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SIIMA 2025 Telugu, Kannada winners list: Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna win big for Pushpa 2; Kamal Haasan, Amitabh Bachchan honoured for Kalki 2898 AD
SIIMA 2025 Telugu, Kannada winners list: Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna win best actor awards for Pushpa 2, while Amitabh Bachchan gets awards best supporting actor for Kalki 2898 AD.

SIIMA 2025 Telugu, Kannada winners list:The first day of the 2025 installment of the South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) took place on Saturday where the winners for Telugu and Kannada were announced. Films like Gowri, Kalki 2898 AD, and Pushpa 2: The Rule won big at the award function, taking home several prestigious prizes. While the Tamil and Malayalam results are yet to be announced, the first half of the event was star-studded and saw actors like Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, Duniya Vijay and Sundeep Kishan light up the red carpet.
Pushpa 2 bagged two of the top-flight awards: Best Actor (Male) and Best Actor (Female), with Allu Arjun and Rashmika winning in these categories. Director Sukumar and music composer Devi Sri Prasad also bagged Best Director and Best Music Composer, respectively. Kalki 2898 AD also proved to be a heavy hitter at the awards, taking home a total of 4 awards, including the coveted Best Film award.
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SIIMA 2025 Winners List (Telugu)
Best Actor: Allu Arjun (Pushpa 2: The Rule)
Best Actress: Rashmika Mandanna (Pushpa 2: The Rule)
Best Director: Sukumar (Pushpa 2: The Rule)
Best Film: Kalki 2898 AD
Best Villain: Kamal Haasan (Kalki 2898 AD)
Best Supporting Actor: Amitabh Bachchan (Kalki 2898 AD)
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Ben (Kalki 2898 AD)
Best Comedian: Satya (Mathu Vadhalara 2)
Best Cinematographer: Ratnavelu (Devara)
Best Music Composer: Devi Sri Prasad (Pushpa 2: The Rule)
Best Lyric Writer: Ramajogaiah Sastry (Chuttamalle – Devara)
Best Singer (Male): Kandukoori Shankar Babu (Peelings – Pushpa 2: The Rule)
Best Singer (Female): Shilpa Rao (Chuttamalle – Devara)
Best Actor (Critics): Teja Sajja (HanuMan)
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SIIMA 2025 Full Winners List (Kannada)
Best Director: Upendra Kumar (UI)
Best Actor (Male): Sudeep
Best Actor (Female): Ashika Ranganath
Best Film: Krishnam Pranaya Sakhi
Best Music Director – Kannada award for MAX: B Ajaneesh Loknath
Best Actor In a Comedy Role: Jack Singham (Bheema)
Best Debutant Director award: Sandeep Sunkad (Shakhakaari)
Best Debutant Actor: Samarjit Lankesh (Gowri)
Promising Newcomer: Sanya Iyer (Gowri)
Best Debutant Actor (Female): Ankita Amar
Song Design of The Year-Imran S Sardhariya Special Award at SIIMA 2025: V Harikrishna
Best Cinematographer Kannada for Ibbani Tabbida Illeyali: Srivathsan Selvarajan
Best Playback Singer (Female): Aishwarya Rangarajan
Best Lyric Writer: V Nagendra Prasad
Best Playback Singer (Male): Jaskaran(Committee Kurollu)
Best Actor Male (critics): Duniya Vijay
Best Actor Female (critics): Roshni Prakash
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The SIIMA 2025 awards took place in Dubai. The organisation was set up by producer Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Adusumilli Brinda Prasad, who currently serves as the Chairperson of SIIMA.


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