# 4th South Indian International Movie Awards

The 4th South Indian International Movie Awards was held in Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai on 6th and 7 August 2015. SIIMA 2015 recognized 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

* Bharathiraja
* KPAC Lalitha

### Special appreciation

* Dhanush – Pride of South Indian cinema

## Main awards

List of Nominations & Award Winners

### Film

Best Film :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Kaththi – Lyca Productions / A. Subhashkaran, K. Karunamurthy Goli Soda – Roughnote Productions / Bharath Seeni Jigarthanda – Kathiresan Madras – Studio Green / K. E. Gnanavel Raja, S. R. Prakashbabu, S. R. Prabhu Velaiyilla Pattathari – Dhanush | Manam – Annapurna Studios/ Nagarjuna Legend – 14 Reels Entertainment Govindudu Andarivadele – Parameshwara Art Productions / Bandla Ganesh Chandamama Kathalu – Chanakya Booneti Race Gurram – Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions / Nallamalapu Srinivas |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari – Jayanna Combines Gajakesari – Jayanna Combines Ugramm – Inkfinite Pictures Oggarane – Prakash Raj Productions Drishya – E4 Entertainment | Bangalore Days – Anwar Rasheed Entertainments and Weekend Blockbusters Iyobinte Pustakam – Amal Neerad & Fahadh Faasil Om Shanti Oshana – Ananya Films / Alwin Antony How Old Are You – Magic Frames / Listin Stephen Munnariyippu – Gold Coin Motion Pictures / Ranjith |
| Best Director ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Pa. Ranjith – Madras A. R. Murugadoss – Kaththi Vijay – Saivam Vijay Milton – Goli Soda Karthik Subbaraj – Jigarthanda | Surender Reddy – Race Gurram Srivass – Loukyam Boyapati Srinu – Legend Vikram Kumar – Manam Srikanth Addala – Mukunda |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Santhosh Anandram – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Prakash Raj – Oggarane P. Raghuram – Fair & Lovely Prashanth Neel– Ugramm P. Vasu – Drishya | Anjali Menon – Bangalore Days Amal Neerad – Iyobinte Pustakam Ranjith – Njaan Venu – Munnariyippu Rosshan Andrrews – How Old Are You |
| Best Cinematographer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Murali G – Madras Vetrivel Mahendran – Kayal GavemicV Ary – Jigarthanda Vijay Milton – Goli Soda Nirav Shah– Saivam | R. Rathnavelu – 1: Nenokkadine Karthik Ghattamaneni – Karthikeya P. S. Vinod – Manam Manoj Paramahamsa– Race Gurram Madhie – Run Raja Run |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Vaidi S – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Shekar Chandra – Brahma Sreesha Kuduvalli – Bahaddur Satya Hegde – Gajakesari Karam Chawla – Ulidavaru Kandanthe | Abhinandan Ramanujam – Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal Venu – Munnariyippu Manoj Pillai – Njaan Sameer Thahir– Bangalore Days Amal Neerad – Iyobinte Pustakam |

### Acting

Best Actor :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Dhanush – Velaiilla Pattadhari Vijay – Kaththi Karthi – Madras Siddharth – Jigarthanda Vijay Sethupathi – Pannaiyarum Padminiyum | Nandamuri Balakrishna – Legend Mahesh Babu – 1: Nenokkadine Venkatesh – Drushyam Naga Chaitanya – Manam Allu Arjun – Race Gurram |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Yash – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Dhruva Sarja – Bahaddur Upendra – Brahma Sathish Ninasam – Love in Mandya Sri Murali – Ugramm | Nivin Pauly – 1983 Mammootty – Varsham Fahadh Faasil – Iyobinte Pustakam Prithviraj – 7th Day Nivin Pauly – Bangalore Days |
| Best Actress ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Hansika Motwani – Aranmanai Amala Paul – Velaiyilla Pattathari Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Kaththi Lakshmi Menon – Jigarthanda Vedhicka – Kaaviyathalaivan | Shruti Haasan – Race Gurram Nayantara – Anamika Rakul Preet Singh – Loukyam Kajal Agarwal – Govindudu Andarivadele Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Manam |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Radhika Pandit – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Kriti Kharbanda – Super Ranga Amulya – Gajakesari Parul Yadav – Shivajinagara Pranitha Subhash – Brahma | Manju Warrier – How Old Are You Nazriya Nazim – Om Shanti Oshana Aparna Gopinath – Munnariyippu Namitha Pramod – Vikramadithyan Anusree – Ithihasa |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Bobby Simha – Jigarthanda Rajkiran – Manjapai Nassar – Saivam Vidyut Jamwal – Anjaan Kalaiyarasan – Madras | Srinivas Avasarala – Oohalu Gusagusalade Srikanth – Govindudu Andarivadele Ajay – Dikkulu Choodaku Ramayya Prakash Raj – Govindudu Andarivadele Sreenivas Reddy – Geethanjali |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Achyuth Kumar – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Thilak Shekar – Ugramm Kishore Jayaram – Ulidavaru Kandanthe Pannagha Bharan – Vasundhara Venkatesh Prasad – Sachin! Tendulkar Alla | Jayasurya – Apothecary Indrans – Apothecary Anoop Menon – Vikramadithyan Renji Panicker – Om Shanti Oshana Nandu – Ottamandaram |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Saranya Ponvannan – Velaiyilla Pattathari Seetha – Goli Soda Riythvika – Madras Saritha – Inam Suhasini Maniratnam – Ramanujan | Shriya Saran – Manam Nadhiya Moidu – Drushyam Jayasudha – Yevadu Sujatha Kumar – Legend Lakshmi Manchu – Chandamama Kathalu |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Suhasini Maniratnam – Sachin! Tendulkar Alla Kavya Shah – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Harshika Poonacha – Maryade Iswarya Menon – Namo Bhootatma Swaroopini Narayan – Drishya | Parvathy – Bangalore Days Anumol – Njaan Lena – Vikramadithyan Padmapriya – Iyobinte Pustakam Srinda Ashab – 1983 |
| Best Actor in a Negative Role ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Neil Nitin Mukesh – Kaththi Prashant Narayanan – Nedunchaalai Madhusudhan Rao – Goli Soda Nandakumar – Madras Bobby Simha – Jigarthanda | Jagapati Babu – Legend Sai Kumar – Yevadu Ravi Kishan – Race Gurram Rao Ramesh – Mukunda Madhusudhan Rao – Autonagar Surya |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| P. Ravi Shankar– Maanikya Avinash – Ragini IPS Ashish Vidyarthi– Shivajinagara Kelly Dorjee – Power *** Sharath Lohitashwa – Ambareesha | Jayasurya – Iyobinte Pustakam Sudheesh Shankar – Njan Steve Lopez Raghavan – Apothecary Lal – Iyobinte Pustakam Sekhar Menon – Gangster |
| Best Comedian ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Vivek – Velaiyilla Pattathari Kovai Sarala– Aranmanai Karunakaran – Yaamirukka Bayamey Thambi Ramaiah– Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Soori – Jilla | Brahmanandam – Race Gurram Ali – Oka Laila Kosam Prudhvi Raj – Loukyam Sapthagiri – Kotha Janta Vennela Kishore – Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Chikkanna – Adyaksha Rangayana Raghu – Power *** Sadhu Kokila – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Jehangir – Bahaddur Bullet Prakash– Rose | Aju Varghese– Vellimoonga Chemban Vinod Jose – Tamaar Padaar Balu– Ithihasa Sudheer Karamana – Sapthamashree Thaskaraha Kalabhavan Shajon– Ring Master |

### Critics awards

Best Actor (Critics) :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Karthi – Madras | Naga Chaitanya – Manam |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Upendra – Super Ranga | Prithviraj – 7th Day |
| Best Actress (Critics) ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Amala Paul – Velaiyilla Pattathari | Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Manam |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Kriti Kharbanda – Super Ranga | Anusree – Ithihasa |

### Debut awards

Best Debut Actor :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Chandran – Kayal Dulquer Salmaan – Vaayai Moodi Pesavum Aari – Nedunchaalai Abhinay Vaddi – Ramanujan Santhosh Pratap – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam | Sai Dharam Tej – Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas – Alludu Sreenu Sampoornesh Babu – Hrudaya Kaleyam Varun Tej – Mukunda Tejus Kancherla – Ulavacharu Biriyani |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Bharath Sarja – Veera Pulikeshi Pawan Wadeyar – Preeti Geeti Ityadi Pradeep– Rangan Style Vivek – Endendu Ninagagi Kiran Rao – Savaari 2 | Farhaan Faasil – Njan Steve Lopez Santhosh Keezhattoor – Vikramadithyan John Brittas – Vellivelichathil Sudev Nair – My Life Partner Vipin Aatley – Homely Meals |
| Best Debut Actress ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Catherine Tresa – Madras Prayaga – Pisaasu Sonakshi Sinha – Lingaa Ishaara Nair – Sathuranga Vettai Malavika Nair – Cuckoo | Raashi Khanna – Oohalu Gusagusalade Kriti Sanon – 1: Nenokkadine Mishti Chakraborty – Chinnadana Nee Kosam Adah Sharma – Heart Attack Pooja Hegde – Oka Laila Kosam |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Shilpi Sharma – Aakramana Erica Fernandes – Ninnindale Gayathri Iyer – Namo Bhootatma Aishani Shetty – Jothi Alias Kothiraj Shona Chhabra – Savaal | Nikki Galrani – 1983 Ahaana Krishna – Njan Steve Lopez Caroline Bech – Manglish Sandra Simon – Lal Bahadur Shastri Pearly Maaney – The Last Supper |
| Best Debut Producer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Manobala – Sathuranga Vettai Bharath Seeni – Goli Soda Varun Maniyan – Vaayai Moodi Pesavum K. Chandramohan – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Manoj Paramahamsa & Sujatha Chenthilnathan– Poovarasam Pee Pee | Venkat Srinivas – Karthikeya Sunitha – Bangaru Kodipetta Sampath Nandi – Galipatam MVV Satyanarayana – Geethanjali Giridhar Mamidipally – Lakshmi Raave Maa Intiki |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Inkfinite Pictures – Ugramm Dynamic Visions – Neenade Naa Sri Sai Balaji Combines – Billion Dollar Baby Hombale Films – Ninnindale Dreamweaver Entertainment – Aaryan | Anwar Rasheed, Sophia Paul – Bangalore Days Rajesh Augustine – Ithihasa Dr George Mathew, Dr Baby Mathew – Apothecary Shibu G Suseelan – 7th Day Fahadh Faasil – Iyobinte Pustakam |
| Best Debut Director ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Velraj – Velaiyilla Pattathari H. Vinoth – Sathuranga Vettai Raju Murugan– Cuckoo Caarthik Raju – Thirudan Police Ram – Mundasupatti | Sujeeth – Run Raja Run Sripriya – Drushyam Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya K. S. Ravindra – Power Srinivas Avasarala – Oohalu Gusagusalade |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Prashanth Neel – Ugramm Krishna – Gajakesari Rakshit Shetty – Ulidavaru Kandanthe Chetan Kumar – Bahaddur Santhosh Anandram – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari | Abrid Shine – 1983 Jude Anthony Joseph – Om Shanti Oshana Binu S – Ithihasa Jibu Jacob – Vellimoonga Shyam Dhar – 7th Day |

### Music

Best Music Director :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Anirudh Ravichander – Velaiyilla Pattathari D. Imman – Rummy A. R. Rahman – Kaaviya Thalaivan Ghibran – Thirumanam Enum Nikkah Santhosh Narayanan – Madras | Anoop Rubens – Manam S. Thaman – Race Gurram Ghibran – Run Raja Run Devi Sri Prasad – 1: Nenokkadine Mickey J. Meyer – Mukunda |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| V. Harikrishna – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Anoop Seelin – Love in Mandya Arjun Janya– Maanikya B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Ulidavaru Kandanthe Mani Sharma – Ninnindale | Gopi Sunder – Bangalore Days Bijibal – Vikramadithyan Shaan Rahman – Om Shanti Oshana Deepak Dev – Avathaaram K. Raghavan – Balyakalasakhi |
| Best Lyricist ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Dhanush – "Amma Amma" from Velaiyilla Pattathari Vairamuthu – "Kandangi Kandangi" from Jilla Na. Muthukumar – "Azhagu" from Saivam Kabilan – "Vinmeen Vithaiyil" from Thegidi Yugabharathi – "Manasula Soora Kaathey" from Cuckoo | Chandrabose – "Kani Penchina" from Manam Sirivennela – "Nandalala" from Mukunda Ramajogayya Sastry – "Nee Kanti Choopullo" from Legend Ananta Sriram – "Em Sandeham Ledu" from Oohalu Gusagusalade Vanamali – "Sari Povu Koti" from Karthikeya |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Ghouse Peer – "Kaarmoda" from Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Kaviraj – "Guruvara Sanje" from Power *** Santhosh Anandram – "Yaralli Sound" from Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Rakshit Shetty– "Gaatiya Ilidu" from Ulidavaru Kandanthe K. Kalyan – "Kannada Siri" from Gajakesari | Hari Narayanan– "Olanjaali Kuruvi" from 1983 Jayageetha – "Koottu Thedi" from Varsham Rafeeq Ahammed – "Ethu Kari Ravilum" from Bangalore Days Anwar Ali – "Theruvukal Nee" from Njan Steve Lopez Santhosh Varma – "Mazha Nila" from Vikramadithyan |
| Best Male Playback Singer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Pradeep Kumar – "Aagayam Thee Pidicha" from Madras Karthik – "Ovvondrai Thirudigirai" from Jeeva Shadab Faridi – "Enthaara Enthaara" from Thirumanam Enum Nikkah Abhay Jodhpurkar – "Vinmeen Vithayil" from Thegidi Dhanush – "Amma Amma" from Velaiyilla Pattathari | Simha – "Cinema Chupista Maava" from Race Gurram Arijit Singh – "Kanulanu Thake" from Manam Master Bharath – "Kanipenchina Maa Ammake" from Manam Devi Sri Prasad – "Who Are You" from 1: Nenokkadine Gold Devaraj – "Bujjimaa" from Run Raja Run |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Rajesh Krishnan – "Kaarmoda" from Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Vijay Prakash– "Open Hairu" from Adyaksha Gurukiran – "Pesalagi Order" from Brahma Santhosh Venky – "Aaramagiri Subbalakshmi" from Bahaddur Anoop Seelin – "Opkondbitlu Kanla" from Love in Mandya | Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Kattu Mooliyo" from Om Shanti Oshana Job Kurien – "Thane Pookkum" from Sapthamashree Thaskaraha P. Jayachandran – "Olanjali Kuruvi" from 1983 Haricharan – "Ethu Kari Ravilum" from Bangalore Days Siddharth Menon – "Theruvukal Nee" from Njan Steve Lopez |
| Best Female Playback Singer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Uthara Unnikrishnan – "Azhaghu" from Saivam Shreya Ghoshal – "Yen Aala Pakkaporen" from Khayal Shweta Mohan – "Yaarumilla" from Kaaviya Thalaivan Shakthisree Gopalan – "Naan Nee" from Madras Vani Jayaram – "Narayana Narayana" from Ramanujan | Neha Bhasin – "Aww Thujo Mogh Korta" from 1: Nenokkadine Shreya Ghoshal – "Chinni Chinni Aasalu" from Manam Shreya Ghoshal – "Nee Jathaga Nenundali" from Yevadu K. S. Chithra– "Gopikamma" from Mukunda Chinmayi – "Vaddantune" from Run Raja Run |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Sinchan Dixit– "Current Hoda Timealli" from Love in Mandya Apoorva Sridhar – "Aaramagiri Subbulakshmi" from Bahaddur Anuradha Bhat – "Neenu Iruvaga" from Ninnindale Hamsika Iyer – "Ninna Danigagi" from Savaari 2 Shreya Ghoshal – "Kannale" from Ambareesha | Sithara – "Saada Paalaya" from Mr. Fraud Shreya Ghoshal – "Vijanathayil" from How Old Are You Sowmya T R – "Mazhanila" from Vikramadithyan Shweta Mohan – "Onnam Kombathe" from Ottamandaram Preeti Pillai – "Solomonum Soshannayum" from Amen |

### Choreography

Best Fight Choreographer :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Anal Arasu– Kaththi Stunt Silva – Veeram Stunt Silva – Anjaan Supreme Sundar – Goli Soda Anbariv– Madras | Peter Hein – 1: Nenokkadine Kanal Kannan & Raam-Laxman – Legend Raam-Laxman – Race Gurram Raam-Laxman– Power Selvam – Yevadu |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Ravi Varma – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari K. D. Venkatesh – Shivajinagara Thriller Manju – Brahma Vijay – Maanikya Palaniraj – Gharshane | Dileep Subbarayan– Vikramadithyan D. Danny – Iyobinte Pustakam Stun Siva – Rajadhiraja Anbariv – Hi I'm Tony Stunt Silva – Mr. Fraud |
| Best Dance Choreographer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Shobhi – "Pakkam Vanthu" from Kaththi Shareef– "Kalyanamam Kalyanam" from Cuckoo Brinda– "Darling" from Maan Karate Baba Bhaskar – "What A Karuvadu" from Velaiyilla Pattathari Raju Sundaram – "Ek Do Teen" from Anjaan | Jani – "Cinema Choopista Maava" from Race Gurram Jani – "Freedom" from Yevadu Prem Rakshit – "You are my Love" from 1: Nenokkadine Chinni Prakash – "Bavagari Choope" from Govindudu Andarivadele Raju Sundaram – "Rakshasi Rakshasi" from Rabhasa |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Murali – "Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari" from Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari A. Harsha – "Suii Tapak" from Gajakesari Ganesh Hegde– "Dhum Powere" from Power *** Imran Sardhariya – "Jeena Jeena Yahan" from Maanikya Harikrishna B. R. – "Rangeela" from Shivajinagara | Shobhi Paul Raj– "Kolussu Thenni Thenni" from Cousins Brinda– "Maangalyam" from Bangalore Days Selvi – "Kaana Kombile" from Aamayum Muyalum Brinda – "Njan Kaanum Neram" from Avathaaram Gayathri Raguram – "Theeyattam" from Iyobinte Pustakam |

## Generation Next Awards

* Stylish Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema (male) – Allu Arjun
* Stylish Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema (female) – Amy Jackson
* Most Romantic Star of South Indian Cinema – Bharath Srinivasan
* Most Popular Actress Middle East – Asin Thottumkal
* Most Streamed Song Award :
** Tamil – Anirudh Ravichander – "Selfie Pulla"
** Telugu – S. Thaman – Aagadu – Title song
** Kannada – S. Thaman – Power *** – "Guruvara Sanje"
** Malayalam – Shaan Rahman – Om Shanti Oshana – "Kattu Mooliyo"