4 KOCHI TIMES BACKBEAT TUESDAY 5 JULY 2016 Pics: T Mallikarjun S Janaki accepted the award from LENA DEDICATES Usha Uthup and Chiranjeevi AWARD TO KALPANA STARS, SHENANIGANS AND CINEMA: Lena who won the award for Best Actor in a support- ing role for her stellar act in Ennu Ninte Moideen, dedi- cated her award to SIIMA 2016 WAS A SMASH HIT Kalpana, who was also one of the nominees, for her role in Charlie. “The joy of winning this one is some- how marred when I see Kalpana chechi’s name along with mine in the list of nominees. To think she’s not here with us anymore is heartbreaking, because we all loved her so much, Hansika as a sister, as a friend…” said Lena, adding “This one Radhika Sarathkumar, Panchu is for you chechi…” Arunachalam and Kushboo CATEGORIES WINNER Huma Qureshi BEST FILM Premam BEST ACTOR Prithviraj (Ennu Ninte Moideen) BEST ACTRESS Nayanthara (Bhaskar The Rascal)
[email protected] cinema and recognises talent first evening, which BEST DIRECTOR Alphonse Putharen (Premam) from Tamil, Telugu, Malay- awarded the best talent of litz and glamour, alam and Kannada film in- Telugu and Kannada BEST ACTOR (CRITICS) Nivin Pauly (Premam) Gpomp and show, grit dustries got off to a glitzy films of 2015, saw BEST ACTRESS (CRITICS) Parvathy (Ennu Ninte Moideen) and glory,awards and start on Day 1 with Bhal- a stellar attendance accolades — Godrej BEST COMEDIAN Aju Varghese (Two Countries) laladeva Rana Daggubati wel- from stars across the Brinda Prasad, Goldilocks SIIMA 2016, in its BEST DEBUTANT ACTOR (M) Siddharth Menon (Rockstar) coming Singapore’s South In- South, including matinee Chairperson, SIIMA fifth edition, had all the trap- dian diaspora in true filmy idols Chiranjeevi, Kushboo, BEST DEBUTANT ACTOR (F) Sai Pallavi (Premam) pings of a perfect South Indi- fashion, complete with a Vikram, Suhasini, Rana, an potboiler.If the red carpet punch dialogue.