1st South Indian International Movie Awards

1st SIIMA Awards
1st SIIMA Awards
Date	June 21–22, 2012
Site	Dubai World Trade Centre
Hosted by	Lakshmi Manchu ; R. Madhavan
Highlights
Best Picture	Ko (Tamil); Dookudu (Telugu); Saarathi (Kannada); Indian Rupee (Malayalam)
Most awards	Dookudu—8
Television coverage
Network	Sun TV Network
	; SIIMA Awards; 2nd →;

The 1st South Indian International Movie Awards were presented on June 22, 2012 in Dubai, UAE, to honour the best cinematic achievements of the South Indian film industry in the year 2011. Producing films in four Dravidian languages of South India, professionals were handed over a total of 71 Awards. The ceremony was hosted by R. Madhavan and Lakshmi Manchu at the Dubai World Trade Centre, while the "Generation Next Awards Night" was hosted by Parvathy Omanakuttan and held a day before at Park Hyatt on June 21.^[1]^[2]

Nominated by a team of veteran professionals the final winners were decided by a public voting system. First jury members include producer Shyam Prasad Reddy, actress Khushboo Sundar, writer Malathi Rangarajan, actress Poornima Jayaram, actress Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, director T. S. Nagabharana, producer K. Manju and director Siddique.^[3] The most successful film was Dookudu, which fetched eight Awards in total.

Main Awards

Film

Best Film
Tamil	Telugu
Ko – RS Infotainment Engeyum Eppothum – AR Murugadoss Productions/AR Murugadoss Aadukalam – Group Companys, Five Star Films/Sun Pictures/S. Kathiresan Mayakkam Enna – Aum Productions/Selvaraghavan, M. Prasad Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai – Escape Artists Motion Pictures/P. Madhan	Dookudu – 14 Reels Entertainment/Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta, Anil Sunkara Sri Rama Rajyam – Sri Sai Baba Movies/Yalamanchali Sai Babu Mr. Perfect – Sri Venkateswara Creations/Dil Raju 100% Love – Geetha Arts/Bunny Vasu Ala Modalaindi – Sri Ranjith Movies/K. L. Damodar Prasad
Kannada	Malayalam
Saarathi – Sri Araseshwari Cine Productions	Indian Rupee – August Cinema
Best Director
Tamil	Telugu
Vetrimaaran – Aadukalam	Srinu Vaitla – Dookudu V. V. Vinayak – Badrinath K. Dasarath – Mr. Perfect Sukumar – 100% Love Bapu – Sri Rama Rajyam
Kannada	Malayalam
Nagashekar – Sanju Weds Geetha	Rajesh Pillai – Traffic
Best Cinematographer
Tamil	Telugu
Velraj – Aadukalam	P. R. K. Raju – Sri Rama Rajyam Vijay K Chakravarhy – Mr. Perfect Venkat Prasad – 100% Love K. V. Guhan – Dookudu Soundar Rajan – Anaganaga O Dheerudu
Kannada	Malayalam
Sathya Hedge – Sanju Weds Geetha	Madhu Ambat – Makaramanju

Acting

Best Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Dhanush – Aadukalam Vikram – Deiva Thirumagal Suriya – 7aum Arivu Ajith Kumar – Mankatha Vishal – Avan Ivan	Mahesh Babu – Dookudu Prabhas – Mr. Perfect Naga Chaitanya – 100% Love Nagarjuna – Rajanna Balakrishna – Sri Rama Rajyam
Kannada	Malayalam
Puneet Rajkumar – Hudugaru	Mohanlal – Pranayam
Best Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Asin – Kaavalan Anjali – Engaeyum Eppothum Anushka Shetty – Deiva Thirumagal Hansika Motwani – Engeyum Kadhal Richa Gangopadhyay – Mayakkam Enna	Nayantara – Sri Rama Rajyam Hansika Motwani – Kandireega Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Dookudu Kajal Aggarwal – Mr. Perfect Tamannaah – 100% Love
Kannada	Malayalam
Ramya – Sanju Weds Geetha	Kavya Madhavan – Khaddama
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Sarathkumar – Kanchana	Prakash Raj – Dookudu ANR – Sri Rama Rajyam Ashish Vidyarthi – Ala Modalaindi Srihari – Aha Naa Pellanta Baby Aney – Rajanna
Kannada	Malayalam
Aindrita Ray – Paramathma	Lena Abhilash – Traffic
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Tamil	Telugu
Ajmal Ameer – Ko	Lakshmi Manchu – Anaganaga O Dheerudu Sonu Sood – Kandireega Abhimanyu Singh – Bejawada Pradeep Rawat – Mangala Kelly Dorjee – Badrinath
Kannada	Malayalam
Rangayana Raghu – Sanju Weds Geetha	Kunchacko Boban – Seniors
Best Comedian
Tamil	Telugu
Santhanam – Vaanam	Brahmanandam – Dookudu Ramesh – Ala Modalaindi M. S. Narayana – Dookudu Srinivasa Reddy – Solo Ali – Mirapakay
Kannada	Malayalam
Sadhu Kokila – Hudugaru	Baburaj – Salt N' Pepper

Music

Shreya Ghoshal, Best Female Playback Singer (Telugu)

Best Music Director
Tamil	Telugu
G. V. Prakash Kumar – Aadukalam	S. Thaman – Dookudu M. M. Keeravani – Rajanna Kalyani Malik – Ala Modalaindi Ilaiyaraaja – Sri Rama Rajyam Devi Sri Prasad – 100% Love
Kannada	Malayalam
V. Harikrishna – Hudugaru	M. Jayachandran – Pranayam
Best Lyricist
Tamil	Telugu
Na. Muthukumar – "Un Pera Theriyathe" from Engaeyum Eppothum	Ramajogayya Sastry – "Guruvaram March" from Dookudu Chandrabose – "Infatuation" from 100% Love Jonnavittula – "Jagadananda Karaka" from Sri Rama Rajyam Ananta Sriram – "Chali Chaliga" from Mr. Perfect K. Sivadatta – "Gijigadu" from Rajanna
Kannada	Malayalam
Kaviraj – "Gaganave Baagi" from Sanju Weds Geetha	Anoop Menon – "Mazhaneerthullikal" from Beautiful
Best Male Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Dhanush – "Voda Voda" from Mayakkam Enna	Rahul Nambiar – "Guruvaram March" from Dookudu Adnan Sami – "Infatuation" from 100% Love Yuvan Shankar Raja – "Panjaa" from Panjaa Hemachandra – "Prema Desam" from Shakti S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Jagadananda Karaka" from Sri Rama Rajyam
Kannada	Malayalam
Avinash Chebbi – "Nee Adana Nee" from Murali Meets Meera	Vijay Yesudas – "Ee Pozhayum" from Indian Rupee
Best Female Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Chinmayi – "Sara Sara" from Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Shreya Ghoshal – "Chali Chaliga" from Mr. Perfect Sunidhi Chauhan – "Nath Nath" from Badrinath Swathi Reddy – "A Square B Square" from 100% Love Nithya Menen – "Ammammo Ammo" from Ala Modalaindi Malavika – "Amma Avanee" from Rajanna
Kannada	Malayalam
Akanksha Badami – "Tightu Tightu" from Rajadhani	Manjari – "Chinni Chinni" from Urumi

Debutant & Special Awards

Best Debutant Director
Tamil	Telugu
M. Saravanan – Engaeyum Eppothum	B.V. Nandini Reddy – Ala Modalaindi Santosh Srinivas – Kandireega Venu Sree Raam – Oh My Friend Veerabhadram Chowdary – Aha Naa Pellanta Ajay Bhuyan – Dhada
Kannada	Malayalam
P. Kumar – Vishnuvardhana	Salim Ahamed – Adaminte Makan Abu
Best Male Debutant
Tamil	Telugu
Sharwanand – Engaeyum Eppothum	Aadi – Prema Kavali Mano Tej – Babloo Arvind Krishna – It's My Love Story Abhijeet – Life Before Wedding Ajay – Nuvvila
Kannada	Malayalam
Srikanth – Olave Mandhara	Unni Mukundan – Bombay March 12
Best Female Debutant
Tamil	Telugu
Hansika Motwani – Mappillai	Shruti Haasan – Anaganaga O Dheerudu Nithya Menen – Ala Modalaindi Isha Chawla – Prema Kavali Amala Paul – Bejawada Nikitha Narayan – It's My Love Story Sarah-Jane Dias – Panjaa
Kannada	Malayalam
Akanksha Mansurkar – Olave Mandhara	Karthika Nair – Makaramanju

Special Appreciation
Baby Aney
Actor – Special Appreciation
Tamil	Telugu
Vikram – Deiva Thirumagal	Nagarjuna – Rajanna
Kannada	Malayalam
Upendra	Salim Kumar – Adaminte Makan Abu
Actress – Special Appreciation
Tamil	Telugu
Richa Gangopadhyay – Mayakkam Enna	Hansika Motwani – Kandireega
Kannada	Malayalam
Nidhi Subbaiah – Krishnan Marriage Story	Swetha Menon – Rathinirvedam

Honorary Awards

SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award: Ambareesh
SIIMA Award for Social Responsibility: Shivarajkumar

Generation Next Awards

Sensational art director: Sabu Cyril^[4]
Sensation of South Indian cinema: Dance choreographer Imran
Sensation of South Indian cinema: Action Choreographer Peter Hein
Stylish villain of South cinema: Sonu Sood
Rising Female star of South Indian cinema: Amala Paul
Rising Male star of South Indian cinema: Nani
Stylish star of South Indian cinema: Lakshmi Rai
Stylish actor of South Indian cinema: Silambarasan
Pride of South Indian cinema: Shruti Haasan
Youth icon of South Indian cinema: Rana Daggubati
Youth icon of South Indian cinema: Anushka Shetty
Sensation of South Indian cinema: Dhanush

References

^ "The South Shines". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
^ "SIIMA's next-gen awards". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
^ http://truthdive.com/2012/06/17/siima-10-special-juries-names-released.html
^ "SIIMA Gen Next awards". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

External links

1st SIIMA (2012) at IMDb

[1] "The South Shines". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

[2] "SIIMA's next-gen awards". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

[3] ttp://truthdive.com/2012/06/17/siima-10-special-juries-names-released.html

[4] "SIIMA Gen Next awards". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-06-02.

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