7th South Indian International Movie Awards

The 7th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held at Dubai on September 14 and 15, 2018. It aims to recognize notable films and performances from the past year in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam,and Kannada films along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The nomination list for the main awards was announced in June 2017.

Honorary awards

• P. Suseela (Lifetime Achievement Award)

Other Awards

• SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer – K. K. Senthil Kumar (Baahubali 2: The Conclusion)

Main awards winners and nominees

Film

Best Film
Tamil	Telugu
Vikram Vedha – S. Sashikanth Aramm – Kotapadi Ramesh Aruvi – S. R. Prabhu Mersal – N. Ramasamy Theeran Adhigaram Ondru – S. R. Prabhu	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion – Shobu Yarlagadda Fidaa – Dil Raju Gautamiputra Satakarni – Y. Rajeev Reddy Ghazi – K. Anvesh Reddy, Prasad V. Potluri Sathamanam Bhavati – Dil Raju
Kannada	Malayalam
Raajakumara – Vijay Kiragandur Bharjari – R. Srinivas Chamak – T. R. Chandrashekar Chowka – Dwarakish Chitra Ondu Motteya Kathe – Suhan Prasad	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum' – Sandip Senan Angamaly Diaries – Vijay Babu Mayanadhi – Aashiq Abu Parava – Anwar Rasheed Take Off – Anto Joseph
SIIMA Award for Best Director
Tamil	Telugu
Atlee – Mersal Arun Prabhu Purushothaman – Aruvi Gopi Nainar – Aramm H. Vinoth – Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru Pushkar-Gayathri – Vikram Vedha	S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Krish – Gautamiputra Satakarni Sandeep Reddy Vanga – Arjun Reddy Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi Satish Vegesna – Sathamanam Bhavati
Kannada	Malayalam
Santhosh Ananddram – Raajakumara Chethan Kumar– Bharjari P. C. Shekhar – Raaga Prakash Jayaram – Taarak Suni – Chamak	Dileesh Pothan – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Aashiq Abu – Mayanadhi Lijo Jose Pellissery – Angamaly Diaries Mahesh Narayan – Take Off Soubin Shahir- Parava

Acting

Best Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Sivakarthikeyan – Velaikkaran Karthi – Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru Madhavan – Vikram Vedha Vijay – Mersal Vijay Sethupathi – Vikram Vedha	Prabhas – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion NTR Jr. – Jai Lava Kusa Nandamuri Balakrishna – Gautamiputra Satakarni Rana Daggubati – Nene Raju Nene Mantri Vijay Devarakonda – Arjun Reddy
Kannada	Malayalam
Puneeth Rajkumar– Raajakumara Dhruva Sarja – Bharjari Ganesh – Chamak Shiva Rajkumar – Mufti Sri Murali – Mufti	Nivin Pauly – Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela Dulquer Salmaan – Solo Fahadh Faasil – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Mammootty – The Great Father Tovino Thomas – Mayanadhi
Best Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Nayanthara – Aramm Aditi Balan – Aruvi Andrea Jeremiah – Taramani Jyothika – Magalir Mattum Nithya Menen – Mersal	Kajal Aggarwal – Nene Raju Nene Mantri Anushka Shetty – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Rakul Preet Singh – Jaya Janaki Nayaka Sai Pallavi – Fidaa
Kannada	Malayalam
Shanvi Srivastava – Taarak Nivedhitha – Shuddhi Rashmika Mandanna – Chamak Shraddha Srinath – Operation Alamelamma Shruti Hariharan – Beautiful Manasugalu	Parvathy – Take Off Aishwarya Lekshmi– Mayanadhi Manju Warrier – Udaharanam Sujatha Nimisha Sajayan – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Anu Sithara – Ramante Edanthottam
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
M. S. Bhaskar – 8 Thottakkal Bharathiraja – Kurangu Bommai Bobby Simha – Thiruttu Payale 2 Vikranth – Thondan Vivek Prasanna – Meyaadha Maan	Aadhi Pinisetty – Ninnu Kori Kay Kay Menon – Ghazi Prakash Raj – Sathamanam Bhavati Sathyaraj – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Sree Vishnu – Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi
Kannada	Malayalam
Kashinath – Chowka Diganth – Happy New Year P. Ravishankar – College Kumar Rajesh Nataranga – Operation Alamelamma Suraj Gowda – Siliconn City	Shane Nigam – Parava Suraj Venjaramoodu – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Joju George – Ramante Edanthottam Kunchacko Boban – Take Off Mukesh – Jomonte Suvisheshangal
SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Sshivada – Adhe Kangal Anjali Varathan – Aruvi Indhuja Ravichandran – Meyaadha Maan Sneha – Velaikkaran Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Vikram Vedha/ Nibunan	Bhoomika Chawla – Middle Class Abbayi Hema Malini – Gautamiputra Satakarni Jayasudha – Sathamanam Bhavati Raadhika Sarathkumar – Raja The Great Ramya Krishna – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
Kannada	Malayalam
Aruna Balraj – Operation Alamelamma Bhavana Rao – Satya Harischandra Harshika Poonacha – Upendra Matte Baa Saanika – Saheba Samyukta Hornad – Dayavittu Gamanisi	Asha Sarath – 'Sunday Holiday Amala Akkineni – C/O Saira Banu Chandini Sreedharan – CIA Mamta Mohandas – Udaharanam Sujatha Shanthi Krishna – Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role
Tamil	Telugu
S. J. Surya – Mersal / Spyder Arvind Swamy – Bogan Fahadh Faasil – Velaikkaran Prasanna – Thiruttu Payale 2 Vivek Oberoi – Vivegam	Rana Daggubati – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Arjun Sarja – LIE Rao Ramesh – Duvvada Jagannadham Tarun Arora – Khaidi No. 150 Vijay Varma – Middle Class Abbayi
Kannada	Malayalam
Ashish Vidyarthi – Pataki Apeksha Purohit – Kaafi Thota P. Ravishankar – Hebbuli Prakash Raj – Raajakumara Shawar Ali – Chakravarthy	Appani Sarath – 'Angamaly Diaries Chemban Vinod Jose – Velipadinte Pusthakam Murali Gopy – Kaattu Soubin Shahir – Parava Unni Mukundan – Masterpiece
SIIMA Award for Best Comedian
Tamil	Telugu
Soori – Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae Anandaraj – Maragadha Naanayam RJ Balaji – Ivan Thanthiran Robo Shankar – Velaikkaran Yogi Babu – Mersal	Rahul Ramakrishna – Arjun Reddy Praveen – Sathamanam Bhavati Prudhvi Raj – PSV Garuda Vega Shakalaka Shankar – Anando Brahma Srinivas Reddy – Anando Brahma / Raja The Great
Kannada	Malayalam
Chikkanna – Raajakumara Kuri Prathap – Melkote Manja Sadhu Kokila – Chamak Saikumar – Happy New Year Vijay Chendur – Pataki	Aju Varghese – Godha Dharmajan – Punyalan Private Limited Hareesh Perumanna – Rakshadhikari Baiju Oppu Jacob Gregory – Jomonte Suvisheshangal Saiju Kurup – Aadu 2

Debut awards

SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Vasanth Ravi – Taramani Hiphop Tamizha – Meesaya Murukku Vetri – 8 Thottakkal	Ishaan – Rogue Aashish Raj – Aakatayi Ganta Ravi – Jayadev Rakshit – London Babulu Vishwak Sen – Vellipomakey
Kannada	Malayalam
Rishi – Operation Alamelamma Ishaan – Rogue Manoranjan – Saheba Mithra – Raaga Raj B. Shetty – Ondu Motteya Kathe	Antony Varghese – Angamaly Diaries Amal Shah – Parava Arjun Asokan – Parava Askar Ali – Honey Bee 2.5 Sarath Appani – Angamaly Diaries
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Aditi Rao Hydari – Kaatru Veliyidai Aditi Balan – Aruvi Priya Bhavani Shankar – Meyaadha Maan Sayyeshaa Saigal – Vanamagan Shraddha Srinath – Vikram Vedha	Kalyani Priyadarshan – Hello Aakanksha Singh – Malli Raava Megha Akash – LIE Nivetha Pethuraj – Mental Madhilo Shalini Pandey – Arjun Reddy
Kannada	Malayalam
Ekta Rathod – Siliconn City Aditi Prabhudeva – Dhairyam Divya Uruduga – Huliraaya Kavitha Gowda – Srinivasa Kalyana Vaibhavi Shandilya – Raj Vishnu	Nimisha Sajayan – 'Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum' Aishwarya Lekshmi – Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela Reshma Anna Rajan – Angamaly Diaries Santhy Balachandran – Tharangam Wamiqa Gabbi – Godha
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director
Tamil	Telugu
Arun Prabhu Purushothaman – Aruvi Dhanush – Pa Paandi Gopi Nainar – Aramm Lokesh Kanagaraj – Maanagaram Rajkumar Periaswamy – Rangoon	Sandeep Vanga – Arjun Reddy Mahi V. Raghav – Anando Brahma Prabhakar Podakandla – Next Nuvve Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi Vivek Athreya – Mental Madhilo
Kannada	Malayalam
Tharun Sudhir – Chowka Adarsh Eshwarappa – Shuddhi Pannaga Bharana – Happy New Year Raj B. Shetty – Ondu Motteya Kathe Ravi Basrur – Kataka	Mahesh Narayan – Take Off Arun Gopy – Ramaleela Haneef Adeni – The Great Father Jay K – Ezra Soubin Shahir – Parava

Music

SIIMA Award for Best Music Director
Tamil	Telugu
A. R. Rahman – Kaatru Veliyidai / Mersal Anirudh Ravichander – Velaikkaran/ Vivegam D. Imman – Bogan Hiphop Tamizha – Meesaya Murukku Sam C. S. – Vikram Vedha	M. M. Keeravani – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Devi Sri Prasad – Khaidi No. 150 Gopi Sundar – Ninnu Kori S. S. Thaman – Mahanubhavudu Shakti Kanth – Fidaa
Kannada	Malayalam
V. Harikrishna – Raajakumara Arjun Janya – Chakravarthy Charan Raj – Pushpaka Vimana Judah Sandhy – Chamak Raghu Dixit – Happy New Year	Shaan Rahman – 'Velipadinte Pusthakam Gopi Sundar – Comrade in America Bijibal – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Prashant Pillai – Angamaly Diaries Rex Vijayan – Parava
SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist
Tamil	Telugu
Vivek – "Aala Poran" from Mersal Dhanush – "Venpani Malare" from Pa Paandi Madhan Karky – "Azhagiyae" from Kaatru Veliyidai Vairamuthu – "Vaan" from Kaatru Veliyidai Viveka – "Karuthavanlaam" from Velaikkaran	Suddala Ashok Teja – "Vachinde" from Fidaa Chandrabose – "Nuvvele Nuvvele" from Jaya Janaki Nayaka Ramajogayya Sastry – "Nilavade" from Sathamanam Bhavati Siva Shakti Dutta – "Saahore Baahubali" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Sri Mani – "Bramaramba Ki" from Rarandoi Veduka Chudham
Kannada	Malayalam
Santhosh Ananddram – "Bombe Heluthaithe" from Raajakumara Hrudaya Shiva – "Kodeyondara Adiyalli" from Raju Kannada Medium Suvarna Sharma – "Thili Prema" from Urvi V. Nagendra Prasad – "Appa I Love You" from Chowka Yogaraj Bhat – "Ninna Snehadinda" from Mugulu Nage	Manu Manjith – "Aaro Nenjil" from Godha Anwar Ali – "Mizhiyil Ninnum" from Mayanadhi B. K. Harinarayanan – "Njaanum Neeyum" from Theeram Santhosh Varma – "Akaleyoru" from Ramante Edanthottam Vinayak Sasikumar – "Pyar Pyar" from Parava
SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Sid Sriram – "Maacho" from Mersal A. R. Rahman – "Neethane Neethane" from Mersal Anirudh Ravichander – "Yaanji" from Vikram Vedha Haricharan/ Arjun Chandy – "Azhagiye" from Kaatru Veliyidai Hiphop Tamizha/ Sudarshan Ashok – "Kavan" from Oxygen	Kaala Bhairava – "Dandaalayya" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Armaan Malik – "Hello" from Hello Devi Sri Prasad – "Ammadu Lets Do Kummudu" from Khaidi No. 150 Hemachandra – "Oosupodhu" from Fidaa Sid Sriram – "Adiga Adiga" from Ninnu Kori
Kannada	Malayalam
Ravi Basrur – "Chanda Chanda" from Anjani Putra Armaan Malik – "Ondu Malebillu" from Chakravarthy B. J. Bharath – "Beautiful Manasugalu" from Beautiful Manasugalu Sanjith Hegde – "Kush Kush" from Chamak Vijay Prakash – "Bombe Heluthaithe" from Raajakumara	Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Jaanah Meri Jaanah" from Cappucino Arvind Venugopal – "Mazha Paadum" from Sunday Holiday Haricharan – "Lailakame" from Ezra Shahabaz Aman – "Mizhiyil" from Mayanadhi Vijay Yesudas – "Ivalaaro" from Oru Mexican Aparatha
SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Luksimi Sivaneswaralingam – "Senthoora" from Bogan Sakthisree Gopalan – "Yaanji" from Vikram Vedha Shashaa Tirupati – "Vaan" from Kaatru Veliyidai Shreya Ghoshal – "Neethane Neethane" from Mersal Shweta Mohan – "Paarthen" from Pa Paandi	Madhu Priya – "Vacchinde" from Fidaa Geetha Madhuri / M. M. Manasi – "Mahanubhavudu" from Mahanubhavudu Neha Bhasin – "Swing Zara" from Jai Lava Kusa Sony – "Hamsa Naava" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Uma Neha – "Paisa Vasool" from Paisa Vasool
Kannada	Malayalam
Anuradha Bhat – "Appa I Love You" from Chowka Indu Nagaraj – "Jilkaa Jilkaa" from Pushpaka Vimana Sinchan Dixit – "Indu Ninna Edurali" from Kaafi Thota Shreya Ghoshal – "Ninna Snehadinda" from Mugulu Nage Supriya Lohith – "Are Are Enidu" from Chamak	Gowry Lekshmi – "Aaro Nenjil" from Godha K. S. Chithra – "Nadavathil Thurannilla" from Kambhoji Shweta Mohan – "Ozhukiyozhuki" from Oru Cinemakkaran Soumya Ramakrishnan – "Kannile Poika" from Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Sujatha Mohan – "Neelakasham" from Jomonte Suvisheshangal

Critics' choice

Kollywood

• Best Actor – R. Madhavan – Vikram Vedha
• Best Actress – Aditi Balan – Aruvi

Tollywood

• Best Actor – Nandamuri Balakrishna – Gautamiputra Satakarni
• Best Actress – Ritika Singh – Guru

Kannada Cinema

• Best Actor – Sri Murali
• Best Actress – Sruthi Hariharan

Malayalam Cinema

• Best Actor – Fahadh Faasil
• Best Actress – Aishwarya Lekshmi

Special Award

• Best Child Artist – Shlaga Saligrama – Kataka

Generation Next Awards

Entertainer of the Year

• Rana Daggubati – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion / Ghazi / Nene Raju Nene Mantri
• Style icon of the year – Hansika Motwani

External links

• Official website