Nominations have been released for prestigious south Indian SIIMA awards for the year of 2016. Rajamouli's Baahubali and Mahesh Babu's Srimanthudu was nominated for maximum categories.
Bahaubali and Srimanthudu leads the pack with nominations under 11 categories including best film, best actor, best music director and best director.
The South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) 2016 will be taking place on June 30 and July 1 st on Singapore.SIIMA Awards ceremony will be a grand event with several celebrities from four south film industries gathering under one roof.
Below are the Telugu nominations for SIIMA 2016
1)Best Actress
Samantha (S/O Satyamurthy)
Shruti Haasan (Srimanthudu)
Nithya Menen (Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju )
Lakshmi Manchu (Dongata)
Anushka (Rudhramadevi)
2)Best Actor
Prabhas (Baahubali - The Beginning)
Mahesh Babu (Srimanthudu)
Nani (Bhale Bhale Magadivoy)
Varun Tej (Kanche)
Allu Arjun (Rudhramadevi)
3)Best Director
S.S.Rajamouli Baahubali - The Beginning)
Koratala Siva (Srimanthudu)
Maruthi (Bhale Bhale Magadivoy)
Krish (Kanche)
Gunasekar (Rudhramadevi)
4) Best Film
Baahubali - The Beginning (Shobu Yarlagadda & Prasad Devineni)
Srimanthudu (Mythri Movie Makers)
Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (Bunny Vasu & UV Creations)
Kanche (Y. Rajeev Reddy & J.Sai Babu)
Rudhramadevi (Gunasekar)
5)Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)
Sathyaraj (Baahubali - The Beginning)
Jagapati Babu (Srimanthudu)
Upendra (S/O Satyamurthy)
Rajendra Prasad (Srimanthudu)
Posani (Temper)
6)Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)
Ramya Krishna (Baahubali - The Beginning)
Nithya Menen (Rudhramadevi)
Kriti Kharbanda (Bruce Lee - The Fighter)
Sneha (S/O Satyamurthy)
Pavitra Lokesh (Malli Malli Idi Raniroju )
7)Best Actor In a Negative Role
Rana Daggubati (Baahubali - The Beginning)
Mithun Chakraborty (Gopala Gopala)
Ravi Kishan (Kick 2)
Sampath Raj (Srimanthudu)
Prakash Raj (Temper)
8)Best Lyricst
Ramajogayya Sastry (Rama Rama / Srimanthudu)
Devi Sri Prasad (Super Machi / Son of Satyamurthy)
Shiva Shakti Datta (Mamatala Talli / Baahubali - The Beginning)
Ramajogayya Sastry (O Manishi O Maharshi / Yevade Subramanyam) Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry (Itu Itu Itu / Kanche)
9)Music Director
M.M.Keeravani (Baahubali - The Beginning)
Devi Sri Prasad (Srimanthudu)
Gopi Sunder (Bhale Bhale Magadivoy)
S.S.Thaman (Bruce Lee - The Fighter)
Devi Sri Prasad (S/O Satyamurthy)
10)Playback Singer (Female)
Satya Yamini (Mamatala Talli / Baahubali - The Beginning)
Ramya Behara (Dheevara / Baahubali - The Beginning)
Priya Hemesh (Gathama Gathama / Mali Mali Idi Rani Roju)
Shreya Goshal (Nijamenani Nammani / Kanche)
Chinmayi Sripada (Vennellona Mounam / Surya vs Surya)
11)Playback Singer (Male)
Dhanunjay & Haricharan (Bhaje Bhaaje / Gopala Gopala)
Sagar (Jatha Kalise / Srimanthudu)
M.M.Keeravani (Nippule Swasaga / Baahubali - The Beginning)
Raghu Dixit (Jaago Jaagore / Srimanthudu)
Sonu Nigam (Needhe Needhe / Gopala Gopala)
12)Best Comedian
Prudhvi (Bengal Tiger)
Ali (S/O Satyamurthy)
Brahmanandam (Bruce Lee - The Fighter)
Vennela Kishore (Bhale Bhale Magadivoy)
Srinivas Reddy (Pataas)
13)Best Debutant Female
Pragya Jaiswal (Mirchi Lanti Kurradu & Kanche)
Malavika Nair (Yevade Subramanayam)
Shruti Sodhi (Pataas)
Tridha Chudhary (Surya vs Surya)
Sayesha Saigal (Akhil - The Power of Jua)
14)Best Debutant Male
Akash Puri (Andhra Pori)
Parvateesam (Kerintha)
Akhil Akkineni (Akhil - The Power of Jua)
Satya Karthik (Tippu)
Vijay Devarekonda (Yevade Subramanyam)
15)Best Debut Director
Anil Ravipudi (Pataas)
Sriram Aditya (Bhale Manchi Roju)
Nag Ashwin (Yevade Subramanyam)
KK Radha Krishna Kumar (Jil)
Karthik Ghattamaneni (Surya vs Surya)