SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award

SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award
The 2025 recipient: Sivakumar
Country	India
Presented by	Vibri Media Group
First award	21 June 2012
Currently held by	Sivakumar

SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award is an award presented by Vibri media group as part of its annual South Indian International Movie Awards for the person who contributed much to the film industry. It was instituted in 2012, with Ambareesh being the first recipient.

Recipients

Year	Photo	Recipient	Profession	Ref
2011		Ambareesh	Actor	[1]
2012		K. J. Yesudas	Singer	[2]
		Sowcar Janaki	Actor
2013		K. Raghavendra Rao	Director	[3]
		K. Bhagyaraj	Director
2014		Bharathiraja	Director	[4]
		K. P. A. C. Lalitha	Actor
2015		S. Janaki	Singer	[5]
	—	Panchu Arunachalam	Writer, Lyricist
2016		Murali Mohan	Actor, producer	[6]
		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Singer, actor
2017		P. Susheela	Singer	[7]
2018		Menaka	Actor	[8]
	—	Suresh Kumar	Actor
2019–2020		Sheela	Actor
		K. Viswanath	Director, actor
2021	No award
2022	No award
2023		Vijayakanth	Actor, producer
2024		Sivakumar	Actor	[9]

References

1. "SIIMA AWARDS | 2012 | winners ||". siima.in.
2. "SIIMA AWARDS | 2013 | winners ||". siima.in.
3. "SIIMA AWARDS | 2014 | winners ||". siima.in.
4. "SIIMA AWARDS | 2015 | winners ||". siima.in.
5. "SIIMA AWARDS | 2016 | winners ||". siima.in.
6. "SIIMA AWARDS | 2017 | winners ||". siima.in.
7. "SIIMA AWARDS | 2018 | winners ||". siima.in.
8. "SIIMA Awards 2019: Ram Charan, Keerthy Suresh and Yash win big laurels". Hindustan Times. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
9. "SIIMA 2025 winners list: Aadujeevitham, Amaran win big; Sai Pallavi, Prithviraj take home best actor honours". The Indian Express. 7 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.