5th South Indian International Movie Awards

5th SIIMA Awards
Date	30 June – 1 July 2016
Site	Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore
Television coverage
Network	Sun TV Network

The 5th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held at Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore on 30 June and 1 July 2016. SIIMA 2016 will recognize the best films and performances from the past year, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.

Honorary awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

• S. Janaki (singer)
• Panchu Arunachalam (writer & producer)

Special appreciation

• TBA

Main awards Nominees

Film

Best Film
Tamil	Telugu
Thani Oruvan – AGS Entertainment I – Aascar Films Kaaka Muttai – Wunderbar Films / Grass Root Film Company Naanum Rowdy Dhaan – Wunderbar Films OK Kanmani – Madras Talkies	Baahubali: The Beginning – Shobu Yarlagadda & Prasad Devineni Bhale Bhale Magadivoy – Bunny Vassu / UV Creations Kanche – Y. Rajeev Reddy / J. Sai Babu Srimanthudu – Mythri Movie Makers Rudramadevi – Gunasekhar
Kannada	Malayalam
Mythri – Omkar Films Kendasampige – Parimala Film Factory Krishna Leela – Sri Krishna Art Creations RangiTaranga – Shree Devi Entertainers Uppi 2 – Upendra Productions	Premam – Anwar Rasheed Entertainments Chandrettan Evideya – Sameer Thahir / Shyju Khalid / Ashiq Usman Charlie – Shebin Backer / Joju George / Martin Prakkat Ennu Ninte Moideen – Suresh Raj / Binoy Shankarath / Ragy Thomas Pathemari – Salim Ahamed / Adv Hashik T K / T P Sudheesh
Best Director
Tamil	Telugu
Vignesh Shivan – "Naanum Rowdy Dhaan" Mohan Raja – Thani Oruvan Gautham Vasudev Menon – Yennai Arindhaal K. V. Anand – Anegan Mani Ratnam – OK Kanmani	S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali: The Beginning Gunasekhar – Rudramadevi Koratala Siva – Srimanthudu Krish – Kanche Maruthi – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
Kannada	Malayalam
Upendra – Uppi 2 Chandrashekar Bandiyappa – Rathavara Duniya Soori– Kendasampige Pawan Wadeyar – Rana Vikrama Shashank – Krishna Leela	Alphonse Putharen – Premam Lal Jose – Nee-Na Martin Prakkat – Charlie R. S. Vimal – Ennu Ninte Moideen Salim Ahamed – Pathemari

Acting

Best Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Vikram – I Dhanush – Anegan Jayam Ravi – Thani Oruvan Lawrence Raghavendra – Kanchana 2 Vijay Sethupathi – Orange Mittai	Mahesh Babu – Srimanthudu Allu Arjun – Rudramadevi Naani – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy Prabhas – Baahubali: The Beginning Varun Tej – Kanche
Kannada	Malayalam
Puneeth Rajkumar – Rana Vikrama Ajay Rao – Krishna Leela Sathish Ninasam – Rocket Upendra – Uppi 2 Yash – Masterpiece	Prithviraj – Ennu Ninte Moideen Dulquer Salmaan – Charlie Jayasurya – Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam Mammootty – Pathemari Nivin Pauly – Premam
Best Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Nayanthara – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Nithya Menen – OK Kanmani Aishwarya Rajesh – Kaaka Muttai Amy Jackson – I Jyothika – 36 Vayadhinile	Shruti Haasan – Srimanthudu Nithya Menen – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Anushka Shetty – Rudramadevi Lakshmi Manchu – Dongata Samantha Ruth Prabhu – S/O Satyamurthy
Kannada	Malayalam
Rachita Ram – Ranna Mayuri Kyatari – Krishna Leela Parul Yadav – Vaastu Prakaara Radhika Pandit – Endendigu Shanvi Srivastav – Masterpiece	Nayanthara – Bhaskar The Rascal Parvathy – Ennu Ninte Moideen Amala Paul – Mili Anusree – Chandrettan Evideya Mamta Mohandas – Two Countries
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Prakash Raj – OK Kanmani Charle – Kirumi Karunakaran – Indru Netru Naalai Nassar – Uttama Villain Rajkiran – Komban	Rajendra Prasad – Srimanthudu Jagapati Babu – Srimanthudu Posani Krishna Murali – Temper Sathyaraj – Baahubali: The Beginning Upendra – S/O Satyamurthy
Kannada	Malayalam
Pannagha Bharan – Mrugashira Arvind Rao – RangiTaranga Chetan Chandra – Plus P. Ravi Shankar – Aatagara Rajesh Nataranga – Kendasampige	Siddique – Pathemari Tovino Thomas – Ennu Ninte Moideen Biju Menon – Anarkali Chemban Vinod Jose – Urumbukal Urangarilla Vineeth Sreenivasan – Oru Vadakkan Selfie
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Raadhika – Thangamagan Nithya Menen – Kanchana 2 Asha Sarath – Papanasam Lakshmi Menon – Vedalam Leela Samson – OK Kanmani	Ramya Krishna – Baahubali: The Beginning Nithya Menen – Rudramadevi Kriti Kharbanda – Bruce Lee - The Fighter Pavitra Lokesh – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Sneha – S/O Satyamurthy
Kannada	Malayalam
Tejaswini Prakash – Goolihatti Aishwarya Nag – Muddu Manase Deepika Kamaiah – Neene Bari Neene Karunya Ram – Vajrakaya Sheetal Shetty – Kendasampige	Lena – Ennu Ninte Moideen Namitha Pramod – Chandrettan Evideya Kalpana – Charlie Miya – Anarkali Rima Kallingal – Rani Padmini
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Tamil	Telugu
Arun Vijay – Yennai Arindhaal Arvind Swamy – Thani Oruvan Karthik – Anegan Suresh Gopi – I Vijay Yesudas – Maari	Rana Daggubati – Baahubali: The Beginning Mithun Chakraborthy – Gopala Gopala Prakash Raj – Temper Ravi Kishan – Kick 2 Sampath Raj – Srimanthudu
Kannada	Malayalam
Saikumar – RangiTaranga P. Ravi Shankar– Masterpiece Prakash Belawadi – Kendasampige Prakash Raj – Mr. Airavata Vikram Singh– Rana Vikrama	Kabir Bedi – Anarkali Atul Kulkarni – Kanal Nedumudi Venu – Oru Second Class Yathra Saikumar – Ennu Ninte Moideen Shafeeq Rahman – Amar Akbar Anthony
Best Comedian
Tamil	Telugu
RJ Balaji – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Kovai Sarala – Kanchana 2 Sathish – Thangamagan Santhanam– Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga Yogi Babu – Kaaka Muttai	Vennela Kishore – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy Ali – S/O Satyamurthy Brahmanandam – Bruce Lee - The Fighter Prudhvi – Bengal Tiger Srinivasa Reddy – Pataas
Kannada	Malayalam
Chikkanna – Masterpiece Achyuth Kumar – Krishna Leela Rangayana Raghu – Rana Vikrama Sadhu Kokila – Ramleela Tabla Nani– Endendigu	Aju Varghese – Two Countries Dhyan Sreenivasan – Kunjiramayanam Neeraj Madhav – Adi Kapyare Kootamani Soubin Shahir– Premam Vinay Forrt– Premam

Debut awards

Best Debut Actor
Tamil	Telugu
G. V. Prakash Kumar – Darling Jishnu Raghavan – Kallappadam Sai Rajkumar – Kuttram Kadithal Shanmugapandiyan – Sagaptham Varun – Oru Naal Iravil	Akhil Akkineni – Akhil Aakash Puri – Andhra Pori Parvatheesam – Kerintha Sathya Karthik – Tippu Vijay Devarekonda – Yevade Subramanyam
Kannada	Malayalam
Vinay Rajkumar – Siddhartha Mahesh – Namak Haraam Nirup Bhandari – Rangi Taranga Prathap Narayan – Benkipatna Santhosh Reva – Kendasampige	Siddharth Menon – Rockstar Adil Ibrahim – Nirnayakam Shabareesh Varma – Premam Sharafudheen – Premam Vineeth Mohan – Adi Kapyare Kootamani
Best Debut Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Keerthy Suresh – Idhu Enna Maayam Amyra Dastur – Anegan Deepa Sannidhi – Enakkul Oruvan Radhika Prasidhha – Kuttram Kadithal Sushma Raj – India Pakistan	Pragya Jaiswal – Kanche Malavika Nair – Yevade Subramanyam Shruti Sodhi – Pataas Tridha Choudhury – Surya vs Surya Sayesha Saigal – Akhil
Kannada	Malayalam
Manvitha Harish – Kendasampige Apoorva Gowda – 1st Rank Raju Nabha Natesh – Vajrakaya Urvashi Rautela – Mr. Airavata Radhika Chetan – Rangi Taranga	Sai Pallavi – Premam Anupama Parameswaran – Premam Deepti Sathi – Nee-Na Madonna Sebastian – Premam Manjima Mohan – Oru Vadakkan Selfie
Best Debut Director
Tamil	Telugu
Anucharan – Kirumi Ashwin Saravanan – Maya Bramma G. – Kuttram Kadithal M. Manikantan – Kaaka Muttai Ravikumar R– Indru Netru Naalai	Anil Ravipudi – Pataas Karthik Ghattamaneni – Surya vs Surya KK Radha Krishna Kumar – Jil Nag Ashwin – Yevade Subramanyam Sriram Aditya– Bhale Manchi Roju
Kannada	Malayalam
Anup Bhandari – RangiTaranga Imran Sardhariya – Endendigu Manju Mandavya – Masterpiece Priya Belliappa – Ring Road Suma Rajkumar Reddy – Ouija

Music

Best Music Director
Tamil	Telugu
Anirudh Ravichander – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan A. R. Rahman – OK Kanmani Ghibran – Uttama Villain Harris Jayaraj – Yennai Arindhaal Hip Hop Adhi – Thani Oruvan	Devi Sri Prasad – Srimanthudu Devi Sri Prasad – S/O Satyamurthy Gopi Sunder – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy M. M. Keeravani – Baahubali: The Beginning S. Thaman – Bruce Lee - The Fighter
Kannada	Malayalam
Arjun Janya– Vajrakaya Anup Bhandari – RangiTaranga Gurukiran – Uppi 2 Sridhar V. Sambhram – Krishna Leela V. Harikrishna – Masterpiece	Rajesh Murugesan – Premam Bijibal – Rani Padmini M. Jayachandran – Ennu Ninte Moideen Rahul Raj – Kohinoor Shaan Rahman – Aadu Oru Bheekara Jeeviyanu
Best Lyricist
Tamil	Telugu
Vairamuthu – "Malargal Kettaen" from OK Kanmani Dhanush – "Enna Solla" from Thangamagan Kabilan – "Ennodu Nee Irundhaal" from I Thamarai – "Unakenna Venum Sollu" from Yennai Arindhaal Vignesh Shivn – "Yennai Maatrum Kadhale" from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan	Sirivennela – "Itu Itu Itu" from Kanche Devi Sri Prasad – "Super Machi" from S/O Satyamurthy Ramajogayya Sastry – "O Manishi" from Yevade Subramanyam Ramajogayya Sastry – "Rama Rama" from Srimanthudu Shivashakti Datta – "Mamatala Thalli" from Baahubali: The Beginning
Kannada	Malayalam
Anup Bhandari– "Ee Sanje" from RangiTaranga A. P. Arjun – "Raja Rani" from Rhaatee Jayanth Kaikini – "Kanasali Nadesu" from Kendasampige K. Kalyan – "Ninnalle" from Endendigu Manju Mandavya – "Annange Love" from Masterpiece	Shabareesh Varma – "Malare" from Premam Hari Narayanan – "Ambazham" from Oru Second Class Yathra Manoj Kuroor & Rajeev Nair – "Kanakamylanchi" from Loham Rafeeq Ahammed – "Kaathirunnu" from Ennu Ninte Moideen Santhosh Varma – "Ente Janalarikil" from Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam
Best Male Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Anirudh Ravichander – "Thangamey" from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Benny Dayal – "Unakenna Venum Sollu" from Yennai Arindhaal G. V. Prakash Kumar – "Anbe Anbe" from Darling Karthik – "Aye Sinamika" from OK Kanmani Sid Sriram – "Ennodu Nee Irundhaal" from I	Sagar – "Jatha Kalise" from Srimanthudu Dhananjay & Haricharan – "Bhaje Bhaaje" from Gopala Gopala M. M. Keeravani – "Nippule Shwasaga" from Baahubali: The Beginning Raghu Dixit – "Jaago Jaago Re" from Srimanthudu Sonu Nigam – "Needhe Needhe" from Gopala Gopala
Kannada	Malayalam
Santhosh Venky – "Raja Rani" from Rhaatee Armaan Malik – "Free Idhe" from Siddhartha Gurukiran – "Baekoo Baekoo" from Uppi 2 Karthik – "Nenape Nithya Mallige" from Kendasampige Vijay Prakash– "Airdelu Airchilu" from Rana Vikrama	Vijay Yesudas – "Malare" from Premam Dulquer Salman – "Chundaripenne" from Charlie Karthik – "Thanne Thanne" from Two Countries Najim Arshad – "Manju Peyume" from Mili Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Aluva Puzha" from Premam
Best Female Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Shweta Mohan – "Enna Solla" from Thangamagan Shreya Ghoshal – "Pookkalae Sattru Oyivedungal" from I Chinmayi – "Idhaythai Yedho Ondru" from Yennai Arindhaal Khareshma Ravichandran – "Kadhal Cricket" from Thani Oruvan Neeti Mohan – "Neeyum Naanum" from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Shashaa Tirupati – "Parandhu Sella Vaa" from OK Kanmani	Satya Yamini – "Mamathala Thalli" from Baahubali: The Beginning Shreya Ghoshal – "Nijamenani Nammani" from Kanche Chinmayi – "Vennellona Mounam" from Surya vs Surya Priya Himesh – "Gathama Gathama" from Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Ramya Behara– "Dheevara" from Baahubali: The Beginning
Kannada	Malayalam
Inchara Rao – "Kareyole" from RangiTaranga Anuradha Bhat – "Mareyada Pusthaka" from Rathavara Apoorva Sridhar – "Krishna Calling" from Krishna Leela Shweta Mohan – "Kanasali Nadesu" from Kendasampige Indu Nagaraj – "Ka Thalkattu" from Mr. Airavata	Baby Sreya – "Enno Njanente" from Amar Akbar Anthony Shreya Ghoshal – "Kaathirunnu" from Ennu Ninte Moideen Shakthisree Gopalan– "Pularikalo" from Charlie Shweta Mohan – "Ee Thanutha" from Anarkali Vaikom Vijayalakshmi – "Kaikkottum" from Oru Vadakkan Selfie

Critics' choice

Tamil Cinema

• Best Actor – Jayam Ravi – Thani Oruvan
• Best Actress – Nithya Menen – O Kadhal Kanmani

Telugu Cinema

• Best Actor – Allu Arjun – Rudhramadevi
• Best Actress – Anushka Shetty – Rudhramadevi

Kannada Cinema

• Best Actor – Sathish Ninasam – Rocket
• Best Actress – Shanvi Srivastava – Masterpiece

Malayalam Cinema

• Best Actor – Nivin Pauly – Premam
• Best Actress – Parvathy – Ennu Ninte Moideen

Generation Next Awards

• • The South Sensation of the Year: Sudheer Babu
  • The Youth Icon of South India award: Samantha Ruth Prabhu

External links

• Official website