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 FilmTamilTeluguThani Oruvan – AGS Entertainment I – Aascar Films Kaaka Muttai – Wunderbar Films / Grass Root Film Company Naanum Rowdy Dhaan – Wunderbar Films OK Kanmani – Madras TalkiesBaahubali: 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 MalayalamMythri – 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 SudheeshBest DirectorTamilTeluguVignesh Shivan – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Mohan Raja – Thani Oruvan Gautham Vasudev Menon – Yennai Arindhaal K. V. Anand – Anegan Mani Ratnam – OK KanmaniS. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali: The Beginning Gunasekhar – Rudramadevi Koratala Siva – Srimanthudu Krish – Kanche Maruthi – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy Kannada MalayalamUpendra – Uppi 2 Chandrashekar Bandiyappa – Rathavara Duniya Soori– Kendasampige Pawan Wadeyar – Rana Vikrama Shashank – Krishna LeelaAlphonse Putharen – Premam Lal Jose – Nee-Na Martin Prakkat – Charlie R. S. Vimal – Ennu Ninte Moideen Salim Ahamed – Pathemari

Acting Best ActorTamil Telugu Vikram – I Dhanush – Anegan Jayam Ravi – Thani Oruvan Lawrence Raghavendra – Kanchana 2 Vijay Sethupathi – Orange MittaiMahesh Babu – Srimanthudu Allu Arjun – Rudramadevi Naani – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy Prabhas – Baahubali: The Beginning Varun Tej – Kanche Kannada MalayalamPuneeth 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 – PremamBest ActressTamilTelugy Nayanthara – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Nithya Menen – OK Kanmani Aishwarya Rajesh – Kaaka Muttai Amy Jackson – I Jyothika – 36 VayadhinileShruti Haasan – Srimanthudu Nithya Menen – Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju Anushka Shetty – Rudramadevi Lakshmi Manchu – Dongata Samantha Ruth Prabhu – S/O Satyamurthy Kannada MalayalamRachita 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 CountriesBest Actor in a Supporting RoleTamilTeluguPrakash Raj – OK Kanmani Charle – Kirumi Karunakaran – Indru Netru Naalai Nassar – Uttama Villain Rajkiran – KombanRajendra Prasad – Srimanthudu Jagapati Babu – Srimanthudu Posani Krishna Murali – Temper Sathyaraj – Baahubali: The Beginning Upendra – S/O Satyamurthy Kannada MalayalamPannagha 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 SelfieBest Actress in a Supporting RoleTamilTeluguRadhika – Thangamagan Nithya Menen – Kanchana 2 Asha Sarath – Papanasam Lakshmi Menon – Vedalam Leela Samson – OK KanmaniRamya 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 MalayalamTejaswini 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 PadminiBest Actor in a Negative RoleTamilTeluguArun Vijay – Yennai Arindhaal Arvind Swamy – Thani Oruvan Karthik – Anegan Suresh Gopi – I Vijay Yesudas – MaariRana Daggubati – Baahubali: The Beginning Mithun Chakraborthy – Gopala Gopala Prakash Raj – Temper Ravi Kishan – Kick 2 Sampath Raj – Srimanthudu Kannada MalayalamSaikumar – 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 AnthonyBest ComedianTamilTeluguRJ Balaji – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Kovai Sarala – Kanchana 2 Sathish – Thangamagan Santhanam– Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga Yogi Babu – Kaaka MuttaiVennela Kishore – Bhale Bhale Magadivoy Ali – S/O Satyamurthy Brahmanandam – Bruce Lee - The Fighter Prudhvi – Bengal Tiger Srinivasa Reddy – Pataas Kannada MalayalamChikkanna – 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 ActorTamilTeluguG. V. Prakash Kumar – Darling Darbuka Siva – Rajathanthiram Sai Rajkumar – Kuttram Kadithal Shanmugapandiyan – Sagaptham Varun – Oru Naal IravilAkhil Akkineni – Akhil Aakash Puri – Andhra Pori Parvatheesam – Kerintha Sathya Karthik – Tippu Vijay Devarakonda – Yevade Subramanyam Kannada MalayalamVinay Rajkumar – Siddhartha Mahesh – Namak Haraam Nirup Bhandari – Rangi Taranga Prathap Narayan – Benkipatna Santhosh Reva – KendasampigeSiddharth Menon – Rockstar Adil Ibrahim – Nirnayakam Shabareesh Varma – Premam Sharafudheen – Premam Vineeth Mohan – Adi Kapyare KootamaniBest Debut ActressTamilTeluguKeerthy Suresh – Idhu Enna Maayam Amyra Dastur – Anegan Deepa Sannidhi – Enakkul Oruvan Radhika Prasidhha – Kuttram Kadithal Sushma Raj – India PakistanPragya Jaiswal – Kanche Malavika Nair – Yevade Subramanyam Shruti Sodhi – Pataas Tridha Choudhury – Surya vs Surya Sayesha Saigal – Akhil Kannada MalayalamManvitha 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 SelfieBest Debut DirectorTamilTeluguAnucharan – Kirumi Ashwin Saravanan – Maya Bramma G. – Kuttram Kadithal M. Manikantan – Kaaka Muttai Ravikumar R– Indru Netru NaalaiAnil Ravipudi – Pataas Karthik Ghattamaneni – Surya vs Surya KK Radha Krishna Kumar – Jil Nag Ashwin – Yevade Subramanyam Sriram Aditya– Bhale Manchi Roju Kannada MalayalamAnup Bhandari – RangiTaranga Imran Sardhariya – Endendigu Manju Mandavya – Masterpiece Priya Belliappa – Ring Road Suma Rajkumar Reddy – Ouija

Music

Best Music DirectorTamilTeluguAnirudh Ravichander – Naanum Rowdy Dhaan A. R. Rahman – OK Kanmani Ghibran – Uttama Villain Harris Jayaraj – Yennai Arindhaal Hip Hop Adhi – Thani OruvanDevi 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 MalayalamArjun 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 JeeviyanuBest LyricistTamilTeluguVairamuthu – "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 DhaanSirivennela – "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 MalayalamAnup 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 VathmeekamBest Male Playback SingerTamilTeluguAnirudh 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 ISagar – "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 MalayalamSanthosh 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 PremamBest Female Playback SingerTamilTeluguShweta 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 KanmaniSatya 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 MalayalamInchara 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

References

External links Official website