The 1st SIIMA Short Film Awards were presented on 14 May 2017 at Hyderabad, Telangana and 28 May 2017 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu to honour the best achievements of the short films produced in Telugu & Kannada and Tamil languages respectively in the previous years. A total of 21 Awards were given to the talented professionals across all categories in three languages.
Presenters
Hyderabad – Telugu & Kannada
Rana Daggubati Shyam Prasad Reddy Allu Aravind Lakshmi Manchu Allu Sirish Navdeep Regina Cassandra Tharun Bhascker Pranitha Subhash Shraddha Srinath
Chennai – Tamil
Rana Daggubati Aishwarya Rajesh Suhasini Maniratnam Nikki Galrani Manjima Mohan Ambika
Winners and nominations
Film Best Short FilmTeluguTamil Vindhya Marutham Indian, Age 25 Raagam Why Not a Girl...! Laddu Mudhal KanaveKannada Chowkabara Patinga The Last Kannadiga Present Sir Panmandri CrossBest Short Film DirectorTeluguTamil Lakshman Krishna – Krishnamurthi Garintlo Subhash Chandra Dheeraj Raju – Prayanam V. Jayasankhar – Happy Ending Sreekar – Vindhya Marutham Srikanth Sri – Yedhane Vadili Vellipomake Dwarakh Raja – TanglishKannada Arjun Kumar S – Panmandri Cross
Acting Best Short Film ActorTeluguTamil Ramachandravarapu Shivakumar – Indian, Age 25 Tanneru Manoj Krishna – Krishnamurthi Garintlo Kalidhindi Lalith – Permatho Peechumittai Gurran Srikanth – Tholi Parichayam Anjan Ramachandra – Emotion Akilan – Chennaiyil Oru MazaikalamKannada Poornachandra Mysuru – Patanga Achyuth Kumar – Chowkabara Vasishta N. Simha – The Last Kannadiga Tejaswi – Panmandri Cross Arasu – ParivarthaneBest Short Film ActressTeluguTamil Darshini Sekhar – Krishnamurthi Garintlo Meghana Lokesh – Emotion Pavani – Vindhya Marutham Mrudhula – Yedhane Vadili Vellipomake Sree Yugala – Subham Nakshathra – En Iniya Pon NilaveKannada Akshatha – Panmandri Cross Ashwini Gowda – Chowkabara Dimpy Fadhya – Neecha Tanuja Gowda – 23 Bhavana – ParivarthaneBest Short Film Actor in a Supporting RoleTeluguTamil Ankith Koyya – Yedhane Vadili Vellipomake Ajay Ghosh – Joke Ravi Varma – Laddu Darbha Appaji Ambharisha – Krishnamurthi Garintlo Paila Ravi Siva Teja – Happy Ending Akash – Angry BirdsKannada Rajkumar DM – YaraavarivaruBest Short Film Actress in a Supporting RoleTeluguKannada Dasetty Jahnavi – Prematho Peechumittai Prabha – Kurtha Monica – Laddu Nekkati Tanmai – Pilla Kalla Papa Chebolu Amala – Janaki Kalipindi Iddarini Brinda Devaraj – 23 IppathmuruBest Short Film Best ComedianTelugu Paila Ravi Sai Teja – Prematho Peechumittai Sri Krishna Alias Nani – Sivoham Mahesh Vitta – Ramudi Premalo Seetha Bhadram Sandeep – Adhi Oka Idhi Le Poosarla Niroop – Prematho Peechumittai
Music Best Short Film Music DirectorTeluguTamil Kabir Rafi – Koncham Ishtam Chala Kashtam Jagadeesh Satyan – Krishnamurthi Garintlo Vamsi Krishna Keys – Lucky Love Vamsi Krishna – Alexander Vamsi, Hari – Vindhya Marutham Rakesh Krishna – Sollanum ThonachuKannada Raghu Dixit – The Last Kannadiga
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