Case and thank you everyone who’s here it’s an honor to host this event and here we have nidhi hello nidhi hi hi hi hi hi so yes I’ll give that okay we need some time to say hi is in hellos kabati I can pause for a moment
Hi hi nidhi once again hi good to see you after one long year anyways okay it’s made the best of the best from South Indian Cinema gather on the one roof to honor and applaud the exceptional talent that Graces our screens this is where we dance to not to
Not to from RR and groove to salaam Rocky by from kgf more than an award night this is where the South Indian film fraternity comes together as a family to catch up meet up and celebrate each other more than an award night this is oh sorry from blockbuster hits to thought
Provoking masterpieces Saima celebrates the diversity and richness of South Indian film industry since its Inception Saima is the only award shop in South India that has been consistently honoring the best of South Indian Cinema for over a decade and has only become better and better over time
Saima is promoted by vibrary media one of the leading media houses from Hyderabad which is also the promoter of India’s biggest spontanement event after IPL which is the celebrity cricket league CCL which brings together actors from eight film Industries in one platform of playing competitive Cricket vibri is also into film Productions 83
Moving started starring ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev and thalaivi starring kangana or not as jayalalitha produced by viprium Saima is not just an awards Knight or a two-day event it is much more than that it’s the celebration of South Indian Cinema for over 45 days every year the celebrations today in
Hyderabad and goes on till 16 September in Dubai last year when I I met so many people I met I made new friends in the industries to be very honest it was so helpful and it was like a part of we could collaborate with each other honest girl
People who are growing like me and many people it’s an opportunity to people like us to grow and network so thank you Saima for giving us this amazing opportunity so can we have our Saima AV onto the screen please can we have our Sigma AV
Lights off jnd and can we have Syma AV Nexus cyber brought to you by Nexa powered by Flipkart and parlay platina hide and seek Cookie co-presented by a23 Dubai local presenter Daniel property welcome the South Indian International Movie Awards Thank you Google I think if you’re really proud the best of the South Indian movies this award is going to be member Memorial party it’s a beautiful painting a beautiful memory [Applause] thank you good thanks to that thank you so much thank you so much thank you so much for this wonderful Awards weekend Dubai brought to you by a23 co-presented by indexa in association with honors dignity And this year I think 10 times more Chala bound and then we are all expecting so thank you everyone for being here so moving on uh let me introduce I want your kind attention to an audio visual presentation on the uh changes it’s time where I invite all our guests
Onto the stage but before that we have to play an AV for our vibri media who’s doing amazingly great for our all our events can we have an AV on RP pre media onto the screen please This is a fantastic moment for all of us welcome to the celebrity cricket league [Applause] International Movie Awards has been very very sweet to me thank you so much thank you Simon for having me here thank you Simon thank you thank you Saima thank you thank you Saima thanks to Simon
I want to say thanks to Vishnu because he’s the one who really started took on the responsibility of producing such a film it was you sir I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the gift that is 83. thank you so much sir conceptualized this idea that such a
Film should be made heartfelt gratitude to her I just want to thank the producers Vishnu and vinda garu of talibi thank you vipri media for giving us amazing films and beautiful events a big ground of Applause for our media thank you so much is very very important so no event is
Successful without the support of a sponsor who shares the same enthusiasm for honoring excellence in South Indian Cinema I want to introduce this title sponsor of Saima Awards 2023 Nexa can we have a round of applause please can we play the AV of our Nexa title sponsor on the screen please Introducing invicto the League of Extraordinary okay so I want to call all our guests and celebrities onto the stage it’s my great honor and privilege to invite the dignity dignitaries for today’s events onto the stage brinda Prasad chairperson Saima can we have brinda prasadgar onto the stage please with a round of applause
Thank you thank you ma’am representing naxa the title sponsor of Saima Awards 2023 Mr Shashank srivastava senior executive director maruti Suzuki India limited can we have sir onto the stage please yes favorite personally I am introducing today we are honored to introduce a true Powerhouse in Indian Cinema his
Versatile Talent has made a mark as an actor and ventured into production technology and other diverse fields without further at all please join me in welcoming the one and only Rana the gubati thank you ranagaru thank you moving on one second pause moving on is an incredibly talented young actress
Who has been making waves in Indian Cinema with a remarkable performances and infectious Charisma can we have a beautiful and gorgeous nidhi Agarwal under the stage please foreign welcome we are gathered to introduce a rising star in Beauty Grace and talent she’s a young sensation who is ready to conquer
New Horizons please join me in welcoming the remarkable May nakshi Chaudhary onto the stage please with a round of applause guys thank you okay starting off with uh Prasad mom trade person Saima to talk about Saima ma’am yes can we have a round of applause please thank you as always we
Excited about Simon it’s like one big reunion for all the film Industries it’s like homecoming actually and nevertheless although every year we say the same things but the emotion builds up more and more uh we’re short of words to explain how overwhelming it is that we have been
Accepted as one of the most sought after credible Awards in India today uh and we are only here to stay and go on for a long time uh we’re very excited and super happy to have Nixa on board thank you so much sir for believing in us it’s going to be a
Great show and we’re looking forward for a great run it’s just the beginning and Rana what can I say I like again I’m short of words because I think I’ve used all the possible adjectives yes so we don’t have any more words to express but uh you’re just an incredible
And a part of Saima that we can’t imagine Saima without you so thank you so much and nidhi I’m sure this is not your first time but many more times to go and but welcome aboard for the first time I think you’re on board for the
First time inakshi and we see you we hope to see you more often too uh thank you all my media friends for being here today as always you’ve been of great support and you’ve always embraced us with a lot of affection and always been there for us whenever we
Needed you all continue with the support uh we see you soon in on September 16th 15th and 16th in Dubai as we geared into the countdown next two weeks is going to be super speed and uh we’ll see you there soon thank you so much thank you Mom we are equally excited to
See Saima this year in Dubai thank you so much can we require can we have our most handsome to please speak and address a gathering good afternoon this is that time like brinda said it’s the Simon time of there it’s probably one single time everybody in South India across Industries whether it’s actors
Technicians audience alike are excited for this and uh it’s awesome this is the 11th year I just can’t believe that I’m getting so old uh it just it just feels like we started a couple of years ago with the excitement is the same the madness is the same
Today we talk about South Indian Cinema being Global we’re trying to reach different platforms destinations but it was truly Sima which from the last 11 years was encouraging everything that was Merit in South India on a global stage they also have business awards for the last couple of years and I think that’s
An extraordinary Edition just to bring entrepreneurs from the south together and uh what can I say I just feel like I’m a part of this and there’s no ever stepping out of this place it’s definitely my most exciting time of the year and I hope to see all of you all in
Dubai thank you thank you uh you have been always Simon and see it’s he’s always very energetic very jovial airport but he’s always like hi hi honey he breaks the eyes so thanks for being a very nice person thank you so much so we request or to please address the gathering with the
Round of applause guys thank you hi everyone hope you all are doing go I from the first year that I started working in South Indian films I’ve been associated with Saima so I’d like to thank Vishnu sir and brindam for always inviting me and treating me so well and
You know making me perform and give a tribute to like great legendary actors and directors and happy to be here and yeah see you guys in Dubai looking forward to it it’s going to be a great show thank you thank you so much nidhi can we have Meenakshi Chaudhary to please
Address a gathering you look very pretty in red dress good evening everybody um this is my first time coming out and being a part of Saima and I would like to thank vishna and brindaman for making me a part of this beautiful Association and tradition that
Saima has become now it’s not just about Awards but it’s also about celebrating Cinema and the work that we do and I feel like a lot of times it’s not about giving enough credit but it’s just celebrating what we do and I think Saima is doing exactly that and I think it’s a
Beautiful way of coming together not just in Telugu kannada Malayalam and Tamil but it’s all of them coming together and celebrating this so very grateful to be a part of this and cannot wait for you guys to see what this year’s all about so thank you thank you Meenakshi we are looking
Forward to see you as well every event our sponsors are very important so let me introduce to Mr Shashank srivastavogaru he has played an essential role in creating the Indian automobile sector as the senior executive director of marketing and sales and maruti Suzuki India limited under his leadership Nixa
Has established a benchmark for automatic automotive Innovation elegance and customer experience he is recognized as an innovator and brand Builder making maruti and Nixa household names in India can we have Mr sashank sriva SRI vastava garu to please address a gathering thank you good afternoon everyone first of all uh
Thanks to all the media friends who are here today for this event and uh maruti Suzuki has been following saima’s progress over the last few years started in 2012 this is the 11th Edition but every time we felt it’s getting bigger and better and I think we would definitely like to
Compliment and congratulate Vishnu and brinda for the excellent work you have done big round of applause for both of them great work done also we must applaud for Rana and Meenakshi and and nidhi as well because they are the big support for Saima this year and I’m told since the beginning Iran has
Always been staying so thank you for your support as well now next up we have uh when we started about eight years back it was about not just selling cars but also to give a good a global Automotive experience to the more aspirational buyers of urban India and we have therefore very closely
Related with genres of music of travel lifestyle that includes fashion and films so we have been supporting IFA for a very long time as also the Z cine Awards but and all lackner Fashion Week and so on but uh really we felt that Saima has become really a very important event to be
Associated with one reason of course is there are many reasons I’ll just give you two reasons before I quickly wrap up first reason is scale Nexa uh by the way we have sold about 2.5 million cars in this very short period of time yeah this is in a market like India has
Become the third largest automobile Market in the world and it is also a very large uh film industry in our country 50 plus is South India so about a 10 000 crore industry uh more than five thousand crore or 5300 crore comes from South India and that’s I think uh very it’s
Very important that it be recognized as such so scale and bigness is one reason the other reason is of course the close brand values that we have Nexa has the brand value the tagline is create inspire so we are we are Nexa always has been looking for products which are
Innovative they are experimentative they’re more aggressive if you see the design of the products and I see some similarities so they are in Saima as well very Innovative and just like Nexa giving that Global Experience recognizing South Indian new industry on a global platform that’s the second
Reason why Nexa wants and is associated with Saima and of course South Indian movies the third and the biggest reason is the the like Nexa produces every now and then hit models like uh the invicto you just saw or the chimney or the frogs and uh very shortly the electric SUV
That we will be launching South Indian movies also produce hits after hits so we have seen that uh whether it’s RR or bahubali or kantara or Sita Raman and so on and so forth really good and we feel Nexa and Saima therefore are a great fit
And we will continue to support it uh in the future as well so without Much Ado thank you very much we look forward to seeing you in Dubai and hope for another successful organization of the Saima Awards thank you very much thank you thank you so much sir
Now we request uh Media Partners ever can have any questions that you guys want to ask our guests so please raise your hand on a mic pass test them please coach just media photos just give us two minutes guys foreign thank you only thank you so much so moving on to our questions
On today please hello Andy hi can we clear the space please yeah hi Rana garu how are you okay lovely seeing all of you on stage uh I still remember Rana when you had your first conference with Saima and you’re still the same lovely handsome guy which I saw 10 years back
So Rana tell me uh why is it that you don’t perform in Saima Awards uh the first few years Vishnu and brinda thought I should be a host and after that they said it’s better off when you’re hosting the after party so after that they just continued using me for After parties
His performance throughout Saima rather than that five to seven minutes on stage so he has a Major Performance that happens from the beginning to the end so my next question is you’re about to do this Amar chitra Katha you always said that it was very close to your heart so
Is that glimpse a part of Saima by any chance oh no that’s it’s it’ll come much later probably next time I’ll have something there nidhi and Meenakshi lovely girls looking gorgeous actually you’re both are stealing the show so who would like to answer first nidhi or Meenakshi
Yes okay so tell me uh how important are Awards to you I think awards are extremely important you know it’s great validation sometimes we all need validation because we work really hard and it feels nice when your own industry kind of supports you and encourages you you know so it it is
Important it feels always feels great to get an award doesn’t it so I haven’t got one for best actress yet but I think with my next two films I’m hoping that I actually get one all the best for that thank you first experience and all hit
We have seen you you’re doing all uh pan-india tours and now a Dubai tour with Saima no absolutely it’s been an honor a privilege and I’m filled with gratitude when I even talk about this the very fact that I’m getting this opportunity because it’s hardly been like some time that I’ve entered the
Industry and to be able to support and do the kind of work that I’m doing and be a part of you know Saima is truly a very humbling experience for me and I’m going to be performing for the first ever time this year so I’m very much
Looking forward to that and um yeah like nithi rightly said awards are a source of encouragement because I feel like every actor we kind of are sometimes very hard in ourselves and I think this is a great uh would you say camaraderie or regimentation of Brotherhood coming
In together so it feels great to see all people from different Industries coming together and celebrating what we do and love to do so yeah thank you uh foreign because it’s a period film and I think Rana will second me on this you know period films take time it’s not easy to
Shoot a period film so it’s worth the wait and uh Pawan Kalyan sir I’m a fan of his I think he’s probably the first person who I told that I am your fan you know so I’m a fan of his and he’s he’s really done so amazingly well in that
Film and Krishna has written such a good script that uh I can’t wait for you all to see the film and I’m super super excited and looking forward to the release soon hi Rana yo how are you mind blowing um it’s something that I enjoy very much I think Simon has been terrifically
Doing that well I’m very honored to be a part of it is so he’s the reason why I do many crazy things nice nidhi um I think uh nowadays mainstream actresses everybody is doing these dance numbers so they are not really item songs anymore right I think everybody is just
Performing and enjoying themselves and dance is a form of art so whether it’s an item or a romantic song or a classical performance everything is a performance and that’s how I look at it and I think it’s great that all mainstream actors are dancing in these peppy numbers so oh no I didn’t
Get nice so I mean but I have two films that I’m shooting for right now and yeah I think as an actor sometimes these things happen maybe uh maybe I need to be a little bit more smarter rather than just being very intuitive but it’s a journey I’m learning and next time I
Will not give such a long Gap I promise thank you after dance I remember yeah this type of Opportunity that comes my way that makes me feel good about what I do and uh I I love to do that so yeah thank you thank you thank you so every year expectation foreign from across the industries lines up soon foreign Laughs um tourism collaboration so basically when we choose a destination it has to be such that the journey is not more than three four hours big stars to take time out and come the travel is a very integral part so if we take off too much in travel then it
Can’t happen so we keep it not more than three four hours of a flight journey and that happens in Southeast Asia Low aqua it’s easier to approachability is there you have shown the next soccer hello I really liked your car Burnley so are you gifting this car to the winners how
Is it what’s a collaboration we we didn’t think in that direction but now that you have suggested we’ll think about it with everybody’s name you never know yeah I I think you consider yourself lucky that’s great thank you sir dominated opportunities [Applause] foreign doing better every year and pulling the
Show along and as long as we can we have the support of our sponsors support of the fourth South Indian film Industries and God’s grace we will perform and go ahead looking into a bright future but I don’t think I can talk for the other other award properties I mean it’s very
Personal their choice whether they want to do it or not okay no actor or performer or any talent for that matter if they’re appreciated and they’re celebrated I’m sure everybody will like it nobody will say no to an award it all depends on how well they put it
Together they might for the there might be many reasons that are there that limitations that are there that people choose not to continue with their Awards so I don’t think it’s because of the popularity or I don’t know I I don’t think there can be any one reason for that said
Some can be government some can be private but it’s very hard to put these events together and uh I because I’ve been so close to all of them so they’ve been many years that were very hard to put an event together Miranda took many people stop because whether it’s pandemics whether it’s uh
Politics in some ways until many ways but whatever happened I just have to wholeheartedly say the Vishnu and binda just didn’t stop and I know that they will never stop whatever may be the reason and really big big hats off to that and uh that all of you I think
Should applaud and make sure this happens even bigger each time foreign definitely not um but I’m very grateful because I have been looking forward to these the first time that I actually uh got to know about Simon’s when I was nominated for it as a Best debut and this year I’m
Nominated for best actress so I think um it is it’s always great to know that people appreciate your work they acknowledge your work and um Sima is doing exactly that not just in one industry but in like four Industries as we see and just celebrating it so I
Think for me I’m more than excited and happy any reason that I get to uh you know celebrate what we’re doing and get to meet new people from the industry which you otherwise don’t is is always a great great thing so yeah Veena so national awards national awards disappointment so Awards
Yeah please okay so national awards Is a lovely film and I think uh this I don’t know how sometimes it just happens and there will be something else see until it’s each one’s opinion every structure is very different it’s a popular vote pandemic or the internet will also be a couple of different places well national awards is
Selected on very different merits so it’s a very respectable award and uh why they chose certain films is up to that jury until uh like that there will be so many films that have missed out uh that have been very very powerful uh stories but are
The audience that you put into them so people will never forget it so expectations thank you thank you again so in the camera question related to their opinion so it’s the same with artists and artists will it’s not about the person so that will never be it’s never a controversy controversy and World
Languages and maximum tweeters then it becomes a controversy but no it’s not amongst us nothing is a controversy opinion why is it controversial and I actually is Yeah yeah see it’s like I can like many things you can like many things so that’s all it is and everybody can’t get the marriage so it doesn’t matter everything has opinions so um foreign because since many years pulling everything together doing it beautifully giving a lot of people amazing
Opportunities thank you Saima for bringing all of us together and thank you all our Media Partners for coming here as we conclude this event we want to extend a heartful gratitude everyone here today your presence and support mean a lot to us thanks to all our dignitaries and our sponsor see you all
Again thank you so much this is signing off thank you thank you group photo if you guys need again we can one last picture Andy please foreign
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