12th South Indian International Movie Awards

12th South Indian International Movie Awards
12th South Indian International Movie Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in South Indian cinema
Date	14–15 September 2024
Site	World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hosted by	Rishi; Simran Choudhary; Shubra Aiyappa; Sudigali Sudheer;
Organized by	Vibri Media Group
Highlights
Most nominations	Dasara and Jailer (11)
	← 11th; South Indian International Movie Awards; ;

The 12th South Indian International Movie Awards is an upcoming awards event that is scheduled to take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 14–15 September 2024.^[1]^[2] The ceremony (12th SIIMA) recognizes and honors the best films and performances from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films released in 2023, along with special honours for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.^[3] The nominations were announced in late-July 2024.^[4]^[5]

Main awards and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Film

Best Film
Telugu	Tamil
Baby Balagam Bhagavanth Kesari Dasara Hi Nanna Virupaksha	Jailer Leo Maamannan Ponniyin Selvan: II Viduthalai Part 1
Kannada	Malayalam
Aachar & Co Kaatera Kousalya Supraja Rama Kranti Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A	2018 Iratta Kaathal – The Core Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Neru
Best Director
Telugu	Tamil
Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari Bobby Kolli – Waltair Veerayya Gopichand Malineni – Veera Simha Reddy Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha Sai Rajesh Neelam – Baby Srikanth Odela – Dasara	Lokesh Kanagaraj – Leo Mani Ratnam – Ponniyin Selvan: II Mari Selvaraj – Maamannan Nelson Dilipkumar – Jailer S. U. Arun Kumar – Chithha Vetrimaaran – Viduthalai Part 1
Kannada	Malayalam
Akash Srivatsa – Shivaji Surathkal 2 Hemanth M. Rao – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Shashank – Kousalya Supraja Rama Tharun Sudhir – Kaatera V. Harikrishna – Kranti	Jeethu Joseph – Neru Jeo Baby – Kaathal – The Core Jude Anthany Joseph – 2018 Lijo Jose Pellissery – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Priyadarshan – Corona Papers
Best Cinematographer
Telugu	Tamil
Bhuvan Gowda – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Dasaradhi Sivendra – Mangalavaaram Rajeev Dharavath – Month of Madhu Sathyan Sooryan – Dasara Shamdat – Virupaksha	Manoj Paramahamsa – Leo Ravi Varman – Ponniyin Selvan: II R. Velraj – Viduthalai Part 1 Theni Eswar – Maamannan Vijay Kartik Kannan – Jailer
Kannada	Malayalam
A. J. Shetty – Kabzaa Advaitha Gurumurthy – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Mahendra Simha – Ghost Shekhar S – Bad Manners Shwet Priya Naik – Kaiva	Akhil George – 2018 Jinto George – Chaaver Muhammed Rahil – Kannur Squad Sharan Velayudhan – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Theni Eswar – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam

Acting

Best Actor
Telugu	Tamil
Balakrishna – Bhagavanth Kesari Chiranjeevi – Waltair Veerayya Dhanush – Sir Nani – Dasara Sai Dharam Tej – Virupaksha	Rajinikanth – Jailer Siddharth – Chithha Sivakarthikeyan – Maaveeran Vijay – Leo Vikram – Ponniyin Selvan: II Udhayanidhi Stalin – Maamannan
Kannada	Malayalam
Darshan – Kaatera Dhananjaya – Gurudev Hoysala Raj B. Shetty – Toby Rakshit Shetty – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Ramesh Aravind – Shivaji Surathkal 2 Shiva Rajkumar – Ghost	Basil Joseph – Falimy, Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham Joju George – Iratta Mammootty – Kaathal – The Core, Kannur Squad, Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Mohanlal – Neru Suresh Gopi – Garudan Tovino Thomas – 2018
Best Actress
Telugu	Tamil
Keerthy Suresh – Dasara Mrunal Thakur – Hi Nanna Payal Rajput – Mangalavaaram Samyuktha – Virupaksha Shruti Haasan – Veera Simha Reddy Sreeleela – Bhagavanth Kesari	Aishwarya Rai – Ponniyin Selvan: II Aishwarya Rajesh – Farhana Keerthy Suresh – Maamannan Meetha Raghunath – Good Night Nayanthara – Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food Trisha – Leo
Kannada	Malayalam
Chaithra J. Achar – Toby Meghana Raj – Tatsama Tadbhava Megha Shetty – Kaiva Rachita Ram – Kranti Rukmini Vasanth – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy – Aachar & Co	Anaswara Rajan – Neru Darshana Rajendran – Purusha Pretham Jyothika – Kaathal – The Core Kalyani Priyadarshan – Sesham Mike-il Fathima Manju Warrier – Ayisha Vincy Aloshious – Rekha
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Telugu	Tamil
Angad Bedi – Hi Nanna Brahmanandam – Ranga Maarthaanda Dheekshith Shetty – Dasara Prithviraj Sukumaran – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Ravi Krishna – Virupaksha Viraj Ashwin – Baby	M. S. Bhaskar – Parking R. Sarathkumar– Varisu S. J. Suryah – Mark Antony Vadivelu – Maamannan Vasanth Ravi – Jailer
Kannada	Malayalam
Aravind Iyer – Tatsama Tadbhava Gopal Krishna Deshpande – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Harshil Koushik – Aachar & Co Naveen Shankar – Hondisi Bareyiri Rangayana Raghu – Tagaru Palya	Alexander Prasanth – Purusha Pretham Hakkim Shah – Pranaya Vilasam Jagadish – Falimy Lal – 2018 Siddique – Neru
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Telugu	Tamil
Kiara Khanna – Hi Nanna Rohini – Writer Padmabhushan Shreya Navile – Month of Madhu Soniya Singh – Virupaksha Sriya Reddy – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Veera Simha Reddy	Abarnathi – Irugapatru Mullai Arasi – Are You Ok Baby? Nadhiya – Let's Get Married Raichal Rabecca – Good Night Saritha – Maaveeran
Kannada	Malayalam
Archana Kottige – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Chaithra J. Achar – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Kaavya Sha – David Samyukta Hornad – Toby Sathvika Appaiah – Baang	Aima Rosmy Sebastian – RDX: Robert Dony Xavier Manju Pillai – Falimy Poornima Indrajith – Thuramukham Remya Nambeesan – B 32 Muthal 44 Vare Tanvi Ram – 2018
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Telugu	Tamil
Arjun Rampal – Bhagavanth Kesari Arvind Swamy – Custody Duniya Vijay – Veera Simha Reddy Prakash Raj – Waltair Veerayya Shine Tom Chacko – Dasara	Arjun Sarja – Leo Fahadh Faasil – Maamannan Mysskin – Maaveeran Sunil Sukhada – Por Thozhil Vinayakan – Jailer
Kannada	Malayalam
Kaliprasad K P – Hondisi Bareyiri Naveen Shankar – Gurudev Hoysala Raj Deepak Shetty – Toby Ramesh Indira – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Ugram Manju – Kaiva	Arjun Radhakrishnan – Kannur Squad Biju Menon – Garudan Shabeer Kallarakkal – King of Kotha Vinay Rai – Christopher Vishnu Agasthya – RDX: Robert Dony Xavier
Best Comedian
Telugu	Tamil
Jeevan Kumar – Keedaa Cola Naresh – Samajavaragamana Racha Ravi – Balagam Satya – Rangabali Vishnu Oi – Mad	Redin Kingsley – Conjuring Kannappan Sunil – Jailer Yogi Babu – Jailer, Maaveeran Vadivelu – Chandramukhi 2 VTV Ganesh – Dada
Kannada	Malayalam
Anirudh Acharya – Aachar & Co Dharmanna Kadur – Garadi Kuri Prathap – Nata Bhayankara Manju Pavagada – Vesha Mithra – Raghavendra Stores Nagabhushana – Kousalya Supraja Rama	Althaf Salim – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Arjun Ashokan – Romancham Sajin Cherukayil – Padmini Sajin Gopu – Romancham Sandeep Pradeep – Falimy

Debut

Best Debut Actor
Telugu	Tamil
Abhiram Daggubati – Ahimsa Narne Nithin – Mad Ram Nithin – Mad Sangeeth Shobhan – Mad Sumanth Prabhas – Mem Famous Virat Karrna – Peddha Kapu 1	Hridhu Haroon – Thugs Kartheekeyan Santhanam – Fight Club Shakthi Mithran – Yaathisai Shyam Selvan – Margazhi Thingal Venkat Senguttuvan – Mathimaran
Kannada	Malayalam
Prajwal B. P. – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Praveer Shetty – Siren Rajesh Dhruva – Sri Balaji Photo Studio Shishir Baikady – Daredevil Musthafa Sriyaan Mysuru – Bembidada Navika	Devadath V. S. – O.Baby Kalaiyarasan – Thankam Munish Sharma – Ramachandra Boss & Co Siju Sunny – Romancham Shersha Sherief – Little Miss Rawther
Best Debut Actress
Telugu	Tamil
Gayatri Bhardwaj – Tiger Nageswara Rao Iswarya Menon – Spy Pragathi Srivatsava – Peddha Kapu 1 Sakshi Vaidya – Gandeevadhari Arjuna Vaishnavi Chaitanya – Baby Yukti Thareja – Rangabali	Malavika Manoj – Joe Monisha Mohan Menon – Fight Club Naksha Saran – Margazhi Thingal Nimisha Sajayan – Chithha Preethi Asrani – Ayothi Saniya Iyappan – Irugapatru
Kannada	Malayalam
Amrutha Prem – Tagaru Palya Aradhana Ram – Kaatera Hrithika Srinivas – Aparoopa Risha Gowda – Crazy Keerthy Vrusha Patil – Love	Abhirami Bose – Phoenix Anagha Maya Ravi – Kaathal – The Core Anjana Jayaprakash – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Bhama Arun – Madanolsavam Zarin Shihab – B 32 Muthal 44 Vare
Best Debut Director
Telugu	Tamil
Kalyan Shankar – Mad Shanmukha Prasanth – Writer Padmabhushan Shouryuv – Hi Nanna Srikanth Odela – Dasara Sumanth Prabhas – Mem Famous Venu Yeldandi – Balagam	Ganesh K. Babu – Dada Ramkumar Balakrishnan – Parking Vignesh Raja – Por Thozhil Vinayak Chandrasekaran – Good Night Yashwanth Kishore – Kannagi
Kannada	Malayalam
Nithin Krishnamurthy – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Ramenahalli Jagannatha – Hondisi Bareyiri Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy – Aachar & Co Shashank Soghal – Daredevil Musthafa Vishal Atreya – Tatsama Tadbhava Umesh K. Krupa – Tagaru Palya	Jithu Madhavan – Romancham Roby Varghese Raj – Kannur Squad Rohit M. G. Krishnan – Iratta Nahas Hidayath – RDX: Robert Dony Xavier Nikhil Muraly – Pranaya Vilasam
Best Debut Producer
Telugu	Tamil
Ajay Bhupathi, Swathi Reddy Gunupati, Suresh Varma M. (A Creative Works, Mudhra Media Works) – Mangalavaaram K. Vivek Sudhanshu, Saikrishna Gadwal, Srinivas Kaushik Nanduri, Sripad Nandiraj, Upendra Varma (VG Sainma) – Keedaa Cola Mohan Cherukuri, Murthy K. S., Vijender Reddy Teegala(Vyra Entertainments) – Hi Nanna Prabu Raja, Yeshwanth Daggumati (Kalaahi Media) – Pindam Siddharth Rallapalli (Waltair Productions) – Pareshan	Aditya (Reel Good Films) – Fight Club Deepak Segal, C. V. Sarathi, Mukesh R. Mehta, Poonam Mehra, Sameer Nair, Sandeep Mehra (Applause Entertainment, E4 Experiments, Eprius Studio) – Por Thozhil Girish, Manoj (Kavi Creations) – Paramporul Magesh Raj Pasilian, Nazerath Pasilian, Yuvaraj Ganesan (Million Dollar Studios, MRP Entertainment) – Good Night M. V. M Velmohan, Sakshi Singh Dhoni, Sharmila J. Rajaa, Vikas Hasija (Dhoni Entertainment) – Let's Get Married
Kannada	Malayalam
Arvind S. Kashyap, Nithin Krishnamurthy, Prajwal B. P., Varun Gowda (Gulmohur Films, Varrun Studios) – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Chethan Nanjundaiah, Pannaga Bharana, Spurti Anil (Anvit Cinemas, PB Studios) – Tatsama Tadbhava Ramenahalli Jagannatha (Sunday Cinemas) – Hondisi Bareyiri Ramya (AppleBox Studios) – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye Ravindra Kumar (Abhuvanasa Creations) – Kaiva	Girish Gangadharan, Joby George, Johnpaul George (Guppy Films) – Romancham Jagadish Palanisamy, Sudhan Sundaram (Passion Studios, The Route) – Sesham Mike-il Fathima Naisam Salam (Naisam Salam Productions) – Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham Priyadarshan (Four Frames Sound Company) – Corona Papers Vijay Kiragandur (Hombale Films) – Dhoomam

Music

Best Music Director
Telugu	Tamil
Devi Sri Prasad – Waltair Veerayya Hesham Abdul Wahab – Hi Nanna, Kushi Santhosh Narayanan – Dasara Thaman S – Veera Simha Reddy Vijai Bulganin – Baby	Anirudh Ravichander – Jailer and Leo A. R. Rahman – Ponniyin Selvan: II Ilaiyaraaja – Viduthalai Part 1 Nivas K. Prasanna – Takkar Santhosh Narayanan – Chithha^[a], Jigarthanda DoubleX
Kannada	Malayalam
Bindhumalini – Aachar & Co Charan Raj – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Ravi Basrur – Kabzaa Vasuki Vaibhav – Tagaru Palya V. Harikrishna – Kaatera	Justin Prabhakaran – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Nobin Paul – 2018 Sam C. S – RDX: Robert Dony Xavier Sushin Shyam – Romancham Vishnu Vijay – Sulaikha Manzil
Best Lyricist
Telugu	Tamil
Anantha Sriram – "O Rendu Prema Meghaalila" from Baby Bhaskarabhatla – "Nuvvu Navvukuntu" from Mad Kasarla Shyam – "Ooru Palletooru" from Balagam Krishna Kanth – "Adigaa" from Hi Nanna Sri Mani – "Ori Vaari" from Dasara	Ilaiyaraaja – "Kaattumalli" from Viduthalai Part 1 Ku Karthik – "Nira" from Takkar Vignesh Shivan – "Rathamaarey" from Jailer Vivek – "Unakku Thaan" from Chithha Yugabharathi – "Nenjame Nenjame" from Maamannan
Kannada	Malayalam
Chethan Kumar – "Pasandaagavne" from Kaatera Dhananjaya – "Tagaru Palya Title Track" from Tagaru Palya Dhananjay Ranjan – "Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Title Track" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Kinnal Raj – "Namaami Namaami" from Kabzaa Prithvi – "Mellage" from Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye	Anvar Ali – "Ennum En Kaaval" from Kaathal – The Core Manu Manjith – "Neela Nilave" from RDX: Robert Dony Xavier Muhsin Parari – "Premakkathu Pattu" from Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham Vaisakh Sugunan – "Thathamma Chelolu" from Madanolsavam Vinayak Sasikumar – "Roohe" from Neru
Best Male Playback Singer
Telugu	Tamil
Adithya RK, Leon James – "Almost Padipoyindhe Pilla" from Das Ka Dhamki Anurag Kulkarni – "Samayama" from Hi Nanna Rahul Sipligunj – "Ayyayyo" from Mem Famous Ram Miriyala – "Ooru Palletooru" from Balagam Sid Sriram – "Aradhya" from Kushi	Anirudh Ravichander – "Badass" from Leo Haricharan – "Chinnanjiru Nilave" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Sean Roldan – "Naan Gaali" from Good Night Vijay Yesudas – "Nenjame Nenjame" from Maamannan Vishal Mishra – "Rathamaarey" from Jailer
Kannada	Malayalam
Adithya RK – "Oh Kavana" from Hondisi Bareyiri B. Ajaneesh Loknath – "Hostel Hudugaru Protest Song" from Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Haricharan – "Arre Idu Entha Bhavane" from Gurudev Hoysala Hemanth – "Yaava Janumada Gelathi" from Kaatera Kapil Kapilan – "Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Title Track" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A	G. Venugopal – "Ennum En Kaaval" from Kaathal – The Core Kapil Kapilan – "Neela Nilave" from RDX: Robert Dony Xavier K. S. Harisankar – "Venmegham" from 2018 Mithun Jayaraj – "Naruchiriyude" from Pranaya Vilasam Vidyadharan Master – "Love You Muthe" from Padmini
Best Female Playback Singer
Telugu	Tamil
Dhee – "Chamkeela Angeelesi" from Dasara Harika Narayan – "Ravanasura Anthem" from Ravanasura Sahiti Chaganti, Satya Yamini – "Maa Bava Manobhavalu" from Veera Simha Reddy Shakthisree Gopalan – "Ammaadi" from Hi Nanna Shweta Mohan – "Mastaaru Mastaaru" from Sir	Ananya Bhat – "Kaattumalli" from Viduthalai Part 1 Dhee – "Maamadura" from Jigarthanda DoubleX Karthika Vaidyanathan – "Kangal Edho" from Chithha Shakthisree Gopalan – "Aga Naga" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Shweta Mohan – "Vaa Vaathi" from Vaathi
Kannada	Malayalam
Aishwarya Rangarajan – "Pushpavati" from Kranti Mangli – "Pasandaagavne" from Kaatera Srilakshmi Belmannu – "Kadalanu Kano Horatiro" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Sunidhi Ganesh – "Doori Laali" from Tatsama Tadbhava Vijayalaxmi Mettinahole – "Radha Radha" from Kabzaa	Anne Amie – "Thinkal Poovin" from Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Mridula Warrier – "Nerukayil Nin Nerukayil" from Neeraja Pushpavathy Poypadathu – "Haalaake Maarunne" from Sulaikha Manzil Shikha Prabhakaran – "Thaaraattayi" from Iratta Shreya Ghoshal – "Kalapakkaara" from King of Kotha

Superlatives

Films with multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
11	Dasara
11	Jailer
10	Hi Nanna
8	2018
	Kaatera
	Leo
	Ponniyin Selvan: II
7	Kaathal – The Core
	Maamannan
	Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
	Virupaksha
6	Aachar & Co
	Baby
	Mad
	Neru
	Romancham
	Veera Simha Reddy
	Viduthalai Part 1
5	Balagam
	Bhagavanth Kesari
	Chithha
	Hondisi Bareyiri
	Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare
	Maaveeran
	Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum
	RDX: Robert Dony Xavier
	Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B
	Tagaru Palya
	Tatsama Tadbhava
4	Falimy
	Good Night
	Iratta
	Kabzaa
	Kaiva
	Kannur Squad
	Kranti
	Toby
	Waltair Veerayya
3	Fight Club
	Gurudev Hoysala
	Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham
	Mangalavaaram
	Mem Famous
	Month of Madhu
	Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
	Por Thozhil
	Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire
2	B 32 Muthal 44 Vare
	Dada
	Daredevil Musthafa
	Corona Papers
	Garudan
	Ghost
	Irugapatru
	Jigarthanda DoubleX
	Keedaa Cola
	King of Kotha
	Kousalya Supraja Rama
	Kushi
	Let's Get Married
	Madanolsavam
	Margazhi Thingal
	Padmini
	Parking
	Peddha Kapu 1
	Pranaya Vilasam
	Purusha Pretham
	Rangabali
	Sesham Mike-il Fathima
	Sir
	Shivaji Surathkal 2
	Sulaikha Manzil
	Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye
	Takkar
	Writer Padmabhushan

Notes

^ Only one song

References

^ Hungama, Bollywood (4 September 2024). "SIIMA 2024 goes to Dubai; will be held at Dubai World Trade Centre on September 14 and 15 : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ "SIIMA 2024: A Star-Studded Celebration of South Indian Cinema at Dubai World Trade Centre". Deccan Chronicle. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ "SIIMA 2024 Date, Venue and Time". Deccan Chronicle. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
^ "SIIMA 2024 Nominations Revealed: Nani's Dasara and Rajinikanth Starrer Jailer Lead with 11 Nominations Each". ETV Bharat. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
^ "SIIMA Awards 2024: Rajinikanth's Jailer and Nani's Dasara bag 11 nominations each, Mrunal Thakur's Hi Nanna follows". The Indian Express. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

External links

[6] Only one song

[1] Hungama, Bollywood (4 September 2024). "SIIMA 2024 goes to Dubai; will be held at Dubai World Trade Centre on September 14 and 15 : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[2] "SIIMA 2024: A Star-Studded Celebration of South Indian Cinema at Dubai World Trade Centre". Deccan Chronicle. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

[3] "SIIMA 2024 Date, Venue and Time". Deccan Chronicle. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

[4] "SIIMA 2024 Nominations Revealed: Nani's Dasara and Rajinikanth Starrer Jailer Lead with 11 Nominations Each". ETV Bharat. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

[5] "SIIMA Awards 2024: Rajinikanth's Jailer and Nani's Dasara bag 11 nominations each, Mrunal Thakur's Hi Nanna follows". The Indian Express. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

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