New Delhi: The second day of the largest and most viewed film awards show in South India, SIIMA 2022, celebrated the cinematic excellence in Malayalam and Tamil films. The award ceremony was attended by prominent names of the two industries including Arvind Swamy, Tovino Thomas, Simbu (Silambarasan TR), Siva Kartikeyan, Arya, Hansika Motwani, and Nidhhi Agerwal, amongst others.
The 10th edition of the SIIMA was a two-day affair, with Saturday night celebrating the winners of Telugu and Kannada cinema and Sunday night honouring the excellence in Malayalam and Tamil films.
Winning the Best Actor Awards for Malayalam and Tamil, Tovino Thomas and Simbu (Silambarasan TR) grabbed the coveted trophies for the films 'Minnal Murali’ and ‘Maanaadu’ respectively, while Nimisha Sayajan and Kangana Ranaut won Best Actress Awards for ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ and ‘Thalaivii’ respectively.
Apart from the regular awards in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries, SIIMA announced special awards in two new categories. The decade of Excellence in South Indian Cinema was given to Hansika Motwani and Outstanding performance of the year was awarded to Yogi Babu
Adding to the grandeur and glamour of the tenth edition of SIIMA, earlier, Bollywood Superstar Ranveer Singh along with the biggest stars of Telugu and Kannada cinema including names like Allu Arjun, Yash, Vijay Deverakonda, and Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan, attended the event on the first day.
Mounted on a large scale, the extravagant event has been curated by Brinda Prasad Adusumilli and Vishnu Induri, for a span of two days in Bengaluru.
Here is a complete list of winners
List of winners from Tamil cinema
Best Actress in a leading role - Kangana Ranaut
Best Actress- Critics - Aishwarya Rajesh
Best Actor in a leading role - Critics - Arya
Best Actor in a leading role - Sivakarthikeyan
Best Actor - Silambarasan AKA Simbu
Best Film - Sarpatta Parambarai
Best Director - Lokesh Kanagaraj
Best Debutant Actress - Priyanka Mohan
Best Actor in a negative role - SJ Suryah
Best actor in a comedy role - Redin Kingsley and Deepa SHankar
Best Actress in a supporting role - Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli
Best Debutant Director - Madonne Ashwin
Best Music Director - Santhosh Narayanan
Best Playback Singer - Dhee
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Kapil Kapilan
Best Cinematographer - Shreyaas Krishna
List of winners from Malayalam cinema
Best Actress in a leading role - Critics - Nimisha Sajayan
Best Actor in a leading role - Critics - Biju Menon
Best Actor in a leading role - Tovino Thomas
Best Film - Minnal Murali
Best Actor in a comedy role - Naslen K Gafoor
Best Director - Mahesh Narayan
Best Actor in a negative role - Guru Somasundaram
Best Actress in a leading role - Aishwarya Lekshmi
Best Actor in a supporting role - Baburaj
Best Actress in a supporting role - Unnimaya Prasad
Best Debutant Director - Kavya Prakash
Best Music Director - Bijibal Maniyil
Best Playback Singer - Sujatha Mohan
Best Playback Singer (Male) - Mithun Jayaraj
Best Cinematographer - Nimish Ravi