SIIMA 2021 Nominations: Allu Arjun’s 'Pushpa', Dhanush’s 'Karnan', Tovino Thomas’ 'Minnal Murali' Get Top Nods

Nominations for the 10th Edition of the South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) were announced on Wednesday. In Telugu, 'Pushpa: The Rise' led the list of nominations.

New Delhi: Nominations for the 10th Edition of the South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) were announced on Wednesday. These nominations have been announced for the films released in 2021 in the 4 South Indian languages - Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.  

In Telugu, 'Pushpa: The Rise', starring Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna, led the list of nominations. Written and directed by Sukumar, Pushpa was one of the biggest commercial hits of 2021. 'Pushpa' got nominated in a whopping 12 categories, followed by Boyapati Srinu's 'Akhanda', featuring Balakrishna in the lead, with 10 nominations. Anudeep KV's 'Jathi Ratnalu' and Buchi Babu Sana's 'Uppena' were close behind with eight nominations each. 

In Telugu, the films nominated for the Best Film category are 'PushpaTheRise', 'Akhanda', 'Love Story', 'Uppena' , 'Jathi Ratnalu'.
 
In the Tamil section, director Mari Selvaraj's critically acclaimed blockbuster 'Karnan', featuring Dhanush led the pack with 10 nominations.  
Director Nelson Dilipkumar's action-comedy entertainer 'Doctor', featuring Sivakarthikeyan in the lead, got nine nominations while Lokesh Kanakaraj's 'Master' and director AL Vijay's 'Thalaivi', the biopic of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, got seven nominations each. 

Tamil films nominated for the Best Film category are 'Doctor', 'Sarpatta Parambarai', 'Karnan', 'Maanadu', 'Thalaivii', 'Mandela'. 
 
In the Malayalam segment, Basil Joseph's superhero film, 'Minnal Murali' starring Tovino Thomas, got the maximum nominations.  
 
It has been nominated in 10 categories while Dulquer Salmaan-starrer 'Kurup' has been nominated in eight categories. Fahadh Faasil's 'Malik' and 'Joji' have six nominations each. 

In Malayalam, the films nominated for the Best Film category are 'Minnal Murali', 'Kurup', 'The Great Indian Kitchen', 'Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam', 'Joji'.

'Roberrt' with 10 nominations led the pack in Kannada. 'Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana' with eight nominations and actor Puneeth Rajkumar's 'Yuvarathnaa' with seven nominations are leading the SIIMA Nominations for 2021 in Kannada. 

Kannada films nominated in the Best Film Category are: ‘Roberrt’, ‘Yuvarathnaa’, ‘Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana’, ‘Salaga’, ‘Bhajarangi 2’.

The award is scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on September 10-11. 

(With inputs from IANS)