The SIIMA Awards 2018 (South Indian International Movie Awards) is going to be held on 14th and 15th September 2018 in Dubai. The organizers have announced SIIMA Awards 2018 Kannada Nominations List. The bosses of SIIMA took to Twitter page to make an announcement about the Siima award ceremony and wrote, “We are more than thrilled to announce our dates for SIIMA awards 2018 happening in Dubai on 14 & 15th September. Stay tuned for more exciting updates on #SIIMA2018 #PantaloonsSIIMA #VisitDubai (sic)”
They also announced the nomination list of Telugu and Kannada movies for the seventh edition of SIIMA. These nominees are selected by a jury of senior artists and professionals and the winners will be decided based on public vote. You can vote to your favourite ones, by clicking here.
SIIMA Awards 2018 Kannada Nominations List
| Category | SIIMA Awards 2018 Kannada Nominations List | |
| Best Film | Bharjari Raajakumara Chamak Chowka Ondu Motteya Kathe |
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| Best Director | Santhosh Ananddram (Raajakumara) Chethan Kumar (Bharjari) Suni (Chamak) Prakash Jayaram (Taarak) PC Sekhar (Raaga) |
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| Best Actor | Shivarajkumar (Mufti) Puneeth Rajkumar (Raajakumara) Sri Murali (Mufti) Ganesh (Chamak) Dhruva Sarja (Bharjari) |
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| Best Actress | Shraddha Srinath (Operation Alamelamma) Niveditha (Shuddi) Shanvi Srivastava (Taarak) Rashmika Mandanna (Chamak) Sruthi Hariharan (Beautiful Manasugalu) |
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| Best Actor In A Supporting Role | P Ravishankar (College Kumar) Diganth Manchale (Happy New Year) Kashinath (Chowka) Rajesh Nataranga (Operation Alamelamma) Sooraj Gowda (Siliconn City) |
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| Best Actress In a Supporting Role | Aruna Balraj (Operation Alamelamma) Harshika Poonacha (Upendra Matte Baa) Saanika (Saheba) Samyukta Hornad (Dayavittu Gamanisi) Bhavana Rao (Satya Harischandra) |
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| Best Music Director | Charan Raj (Pushpaka Vimana) V Harikrishna (Raajakumara) Raghu Dixit (Happy New Year) Arjun Janya (Chakravarthi) Judah Sandy (Chamak) |
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| Best Lyric Writer | V Nagendra Prasad (Chowka – Appa I Love You) Suvarna Sharma (Urvi – Thili Prema) Hrudaya Shiva (Raju Kannada Medium – Kodeyondara Adiyalli) Santhosh Ananddram (Raajakumara Title Song) Yogaraj Bhat (Mugulu Nage – Ninna Snehadinda) |
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| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Armaan Mallik (Chakravarthy – Ondu Malebillu) Ravi Basrur (Anjaniputra – Chanda Chanda) Vijay Prakash (Raajakumara Title Song) B J Bharath (Beautiful Manasugalu Theme Song) Sanchit Hegde (Chamak – Khush Khush) |
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| Best Playback Singer (Female) | Indu Nagaraj (Pushpaka Vimana – Jilka Jilka) Sinchan Dixit (Kaafi Thota – Indu Ninna Eduralli) Supriya Lohith (Chamak – Are Are Enidu) Anuradha Bhat (Chowka – Appa I Love You) Shreya Ghoshal – (Mugulu Nage – Ninna Snehadinda) |
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| Best Actor In A Negative Role | Prakash Rai (Raajakumara) Aashish Vidyarthi (Pataki) Apeksha Purohit (Coffee Thota) P Ravishankar (Hebbuli) Shahawar Ali (Chakravarthy) |
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| Best Debutant Actor | Ishaan (Rogue) Raj B Shetty (Ondu Motteya Kathe) Manoranjan (Saheba) Manish Rishi (Operation Alamelamma) Mithra (Raaga) |
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| Best Debuteant Actress | Ekta Rathod (Siliconn City) Aditi Prabhudeva (Dhairyam) Kavitha Gowda (Srinivasa Kalyana) Vaibhavi Shandilya (Raj Vishnu) Divya Uruduga (Huliraya) |
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| Best Debutant Director | Tarun Sudheer (Chowka) Pannaga Bharana (Happy New Year) Raj B Shetty (Ondu Motteya Kathe) Ravi Basrur (Kataka) Adarsh Eshwarappa (Shuddi) |
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| Best Cinematographer | Santhosh Rai Pataje (Chamak) Venkatesh Anguraj (Raajakumara) Naveen Kumar (Mufti) AV Krishna Kumar (Taarak) Shreesha Kuduvalli (Bharjari) |
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| Best Comedian | Sadhu Kokila (Chamak) Vijay Chendur (Pataaki) Sai Kumar (Happy New Year) Kuri Pratap (Melkote Manja) Chikkanna (Raajakumara) |
