SIIMA Awards 2017; Mohanlal bags Best Actor, Vijay wins Best Entertainer

The sixth edition of SIIMA 2017 (The South Indian International Movie Awards) was held in Abu Dhabi on June 30 and July 1. On Saturday, SIIMA 2017 honoured the awards for technicians and artists of Tamil and Malayalam cinema were given away.

Mohanlal won the best actor award in Malayalam while Sivakarthikeyan won the award in Tamil. Ilayathalapathy Vijay was chosen as the entertainer of the year. Nayanthara won the best actress award for both Tamil and Malayalam languages. SP Balasubramaniam was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award

Here’s the complete list of winners of SIIMA 2017.

MALAYALAM:

Best Actor – Mohanlal (Oppam)

Best Actress – Nayanthara (Puthiya Niyamam)

Best Film – Kammattipaadam

Best Director – Vyshak (Pulimurugan)

Best Actor (Critics) – Nivin Pauly

Best Actress (Critics) – Asha Sarath

Best Supporting Actor (Female) – Lakshmi Ramakrishnan (Jacobinte Swargarajyam)

Best Supporting Actor (Male) – Renji Panicker (Jacobinte Swargarajyam)

Best Debutant director – John Paul George (Guppy)

Best Debutante – Rajisha Vijayan (Anuraga Karikkin Vellam)

Best Debutant – Shane Nigam (Kismath)

Best Playback Singer (Male) – Sooraj Santhosh

Best Playback Singer (Female) – KS Chithra

TAMIL:

Best Actor – Sivakarthikeyan (Remo)

Best Actress – Nayanthara (Iru Mugan)

Best Entertainer – Theri (Vijay)

Best Film – Irudhi Suttru

Best Actor (Critics) – R Madhavan (Irudhi Suttru)

Best Actress (Critics) –
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar (Tharai Thappattai)

Best Actor In Negative Role – Trisha (Kodi)

Best Supporting Actor (Male) – Prakash Raj

Best Debutant (Male) – Kalidas Jayaram (Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum)

Best Debutante – Ritika Singh (Irudhi Suttru)

Best Debutant director –
Karthick Naren (Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru)

Best Music Director – AR Rahman

Best Comedian – Yogi Babu