2nd South Indian International Movie Awards

The 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards were presented on September 12–13, 2013 in Sharjah, UAE, to honour the best cinematic achievements of the South Indian film industry in the year 2012. Initially planned for June 20–21, the date was postponed due to "100 years of Indian cinema" jubilee festivities.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Arya, Shriya Saran, Rana Daggubati and Sonu Sood at the Expo Centre Sharjah, while the "Generation Next Awards Night" was hosted a day before by Parvathy Omanakuttan and Ash Chandler. Differing from the 1st SIIMA Awards, technical Awards were presented on the first day as well. Show performances were delivered by Shruthi Haasan, Hansika Motwani, Shriya Saran, Rima Kallingal, Usha Uthup, Pranitha Subhash, Anirudh Ravichander, Ragini Dwivedi, Aindrita Ray, Andrea Jeremiah, Parul Yadav, Remya Nambeesan, Lakshmi Menon, Regina Cassandra and Meera Nandan.

2nd SIIMA Awards
Date	September 12–13, 2013
Site	Expo Centre Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Highlights
Best Picture	Kumki (Tamil) Eega (Telugu) Katariveera Surasundarangi (Kannada) Ustad Hotel (Malayalam)
Most nominations	Gabbar Singh (Telugu)—13 3, Kumki and Thuppakki (Tamil)—10 Anna Bond (Kannada)—10 Spirit (Malayalam)—9
Television coverage
Network	Sun TV Network
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Five new award categories were added for the 2nd SIIMA Awards ceremony: Best Debutant Producer, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Fight Choreographer and Best Dance Choreographer. The organizers also introduced a Critics' Award in all lead actor and actress categories, raising the total sum of handed over awards to 94.

Nominated by a team of veteran professionals the final winners were decided by a public voting system. The most nominations were announced for the Telugu film Gabbar Singh (13), while in Tamil 3, Kumki and Thuppakki started with ten nominations each. Anna Bond (Kannada, 10) and Spirit (Malayalam, 9) were also favourites at the 2nd SIIMA Awards. Overall, 43 films were awarded at least one SIIMA Award. Out of these, Gabbar Singh (6 awards), Addhuri (5), Kumki, Thuppakki (4 each), 3, Eega, Anna Bond, Spirit and Thattathin Marayathu (3 each) were awarded more than two times. For their contributions as leading actresses in South Indian cinema Trisha and Kavya Madhavan were each bestowed with an honorary award.^[2] K. J. Yesudas and Sowcar Janaki were honoured with the SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award.^[3]

Honorary awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

• K. J. Yesudas
• Sowcar Janaki

Special appreciation

• Kavya Madhavan
• Trisha

Main awards

Film

Best Film
Tamil	Telugu
Kumki – N. Subhash Chandra Bose and N. Linguswamy Thuppakki – S. Thanu Sundarapandian – Company productions Pizza – C. V. Kumar Vazhakku Enn 18/9 – N. Subhash Chandra Bose and N. Linguswamy	Eega – Korrapati Ranganatha Sai Gabbar Singh – Bandla Ganesh Ishq – N. Sudheer Reddy, Vikram Gowd Julai – S. Radha Krishna, D.V.V. Danayya Poola Rangadu – R. R. Venkat, Atchi Reddy
Kannada	Malayalam
Katariveera Surasundarangi – Munirathna Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna – Ananda Appugola Anna Bond – Raghavendra Rajkumar Addhuri – CMR Shankar Reddy Drama – Jayanna, Bhogendra	Ustad Hotel – Listin Stephen Ayalum Njanum Thammil – Prem Prakash Spirit – Antony Perumbavoor Ozhimuri – P. N. Venugopal Diamond Necklace – Lal Jose
Best Director
Tamil	Telugu
Balaji Sakthivel – Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Prabhu Solomon – Kumki AR Murugadoss – Thuppakki S. R. Prabhakaran – Sundarapandian K. V. Anand – Maattrraan	Harish Shankar – Gabbar Singh S. S. Rajamouli – Eega Vikram Kumar – Ishq Trivikram Srinivas – Julai Puri Jagannadh – Businessman
Kannada	Malayalam
A. P. Arjun – Addhuri Duniya Soori – Anna Bond Suresh Krishna – Katari Veera Surasundarangi Naganna – Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Yogaraj Bhat – Drama	Lal Jose – Ayalum Njanum Thammil Anwar Rasheed – Ustad Hotel Aashiq Abu – 22 Female Kottayam Vineeth Sreenivasan – Thattathin Marayathu Madhupal – Ozhimuri
Best Cinematographer
Tamil	Telugu
Sukumar – Kumki Vijay Milton – Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Gopi Amarnath – Pizza Balasubramaniem – Neerparavai Premkumar – Sundarapandian	K. K. Senthil Kumar – Eega Shyam K. Naidu – Businessman Jayanan Vincent – Gabbar Singh P. C. Sreeram – Ishq Chota K. Naidu – Dhamarukam
Kannada	Malayalam
Surya S Kiran – Addhuri H. C. Venu – Katari Veera Surasundarangi Ramesh Babu – Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Krishna – Rambo Sathya Hegde – Anna Bond	Sameer Thahir – Diamond Necklace Jomon T. John – Thattathin Marayathu Lokanathan – Ustad Hotel Venu – Spirit Azhagappan – Ozhimuri

Acting

Best Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Dhanush – 3 Vijay Sethupathi – Pizza (Critics Award) Vijay – Thuppakki Vishnu – Neerparavai Suriya – Maattrraan	Pawan Kalyan – Gabbar Singh Rana Daggubati – Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (Critics Award) Mahesh Babu – Businessman Nagarjuna – Shirdi Sai Allu Arjun – Julai Ram Charan – Racha
Kannada	Malayalam
Shivarajkumar – Shiva Upendra – Katariveera Surasundarangi (Critics Award) Darshan – Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Puneeth Rajkumar – Anna Bond Duniya Vijay – Bheema Theeradalli	Mohanlal – Spirit Fahadh Faasil – Diamond Necklace (Critics Award) Prithviraj – Ayalum Njanum Thammil Lal – Ozhimuri Manoj K. Jayan – Ardhanaari
Best Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Hansika Motwani – Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Kajal Aggarwal – Thuppakki (Critics Award) Amala Paul – Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi Shruti Haasan – 3 Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Neethane En Ponvasantham	Shruti Haasan – Gabbar Singh Nayantara – Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (Critics Award) Kajal Aggarwal – Businessman Tamannaah – Racha Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Eega
Kannada	Malayalam
Priyamani – Chaarulatha Ragini Dwivedi – Shiva (Critics Award) Pranitha Subhash – Bheema Theeradalli Ramya – Sidlingu Radhika Pandit – Addhuri	Amala Paul – Run Baby Run Rima Kallingal – 22 Female Kottayam (Critics Award) Kavya Madhavan – Bavuttiyude Namathil Swetha Menon – Ithra Mathram Revathi – Molly Aunty Rocks!
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
R. Madhavan – Vettai Prakash Raj – Dhoni Thambi Ramaiah – Saattai Satyaraj – Nanban Ponvannan – Neerparavai	Rajendra Prasad – Julai Prakash Raj – Dhamarukam Kota Srinivasa Rao – Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Ajay – Ishq Nassar – Businessman
Kannada	Malayalam
Rangayana Raghu – Romeo Ambareesh – Drama Yogi – Yaare Koogadali Doddanna – Katari Veera Surasundarangi Raghu Mukherjee – Dandupalya	Nandhu – Spirit Prathap K. Pothan – Ayalum Njanum Thammil Thilakan † – Ustad Hotel Sunny Wayne – Second Show Thalaivasal Vijay – Karmayogi
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Saranya Ponvannan – Neerparavai Viji Chandrasekhar – Aarohanam Nandita Das – Neerparavai Radhika Apte – Dhoni Urmila Mahanta – Vazhakku Enn 18/9	Saloni – Bodyguard Sindhu Tolani – Ishq Suhasini Maniratnam – Gabbar Singh Amala – Life Is Beautiful Bhanupriya – Dhammu
Kannada	Malayalam
Nidhi Subbaiah – Anna Bond Rekha Vedavyas – Govindaya Namaha Sindhu Lokanath – Drama Umashree – Bheema Theeradalli Malavika Avinash – Munjane	Swetha Menon – Ozhimuri Thesni Khan – Trivandrum Lodge Lena – Ee Adutha Kalathu Samvrutha Sunil – Diamond Necklace Mallika – Ozhimuri
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Tamil	Telugu
Vidyut Jamwal – Thuppakki Narain – Mugamoodi Sachin Khedekar – Maattrraan Sudhanshu Pandey – Billa II Ashutosh Rana – Vettai	Sudeep – Eega Nassar – Dhammu Abhimanyu Singh – Gabbar Singh Sonu Sood – Julai Prakash Raj – Businessman
Kannada	Malayalam
Pooja Gandhi – Dandupalya P. Ravi Shankar– Shakti Ravi Kale – Kalaya Tasmai Namaha Sharath Lohitashwa – Bheema Theeradalli Makarand Deshpande – Dandupalya	Prathap K. Pothan – 22 Female Kottayam Murali Gopy – Ee Adutha Kaalathu Makarand Deshpande – No. 66 Madhura Bus Kishore – Thiruvambadi Thampan Asif Ali – Unnam
Best Comedian
Tamil	Telugu
Thambi Ramaiah – Kumki Santhanam – Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Soori – Sundarapandian Jayaram – Thuppakki VTV Ganesh – Podaa Podi	Sreenu – Gabbar Singh Posani Krishna Murali – Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Bharath – Dhenikaina Ready Brahmanandam – Julai Ali – Ishq
Kannada	Malayalam
Sadhu Kokila – Yaare Koogadali Sathish Ninasam – Drama Komal Kumar – Govindaya Namaha Rangayana Raghu – Shiva Tabla Nani – Rambo	Suraj Venjaramood – Mr. Marumakan Biju Menon – Ordinary Baburaj – Mayamohini Salim Kumar – Ayalum Njanum Thammil Manoj K. Jayan – Mallu Singh

Music

Best Music Director
Tamil	Telugu
Harris Jayaraj – Thuppakki Vijay Antony – Naan D. Imman – Kumki Anirudh Ravichander – 3 Ilaiyaraaja – Neethane En Ponvasantham	Devi Sri Prasad – Gabbar Singh Devi Sri Prasad – Julai M. M. Keeravani – Eega S. Thaman – Businessman Mani Sharma – Racha
Kannada	Malayalam
Arjun Janya – Romeo V. Harikrishna – Anna Bond Gurukiran – Govindaya Namaha A. R. Rahman – Godfather Anoop Seelin – Sidlingu	Shaan Rahman – Thattathin Marayathu Gopi Sundar – Ustad Hotel Ouseppachan – Ayalum Njanum Thammil Shahabaz Aman – Spirit Vidyasagar – Diamond Necklace
Best Lyricist
Tamil	Telugu
Dhanush – "Kannazhaga" from 3 Na. Muthukumar – "Oru Paathi" from Thaandavam Vairamuthu – "Para Para" from Neerparavai Yugabharathi – "Sollitaley" from Kumki Madhan Karky – "Aska Laska" from Nanban	Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar – "Sir Osthara" from Businessman Vanamali – "Amma Ani Kothaga" from Life Is Beautiful Devi Sri Prasad – "O Madhu" from Julai Ramajogayya Sastry – "Ga Ee Ga Ee Ga Ee" from Eega Sirivennela Sitaramasastri – "Jaruguthunnaadi" from Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum
Kannada	Malayalam
A. P. Arjun – "Ammate" from Addhuri Jayant Kaikini – "Yenendu Hesaridali" from Anna Bond Pawan Wadeyar – "Pyarge Agbittaite" from Govindaya Namaha Kaviraj – "Nee Odi Bandaga" from Shiva Yogaraj Bhat – "Bombe Aadsonu" from Drama	Anu Elizabeth Jose – "Muthuchippi Poloru" from Thattathin Marayathu Kaithapram – "Rajagopuram" from Puthiya Theerangal Kavalam Narayana Panicker – "Andalonde" from Ivan Megharoopan Sarath Vayalar – "Azhalinte" from Ayalum Njanum Thammil Rafeeq Ahammed – "Mazha Kondu" from Spirit
Best Male Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Dhanush – "Why This Kolaveri Di" from 3 Haricharan – "Ayyayayo" from Kumki Mohit Chauhan – "Po Nee Po" from 3 Vijay – "Google Google" from Thuppakki G. V. Prakash Kumar – "Para Para" from Neerparavai	S. Thaman – "Sir Osthara" from Businessman Adnan Sami – "O Madhu" from Julai Shankar Mahadevan – "Akasam Ammayaithe" from Gabbar Singh S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Jaruguthunnaadi" from Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Vedala Hemachandra – "Oka Padam" from Racha
Kannada	Malayalam
V. Harikrishna – "Tumba Nodbedi" from Anna Bond Tippu – "Boni Aagada" from Anna Bond Baba Sehgal – "Nee Odi Bandaga" from Shiva Vijay Prakash – "Thund Haikla Sahavasa" from Drama Arjun Janya – "Mane Tanka Bare" from Rambo	Vijay Yesudas – "Mazha Kondu" from Spirit Mohanlal – "Attumanal" from Run Baby Run K. J. Yesudas – "Ee Chillayil" from Spirit Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Anuragathin" from Thattathin Marayathu Haricharan – "Mizhikalum" from Padmasree Bharat Dr. Saroj Kumar
Best Female Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Saindhavi – "Uyirin Uyire" from Thaandavam Shruti Haasan – "Kannazhaga" from 3 Shreya Ghoshal – "Solittaley" from Kumki Shreya Ghoshal – "Vilayatta Padagotty" from Dhoni Shreya Ghoshal – "Chinna Kanniley" from Dhoni'' Shweta Mohan – "Nee Partha Vizhigal" from 3	Geetha Madhuri – "Melikalu" from Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu Shreya Ghoshal – "Sai Andri Nanu Sai Antira" from Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Mamta Sharma – "Kevvu Keka" from Gabbar Singh Malathi – "Orinayano" from Rebel Suchitra – "Sir Osthara" from Businessman
Kannada	Malayalam
Vani Harikrishna – "Mussanje Veleli" from Addhuri Indu Nagaraj – "Pyarge Aagbittaite" from Govindaya Namaha Anuradha Bhat – "Ellelo Oduva" from Sidlingu Shreya Ghoshal – "Gamanava" from Chingari Mamta Sharma – "Hello 123" from Yaare Koogadali	Remya Nambeesan – "Andalonde" from Ivan Megharoopan Shweta Mohan – "Shyam Hare" from Arike Shreya Ghoshal – "Nilave Nilave" from Chattakkari Mamta Mohandas – "Iravil Viriyum" from Arike Anna Katharina Valayil – "Appangalembadum" from Ustad Hotel

Choreography

Best Fight Choreographer
Tamil	Telugu
Kecha – Thuppakki Peter Hein – Maattrraan Manohar Varma – Thaandavam Silva – Vettai Anal Arasu – Thadaiyara Thaakka	Ram Lakshman – Gabbar Singh Ram Lakshman – Dhammu Peter Hein – Julai Vijay – Businessman Ram Lakshman – Rebel
Kannada	Malayalam
Ravi Verma – Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Different Danny – Shakti Thriller Manju – Lady Boss Palaniraj – AK 56 Kaurava Venkatesh – Sankranthi	Kanal Kannan – Mallu Singh Al Ameen – Casanovva Anal Arasu – Bachelor Party Kanal Kannan – The King & the Commissioner Mafia Sasi – The Hitlist
Best Dance Choreographer
Tamil	Telugu
Gayathri Raguram – "Nila Nila" from Aravaan Dinesh – "Vena Macha" from Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Shobhi – "Google Google" from Thuppakki Noble – "Ayyayyayyo" from Kumki Brinda – "Rettai Kathire" from Maattrraan	Sekhar – "Julai" from Julai Ganesh – "Dekho Dekho Gabbar Singh" from Gabbar Singh Raghava Lawrence – "Orinayano" from Rebel Dhinesh – "Dhammu Dhammu" from Dhammu Shobi – "Vaana Vaana" from Racha
Kannada	Malayalam
Imran Sardhariya – "Tumba Nodbedi" from Anna Bond Harsha – "Ah Ammate" from Addhuri Murali – "Pyarge Aagbittaite" from Govindaya Namaha Shivshankar – "Sarigama Sangamave" from Godfather Imran Sardhariya – "Mane Tanka Baare" from Rambo	Brinda – "Aatumanal Payayil" from Run Baby Run Dinesh – "Vijanasurabhi" from Bachelor Party Shankar – "Appangalembadum" from Ustad Hotel Shobi Paulraj – "Cham Cham" from Mallu Singh Gayathri Raguram – "Pathirayo Pakalai" from Bachelor Party

Debutant awards

Best Debutant Producer
Tamil	Telugu
C. V. Kumar – Attakathi Pandiraj – Marina Dhanush – 3 Vijay Antony – Naan V. S. Rajkumar – Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom	Maruthi – Ee Rojullo Mahesh Reddy, Girish Reddy – Shirdi Sai Korrapati Ranganatha Sai – Eega Vikram Raju – Siva Manasulo Sruthi Siddharth, Sasikanth Sivaji, Nirav Shah – Love Failure
Kannada	Malayalam
K. A. Suresh – Govindaya Namaha Ananda Appugola – Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna Atlanta Nagendra, Sharan – Rambo Girish Prashanth – Dandupalya Ram Narayan – Kalpana	Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Ronnie Screwala – Grandmaster Rajeev Nair – Ordinary P. V. Pradeep – Diamond Necklace Santra and Thomas Joseph – Friday O. G. Sunil – 22 Female Kottayam
Best Debutant Director
Tamil	Telugu
Karthik Subbaraj – Pizza S. R. Prabhakaran – Sundarapandian Balaji Tharaneetharan – Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom Aishwarya R. Dhanush – 3 Balaji Mohan – Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi	Maruthi – Ee Rojullo Tanikella Bharani – Midhunam Balaji Mohan – Love Failure Ohmkar – Genius Kranthi Madhav – Onamalu
Kannada	Malayalam
Pavan Wadeyar – Govindaya Namaha Anil Kumar – Shakti M. S. Srinath – Rambo Jaggesh – Guru Santhu – Alemari	Sugeeth – Ordinary Srinath Rajendran – Second Show Anjali Menon – Manjadikuru P. Balachandran – Ivan Megharoopan Lijin Jose – Friday
Best Male Debutant
Tamil	Telugu
Vikram Prabhu – Kumki Sivakarthikeyan – Manam Kothi Paravai Udhayanidhi Stalin – Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Vijay Antony – Naan Dinesh – Attakathi	Sudheer Babu – Siva Manasulo Sruthi Rahul Ravindran – Andala Rakshasi Naveen Chandra – Andala Rakshasi Sumanth Ashwin – Tuneega Tuneega Prince Cecil – Neeku Naaku Dash Dash
Kannada	Malayalam
Dhruva Sarja – Addhuri Surya – Crazy Loka Sharan – Rambo Nithin – Hosa Prema Purana Gurunandan – Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam	Dulquer Salmaan – Second Show Sunny Wayne – Second Show Shankar Ramakrishnan – Spirit Anu Mohan – Orkut Oru Ormakoot Sekhar Menon – Da Thadiya
Best Female Debutant
Tamil	Telugu
Lakshmi Menon – Sundarapandian Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Podaa Podi Manasi Parekh – Leelai Urmila Mahanta – Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Pooja Hegde – Mugamoodi	Regina Cassandra – Siva Manasulo Sruthi Lavanya Tripathi – Andala Rakshasi Reshma Rathore – Ee Rojullo Gurshagun Kaur Sachdeva – Life Is Beautiful Monal Gajjar – Sudigadu
Kannada	Malayalam
Parul Yadav – Govindaya Namaha Manjari Phadnis – Munjane Rashmi Gautham – Guru Deepika Kamaiah – Chingari Nikesha Patel – Narasimha	Isha Talwar – Thattathin Marayathu Namitha Pramod – Puthiya Theerangal Gauthami Nair – Diamond Necklace Anusree – Diamond Necklace Shritha Sivadas – Ordinary

Generation Next Awards

• Pride of South Indian Cinema – Asin
• Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema – Kajal Aggarwal
• Stylish Actress of South Indian Cinema – Shruti Haasan
• Rising Star of South Indian Cinema (female) – Nitya Menen
• Rising Star of South Indian Cinema (male) – Nivin Pauly
• Romantic Star of South Indian Cinema – Diganth
• Sensational Music Director – Anirudh
• Sensational Debut of the Year – Udhayanidhi Stalin
• Sensation Innovative Marketing – 3

References

1. "SIIMA in Sharjah postponed to September". Gulf News. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
2. "Trisha - 10 years of excellence". Behindwoods. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
3. Sudish Kamath. "Stars in Sharjah". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

External links

• 2nd SIIMA (2013) at IMDb