The 12th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event that took place at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 1415 September 2024. The ceremony (12th SIIMA) recognized and honored the best films and performances from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films released in 2023, along with special honours for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The nominations were announced in late-July 2024.
The first day of the ceremony (14 September 2024) awarded the best films and performances from the Telugu and Kannada cinema, whereas on the second day (15 September 2024), best films and performances from the Tamil and Malayalam cinema were awarded. Simran Choudhary and Sudigali Sudheer have hosted the Telugu cinema segment. Rishi and Shubra Aiyappa have hosted the Kannada cinema segment. Bhavana Balakrishnan and Sathish have hosted the Tamil cinema segment. Adil Ibrahim and Pearle Maaney have hosted the Malayalam cinema segment.
Hi Nanna is the most awarded film with six awards followed by Jailer with five, 2018, Baby, Dasara, Kaatera and Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A with four, Maaveeran, Ponniyin Selvan: II, and Romancham with three. Hi Nanna is the most awarded Telugu film followed by Dasara. Jailer is the most awarded Tamil film followed by Maaveeran and Ponniyin Selvan: II. 2018 is the most awarded Malayalam film followed by Romancham. Kaatera and Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A are the most awarded Kannada films followed by Kaiva.
Dasara received the maximum acting awards, they are, Best Actor – Telugu, Best Actress – Telugu and Best Supporting Actor – Telugu. Dasara and Hi Nanna, featuring Nani in the lead, won ten awards.
Main awards and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
Film Best FilmTeluguTamil Bhagavanth Kesari – Shine Screens Baby – Mass Movie Makers Balagam – Dil Raju Productions Dasara – Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Cinemas Hi Nanna – Vyra Entertainments Virupaksha – Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra, Sukumar Writings Jailer – Sun Pictures Leo – Seven Screen Studio Maamannan – Red Giant Movies Ponniyin Selvan: II – Madras Talkies, Lyca Productions Viduthalai Part 1 – Grass Root Film Company, RS InfotainmentKannadaMalayalam Kaatera – Rockline Entertainements Aachar & Co – PRK Productions Kousalya Supraja Rama – Kourava Production House, Shashank Cinemas Kranti – Media House Studio Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A – Paramvah Studios Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam – Mammootty Kampany 2018 – Kavya Film Company, PK Prime Production Iratta – Appu Pathu Pappu Production House, Martin Prakkat Films Kaathal – The Core – Wayfarer Films Neru – Aashirvad Cinemas
! 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" | Srikanth Odela – Dasara Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari Bobby Kolli – Waltair Veerayya Gopichand Malineni – Veera Simha Reddy Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha Sai Rajesh – Baby | valign="top" | Nelson Dilipkumar – Jailer Lokesh Kanagaraj – Leo Mani Ratnam – Ponniyin Selvan: II Mari Selvaraj – Maamannan S. U. Arun Kumar – Chithha Vetrimaaran – Viduthalai Part 1 |- ! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada ! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam |- | valign="top" | Hemanth M. Rao – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Akash Srivatsa – Shivaji Surathkal 2 Shashank – Kousalya Supraja Rama Tharun Sudhir – Kaatera V. Harikrishna – Kranti Jude Anthany Joseph – 2018 Jeethu Joseph – Neru Jeo Baby – Kaathal – The Core Lijo Jose Pellissery – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Priyadarshan – Corona PapersBest CinematographerTeluguTamil Bhuvan Gowda – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Dasaradhi Sivendra – Mangalavaaram Rajeev Dharavath – Month of Madhu Sathyan Sooryan – Dasara Shamdat – Virupaksha Theni Eswar – Maamannan Manoj Paramahamsa – Leo Ravi Varman – Ponniyin Selvan: II R. Velraj – Viduthalai Part 1 Vijay Kartik Kannan – Jailer Kannada Malayalam Shwet Priya Naik – Kaiva A. J. Shetty – Kabzaa Advaitha Gurumurthy – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Mahendra Simha – Ghost Shekhar S – Bad Manners Akhil George – 2018 Jinto George – Chaaver Muhammed Rahil – Kannur Squad Sharan Velayudhan – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Theni Eswar – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
Acting Best ActorTeluguTamil Nani – Dasara Balakrishna – Bhagavanth Kesari Chiranjeevi – Waltair Veerayya Dhanush – Sir Sai Dharam Tej – Virupaksha Vikram – Ponniyin Selvan: II Rajinikanth – Jailer Siddharth – Chithha Sivakarthikeyan – Maaveeran Vijay – Leo Udhayanidhi Stalin – MaamannanKannadaMalayalam Rakshit Shetty – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Darshan – Kaatera Dhananjaya – Gurudev Hoysala Raj B. Shetty – Toby Ramesh Aravind – Shivaji Surathkal 2 Shiva Rajkumar – Ghost Tovino Thomas – 2018 Basil Joseph – Falimy, Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham Joju George – Iratta Mammootty – Kaathal – The Core, Kannur Squad, Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Mohanlal – Neru Suresh Gopi – GarudanBest ActressTeluguTamil Keerthy Suresh – Dasara Mrunal Thakur – Hi Nanna Payal Rajput – Mangalavaaram Samyuktha – Virupaksha Shruti Haasan – Veera Simha Reddy Sreeleela – Bhagavanth Kesari Nayanthara – Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Ponniyin Selvan: II Aishwarya Rajesh – Farhana Keerthy Suresh – Maamannan Meetha Raghunath – Good Night Trisha – Leo KannadaMalayalam Chaithra J. Achar – Toby Meghana Raj – Tatsama Tadbhava Megha Shetty – Kaiva Rachita Ram – Kranti Rukmini Vasanth – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy – Aachar & Co Anaswara Rajan – Neru Kalyani Priyadarshan – Sesham Mike-il Fathima Jyothika – Kaathal – The Core Darshana Rajendran – Purusha Pretham Manju Warrier – Ayisha Vincy Aloshious – RekhaBest Actor in a Supporting RoleTeluguTamil Dheekshith Shetty – Dasara Angad Bedi – Hi Nanna Brahmanandam – Ranga Maarthaanda Prithviraj Sukumaran – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Ravi Krishna – Virupaksha Viraj Ashwin – Baby Vasanth Ravi – Jailer M. S. Bhaskar – Parking R. Sarathkumar– Varisu S. J. Suryah – Mark Antony Vadivelu – Maamannan KannadaMalayalam Naveen Shankar – Hondisi Bareyiri Aravind Iyer – Tatsama Tadbhava Gopal Krishna Deshpande – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Harshil Koushik – Aachar & Co Rangayana Raghu – Tagaru Palya Hakkim Shah – Pranaya Vilasam Alexander Prasanth – Purusha Pretham Jagadish – Falimy Lal – 2018 Siddique – NeruBest Actress in a Supporting RoleTeluguTamil Kiara Khanna – Hi Nanna Rohini – Writer Padmabhushan Shreya Navile – Month of Madhu Soniya Singh – Virupaksha Sriya Reddy – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Veera Simha Reddy Saritha – Maaveeran Abarnathi – Irugapatru Mullai Arasi – Are You Ok Baby? Nadhiya – Let's Get Married Raichal Rabecca – Good Night KannadaMalayalam Samyukta Hornad – Toby Archana Kottige – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Chaithra J. Achar – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Kaavya Sha – David Sathvika Appaiah – Baang Manju Pillai – Falimy Aima Rosmy Sebastian – RDX: Robert Dony Xavier Poornima Indrajith – Thuramukham Remya Nambeesan – B 32 Muthal 44 Vare Tanvi Ram – 2018Best Actor in a Negative RoleTeluguTamil Duniya Vijay – Veera Simha Reddy Arjun Rampal – Bhagavanth Kesari Arvind Swamy – Custody Prakash Raj – Waltair Veerayya Shine Tom Chacko – Dasara Arjun Sarja – Leo Fahadh Faasil – Maamannan Mysskin – Maaveeran Vinayakan – Jailer Sunil Sukhada – Por ThozhilKannadaMalayalam Ramesh Indira – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Kaliprasad K P – Hondisi Bareyiri Naveen Shankar – Gurudev Hoysala Raj Deepak Shetty – Toby Ugram Manju – Kaiva Vishnu Agasthya – RDX: Robert Dony Xavier Arjun Radhakrishnan – Kannur Squad Biju Menon – Garudan Vinay Rai – Christopher Shabeer Kallarakkal – King of KothaBest ComedianTeluguTamil Vishnu Oi – Mad Jeevan Kumar – Keedaa Cola Naresh – Samajavaragamana Racha Ravi – Balagam Satya – Rangabali Yogi Babu – Jailer Yogi Babu – Maaveeran Redin Kingsley – Conjuring Kannappan Sunil – Jailer Vadivelu – Chandramukhi 2 VTV Ganesh – Dada KannadaMalayalam Anirudh Acharya – Aachar & Co Dharmanna Kadur – Garadi Kuri Prathap – Nata Bhayankara Manju Pavagada – Vesha Mithra – Raghavendra Stores Nagabhushana – Kousalya Supraja Rama Arjun Ashokan and Sajin Gopu – Romancham Althaf Salim – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Sajin Cherukayil – Padmini Sandeep Pradeep – Falimy
Debut Best Debut ActorTeluguTamil Sangeeth Sobhan – Mad Abhiram Daggubati – Ahimsa Narne Nithin – Mad Ram Nithin – Mad Virat Karrna – Peddha Kapu 1 Hridhu Haroon – Thugs Kartheekeyan Santhanam – Fight Club Shakthi Mithran – Yaathisai Shyam Selvan – Margazhi Thingal Venkat Senguttuvan – Mathimaran Kannada Malayalam Shishir Baikady – Daredevil Musthafa Prajwal B. P. – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Praveer Shetty – Siren Rajesh Dhruva – Sri Balaji Photo Studio Sriyaan Mysuru – Bembidada Navika Siju Sunny – Romancham Devadath V. S. – O.Baby Kalaiyarasan – Thankam Munish Sharma – Ramachandra Boss & Co Shersha Sherief – Little Miss RawtherBest Debut ActressTeluguTamil Vaishnavi Chaitanya – Baby Gayatri Bhardwaj – Tiger Nageswara Rao Iswarya Menon – Spy Pragathi Srivatsava – Peddha Kapu 1 Sakshi Vaidya – Gandeevadhari Arjuna Yukti Thareja – Rangabali Preethi Asrani – Ayothi Malavika Manoj – Joe Monisha Mohan Menon – Fight Club Naksha Saran – Margazhi Thingal Nimisha Sajayan – Chithha Saniya Iyappan – Irugapatru Kannada Malayalam Aradhana Ram – Kaatera Amrutha Prem – Tagaru Palya Hrithika Srinivas – Aparoopa Risha Gowda – Crazy Keerthy Vrusha Patil – Love Anjana Jayaprakash – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Abhirami Bose – Phoenix Anagha Maya Ravi – Kaathal – The Core Bhama Arun – Madanolsavam Zarin Shihab – B 32 Muthal 44 VareBest Debut DirectorTeluguTamil Shouryuv – Hi Nanna Kalyan Shankar – Mad Shanmukha Prasanth – Writer Padmabhushan Srikanth Odela – Dasara Sumanth Prabhas – Mem Famous Venu Yeldandi – Balagam Vignesh Raja – Por Thozhil Ganesh K. Babu – Dada Ramkumar Balakrishnan – Parking Vinayak Chandrasekaran – Good Night Yashwanth Kishore – Kannagi Kannada Malayalam Nithin Krishnamurthy – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Ramenahalli Jagannatha – Hondisi Bareyiri Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy – Aachar & Co Shashank Soghal – Daredevil Musthafa Vishal Atreya – Tatsama Tadbhava Umesh K. Krupa – Tagaru Palya Rohit M. G. Krishnan – Iratta Jithu Madhavan – Romancham Roby Varghese Raj – Kannur Squad Nahas Hidayath – RDX: Robert Dony Xavier Nikhil Muraly – Pranaya VilasamBest Debut ProducerTeluguTamil Mohan Cherukuri, Murthy K. S., Vijender Reddy Teegala (Vyra Entertainments) – Hi Nanna Ajay Bhupathi, Swathi Reddy Gunupati, Suresh Varma M. (A Creative Works, Mudhra Media Works) – Mangalavaaram K. Vivek Sudhanshu, Saikrishna Gadwal, Srinivas Kaushik Nanduri, Sripad Nandiraj, Upendra Varma (VG Sainma) – Keedaa Cola Prabu Raja, Yeshwanth Daggumati (Kalaahi Media) – Pindam Siddharth Rallapalli (Waltair Productions) – Pareshan Magesh Raj Pasilian, Nazerath Pasilian, Yuvaraj Ganesan (Million Dollar Studios, MRP Entertainment) – Good Night Aditya (Reel Good Films) – Fight Club Deepak Segal, C. V. Sarathi, Mukesh R. Mehta, Poonam Mehra, Sameer Nair, Sandeep Mehra (Applause Entertainment, E4 Experiments, Eprius Studio) – Por Thozhil Girish, Manoj (Kavi Creations) – Paramporul M. V. M Velmohan, Sakshi Singh Dhoni, Sharmila J. Rajaa, Vikas Hasija (Dhoni Entertainment) – Let's Get Married Kannada Malayalam Ravindra Kumar (Abhuvanasa Creations) – Kaiva Arvind S. Kashyap, Nithin Krishnamurthy, Prajwal B. P., Varun Gowda (Gulmohur Films, Varrun Studios) – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Chethan Nanjundaiah, Pannaga Bharana, Spurti Anil (Anvit Cinemas, PB Studios) – Tatsama Tadbhava