10th South Indian International Movie Awards

10th SIIMA Awards
10th SIIMA Awards
	Shobana, Best Actress Malayalam at SIIMA Awards 2021
Awarded for	Excellence in South Indian cinema and Music
Announced on	Nominations: 16 August 2021
Presented on	19 September 2021
Date	19 September 2021
Site	Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC), Hyderabad
Organized by	Vibri Media Group
Highlights
Best Film	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (Telugu); Soorarai Pottru (Tamil); Love Mocktail (Kannada); Ayyappanum Koshiyum (Malayalam);
Lifetime achievement	K. Viswanath
Most awards	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (Telugu) – 10
Most nominations	Soorarai Pottru (Tamil) – 14 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (Telugu) – 12 Sarileru Neekevvaru (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 10th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad on 19 September 2021.^[1] The ceremony (10th SIIMA) recognized and honored the best films and performances from the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and music released in 2020, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The nomination list for the main awards was announced in August 2021.^[2] Initially scheduled for 12 September 2021,^[3]^[4] it was later rescheduled to 19 September 2021.^[5]

Honorary awards[]

Lifetime Achievement Award — K. Viswanath
Special Appreciation Award — S. P. Balasubrahmanyam^[a]

Main awards[]

Nominations for the main awards were announced in August 2021,^[2] while the awards were presented on 19 September 2021.^[6]

Film[]

Best Film
Tamil	Telugu
Soorarai Pottru – Sikhya Entertainment, 2D Entertainment Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal – Anto Joseph Film Company, Viacom18 Motion Pictures Ka Pae Ranasingam – KJR Studios Oh My Kadavule – Happy High Pictures Kavalthurai Ungal Nanban – BR Talkies Corporation, White Moon Talkies	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo – Geetha Arts, Haarika & Hassine Creations Sarileru Neekevvaru – Sri Venkateswara Creations, G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment, AK Entertainments Bheeshma – Sithara Entertainments Solo Brathuke So Better – Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya – Arka Media Works, Mahayana Motion Pictures
Kannada	Malayalam
Love Mocktail – Krishna Talkies Dia – Sri Swarnalatha Productions Popcorn Monkey Tiger – Studio 18 French Biriyani – PRK Productions Act 1978 – D Creations	Ayyappanum Koshiyum – Gold Coin Motion Pictures C U Soon – Fahadh Faasil & Nazriya Nazim Kappela – Kadhaas Untold Anjaam Pathiraa – Ashiq Usman Productions Trance – Anwar Rasheed Entertainments
Best Director
Tamil	Telugu
Sudha Kongara – Soorarai Pottru AR Murugadoss – Darbar Mysskin – Psycho R. S. Durai Senthilkumar – Pattas	Trivikram Srinivas – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Anil Ravipudi – Sarileru Neekevvaru Venky Kudumula – Bheeshma Venkatesh Maha – Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya Mohana Krishna Indraganti – V
Kannada	Malayalam
Pannaga Bharana – French Biriyani K. S. Ashoka – Dia Darling Krishna – Love Mocktail Duniya Soori – Popcorn Monkey Tiger Mansore – Act 1978	Mahesh Narayanan – C U Soon Anwar Rasheed – Trance Sachy – Ayyappanum Koshiyum Midhun Manuel Thomas – Anjaam Pathiraa Zakariya Mohammed – Halal Love Story
Best Cinematographer
Tamil	Telugu
Niketh Bommireddy – Soorarai Pottru Edwin Sakay – Andhaghaaram Vidhu Ayyanna – Oh My Kadavule Tanveer Mir – Psycho Manikantan Krishnamachary – Sethum Aayiram Pon	R. Rathnavelu – Sarileru Neekevvaru P. S. Vinod – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo P. G. Vinda – V Venkat C. Dilip – Solo Brathuke So Better Sai Sriram – Bheeshma
Kannada	Malayalam
Vishal Vittal & Sourabh Waghmare – Dia Kharthik Palani – French Biriyani Sri Crazy Mindz – Love Mocktail Satya Hegde – Act 1978 Shekar S. – Popcorn Monkey Tiger	Sudeep Elamon – Ayyappanum Koshiyum Amal Neerad – Trance Anu Moothedath – Sufiyum Sujatayum Shyju Khalid – Anjaam Pathiraa Ajay Menon – Halal Love Story

Acting[]

Best Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Suriya – Soorarai Pottru Udhayanidhi Stalin – Psycho Jiiva – Gypsy RJ Balaji – Mookuthi Amman Shantanu Bhagyaraj – Paava Kadhaigal	Allu Arjun – Ala *Vaikunthapurramuloo* Mahesh Babu – Sarileru Neekevvaru Sudheer Babu – V Nithiin – Bheeshma Satyadev – Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya
Kannada	Malayalam
Dhananjay – Popcorn Monkey Tiger Prajwal Devaraj – Gentleman Danish Sait – French Biriyani Darling Krishna – Love Mocktail Raj B. Shetty – Mayabazar 2016	Biju Menon – Ayyappanum Koshiyum Fahadh Faasil – Trance / C U Soon Tovino Thomas – Forensic Kunchacko Boban – Anjaam Pathiraa
Best Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Aishwarya Rajesh – Ka Pae Ranasingam Aparna Balamurali – Soorarai Pottru Sneha – Pattas Keerthy Suresh – Penguin	Pooja Hegde – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Rashmika Mandanna – Sarileru Neekevvaru Nabha Natesh –Solo Brathuke So Better Chandini Chowdary – Colour Photo Aishwarya Rajesh – World Famous Lover
Kannada	Malayalam
Milana Nagaraj – Love Mocktail Nivedhitha – Popcorn Monkey Tiger Kushee Ravi – Dia Yagna Shetty – Act 1978 Nishvika Naidu – Gentleman	Shobana – Varane Avashyamund Anna Ben – Kappela Mamta Mohandas – Forensic Darshana Rajendran – C U Soon Anupama Parameswaran – Maniyarayile Ashokan
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Kalidas Jayaram – Paava Kadhaigal Vijay Sethupathi – Ka Pae Ranasingam Mohan Babu – Soorarai Pottru Sarathkumar – Vaanam Kottattum Gautham Menon – Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal	Murali Sharma – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Rajendra Prasad – Sarileru Neekevvaru Naresh – Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya Rao Ramesh – Solo Brathuke So Better Thiruveer – Palasa 1978
Kannada	Malayalam
B. Suresha – Act 1978 Deekshith Shetty – Dia Sal Yusuf – French Biriyani Vasishta Simha – Mayabazar 2016 Ravishankar Gowda – Aadyaa	Joju George – Halal Love Story Sreenath Bhasi – Kappela Dileesh Pothan – Trance Roshan Mathew – C U Soon Anil Nedumangad – Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tamil	Telugu
Raadhika – Vaanam Kottattum Urvashi – Soorarai Pottru Sai Pallavi – Paava Kadhaigal Anu Hasan – Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vani Bhojan – Oh My Kadavule	Tabu – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Vijayashanti – Sarileru Neekevvaru Anjali – Nishabdham Sargun Kaur Luthra – Aswathama Gouri G. Kishan – Jaanu
Kannada	Malayalam
Amrutha Iyengar – Love Mocktail Aarohi Narayan – Shivaji Surathkal Anvita Sagar – Maya Kannadi Shubaraksha – Matte Udbhava Samyukta Hornad – Arishadvarga	Gowri Nandha – Ayyappanum Koshiyum Unnimaya Prasad – Anjaam Pathiraa Urvashi – Varane Avashyamund Anumol – Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte K. P. A. C. Lalitha – Varane Avashyamund
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Tamil	Telugu
Mime Gopi – Kavalthurai Ungal Nanban Rajkumar Pitchumani – Psycho Paresh Rawal – Soorarai Pottru Naveen Chandra – Pattas Suniel Shetty – Darbar	Samuthirakani – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Prakash Raj – Sarileru Neekevvaru Sunil – Colour Photo Nani – V Jisshu Sengupta – Bheeshma
Kannada	Malayalam
Rangayana Raghu – Drona Shivamani – India vs England Ramesh Pandit – Shivaji Surathkal Arjun Ramesh – Gentleman Prakash Raj – Mayabazar 2016	Sharaf U Dheen – Anjaam Pathiraa Roshan Mathew – Kappela Siddique – Shylock Gautham Menon – Trance Arbaaz Khan – Big Brother
Best Comedian
Tamil	Telugu
Vivek – Dharala Prabhu Kaali Venkat – Soorarai Pottru Yogi Babu – Darbar Sha Ra – Oh My Kadavule Urvashi – Mookuthi Amman	Vennela Kishore – Bheeshma Viva Harsha – Colour Photo Satya – Solo Brathuke So Better Sunil – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Saptagiri – Orey Bujjiga
Kannada	Malayalam
Rangayana Raghu – French Biriyani Sadhu Kokila – Mayabazar 2016 Kuri Prathap – Shivarjuna Govinde Gowda – Naanu Matthu Gunda Prashanth Siddi – Popcorn Monkey Tiger	Johny Antony – Varane Avashyamund Dharmajan Bolgatty – Dhamaka Sunil Sukhada – Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte Sabumon Abdusamad – Ayyappanum Koshiyum Hareesh Kanaran – Shylock

Debut awards[]

Best Debut Actor
Tamil	Telugu
Sriram Karthik – Kanni Maadam Rajkumar Pitchumani – Psycho Rakshan – Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal Sikkil Gurucharan – Putham Pudhu Kaalai Jaffer Sadiq – Paava Kadhaigal	Shiva Kandukuri – Choosi Choodangaane Sanjay Rao – O Pitta Katha Ankith Koyya – Johaar Shravan Reddy – Dirty Hari Dandamudi Pruthvi – IIT Krishnamurthy
Kannada	Malayalam
Pruthvi Ambaar – Dia Aravinnd Iyer – Bheemasena Nalamaharaja Manju Mandavya – Sri Bharatha Baahubali Pramod Shetty – Ondu Shikariya Kathe Prabhu Surya – Gadinadu	Dev Mohan – Sufiyum Sujatayum Jiji Scaria – The Kung Fu Master Anand Roshan – Sameer Sanoop Dinesh – The Kung Fu Master
Best Debut Actress
Tamil	Telugu
Ritu Varma – Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal Riya Suman – Seeru Nattasha Singh – Gypsy Chaya Devi – Kanni Maadam Niranjani Ahathian – Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal	Roopa Koduvayur – Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya Varsha Bollamma – Choosi Choodangaane Noorin Shereef – Oollalla Oollalla Salony Luthra – Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna Priyanka Sharma – Savaari
Kannada	Malayalam
– Dia Udit Haritas – Arishadvarga Raghu Dixit – Love Mocktail Vasuki Vaibhav – French Biriyani Charan Raj – Popcorn Monkey Tiger	Kalyani Priyadarshan – Varane Avashyamund India Jarvis – Kilometers and Kilometers Mirnaa Menon – Big Brother Thamanna Pramod – Forensic
Best Debut Director
Tamil	Telugu
RJ Balaji & N. J. Saravanan – Mookuthi Amman Ashwath Marimuthu – Oh My Kadavule RDM �� Kavalthurai Ungal Nanban Desingh Periyasamy – Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal P. Virumaandi – Ka Pae Ranasingam	Karuna Kumar – Palasa 1978 Subbu – Solo Brathuke So Better Sandeep Raj – Colour Photo Sailesh Kolanu – HIT: The First Case Ramana Teja – Aswathama
Kannada	Malayalam
Radhakrishna Reddy – Mayabazar 2016 Vinod Poojary – Maya Kannadi Sachin Shetty – Ondu Shikariya Kathe Naveen Reddy – Khaki Arvind Kamath – Arishadvarga	Anoop Sathyan – Varane Avashyamund Akhil Paul & Anas Khan – Forensic Rasheed Parakka – Sameer Anand Menon – Gauthamante Radham Muhammad Musthafa – Kappela
Best Debut Producer
Tamil	Telugu
BR Talkies Corporation & White Moon Talkies – Kavalthurai Ungal Nanban Double Meaning Production – Psycho Rooby Films – Kanni Maadam GM Film Corporation & 7G Films – Draupathi Shvedh Group – Lock Up Happy High Pictures – Oh My Kadavule	Amrutha Productions & Loukya Entertainment – Colour Photo Sudhas Media – Palasa 1978 Sri Shakty Swaroop Movie Creations – Raahu Karampuri Kreations & Mic Movies – Pressure Cooker Third Eye Productions – Madha
Kannada	Malayalam
Anjandri Cine Combines – Shivaji Surathkal Guru Deshpande Production – Gentleman Siforia Pictures & King Of Hearts Entertainment – Maya Kannadi Shetty's Film Factory – Ondu Shikariya Kathe Kanasu Talkies – Arishadvarga	Kadhaas Untold – Kappela Wayfarer Films – Varane Avashyamund Kichappus Entertainments – Gauthamante Radham Akhil Paul & Anas Khan – Forensic Papaya Films & Ourhood Movies – Halal Love Story

Music[]

Best Music Director
Tamil	Telugu
G. V. Prakash Kumar – Soorarai Pottru Ilaiyaraaja – Psycho Leon James – Oh My Kadavule Santhosh Narayanan – Gypsy Masala Coffee – Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal	S. Thaman – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Devi Sri Prasad – Sarileru Neekevvaru Mahati Swara Sagar – Bheeshma Amit Trivedi – V Kaala Bhairava – Colour Photo
Kannada	Malayalam
B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Dia Udit Haritas – Arishadvarga Raghu Dixit – Love Mocktail Vasuki Vaibhav – French Biriyani Charan Raj – Popcorn Monkey Tiger	Jakes Bejoy – Ayyappanum Koshiyum Sushin Shyam – Kappela Jackson Vijayan – Trance Alphons Joseph – Varane Avashyamund Sooraj S. Kurup – Kilometers and Kilometers
Best Lyricist
Tamil	Telugu
Pa. Vijay – "Paarthene" from Mookuthi Amman Kabilan – "Unna Nenachu" from Psycho Yugabharathi – "Desaandhiri" from Gypsy Vivek – "Veyyon Silli" from Soorarai Pottru Kadhaippoma – "Ko Sesha" from Oh My Kadavule	Ramajogayya Sastry – "Butta Bomma" from Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry – "The Life of Ram" from Jaanu Kittu Vissapragada – "Tharagathi Gadhi" from Colour Photo Devi Sri Prasad – "Sarileru Neekevvaru Anthem" from Sarileru Neekevvaru Srinivasa Mouli – "Emo Emo" from Raahu
Kannada	Malayalam
Dhananjay Ranjan – "Soul of Dia" from *Dia* Nagarjuna Sharma & Kinnal Raj – "Marali Manasaagide" from Gentleman Nakul Abhyankar – "Love You Chinna" from Love Mocktail Raghavendra V. Kamath – "Paarthene" from French Biriyani Rithwik Kaikini & HanuManKind– "Maadeva" from Popcorn Monkey Tiger	Muhsin Parari – "Sundaranayavane" from Halal Love Story B. K. Harinarayanan – "Vathikkalu Vellaripravu" from Sufiyum Sujatayum Vinayak Sasikumar – "Jaalame" from Trance Santosh Varma – "Mullapoove" from Varane Avashyamund Rafeeq Ahamed – "Thaalam Poyi" from Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Best Male Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Harish Sivaramakrishnan – "Veyyon Silli" from Soorarai Pottru Sid Sriram – "Unna Nenachu" from Psycho Jayaram Balasubramanian – "Paarthene" from Mookuthi Amman S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – "Chumma Kizhi" from Darbar Anirudh Ravichander – "Dharala Prabhu" from Dharala Prabhu	Armaan Malik – "Butta Bomma" from Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Shankar Mahadevan – "Sarileru Neekevvaru Anthem" from Sarileru Neekevvaru Kaala Bhairava – "Tharagathi Gadhi" from Colour Photo Pradeep Kumar – "The Life of Ram" from Jaanu Raghu Kunche – "Nakkileesu Golusu" from Palasa 1978
Kannada	Malayalam
Sanjith Hegde – "Marali Manasagide" from *Gentleman* Nakul Abhyankar – "Janumagale Kaayuve" from Love Mocktail Vasuki Vaibhav – "Paarthene" from French Biriyani Sanjith Hegde, HanuManKind & Charan Raj – "Maadeva" from Popcorn Monkey Tiger Vijay Prakash – "Neene Kaarana" from Aadyaa	Haricharan – "Mullappoove" from Varane Avashyamund Sid Sriram – "Olu" from Maniyarayile Ashokan Anand Bhaskar – "Oru Dinam" from Big Brother Sudeep Palanad – "Nakkileesu Golusu" from Sufiyum Sujatayum Shahabaz Aman – "Alhamdulillah" from Halal Love Story
Best Female Playback Singer
Tamil	Telugu
Brindha Sivakumar – "Vaa Chellam" from Ponmagal Vandhal Dhee – "Kaatu Paayale" from Soorarai Pottru Saindhavi – "Kaayile Aaagasam" from Soorarai Pottru L. R. Eswari – "Aadi Kuthu" from Mookuthi Amman Anuradha Sriram – "Pudhu Suriyan" from Pattas	Madhu Priya – "He's So Cute" from Sarileru Neekevvaru Chinmayi – "Oohale" from Jaanu Spoorthi – "Undipova" from Savaari Shreya Ghoshal – "Vastunna Vachestunna" from V Ramya Behara – "Ekaantham" from Colour Photo
Kannada	Malayalam
Aditi Sagar – "The Bengaluru Song" from French Biriyani Chinmayi – "Soul of Dia" from Dia Shreya Sundar Iyer – "Aparchita" from Shivaji Surathkal Shruthi VS – "Love You Chinna" from Love Mocktail Siri Ravikumar – "Yava Bimba" from Arishadvarga	Nithya Mammen – "Vathikkalu Vellaripravu" from Sufiyum Sujatayum Sithara Krishnakumar – "Kadukumanikkoru" from Kappela Ninjamma – "Kalakkatha" from Ayyappanum Koshiyum Shweta Mohan – "Kannil" from Kappela Sangeethaa Sajith – "Thaalam Poyi" from Ayyappanum Koshiyum

Critics' choice awards[]

Telugu Cinema

Best Actor – Vijay Deverakonda – World Famous Lover
Best Actress – Aishwarya Rajesh – World Famous Lover

Kannada Cinema

Best Actor – Prajwal Devaraj – Gentleman
Best Actress – Kushee Ravi – Dia

Tamil Cinema

Best Actor – Shantanu Bhagyaraj – Paava Kadhaigal
Best Actress – Aparna Balamurali – Soorarai Pottru

Malayalam Cinema

Best Actor – Kunchako Boban – Anjaam Pathiraa
Best Actress – Anna Ben – Kappela

Special awards[]

Special Appreciation Award – Jayaram – Namo

Presenters[]

Award	Presenter
SIIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Music Director (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Critics Choice Best Actor (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Critics Choice Best Actress (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Comedian (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Film (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Actor (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Telugu)	Raadhika Sarathkumar
SIIMA Award for Best Director (Telugu)
SIIMA Award for Best Debut Producer (Telugu)
SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award	Chiranjeevi
SIIMA Special Appreciation Award

Notes[]

^ Awarded posthumously; received by S. P. Charan

References[]

^ Ravali Hymavathi (18 September 2021). "SIIMA Awards 2020 & 2021: Check Out The Nominations, Ceremony Date And Time Of This Most Awaited Gala Event". The Hans India. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b Prakash Upadhyay (21 August 2021). "Dhanush's Asuran Gets 10, Ajith's Viswasam Gets 6, Vijay's Bigil Gets 5 Nominations at SIIMA [Vote]". IB Times. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ Bureau, ABP News (20 August 2021). "SIIMA Awards 2021 Nominations: The Award Ceremony To Be Held In Hyderabad On September 11, 12". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ Reddy, Sandeep (7 August 2021). "SIIMA Awards 2021: హైదరాబాద్‌ వేదికగా సెప్టెంబర్‌ లో సైమా అవార్డ్స్". www.hmtvlive.com (in Telugu). Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ Hymavathi, Ravali (30 August 2021). "SIIMA Nominations: Here Is The Complete List Of Nominations For 2019 And 2020". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ "Manju Warrier, Suriya, others win at SIIMA Awards: Full list of winners". The News Minute. 21 September 2021. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021.

External links[]

Official website

[6] Awarded posthumously; received by S. P. Charan

[1] Ravali Hymavathi (18 September 2021). "SIIMA Awards 2020 & 2021: Check Out The Nominations, Ceremony Date And Time Of This Most Awaited Gala Event". The Hans India. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[:0-2] Prakash Upadhyay (21 August 2021). "Dhanush's Asuran Gets 10, Ajith's Viswasam Gets 6, Vijay's Bigil Gets 5 Nominations at SIIMA [Vote]". IB Times. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[3] Bureau, ABP News (20 August 2021). "SIIMA Awards 2021 Nominations: The Award Ceremony To Be Held In Hyderabad On September 11, 12". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

[4] Reddy, Sandeep (7 August 2021). "SIIMA Awards 2021: హైదరాబాద్‌ వేదికగా సెప్టెంబర్‌ లో సైమా అవార్డ్స్". www.hmtvlive.com (in Telugu). Retrieved 19 September 2021.

[5] Hymavathi, Ravali (30 August 2021). "SIIMA Nominations: Here Is The Complete List Of Nominations For 2019 And 2020". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

[7] "Manju Warrier, Suriya, others win at SIIMA Awards: Full list of winners". The News Minute. 21 September 2021. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021.

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