SIIMA 2013 Sharjah September 12-13, 2013

The 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards(SIIMA) 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.

Five new Award categories were added for the 2nd SIIMA Awards ceremony -

• Best Debutant Producer
• Best Actor in Supporting Role
• Best Actress in Supporting Role
• Best Fight Choreographer and
• Best Dance Choreographer

Additionally the organizers introduced a Critics Award in all Lead Actor and Actress categories, raising the total sum of handed over Awards to 94


Host
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.

Voting of Winners
The final winners were decided by a public voting system

Best Film
Best Tamil Film -Kumki
Best Telegu Film -Eega
Best Kannada Film - Katariveera Surasundarangi
Best Malayalam Film -Ustad Hotel

Best Director
Balaji Sakthivel for the Tamil Film ''Vazhakku Enn 18/9''
Harish Shankar for the Telegu Film ''Gabbar Singh''
Munirathna for the Kannada Film ''Katariveera Surasundarangi''

Best Actor
Dhanush for the Tamil Film '' 3 ''
Pawan Kalyan for the Telegu Film ''Gabbar Singh''
Shivrajkumar for the Kannada Film '' Shiva''
Mohanlal for the Malayalam Film ''Spirit'

Best Actress
Hansika Motwani for the Tamil Film '' Oru Kal Oru Kannadi''
Shruti Haasan for the Telegu Film ''Gabbar Singh''
Priyamani for the Kannada Film ''Charulatha''
Amala Paul for the Malayalan Film ''Run Baby Run''
Listin Stephen for the Malayalam Film ''Ustad Hotel''

Most Nominations at the 2nd SIIMA Awards

Telegu Film '' Gabbar Singh'' - 13
Tamil Films -3,kumki and Thuppakki -10 each
Kannada Film ''Anna Bond'' -10 and
Malayalam Film ''Spirit'' -9

Awards 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 andThattathin Marayathu  (3 each) were awarded more than two times.
Trisha and Kavya Madhavan were bestowed with an Honourary Award

SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award
K J Yesudas and Sowcar Janaki were honoured with the SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award