The 1st South Indian International Movie Awards were presented on 21–22 June 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 2012
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 FilmTamilTeluguKo – RS InfotainmentEngeyum 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 | valign="top" |Dookudu – 14 Reels Entertainment/Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta, Anil SunkaraSri 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 |- ! style="background:#00def3;" ! align="center"| Kannada ! style="background:#4df300;" ! align="center"| Malayalam |- |Saarathi – Sri Araseshwari Cine Productions| Indian Rupee – August Cinema|- ! rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82;" !align="center"|Best Director|- |- ! style="background:#efac00;" !align="center"|Tamil ! style="background:#efeb00;" !align="center"|Telugu |- | valign="top" |Vetrimaaran – AadukalamSrinu Vaitla – Dookudu V. V. Vinayak – Badrinath K. Dasarath – Mr. Perfect Sukumar – 100% Love Bapu – Sri Rama Rajyam Kannada MalayalamNagashekar – Sanju Weds Geetha Rajesh Pillai – TrafficBest CinematographerTamilTeluguVelraj – Aadukalam Richard M. Nathan – Ko Ramji – Mayakkam Enna Om Prakash – Vaagai Sooda Vaa Nirav Shah – VaanamP. 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 MalayalamSathya Hedge – Sanju Weds Geetha Madhu Ambat – Makaramanju
Acting
Best ActorTamilTeluguDhanush – Aadukalam Vikram – Deiva Thirumagal Suriya – 7 Aum Arivu Ajith Kumar – Mankatha Vishal – Avan IvanMahesh Babu – Dookudu Prabhas – Mr. Perfect Naga Chaitanya – 100% Love Nagarjuna – Rajanna Balakrishna – Sri Rama RajyamKannada MalayalamPuneeth Rajkumar – Hudugaru Mohanlal – PranayamBest ActressTamilTeluguAsin – Kaavalan Anjali – Engaeyum Eppothum Anushka Shetty – Deiva Thirumagal Hansika Motwani – Engeyum Kadhal Richa Gangopadhyay – Mayakkam EnnaNayanthara – Sri Rama Rajyam Hansika Motwani – Kandireega Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Dookudu Kajal Aggarwal – Mr. Perfect Tamannaah – 100% Love Kannada MalayalamRamya – Sanju Weds Geetha Kavya Madhavan – KhaddamaBest Actor in a Supporting RoleTamilTeluguSarathkumar – KanchanaPrakash Raj – Dookudu ANR – Sri Rama Rajyam Ashish Vidyarthi – Ala Modalaindi Srihari – Aha Naa Pellanta Baby Aney – Rajanna Kannada MalayalamAindrita Ray – Paramathma Lena / Thalaivasal Vijay– Traffic / KarmayogiBest Actor in a Negative RoleTamilTeluguAjmal Ameer – KoLakshmi Manchu – Anaganaga O Dheerudu Sonu Sood – Kandireega Abhimanyu Singh – Bejawada Pradeep Rawat – Mangala Kelly Dorjee – Badrinath Kannada MalayalamRangayana Raghu – Sanju Weds Geetha Kunchacko Boban – SeniorsBest ComedianTamilTeluguSanthanam – VaanamBrahmanandam – Dookudu Ramesh – Ala Modalaindi M. S. Narayana – Dookudu Srinivasa Reddy – Solo Ali – Mirapakay Kannada MalayalamSadhu Kokila – Hudugaru Baburaj – Salt N' Pepper
Music
Best Music DirectorTamilTeluguG. V. Prakash Kumar – AadukalamS. Thaman – Dookudu M. M. Keeravani – Rajanna Kalyani Malik – Ala Modalaindi Ilaiyaraaja – Sri Rama Rajyam Devi Sri Prasad – 100% Love Kannada MalayalamV. Harikrishna – Hudugaru M. Jayachandran – PranayamBest LyricistTamilTeluguNa. Muthukumar – "Un Pera Theriyathe" from Engaeyum EppothumRamajogayya 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 MalayalamKaviraj – "Gaganave Baagi" from Sanju Weds Geetha Anoop Menon – "Mazhaneerthullikal" from BeautifulBest Male Playback SingerTamilTeluguDhanush – "Voda Voda" from Mayakkam EnnaRahul 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 MalayalamAvinash Chebbi – "Nee Adana Nee" from Murali Meets Meera Vijay Yesudas – "Ee Pozhayum" from Indian RupeeBest Female Playback SingerTamilTeluguChinmayi – "Sara Sara" from Vaagai Sooda VaaShreya 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 MalayalamAkanksha Badami – "Tightu Tightu" from Rajadhani Manjari – "Chinni Chinni" from Urumi
Debutant & Special Awards
Best Debutant DirectorTamilTeluguM. Saravanan – Engaeyum EppothumB.V. Nandini Reddy – Ala Modalaindi Santosh Srinivas – Kandireega Venu Sree Raam – Oh My Friend Veerabhadram Chowdary – Aha Naa Pellanta Ajay Bhuyan – Dhada Kannada MalayalamPon Kumaran – Vishnuvardhana Salim Ahamed – Adaminte Makan AbuBest Male DebutantTamilTeluguSharwanand – Engaeyum Eppothum Nani - VeppamAadi – Prema Kavali Mano Tej – Babloo Arvind Krishna – It's My Love Story Abhijeet – Life Before Wedding Ajay – Nuvvila Kannada MalayalamSrikanth – Olave Mandhara Unni Mukundan – Bombay March 12Best Female DebutantTamilTeluguHansika Motwani – MappillaiShruti 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 MalayalamAkanksha Mansurkar – Olave Mandhara Karthika Nair – Makaramanju
Special AppreciationBaby AneyActor – Special AppreciationTamilTeluguVikram – Deiva ThirumagalNagarjuna – Rajanna Kannada MalayalamUpendra Salim Kumar – Adaminte Makan AbuActress – Special AppreciationTamilTeluguRicha Gangopadhyay – Mayakkam EnnaHansika Motwani – Kandireega Kannada MalayalamNidhi 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
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