# 5th South Indian International Movie Awards

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 | Telugy |
| 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 |
| Radhika – 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 Darbuka Siva – Rajathanthiram Sai Rajkumar – Kuttram Kadithal Shanmugapandiyan – Sagaptham Varun – Oru Naal Iravil | Akhil Akkineni – Akhil Aakash Puri – Andhra Pori Parvatheesam – Kerintha Sathya Karthik – Tippu Vijay Devarakonda – 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