10th South Indian International Movie Awards

The 10th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event that took place in Bengaluru, India, on 10–11 September 2022. The ceremony (10th SIIMA) recognized and honored the best films and performances from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and music released in 2021, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.

The event was announced officially in early-August along with the date. On 17 August 2022, nominations for the Best Film category were announced along with the other categories. The first day of the ceremony (10 September 2022) awarded the best films and performances from the Telugu and Kannada cinema, whereas on the second day, best films and performances from the Tamil and Malayalam cinema were awarded.

Dhananjaya is nominated in three categories, the highest in a single year. He has become the first person to be nominated in three main acting categories, that is, Best Actor in a Leading Role – Kannada, Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Kannada and Best Actor in a Negative Role – Kannada. Pushpa: The Rise won eight awards from 12 nominations, thus becoming the most awarded and most nominated film of the year.

Main awards Film Best FilmTeluguTamil Pushpa: The Rise – Mythri Movie Makers, Muttamsetty Media Akhanda – Dwaraka Creations Love Story – Amigos Creations, Sree Venkateswara Cinemas Jathi Ratnalu – Swapna Cinema Uppena – Mythri Movie Makers, Sukumar Writings | valign="top" | Sarpatta Parambarai – Neelam Production Maanaadu – V House Productions Thalaivii – Vibri Motion Pictures, Karma Media Doctor – KJR Studios Karnan – V Creations Mandela – YNOT Studios |- ! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada ! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam |- | valign="top" | Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana – Lighter Buddha Films Roberrt – Umapathy Films Yuvarathnaa – Hombale Films Salaga – KP Srikanth Bhajarangi 2 – Jayanna Combines | Minnal Murali – Weekend Blockbusters Kurup – Wayfarer Films, M Star Entertainments The Great Indian Kitchen – Mankind Cinemas, Symmetry Cinemas Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam – Pushkar Films Joji – Bhavana Studios, Working Class Hero, Fahadh Faasil and Friends |- ! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|Best Director |- ! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Telugu ! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|Tamil |- | valign="top" | Sukumar – Pushpa: The Rise Boyapati Srinu – Akhanda Gopichand Malineni – Krack K. V. Anudeep – Jathi Ratnalu Rahul Sankrityan – Shyam Singha Roy Prasanth Varma – Zombie Reddy Lokesh Kanagaraj – Master Nelson – Doctor Mari Selvaraj – Karnan Pa. Ranjith – Sarpatta Parambarai A. L. Vijay – Thalaivii Venkat Prabhu – Maanaadu Kannada Malayalam Tharun Sudhir – Roberrt Rohit Padaki – Rathnan Prapancha Raj B. Shetty – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana S. Mahesh Kumar – Madhagaja A. Harsha – Bhajarangi 2 Mahesh Narayanan – Malik Jeethu Joseph – Drishyam 2 Dileesh Pothan – Joji Senna Hegde – Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Basil Joseph – Minnal MuraliBest CinematographerTeluguTamil C. Ram Prasad – Akhanda Miroslaw Kuba Brozek – Pushpa: The Rise G. K. Vishnu – Krack Siddam Manohar – Jathi Ratnalu Shamdat – Uppena Shyam K. Naidu – Narappa Shreyaas Krishna – Rocky Theni Eswar – Karnan Vishal Vittal – Thalaivii S. R. Kathir – Jai Bhim Sathyan Sooryan - Master Kannada Malayalam Sudhakar S. Raj – Roberrt Shreesha Kuduvalli – Rathnan Prapancha Praveen Shriyan – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Shekhar Chandru – Kotigobba 3 Shivasena – Salaga Nimish Ravi – Kurup Madhu Neelakandan – Churuli Sanu Varghese – Malik Sameer Thahir – Minnal Murali Shyju Khalid – Nayattu

Acting Best ActorTeluguTamil Allu Arjun – Pushpa: The Rise Balakrishna – Akhanda Naveen Polishetty – Jathi Ratnalu Allari Naresh – Naandhi Naga Chaitanya – Love Story Nani – Shyam Singha Roy Sivakarthikeyan – Doctor Silambarasan – Maanaadu Vijay – Master Suriya – Jai Bhim Dhanush – Karnan

Arya – Sarpatta Parambarai KannadaMalayalam Puneeth Rajkumar – Yuvarathnaa Darshan – Roberrt Rishab Shetty – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Dhananjaya – Badava Rascal Shiva Rajkumar – Bhajarangi 2 Ganesh – Sakath Tovino Thomas – Minnal Murali and Kala Biju Menon – Aarkkariyam Dulquer Salmaan – Kurup Jayasurya – Vellam Fahadh Faasil – Malik Joju George – NayattuBest ActressTeluguTamil Pooja Hegde – Most Eligible Bachelor Rashmika Mandanna – Pushpa: The Rise Shruti Haasan – Krack Priyamani – Narappa Sai Pallavi – Love Story Pragya Jaiswal – AkhandaKangana Ranaut – Thalaivii Nayanthara – Netrikann Lijomol Jose – Jai Bhim Keerthi Pandian – Anbirkiniyal Aishwarya Rajesh – Thittam Irandu KannadaMalayalam Ashika Ranganath – Madhagaja Rashmika Mandanna – Pogaru Rachita Ram – Love You Rachchu Amrutha Iyengar – Badava Rascal Nishvika Naidu – Sakath Aishwarya Lekshmi – Kaanekkaane Parvathy Thiruvothu – Aarkkariyam Rajisha Vijayan – Love Mamta Mohandas – Bhramam Sobhita Dhulipala – Kurup Nimisha Sajayan – The Great Indian KitchenBest Actor in a Supporting RoleTeluguTamil Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari – Pushpa: The Rise Rahul Ramakrishna – Jathi Ratnalu Sai Kumar – SR Kalyanamandapam Jagapathi Babu – Maha Samudram Priyadarshi – Jathi Ratnalu Arvind Swamy – Thalaivii Samuthirakani – Thalaivii Lal – Karnan Mahendran – Master Pasupathy – Sarpatta Parambarai K. Manikandan – Jai Bhim KannadaMalayalam Pramod Panju – Rathnan Prapancha Dhananjaya – Salaga Pramod Shetty – Drishya 2 Gopalkrishna Deshpande – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Nagabhushana N S – Badava Rascal Baburaj – Joji Sumesh Moor – Kala Chemban Vinod Jose – Churuli Sharaf U Dheen – Aarkkariyam Murali Gopy – Drishyam 2Best Actress in a Supporting RoleTeluguTamil Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Krack Ramya Krishna – Republic Nivetha Thomas – Vakeel Saab Poorna – Akhanda Nivetha Pethuraj – Red Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli – Karnan Rajisha Vijayan – Jai Bhim Anupama Kumar – Sarpatta Parambarai Easwari Rao – Theal Raveena Ravi – Rocky KannadaMalayalam Aarohi Narayan – Drishya 2 Sonu Gowda – Yuvarathnaa Sonal monteiro – Roberrt Anusha Rai – Rider Vainidhi Jagadish – Rathnan Prapancha Unnimaya Prasad – Joji Shelly Kishore – Minnal Murali Mamitha Baiju – Kho-Kho Shruti Ramachandran – Kaanekkaane Manju Pillai – HomeBest Actor in a Negative RoleTeluguTamil Srikanth – Akhanda Vijay Sethupathi – Uppena Siddharth – Maha Samudram Samuthirakani – Krack Sunil – Pushpa: The Rise S. J. Suryah – Maanaadu Vijay Sethupathi – Master Vinay Rai – Doctor Ajmal Ameer – Netrikann Bharathiraja – Rocky Natty Subramaniam – Karnan KannadaMalayalam Pramod Shetty – Hero Yash Shetty – Salaga Dhananjaya – Yuvarathnaa Raj B. Shetty – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Ramachandra Raju – Madhagaja Guru Somasundaram – Minnal Murali Shine Tom Chacko – Kurup Jinu Joseph – Bheemante Vazhi Irshad Ali – Wolf Dileesh Pothan – MalikBest ComedianTeluguTamil Sudarshan – Ek Mini Katha Saptagiri – Varudu Kaavalenu Getup Srinu – Zombie Reddy Vennela Kishore – Rang De Ajay Ghosh – Manchi Rojulochaie Redin Kingsley and Deepa Shankar – Doctor Soori – Annaatthe Munishkanth – Bachelor Yogi Babu – Aranmanai 3 KannadaMalayalam Chikkanna – Pogaru Rangayana Raghu – Badava Rascal P. Ravi Shankar – Kotigobba 3 Sadhu Kokila – Sakath Raju Talikote – 100Naslen – Home Basil Joseph – Jan.E.Man Aju Varghese – Minnal Murali Vinay Forrt – Mohan Kumar Fans Johny Antony – Home

Debut awards Best Debut ActorTeluguTamil Vaisshnav Tej – Uppena Pradeep Machiraju – 30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela Teja Sajja – Zombie Reddy Satya – Vivaha Bhojanambu Vikas Vasistha – Cinema Bandi Subash Selvam – Thittam Irandu Rasu Ranjith – Theethum Nandrum Vatsan M. Natarajan – Kayamai Kadakka Kutty Mani – Methagu Vasanth Selvam – Kadaseela Biriyani Kannada Malayalam Nagabhushana N S – Ikkat Govinde Gowda – Akshi Aryan Gowda – Vikky Madan Kumar – Janumada Jatre Sanal Aman – Malik Dineesh P – Nayattu Joji Mundakayam – Joji Jay J Jakkrit – Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea Alex Alister – JojiBest Debut ActressTeluguTamil Krithi Shetty – Uppena Sreeleela – Pelli SandaD Faria Abdullah – Jathi Ratnalu Sandhya Raju – Natyam Meenakshi Chaudhary – Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu Priyanka Mohan – Doctor Dushara Vijayan – Sarpatta Parambarai Rajisha Vijayan – Karnan Malavika Mohanan – Master Abarnathi – Thaen Kannada Malayalam Sharanya Shetty – 1980 Dhanya Ramkumar – Ninna Sanihake Asha Bhat – Roberrt Bhoomi Shetty – Ikkat Ganavi Laxman – Hero Anagha Narayanan – Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Femina George – Minnal Murali Yama Gilgamesh – Nayattu Ajisha Prabhakaran – Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Gopika Udayan – KunjeldhoBest Debut DirectorTeluguTamil Buchi Babu Sana – Uppena Vijay Kanakamedala – Naandhi Hasith Goli – Raja Raja Chora Sridhar Gade – SR Kalyanamandapam Praveen Kandregula – Cinema Bandi Madonne Ashwin – Mandela Arun Matheshwaran – Rocky Nishanth Kalidindi – Kadaseela Biriyani Franklin Jacob – Writer Sathish Selvakumar – Bachelor Kannada Malayalam Guru Shankar – Badava Rascal Aravind Kuplikar – Puksatte Lifu Duniya Vijay – Salaga Suraj Gowda – Ninna Sanihake Shankar Raj – Love You Rachchu Kavya Prakash – Vaanku Sanu Varghese – Aarkkariyam Tharun Moorthy – Operation Java Jeeva K J – Richter Scale 7.6 Chidambaram S Poduval – Jan.E.ManBest Debut ProducerTeluguTamil Satish Varma (SV2 Entertainment) – Naandhi Venkat Boyanapalli (Niharika Entertainment) – Shyam Singha Roy Raj Sekhar Varma (Apple Trees Studios) – Zombie Reddy Pramod, Raju (Elite Entertainments) – SR Kalyanamandapam Ramesh Karutoori, Venki Pushadapu, Gnana Shekar V.S (Kria Film Corp, Kali Productions) – Gamanam RA Studios – Rocky Abbudu Studios – Kamali from Nadukkaveri AP Productions – Thaen Ekka Entertainments – Lift Rowdy Pictures – Pebbles (Koozhangal) Kannada Malayalam KRG Studios – Rathnan Prapancha Daali Pictures – Badava Rascal Kalaadegula Studio – Akshi White and Grey Pictures – Ninna Sanihake Lia Global Media – Groufie Friendly Productions – Vellam Cheers Entertainment – Jan.E.Man Nationwide Pictures – Thirike Zsazsa Productions – Aaha Mankind Cinemas & Symmetry Cinemas – The Great Indian Kitchen

Music Best Music DirectorTeluguTamil Devi Sri Prasad – Pushpa: The Rise Thaman S – Akhanda Pawan Ch – Love Story Gopi Sundar – Most Eligible Bachelor Radhan – Jathi Ratnalu Santhosh Narayanan – Karnan Yuvan Shankar Raja – Maanaadu Anirudh Ravichander – Master G. V. Prakash Kumar – Thalaivii Ghibran – Maara Kannada Malayalam Arjun Janya – Roberrt Raghu Dixit – Ninna Sanihake Thaman S – Yuvarathnaa Vasuki Vaibhav – Badava Rascal Midhun Mukundan – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Bijibal – Vellam Sushin Shyam – Kurup Ronnie Raphael – Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea Ranjin Raj – Kaanekkaane Hesham Abdul Wahab & Govind Vasantha – MadhuramBest LyricistTeluguTamil Chandrabose – "Srivalli" from Pushpa: The Rise Mittapalli Surender – "Nee Chitram Choosi" from Love Story Sri Mani – "Leharaayi" from Most Eligible Bachelor Ramajogayya Sastry – "Maguva Maguva" from Vakeel Saab Kalyan Chakravarthy – "Amma Song" from Akhanda Karthik Netha – "Idhuvum Kadandhu" – Netrikann Madhan Karky – "En Iniya Thanimaiye" – Teddy Thamarai – "Yaar Azhaipadhu" – Maara Arun Prabhu Purushothaman – "Inba Visai" – Vaazhl Yugabharathi – "Saare Kaathe" from Annaatthe Kannada Malayalam Vasuki Vaibhav – "Ninna Sanihake" from Ninna Sanihake Rohit Padaki – "Alemaariye" from Rathnan Prapancha Yogaraj Bhat – "Kannu Hodiyaka" from Roberrt K. Kalyan – "Nee Sigoovaregu" from Bhajarangi 2 Mathews Manu – "Haayagide" from Tom & Jerry Muhsin Parari – "Oruthi" from Bheemante Vazhi Anwar Ali – "Pakaliravukal" from Kurup Manu Manjith – "Uyire" from Minnal Murali Nidheesh Naderi – "Akashamayavale" from Vellam