Allu Arjun wins Best Actor and Rashmika Mandanna bags Best Actress at SIIMA 2025; Full list here

Allu Arjun received the Best Actor award for his film ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’. At the same time, Rashmika Mandanna was also given the title of Best Actress for her excellent performance in the same film.

New Delhi: The winners of the 2025 South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) have been announced. This time the event was organized in Dubai, in which Allu Arjun's film 'Pushpa 2' and Prabhas-Amitabh Bachchan's film 'Kalki 2898 AD' rocked. Both the films won many awards in different categories. Let's know about this year's complete award list and major winners.

Major Award Winners

Allu Arjun received the Best Actor award for his film 'Pushpa 2: The Rule'. At the same time, Rashmika Mandanna was also given the title of Best Actress for her excellent performance in the same film. The director of this film, Sukumar, also received the Best Director award. On the other hand, Nag Ashwin's film 'Kalki 2898 AD' received the Best Film honor.

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Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan Received Honors

Amitabh Bachchan received the Best Supporting Actor (Male) award for 'Kalki 2898 AD'. Kamal Haasan was awarded Best Villain and Anna Ben was awarded Best Supporting Actress for the same film. Apart from this, Teja Sajja received Best Actor Critics award for the film 'Hanuman' and Meenakshi Chaudhary received Best Actress Critics award for the film 'Lucky Bhaskar'. 'Hanuman' director Prashant Verma was honored with Best Director (Critics).

Winners In Music And Other Categories

In the field of music, Devi Sri Prasad of 'Pushpa 2: The Rule' received the Best Music Director award. Ramajogayya Shastri was selected as the Best Lyricist for 'Chuttamalle-Devra'. The Best Singer and Female Singer awards were given to Shankar Babu Kandukuri ('Feelings - Pushpa 2: The Rule') and Shilpa Rao ('Chuttamalle - Devra') respectively.

Debutante and Technical Awards

Pankhudi Gidwani (‘Love Mauli’) and Bhagyashree Borse (‘Mr. Bachchan’) were awarded as the Best Debut Actress. Sandeep Saroj (‘Samiti Kurolu’) was awarded as the Best Debut Actor and Nand Kishore Yemani (‘35 Oka Chinna Katha’) was awarded as the Best Debut Director. Ratnavelu (‘Devra’) was selected as the Cinematographer and Satya (‘Mathu Vadhalara 2’) as the Best Comedian.

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Highlights from the complete award list:

Best Film: Kalki 2898 AD
Best Director: Sukumar (Pushpa 2: The Rule)
Best Actor: Allu Arjun (Pushpa 2: The Rule)
Best Actress: Rashmika Mandanna (Pushpa 2: The Rule)
Best Director (Critics): Prashanth Varma (Hanuman)
Best Actor (Critics): Teja Sajja (Hanuman)
Best Actress (Critics): Meenakshi Choudhary (Lucky Bhaskar)
Best Supporting Actor: Amitabh Bachchan (Kalki 2898 AD)
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Ben (Kalki 2898 AD)
Best Music Director: Devi Sri Prasad (Pushpa 2: The Rule)
Best Lyricist: Ramajogayya Sastry (Chuttamalle-Devra)
Best Singer: Shankar Babu Kandukuri (Feelings - Pushpa 2: The Rule)
Best Singer: Shilpa Rao (Chuttamalle-Devra)
Best Villain: Kamal Haasan (Kalki 2898 AD)
Best Debut Actress: Pankhudi Gidwani (Love Mouli), Bhagyashree Borse (Mr. Bachchan)
Best Debut Actor: Sandeep Saroj (Samiti Kurolu)
Best Debut Director: Nand Kishore Yemani (35 Oka Chinna Katha)
Cinematographer: Ratnavelu (Devra)
Best Comedian: Satya (Mathu Vadhalara 2)