SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Malayalam

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The SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Malayalam is an award, begun in 2012, presented annually at the South Indian International Movie Awards to a 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
Unni Mukundan was the first recipient of the award
Awarded for	"Best Debut Performance by an Actor"
Country	India
Presented by	South Indian International Movie Awards
First award	2012
Currently held by	Siju Sunny, Romancham (2024)
Website	siima.in

Winners and nominees

Table key

‡	Indicates the winner

2010s

Year[a]	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

2020s

Year[a]	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
2020 (–)	Held in 2021, Due to COVID-19
2021 (9th)	Sarjano Khalid ‡	Noel	June	[14] [15]
	Akshay Radhakrishnan	Young Ayyappan	Pathinettam Padi
	Mathew Thomas	Franky Napoleon	Kumbalangi Nights
	Naveen Nazim	Bobby Kurian	Ambili
	Sharanjith	Vavachi Kannan	Nalpathiyonnu (41)
2021 (10th)	Dev Mohan ‡	Sufi	Sufiyum Sujatayum	[16] [15]
	Anand Roshan	Sameer	Sameer
	Jiji Scaria	Rishi Ram	The Kung Fu Master
	Sanoop Dinesh	Louis Antony
2022 (10th)	Sanal Aman ‡	Freddy	Malik
	Dineesh P	Biju	Nayattu
	Joji Mundakayam	Jaison Panachel	Joji
	Alex Alister	Popy
	Jay J Jakkrit	Chiang Juvan / Chinnali	Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea
2023 (11th)	Ranjith Sajeev ‡	Antony John	Mike
	Arjun Radhakrishnan	IAS Ajay Sripad Dange	Pada
	Kalesh Ramanand	Selva	Hridayam
	P. P. Kunhikrishnan	Magistrate	Nna Thaan Case Kodu
	Swathi Das Prabhu	Sathaar	Thallumaala
2024 (12th)	Siju Sunny ‡	Mukesh	Romancham
	Devadath V. S.	Basil	O.Baby
	Kalaiyarasan	Abbas	Thankam
	Munish Sharma	Amar Madhav	Ramachandra Boss & Co
	Shersha Sherief	Abhijith Chandradas	Little Miss Rawther

Notes

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