SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Telugu explained

SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Telugu is presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards, for the best acting done by an actor in a leading role in his debut Telugu film. The award was first given in 2012 for films released in 2011.

Superlatives

Categories	Recipient	Record
Youngest winner	Roshan Meka	Age 19 (2016)
Oldest winner	Sudheer Babu	Age 33 (2012)

Winners

Year	Actor	Film	Ref
2011	Aadi Saikumar	Prema Kavali	[1]
2012	Sudheer Babu	Siva Manasulo Sruthi	[2]
2013	Raj Tarun	Uyyala Jampala	[3]
2014	Sai Dharam Tej	Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam	[4]
2015	Akhil Akkineni	Akhil	[5]
2016	Roshan Meka	Nirmala Convent	[6]
2017	Ishaan	Rogue	[7]
2018	Kalyaan Dhev	Vijetha	[8]
2019	Sri Simha Koduri	Mathu Vadalara	[9]
2020	Shiva Kandukuri	Choosi Choodangaane	[10]
2021	Vaisshnav Tej	Uppena	[11]
2022	Ashok Galla	Hero	[12]
2023	Sangeeth Shobhan	Mad	[13]

Nominations

• 2011: Aadi – Prema Kavali
  • Mano Tej – Babloo
  • Arvind Krishna – It's My Love Story
  • Abijeet Duddala – Life is Beautiful
  • Ajay – Nuvvila
• 2012: Sudheer Babu – Siva Manasulo Sruthi
  • Rahul Ravindran – Andala Rakshasi
  • Naveen Chandra – Andala Rakshasi
  • Sumanth Ashwin – Tuneega Tuneega
  • Prince Cecil – Neeku Naaku Dash Dash
• 2013: Raj Tarun – Uyyala Jampala
  • Allu Sirish – Gouravam
  • Mahat Raghavendra – Backbench Student
  • Sree Vishnu – Prema Ishq Kaadhal
  • Adivi Sesh– Kiss
• 2014: Sai Dharam Tej – Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam
  • Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas – Alludu Sreenu
  • Sampoornesh Babu – Hrudaya Kaleyam
  • Varun Tej – Mukunda
  • Tejus Kancherla – Ulavacharu Biriyani
• 2015: Akhil Akkineni – Akhil
  • Akash Puri – Andhra Pori
  • Parvatheesam – Kerintha
  • Sathya Karthik – Tippu
  • Vijay Deverakonda – Yevade Subramanyam
• 2016: Roshan Meka – Nirmala Convent
  • Nikhil Kumar – Jaguar
  • Sandeep Kumar – Vangaveeti
  • Sagar – Siddhartha
• 2017: Ishaan – Rogue
  • Aashish Raj – Aakatayi
  • Ganta Ravi – Jayadev
  • Rakshit – London Babulu
  • Vishwak Sen – Vellipomakey
• 2018: Kalyaan Dhev – Vijetha
  • Aashish Gandhi – Natakam
  • Rahul Vijay – Ee Maaya Peremito
  • Srinivasa Sayee – Subhalekha + Lu
  • Sumanth Sailendra – Brand Babu
• 2019: Sri Simha – Mathu Vadalara
  • Anand Deverakonda – Dorasaani
  • Kiran Abbavaram – Raja Vaaru Rani Gaaru
  • Meghamsh Srihari – Rajdooth
  • Vijay Raja – Edaina Jaragocchu
• 2020: Shiva Kandukuri – Choosi Choodangaane
  • Sanjay Rao – O Pitta Katha
  • Ankith Koyya – Johaar
  • Shravan Reddy – Dirty Hari
  • Dandamudi Pruthvi – IIT Krishnamurthy
• 2021: Vaisshnav Tej – Uppena
  • Pradeep Machiraju – 30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela
  • Teja Sajja – Zombie Reddy
  • Satya – Vivaha Bhojanambu
  • Vikas Vasistha – Cinema Bandi
• 2022: Ashok Galla – Hero
  • Ashish Reddy – Rowdy Boys
  • Bellamkonda Ganesh – Swathi Muthyam
  • Harsh Kanumilli – Sehari
  • Srikanth Reddy – First Day First Show
• 2023: Sangeeth Shobhan – Mad
  • Abhiram Daggubati – Ahimsa
  • Narne Nithin – Mad
  • Ram Nithin – Mad
  • Virat Karrna – Peddha Kapu 1

See also

• SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu
• SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Telugu
• SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu
• Telugu cinema
• Cinema of India

References

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11. News: 2022-09-11 . SIIMA 2022: Pushpa wins big, Allu Arjun is best actor . 2022-09-11 . . Awards for Tamil and Malayalam films will be distributed on Sunday evening..
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