7th SIIMA awards: Complete Kannada nominations list

The South Indian International Movie Award (SIIMA) 2018 is all set to recognise and merit the best in cinema. The seventh edition of the event will be held in Dubai on 14 and 15 September.
The best talents in the Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries will be awarded over the two-day show. On the first day, the Generation Next Awards will be presented followed by the main event on the second day.
SIIMA has announced the nominees' list for the Kannada film industry.Scroll below to see if your favourite star and movie made the cut.
Best movie
Bharjari
Rajakumara
Chamak
Chowka
Ondu Motteya Kathe
Best direction
Santosh Anand Ram (Rajakumara )
Chetan Kumar (Bahadur)
Suni (Chamak)
Prakash Jayaram (Tarak)
PC Shekhar (Raga)
Best actor
Shivraj Kumar (Mafti)
Puneeth Rajkumar (Rajakumara)
Murali (Mafti)
Ganesh (Chamak)
Dhruva Sarja (Bharjari)
Best Actress
Shraddha Srinath (Operation Alamelamma)
Nivedita (Shuddhi)
Shanvi Srinivatsava (Tarak)
Rashmika mandanna (chamak)
Shruti Hariharan (Beautiful Manasugalu)
Best Director
Tarun Sudheer (Chowk)
Pannagara Bharan (Happy New Here)
Raj B Shetty (Ondu Motteya Kathe)
Ravi Basur (Kanaka)
Adarsh Ishwarappa (shuddhi)
Best Supporting Actor
P. Ravi Shankar (College Kumar)
Diganth Manchale (Happy New Here)
Kashinath (Chowk)
Rajesh Nataranga (Operation Alamelamma)
Suraj Gowda (Silicon City)
Best Comedian
Sadhu Kokila (Chamak)
Vijay Chandura (Pataki)
Sai Kumar (Happy New Here)
Kuri Pratap (Melkote Manja)
Chikkanna (Rajakumara)
Best villain actor
Prakash Rai (Rajakumara)
Ashish Vidayarthi (Pataki)
Apeksha Purohit (Coffee Thota)
P. Ravi Shankar (Hebuli)
Shahawar Ali (Chakravarthy)
Best Music Director
Charan Raj (Pushpaka Vimana)
V. Harikrishna (Rajakumara)
Raghu Dixit (Happy New Here)
Arjun Jenya (Chakravarthy)
Judah Sandy (Chamak)