Kalki and Pushpa 2 dominate SIIMA 2025 awards

This year 2025 annual addition of SIIMA awards is a star-studded affair held at Dubai Exhibition Centre. Among Telugu Language Awards, held on Day 1, Prabhas starrer Kalki 2898 AD has swept maximum number of awards with Icon Star Allu Arjun and Sukumar grabbing, Best actor and Best Director for Pushpa 2 The Rule.

Kalki 2898 AD won a total of 4 awards, including, Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor in a Negative Role. Equally big, Pushpa 2 won Best Actor, Best Director, Best Actress for Rashmika Mandannna, and Best Music Director for Devi Sri Prasad.

Teja Sajja won Best actor Critics Choice for HanuMan while Prashant Varma won Best Director, Critics Choice. Meenakshi Chaudhary for Lucky Bashkar won Critics Choice Best Actress. Interestingly, Rathnavelu won Best Cinematographer for Devara Part - 1 and Pankuri, Bhagyashri Borse shared Best Debutant actress award.

Here's the total list of SIIMA 2025: Telugu Cinema Winners

* Best Film: Kalki 2898 AD

* Best Director: Sukumar

* Best Director (Critics' Choice): Prasanth Varma

* Best Actor: Allu Arjun

* Best Actor (Critics' Choice): Teja Sajja

* Best Actress: Rashmika Mandanna

* Best Actress (Critics' Choice): Meenakshi Chaudhary

* Best Supporting Actor: Amitabh Bachchan

* Best Supporting Actress: Anna Ben

* Best Music Director: Devi Sri Prasad

* Best Lyricist: Ramajogayya Sastry

* Best Playback Singer (Male): Shankar Babu Kandukuri

* Best Playback Singer (Female): Shilpa Rao

* Best Actor in a Negative Role: Kamal Haasan

* Best Debutant Actress: Pankuri, Bhagyashree Borse

* Best Debutant Actor: Sandeep Saroj

* Best Debutant Director: Nanda Kishore Vemani

* Best Debutant Producer: Niharika Konidela

* Best Cinematographer: Rathnavelu

* Best Comedian: Satya