The 7th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held at

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on September 14 and 15, 2018. It aims to recognize notable films and performances from the past year in

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films along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The nomination list for the main awards was announced in June 2017.

Honorary awards

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Lifetime Achievement Award Lifetime achievement awards are awarded by various organizations, to recognize contributions over the whole of a career, rather than or in addition to single contributions. Such awards, and organizations presenting them, include: A * A.C. ...

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Other Awards

* SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer –

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Main awards winners and nominees

Film

Acting

Debut awards

Music

Critics' choice

Kollywood *Best Actor –

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Vikram Vedha ''Vikram Vedha'' is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Pushkar–Gayathri and produced by S. Sashikanth under his banner YNOT Studios. The film stars R. Madhavan, Vijay Sethupathi, Shraddha Sri ...

*Best Actress –

Aditi Balan Aditi Balan is an Indian actress, dancer and model who works in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She is best known for her role as Aruvi in the film ''Aruvi''. After the completion of her law degree in Chennai, she appeared in an brief role ...

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'' ;Tollywood *Best Actor –

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– ''Guru'' and ''Gautamiputra Satakarni'' *Best Actress –

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– ''Guru'' ;Kannada Cinema *Best Actor –

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*Best Actress –

Sruthi Hariharan Sruthi Hariharan (born 2 February 1989) is an Indian actress and producer who appears primarily in Kannada language films. She debuted in a 2012 Malayalam film, ''Cinema Company'', and her first film in the Kannada cinema industry was '' Lucia' ...

;Malayalam Cinema *Best Actor –

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*Best Actress –

Aishwarya Lekshmi Aishwarya Lekshmi (born 6 September 1990) is an Indian actress and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films. She won several accolades including One Filmfare Award South and 3 SIIMA Awards. She made her acting debut with 2 ...

;Special Award *Best Child Artist – Shlaga Saligrama – Kataka

Generation Next Awards

Entertainer of the Year

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'' *Style icon of the year –

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References

External links

Official website
{{South Indian International Movie Awards South Indian International Movie Awards 2018 Indian film awards