10th South Indian International Movie Awards

The 10th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event that took place in Bengaluru, India, on 10–11 September 2022.^[1] The ceremony (10th SIIMA) recognized and honored the best films and performances from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and music released in 2021, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.

10th South Indian International Movie Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in South Indian cinema and Music
Announced on	17 August 2022 (nominations)
Presented on	10–11 September 2022
Site	Palace Ground, Bengaluru, India
Hosted by	Akul Balaji Ali Rana Daggubati Siddhu Sreemukhi Sonu Gowda Adil Ibrahim Pearle Maaney
Organized by	Vibri Media Group
Highlights
Best Film	Pushpa: The Rise (Telugu) Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana (Kannada) Minnal Murali (Malayalam) Sarpatta Parambarai (Tamil)
Most awards	Pushpa: The Rise (Telugu) – 8
Most nominations	Pushpa: The Rise (Telugu) – 12
Television coverage
Channel	Gemini TV (Telugu) Sun TV (Tamil) Surya TV (Malayalam) Udaya TV (Kannada)
Network	Sun TV Network
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The event was announced officially in early-August along with the date. On 17 August 2022, nominations for the Best Film category were announced along with the other categories.^[2] The first day of the ceremony (10 September 2022) awarded the best films and performances from the Telugu and Kannada cinema, whereas on the second day, best films and performances from the Tamil and Malayalam cinema were awarded.^[3]

Dhananjaya is nominated in three categories, the highest in a single year. He has become the first person to be nominated in three main acting categories, that is, Best Actor in a Leading Role – Kannada, Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Kannada and Best Actor in a Negative Role – Kannada.^[4] Pushpa: The Rise won eight awards from 12 nominations, thus becoming the most awarded and most nominated film of the year.^[5]

Main awards

Film

Best Film
Telugu	Tamil
Pushpa: The Rise – Mythri Movie Makers, Muttamsetty Media Akhanda – Dwaraka Creations Love Story – Amigos Creations, Sree Venkateswara Cinemas Jathi Ratnalu – Swapna Cinema Uppena – Mythri Movie Makers, Sukumar Writings	Sarpatta Parambarai – Neelam Production Maanaadu – V House Productions Thalaivii – Vibri Motion Pictures, Karma Media Doctor – KJR Studios Karnan – V Creations Mandela – YNOT Studios
Kannada	Malayalam
Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana – Lighter Buddha Films Roberrt – Umapathy Films Yuvarathnaa – Hombale Films Salaga – KP Srikanth Bhajarangi 2 – Jayanna Combines	Minnal Murali – Weekend Blockbusters Kurup – Wayfarer Films, M Star Entertainments The Great Indian Kitchen – Mankind Cinemas, Symmetry Cinemas Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam – Pushkar Films Joji – Bhavana Studios, Working Class Hero, Fahadh Faasil and Friends
Best Director
Telugu	Tamil
Sukumar – Pushpa: The Rise Boyapati Srinu – Akhanda Gopichand Malineni – Krack Anudeep K. V. – Jathi Ratnalu Rahul Sankrityan – Shyam Singha Roy Prasanth Varma – Zombie Reddy	Lokesh Kanagaraj – Master Nelson – Doctor Mari Selvaraj – Karnan Pa. Ranjith – Sarpatta Parambarai A. L. Vijay – Thalaivii Venkat Prabhu – Maanaadu
Kannada	Malayalam
Tharun Sudhir – Roberrt Rohit Padaki – Rathnan Prapancha Raj B. Shetty – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana S. Mahesh Kumar – Madhagaja A. Harsha – Bhajarangi 2	Mahesh Narayanan – Malik Jeethu Joseph – Drishyam 2 Dileesh Pothan – Joji Senna Hegde – Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Basil Joseph – Minnal Murali
Best Cinematographer
Telugu	Tamil
C. Ram Prasad – Akhanda Mirosław Kuba Brożek – Pushpa: The Rise G. K. Vishnu – Krack Siddam Manohar – Jathi Ratnalu Shamdat – Uppena Shyam K. Naidu – Narappa	Shreyaas Krishna – Rocky Theni Easwar – Karnan Vishal Vittal – Thalaivii SR Kathir – Jai Bhim Sathyan Sooryan - Master
Kannada	Malayalam
Sudhakar Raj – Roberrt Shreesha Kuduvalli – Rathnan Prapancha Praveen Shriyan – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Shekhar Chandru – Kotigobba 3 Shivasena – Salaga	Nimish Ravi – Kurup Madhu Neelakandan – Churuli Sanu Varghese – Malik Sameer Thahir – Minnal Murali Shyju Khalid – Nayattu

Acting

Best Actor
Telugu	Tamil
Allu Arjun – Pushpa: The Rise Balakrishna – Akhanda Naveen Polishetty – Jathi Ratnalu Allari Naresh – Naandhi Naga Chaitanya – Love Story Nani – Shyam Singha Roy	Sivakarthikeyan – Doctor Silambarasan – Maanaadu Arya – Sarpatta Parambarai Dhanush – Karnan Suriya – Jai Bhim Vijay – Master
Kannada	Malayalam
Puneeth Rajkumar – Yuvarathnaa^[a] Darshan – Roberrt Rishab Shetty – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Dhananjaya – Badava Rascal Shiva Rajkumar – Bhajarangi 2 Ganesh – Sakath	Tovino Thomas – Minnal Murali and Kala Biju Menon – Aarkkariyam Dulquer Salmaan – Kurup Jayasurya – Vellam Fahadh Faasil – Malik Joju George – Nayattu
Best Actress
Telugu	Tamil
Pooja Hegde – Most Eligible Bachelor Rashmika Mandanna – Pushpa: The Rise Shruti Haasan – Krack Priyamani – Narappa Sai Pallavi – Love Story Pragya Jaiswal – Akhanda	Kangana Ranaut – Thalaivii Nayanthara – Netrikann Lijomol Jose – Jai Bhim Keerthi Pandian – Anbirkiniyal Aishwarya Rajesh – Thittam Irandu
Kannada	Malayalam
Ashika Ranganath – Madhagaja Rashmika Mandanna – Pogaru Rachita Ram – Love You Rachchu Amrutha Iyengar – Badava Rascal Nishvika Naidu – Sakath	Aishwarya Lekshmi – Kaanekkaane Parvathy Thiruvothu – Aarkkariyam Rajisha Vijayan – Love Mamta Mohandas – Bhramam Sobhita Dhulipala – Kurup Nimisha Sajayan – The Great Indian Kitchen
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Telugu	Tamil
Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari – Pushpa: The Rise Rahul Ramakrishna – Jathi Ratnalu Sai Kumar – SR Kalyanamandapam Jagapathi Babu – Maha Samudram Priyadarshi – Jathi Ratnalu	Arvind Swamy – Thalaivii Samuthirakani – Thalaivii Lal – Karnan Mahendran – Master Pasupathy – Sarpatta Parambarai K. Manikandan – Jai Bhim
Kannada	Malayalam
Pramod Panju – Rathnan Prapancha Dhananjaya – Salaga Pramod Shetty – Drishya 2 Gopalkrishna Deshpande – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Nagabhushana N S – Badava Rascal	Baburaj – Joji Sumesh Moor – Kala Chemban Vinod Jose – Churuli Sharaf U Dheen – Aarkkariyam Murali Gopy – Drishyam 2
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Telugu	Tamil
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Krack Ramya Krishna – Republic Nivetha Thomas – Vakeel Saab Poorna – Akhanda Nivetha Pethuraj – Red	Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli – Karnan Rajisha Vijayan – Jai Bhim Anupama Kumar – Sarpatta Parambarai Easwari Rao – Theal Raveena Ravi – Rocky
Kannada	Malayalam
Aarohi Naraya – Drishya 2 Sonu Gowda – Yuvarathnaa Shubharaksha – Roberrt Anusha Rai – Rider Vainidhi Jagadish – Rathnan Prapancha	Unnimaya Prasad – Joji Shelly Kishore – Minnal Murali Manju Pillai – Home Shruti Ramachandran – Kaanekkaane Mamitha Baiju – Kho-Kho
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Telugu	Tamil
Srikanth – Akhanda Vijay Sethupathi – Uppena Samuthirakani – Krack Sunil – Pushpa: The Rise Siddharth – Maha Samudram	S. J. Suryah – Maanaadu Vinay Rai – Doctor Vijay Sethupathi – Master Natarajan Subramaniam – Karnan Bharathiraja – Rocky Ajmal Ameer – Netrikann
Kannada	Malayalam
Pramod Shetty – Hero Yash Shetty – Salaga Dhananjaya – Yuvarathnaa Raj B. Shetty – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Ramachandra Raju – Madhagaja	Guru Somasundaram – Minnal Murali Shine Tom Chacko – Kurup Jinu Joseph – Bheemante Vazhi Irshad Ali – Wolf Dileesh Pothan – Malik
Best Comedian
Telugu	Tamil
Sudarshan – Ek Mini Katha Saptagiri – Varudu Kaavalenu Getup Srinu – Zombie Reddy Vennela Kishore – Rang De Ajay Ghosh – Manchi Rojulochaie	Redin Kingsley and Deepa Shankar – Doctor Soori – Annaatthe Munishkanth – Bachelor Yogi Babu – Aranmanai 3
Kannada	Malayalam
Chikkanna – Pogaru Rangayana Raghu – Badava Rascal P. Ravi Shankar – Kotigobba 3 Sadhu Kokila – Sakath Raju Talikote – 100	Naslen K. Gafoor – Home Aju Varghese – Minnal Murali Basil Joseph – Jan.E.Man Vinay Forrt – Mohan Kumar Fans Johny Antony – Home

Debut awards

Best Debut Actor
Telugu	Tamil
Vaisshnav Tej – Uppena Pradeep Machiraju – 30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela Teja Sajja – Zombie Reddy Satya – Vivaha Bhojanambu Vikas Vasistha – Cinema Bandi	Subash Selvam – Thittam Irandu Rasu Ranjith – Theethum Nandrum Vatsan M. Natarajan – Kayamai Kadakka Kutty Mani – Methagu Vasanth Selvam – Kadaseela Biriyani
Kannada	Malayalam
Nagabhushana N S – Ikkat Govinde Gowda – Akshi Aryan Gowda – Vikky Madan Kumar – Janumada Jatre	Sanal Aman – Malik Dineesh P – Nayattu Joji Mundakayam – Joji Jay J Jakkrit – Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea Alex Alister – Joji
Best Debut Actress
Telugu	Tamil
Krithi Shetty – Uppena Sreeleela – Pelli SandaD Faria Abdullah – Jathi Ratnalu Sandhya Raju – Natyam Meenakshi Chaudhary – Ichata Vahanamulu Niluparadu	Priyanka Mohan – Doctor Dushara Vijayan – Sarpatta Parambarai Malavika Mohanan – Master Abarnathi – Thaen Rajisha Vijayan – Karnan
Kannada	Malayalam
Sharanya Shetty – 1980 Dhanya Ramkuma – Ninna Sanihake Asha Bhat – Roberrt Bhoomi Shetty – Ikkat Ganavi Laxman – Hero	Anagha Narayanan – Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Gopika Udayan – Kunjeldho Yama Gilgamesh – Nayattu Ajisha Prabhakaran – Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Femina George – Minnal Murali
Best Debut Director
Telugu	Tamil
Buchi Babu – Uppena Vijay Kanakamedala – Naandhi Hasith Goli – Raja Raja Chora Sridhar Gade – SR Kalyanamandapam Praveen Kandregula – Cinema Bandi	Madonne Ashwin – Mandela Arun Matheshwaran – Rocky Nishanth Kalidindi – Kadaseela Biriyani Franklin Jacob – Writer Sathish Selvakumar – Bachelor
Kannada	Malayalam
Guru Shankar – Badava Rascal Aravind Kuplikar – Puksatte Lifu Duniya Vijay – Salaga Suraj Gowda – Ninna Sanihake Shankar Raj – Love You Rachchu	Kavya Prakash – Vaanku Sanu Varghese – Aarkkariyam Tharun Moorthy – Operation Java Jeeva K J – Richter Scale 7.6 Chidambaram S Poduval – Jan.E.Man
Best Debut Producer
Telugu	Tamil
Satish Varma (SV2 Entertainment) – Naandhi Venkat Boyanapalli (Niharika Entertainment) – Shyam Singha Roy Raj Sekhar Varma (Apple Trees Studios) – Zombie Reddy Pramod, Raju (Elite Entertainments) – SR Kalyanamandapam Ramesh Karutoori, Venki Pushadapu, Gnana Shekar V.S (Kria Film Corp, Kali Productions) – Gamanam	RA Studios – Rocky Abbudu Studios – Kamali from Nadukkaveri AP Productions – Thaen Ekka Entertainments – Lift Rowdy Pictures – Pebbles (Koozhangal)
Kannada	Malayalam
KRG Studios – Rathnan Prapancha Daali Pictures – Badava Rascal Kalaadegula Studio – Akshi White and Grey Pictures – Ninna Sanihake Lia Global Media – Groufie	Friendly Productions – Vellam Cheers Entertainment – Jan.E.Man Nationwide Pictures – Thirike Zsazsa Productions – Aaha Mankind Cinemas & Symmetry Cinemas – The Great Indian Kitchen

Music

Best Music Director
Telugu	Tamil
Devi Sri Prasad – Pushpa: The Rise Thaman S – Akhanda Pawan Ch – Love Story Gopi Sundar – Most Eligible Bachelor Radhan – Jathi Ratnalu	Santhosh Narayanan – Karnan Yuvan Shankar Raja – Maanaadu Anirudh Ravichander – Master G. V. Prakash Kumar – Thalaivii Ghibran – Maara
Kannada	Malayalam
Arjun Janya – Roberrt Raghu Dixit – Ninna Sanihake Thaman S – Yuvarathnaa Vasuki Vaibhav – Badava Rascal Midhun Mukundan – Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana	Bijibal – Vellam Sushin Shyam – Kurup Ronnie Raphael – Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea Ranjin Raj – Kaanekkaane Hesham Abdul Wahab & Govind Vasantha – Madhuram
Best Lyricist
Telugu	Tamil
Chandrabose – "Srivalli" from Pushpa: The Rise Mittapalli Surender – "Nee Chitram Choosi" from Love Story Sri Mani – "Leharaayi" from Most Eligible Bachelor Ramajogayya Sastry – "Maguva Maguva" from Vakeel Saab Kalyan Chakravarthy – "Amma Song" from Akhanda	Karthik Netha – "Idhuvum Kadandhu" – Netrikann Madhan Karky – "En Iniya Thanimaiye" – Teddy Thamarai – "Yaar Azhaipadhu" – Maara Arun Prabhu Purushothaman – "Inba Visai" – Vaazhl Yugabharathi – "Saare Kaathe" from Annaatthe
Kannada	Malayalam
Vasuki Vaibhav – "Ninna Sanihake" from Ninna Sanihake Rohit Padaki – "Alemaariye" from Rathnan Prapancha Yogaraj Bhat – "Kannu Hodiyaka" from Roberrt K. Kalyan – "Nee Sigoovaregu" from Bhajarangi 2 Mathews Manu – "Haayagide" from Tom & Jerry	Muhsin Parari – "Oruthi" from Bheemante Vazhi Anwar Ali – "Pakaliravukal" from Kurup Manu Manjith – "Uyire" from Minnal Murali Nidheesh Naderi – "Akashamayavale" from Vellam Vinayak Shashikumar – "Paalnilaavin" from Kaanekkaane
Best Male Playback Singer
Telugu	Tamil
Ram Miriyala – "Chitti" from Jathi Ratnalu Sid Sriram – "Srivalli" from Pushpa: The Rise Anurag Kulkarni – "Nee Chitram Choosi" from Love Story Javed Ali, Sreekanth Chandra – "Nee Kannu Neeli Samudram" from Uppena Penchal Das – "Bhalegundi Baalaa" from Sreekaram	Kapil Kabilan – "Adiye" from Bachelor Sid Sriram – "Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum" from Netrikann Pradeep Kumar – "Naan" from Vaazhl S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Annathe Annathe" from Annaatthe Anirudh Ravichander – "Chellamma" from Doctor
Kannada	Malayalam
Armaan Malik, Thaman S – "Neenade Naa" from Yuvarathnaa Chandan Shetty – "Karabu" from Pogaru Vijay Prakash – "Pataki Poriyo" from Kotigobba 3 Shankar Mahadevan – "Jai Sriram" from Roberrt Sid Sriram – "Hayagide" from Tom and Jerry	Mithun Jayaraj – "Uyire" from Minnal Murali K. S. Harisankar – "Kaamini" from Anugraheethan Antony Shahabaz Aman – "Akashamayavale" from Vellam Pradeep Kumar – "Nee Parimitha Neram" from Madhuram M. G. Sreekumar – "Ilaveyil" from Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea
Best Female Playback Singer
Telugu	Tamil
Geetha Madhuri – "Jai Balayya" from Akhanda Mangli – "Saranga Dariya" from Love Story Mounika Yadav – "Saami Saami" from Pushpa: The Rise Indravathi Chauhan – "Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava" from Pushpa: The Rise Shreya Ghoshal – "Jala Jala Jalapaatham Nuvvu" from Uppena	Dhee – "Uttradheenga Yeppov" from Karnan Sri Vardhini, Aditi, Satya Yamini, Roshni & Tejaswini – "Tum Tum" from Enemy Jonita Gandhi – "Chellamma" from Doctor Padmalatha – "Theeranadhi" from Maara Shreya Ghoshal – "Saara Kaathe" from Annaatthe
Kannada	Malayalam
Chaithra J Achar – "Sojugada Soojumallige" from Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana Ramya Behara – "Oorigobba Raja" from Yuvarathnaa Rakshitha Suresh – "Nee Parichaya" from Ninna Sanihake Shreya Ghoshal – "Kannu Hodiyaka" from Roberrt Anuradha Bhat – "Pataki Poriyo" from Kotigobba 3	Sujatha Mohan – "Neelambale" from The Priest Sithara Krishnakumar – "Palnilavin Poykayil" from Kaanekkaane Shweta Mohan – "Mayakondu" from Chathur Mukham Neha Nair – "Pakaliravukal" from Kurup K. S. Chithra – "Theerame" from Malik

Critics' choice awards

Telugu cinema

• Best Actor – Naveen Polishetty – Jathi Ratnalu
• Best Actor – Pooja Hegde – Most Eligible Bachelor

Tamil cinema

• Best Actor – Arya – Sarpatta Parambarai
• Best Actor – Aishwarya Rajesh – Thittam Irandu

Kannada cinema

• Best Actress – Amrutha Iyengar – Badava Rascal

Malayalam cinema

• Best Actor – Biju Menon – Aarkkariyam
• Best Actor – Nimisha Sajayan – The Great Indian Kitchen

Special awards

• Special Jury Award for Best Production Design – S. Rama Krishna and Monika Niggotre S. – Pushpa: The Rise, Uppena and Thalaivii
• Most Promising Newcomer (Male) – Teja Sajja – Zombie Reddy
• Most Promising Newcomer (Female) – Sreeleela – Pelli SandaD
• Youth Icon South (Male) – Vijay Deverakonda
• Youth Icon South (Female) – Pooja Hegde
• Most Popular Hindi actor in South India – Ranveer Singh
• Special Appreciation Movie – Omkaar Movies – Kannadiga
• Sensation of Kannada cinema – Dhananjaya
• Original Pan Indian Superstar – Kamal Haasan
• Outstanding Performance of the Year – Yogi Babu – Mandela
• Decade of Excellence in South Indian Cinema – Hansika Motwani
• Entertainer of the Year (Male) – Nandamuri Balakrishna – Akhanda
• Entertainer of the Year (Female) – Sai Pallavi – Love Story and Shyam Singha Roy

Superlatives

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
12	Pushpa: The Rise
10	Akhanda
	Karnan
	Minnal Murali
	Roberrt
9	Doctor
8	Jathi Ratnalu
	Uppena
	Kurup
	Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
7	Master
	Thalaivii
	Badava Rascal
6	Malik
	Joji
	Yuvarathnaa
5	Love Story
	Krack
	Salaga
	Rathnan Prapancha
	Ninna Sanihake
4	Kotigobba 3
	Zombie Reddy
	Bhajarangi 2
	Salaga
3	Krack
	Shyam Singha Roy
	Most Eligible Bachelor
	SR Kalyanamandapam
	Naandhi
	Madhagaja
	Sakath
	Pogaru
2	Narappa
	Maha Samudram
	Vakeel Saab
	Cinema Bandi
	Love You Rachchu
	Drishya 2
	Hero
	Akshi
	Ikkat
	Tom & Jerry

Films with multiple awards

Awards	Film
8	Pushpa: The Rise
4	Minnal Murali
	Akhanda
	Uppena
3	Roberrt
2	Badava Rascal
	Jathi Ratnalu
	Joji
	Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana
	Malik
	Yuvarathnaa
	Vellam
	Thittam Irandu
	Sarpatta Parambarai

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Award	Presenter
Best Cinematographer – Telugu	Shubra Aiyappa Maheswari
Best Lyricist – Telugu	Mannara Chopra
Best Supporting Actress – Telugu	Bindu Madhavi
Best Debut Director – Telugu	Vivek Agnihotri
Best Debut Producer – Telugu	Sudheer Babu Ritika Singh
Youth Icon South (Male)	Shiva Rajkumar
Youth Icon South (Female)	Sreemukhi
Best Director – Telugu	Allu Arjun Rockline Venkatesh
Best Film – Telugu	Dhananjaya
Most Promising Newcomer (Male)	Rhea Chakraborty
Best Actress – Telugu	Sumalatha
Best Male Playback Singer– Kannada	Deepak
Best Actress – Kannada	Sumalatha
Critics Choice Best Actress – Kannada
Best Supporting Actor– Kannada	Bindu Madhavi
Best Actor in a Negative Role – Kannada	Sushanth
Most Popular Hindi actor in South India	Sukumar
Best Comedian – Kannada	Dhananjaya
Best Debut Actress – Kannada	Shalini Pandey
Best Director – Kannada	Rockline Venkatesh
Sensation of Kannada cinema
Special Appreciation Award	Allu Aravind
Best Film – Kannada

Performers

Name	Work
Usha Uthup	Singing
Siddhu Jonnalagadda	Dance
Bindu Madhavi
Faria Abdullah
Hansika Motwani
Sreeleela
Nidhhi Agerwal

Notes

1. Awarded posthumously.^[6]

References

1. "Allu Arjun's Pushpa: The Rise Leads SIIMA Nominations; Check Full List Here". News18. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
2. "SIIMA 2021 nominations: Allu Arjun's Pushpa, Dhanush's Karnan, Tovino Thomas' Minnal Murali lead the race". The Indian Express. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
3. "SIIMA 2022: Pushpa wins big, Allu Arjun is best actor". The Economic Times. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022. Awards for Tamil and Malayalam films will be distributed on Sunday evening.
4. "Team 'Pushpa' wins big in 'SIIMA 2022' Winners list". The Times of India. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
5. Hymavathi, Ravali (11 September 2022). "SIIMA Awards 2022: Check Out The Complete List Of Tollywood Winners…". The Hans India. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
6. "SIIMA 2022 Honours Late Puneeth Rajkumar With Best Actor Award". News18. 13 September 2022.

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