Namita Thakur and South Indian director Sandeep Reddy Vanga also met happily at the 2024 SIIMA Awards event, where they reached out together. In a video, Mrunal can be seen excitedly approaching Sandeep and shaking his hand as soon as she sees him. They briefly shake hands and exchange words related to the trophy he had received. People were delighted with their sweet handshake gesture, which only exhibited the two friends’ kinship.
In the ’70s look, Mrunal looked gorgeous in this saree outfit accompanied by the choker necklace, tied up her hair in a neat bun, while Sandeep looked decent in a blue kurta and denim. Mrunal emerged as the best actress as she acted in Hi Nanna, while Sandeep, on the other hand, was awarded Sensational of the Year.
Seriously, the night was ripe with honors, and seldom did it go anywhere without the name Nani being mentioned; Mrunal Thakur’s co-star from Hi Nanna bagged Best Actor in Dasara. Toby was honored with the Best Actress Award, which Chaithra Achar received, and the Kannada film Kaatera got the title of Best Film. The award for the best director went to Hemanth Rao for the movie Sapta Saagaradaache Ello—Side A.
Lavished in Dubai, the SIIMA 2024 event honored the South Indian film industry, where Dasara emerged successful to clinch the Best Actress award awarded to Keerthy Suresh and the Best Director award for Srikanth Odela. This drama also got Dixit Shetty’s ‘Best Actor in Supporting Role’ award.
The evening also paid tribute to talents in Kannada cinema, where Rakshit Shetty has been awarded Best Actor for Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A while Rukmini Vasanth and Ramesh Indira for Best Actress in Critics Choice category and Best Jinx in a Leading role, respectively. It was also the case that Kapil Kapilan was awarded the best playback singer for the male category.
