12th South Indian International Movie Awards explained

The 12th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event that took place at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 1415 September 2024.^{[1] [2]} The ceremony (12th SIIMA) recognized and honored the best films and performances from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films released in 2023, along with special honours for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.^[3] The nominations were announced in late-July 2024.^{[4] [5]}

The first day of the ceremony (14 September 2024) awarded the best films and performances from the Telugu and Kannada cinema,^{[6] [7]} whereas on the second day (15 September 2024), best films and performances from the Tamil and Malayalam cinema were awarded.^{[8] [9]} Simran Choudhary and Sudigali Sudheer have hosted the Telugu cinema segment. Rishi and Shubra Aiyappa have hosted the Kannada cinema segment. Bhavana Balakrishnan and Sathish have hosted the Tamil cinema segment. Adil Ibrahim and Pearle Maaney have hosted the Malayalam cinema segment.

Hi Nanna is the most awarded film with six awards, followed by Jailer with five, 2018, Baby, Dasara, Kaatera and Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A with four, Maaveeran, , and Romancham with three. Hi Nanna is the most awarded Telugu film, followed by Dasara. Jailer is the most awarded Tamil film, followed by Maaveeran and . Kaatera and Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A are the most awarded Kannada films, followed by Kaiva. 2018 is the most awarded Malayalam film, followed by Romancham.

Dasara received the maximum acting awards, they are, Best Actor – Telugu, Best Actress – Telugu and Best Supporting Actor – Telugu. Dasara and Hi Nanna, featuring Nani in the lead, won ten awards.^[10]

Main awards and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Film

Best Film
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Bhagavanth Kesari – Shine Screens Baby – Mass Movie Makers Balagam – Dil Raju Productions Dasara – Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Cinemas Hi Nanna – Vyra Entertainments Virupaksha – Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra, Sukumar Writings	Jailer – Sun Pictures Leo – Seven Screen Studio Maamannan – Red Giant Movies – Madras Talkies, Lyca Productions Viduthalai Part 1 – Grass Root Film Company, RS Infotainment
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Kaatera – Rockline Entertainements Aachar & Co – PRK Productions Kousalya Supraja Rama – Kourava Production House, Shashank Cinemas Kranti – Media House Studio Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A – Paramvah Studios	Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam – Mammootty Kampany 2018 – Kavya Film Company, PK Prime Production Iratta – Appu Pathu Pappu Production House, Martin Prakkat Films Kaathal – The Core – Wayfarer Films Neru – Aashirvad Cinemas
Best Director
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Srikanth Odela – Dasara Anil Ravipudi – Bhagavanth Kesari Bobby Kolli – Waltair Veerayya Gopichand Malineni – Veera Simha Reddy Karthik Varma Dandu – Virupaksha Sai Rajesh – Baby	Nelson Dilipkumar – Jailer Lokesh Kanagaraj – Leo Mani Ratnam – Mari Selvaraj – Maamannan S. U. Arun Kumar – Chithha Vetrimaaran – Viduthalai Part 1
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Hemanth M. Rao – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Akash Srivatsa – Shivaji Surathkal 2 Shashank – Kousalya Supraja Rama Tharun Sudhir – Kaatera V. Harikrishna – Kranti	Jude Anthany Joseph – 2018 Jeethu Joseph – Neru Jeo Baby – Kaathal – The Core Lijo Jose Pellissery – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Priyadarshan – Corona Papers
Best Cinematographer
Telugu	Tamil
Bhuvan Gowda – Dasaradhi Sivendra – Mangalavaaram Rajeev Dharavath – Month of Madhu Sathyan Sooryan – Dasara Shamdat – Virupaksha	Theni Eswar – Maamannan Manoj Paramahamsa – Leo Ravi Varman – R. Velraj – Viduthalai Part 1 Vijay Kartik Kannan – Jailer
Kannada	Malayalam
Shwet Priya Naik – Kaiva A. J. Shetty – Kabzaa Advaitha Gurumurthy – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Mahendra Simha – Ghost Shekhar S – Bad Manners	Akhil George – 2018 Jinto George – Chaaver Muhammed Rahil – Kannur Squad Sharan Velayudhan – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Theni Eswar – Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam

Acting

Best Actor
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Nani – Dasara Balakrishna – Bhagavanth Kesari Chiranjeevi – Waltair Veerayya Dhanush – Sir Sai Dharam Tej – Virupaksha	Vikram – Rajinikanth – Jailer Siddharth – Chithha Sivakarthikeyan – Maaveeran Vijay – Leo Udhayanidhi Stalin – Maamannan
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Rakshit Shetty – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Darshan – Kaatera Dhananjaya – Gurudev Hoysala Raj B. Shetty – Toby Ramesh Aravind – Shivaji Surathkal 2 Shiva Rajkumar – Ghost	Tovino Thomas – 2018 Basil Joseph – Falimy, Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham Joju George – Iratta Mammootty – Kaathal – The Core, Kannur Squad, Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Mohanlal – Neru Suresh Gopi – Garudan
Best Actress
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Keerthy Suresh – Dasara Mrunal Thakur – Hi Nanna Payal Rajput – Mangalavaaram Samyuktha – Virupaksha Shruti Haasan – Veera Simha Reddy Sreeleela – Bhagavanth Kesari	Nayanthara – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Aishwarya Rajesh – Farhana Keerthy Suresh – Maamannan Meetha Raghunath – Good Night Trisha – Leo
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Chaithra J. Achar – Toby Meghana Raj – Tatsama Tadbhava Megha Shetty – Kaiva Rachita Ram – Kranti Rukmini Vasanth – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy – Aachar & Co	Anaswara Rajan – Neru Darshana Rajendran – Purusha Pretham Jyothika – Kaathal – The Core Kalyani Priyadarshan – Sesham Mike-il Fathima Manju Warrier – Ayisha Vincy Aloshious – Rekha
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Dheekshith Shetty – Dasara Angad Bedi – Hi Nanna Brahmanandam – Ranga Maarthaanda Prithviraj Sukumaran – Ravi Krishna – Virupaksha Viraj Ashwin – Baby	Vasanth Ravi – Jailer M. S. Bhaskar – Parking R. Sarathkumar– Varisu S. J. Suryah – Mark Antony Vadivelu – Maamannan
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Naveen Shankar – Hondisi Bareyiri Aravind Iyer – Tatsama Tadbhava Gopal Krishna Deshpande – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Harshil Koushik – Aachar & Co Rangayana Raghu – Tagaru Palya	Hakkim Shah – Pranaya Vilasam Alexander Prasanth – Purusha Pretham Jagadish – Falimy Lal – 2018 Siddique – Neru
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Kiara Khanna – Hi Nanna Rohini – Writer Padmabhushan Shreya Navile – Month of Madhu Soniya Singh – Virupaksha Sriya Reddy – Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Veera Simha Reddy	Saritha – Maaveeran Abarnathi – Irugapatru Mullai Arasi – Are You Ok Baby? Nadhiya – Let's Get Married Raichal Rabecca – Good Night
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Samyukta Hornad – Toby Archana Kottige – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Chaithra J. Achar – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Kaavya Sha – David Sathvika Appaiah – Baang	Manju Pillai – Falimy Aima Rosmy Sebastian – Poornima Indrajith – Thuramukham Remya Nambeesan – B 32 Muthal 44 Vare Tanvi Ram – 2018
Best Actor in a Negative Role
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Duniya Vijay – Veera Simha Reddy Arjun Rampal – Bhagavanth Kesari Arvind Swamy – Custody Prakash Raj – Waltair Veerayya Shine Tom Chacko – Dasara	Arjun Sarja – Leo Fahadh Faasil – Maamannan Mysskin – Maaveeran Sunil Sukhada – Por Thozhil Vinayakan – Jailer
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Ramesh Indira – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Kaliprasad K P – Hondisi Bareyiri Naveen Shankar – Gurudev Hoysala Raj Deepak Shetty – Toby Ugram Manju – Kaiva	Vishnu Agasthya – Arjun Radhakrishnan – Kannur Squad Biju Menon – Garudan Shabeer Kallarakkal – King of Kotha Vinay Rai – Christopher
Best Comedian
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Vishnu Oi – Mad Jeevan Kumar – Keedaa Cola Naresh – Samajavaragamana Racha Ravi – Balagam Satya – Rangabali	Yogi Babu – Jailer Yogi Babu – Maaveeran Redin Kingsley – Conjuring Kannappan Sunil – Jailer Vadivelu – Chandramukhi 2 VTV Ganesh – Dada
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Anirudh Acharya – Aachar & Co Dharmanna Kadur – Garadi Kuri Prathap – Nata Bhayankara Manju Pavagada – Vesha Mithra – Raghavendra Stores Nagabhushana – Kousalya Supraja Rama	Arjun Ashokan – Romancham Althaf Salim – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Sajin Cherukayil – Padmini Sajin Gopu – Romancham Sandeep Pradeep – Falimy

Debut

Best Debut Actor
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Sangeeth Shobhan – Mad Abhiram Daggubati – Ahimsa Narne Nithin – Mad Ram Nithin – Mad Virat Karrna – Peddha Kapu 1	Hridhu Haroon – Thugs Kartheekeyan Santhanam – Fight Club Shakthi Mithran – Yaathisai Shyam Selvan – Margazhi Thingal Venkat Senguttuvan – Mathimaran
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Shishir Baikady – Daredevil Musthafa Prajwal B. P. – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Praveer Shetty – Siren Rajesh Dhruva – Sri Balaji Photo Studio Sriyaan Mysuru – Bembidada Navika	Siju Sunny – Romancham Devadath V. S. – O.Baby Kalaiyarasan – Thankam Shersha Sherief – Little Miss Rawther
Best Debut Actress
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Vaishnavi Chaitanya – Baby Gayatri Bhardwaj – Tiger Nageswara Rao Iswarya Menon – Spy Pragathi Srivatsava – Peddha Kapu 1 Sakshi Vaidya – Gandeevadhari Arjuna Yukti Thareja – Rangabali	Preethi Asrani – Ayothi Malavika Manoj – Joe Monisha Mohan Menon – Fight Club Naksha Saran – Margazhi Thingal Nimisha Sajayan – Chithha Saniya Iyappan – Irugapatru
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Aradhana Ram – Kaatera Amrutha Prem – Tagaru Palya Hrithika Srinivas – Aparoopa Risha Gowda – Crazy Keerthy Vrusha Patil – Love	Anjana Jayaprakash – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Abhirami Bose – Phoenix Anagha Maya Ravi – Kaathal – The Core Bhama Arun – Madanolsavam Zarin Shihab – B 32 Muthal 44 Vare
Best Debut Director
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Shouryuv – Hi Nanna Kalyan Shankar – Mad Shanmukha Prasanth – Writer Padmabhushan Srikanth Odela – Dasara Sumanth Prabhas – Mem Famous Venu Yeldandi – Balagam	Vignesh Raja – Por Thozhil Ganesh K. Babu – Dada Ramkumar Balakrishnan – Parking Vinayak Chandrasekaran – Good Night Yashwanth Kishore – Kannagi
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Nithin Krishnamurthy – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Ramenahalli Jagannatha – Hondisi Bareyiri Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy – Aachar & Co Shashank Soghal – Daredevil Musthafa Vishal Atreya – Tatsama Tadbhava Umesh K. Krupa – Tagaru Palya	Rohit M. G. Krishnan – Iratta Jithu Madhavan – Romancham Roby Varghese Raj – Kannur Squad Nahas Hidayath – Nikhil Muraly – Pranaya Vilasam
Best Debut Producer
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Mohan Cherukuri, Murthy K. S., Vijender Reddy Teegala (Vyra Entertainments) – Hi Nanna Ajay Bhupathi, Swathi Reddy Gunupati, Suresh Varma M. (A Creative Works, Mudhra Media Works) – Mangalavaaram K. Vivek Sudhanshu, Saikrishna Gadwal, Srinivas Kaushik Nanduri, Sripad Nandiraj, Upendra Varma (VG Sainma) – Keedaa Cola Prabu Raja, Yeshwanth Daggumati (Kalaahi Media) – Pindam Siddharth Rallapalli (Waltair Productions) – Pareshan	Magesh Raj Pasilian, Nazerath Pasilian, Yuvaraj Ganesan (Million Dollar Studios, MRP Entertainment) – Good Night Aditya (Reel Good Films) – Fight Club Deepak Segal, C. V. Sarathi, Mukesh R. Mehta, Poonam Mehra, Sameer Nair, Sandeep Mehra (Applause Entertainment, E4 Experiments, Eprius Studio) – Por Thozhil Girish, Manoj (Kavi Creations) – Paramporul M. V. M Velmohan, Sakshi Singh Dhoni, Sharmila J. Rajaa, Vikas Hasija (Dhoni Entertainment) – Let's Get Married
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Ravindra Kumar (Abhuvanasa Creations) – Kaiva Arvind S. Kashyap, Nithin Krishnamurthy, Prajwal B. P., Varun Gowda (Gulmohur Films, Varrun Studios) – Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Chethan Nanjundaiah, Pannaga Bharana, Spurti Anil (Anvit Cinemas, PB Studios) – Tatsama Tadbhava Ramenahalli Jagannatha (Sunday Cinemas) – Hondisi Bareyiri Ramya (AppleBox Studios) – Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye	Girish Gangadharan, Joby George, Johnpaul George (Guppy Films) – Romancham Jagadish Palanisamy, Sudhan Sundaram (Passion Studios, The Route) – Sesham Mike-il Fathima Naisam Salam (Naisam Salam Productions) – Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham Priyadarshan (Four Frames Sound Company) – Corona Papers Vijay Kiragandur (Hombale Films) – Dhoomam

Music

Best Music Director
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Hesham Abdul Wahab – Hi Nanna and Kushi Devi Sri Prasad – Waltair Veerayya Santhosh Narayanan – Dasara Thaman S – Veera Simha Reddy Vijai Bulganin – Baby	Anirudh Ravichander – Jailer and Leo A. R. Rahman – Ponniyin Selvan: II Ilaiyaraaja – Viduthalai Part 1 Nivas K. Prasanna – Takkar Santhosh Narayanan – Chithha and Jigarthanda DoubleX
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V. Harikrishna – Kaatera Bindhumalini – Aachar & Co Charan Raj – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Ravi Basrur – Kabzaa Vasuki Vaibhav – Tagaru Palya	Vishnu Vijay – Sulaikha Manzil Justin Prabhakaran – Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Nobin Paul – 2018 Sam C. S – Sushin Shyam – Romancham
Best Lyricist
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Anantha Sriram – "O Rendu Prema Meghaalila" from Baby Bhaskarabhatla – "Nuvvu Navvukuntu" from Mad Kasarla Shyam – "Ooru Palletooru" from Balagam Krishna Kanth – "Adigaa" from Hi Nanna Sri Mani – "Ori Vaari" from Dasara	Vignesh Shivan – "Rathamaarey" from Jailer Ilaiyaraaja – "Kaattumalli" from Viduthalai Part 1 Ku Karthik – "Nira" from Takkar Vivek – "Unakku Thaan" from Chithha Yugabharathi – "Nenjame Nenjame" from Maamannan
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Dhananjaya – "Tagaru Palya Title Track" from Tagaru Palya Chethan Kumar – "Pasandaagavne" from Kaatera Dhananjay Ranjan – "Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Title Track" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Kinnal Raj – "Namaami Namaami" from Kabzaa Prithvi – "Mellage" from Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye	Manu Manjith – "Neela Nilave" from Anvar Ali – "Ennum En Kaaval" from Kaathal – The Core Muhsin Parari – "Premakkathu Pattu" from Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham Vaisakh Sugunan – "Thathamma Chelolu" from Madanolsavam Vinayak Sasikumar – "Roohe" from Neru
Best Male Playback Singer
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Ram Miriyala – "Ooru Palletooru" from Balagam Adithya RK, Leon James – "Almost Padipoyindhe Pilla" from Das Ka Dhamki Anurag Kulkarni – "Samayama" from Hi Nanna Rahul Sipligunj – "Ayyayyo" from Mem Famous Sid Sriram – "Aradhya" from Kushi	Sean Roldan – "Naan Gaali" from Good Night Anirudh Ravichander – "Badass" from Leo Haricharan – "Chinnanjiru Nilave" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Vijay Yesudas – "Nenjame Nenjame" from Maamannan Vishal Mishra – "Rathamaarey" from Jailer
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Kapil Kapilan – "Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Title Track" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A Adithya RK – "Oh Kavana" from Hondisi Bareyiri B. Ajaneesh Loknath – "Hostel Hudugaru Protest Song" from Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare Haricharan – "Arre Idu Entha Bhavane" from Gurudev Hoysala Hemanth – "Yaava Janumada Gelathi" from Kaatera	K. S. Harisankar – "Venmegham" from 2018 G. Venugopal – "Ennum En Kaaval" from Kaathal – The Core Kapil Kapilan – "Neela Nilave" from Mithun Jayaraj – "Naruchiriyude" from Pranaya Vilasam Vidyadharan Master – "Love You Muthe" from Padmini
Best Female Playback Singer
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Shakthisree Gopalan – "Ammaadi" from Hi Nanna Dhee – "Chamkeela Angeelesi" from Dasara Harika Narayan – "Ravanasura Anthem" from Ravanasura Sahiti Chaganti, Satya Yamini – "Maa Bava Manobhavalu" from Veera Simha Reddy Shweta Mohan – "Mastaaru Mastaaru" from Sir	Shakthisree Gopalan – "Aga Naga" from Ponniyin Selvan: II Ananya Bhat – "Kaattumalli" from Viduthalai Part 1 Dhee – "Maamadura" from Jigarthanda DoubleX Karthika Vaidyanathan – "Kangal Edho" from Chithha Shweta Mohan – "Vaa Vaathi" from Vaathi
! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"	Kannada	! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"	Malayalam
Mangli – "Pasandaagavne" from Kaatera Aishwarya Rangarajan – "Pushpavati" from Kranti Srilakshmi Belmannu – "Kadalanu Kano Horatiro" from Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B Sunidhi Ganesh – "Doori Laali" from Tatsama Tadbhava Vijayalaxmi Mettinahole – "Radha Radha" from Kabzaa	Anne Amie – "Thinkal Poovin" from Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Mridula Warrier – "Nerukayil Nin Nerukayil" from Neeraja Pushpavathy Poypadathu – "Haalaake Maarunne" from Sulaikha Manzil Shikha Prabhakaran – "Thaaraattayi" from Iratta Shreya Ghoshal – "Kalapakkaara" from King of Kotha

Critics choice awards

Telugu cinema

• Best Actor – Anand Deverakonda – Baby
• Best Actress – Mrunal Thakur – Hi Nanna

Tamil cinema

• Best Actor – Sivakarthikeyan – Maaveeran
• Best Actress – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan –

Kannada cinema

• Best Actor – Dhananjaya – Gurudev Hoysala
• Best Actress – Rukmini Vasanth – Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A

Malayalam cinema

• Best Actor – Joju George – Iratta
• Best Actress – Jyothika - Kaathal – The Core

Special awards

• SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award – Vijayakanth
• Excellence in Cinema Award – Shiva Rajkumar
• Celebrating 20 Years In Cinema – Tamannaah Bhatia^{[11] [12]}
• Sensation of the Year – Sandeep Reddy Vanga
• Rising Star Award – Sundeep Kishan
• Promising Actor (Telugu) – Sumanth Prabhas – Mem Famous
• Entertainer of the Year (Telugu) – Shruti Haasan
• Emerging Producer of the Year (Tamil) – Kannan Ravi Group – Raavana Kottam
• Extraordinary Performer of the Year (Tamil) – S. J. Suryah
• Most Promising Actor (Tamil) – Kavin Raj – Dada
• Entertainer of the Year (Kannada) – Shiva Rajkumar
• Promising Actress (Kannada) – Vrusha Patil – Love
• Emerging Producer of the Year (Kannada) – Anvit Cinemas and PB Studios – Tatsama Tadbhava

Superlatives

Films with multiple nominations! Nominations !! Film

11	Dasara
	Jailer
10	Hi Nanna
8	2018
	Kaatera
	Leo
7	Kaathal – The Core
	Maamannan
	Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
	Virupaksha
6	Aachar & Co
	Baby
	Mad
	Neru
	Romancham
	Veera Simha Reddy
	Viduthalai Part 1
5	Balagam
	Bhagavanth Kesari
	Chithha
	Hondisi Bareyiri
	Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare
	Maaveeran
	Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum
	Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B
	Tagaru Palya
	Tatsama Tadbhava
4	Falimy
	Good Night
	Iratta
	Kabzaa
	Kaiva
	Kannur Squad
	Kranti
	Toby
	Waltair Veerayya
3	Fight Club
	Gurudev Hoysala
	Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham
	Mangalavaaram
	Mem Famous
	Month of Madhu
	Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
	Por Thozhil
2	B 32 Muthal 44 Vare
	Dada
	Daredevil Musthafa
	Corona Papers
	Garudan
	Ghost
	Irugapatru
	Jigarthanda DoubleX
	Keedaa Cola
	King of Kotha
	Kousalya Supraja Rama
	Kushi
	Let's Get Married
	Madanolsavam
	Margazhi Thingal
	Padmini
	Parking
	Peddha Kapu 1
	Pranaya Vilasam
	Purusha Pretham
	Rangabali
	Sesham Mike-il Fathima
	Sir
	Shivaji Surathkal 2
	Sulaikha Manzil
	Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye
	Takkar
	Writer Padmabhushan

Films with multiple awards! Awards !! Film

6	Hi Nanna
5	Jailer
4	2018
	Baby
	Dasara
	Kaatera
	Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A
3	Maaveeran
	Romancham
2	Good Night
	Iratta
	Kaiva
	Mad
	Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum
	Toby

Presenters and performers

!Performer!Work

Andrea Jeremiah	Dance
Ashok Galla
Avika Gor
Faria Abdullah
Kavya Thapar
Neha Shetty
Pooja Hegde
Shanvi Srivastava
Shriya Saran

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hungama . Bollywood . 2024-09-04 . SIIMA 2024 goes to Dubai; will be held at Dubai World Trade Centre on September 14 and 15 : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama . 2024-09-04 . en.
2. Web site: 2024-09-04 . SIIMA 2024: A Star-Studded Celebration of South Indian Cinema at Dubai World Trade Centre . 2024-09-04 . . en.
3. News: 2024-07-17 . SIIMA 2024 Date, Venue and Time . 2024-07-22 . . en.
4. Web site: 2024-07-17 . SIIMA 2024 Nominations Revealed: Nani's Dasara and Rajinikanth Starrer Jailer Lead with 11 Nominations Each . 2024-07-22 . . en.
5. Web site: 2024-07-18 . SIIMA Awards 2024: Rajinikanth's Jailer and Nani's Dasara bag 11 nominations each, Mrunal Thakur's Hi Nanna follows . 2024-07-22 . . en.
6. Web site: 15 September 2024 . SIIMA Awards 2024: Dasara, Hi Nanna, Kaatera and Sapta Sagaradaache Ello win big on Day 1 . 15 September 2024 . The Indian Express . en.
7. Web site: 2024-09-15 . SIIMA Awards 2024 winners: Nani, Mrunal Thakur, Shruti Haasan, Rakshit Shetty and others . 2024-09-15 . Hindustan Times . en.
8. Web site: 2024-09-16 . SIIMA 2024 Winners List: Aishwarya Rai, Vikram and Tovino Thomas Win Big, Jailer Wins Best Film . 2024-09-16 . News18 . en.
9. Web site: Bharat . E. T. V. . 2024-09-16 . SIIMA 2024 (Tamil & Malayalam): Aishwarya Wins Big for PS II, Tovino Thomas Shines as Best Actor; Full List of Winners inside . 2024-09-16 . ETV Bharat News . en.
10. Web site: 2024-09-15 . Nani's films shine at SIIMA Awards 2024, see full list of winners here . 2024-09-16 . www.indiatvnews.com . en.
11. Web site: Tamannaah Bhatia Explains The Reason Why She Missed Her SIIMA Award. Times Now. 18 September 2024. 18 September 2024.
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