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8 TIMES, THE TIMES OF BACK BEAT TUESDAY 5 JULY 2016 CINEMA, SHENANIGANS AND SUPERSTARS: Pics: T SIIMA 2016 WAS A SMASH HIT

It rained The fifth edition of SIIMA held at Singapore was performances as the divas of nothing short of a blockbuster as the biggest the South vowed with matinee idols of South Indian cinema breathtaking dance acts turned up to take part in what was a scintillating celebration

Devi Sri Prasad

DSP SINGS FOR HIS DAD The usually boisterous turned sombre when he was asked to sing a few lines on stage after he picked up his award for Best Music Director (Telugu). “This is a song I wrote for my dad, and I dedicate this all those loving dads out there who made this life possible for us…” he said, and went on to croon a few lines of … chok- ing with emotion all the while.

[email protected] added a filmy tadka to the show.The high- SENSATION OF THE litz and glamour, pomp and light however was YEAR: show, grit and glory,awards Sayeesha’s tribute to Sudheer Babu won the South G and accolades — Godrej the big four of Telugu Indian Sensation of the Year Goldilocks SIIMA 2016, in its fifth edi- cinema — award. “It was always a dream tion, had all the trappings of a perfect , for me to become an actor,and it South Indian potboiler. If the red car- , was a bigger dream for me to go pet shenanigans of reigning divas of and Balakrishna. In to . So you can imag- tinseltown set the temperatures soar- what was her first ever ine how I felt when some- ing, the high octane naach-gaana and stage performance, she shimmied to one from Bollywood drama on stage kept the entertain- hit numbers of all four stalwarts and actually comes looking ment quotient at an all-time high. And also pulled off Chiru’s iconic ‘Veena for me, to cast me in a of course, for all those who walked Step’ like no one else did before. Devi film. It’s like a away with awards in hand, there was Sri Prasad impressed with a high-en- dream within a a happy ending too. ergy gig, which had the whole crowd dream. And getting Held at the swanky Suntec on its feet. an award called ‘sen- Convention and Exhibition Centre, Day 2, which was dedicated to sation of the year’ is Singapore, the two-day extravaganza Tamil and films, saw even more sensation- that celebrates South Indian cinema the auditorium packed to ca- BREAKS INTO A Huma al,” beamed Sudheer. and recognises talent from Tamil, pacity with Singapore’s TEEN MAAR DANCE Qureshi Telugu, Malayalam and milling Tamil-speak- film industries got off to a glitzy start ing population. In Anirudh’s highlight act, he went off the stage and did a li’l on Day 1, with Bhallaladeva Rana And keeping jig with almost everyone seat- Daggubati welcoming Singapore’s them enter- ed among the guests. But Allu South Indian diaspora in true filmy tained were a Arjun took it one step further fashion, complete with a punch dia- bunch of funny when he followed Anirudh’s logue. Taking the baton from him men and lovely cue and got on stage with him, were hosts for the evening, women — Shiva, Sayyeshaa Saigal doing and broke into an impromptu Manchu and , who had the audi- Sateesh, Ranjini Haridas the iconic ‘Veena Step’ teen maar dance, in total Tollywood mass style. Gotto ence in splits with their easy banter and Dhanya. love the Stylish Star for the through the four-hour show. Star power on day two was stellar sport that he is. Sandalwood’s Akul brought in a fresh too — with , , dash of humour with his brilliant em- Prithviraj, , Radhika ceeing as well. The first evening, Apte and more making their presence WAS THE VILLAIN IN RANA’S LIFE which awarded the best talent of felt. Veteran filmmaker Panchu SUHASINI HAS A WORD OF After recieving the award for Best Actor in a Negative Role from Allu Aravind for Telugu and Kannada films of 2015, Arunachalam was honoured with a ADVICE FOR ALI AND CO... his Bhalaladeva act in Bãhubali, Rana said, “I’m happy to receive this award from Sudheer saw a stellar attendance from stars Lifetime Achievement award. Han- Tired of the sexist nature of jokes you, ’cos you are the villain in my life.” Then he looked at Chiranjeevi and added, Babu across the South, including matinee sika, Amyra Dastur, Aishwarya doled out by the men folk, led by Ali amidst chuckles, “As kids, neither Charan was scared of you nor I was scared of idols Chiranjeevi, , Vikram, Rajesh and put up on Day 1, and Shiva and Satheesh on my dad. But both of us were terrified of him. If we bunked a class or flunked an WINNERS Suhasini, Rana, Allu Arjun, Puneeth some sexy performances. Malay- Day 2, Suhasini made an interesting exam, he’d get to know and ensure everyone knew about it.” Rajkumar, , and more. alam star Neeraj Madhav was the comment: “You guys are doing an ■ BEST FILM | Bãhubali Huma Qureshi’s presence added only male actor to perform; and he excellent job, keeping us all enterta- ■ BEST ACTOR | Bollywood glam to the do, while Kabir set some pretty high standards. MEGA MOMENT ON STAGE ined with your quick wit. But one for Bedi made an appearance to mark his The rockstar of the evening request please — avoid poking fun at ■ BEST ACTRESS | Haasan for foray into South cinema. The stal- though was Anirudh. He made a In a fitting tribute to Chiranjeevi, a montage of highlights from the Megastar’s career women and kids... that’s in bad taste.” Srimanthudu warts cheered on as veteran playback smashing entry,complete with ex- was played on stage. But what made the moment truly special was when he was joined Truer words were never spoken. ■ BEST DIRECTOR | SS Rajamouli for singer S Janaki was honoured with a otic dancers and dragons, and had by all his yesteryear heroines on stage, including Radikaa, with whom he’s done scores Bãhubali Lifetime Achievement award. the crowd on their feet for 10 whole of films and Suhasini. Taking him by surprise, Suhasini broke into a song: “Malli malli idi ■ BEST ACTOR (Critics) | Allu Arjun for Brilliantly choreographed song minutes; that too at 2.30 in the raani roju…” getting Chiru all moist-eyed. The Mega bonhomie ended with all the Rudhramadevi and dance acts by , morning. It was a fitting finale to actors crowding around Chiru for a Mega selfie. ■ BEST ACTRESS (Critics) | Anushka and the grand filmy weekend. Shetty for Rudhramadevi ■ BEST COMEDIAN | Vennela Kishore for AKHIL GETS RAGGED Bhale Bhale Magadivoy ■ BEST DEBUTANT DIRECTOR | Anil BY RANA ON STAGE Ravipudi for Pataas Akhil, seemed to be in a hurry ■ BEST DEBUTANT ACTOR (Male) | to get off the stage after for Akhil collecting the Best Debut ■ BEST DEBUTANT ACTOR (Female) | award when Rana came on Pragya Jaiswal for stage to pull a fast one about ■ BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR | DSP the breaking news of Akkineni Akhil for Srimanthudu scion’s engagement. “How old and ■ MOST STREAMED SONG OF THE YEAR | are you, bangaram?” asked Rana DSP for Rama for Srimanthudu Rana to a baffled Akhil, who ■ BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (Male) | Simha for Cinema Chupista Maava from fumbled, “Er, 22…” An amused Rana continued, “Look at me, I’m 32 and I have not even thought of marriage yet. Look at that Bunny (Allu Arjun) over ■ BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (Female) | there — the day he got married, he forgot all of us his friends. Will you also Rana takes Satya Yamini for Mamatala Talli from forget your friends…?” A visibly embarrassed Akhil retorted, “But you aren’t the Mega Bãhubali selfie my friend, are you…?” even as Rana broke out into peals of laughter. ■ BEST LYRICIST | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Kanche ■ BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Male) | STARRY, STARRY NIGHTS for Srimanthudu ■ BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Female) | Ramya for Bãhubali ■ BEST ACTOR IN A NEGATIVE ROLE | for Bãhubali ■ BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER | Jani for Temper ■ BEST FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER | Peter Heins for Bãhubali ■ BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER | KK Senthil Kumar for Bãhubali ■ BEST DEBUTANT PRODUCER | Kumar Reddy and Sashidhar Reddy for Bhale Manchi Roju Vikram Sushant ■ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | S Janaki ■ YOUTH ICON OF | Samantha Nayanthara Samantha

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