5th South Indian International Movie Awards

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

Honorary awards[edit]

Lifetime Achievement Award[edit]

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

Special appreciation[edit]

TBA

Main awards Nominees[edit]

Film[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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