7th South Indian International Movie Awards

The 7th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held in Dubai on 14 and 15 September 2018.^[1] It aims to recognize notable films and performances from the past year in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.^[2] The nomination list for the main awards was announced in June 2017.^[3]

7th South Indian International Movie Awards
Date	14 – 15 September 2018
Site	Bollywood Parks, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hosted by	Rahul Ramakrishna, Priyadarshi Pulikonda, Sreemukhi
Produced by	Vibri Media Group
Organized by	Vibri Media Group
Highlights
Best Picture	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (Telugu) Raajakumara (Kannada) Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (Malayalam)
Most awards	Vikram Vedha (Tamil) Baahubali 2: The Conclusion — 7
Television coverage
Channel	Gemini TV (Telugu), Sun TV (Tamil), Surya TV (Malayalam), Udaya TV(Kannada)
Network	Sun TV Network
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Honorary awards

• P. Suseela (Lifetime Achievement Award)^{[citation needed]}

Other Awards

• SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer – K. K. Senthil Kumar (Baahubali 2: The Conclusion)^{[citation needed]}

Main awards winners and nominees

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Film

Best Film
Tamil	Telugu
Vikram Vedha – S. Sashikanth Aramm – Kotapadi Ramesh Aruvi – S. R. Prabhu Mersal – N. Ramasamy Theeran Adhigaram Ondru – S. R. Prabhu	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion – Shobu Yarlagadda Fidaa – Dil Raju Gautamiputra Satakarni – Y. Rajeev Reddy Ghazi – K. Anvesh Reddy, Prasad V. Potluri Sathamanam Bhavati – Dil Raju
Kannada	Malayalam
Raajakumara – Vijay Kiragandur Bharjari – R. Srinivas Chamak – T. R. Chandrashekar Chowka – Dwarakish Chitra Ondu Motteya Kathe – Suhan Prasad	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum – Sandip Senan Angamaly Diaries – Vijay Babu Mayanadhi – Aashiq Abu Parava – Anwar Rasheed Take Off – Anto Joseph
SIIMA Award for Best Director
Tamil	Telugu
Atlee – Mersal Arun Prabhu Purushothaman – Aruvi Gopi Nainar – Aramm H. Vinoth – Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru Pushkar-Gayathri – Vikram Vedha	S. S. Rajamouli – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Krish – Gautamiputra Satakarni Sandeep Reddy Vanga – Arjun Reddy Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi Satish Vegesna – Sathamanam Bhavati
Kannada	Malayalam
Santhosh Ananddram – Raajakumara Chethan Kumar– Bharjari P. C. Shekhar – Raaga Prakash Jayaram – Taarak Suni – Chamak	Dileesh Pothan – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Aashiq Abu – Mayanadhi Lijo Jose Pellissery – Angamaly Diaries Mahesh Narayan – Take Off Soubin Shahir- Parava

Acting

Best Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Sivakarthikeyan – Velaikkaran Karthi – Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru Vishal – Thupparivaalan Vijay – Mersal Vijay Sethupathi – Vikram Vedha	Prabhas – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Nandamuri Balakrishna – Gautamiputra Satakarni NTR Jr. – Jai Lava Kusa Rana Daggubati – Nene Raju Nene Mantri Vijay Devarakonda - Arjun Reddy
Kannada	Malayalam
Puneeth Rajkumar– Raajakumara Dhruva Sarja – Bharjari Ganesh – Chamak Shiva Rajkumar – Mufti Sri Murali – Mufti	Nivin Pauly – Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela Nivin Pauly – Sakhavu Fahadh Faasil – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Mammootty – The Great Father Tovino Thomas – Mayanadhi
Best Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Nayanthara – Aramm Aditi Balan – Aruvi Andrea Jeremiah – Taramani Jyothika – Magalir Mattum Nithya Menen – Mersal	Kajal Aggarwal – Nene Raju Nene Mantri Anushka Shetty – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Rakul Preet Singh – Jaya Janaki Nayaka Sai Pallavi – Fidaa
Kannada	Malayalam
Shanvi Srivastava – Taarak Nivedhitha – Shuddhi Rashmika Mandanna – Chamak Shraddha Srinath – Operation Alamelamma Shruti Hariharan – Beautiful Manasugalu	Parvathy – Take Off Aishwarya Lekshmi– Mayanadhi Manju Warrier – Udaharanam Sujatha Nimisha Sajayan – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Anu Sithara – Ramante Edanthottam
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
M. S. Bhaskar – 8 Thottakkal Bharathiraja – Kurangu Bommai Bobby Simha – Thiruttu Payale 2 Vikranth – Thondan Vivek Prasanna – Meyaadha Maan	Aadhi Pinisetty – Ninnu Kori Kay Kay Menon – Ghazi Prakash Raj – Sathamanam Bhavati Sathyaraj – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Sree Vishnu – Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi
Kannada	Malayalam
Kashinath – Chowka Diganth – Happy New Year P. Ravishankar – College Kumar Rajesh Nataranga – Operation Alamelamma Suraj Gowda – Siliconn City	Shane Nigam – Parava Suraj Venjaramoodu – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Joju George – Ramante Edanthottam Kunchacko Boban – Take Off Mukesh – Jomonte Suvisheshangal
SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Sshivada – Adhe Kangal Anjali Varathan – Aruvi Indhuja Ravichandran – Meyaadha Maan Sneha – Velaikkaran Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Vikram Vedha/ Nibunan	Bhoomika Chawla – Middle Class Abbayi Hema Malini – Gautamiputra Satakarni Jayasudha – Sathamanam Bhavati Radhika Sarathkumar – Raja The Great Ramya Krishna – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
Kannada	Malayalam
Aruna Balraj – Operation Alamelamma Bhavana Rao – Satya Harischandra Harshika Poonacha – Upendra Matte Baa Saanika – Saheba Samyukta Hornad – Dayavittu Gamanisi	Asha Sarath – Sunday Holiday Amala Akkineni – C/O Saira Banu Chandini Sreedharan – CIA Mamta Mohandas – Udaharanam Sujatha Shanthi Krishna – Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role
Tamil	Telugu
S. J. Surya – Mersal / Spyder Arvind Swamy – Bogan Fahadh Faasil – Velaikkaran Prasanna – Thiruttu Payale 2 Vivek Oberoi – Vivegam	Rana Daggubati – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Arjun Sarja – LIE Rao Ramesh – Duvvada Jagannadham Tarun Arora – Khaidi No. 150 Vijay Varma – Middle Class Abbayi
Kannada	Malayalam
Ashish Vidyarthi – Pataki Apeksha Purohit – Kaafi Thota P. Ravishankar – Hebbuli Prakash Raj – Raajakumara Shawar Ali – Chakravarthy	Appani Sarath – Angamaly Diaries Chemban Vinod Jose – Velipadinte Pusthakam Murali Gopy – Kaattu Soubin Shahir – Parava Unni Mukundan – Masterpiece
SIIMA Award for Best Comedian
Tamil	Telugu
Soori – Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae Anandaraj – Maragadha Naanayam RJ Balaji – Ivan Thanthiran Robo Shankar – Velaikkaran Yogi Babu – Mersal	Rahul Ramakrishna – Arjun Reddy Praveen – Sathamanam Bhavati Prudhvi Raj – PSV Garuda Vega Shakalaka Shankar – Anando Brahma Srinivas Reddy – Anando Brahma / Raja The Great
Kannada	Malayalam
Chikkanna – Raajakumara Kuri Prathap – Melkote Manja Sadhu Kokila – Chamak Saikumar – Happy New Year Vijay Chendur – Pataki	Aju Varghese – Godha Dharmajan – Punyalan Private Limited Hareesh Perumanna – Rakshadhikari Baiju Oppu Jacob Gregory – Jomonte Suvisheshangal Saiju Kurup – Aadu 2

Debut awards

SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Vasanth Ravi – Taramani Hiphop Tamizha – Meesaya Murukku Vetri – 8 Thottakkal	Ishaan – Rogue Aashish Raj – Aakatayi Ganta Ravi – Jayadev Rakshit – London Babulu Vishwak Sen – Vellipomakey
Kannada	Malayalam
Rishi – Operation Alamelamma Ishaan – Rogue Manoranjan – Saheba Mithra – Raaga Raj B. Shetty – Ondu Motteya Kathe	Antony Varghese – Angamaly Diaries Amal Shah – Parava Arjun Asokan – Parava Askar Ali – Honey Bee 2.5 Sarath Appani – Angamaly Diaries
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Aditi Rao Hydari – Kaatru Veliyidai Aditi Balan – Aruvi Priya Bhavani Shankar – Meyaadha Maan Sayyeshaa Saigal – Vanamagan Shraddha Srinath – Vikram Vedha	Kalyani Priyadarshan – Hello Aakanksha Singh – Malli Raava Megha Akash – LIE Nivetha Pethuraj – Mental Madhilo Shalini Pandey – Arjun Reddy
Kannada	Malayalam
Ekta Rathod – Siliconn City Aditi Prabhudeva – Dhairyam Divya Uruduga – Huliraaya Kavitha Gowda – Srinivasa Kalyana Vaibhavi Shandilya – Raj Vishnu	Nimisha Sajayan – 'Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum' Aishwarya Lekshmi – Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela Reshma Anna Rajan – Angamaly Diaries Santhy Balachandran – Tharangam Wamiqa Gabbi – Godha
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director
Tamil	Telugu
Arun Prabhu Purushothaman – Aruvi Dhanush – Pa Paandi Gopi Nainar – Aramm Lokesh Kanagaraj – Maanagaram Rajkumar Periaswamy – Rangoon	Sandeep Vanga – Arjun Reddy Mahi V. Raghav – Anando Brahma Prabhakar Podakandla – Next Nuvve Sankalp Reddy – Ghazi Vivek Athreya – Mental Madhilo
Kannada	Malayalam
Tharun Sudhir – Chowka Adarsh Eshwarappa – Shuddhi Pannaga Bharana – Happy New Year Raj B. Shetty – Ondu Motteya Kathe Ravi Basrur – Kataka	Mahesh Narayan – Take Off Arun Gopy – Ramaleela Haneef Adeni – The Great Father Jay K – Ezra Soubin Shahir – Parava

Music

SIIMA Award for Best Music Director
Tamil	Telugu
A. R. Rahman – Kaatru Veliyidai / Mersal Anirudh Ravichander – Velaikkaran/ Vivegam D. Imman – Bogan Hiphop Tamizha – Meesaya Murukku Sam C. S. – Vikram Vedha	M. M. Keeravani – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Devi Sri Prasad – Khaidi No. 150 Gopi Sundar – Ninnu Kori S. S. Thaman – Mahanubhavudu Shakti Kanth – Fidaa
Kannada	Malayalam
V. Harikrishna – Raajakumara Arjun Janya – Chakravarthy Charan Raj – Pushpaka Vimana Judah Sandhy – Chamak Raghu Dixit – Happy New Year	Shaan Rahman – Velipadinte Pusthakam Gopi Sundar – Comrade in America Bijibal – Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Prashant Pillai – Angamaly Diaries Rex Vijayan – Parava
SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist
Tamil	Telugu
Vivek – "Aalaporan Thamizhan" from Mersal Dhanush – "Venpani Malare" from Pa Paandi Madhan Karky – "Azhagiyae" from Kaatru Veliyidai Vairamuthu – "Vaan" from Kaatru Veliyidai Viveka – "Karuthavanlaam" from Velaikkaran	Suddala Ashok Teja – "Vachinde" from Fidaa Chandrabose – "Nuvvele Nuvvele" from Jaya Janaki Nayaka Ramajogayya Sastry – "Nilavade" from Sathamanam Bhavati Siva Shakti Dutta – "Saahore Baahubali" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Sri Mani – "Bramaramba Ki" from Rarandoi Veduka Chudham
Kannada	Malayalam
Santhosh Ananddram – "Bombe Heluthaithe" from Raajakumara Hrudaya Shiva – "Kodeyondara Adiyalli" from Raju Kannada Medium Suvarna Sharma – "Thili Prema" from Urvi V. Nagendra Prasad – "Appa I Love You" from Chowka Yogaraj Bhat – "Ninna Snehadinda" from Mugulu Nage	Manu Manjith – "Aaro Nenjil" from Godha Anwar Ali – "Mizhiyil Ninnum" from Mayanadhi B. K. Harinarayanan – "Njaanum Neeyum" from Theeram Santhosh Varma – "Akaleyoru" from Ramante Edanthottam Vinayak Sasikumar – "Pyar Pyar" from Parava
SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Sid Sriram – "Maacho" from Mersal A. R. Rahman – "Neethane Neethane" from Mersal Anirudh Ravichander – "Yaanji" from Vikram Vedha Haricharan/ Arjun Chandy – "Azhagiye" from Kaatru Veliyidai Hiphop Tamizha/ Sudarshan Ashok – "Kavan" from Oxygen	Kaala Bhairava – "Dandaalayya" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Armaan Malik – "Hello" from Hello Devi Sri Prasad – "Ammadu Lets Do Kummudu" from Khaidi No. 150 Hemachandra – "Oosupodhu" from Fidaa Sid Sriram – "Adiga Adiga" from Ninnu Kori
Kannada	Malayalam
Ravi Basrur – "Chanda Chanda" from Anjani Putra Armaan Malik – "Ondu Malebillu" from Chakravarthy B. J. Bharath – "Beautiful Manasugalu" from Beautiful Manasugalu Sanjith Hegde – "Kush Kush" from Chamak Vijay Prakash – "Bombe Heluthaithe" from Raajakumara	Vineeth Sreenivasan – "Jaanah Meri Jaanah" from Cappucino Arvind Venugopal – "Mazha Paadum" from Sunday Holiday Haricharan – "Lailakame" from Ezra Shahabaz Aman – "Mizhiyil" from Mayanadhi Vijay Yesudas – "Ivalaaro" from Oru Mexican Aparatha
SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Luksimi Sivaneswaralingam – "Senthoora" from Bogan Sakthisree Gopalan – "Yaanji" from Vikram Vedha Shashaa Tirupati – "Vaan" from Kaatru Veliyidai Shreya Ghoshal – "Neethane Neethane" from Mersal Shweta Mohan – "Paarthen" from Pa Paandi	Madhu Priya – "Vacchinde" from Fidaa Geetha Madhuri / M. M. Manasi – "Mahanubhavudu" from Mahanubhavudu Neha Bhasin – "Swing Zara" from Jai Lava Kusa Sony – "Hamsa Naava" from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Uma Neha – "Paisa Vasool" from Paisa Vasool
Kannada	Malayalam
Anuradha Bhat – "Appa I Love You" from Chowka Indu Nagaraj – "Jilkaa Jilkaa" from Pushpaka Vimana Sinchan Dixit – "Indu Ninna Edurali" from Kaafi Thota Shreya Ghoshal – "Ninna Snehadinda" from Mugulu Nage Supriya Lohith – "Are Are Enidu" from Chamak	Gowry Lekshmi – "Aaro Nenjil" from Godha K. S. Chithra – "Nadavathil Thurannilla" from Kambhoji Shweta Mohan – "Ozhukiyozhuki" from Oru Cinemakkaran Soumya Ramakrishnan – "Kannile Poika" from Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Sujatha Mohan – "Neelakasham" from Jomonte Suvisheshangal

Critics' choice

Kollywood

• Best Actor – R. Madhavan – Vikram Vedha
• Best Actress – Aditi Balan – Aruvi

Tollywood

• Best Actor – Venkatesh and Nandamuri Balakrishna – Guru and Gautamiputra Satakarni
• Best Actress – Ritika Singh – Guru

Kannada Cinema

• Best Actor – Sri Murali
• Best Actress – Sruthi Hariharan

Malayalam Cinema

• Best Actor – Fahadh Faasil
• Best Actress – Aishwarya Lekshmi

Special Award

• Best Child Artist – Shlaga Saligrama – Kataka^[6]

Generation Next Awards

Entertainer of the Year

• Rana Daggubati – Baahubali 2: The Conclusion / Ghazi / Nene Raju Nene Mantri
• Style icon of the year – Hansika Motwani