SIIMA Award for Best Director – Malayalam

SIIMA Award for Best Director – Malayalam
The 2025 recipient: Blessy
Awarded forBest Direction Achievement in Malayalam cinema
CountryIndia
Presented byVibri Media Group
First award22 June 2012 (for films released in 2011)
Most recent winnerBlessy, Aadujeevitham (2024)
Most winsLijo Jose Pellissery and Mahesh Narayanan (2)
Most nominationsLijo Jose Pellissery (5)

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

Superlatives

Categories Director(s) Record
Most wins Lijo Jose Pellissery 2
Mahesh Narayanan
Most nominations Lijo Jose Pellissery 5
Most nominations without a win Rosshan Andrrews 3

Winners and nominees

Table key
‡ Indicates the winner

2010s

Year[a] Director Film Ref.
2011
(1st) 		Rajesh Pillai ‡ Traffic [1]
2012
(2nd) 		Lal Jose ‡ Ayalum Njanum Thammil [2]
Anwar Rasheed Ustad Hotel
Aashiq Abu 22 Female Kottayam
Vineeth Sreenivasan Thattathin Marayathu
Madhupal Ozhimuri
2013
(3rd) 		Jeethu Joseph ‡ Drishyam [3]
[4]
Lijo Jose Pellissery Amen
Kamal Celluloid
Shyamaprasad Artist
Rosshan Andrrews Mumbai Police
2014
(4th) 		Anjali Menon ‡ Bangalore Days [5]
[6]
Amal Neerad Iyobinte Pusthakam
Ranjith Njaan
Venu Munnariyippu
Rosshan Andrrews How Old Are You?
2015
(5th) 		Alphonse Puthren ‡ Premam [7]
[8]
Lal Jose Nee-Na
Martin Prakkat Charlie
R. S. Vimal Ennu Ninte Moideen
Salim Ahamed Pathemari
2016
(6th) 		Vysakh ‡ Pulimurugan [9]
[10]
Abrid Shine Action Hero Biju
Priyadarshan Oppam
Rajeev Ravi Kammatipaadam
Vineeth Sreenivasan Jacobinte Swargarajyam
2017
(7th) 		Lijo Jose Pellissery ‡ Angamaly Diaries [11]
[12]
Aashiq Abu Mayanadi
Dileesh Pothan Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Mahesh Narayanan Take Off
Soubin Shahir Parava
2018
(8th) 		Sathyan Anthikad ‡ Njan Prakashan [13]
[14]
Amal Neerad Varathan
Lijo Jose Pellissery Ee.Ma.Yau.
Rosshan Andrrews Kayamkulam Kochunni
Zakariya Mohammed Sudani from Nigeria
2019
(9th) 		Lijo Jose Pellissery ‡ Jallikattu [15]

[16]

Khalid Rahman Unda
Geetu Mohandas Moothon
Aashiq Abu Virus
Joshiy Porinju Mariam Jose

2020s

Year[a] Director Film Ref.
2020
(9th) 		Mahesh Narayanan ‡ C U Soon [17]

[18]

Anwar Rasheed Trance
Sachy Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Midhun Manuel Thomas Anjaam Pathiraa
Zakariya Mohammed Halal Love Story
2021
(10th) 		Mahesh Narayanan ‡ Malik
Jeethu Joseph Drishyam 2
Dileesh Pothan Joji
Senna Hegde Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam
Basil Joseph Minnal Murali
2022
(11th) 		Vineeth Sreenivasan ‡ Hridayam
Mahesh Narayanan Ariyippu
Khalid Rahman Thallumaala
Amal Neerad Bheeshma Parvam
Tharun Moorthy Saudi Vellakka
2023
(12th) 		Jude Anthany Joseph ‡ 2018
Jeethu Joseph Neru
Jeo Baby Kaathal – The Core
Lijo Jose Pellissery Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
Priyadarshan Corona Papers
2024
(13th) 		Blessy ‡ Aadujeevitham [19]
Chidambaram S. Poduval Manjummel Boys
Rahul Sadasivan Bramayugam
Girish A. D. Premalu
Jithu Madhavan Aavesham
Dinjith Ayyathan Kishkindha Kaandam

Notes

  1. ^ a b Refers to the film's release year

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  19. ^ "SIIMA 2025 winners list: Aadujeevitham, Amaran win big; Sai Pallavi, Prithviraj take home best actor honours". The Indian Express. 7 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
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