ''[[Tagaru]]''

;Malayalam Cinema
*Best Actor – [[Nivin Pauly]] – ''[[Hey Jude (film)|Hey Jude]]''
*Best Actress – [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] – ''[[Hey Jude (film)|Hey Jude]]''

== Special Jury Awards ==

*Special Appreciation Jury Award : [[Sudheer Babu]] – ''[[Sammohanam (2018 film)|Sammohanam]]''
*Special Jury for Outstanding performance : [[Kathir (actor)|Kathir]] – ''[[Pariyerum Perumal]]''
*Special Jury for Child Artist (Tamil) : [[Jayam Ravi|Master Aarav Ravi]] – ''[[Tik Tik Tik (2018 film)|Tik Tik Tik]]''

== Generation Next Awards ==

*Entertainer of the Year : TBA
*Generation Next Superstar : TBA
*Most Popular Star in the Middle East : [[Mohanlal]]
*Popular Celebrity on Social Media : [[Vijay Deverakonda|Vijay Devarakonda]]
*Style Icon of the Year : [[Yash (actor)|Yash]] and [[Samantha Akkineni]]

== Presenters ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Award
!Presenter
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer (Telugu)]]
|Pragnya<br/>Jayesh Ranjan
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (Telugu)]]
|[[Nidhhi Agerwal]]<br/>Pannagabharana
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist (Telugu)]]
| [[Sanjjanaa Galrani]]
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Music Director (Telugu)]]
| rowspan="2" |Nidhi 
[[P. Sai Kumar]]
|-
|SIIMA Award for Best Art Director (Telugu)
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut (Telugu)]]
|Sandeep Kishan<br/>Tejaswini Prakash
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut (Telugu)]]
|[[Andrea Jeremiah]]<br/>Adusumilli Brinda Prasad
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director (Telugu)]]
|Vivek Krishnani<br/>Induri Vishnu
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu)]]
|[[Allu Aravind]]<br/>Chamundeswari Nathan
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress (Telugu)]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Shriya Saran]]
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Telugu)]]
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Comedian (Telugu)]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Hebah Patel]]
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu)]]
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Film (Telugu)]]
|Ravindra Reddy<br/>[[Radhika Sarathkumar]]
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Director (Telugu)]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Allu Aravind]]<br/>Tirumala Reddy
|-
|Special Appreciation Jury Award
|-
|Style Icon of the Year
|[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan2020 Ryan Fernandes]
|-
|Popular Celebrity on Social Media
|Chanditha Nambiar
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Actor (Telugu)]]
|[[Radhika Sarathkumar]]<br/>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan2020 Ryan Fernandes]
|-
|[[SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Telugu)]]
|Chanditha Nambiar
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://siima.in/nomination.php Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830030500/http://siima.in/nomination.php |date=2018-08-30 }}
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