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 FilmTamilTeluguIrudhi Suttru – YNOT StudiosJoker – Dream Warrior Pictures Pichaikkaran – Vijay Antony Film Corporation Theri – V Creations Visaranai – Wunderbar Films, Grass Root Film Company

| valign="top" |Pelli Choopulu – BigBen Cinemas, Dharmapath CreationsA Aa – Haarika & Hasinee Creations Janatha Garage – Mythri Movie Makers Kshanam – PVP Cinema Sarrainodu – Geetha Arts |- ! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada ! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam |- |Kotigobba 2 – Rambabu ProductionsGodhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu – Pushkar Films Kirik Party – Paramvah Studios Thithi – Pratap Reddy, Sunmin Park U Turn – Pawan Kumar Studios

| Kammatipaadam – Global United MediaAction Hero Biju – Pauly Jr. Pictures & Full On Studios Maheshinte Prathikaaram – OPM Dream Mill Cinemas Oppam – Aashirvad Cinemas Pulimurugan – Mulakuppadam Films

! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|Best Director |- ! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil ! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|Telugu |- | valign="top" |Atlee - Theri Manikandan – Aandavan Kattalai Raju Murugan – Joker Sudha Kongara – Irudhi Suttru Vetrimaaran – VisaranaiVamsi Paidipally – Oopiri Boyapati Srinu – Sarrainodu Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho Trivikram Srinivas – A Aa Kannada MalayalamRishab Shetty– Kirik Party Pawan Kumar – U Turn Pawan Wadeyar – Jessie Sumana Kittur – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Vijaya Prasad – Neer DoseVysakh – Pulimurugan Abrid Shine – Action Hero Biju Priyadarshan – Oppam Rajeev Ravi – Kammatipaadam Vineeth Sreenivasan – Jacobinte Swargarajyam

Acting Best ActorTamil TeluguSivakarthikeyan – 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 MalayalamShiva 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 BijuBest ActressTamilTeluguNayantara – Iru Mugan Amala Paul - Amma Kanakku Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Theri Tamannaah Bhatia – Dharma Durai Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Tharai ThappattaiRakul Preet Singh – Nannaku Prematho Lavanya Tripathi - Srirastu Subhamastu Regina Cassandra – Jo Achyutananda Ritu Varma – Pelli Choopulu Samantha Ruth Prabhu – A Aa Kannada MalayalamShraddha 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 & AliceBest Actor in a Supporting RoleTamilTeluguPrakash Raj – Manithan Mu. Ramaswamy - Joker Parthiban – Maaveeran Kittu Samuthirakani – Visaranai Akkineni Nagarjuna– ThozhaSrikanth – Sarrainodu Mohanlal - Janatha Garage Nara Rohit – Appatlo Okadundevadu Rajendra Prasad – Supreme Satyam Rajesh – Kshanam Kannada MalayalamChandan Achar - Kirik Party Dileep Raj – U Turn H. G. Dattatreya – Neer Dose Sanchari Vijay – Killing Veerappan Thilak Shekar – KarvvaRenji Panicker - Jacobinte Swargarajyam Alancier - Maheshinte Prathikaaram Suraj Venjaramoodu – Action Hero Biju Tovino Thomas – Guppy Vinayakan – KammatipaadamBest Actress in a Supporting RoleTamilTeluguAishwarya Rajesh - Dharma Durai Pooja Devariya - Iraivi Radhika – Theri Subbalakshmi – Ammani Suja Varunee – KidaariAnasuya - Kshanam Anupama Parameswaran – Premam Jayasudha – Oopiri Nadiya Moidu - A Aa Ramya Krishnan – Soggade Chinni Nayana Kannada MalayalamRadhika 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 BijuBest Actor in a Negative RoleTamilTeluguTrisha – Kodi Baba Sehgal - Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Mahendran – Theri R. K. Suresh – Tharai Thappattai Vela Ramamoorthy – KidaariJagapathi Babu – Nannaku Prematho Aadhi - Sarrainodu Arvind Swamy - Dhruva Kabir Duhan Singh – Supreme Sharad Kelkar – Sardaar Gabbar Singh Kannada MalayalamVasishta 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 PrathikaaramBest ComedianTamilTeluguYogi Babu – Aandavan Kattalai Mottai Rajendran - Dhilluku Dhuddu Robo Shankar – Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran Sathish – Remo Soori – Rajini MuruganPriyadarshi – Pelli Choopulu Brahmanandam - Sarrainodu Krishna Bhagavan – Jayammu Nischayammu Raa Prudhviraj – Supreme Vennela Kishore – Majnu Kannada MalayalamRavishankar 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 Best Debut ActorTamilTeluguKalidas Jayaram – Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum Balakrishna Kola – Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam Shirish Saravanan – Metro Vijay Kumar – Uriyadi Walter Phillips – Meendum Oru Kadhal KadhaiRoshan Meka – Nirmala Convent Nikhil Kumar – Jaguar Sandeep Kumar – Vangaveeti Sagar – Siddhartha Kannada MalayalamNikhil Gowda – Jaguar Anoop Revanna – Lakshmana Dilip Prakash – Crazy Boy Roger Narayan – U Turn Sachin – Happy BirthdayShane Nigam– Kismath Gokul Suresh – Mudhugauv Arun Kurian - Aanandam Manikantan – Kammatipaadam Vishnu Unnikrishnan – Kattappanayile Rithwik RoshanBest Debut ActressTamilTeluguRitika Singh – Irudhi Suttru Madonna Sebastian - Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum Manjima Mohan – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Nikhila Vimal – Kidaari Wamiqa Gabbi – Maalai Nerathu MayakkamNiveda Thomas – Gentleman Keerthy Suresh – Nenu Sailaja Mehreen – Krishna Gadi Veera Prema Gaadha Niharika Konidela – Oka Manasu Anu Emmanuel - Majnu Kannada MalayalamRashmika 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 – KasabaBest Debut DirectorTamilTeluguKarthick Naren - Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru Vijay Kumar – Uriyadi Bakkiyaraj Kannan - Remo Pradeep Krishnamurthy - Saithan Prasath Murugesan – KidaariTharun 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 MalayalamHemanth 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

Best Music DirectorTamilTeluguA. R. Rahman – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Anirudh Ravichander – Remo Harris Jayaraj – Iru Mugan Nivas K. Prasanna – Sethupathi Santhosh Narayanan – KabaliDevi Sri Prasad – Janatha Garage Kalyan Koduri – Jyo Achyutananda Mickey J Meyer – A Aa S. Thaman – Sarrainodu Vivek Sagar – Pellichoopulu Kannada MalayalamAjaneesh 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 - GuppyBest LyricistTamilTeluguMadhan 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 KattalaiRamajogayya 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 MalayalamDhananjay 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 PrathikaaramBest Male Playback SingerTamilTeluguAnirudh 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 MadamaiyadaSagar – "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 MalayalamArmaan 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 PrathikaaramBest Female Playback SingerTamilTeluguK. 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 MiruthanRamya 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 MalayalamIndu 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