1st South Indian International Movie Awards

1st South Indian International Movie Awards
Date	21–22 June 2012
Hosted by	Lakshmi Manchu R. Madhavan
Produced by	Vibri Media Group
Organized by	Vibri Media Group
Official website	Dubai World Trade Centre, United Arab Emirates
Highlights
Best Picture	Dookudu (Telugu) Ko (Tamil) Saarathi (Kannada) Indian Rupee (Malayalam)
Most awards	Dookudu — 8
Television coverage
Channel	Gemini TV Sun TV Surya TV Udaya TV
Network	Sun TV Network
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The 1st South Indian International Movie Awards were presented on 22 June 22, 2012, in Dubai, UAE, to honour the best cinematic achievements of the South Indian film industry in 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 21 June 2023 ^{[1] [2]}

Nominated by a jury, the final winners were decided by a public voting system. The most successful film was Dookudu , which fetched eight Awards in total. ^[3]

Main awards

Film

Vetrimaaran, Best Director (Tamil)

SIIMA Award for 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 Richard M. Nathan – Ko Ramji – Mayakkam Enna Om Prakash – Vaagai Sooda Vaa Nirav Shah – Vaanam	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 – 7 Aum 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
Puneeth 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	Nayanthara – 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 / Thalaivasal Vijay – Traffic / Karmayogi
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 winning SIIMA Award for 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 Pon Kumaran – Vishnuvardhana Salim Ahamed – Adaminte Makan Abu Best Male Debutant Tamil Telugu Sharwanand – Engaeyum Eppothum Nani - Veppam 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

1. "The South Shines". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
2. "SIIMA's next-gen awards". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
3. "SIIMA Awards 2012 Winners". South Indian International Movie Awards. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
4. "SIIMA Awards 2012: Winners List". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

External links

• 1st SIIMA (2012) at IMDb