14th South Indian International Movie Awards

The 14th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event that took place at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru, India on 1213 September 2026. The ceremony (14th SIIMA) recognized and honored the best films and performances from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films released in 2025, along with special honours for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The nominations were announced in late-July 2026.

The first day of the ceremony (12 September 2026) awarded the best films and performances from the Telugu and Kannada cinema, whereas on the second day (13 September 2026), best films and performances from the Tamil and Malayalam cinema were awarded. Akul Balaji and Bindu Madhavi have hosted the Telugu cinema segment. Sathish and Dhanya Balakrishna have hosted the Tamil segment. Govind Padmasoorya had co-hosted the Malayalam cinema segment. Akul Balaji had also co-hosted the Kannada cinema segment.

Kantara: Chapter 1 is the most awarded film with ten awards followed by Sankranthiki Vasthunam, Sarvam Maya, and Tourist Family with five, and Court: State vs a Nobody with five. Sankranthiki Vasthunam is the most awarded Telugu film followed by Court: State vs a Nobody. Tourist Family is the most awarded Tamil film followed by Dragon. Sarvam Maya is the most awarded Malayalam film followed by Eko. Kantara: Chapter 1 is the most awarded Kannada film followed by Su From So.

Main awards and nominees

Film Best FilmTeluguTamil Mirai – People Media Factory Court: State vs a Nobody – Wall Poster Cinema HIT: The Third Case – Wall Poster Cinema and Unanimous Productions Sankranthiki Vasthunam – Sri Venkateswara Creations Thandel – Geetha Arts The Girlfriend – Dheeraj Mogilineni Entertainment | valign="top" | Dragon – AGS Entertainment 3BHK – Shanthi Talkies Bison Kaalamaadan – Applause Entertainment and Neelam Studios Kaantha – Spirit Media and Wayfarer Films Sirai – Seven Screen Studio Tourist Family – Million Dollar Studios and MRP Entertainment |- ! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"|Kannada ! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"|Malayalam |- | valign="top" | Kantara: Chapter 1 – Hombale Films Ekka – PRK Productions, Jayanna Films and KRG Studios Elumale – Tharun Sudhir Kreatiiivez and De Arte Studios Mark – Sathya Jyothi Films and Kichcha Creations Mithya – Paramvah Studios Su From So – Lighter Buddha Films | valign="top" | Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra – Wayfarer Films Eko – Aaradyaa Studios L2: Empuraan – Aashirvad Cinemas, Lyca Productions and Sree Gokulam Movies Ponman – Ajith Vinayaka Films Sarvam Maya – Firefly Films and Akhil Sathyan Films Thudarum – Rejaputhra Visual Media |- ! 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" | Anil Ravipudi – Sankranthiki Vasthunam Chandoo Mondeti – Thandel Karthik Gattamneni – Mirai Rahul Ravindran – The Girlfriend Sujeeth – They Call Him OG Sailesh Kolanu – HIT: The Third Case Ashwath Marimuthu – Dragon Mari Selvaraj – Bison Kaalamaadan Ram – Paranthu Po Sri Ganesh – 3BHK S. U. Arun Kumar – Veera Dheera Sooran Kannada Malayalam Rishab Shetty – Kantara: Chapter 1 Karvva Navneeth – Choo Mantar Rohit Padaki – Ekka Suni – Gatha Vaibhava Vijay Kartikeyaa – Mark Punit Rangaswamy – Elumale Tharun Moorthy – Thudarum Akhil Sathyan – Sarvam Maya Dinjith Ayyathan – Eko Dominic Arun – Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra Prithviraj Sukumaran – L2: Empuraan Rahul Sadasivan – Diés IraéBest CinematographerTeluguTamil Karthik Gattamneni – Mirai Jomon T. John and Girish Gangadharan – Kingdom Sanu Varghese – HIT: The Third Case Shamdat – Thandel Vijay Kartik Kannan – Daaku Maharaaj Ravi K. Chandran – Thug Life Ezhil Arasu K – Bison Kaalamaadan Madhesh Manickam – Sirai Niketh Bommi – Dragon Theni Eswar – Veera Dheera Sooran Kannada Malayalam Arvind S Kashyap – Kantara: Chapter 1 Abhimanyu Sadanandan – Edagaiye Apaghatakke Karana S. Chandrasekaran – Su From So Udit Khurana – Mithya William David – Gatha Vaibhava Bahul Ramesh – Eko Nimish Ravi – Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra Shaji Kumar – Thudarum Sharan Velayudhan – Sarvam Maya Sanu Varghese – Ponman

Acting Best ActorTeluguTamil Naga Chaitanya – Thandel Dhanush – Kuberaa Nani – HIT: The Third Case Pawan Kalyan – They Call Him OG Teja Sajja – Mirai Venkatesh – Sankranthiki Vasthunam Dhruv Vikram – Bison Kaalamaadan Dulquer Salmaan – Kaantha Pradeep Ranganathan – Dragon M. Sasikumar – Tourist Family Vijay Sethupathi – Thalaivan Thalaivii Vikram – Veera Dheera SooranKannadaMalayalam Rishab Shetty – Kantara: Chapter 1 Diganth Manchale – Edagaiye Apaghatakke Karana Sharan – Choo Mantar Shiva Rajkumar – 45 Sudeepa – Mark Vinod Prabhakar – Maadeva Nivin Pauly – Sarvam Maya Naslen – Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra Mammootty – Kalamkaval Basil Joseph – Ponman Mohanlal – Thudarum Sandeep Pradeep – EkoBest ActressTeluguTamil Rashmika Mandanna – The Girlfriend Aishwarya Rajesh – Sankranthiki Vasthunam Raashii Khanna – Telusu Kada Ritika Nayak – Mirai Sai Pallavi – Thandel Srinidhi Shetty – HIT: The Third Case Simran – Tourist Family Bhagyashri Borse – Kaantha Keerthy Suresh – Revolver Rita Nithya Menen – Kadhalikka Neramillai Mamitha Baiju – Dude Geetha Kailasam – Angammal KannadaMalayalam Rukmini Vasanth – Kantara: Chapter 1 Ashika Ranganath – Gatha Vaibhava Paavana Gowda – Agnyathavasi Sreeleela – Junior Sanjana Anand – Ekka Sonal Monteiro – Maadeva Kalyani Priyadarshan – Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra Anaswara Rajan – Rekhachithram Riya Shibu – Sarvam Maya Shobana – Thudarum Lijomol Jose – Ponman Shamla Hamza – Feminichi FathimaBest Actor in a Supporting RoleTeluguTamil Satyadev – Kingdom Jayaram – Mirai Muralidhar Goud – Sankranthiki Vasthunam Priyadarshi Pulikonda – Court: State vs a Nobody Rajeev Kanakala – Little Hearts Upendra – Andhra King Taluka P. Samuthirakani – Kaantha R. Sarathkumar – Dude Pasupathy – Bison Kaalamaadan Soubin Shahir – Coolie Mysskin – Dragon KannadaMalayalam J. P. Thuminad – Su From So Jayaram – Kantara: Chapter 1 Mahantesh Hiremath – Hebbuli Cut Siddu Moolimani – Agnyathavasi T. S. Nagabharana – Elumale Ganapathi S. Poduval – Alappuzha Gymkhana Sangeeth Prathap – Hridayapoorvam Binu Pappu – Thudarum Dileesh Pothan – Ronth Vineeth – EkoBest Actress in a Supporting RoleTeluguTamil Shraddha Srinath – Daaku Maharaaj Anu Emmanuel – The Girlfriend Komalee Prasad – HIT: The Third Case Sriya Reddy – They Call Him OG Shriya Saran – Mirai Swasika – Maaman Rajisha Vijayan – Bison Kaalamaadan Radikaa Sarathkumar – Revolver Rita Meetha Raghunath – 3BHK Shantipriya – Bad Girl KannadaMalayalam Akshitha Bopaiah – Kamal Sridevi Apoorva Bharadwaj – Nimma Vasthugalige Neeve Javaabdaararu Archana Kottige – Forest Roopashree Varkady – Mithya Meghana Gaonkar – Choo Mantar Anagha Maya Ravi – Alappuzha Gymkhana Biana Momin – Eko Zarin Shihab – Rekhachithram Priyamani – Officer on Duty Jaya Kurup – Diés IraéBest Actor in a Negative RoleTeluguTamil Manchu Manoj – Mirai Bobby Deol – Daaku Maharaaj Dheekshith Shetty – The Girlfriend Emraan Hashmi – They Call Him OG Sivaji – Court: State vs a Nobody Arjun Das – Good Bad Ugly Arjun Sarja – Vidaamuyarchi Nagarjuna – Coolie Silambarasan – Thug Life Selvaraghavan – Aaryan Moor – OthersKannadaMalayalam Gulshan Devaiah – Kantara: Chapter 1 Gopalkrishna Deshpande – Kothalavadi Kishore – Elumale Naveen Chandra – Mark Ramesh Indira – Brat Prakash Varma – Thudarum Cheran – Narivetta Sajin Gopu – Ponman Saurabh Sachdeva – Eko Vishak Nair – Officer on DutyBest ComedianTeluguTamil Bheemala Revanth Pavan Sai Subhash – Sankranthiki Vasthunam Getup Srinu – Mirai Jai Krishna – Little Hearts Krishna Burugula – Jigris Vennela Kishore – Single Vishnu Oi – Mad Square Yogi Babu – Tourist Family Harshath Khan – Dragon Jenson Dhivakar – Aan Paavam Pollathathu Rajendran – Devil's Double Next Level Sunil – Good Bad Ugly Vadivelu – GangersKannadaMalayalam Sadhu Kokila – Ekka Chikkanna – Choo Mantar Govinde Gowda – Dilmaar Mahantesh Hiremath – Arasayyana Prema Prasanga Gilli Nata – The Devil Aju Varghese – Sarvam Maya Chandu Salim Kumar – Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra Joemon Jyothir – Maranamass Alphonse Puthren – Balti Unni Raj – Avihitham

Debut Best Debut ActorTeluguTamil Harsh Roshan – Court: State vs a Nobody Mouli Tanuj Prasanth – Little Hearts Pranav Kaushik – Patang Devan – Krishna Leela Manoj Chandra – Kothapallilo Okappudu Vamsi Pujit – Patang LK Akshay Kumar – Sirai Akash Murali – Nesippaya Aditya Madhavan – Others Rudra – Oho Enthan Baby Pavish Narayan – Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam Surya Sethupathi – Phoenix Kannada Malayalam Kireeti Reddy – Junior Maahir Mohiuddin – Vritta SS Dushyanth – Gatha Vaibhava Shaneel Gautham – Su From So Sumukha – Manada Kadalu Vamshi Krishna Srinivas – Firefly Sandy – Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra Baby Jean – Alappuzha Gymkhana Karthik – Alappuzha Gymkhana Al Ameen – Detective Ujjwalan Orhan Hyder – SarkeetBest Debut ActressTeluguTamil Sridevi Apalla – Court: State vs a Nobody Sakkshi Mhadolkar – Mowgli Preethi Pagadala – Patang Malavika Manoj – Oh Bhama Ayyo Rama Virti Vaghani – Sundarakanda Kayadu Lohar – Dragon Anishma Anilkumar – Sirai Aarsha Chandini Baiju – House Mates Yogalakshmi – Tourist Family Anjali Sivaraman – Bad Girl Saanve Megghana – Kudumbasthan Kannada Malayalam Priyanka Achar – Elumale Kavya Shaiva – Kothalavadi Manisha Kandkur – Brat Mouna Guddemane – Kuladalli Keelyavudo Rashika Shetty – Manada Kadalu Viranika Shetty – Dharmam Preity Mukhundhan – Maine Pyar Kiya Sushmitha Bhat – Dominic and the Ladies' Purse Durga C. Vinod – Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra Raniya Rana – Prince and Family Revathy Sarma – ThalavaraBest Debut DirectorTeluguTamil Ram Jagadeesh – Court: State vs a Nobody Jains Nani – K-Ramp Neeraja Kona – Telusu Kada Saailu Kampati – Raju Weds Rambai Sai Marthand – Little Hearts Praveena Paruchuri – Kothapallilo Okappudu Praneeth Prattipati – Patang Abishan Jeevinth – Tourist Family Keerthiswaran – Dude Kalaiarasan Thangavel – Aan Paavam Pollathathu Rajeshwar Kalisamy – Kudumbasthan Suresh Rajakumari – Sirai Varsha Bharath – Bad Girl Kannada Malayalam J. P. Thuminad – Su From So Bheemarao P – Hebbuli Cut Vamshi Krishna Srinivas – Firefly Kuldeep Cariappa – Nodidavaru Enanthare Sumanth Bhat – Mithya Keshav Moorthy – Nimma Vasthugalige Neeve Javaabdaararu Fasil Muhammed – Feminichi Fathima Jithin K. Jose – Kalamkaval Jithu Ashraf – Officer on Duty Jothish Shankar – Ponman Manu Swaraj – PadakkalamBest Debut ProducerTeluguTamil Aditya Hasan (Bairagi Kathalu) – Little Hearts Mahidhar Reddy, Rajashekhar Annabhimoju (Shining Pictures) – Shambhala Raj Rachakonda (Studio 99) – 23 Iravai Moodu Samantha Ruth Prabhu (Tralala Moving Pictures) – Subham Santhosh Chinnapolla, Gowtham Reddy, Rakesh Mahankalli (Sandeep Picture Palace) – Sundarakanda Sreenivasulu P. V., Vijay Donkada, Sridhar Makkuva (Ananda Media) – Paradha Venu Udugula (Dolamukhi Subaltern Films) – Raju Weds Rambai Cinemakaaran – Kudumbasthan Artuptriangles Film Kampany – Gevi Madras Motion Pictures – Madras Matinee New Monk Pictures – Good Day Seven Seas and Seven Hills Productions – Paranthu Po Kannada Malayalam Niveditha Shivarajkumar – Firefly B. Ajaneesh Loknath, C. R. Bobby – Just Married Chandan Kumar – Flirt Manasa Tarun, Tarun Shivappa – Choo Mantar Nagesh Gopal – Nodidavaru Enanthare Pushpa Arunkumar – Kothalavadi Aaradyaa Studios – Eko Firefly Films – Sarvam Maya Festival Cinemas – Ronth Indian Cinema Company – Narivetta Sharaf U Dheen Productions – The Pet Detective

Music Best Music DirectorTeluguTamil Thaman S – They Call Him OG Bheems Ceciroleo – Sankranthiki Vasthunam Devi Sri Prasad – Thandel Gowra Hari – Mirai