# 7th South Indian International Movie Awards

The 7th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held in Dubai on September 14 and 15, 2018. It aims to recognize notable films and performances from the past year in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films, 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

* P. Suseela (Lifetime Achievement Award)

## Other Awards

* SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer – K. K. Senthil Kumar (Baahubali 2: The Conclusion)

## Main awards winners and nominees
### Film

Best Film :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Vikram Vedha – S. Sashikanth Aramm – Kotapadi Ramesh Aruvi – S. R. Prabhu Mersal – N. Ramasamy Theeran Adhigaram Ondru – S. R. Prabhu | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion – Shobu Yarlagadda Fidaa – Dil Raju Gautamiputra Satakarni – Y. Rajeev Reddy Ghazi – K. Anvesh Reddy, Prasad V. Potluri Sathamanam Bhavati – Dil Raju |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Raajakumara – Vijay Kiragandur Bharjari – R. Srinivas Chamak – T. R. Chandrashekar Chowka – Dwarakish Chitra Ondu Motteya Kathe – Suhan Prasad | Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum – Sandip Senan Angamaly Diaries – Vijay Babu Mayanadhi – Aashiq Abu Parava – Anwar Rasheed Take Off – Anto Joseph |
| SIIMA Award for Best Director ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Atlee – Mersal Arun Prabhu Purushothaman – Aruvi Gopi Nainar – Aramm H. Vinoth – Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru Pushkar-Gayathri – Vikram Vedha | S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Krish – Gautamiputra Satakarni Sandeep Reddy Vanga – Arjun Reddy Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi Satish Vegesna – Sathamanam Bhavati |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Santhosh Ananddram – Raajakumara Chethan Kumar– Bharjari P. C. Shekhar – Raaga Prakash Jayaram – Taarak Suni – Chamak | Dileesh Pothan – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Aashiq Abu – Mayanadhi Lijo Jose Pellissery – Angamaly Diaries Mahesh Narayan – Take Off Soubin Shahir- Parava |

### Acting

Best Actor :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Sivakarthikeyan – Velaikkaran Karthi – Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru Vishal – Thupparivaalan Vijay – Mersal Vijay Sethupathi – Vikram Vedha | Prabhas – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Nandamuri Balakrishna – Gautamiputra Satakarni NTR Jr. – Jai Lava Kusa Rana Daggubati – Nene Raju Nene Mantri Vijay Devarakonda - Arjun Reddy |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Puneeth Rajkumar– Raajakumara Dhruva Sarja – Bharjari Ganesh – Chamak Shiva Rajkumar – Mufti Sri Murali – Mufti | Nivin Pauly – Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela Nivin Pauly – Sakhavu Fahadh Faasil – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Mammootty – The Great Father Tovino Thomas – Mayanadhi |
| Best Actress ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Nayanthara – Aramm Aditi Balan – Aruvi Andrea Jeremiah – Taramani Jyothika – Magalir Mattum Nithya Menen – Mersal | Kajal Aggarwal – Nene Raju Nene Mantri Anushka Shetty – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Rakul Preet Singh – Jaya Janaki Nayaka Sai Pallavi – Fidaa |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Shanvi Srivastava – Taarak Nivedhitha – Shuddhi Rashmika Mandanna – Chamak Shraddha Srinath – Operation Alamelamma Shruti Hariharan – Beautiful Manasugalu | Parvathy – Take Off Aishwarya Lekshmi– Mayanadhi Manju Warrier – Udaharanam Sujatha Nimisha Sajayan – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Anu Sithara – Ramante Edanthottam |
| SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| M. S. Bhaskar – 8 Thottakkal Bharathiraja – Kurangu Bommai Bobby Simha – Thiruttu Payale 2 Vikranth – Thondan Vivek Prasanna – Meyaadha Maan | Aadhi Pinisetty – Ninnu Kori Kay Kay Menon – Ghazi Prakash Raj – Sathamanam Bhavati Sathyaraj – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Sree Vishnu – Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Kashinath – Chowka Diganth – Happy New Year P. Ravishankar – College Kumar Rajesh Nataranga – Operation Alamelamma Suraj Gowda – Siliconn City | Shane Nigam – Parava Suraj Venjaramoodu – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Joju George – Ramante Edanthottam Kunchacko Boban – Take Off Mukesh – Jomonte Suvisheshangal |
| SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Sshivada – Adhe Kangal Anjali Varathan – Aruvi Indhuja Ravichandran – Meyaadha Maan Sneha – Velaikkaran Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Vikram Vedha/ Nibunan | Bhoomika Chawla – Middle Class Abbayi Hema Malini – Gautamiputra Satakarni Jayasudha – Sathamanam Bhavati Radhika Sarathkumar – Raja The Great Ramya Krishna – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Aruna Balraj – Operation Alamelamma Bhavana Rao – Satya Harischandra Harshika Poonacha – Upendra Matte Baa Saanika – Saheba Samyukta Hornad – Dayavittu Gamanisi | Asha Sarath – Sunday Holiday Amala Akkineni – C/O Saira Banu Chandini Sreedharan – CIA Mamta Mohandas – Udaharanam Sujatha Shanthi Krishna – Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela |
| SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| S. J. Surya – Mersal / Spyder Arvind Swamy – Bogan Fahadh Faasil – Velaikkaran Prasanna – Thiruttu Payale 2 Vivek Oberoi – Vivegam | Rana Daggubati – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Arjun Sarja – LIE Rao Ramesh – Duvvada Jagannadham Tarun Arora – Khaidi No. 150 Vijay Varma – Middle Class Abbayi |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Ashish Vidyarthi – Pataki Apeksha Purohit – Kaafi Thota P. Ravishankar – Hebbuli Prakash Raj – Raajakumara Shawar Ali – Chakravarthy | Appani Sarath – Angamaly Diaries Chemban Vinod Jose – Velipadinte Pusthakam Murali Gopy – Kaattu Soubin Shahir – Parava Unni Mukundan – Masterpiece |
| SIIMA Award for Best Comedian ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Soori – Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae Anandaraj – Maragadha Naanayam RJ Balaji – Ivan Thanthiran Robo Shankar – Velaikkaran Yogi Babu – Mersal | Rahul Ramakrishna – Arjun Reddy Praveen – Sathamanam Bhavati Prudhvi Raj – PSV Garuda Vega Shakalaka Shankar – Anando Brahma Srinivas Reddy – Anando Brahma / Raja The Great |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Chikkanna – Raajakumara Kuri Prathap – Melkote Manja Sadhu Kokila – Chamak Saikumar – Happy New Year Vijay Chendur – Pataki | Aju Varghese – Godha Dharmajan – Punyalan Private Limited Hareesh Perumanna – Rakshadhikari Baiju Oppu Jacob Gregory – Jomonte Suvisheshangal Saiju Kurup – Aadu 2 |

### Debut awards

SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actor :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Vasanth Ravi – Taramani Hiphop Tamizha – Meesaya Murukku Vetri – 8 Thottakkal | Ishaan – Rogue Aashish Raj – Aakatayi Ganta Ravi – Jayadev Rakshit – London Babulu Vishwak Sen – Vellipomakey |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Rishi – Operation Alamelamma Ishaan – Rogue Manoranjan – Saheba Mithra – Raaga Raj B. Shetty – Ondu Motteya Kathe | Antony Varghese – Angamaly Diaries Amal Shah – Parava Arjun Asokan – Parava Askar Ali – Honey Bee 2.5 Sarath Appani – Angamaly Diaries |
| SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Aditi Rao Hydari – Kaatru Veliyidai Aditi Balan – Aruvi Priya Bhavani Shankar – Meyaadha Maan Sayyeshaa Saigal – Vanamagan Shraddha Srinath – Vikram Vedha | Kalyani Priyadarshan – Hello Aakanksha Singh – Malli Raava Megha Akash – LIE Nivetha Pethuraj – Mental Madhilo Shalini Pandey – Arjun Reddy |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Ekta Rathod – Siliconn City Aditi Prabhudeva – Dhairyam Divya Uruduga – Huliraaya Kavitha Gowda – Srinivasa Kalyana Vaibhavi Shandilya – Raj Vishnu | Nimisha Sajayan – 'Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum' Aishwarya Lekshmi – Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela Reshma Anna Rajan – Angamaly Diaries Santhy Balachandran – Tharangam Wamiqa Gabbi – Godha |
| SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Arun Prabhu Purushothaman – Aruvi Dhanush – Pa Paandi Gopi Nainar – Aramm Lokesh Kanagaraj – Maanagaram Rajkumar Periaswamy – Rangoon | Sandeep Vanga – Arjun Reddy Mahi V. Raghav – Anando Brahma Prabhakar Podakandla – Next Nuvve Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi Vivek Athreya – Mental Madhilo |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Tharun Sudhir – Chowka Adarsh Eshwarappa – Shuddhi Pannaga Bharana – Happy New Year Raj B. Shetty – Ondu Motteya Kathe Ravi Basrur – Kataka | Mahesh Narayan – Take Off Arun Gopy – Ramaleela Haneef Adeni – The Great Father Jay K – Ezra Soubin Shahir – Parava |

### Music

SIIMA Award for Best Music Director :
| Tamil | Telugu |
| A. R. Rahman – Kaatru Veliyidai / Mersal Anirudh Ravichander – Velaikkaran/ Vivegam D. Imman – Bogan Hiphop Tamizha – Meesaya Murukku Sam C. S. – Vikram Vedha | M. M. Keeravani – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Devi Sri Prasad – Khaidi No. 150 Gopi Sundar – Ninnu Kori S. S. Thaman – Mahanubhavudu Shakti Kanth – Fidaa |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| V. Harikrishna – Raajakumara Arjun Janya – Chakravarthy Charan Raj – Pushpaka Vimana Judah Sandhy – Chamak Raghu Dixit – Happy New Year | Shaan Rahman – Velipadinte Pusthakam Gopi Sundar – Comrade in America Bijibal – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Prashant Pillai – Angamaly Diaries Rex Vijayan – Parava |
| SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Vivek – "Aala Poran" from Mersal Dhanush – "Venpani Malare" from Pa Paandi Madhan Karky – "Azhagiyae" from Kaatru Veliyidai Vairamuthu – "Vaan" from Kaatru Veliyidai Viveka – "Karuthavanlaam" from Velaikkaran | Suddala Ashok Teja – "Vachinde" from Fidaa Chandrabose – "Nuvvele Nuvvele" from Jaya Janaki Nayaka Ramajogayya Sastry – "Nilavade" from Sathamanam Bhavati Siva Shakti Dutta – "Saahore Baahubali" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Sri Mani – "Bramaramba Ki" from Rarandoi Veduka Chudham |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Santhosh Ananddram – "Bombe Heluthaithe" from Raajakumara Hrudaya Shiva – "Kodeyondara Adiyalli" from Raju Kannada Medium Suvarna Sharma – "Thili Prema" from Urvi V. Nagendra Prasad – "Appa I Love You" from Chowka Yogaraj Bhat – "Ninna Snehadinda" from Mugulu Nage | Manu Manjith – "Aaro Nenjil" from Godha Anwar Ali – "Mizhiyil Ninnum" from Mayanadhi B. K. Harinarayanan – "Njaanum Neeyum" from Theeram Santhosh Varma – "Akaleyoru" from Ramante Edanthottam Vinayak Sasikumar – "Pyar Pyar" from Parava |
| SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Sid Sriram – "Maacho" from Mersal A. R. Rahman – "Neethane Neethane" from Mersal Anirudh Ravichander – "Yaanji" from Vikram Vedha Haricharan/ Arjun Chandy – "Azhagiye" from Kaatru Veliyidai Hiphop Tamizha/ Sudarshan Ashok – "Kavan" from Oxygen | Kaala Bhairava – "Dandaalayya" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Armaan Malik – "Hello" from Hello Devi Sri Prasad – "Ammadu Lets Do Kummudu" from Khaidi No. 150 Hemachandra – "Oosupodhu" from Fidaa Sid Sriram – "Adiga Adiga" from Ninnu Kori |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Ravi Basrur – "Chanda Chanda" from Anjani Putra Armaan Malik – "Ondu Malebillu" from Chakravarthy B. J. Bharath – "Beautiful Manasugalu" from Beautiful Manasugalu Sanjith Hegde – "Kush Kush" from Chamak Vijay Prakash – "Bombe Heluthaithe" from Raajakumara | Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Jaanah Meri Jaanah" from Cappucino Arvind Venugopal – "Mazha Paadum" from Sunday Holiday Haricharan – "Lailakame" from Ezra Shahabaz Aman – "Mizhiyil" from Mayanadhi Vijay Yesudas – "Ivalaaro" from Oru Mexican Aparatha |
| SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer ||
| Tamil | Telugu |
| Luksimi Sivaneswaralingam – "Senthoora" from Bogan Sakthisree Gopalan – "Yaanji" from Vikram Vedha Shashaa Tirupati – "Vaan" from Kaatru Veliyidai Shreya Ghoshal – "Neethane Neethane" from Mersal Shweta Mohan – "Paarthen" from Pa Paandi | Madhu Priya – "Vacchinde" from Fidaa Geetha Madhuri / M. M. Manasi – "Mahanubhavudu" from Mahanubhavudu Neha Bhasin – "Swing Zara" from Jai Lava Kusa Sony – "Hamsa Naava" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Uma Neha – "Paisa Vasool" from Paisa Vasool |
| Kannada | Malayalam |
| Anuradha Bhat – "Appa I Love You" from Chowka Indu Nagaraj – "Jilkaa Jilkaa" from Pushpaka Vimana Sinchan Dixit – "Indu Ninna Edurali" from Kaafi Thota Shreya Ghoshal – "Ninna Snehadinda" from Mugulu Nage Supriya Lohith – "Are Are Enidu" from Chamak | Gowry Lekshmi – "Aaro Nenjil" from Godha K. S. Chithra – "Nadavathil Thurannilla" from Kambhoji Shweta Mohan – "Ozhukiyozhuki" from Oru Cinemakkaran Soumya Ramakrishnan – "Kannile Poika" from Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Sujatha Mohan – "Neelakasham" from Jomonte Suvisheshangal |

## Critics' choice

Kollywood
* Best Actor – R. Madhavan – Vikram Vedha
* Best Actress – Aditi Balan – Aruvi

### Tollywood

* Best Actor – Venkatesh and Nandamuri Balakrishna – Guru and Gautamiputra Satakarni
* Best Actress – Ritika Singh – Guru

### Kannada Cinema

* Best Actor – Sri Murali
* Best Actress – Sruthi Hariharan

### Malayalam Cinema

* Best Actor – Fahadh Faasil
* Best Actress – Aishwarya Lekshmi

### Special Award

* Best Child Artist – Shlaga Saligrama – Kataka

## Generation Next Awards
### Entertainer of the Year

* Rana Daggubati – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion / Ghazi / Nene Raju Nene Mantri
* Style icon of the year – Hansika Motwani