The eighth edition of South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) is taking place in Qatar on August 15 and 16. On Thursday, artistes from the Telugu and Kannada film industry were honoured. Celebrities from the Tamil and Malayalam cinema will receive awards on Friday. Scroll on to see the photos of the actors and filmmakers who attended the award night on Thursday. (Express Photo: Varinder Chawla)
KGF: Chapter 1 actor Yash walked away with the Best Actor award from the Kannada cinema. (Express Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Best Actress in a lead role (Telugu) went to Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati. The actor also won the Best Actress National Award for the movie recently. (Express Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Vijay Deverakonda who played Arjun Reddy Deshmukh in the Sandeep Reddy Vanga directorial was honoured with the Best Actor Critics award. (Express Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Sanjjanaa Galrani looked gorgeous as she arrived on the red carpet of SIIMA 2019. (Express Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Telugu film actor Raai Laxmi graced the award night with her presence. (Express Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Shriya Saran donned a glamorous avatar for SIIMA 2019. (Express Photo: Varinder Chawla)
Superstar Chiranjeevi was also present at the award night. (Express Photo: Varinder Chawla)