SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Malayalam

The SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Malayalam is an award, begun in 2012, presented annually at the South Indian International Movie Awards to an debut actor in lead role via viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. The nominations for the category are given by the jury members.

SIIMA Awards for Best Male Debut – Malayalam
Awarded for	"Best Debut Performance by an Actor"
Country	India
Presented by	South Indian International Movie Awards
First awarded	2012
Currently held by	Pranav Mohanlal, Aadhi (2019)
Website	siima.in

Winners and nominees

Table key

	Indicates the winner

Year[lower-alpha 1]	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
2012 (1st)	Unni Mukundan	Shahjahan	Bombay March 12	[1]
	———
2013 (2nd)	Dulquer Salmaan	Hari Lal (Lalu)	Second Show	[2]
	Sunny Wayne	Kurudi (Nelson Mandela P. P.)	Second Show
	Shanker Ramakrishnan	Alexy	Spirit
	Anu Mohan	Sooraj	Orkut Oru Ormakoot
	Sekhar Menon	Luke John Prakash	Da Thadiya
2014 (3rd)	Krish J. Sathaar	Sharath	Ladies and Gentleman	[3] [4]
	Niranj Maniyanpilla Raju	Deepak	Black Butterfly
	Mithun Murali	Benny
	Dhyan Sreenivasan	Naveen	Thira
	Sanoop Santhosh	Ryan Philip	Philips and the Monkey Pen
2015 (4th)	Farhaan Faasil	Steve Lopez	Njan Steve Lopez	[5] [6]
	Santhosh Keezhattoor	Kunjunni Menon	Vikramadithyan
	John Brittas	Upendran	Vellivelichathil
	Sudev Nair	Kiran	My Life Partner
	Vipin Atley	Alan	Homely Meals
2016 (5th)	Siddharth Menon	Ananth Abraham	Rockstar	[7] [8]
	Shabareesh Varma	Shambu	Premam
	Sharaf U Dheen	Girirajan Kozhi
	Adil Ibrahim	Sudev	Nirnayakam
	Vineeth Mohan	Koshi	Adi Kapyare Kootamani
2017 (6th)	Shane Nigam	Irfan	Kismath	[9] [10]
	Gokul Suresh	Bharath	Mudhugauv
	Arun Kurian	Varun Manjooran	Aanandam
	Manikandan R. Achari	Balakrishnan	Kammatipaadam
	Vishnu Unnikrishnan	Krishnan Nair (Kichu)	Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan
2018 (7th)	Antony Varghese	Vincent Pepe	Angamaly Diaries	[11]
	Appani Sarath	Ravi aka 'Appani Ravi'	Angamaly Diaries
	Amal Shah	Irshad aka 'Ichappi'	Parava
	Arjun Ashokan	Hakeem
	Askar Ali	Vishnu	Honey Bee 2.5
2019 (8th)	Pranav Mohanlal	Aadhithya "Aadhi" Mohan	Aadhi	[12] [13]
	Bibin George	Sreekuttan	Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha
	Dhruvan	Balu	Queen
	Kalidas Jayaram	Gauthaman C.A	Poomaram
	Senthil Krishna	Rajamani based on Kalabhavan Mani	Chalakkudikkaran Changathi

Notes

1. Refers to the year in which the ceremony was held.

References

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2. "SIIMA Awards 2013 Malayalam Winners". South Indian International Movie Awards. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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10. "SIIMA Awards 2017 Malayalam Winners". The Times of India. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
11. "SIIMA Awards 2018 Winners". Bollywood Hungama. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
12. "SIIMA 2019 nominations for best debutante actor and actresses". Daily News and Analysis. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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