# 1st South Indian International Movie Awards

The 1st South Indian International Movie Awards were presented on 22 June 22, 2012, in Dubai, UAE, to honour the best cinematic achievements of the South Indian film industry in 2011. Producing films in four Dravidian languages of South India, professionals were handed over a total of 71 Awards. The ceremony was hosted by R. Madhavan and Lakshmi Manchu at the Dubai World Trade Centre, while the "Generation Next Awards Night" was hosted by Parvathy Omanakuttan and held a day before at Park Hyatt on 21 June 2023
Nominated by a jury, the final winners were decided by a public voting system. The most successful film was Dookudu, which fetched eight Awards in total.

## Main awards
### Film

SIIMA Award for Best Film :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Ko – RS Infotainment Engeyum Eppothum – AR Murugadoss Productions/AR Murugadoss Aadukalam – Group Companys, Five Star Films/Sun Pictures/S. Kathiresan Mayakkam Enna – Aum Productions/Selvaraghavan, M. Prasad Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai – Escape Artists Motion Pictures/P. Madhan | Dookudu – 14 Reels Entertainment/Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta, Anil Sunkara Sri Rama Rajyam – Sri Sai Baba Movies/Yalamanchali Sai Babu Mr. Perfect – Sri Venkateswara Creations/Dil Raju 100% Love – Geetha Arts/Bunny Vasu Ala Modalaindi – Sri Ranjith Movies/K. L. Damodar Prasad |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Saarathi – Sri Araseshwari Cine Productions | Indian Rupee – August Cinema |
| Best Director ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Vetrimaaran – Aadukalam | Srinu Vaitla – Dookudu V. V. Vinayak – Badrinath K. Dasarath – Mr. Perfect Sukumar – 100% Love Bapu – Sri Rama Rajyam |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Nagashekar – Sanju Weds Geetha | Rajesh Pillai – Traffic |
| Best Cinematographer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Velraj – Aadukalam Richard M. Nathan – Ko Ramji – Mayakkam Enna Om Prakash – Vaagai Sooda Vaa Nirav Shah – Vaanam | P. R. K. Raju – Sri Rama Rajyam Vijay K Chakravarhy – Mr. Perfect Venkat Prasad – 100% Love K. V. Guhan – Dookudu Soundar Rajan – Anaganaga O Dheerudu |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Sathya Hedge – Sanju Weds Geetha | Madhu Ambat – Makaramanju |

### Acting

Best Actor :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Dhanush – Aadukalam Vikram – Deiva Thirumagal Suriya – 7aum Arivu Ajith Kumar – Mankatha Vishal – Avan Ivan | Mahesh Babu – Dookudu Prabhas – Mr. Perfect Naga Chaitanya – 100% Love Nagarjuna – Rajanna Balakrishna – Sri Rama Rajyam |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Puneeth Rajkumar – Hudugaru | Mohanlal – Pranayam |
| Best Actress ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Asin – Kaavalan Anjali – Engaeyum Eppothum Anushka Shetty – Deiva Thirumagal Hansika Motwani – Engeyum Kadhal Richa Gangopadhyay – Mayakkam Enna | Nayanthara – Sri Rama Rajyam Hansika Motwani – Kandireega Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Dookudu Kajal Aggarwal – Mr. Perfect Tamannaah – 100% Love |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Ramya – Sanju Weds Geetha | Kavya Madhavan – Khaddama |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Sarathkumar – Kanchana | Prakash Raj – Dookudu ANR – Sri Rama Rajyam Ashish Vidyarthi – Ala Modalaindi Srihari – Aha Naa Pellanta Baby Aney – Rajanna |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Aindrita Ray – Paramathma | Lena / Thalaivasal Vijay– Traffic / Karmayogi |
| Best Actor in a Negative Role ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Ajmal Ameer – Ko | Lakshmi Manchu – Anaganaga O Dheerudu Sonu Sood – Kandireega Abhimanyu Singh – Bejawada Pradeep Rawat – Mangala Kelly Dorjee – Badrinath |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Rangayana Raghu – Sanju Weds Geetha | Kunchacko Boban – Seniors |
| Best Comedian ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Santhanam – Vaanam | Brahmanandam – Dookudu Ramesh – Ala Modalaindi M. S. Narayana – Dookudu Srinivasa Reddy – Solo Ali – Mirapakay |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Sadhu Kokila – Hudugaru | Baburaj – Salt N' Pepper |

### Music

Best Music Director :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| G. V. Prakash Kumar – Aadukalam | S. Thaman – Dookudu M. M. Keeravani – Rajanna Kalyani Malik – Ala Modalaindi Ilaiyaraaja – Sri Rama Rajyam Devi Sri Prasad – 100% Love |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| V. Harikrishna – Hudugaru | M. Jayachandran – Pranayam |
| Best Lyricist ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Na. Muthukumar – "Un Pera Theriyathe" from Engaeyum Eppothum | Ramajogayya Sastry – "Guruvaram March" from Dookudu Chandrabose – "Infatuation" from 100% Love Jonnavittula – "Jagadananda Karaka" from Sri Rama Rajyam Ananta Sriram – "Chali Chaliga" from Mr. Perfect K. Sivadatta – "Gijigadu" from Rajanna |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Kaviraj – "Gaganave Baagi" from Sanju Weds Geetha | Anoop Menon – "Mazhaneerthullikal" from Beautiful |
| Best Male Playback Singer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Dhanush – "Voda Voda" from Mayakkam Enna | Rahul Nambiar – "Guruvaram March" from Dookudu Adnan Sami – "Infatuation" from 100% Love Yuvan Shankar Raja – "Panjaa" from Panjaa Hemachandra – "Prema Desam" from Shakti S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Jagadananda Karaka" from Sri Rama Rajyam |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Avinash Chebbi – "Nee Adana Nee" from Murali Meets Meera | Vijay Yesudas – "Ee Pozhayum" from Indian Rupee |
| Best Female Playback Singer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Chinmayi – "Sara Sara" from Vaagai Sooda Vaa | Shreya Ghoshal – "Chali Chaliga" from Mr. Perfect Sunidhi Chauhan – "Nath Nath" from Badrinath Swathi Reddy – "A Square B Square" from 100% Love Nithya Menen – "Ammammo Ammo" from Ala Modalaindi Malavika – "Amma Avanee" from Rajanna |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Akanksha Badami – "Tightu Tightu" from Rajadhani | Manjari – "Chinni Chinni" from Urumi |

## Debutant & Special Awards

Best Debutant Director :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| M. Saravanan – Engaeyum Eppothum | B.V. Nandini Reddy – Ala Modalaindi Santosh Srinivas – Kandireega Venu Sree Raam – Oh My Friend Veerabhadram Chowdary – Aha Naa Pellanta Ajay Bhuyan – Dhada |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Pon Kumaran – Vishnuvardhana | Salim Ahamed – Adaminte Makan Abu |
| Best Male Debutant ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Sharwanand – Engaeyum Eppothum Nani - Veppam | Aadi – Prema Kavali Mano Tej – Babloo Arvind Krishna – It's My Love Story Abhijeet – Life Before Wedding Ajay – Nuvvila |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Srikanth – Olave Mandhara | Unni Mukundan – Bombay March 12 |
| Best Female Debutant ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Hansika Motwani – Mappillai | Shruti Haasan – Anaganaga O Dheerudu Nithya Menen – Ala Modalaindi Isha Chawla – Prema Kavali Amala Paul – Bejawada Nikitha Narayan – It's My Love Story Sarah-Jane Dias – Panjaa |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Akanksha Mansurkar – Olave Mandhara | Karthika Nair – Makaramanju |
Special Appreciation :
| Baby Aney ||
| Actor – Special Appreciation ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Vikram – Deiva Thirumagal | Nagarjuna – Rajanna |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Upendra | Salim Kumar – Adaminte Makan Abu |
| Actress – Special Appreciation ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Richa Gangopadhyay – Mayakkam Enna | Hansika Motwani – Kandireega |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Nidhi Subbaiah – Krishnan Marriage Story | Swetha Menon – Rathinirvedam |

## Honorary awards

* SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award: Ambareesh
* SIIMA Award for Social Responsibility: Shivarajkumar

## Generation Next awards

* Sensational art director: Sabu Cyril
* Sensation of South Indian cinema: Dance choreographer Imran
* Sensation of South Indian cinema: Action Choreographer Peter Hein
* Stylish villain of South cinema: Sonu Sood
* Rising Female star of South Indian cinema: Amala Paul
* Rising Male star of South Indian cinema: Nani
* Stylish star of South Indian cinema: Lakshmi Rai
* Stylish actor of South Indian cinema: Silambarasan
* Pride of South Indian cinema: Shruti Haasan
* Youth icon of South Indian cinema: Rana Daggubati
* Youth icon of South Indian cinema: Anushka Shetty
* Sensation of South Indian cinema: Dhanush