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SIIMA Awards 2023 Day 2: R Madhavan takes home award for best debutant director; Kamal Haasan best actor; Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan shines

SIIMA Awards 2023 day 2: In Malyalam, Nna Thaan Case Kodu took home the best film award while Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan 1 earned him the awards for Best Film and Best Director.

SIIMA 2023 was held in Dubai this year. (Photo: siimawards/Instagram)

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The South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) is an annual event dedicated to honouring accomplishments in the South Indian film industry. SIIMA recently celebrated its 11th edition. After recognising outstanding achievements in the Telugu and Kannada film industries on the first day of the event, the second day honoured the Tamil and Malayalam industries.

R. Madhavan received recognition for his directorial debut, Rocketry – The Nambi Effect, winning the title of Best Debutant Director (Tamil) for the year. Additionally, he was honoured with the Best Actor award for his performance in the film. The event also saw an Extraordinary Achievement Award presented to the renowned filmmaker Mani Ratnam, while the movie PS-1 dominated and took home several awards.

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In Malayalam cinema, Vineeth Sreenivasan won Best Director for Hridayam, Nna Thaan Case Kodu received the Best Film award, and Basil Joseph was recognised with a Special Jury Appreciation Award for Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey.

Tamil awards list:

Extraordinary Achievement Award – Mani Ratnam

Best Film – Ponniyin Selvan – 1

Best Director – Lokesh Kanagara for Vikram

Popular Choice Best Actor (Male) – Kamal Haasan for Vikram

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Popular Choice Best Actor (Female) –Trisha for Ponniyin Selvan 1

Best Actor (Critics) (Male) – R Madhavan for Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

Best Actor (Critics) (Female) –Keerthy Suresh for Saani Kaayidham

Best Supporting Actor (Male) – Kaali Venkat for Gargi

Best Supporting Actor (Female) – Vasanthi for Vikram

Best Actor (Negative Role) – S J Suryah for Don

Best Music Director – Anirudh Ravichander for Vikram

Best Playback Singer (Male) – Kamal Hassan for Vikram

Best Playback Singer (Female) (Tamil) – Jonita Gandhi for Arabic Kuthu

Best Lyric writer – Ilango Krishnan for Ponni Nadhi

Best Debut Actor (Male) – Pradeep Ranganathan for Love Today

Best Debut Actor (Female) – Aditi Shankar for Viruman

Best Debut Producer – Gautham Ramachandran for Gargi

Best Actor (Comedy Role) – Yogi Babu for Love Today

Best Cinematographer (Tamil) – Ravi Varman for Ponniyin Selvan 1

Best Production Designer – Thota Tharani for Ponniyin Selvan 1

Best Debut Director – R Madhavan for Rocketry – The Nambi Effect

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Malayalam awards list:

Best Director – Vineeth Sreenivasan for Hridayam

Best Film – Nna Thaan Case Kodu

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Best Actor (Female) – Kalyani Priyadarshan for Bro Daddy

Best Actor (Male) – Tovino Thomas for Thallumaala

Best Actor (Critics) (Female) – Darshana Rajendran’for Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey

Best Actor (Critics) (Male) – Kunchacko Boban for Nna Thaan Case Kodu

Best Cinematographer – Sharan Velayudhan for Saudi Vellakka

Best Playback Singer (Female) – Mridula Warrier for Mayilpeeli

Best Playback Singer (Male) – Job Kurian for Pakalo Kaanaathe

Best Lyric Writer – Vinayak Sasikumar For Parudeesa

Best Music Director – Hesham Abdul Wahab for Hridayam.

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Special Jury Appreciation Award – Basil Joseph for aya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey

Best Supporting actor (Female) – Bindu Panicker for Rorschach

Best Debut Actor (Female) – Gayathrie Shankar for Nna Thaan Case Kodu

Best Supporting Actor (Male) – Lal for Mahaveeryar.

Best Debut Director – Abhinav Sunder Nayak for Mukundan Unni Associates

Best Actor (Negative Role) – Vineeth Sreenivasan for Mukundan Unni Associates

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Best Actor (Comedy Role) – Rajesh Madhavan for Nna Thaan Case Kodu

Best Debut Producer – Unni Mukundan Films for Meppadiyan

The evening saw the coming together of the who’s who of the Tamil and Malayalam film industries. Madhavan and Kamal Haasan looked dapper in their suited look. Trisha dazzled in her black gown.

Anjali Belgaumkar

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