12th South Indian International Movie Awards

12th South Indian International Movie Awards
12th South Indian International Movie Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in South Indian cinema
Date	15–16 September 2024
Site	World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Organized by	Vibri Media Group
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The 12th South Indian International Movie Awards is an upcoming awards event that is scheduled to take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 15–16 September 2023.^[1] The ceremony (12th SIIMA) recognizes and honors 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.^[2]^[3]

Main awards and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Film

Best Film
Telugu	Tamil
Baby Balagam Bhagavanth Kesari Dasara Hi Nanna Virupaksha	Jailer Leo Maamannan Ponniyin Selvan: II Viduthalai Part 1
Kannada	Malayalam
Aachar & Co Kaatera Kousalya Supraja Rama Kranti Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A	2018 Iratta Kaathal – The Core Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Neru
Best Director
Telugu	Tamil
Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari Bobby Kolli – Waltair Veerayya Gopichand Malineni – Veera Simha Reddy Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha Sai Rajesh Neelam – Baby Srikanth Odela – Dasara	Lokesh Kanagaraj – Leo Mani Ratnam – Ponniyin Selvan: II Mari Selvaraj – Maamannan Nelson Dilipkumar – Jailer S. U. Arun Kumar – Chithha Vetrimaaran – Viduthalai Part 1
Kannada	Malayalam
Akash Srivatsa – Shivaji Surathkal 2 Hemanth M. Rao – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Shashank – Kousalya Supraja Rama Tharun Sudhir – Kaatera V. Harikrishna – Kranti	Jeethu Joseph – Neru Jeo Baby – Kaathal – The Core Jude Anthany Joseph – 2018 Lijo Jose Pellissery – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Priyadarshan – Corona Papers
Best Cinematographer
Telugu	Tamil
Bhuvan Gowda – Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Dasaradhi Sivendra – Mangalavaaram Rajeev Dharavath – Month of Madhu Sathyan Sooryan – Dasara Shamdat – Virupaksha	Manoj Paramahamsa – Leo Ravi Varman – Ponniyin Selvan: II R. Velraj – Viduthalai Part 1 Theni Eswar – Maamannan Vijay Kartik Kannan – Jailer
Kannada	Malayalam
A. J. Shetty – Kabzaa Advaitha Gurumurthy – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Mahendra Simha – Ghost Shekhar S – Bad Manners Shwet Priya Naik – Kaiva	Akhil George – 2018 Jinto George – Chaaver Muhammed Rahil – Kannur Squad Sharan Velayudhan – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Theni Eswar – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam

Acting

Best Actor
Telugu	Tamil
Balakrishna – Bhagavanth Kesari Chiranjeevi – Waltair Veerayya Dhanush – Sir Nani – Dasara Sai Dharam Tej – Virupaksha	Rajinikanth – Jailer Siddharth – Chithha Sivakarthikeyan – Maaveeran Vijay – Leo Vikram – Ponniyin Selvan: II Udhayanidhi Stalin – Maamannan
Kannada	Malayalam
Darshan – Kaatera Dhananjaya – Gurudev Hoysala Raj B. Shetty – Toby Rakshit Shetty – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Ramesh Aravind – Shivaji Surathkal 2 Shiva Rajkumar – Ghost	Basil Joseph – Falimy, Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham Joju George – Iratta Mammootty – Kaathal – The Core, Kannur Squad, Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Mohanlal – Neru Suresh Gopi – Garudan Tovino Thomas – 2018
Best Actress
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Best Actor in a Negative Role
Telugu	Tamil



Best Comedian
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Debut

Best Debut Actor
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Best Debut Actress
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Best Debut Director
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Best Debut Producer
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Music

Best Music Director
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Best Lyricist
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Best Male Playback Singer
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Best Female Playback Singer
Telugu	Tamil

Kannada	Malayalam

Notes

References

^ Correspondent, D. C. (17 July 2024). "SIIMA 2024 Date, Venue and Time". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
^ Bharat, E. T. V. (17 July 2024). "SIIMA 2024 Nominations Revealed: Nani's Dasara and Rajinikanth Starrer Jailer Lead with 11 Nominations Each". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
^ "SIIMA Awards 2024: Rajinikanth's Jailer and Nani's Dasara bag 11 nominations each, Mrunal Thakur's Hi Nanna follows". The Indian Express. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] Correspondent, D. C. (17 July 2024). "SIIMA 2024 Date, Venue and Time". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

[2] Bharat, E. T. V. (17 July 2024). "SIIMA 2024 Nominations Revealed: Nani's Dasara and Rajinikanth Starrer Jailer Lead with 11 Nominations Each". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

[3] "SIIMA Awards 2024: Rajinikanth's Jailer and Nani's Dasara bag 11 nominations each, Mrunal Thakur's Hi Nanna follows". The Indian Express. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

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