4th South Indian International Movie Awards

The 4th South Indian International Movie Awards was held in Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai on 6th and 7 August 2015. SIIMA 2015 recognized the best films and performances from the past year, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.

4th South Indian International Movie Awards
Date	August 6–7, 2015
Site	Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Television coverage
Network	Sun TV Network
Ratings	14.01

Honorary awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Bharathiraja
• KPAC Lalitha

Special appreciation

• Dhanush – Pride of South Indian cinema

Main awards

List of Nominations & Award Winners

Film

Best Film
Tamil	Telugu
Kaththi – Lyca Productions / A. Subhashkaran, K. Karunamurthy Goli Soda – Roughnote Productions / Bharath Seeni Jigarthanda – Kathiresan Madras – Studio Green / K. E. Gnanavel Raja, S. R. Prakashbabu, S. R. Prabhu Velaiyilla Pattathari – Dhanush	Manam – Annapurna Studios/ Nagarjuna Legend – 14 Reels Entertainment Govindudu Andarivadele – Parameshwara Art Productions / Bandla Ganesh Chandamama Kathalu – Chanakya Booneti Race Gurram – Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions / Nallamalapu Srinivas
Kannada	Malayalam
Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari – Jayanna Combines Gajakesari – Jayanna Combines Ugramm – Inkfinite Pictures Oggarane – Prakash Raj Productions Drishya – E4 Entertainment	Bangalore Days – Anwar Rasheed Entertainments and Weekend Blockbusters Iyobinte Pustakam – Amal Neerad & Fahadh Faasil Om Shanti Oshana – Ananya Films / Alwin Antony How Old Are You – Magic Frames / Listin Stephen Munnariyippu – Gold Coin Motion Pictures / Ranjith
Best Director
Tamil	Telugu
Pa. Ranjith – Madras A. R. Murugadoss – Kaththi Vijay – Saivam Vijay Milton – Goli Soda Karthik Subbaraj – Jigarthanda	Surender Reddy – Race Gurram Srivass – Loukyam Boyapati Srinu – Legend Vikram Kumar – Manam Srikanth Addala – Mukunda
Kannada	Malayalam
Santhosh Anandram – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Prakash Raj – Oggarane P. Raghuram – Fair & Lovely Prashanth Neel– Ugramm P. Vasu – Drishya	Anjali Menon – Bangalore Days Amal Neerad – Iyobinte Pustakam Ranjith – Njaan Venu – Munnariyippu Rosshan Andrrews – How Old Are You
Best Cinematographer
Tamil	Telugu
Murali G – Madras Vetrivel Mahendran – Kayal GavemicV Ary – Jigarthanda Vijay Milton – Goli Soda Nirav Shah– Saivam	R. Rathnavelu – 1: Nenokkadine Karthik Ghattamaneni – Karthikeya P. S. Vinod – Manam Manoj Paramahamsa– Race Gurram Madhie – Run Raja Run
Kannada	Malayalam
Vaidi S – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Shekar Chandra – Brahma Sreesha Kuduvalli – Bahaddur Satya Hegde – Gajakesari Karam Chawla – Ulidavaru Kandanthe	Abhinandan Ramanujam – Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal Venu – Munnariyippu Manoj Pillai – Njaan Sameer Thahir– Bangalore Days Amal Neerad – Iyobinte Pustakam

Acting

Best Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Dhanush – Velaiilla Pattadhari Vijay – Kaththi Karthi – Madras Siddharth – Jigarthanda Vijay Sethupathi – Pannaiyarum Padminiyum	Nandamuri Balakrishna – Legend Mahesh Babu – 1: Nenokkadine Venkatesh – Drushyam Naga Chaitanya – Manam Allu Arjun – Race Gurram
Kannada	Malayalam
Yash – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Dhruva Sarja – Bahaddur Upendra – Brahma Sathish Ninasam – Love in Mandya Sri Murali – Ugramm	Nivin Pauly – 1983 Mammootty – Varsham Fahadh Faasil – Iyobinte Pustakam Prithviraj – 7th Day Nivin Pauly – Bangalore Days
Best Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Hansika Motwani – Aranmanai Amala Paul – Velaiyilla Pattathari Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Kaththi Lakshmi Menon – Jigarthanda Vedhicka – Kaaviyathalaivan	Shruti Haasan – Race Gurram Nayantara – Anamika Rakul Preet Singh – Loukyam Kajal Agarwal – Govindudu Andarivadele Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Manam
Kannada	Malayalam
Radhika Pandit – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Kriti Kharbanda – Super Ranga Amulya – Gajakesari Parul Yadav – Shivajinagara Pranitha Subhash – Brahma	Manju Warrier – How Old Are You Nazriya Nazim – Om Shanti Oshana Aparna Gopinath – Munnariyippu Namitha Pramod – Vikramadithyan Anusree – Ithihasa
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Bobby Simha – Jigarthanda Rajkiran – Manjapai Nassar – Saivam Vidyut Jamwal – Anjaan Kalaiyarasan – Madras	Srinivas Avasarala – Oohalu Gusagusalade Srikanth – Govindudu Andarivadele Ajay – Dikkulu Choodaku Ramayya Prakash Raj – Govindudu Andarivadele Sreenivas Reddy – Geethanjali
Kannada	Malayalam
Achyuth Kumar – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Thilak Shekar – Ugramm Kishore Jayaram – Ulidavaru Kandanthe Pannagha Bharan – Vasundhara Venkatesh Prasad – Sachin! Tendulkar Alla	Jayasurya – Apothecary Indrans – Apothecary Anoop Menon – Vikramadithyan Renji Panicker – Om Shanti Oshana Nandu – Ottamandaram
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Saranya Ponvannan – Velaiyilla Pattathari Seetha – Goli Soda Riythvika – Madras Saritha – Inam Suhasini Maniratnam – Ramanujan	Shriya Saran – Manam Nadhiya Moidu – Drushyam Jayasudha – Yevadu Sujatha Kumar – Legend Lakshmi Manchu – Chandamama Kathalu
Kannada	Malayalam
Suhasini Maniratnam – Sachin! Tendulkar Alla Kavya Shah – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Harshika Poonacha – Maryade Iswarya Menon – Namo Bhootatma Swaroopini Narayan – Drishya	Parvathy – Bangalore Days Anumol – Njaan Lena – Vikramadithyan Padmapriya – Iyobinte Pustakam Srinda Ashab – 1983
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Tamil	Telugu
Neil Nitin Mukesh – Kaththi Prashant Narayanan – Nedunchaalai Madhusudhan Rao – Goli Soda Nandakumar – Madras Bobby Simha – Jigarthanda	Jagapati Babu – Legend Sai Kumar – Yevadu Ravi Kishan – Race Gurram Rao Ramesh – Mukunda Madhusudhan Rao – Autonagar Surya
Kannada	Malayalam
P. Ravi Shankar– Maanikya Avinash – Ragini IPS Ashish Vidyarthi– Shivajinagara Kelly Dorjee – Power *** Sharath Lohitashwa – Ambareesha	Jayasurya – Iyobinte Pustakam Sudheesh Shankar – Njan Steve Lopez Raghavan – Apothecary Lal – Iyobinte Pustakam Sekhar Menon – Gangster
Best Comedian
Tamil	Telugu
Vivek – Velaiyilla Pattathari Kovai Sarala– Aranmanai Karunakaran – Yaamirukka Bayamey Thambi Ramaiah– Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Soori – Jilla	Brahmanandam – Race Gurram Ali – Oka Laila Kosam Prudhvi Raj – Loukyam Sapthagiri – Kotha Janta Vennela Kishore – Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda
Kannada	Malayalam
Chikkanna – Adyaksha Rangayana Raghu – Power *** Sadhu Kokila – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Jehangir – Bahaddur Bullet Prakash– Rose	Aju Varghese– Vellimoonga Chemban Vinod Jose – Tamaar Padaar Balu– Ithihasa Sudheer Karamana – Sapthamashree Thaskaraha Kalabhavan Shajon– Ring Master

Critics awards

Best Actor (Critics)
Tamil	Telugu
Karthi – Madras	Naga Chaitanya – Manam
Kannada	Malayalam
Upendra – Super Ranga	Prithviraj – 7th Day
Best Actress (Critics)
Tamil	Telugu
Amala Paul – Velaiyilla Pattathari	Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Manam
Kannada	Malayalam
Kriti Kharbanda – Super Ranga	Anusree – Ithihasa

Debut awards

Best Debut Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Chandran – Kayal Dulquer Salmaan – Vaayai Moodi Pesavum Aari – Nedunchaalai Abhinay Vaddi – Ramanujan Santhosh Pratap – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam	Sai Dharam Tej – Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas – Alludu Sreenu Sampoornesh Babu – Hrudaya Kaleyam Varun Tej – Mukunda Tejus Kancherla – Ulavacharu Biriyani
Kannada	Malayalam
Bharath Sarja – Veera Pulikeshi Pawan Wadeyar – Preeti Geeti Ityadi Pradeep– Rangan Style Vivek – Endendu Ninagagi Kiran Rao – Savaari 2	Farhaan Faasil – Njan Steve Lopez Santhosh Keezhattoor – Vikramadithyan John Brittas – Vellivelichathil Sudev Nair – My Life Partner Vipin Aatley – Homely Meals
Best Debut Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Catherine Tresa – Madras Prayaga – Pisaasu Sonakshi Sinha – Lingaa Ishaara Nair – Sathuranga Vettai Malavika Nair – Cuckoo	Raashi Khanna – Oohalu Gusagusalade Kriti Sanon – 1: Nenokkadine Mishti Chakraborty – Chinnadana Nee Kosam Adah Sharma – Heart Attack Pooja Hegde – Oka Laila Kosam
Kannada	Malayalam
Shilpi Sharma – Aakramana Erica Fernandes – Ninnindale Gayathri Iyer – Namo Bhootatma Aishani Shetty – Jothi Alias Kothiraj Shona Chhabra – Savaal	Nikki Galrani – 1983 Ahaana Krishna – Njan Steve Lopez Caroline Bech – Manglish Sandra Simon – Lal Bahadur Shastri Pearly Maaney – The Last Supper
Best Debut Producer
Tamil	Telugu
Manobala – Sathuranga Vettai Bharath Seeni – Goli Soda Varun Maniyan – Vaayai Moodi Pesavum K. Chandramohan – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Manoj Paramahamsa & Sujatha Chenthilnathan– Poovarasam Pee Pee	Venkat Srinivas – Karthikeya Sunitha – Bangaru Kodipetta Sampath Nandi – Galipatam MVV Satyanarayana – Geethanjali Giridhar Mamidipally – Lakshmi Raave Maa Intiki
Kannada	Malayalam
Inkfinite Pictures – Ugramm Dynamic Visions – Neenade Naa Sri Sai Balaji Combines – Billion Dollar Baby Hombale Films – Ninnindale Dreamweaver Entertainment – Aaryan	Anwar Rasheed, Sophia Paul – Bangalore Days Rajesh Augustine – Ithihasa Dr George Mathew, Dr Baby Mathew – Apothecary Shibu G Suseelan – 7th Day Fahadh Faasil – Iyobinte Pustakam
Best Debut Director
Tamil	Telugu
Velraj – Velaiyilla Pattathari H. Vinoth – Sathuranga Vettai Raju Murugan– Cuckoo Caarthik Raju – Thirudan Police Ram – Mundasupatti	Sujeeth – Run Raja Run Sripriya – Drushyam Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya K. S. Ravindra – Power Srinivas Avasarala – Oohalu Gusagusalade
Kannada	Malayalam
Prashanth Neel – Ugramm Krishna – Gajakesari Rakshit Shetty – Ulidavaru Kandanthe Chetan Kumar – Bahaddur Santhosh Anandram – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari	Abrid Shine – 1983 Jude Anthony Joseph – Om Shanti Oshana Binu S – Ithihasa Jibu Jacob – Vellimoonga Shyam Dhar – 7th Day

Music

Best Music Director
Tamil	Telugu
Anirudh Ravichander – Velaiyilla Pattathari D. Imman – Rummy A. R. Rahman – Kaaviya Thalaivan Ghibran – Thirumanam Enum Nikkah Santhosh Narayanan – Madras	Anoop Rubens – Manam S. Thaman – Race Gurram Ghibran – Run Raja Run Devi Sri Prasad – 1: Nenokkadine Mickey J. Meyer – Mukunda
Kannada	Malayalam
V. Harikrishna – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Anoop Seelin – Love in Mandya Arjun Janya– Maanikya B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Ulidavaru Kandanthe Mani Sharma – Ninnindale	Gopi Sunder – Bangalore Days Bijibal – Vikramadithyan Shaan Rahman – Om Shanti Oshana Deepak Dev – Avathaaram K. Raghavan – Balyakalasakhi
Best Lyricist
Tamil	Telugu
Dhanush – "Amma Amma" from Velaiyilla Pattathari Vairamuthu – "Kandangi Kandangi" from Jilla Na. Muthukumar – "Azhagu" from Saivam Kabilan – "Vinmeen Vithaiyil" from Thegidi Yugabharathi – "Manasula Soora Kaathey" from Cuckoo	Chandrabose – "Kani Penchina" from Manam Sirivennela – "Nandalala" from Mukunda Ramajogayya Sastry – "Nee Kanti Choopullo" from Legend Ananta Sriram – "Em Sandeham Ledu" from Oohalu Gusagusalade Vanamali – "Sari Povu Koti" from Karthikeya
Kannada	Malayalam
Ghouse Peer – "Kaarmoda" from Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Kaviraj – "Guruvara Sanje" from Power *** Santhosh Anandram – "Yaralli Sound" from Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Rakshit Shetty– "Gaatiya Ilidu" from Ulidavaru Kandanthe K. Kalyan – "Kannada Siri" from Gajakesari	Hari Narayanan– "Olanjaali Kuruvi" from 1983 Jayageetha – "Koottu Thedi" from Varsham Rafeeq Ahammed – "Ethu Kari Ravilum" from Bangalore Days Anwar Ali – "Theruvukal Nee" from Njan Steve Lopez Santhosh Varma – "Mazha Nila" from Vikramadithyan
Best Male Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Pradeep Kumar – "Aagayam Thee Pidicha" from Madras Karthik – "Ovvondrai Thirudigirai" from Jeeva Shadab Faridi – "Enthaara Enthaara" from Thirumanam Enum Nikkah Abhay Jodhpurkar – "Vinmeen Vithayil" from Thegidi Dhanush – "Amma Amma" from Velaiyilla Pattathari	Simha – "Cinema Chupista Maava" from Race Gurram Arijit Singh – "Kanulanu Thake" from Manam Master Bharath – "Kanipenchina Maa Ammake" from Manam Devi Sri Prasad – "Who Are You" from 1: Nenokkadine Gold Devaraj – "Bujjimaa" from Run Raja Run
Kannada	Malayalam
Rajesh Krishnan – "Kaarmoda" from Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Vijay Prakash– "Open Hairu" from Adyaksha Gurukiran – "Pesalagi Order" from Brahma Santhosh Venky – "Aaramagiri Subbalakshmi" from Bahaddur Anoop Seelin – "Opkondbitlu Kanla" from Love in Mandya	Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Kattu Mooliyo" from Om Shanti Oshana Job Kurien – "Thane Pookkum" from Sapthamashree Thaskaraha P. Jayachandran – "Olanjali Kuruvi" from 1983 Haricharan – "Ethu Kari Ravilum" from Bangalore Days Siddharth Menon – "Theruvukal Nee" from Njan Steve Lopez
Best Female Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Uthara Unnikrishnan – "Azhaghu" from Saivam Shreya Ghoshal – "Yen Aala Pakkaporen" from Khayal Shweta Mohan – "Yaarumilla" from Kaaviya Thalaivan Shakthisree Gopalan – "Naan Nee" from Madras Vani Jayaram – "Narayana Narayana" from Ramanujan	Neha Bhasin – "Aww Thujo Mogh Korta" from 1: Nenokkadine Shreya Ghoshal – "Chinni Chinni Aasalu" from Manam Shreya Ghoshal – "Nee Jathaga Nenundali" from Yevadu K. S. Chithra– "Gopikamma" from Mukunda Chinmayi – "Vaddantune" from Run Raja Run
Kannada	Malayalam
Sinchan Dixit– "Current Hoda Timealli" from Love in Mandya Apoorva Sridhar – "Aaramagiri Subbulakshmi" from Bahaddur Anuradha Bhat – "Neenu Iruvaga" from Ninnindale Hamsika Iyer – "Ninna Danigagi" from Savaari 2 Shreya Ghoshal – "Kannale" from Ambareesha	Sithara – "Saada Paalaya" from Mr. Fraud Shreya Ghoshal – "Vijanathayil" from How Old Are You Sowmya T R – "Mazhanila" from Vikramadithyan Shweta Mohan – "Onnam Kombathe" from Ottamandaram Preeti Pillai – "Solomonum Soshannayum" from Amen

Choreography

Best Fight Choreographer
Tamil	Telugu
Anal Arasu– Kaththi Stunt Silva – Veeram Stunt Silva – Anjaan Supreme Sundar – Goli Soda Anbariv– Madras	Peter Hein – 1: Nenokkadine Kanal Kannan & Raam-Laxman – Legend Raam-Laxman – Race Gurram Raam-Laxman– Power Selvam – Yevadu
Kannada	Malayalam
Ravi Varma – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari K. D. Venkatesh – Shivajinagara Thriller Manju – Brahma Vijay – Maanikya Palaniraj – Gharshane	Dileep Subbarayan– Vikramadithyan D. Danny – Iyobinte Pustakam Stun Siva – Rajadhiraja Anbariv – Hi I'm Tony Stunt Silva – Mr. Fraud
Best Dance Choreographer
Tamil	Telugu
Shobhi – "Pakkam Vanthu" from Kaththi Shareef– "Kalyanamam Kalyanam" from Cuckoo Brinda– "Darling" from Maan Karate Baba Bhaskar – "What A Karuvadu" from Velaiyilla Pattathari Raju Sundaram – "Ek Do Teen" from Anjaan	Jani – "Cinema Choopista Maava" from Race Gurram Jani – "Freedom" from Yevadu Prem Rakshit – "You are my Love" from 1: Nenokkadine Chinni Prakash – "Bavagari Choope" from Govindudu Andarivadele Raju Sundaram – "Rakshasi Rakshasi" from Rabhasa
Kannada	Malayalam
Murali – "Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari" from Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari A. Harsha – "Suii Tapak" from Gajakesari Ganesh Hegde– "Dhum Powere" from Power *** Imran Sardhariya – "Jeena Jeena Yahan" from Maanikya Harikrishna B. R. – "Rangeela" from Shivajinagara	Shobhi Paul Raj– "Kolussu Thenni Thenni" from Cousins Brinda– "Maangalyam" from Bangalore Days Selvi – "Kaana Kombile" from Aamayum Muyalum Brinda – "Njan Kaanum Neram" from Avathaaram Gayathri Raguram – "Theeyattam" from Iyobinte Pustakam

Generation Next Awards

• Stylish Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema (male) – Allu Arjun
• Stylish Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema (female) – Amy Jackson
• Most Romantic Star of South Indian Cinema – Bharath Srinivasan
• Most Popular Actress Middle East – Asin Thottumkal
• Most Streamed Song Award :
  • Tamil – Anirudh Ravichander – "Selfie Pulla"
  • Telugu – S. Thaman – Aagadu – Title song
  • Kannada – S. Thaman – Power *** – "Guruvara Sanje"
  • Malayalam – Shaan Rahman – Om Shanti Oshana – "Kattu Mooliyo"

External links

• Official website
• 3rd SIIMA (2014) at IMDb