# 6th South Indian International Movie Awards

The 6th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi on 30 June and 1 July 2017. SIIMA 2017 will recognize the best films and performances from the past year, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The nomination list for the main awards was announced in June 2017.

## Honorary awards
### Lifetime Achievement Award

* Murali Mohan
* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

### Special appreciation

* Mohan Babu for completing 40 years in Telugu Film industry.

## Main awards winners and nominees
### Film

Best Film :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Irudhi Suttru – YNOT Studios Joker – Dream Warrior Pictures Pichaikkaran – Vijay Antony Film Corporation Theri – V Creations Visaranai – Wunderbar Films, Grass Root Film Company | Pelli Choopulu – BigBen Cinemas, Dharmapath Creations A Aa – Haarika & Hasinee Creations Janatha Garage – Mythri Movie Makers Kshanam – PVP Cinema Sarrainodu – Geetha Arts |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Kotigobba 2 – Rambabu Productions Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu – Pushkar Films Kirik Party – Paramvah Studios Thithi – Pratap Reddy, Sunmin Park U Turn – Pawan Kumar Studios | Kammatipaadam – Global United Media Action Hero Biju – Pauly Jr. Pictures & Full On Studios Maheshinte Prathikaaram – OPM Dream Mill Cinemas Oppam – Aashirvad Cinemas Pulimurugan – Mulakuppadam Films |
| SIIMA Award for Best Director ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Atlee - Theri Manikandan – Aandavan Kattalai Raju Murugan – Joker Sudha Kongara – Irudhi Suttru Vetrimaaran – Visaranai | Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri Boyapati Srinu – Sarrainodu Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho Trivikram Srinivas – A Aa |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Rishab Shetty– Kirik Party Pawan Kumar – U Turn Pawan Wadeyar – Jessie Sumana Kittur – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Vijaya Prasad – Neer Dose | Vysakh – Pulimurugan Abrid Shine – Action Hero Biju Priyadarshan – Oppam Rajeev Ravi – Kammatipaadam Vineeth Sreenivasan – Jacobinte Swargarajyam |

### Acting

Best Actor :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Sivakarthikeyan – Remo Karthi – Thozha Suriya – 24 Vijay – Theri Vikram – Iru Mugan | NTR Jr. – Janatha Garage Allu Arjun – Sarrainodu Mahesh Babu – Brahmotsavam Nani – Krishna Gadi Veera Prema Gaadha Ram Charan – Dhruva |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Shiva Rajkumar – Shivalinga Jaggesh - Neer Dose Puneeth Rajkumar – Doddmane Hudga Rakshit Shetty – Kirik Party Yash – Santhu Straight Forward | Mohanlal – Pulimurugan Biju Menon - Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Nivin Pauly – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Fahadh Faasil – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Nivin Pauly – Action Hero Biju |
| Best Actress ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Nayantara – Iru Mugan Amala Paul - Amma Kanakku Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Theri Tamannaah Bhatia – Dharma Durai Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Tharai Thappattai | Rakul Preet Singh – Nannaku Prematho Lavanya Tripathi - Srirastu Subhamastu Regina Cassandra – Jo Achyutananda Ritu Varma – Pelli Choopulu Samantha Ruth Prabhu – A Aa |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Shraddha Srinath – U Turn Hariprriya - Neer Dose Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan Shruti Hariharan – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Vedhicka – Shivalinga | Nayantara – Puthiya Niyamam Asha Sarath – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Manju Warrier – Vettah Sai Pallavi – Kali Vedhicka – James & Alice |
| SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Prakash Raj – Manithan Mu. Ramaswamy - Joker Parthiban – Maaveeran Kittu Samuthirakani – Visaranai Akkineni Nagarjuna– Thozha | Srikanth – Sarrainodu Mohanlal - Janatha Garage Nara Rohit – Appatlo Okadundevadu Rajendra Prasad – Supreme Satyam Rajesh – Kshanam |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Chandan Achar - Kirik Party Dileep Raj – U Turn H. G. Dattatreya – Neer Dose Sanchari Vijay – Killing Veerappan Thilak Shekar – Karvva | Renji Panicker - Jacobinte Swargarajyam Alancier - Maheshinte Prathikaaram Suraj Venjaramoodu – Action Hero Biju Tovino Thomas – Guppy Vinayakan – Kammatipaadam |
| SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Aishwarya Rajesh - Dharma Durai Pooja Devariya - Iraivi Radhika – Theri Subbalakshmi – Ammani Suja Varunee – Kidaari | Anasuya - Kshanam Anupama Parameswaran – Premam Jayasudha – Oopiri Nadiya Moidu - A Aa Ramya Krishnan – Soggade Chinni Nayana |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Radhika Chetan - U Turn Kavya Shah - Mukunda Murari Karunya Ram - Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Suman Ranganathan – Neer Dose Yagna Shetty - Killing Veerappan | Lakshmi Ramakrishnan – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Anusree - Maheshinte Prathikaaram Punnasseri Kanchana – Olappeeppi Ramya Krishnan - Aadupuliyattam Rohini – Action Hero Biju |
| SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Trisha – Kodi Baba Sehgal - Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Mahendran – Theri R. K. Suresh – Tharai Thappattai Vela Ramamoorthy – Kidaari | Jagapathi Babu – Nannaku Prematho Aadhi - Sarrainodu Arvind Swamy - Dhruva Kabir Duhan Singh – Supreme Sharad Kelkar – Sardaar Gabbar Singh |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Vasishta N. Simha – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Aravinnd Iyer – Kirik Party Arun Vijay – Chakravyuha P. Ravishankar – Mukunda Murari Sandeep Bharadwaj – Killing Veerappan | Chemban Vinod Jose - Kali Jagapathi Babu – Pulimurugan Jagadeesh – Leela Samuthirakani – Oppam Sujith Shankar – Maheshinte Prathikaaram |
| SIIMA Award for Best Comedian ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Yogi Babu – Aandavan Kattalai Mottai Rajendran - Dhilluku Dhuddu Robo Shankar – Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran Sathish – Remo Soori – Rajini Murugan | Priyadarshi – Pelli Choopulu Brahmanandam - Sarrainodu Krishna Bhagavan – Jayammu Nischayammu Raa Prudhviraj – Supreme Vennela Kishore – Majnu |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Ravishankar Gowda – Sundaranga Jaana Bullet Prakash - Run Antony Chikkanna – Kotigobba 2 Pramod Shetty - Kirik Party Sadhu Kokila – Mungaru Male 2 | Joju George – Action Hero Biju Dharmajan - Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan Rony David– Aanandam Sharafuddeen - Happy Wedding Soubin Shahir– Maheshinte Prathikaaram |

### Debut awards

SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actor :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Kalidas Jayaram – Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum Balakrishna Kola – Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam Shirish Saravanan – Metro Vijay Kumar – Uriyadi Walter Phillips – Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai | Roshan Meka – Nirmala Convent Nikhil Kumar – Jaguar Sandeep Kumar – Vangaveeti Sagar – Siddhartha |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Nikhil Gowda – Jaguar Anoop Revanna – Lakshmana Dilip Prakash – Crazy Boy Roger Narayan – U Turn Sachin – Happy Birthday | Shane Nigam– Kismath Gokul Suresh – Mudhugauv Arun Kurian - Aanandam Manikantan – Kammatipaadam Vishnu Unnikrishnan – Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan |
| SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Ritika Singh – Irudhi Suttru Madonna Sebastian - Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum Manjima Mohan – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Nikhila Vimal – Kidaari Wamiqa Gabbi – Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam | Niveda Thomas – Gentleman Keerthy Suresh – Nenu Sailaja Mehreen – Krishna Gadi Veera Prema Gaadha Niharika Konidela – Oka Manasu Anu Emmanuel - Majnu |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Rashmika Mandanna – Kirik Party Ashika Rangnath - Crazy Boy Krishi Thapanda – Akira Pooja S M – Thithi Samyuktha Hegde – Kirik Party | Rajisha Vijayan – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Aparna Balamurali - Maheshinte Prathikaaram Huma Qureshi – White Prayaga Martin – Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Kasaba |
| SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Karthick Naren - Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru Vijay Kumar – Uriyadi Bakkiyaraj Kannan - Remo Pradeep Krishnamurthy - Saithan Prasath Murugesan – Kidaari | Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam– Pelli Choopulu G. Naga Koteswara Rao - Nirmala Convent K. V. Dayanand Reddy - Siddhartha Kalyan Krishna Kurasala – Soggade Chinni Nayana Ravikanth Perepu – Kshanam |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Hemanth Rao - Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu D. Sathyaprakash - Rama Rama Re... Navaneeth - Karvva Raam Reddy - Thithi Raghavendra Hegde – Jaggu Dada | Johnpaul George – Guppy Ganesh Raj - Aanandam Dileesh Pothan - Maheshinte Prathikaaram Khalid Rahman – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Shanavas K. Bavakutty – Kismath |

### Music

SIIMA Award for Best Music Director :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| A. R. Rahman – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Anirudh Ravichander – Remo Harris Jayaraj – Iru Mugan Nivas K. Prasanna – Sethupathi Santhosh Narayanan – Kabali | Devi Sri Prasad – Janatha Garage Kalyan Koduri – Jyo Achyutananda Mickey J Meyer – A Aa S. Thaman – Sarrainodu Vivek Sagar – Pellichoopulu |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Ajaneesh Loknath – Kirik Party Anoop Seelin – Jessie Arjun Janya – Mukunda Murari Charan Raj – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu V. Harikrishna – Doddmane Hudga | Bijibal – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Gopi Sundar – Pulimurugan Shaan Rahman – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Sooraj S. Kurup - Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti Vishnu Vijay - Guppy |
| SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Madhan Karky - "Munnal Kadhali" from Miruthan Arunraja Kamaraj – "Neruppu Da" from Kabali Thamarai – "Thalli Pogathey" from Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Vairamuthu – "Endha Pakkam" from Dharma Durai Vivek - "Vazhkai Oru Ottagam" from Aandavan Kattalai | Ramajogayya Sastry – "Pranaamam" from Janatha Garage Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar – "Oka Laalana" from Jyo Achyutananda Chandrabose – "Chusa Chusa" from Dhruva Sirasri – "Maranam Adi Tadhyam" from Vangaveeti Sri Mani – "Thelusa Thelusa" from Sarrainodu |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Dhananjay Rajan – "Belageddu Yara Mukhava" from Kirik Party Jayanth Kaikini – "Helilla Yarallu Naanu" from Krishna-Rukku Sudarshan D. C. – "Ale Moodadhe" from Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu V. Nagendra Prasad – "Mukunda Murari" from Mukunda Murari Yogaraj Bhat – "Thraas Akkathi" from Doddmane Hudga | Santhosh Varma – "Pokka" from Action Hero Biju Anwar Ali - "Puzhu Pullikal" from Kammatipaadam Hari Narayanan – "Minungum" from Oppam Manu Manjith – "Thiruvavani Ravu" from Jacobinte Swargarajyam Rafeeq Ahammed – "Idukki" from Maheshinte Prathikaaram |
| SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Anirudh Ravichander – "Senjitaley" from Remo D. Imman – "Ennamma Ippadi Pannrengale Maa" from Rajini Murugan Sid Sriram – "Thalli Pogathey" from Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Sundarayyar – "Jasmine U" from Joker Vijay Yesudas – "Avalum Naanum" from Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada | Sagar – "Sailaja Sailaja" from Nenu Sailaja Devi Sri Prasad - "Nannaku Prematho" from Nannaku Prematho Shankar Mahadevan – "Pranaamam" from Janatha Garage Sid Sriram – "Vellipomakey" from Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo Vijay Yesudas – "Evare" from Premam |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Armaan Malik – "Sariyaagi Nenapide" from Mungaru Male 2 Anoop Seelin – "Malgudiya Ooralli" from Jessie NTR Jr. – "Geleya Geleya" from Chakravyuha Tippu – "Oh Baby" from Ricky Vijay Prakash – "Belageddu Yaara Mukhava" from Kirik Party | Sooraj Santhosh – "Thaniye" from Guppy Job Kurian - "Chilluranthal" from Kali M. G. Sreekumar – "Chinnamma" from Oppam P. Jayachandran – "Podimeesa" from Pa Va Vijay Yesudas – "Mounangal" from Maheshinte Prathikaaram |
| SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| K. S. Chithra - "Konji Pesida Venam" from Sethupathi Dhee – "Ey Sandakkara" from Irudhi Suttru Lalitha Sudha – "Chellamma" from Joker Shashaa Tirupati – "Raasali" from Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Shreya Ghoshal – "Mirutha Mirutha" from Miruthan | Ramya Behara – "Rang De" from A Aa Geetha Madhuri - "Pakka Local" from Janatha Garage Padmalatha – "Chusa Chusa" from Dhruva Sameera Bharadwaj – "Telusa Telusa" from Sarrainodu Uma Neha – "Tikku Tikkantu" from Babu Bangaram |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Indu Nagaraj – "Thraas Akkathi" from Doddmane Hudga Ananya Bhagath – "Sapura Kati" from Neer Dose Inchara Rao – "Ayomaaya" from Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Ramya NSK – "Betegara" from Shivalinga Shreya Ghoshal – "Neenire Saniha" from Kirik Party | K. S. Chithra - "Kaadaniyum" from Pulimurugan Shreya Ghoshal – "Ritushalabhame" from 10 Kalpanakal Sreya Jayadeep– "Minungum" from Oppam Shweta Mohan – "Oru Vela" from White Vani Jayaram – "Pookkal" from Action Hero Biju |

## Critics' choice
### Tamil Cinema

* Best Actor – R. Madhavan – Irudhi Suttru
* Best Actress – Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Tharai Thappattai

### Telugu Cinema

* Best Actor – Nani – Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha

### Kannada Cinema

* Best Actor – Rakshith Shetty – Kirik Party
* Best Actress – Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan

### Malayalam Cinema

* Best Actor – Nivin Pauly
* Best Actress – Asha Sarath

## Generation Best Awards

* Entertainer of the Year :
** Vijay for Theri
** Rakshit Shetty for Kirik Party
* Generation Next Superstar – Baby Nainika for Theri