6th South Indian International Movie Awards

6th South Indian International Movie Awards
6th South Indian International Movie Awards
Date	30 June - 1 July 2017
Hosted by	Allu Sirish, Lakshmi Manchu
Produced by	Vibri Media Group
Organized by	Vibri Media Group
Official website	Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Television coverage
Channel	Gemini TV; Sun TV; Surya TV ; Udaya TV;
Network	Sun TV Network
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The 6th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi on 30 June and 1 July 2017. SIIMA 2017 will recognize the best films and performances from the past year, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.^[1] The nomination list for the main awards was announced in June 2017.^[2]

Honorary awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

Special appreciation

Mohan Babu for completing 40 years in Telugu Film industry.

Main awards winners and nominees

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Film

Best Film
Tamil	Telugu
Irudhi Suttru – YNOT Studios Joker – Dream Warrior Pictures Pichaikkaran – Vijay Antony Film Corporation Theri – V Creations Visaranai – Wunderbar Films, Grass Root Film Company	Pelli Choopulu – BigBen Cinemas, Dharmapath Creations A Aa – Haarika & Hasinee Creations Janatha Garage – Mythri Movie Makers Kshanam – PVP Cinema Sarrainodu – Geetha Arts
Kannada	Malayalam
Kotigobba 2 – Rambabu Productions Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu – Pushkar Films Kirik Party – Paramvah Studios Thithi – Pratap Reddy, Sunmin Park U Turn – Pawan Kumar Studios	Kammatipaadam – Global United Media Action Hero Biju – Pauly Jr. Pictures & Full On Studios Maheshinte Prathikaaram – OPM Dream Mill Cinemas Oppam – Aashirvad Cinemas Pulimurugan – Mulakuppadam Films
SIIMA Award for Best Director
Tamil	Telugu
Atlee - Theri Manikandan – Aandavan Kattalai Raju Murugan – Joker Sudha Kongara – Irudhi Suttru Vetrimaaran – Visaranai	Vamsi Paidipally – Oopiri Boyapati Srinu – Sarrainodu Koratala Siva – Janatha Garage Sukumar – Nannaku Prematho Trivikram Srinivas – A Aa
Kannada	Malayalam
Rishab Shetty– Kirik Party Pawan Kumar – U Turn Pawan Wadeyar – Jessie Sumana Kittur – Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Vijaya Prasad – Neer Dose	Vysakh – Pulimurugan Abrid Shine – Action Hero Biju Priyadarshan – Oppam Rajeev Ravi – Kammatipaadam Vineeth Sreenivasan – Jacobinte Swargarajyam

Acting

Best Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Sivakarthikeyan – Remo Karthi – Thozha Suriya – 24 Vijay – Theri Vikram – Iru Mugan	NTR Jr. – Janatha Garage Allu Arjun – Sarrainodu Mahesh Babu – Brahmotsavam Nani – Krishna Gadi Veera Prema Gaadha Ram Charan – Dhruva
Kannada	Malayalam
Shiva Rajkumar – Shivalinga Jaggesh - Neer Dose Puneeth Rajkumar – Doddmane Hudga Rakshit Shetty – Kirik Party Yash – Santhu Straight Forward	Mohanlal – Pulimurugan Biju Menon - Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Nivin Pauly – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Fahadh Faasil – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Nivin Pauly – Action Hero Biju
Best Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Nayantara – Iru Mugan Amala Paul - Amma Kanakku Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Theri Tamannaah Bhatia – Dharma Durai Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Tharai Thappattai	Rakul Preet Singh – Nannaku Prematho Lavanya Tripathi - Srirastu Subhamastu Regina Cassandra – Jo Achyutananda Ritu Varma – Pelli Choopulu Samantha Ruth Prabhu – A Aa
Kannada	Malayalam
Shraddha Srinath – U Turn Hariprriya - Neer Dose Parul Yadav – Killing Veerappan Shruti Hariharan – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Vedhicka – Shivalinga	Nayantara – Puthiya Niyamam Asha Sarath – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Manju Warrier – Vettah Sai Pallavi – Kali Vedhicka – James & Alice
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Prakash Raj – Manithan Mu. Ramaswamy - Joker Parthiban – Maaveeran Kittu Samuthirakani – Visaranai Akkineni Nagarjuna– Thozha	Srikanth – Sarrainodu Mohanlal - Janatha Garage Nara Rohit – Appatlo Okadundevadu Rajendra Prasad – Supreme Satyam Rajesh – Kshanam
Kannada	Malayalam
Chandan Achar - Kirik Party Dileep Raj – U Turn H. G. Dattatreya – Neer Dose Sanchari Vijay – Killing Veerappan Thilak Shekar – Karvva	Renji Panicker - Jacobinte Swargarajyam Alancier - Maheshinte Prathikaaram Suraj Venjaramoodu – Action Hero Biju Tovino Thomas – Guppy Vinayakan – Kammatipaadam
SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Aishwarya Rajesh - Dharma Durai Pooja Devariya - Iraivi Radhika – Theri Subbalakshmi – Ammani Suja Varunee – Kidaari	Anasuya - Kshanam Anupama Parameswaran – Premam Jayasudha – Oopiri Nadiya Moidu - A Aa Ramya Krishnan – Soggade Chinni Nayana
Kannada	Malayalam
Radhika Chetan - U Turn Kavya Shah - Mukunda Murari Karunya Ram - Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Suman Ranganathan – Neer Dose Yagna Shetty - Killing Veerappan	Lakshmi Ramakrishnan – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Anusree - Maheshinte Prathikaaram Punnasseri Kanchana – Olappeeppi Ramya Krishnan - Aadupuliyattam Rohini – Action Hero Biju
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role
Tamil	Telugu
Trisha – Kodi Baba Sehgal - Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Mahendran – Theri R. K. Suresh – Tharai Thappattai Vela Ramamoorthy – Kidaari	Jagapathi Babu – Nannaku Prematho Aadhi - Sarrainodu Arvind Swamy - Dhruva Kabir Duhan Singh – Supreme Sharad Kelkar – Sardaar Gabbar Singh
Kannada	Malayalam
Vasishta N. Simha – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Aravinnd Iyer – Kirik Party Arun Vijay – Chakravyuha P. Ravishankar – Mukunda Murari Sandeep Bharadwaj – Killing Veerappan	Chemban Vinod Jose - Kali Jagapathi Babu – Pulimurugan Jagadeesh – Leela Samuthirakani – Oppam Sujith Shankar – Maheshinte Prathikaaram
SIIMA Award for Best Comedian
Tamil	Telugu
Yogi Babu – Aandavan Kattalai Mottai Rajendran - Dhilluku Dhuddu Robo Shankar – Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran Sathish – Remo Soori – Rajini Murugan	Priyadarshi – Pelli Choopulu Brahmanandam - Sarrainodu Krishna Bhagavan – Jayammu Nischayammu Raa Prudhviraj – Supreme Vennela Kishore – Majnu
Kannada	Malayalam
Ravishankar Gowda – Sundaranga Jaana Bullet Prakash - Run Antony Chikkanna – Kotigobba 2 Pramod Shetty - Kirik Party Sadhu Kokila – Mungaru Male 2	Joju George – Action Hero Biju Dharmajan - Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan Rony David– Aanandam Sharafuddeen - Happy Wedding Soubin Shahir– Maheshinte Prathikaaram

Debut awards

SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Kalidas Jayaram – Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum Balakrishna Kola – Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam Shirish Saravanan – Metro Vijay Kumar – Uriyadi Walter Phillips – Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai	Roshan Meka – Nirmala Convent Nikhil Kumar – Jaguar Sandeep Kumar – Vangaveeti Sagar – Siddhartha
Kannada	Malayalam
Nikhil Gowda – Jaguar Anoop Revanna – Lakshmana Dilip Prakash – Crazy Boy Roger Narayan – U Turn Sachin – Happy Birthday	Shane Nigam– Kismath Gokul Suresh – Mudhugauv Arun Kurian - Aanandam Manikantan – Kammatipaadam Vishnu Unnikrishnan – Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Ritika Singh – Irudhi Suttru Madonna Sebastian - Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum Manjima Mohan – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Nikhila Vimal – Kidaari Wamiqa Gabbi – Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam	Niveda Thomas – Gentleman Keerthy Suresh – Nenu Sailaja Mehreen – Krishna Gadi Veera Prema Gaadha Niharika Konidela – Oka Manasu Anu Emmanuel - Majnu
Kannada	Malayalam
Rashmika Mandanna – Kirik Party Ashika Rangnath - Crazy Boy Krishi Thapanda – Akira Pooja S M – Thithi Samyuktha Hegde – Kirik Party	Rajisha Vijayan – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Aparna Balamurali - Maheshinte Prathikaaram Huma Qureshi – White Prayaga Martin – Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Kasaba
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director
Tamil	Telugu
Karthick Naren - Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru Vijay Kumar – Uriyadi Bakkiyaraj Kannan - Remo Pradeep Krishnamurthy - Saithan Prasath Murugesan – Kidaari	Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam– Pelli Choopulu G. Naga Koteswara Rao - Nirmala Convent K. V. Dayanand Reddy - Siddhartha Kalyan Krishna Kurasala – Soggade Chinni Nayana Ravikanth Perepu – Kshanam
Kannada	Malayalam
Hemanth Rao - Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu D. Sathyaprakash - Rama Rama Re... Navaneeth - Karvva Raam Reddy - Thithi Raghavendra Hegde – Jaggu Dada	Johnpaul George – Guppy Ganesh Raj - Aanandam Dileesh Pothan - Maheshinte Prathikaaram Khalid Rahman – Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Shanavas K. Bavakutty – Kismath

Music

SIIMA Award for Best Music Director
Tamil	Telugu
A. R. Rahman – Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Anirudh Ravichander – Remo Harris Jayaraj – Iru Mugan Nivas K. Prasanna – Sethupathi Santhosh Narayanan – Kabali	Devi Sri Prasad – Janatha Garage Kalyan Koduri – Jyo Achyutananda Mickey J Meyer – A Aa S. Thaman – Sarrainodu Vivek Sagar – Pellichoopulu
Kannada	Malayalam
Ajaneesh Loknath – Kirik Party Anoop Seelin – Jessie Arjun Janya – Mukunda Murari Charan Raj – Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu V. Harikrishna – Doddmane Hudga	Bijibal – Maheshinte Prathikaaram Gopi Sundar – Pulimurugan Shaan Rahman – Jacobinte Swargarajyam Sooraj S. Kurup - Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti Vishnu Vijay - Guppy
SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist
Tamil	Telugu
Madhan Karky - "Munnal Kadhali" from Miruthan Arunraja Kamaraj – "Neruppu Da" from Kabali Thamarai – "Thalli Pogathey" from Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Vairamuthu – "Endha Pakkam" from Dharma Durai Vivek - "Vazhkai Oru Ottagam" from Aandavan Kattalai	Ramajogayya Sastry – "Pranaamam" from Janatha Garage Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar – "Oka Laalana" from Jyo Achyutananda Chandrabose – "Chusa Chusa" from Dhruva Sirasri – "Maranam Adi Tadhyam" from Vangaveeti Sri Mani – "Thelusa Thelusa" from Sarrainodu
Kannada	Malayalam
Dhananjay Rajan – "Belageddu Yara Mukhava" from Kirik Party Jayanth Kaikini – "Helilla Yarallu Naanu" from Krishna-Rukku Sudarshan D. C. – "Ale Moodadhe" from Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu V. Nagendra Prasad – "Mukunda Murari" from Mukunda Murari Yogaraj Bhat – "Thraas Akkathi" from Doddmane Hudga	Santhosh Varma – "Pokka" from Action Hero Biju Anwar Ali - "Puzhu Pullikal" from Kammatipaadam Hari Narayanan – "Minungum" from Oppam Manu Manjith – "Thiruvavani Ravu" from Jacobinte Swargarajyam Rafeeq Ahammed – "Idukki" from Maheshinte Prathikaaram
SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Anirudh Ravichander – "Senjitaley" from Remo D. Imman – "Ennamma Ippadi Pannrengale Maa" from Rajini Murugan Sid Sriram – "Thalli Pogathey" from Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Sundarayyar – "Jasmine U" from Joker Vijay Yesudas – "Avalum Naanum" from Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada	Sagar – "Sailaja Sailaja" from Nenu Sailaja Devi Sri Prasad - "Nannaku Prematho" from Nannaku Prematho Shankar Mahadevan – "Pranaamam" from Janatha Garage Sid Sriram – "Vellipomakey" from Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo Vijay Yesudas – "Evare" from Premam
Kannada	Malayalam
Armaan Malik – "Sariyaagi Nenapide" from Mungaru Male 2 Anoop Seelin – "Malgudiya Ooralli" from Jessie NTR Jr. – "Geleya Geleya" from Chakravyuha Tippu – "Oh Baby" from Ricky Vijay Prakash – "Belageddu Yaara Mukhava" from Kirik Party	Sooraj Santhosh – "Thaniye" from Guppy Job Kurian - "Chilluranthal" from Kali M. G. Sreekumar – "Chinnamma" from Oppam P. Jayachandran – "Podimeesa" from Pa Va Vijay Yesudas – "Mounangal" from Maheshinte Prathikaaram
SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
K. S. Chithra - "Konji Pesida Venam" from Sethupathi Dhee – "Ey Sandakkara" from Irudhi Suttru Lalitha Sudha – "Chellamma" from Joker Shashaa Tirupati – "Raasali" from Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Shreya Ghoshal – "Mirutha Mirutha" from Miruthan	Ramya Behara – "Rang De" from A Aa Geetha Madhuri - "Pakka Local" from Janatha Garage Padmalatha – "Chusa Chusa" from Dhruva Sameera Bharadwaj – "Telusa Telusa" from Sarrainodu Uma Neha – "Tikku Tikkantu" from Babu Bangaram
Kannada	Malayalam
Indu Nagaraj – "Thraas Akkathi" from Doddmane Hudga Ananya Bhagath – "Sapura Kati" from Neer Dose Inchara Rao – "Ayomaaya" from Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu Ramya NSK – "Betegara" from Shivalinga Shreya Ghoshal – "Neenire Saniha" from Kirik Party	K. S. Chithra - "Kaadaniyum" from Pulimurugan Shreya Ghoshal – "Ritushalabhame" from 10 Kalpanakal Sreya Jayadeep– "Minungum" from Oppam Shweta Mohan – "Oru Vela" from White Vani Jayaram – "Pookkal" from Action Hero Biju