Chennai: Dhanush and Shruti Haasan bagged the best actor awards in Tamil and Telugu At the star-studded second edition of South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) at Sharjah Thursday-Friday. SIIMA felicitates the best talent across the four southern industries - Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. In Tamil, films "Thuppakki", "3" and "Kumki" pocketed four awards each.
"Raanjhanaa" star Dhanush bagged three awards, which include best actor, best lyricist and best playback singer male for Tamil romantic-drama "3". Hansika Motwani won the best actor award for her Tamil comedy "Oru Kal Oru Kannadi". While Vijay Sethupathi won the best actor critics award, Kajal Agarwal won the best actress critics award for her performance in "Thuppakki", which also received awards for best actor in a negative role (Vidyut Jamwal), best music director (Harris Jayaraj) and best fight choreographer (Kecha).
"Kumki" was adjudged the best film award. It also won best cinematographer (Sukumar), best comedian (Thambi Ramaiah) and best debutant actor male (Vikram Prabhu). R. Madhavan won the best actor in a supporting role male award for Tamil action-drama "Vettai", while actress Saranya Ponvannan pocketed the best actor in a supporting role female award for her performance in Tamil romantic-drama "Neerparavai". Best director award in Tamil was bagged by Balaji Sakthivel for his national award-winning film "Vazhakku En 18/9". Saindhavi won the best playback singer female for her song Uyrin Uyire from "Thaandavam".
In the special award category, Lakshmi Menon was adjudged best debutant actress for "Sundarapandian", Karthik Subbaraj won the best debutant director award for "Pizza" and C.V Kumar bagged the best debutant producer award for "Attakathi".
In Telugu, Pawan Kalyan-starrer "Gabbar Singh", remake of "Dabangg", bagged six awards, while S.S Rajamouli's "Eega" won three awards. "Gabbar Singh" won awards for best actor (Pawan Kalyan), best actress (Shruti Haasan), best director (Harish Shankar), best comedian (Sreenu), best music director (Devi Sri Prasad) and best fight choreographer (Ram-Lakshman). "Eega" bagged the best film award along with best actor in a negative role (Sudeep) and best cinematographer (K.K Senthil Kumar). Allu Arjun-starrer "Julayi) and Rana Daggubati-starrer "Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum" (KVR) won two awards each.
Ran and Nayanthara were adjudged the best actor and actress critics award for their performance in KVR, while "Julayi" received awards for best actor in a supporting role male (Rajendra Prasad) and best dance choreographer (Sekhar) Saloni Aswani won the best actor in a supporting role female award for her performance in "Bodyguard".
In Malayalam, romantic-drama "Thattathin Maraathu" bagged three awards for best music director (Shan Rahman), best debutant actress (Isha Talwar) and best lyricist (Anu Joseph) for the song "Muthuchuppi". The best actor and actress awards were bagged by superstar Mohan Lal for "Spirit" and Amala Paul for "Run Baby Run". Best actor critics award was won by Fahadh Faasil for "Diamond Necklace", while Rima Kallingal pocketed the best actress critics award for "22 Female Kottayam". "Ustad Hotel" was adjudged the best film in Malayalam. Nandu and Swetha Menon bagged the best actor in supporting role male and female awards for "Spirit" and "Ozhimuri", respectively.
