SIIMA Awards 2019: Ram Charan, Keerthy Suresh and Yash win big laurels

SIIMA Awards 2019: On Thursday, film awards for Telugu and Kannada languages were given away. Rangasthalam, Mahanati and KGF were among the big winners.

The eighth edition of South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) kicked-off on Thursday in Qatar where the event is happening for the first time. SIIMA felicitates the best talent across the four southern industries - Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.

SIIMA 2019: Keerthy Suresh won award for Mahanati, while Yash was awarded for his work in KGF.

On the first day, talent from Kannada and Telugu industries were honoured. From Ram Charan (Rangasthalam) to Keerthy Suresh (Mahanati) and Yash (KGF) were among the few of the winners on the first day.

According to SIIMA, the event saw participation of around 200 guests from Telugu and Kannada industries. Another 300 guests are expected to attend on Friday when talent from Tamil and Malayalam industries will be honoured.

SIIMA 2019 Telugu Winners List:

Best Debut Telugu Actor (Female): Paayal Rajput for RX 100Best Supporting Role (Female): Anasuya Bharadwaj for RangasthalamSupporting Role 2019 (Telugu) for Rangasthalam.Best Actor Critics (Telugu): Vijay DevarakondaBest Actor in Leading Role Award (Telugu): Ramcharan for RangasthalamBest Actress in Lead Role in Telugu (Female): Keerthy Suresh for MahanatiBest Director (Telugu): Allu AravindBest comedian (Telugu): Satya for ChaloBest Debutant Director (Telugu): Ajay Bhupathi for RX100Best Music Director (Telugu): Devi Sri Prasad for RangasthalamBest Playback Singer Female (Telugu): MM Manasi for Rangamma Mangamma in RangasthalamBest Play Back Singer Male (Telugu): Anurag Kulkarni for Pilla Ra in RX 100Best Lyrics Writer (Telugu): Chandra Bose for Yentha Sakkagunave in RangasthalamBest Cinematographer (Telugu): Rathnavelu for Rangasthalam

SIIMA 2019 Kannada Winners list

Best Debut Kannada Actor (Female): Anupama Gowda for Aa Karaala RatriBest Actor in Leading Role (Kannada): Yash for KGFBest Director (Kannada): Prashanth NeelBest Actor in Negative Role: Dhananjaya for TagaruBest Debutant Director (Kannada): Mahesh Kumar for AyogyaBest Lyrics Writer (Kannada): Chetan Kumar for Yennammi Yennammi from AyogyaBest Cinematographer (Kannada): Bhuvan Gowda for KGFBest comedian (Kannada): Prakash Thuminad for Sarkar.Hi.Pra.Shaale.KasaragoduBest Playback Singer Female (Kannada): Ananya Bhat for Hold on from TagaruBest Actress in Supporting Role in Kannada (Female): Archana Jois for KGF

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