The 4th South Indian International Movie Awards was held in Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai on 6 and 7 August 2015. SIIMA 2015 recognized the best films and performances from the past year, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.

Honorary awards

Lifetime Achievement Award Bharathiraja KPAC Lalitha

Special appreciation Dhanush – Pride of South Indian cinema

Main awards List of Nominations & Award Winners

Film Best FilmTamilTeluguKaththi – Lyca Productions / A. Subhashkaran, K. KarunamurthyGoli Soda – Roughnote Productions / Bharath Seeni Jigarthanda – Kathiresan Madras – Studio Green / K. E. Gnanavel Raja, S. R. Prakashbabu, S. R. Prabhu Velaiyilla Pattathari – Dhanush

| valign="top" |Manam – Annapurna Studios/ NagarjunaLegend – 14 Reels Entertainment Govindudu Andarivadele – Parameshwara Art Productions / Bandla Ganesh Chandamama Kathalu – Chanakya Booneti Race Gurram – Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions / Nallamalapu Srinivas |- ! ! style="background:#00def3; text-align:center;"| Kannada ! ! style="background:#4df300; text-align:center;"| Malayalam |- |Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari – Jayanna CombinesGajakesari – Jayanna Combines Ugramm – Inkfinite Pictures Oggarane – Prakash Raj Productions Drishya – E4 Entertainment | Bangalore Days – Anwar Rasheed Entertainments and Weekend BlockbustersIyobinte Pustakam – Amal Neerad & Fahadh Faasil Om Shanti Oshana – Ananya Films / Alwin Antony How Old Are You – Magic Frames / Listin Stephen Munnariyippu – Gold Coin Motion Pictures / Ranjith |- ! colspan="2" ! style="background:#eedd82; text-align:center;"|Best Director |- ! ! style="background:#efac00; text-align:center;"|Tamil ! ! style="background:#efeb00; text-align:center;"|Telugu |- | valign="top" |Pa. Ranjith – Madras A. R. Murugadoss – Kaththi Vijay – Saivam Vijay Milton – Goli Soda Karthik Subbaraj – JigarthandaSurender Reddy – Race Gurram Srivass – Loukyam Boyapati Srinu – Legend Vikram Kumar – Manam Srikanth Addala – Mukunda Kannada MalayalamSanthosh Anandram – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Prakash Raj – Oggarane P. Raghuram – Fair & Lovely Prashanth Neel– Ugramm P. Vasu – DrishyaAnjali Menon – Bangalore Days Amal Neerad – Iyobinte Pustakam Ranjith – Njaan Venu – Munnariyippu Rosshan Andrrews – How Old Are YouBest CinematographerTamilTeluguMurali G – Madras Vetrivel Mahendran – Kayal GavemicV Ary – Jigarthanda Vijay Milton – Goli Soda Nirav Shah– SaivamR. Rathnavelu – 1: Nenokkadine Karthik Ghattamaneni – Karthikeya P. S. Vinod – Manam Manoj Paramahamsa– Race Gurram Madhie – Run Raja Run Kannada MalayalamVaidi S – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Shekar Chandra – Brahma Sreesha Kuduvalli – Bahaddur Satya Hegde – Gajakesari Karam Chawla – Ulidavaru Kandanthe Abhinandan Ramanujam – Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal Venu – Munnariyippu Manoj Pillai – Njaan Sameer Thahir– Bangalore Days Amal Neerad – Iyobinte Pustakam

Acting Best ActorTamil TeluguDhanush – Velaiilla Pattadhari Vijay – Kaththi Karthi – Madras Siddharth – Jigarthanda Vijay Sethupathi – Pannaiyarum PadminiyumNandamuri Balakrishna – Legend Mahesh Babu – 1: Nenokkadine Venkatesh – Drushyam Naga Chaitanya – Manam Allu Arjun – Race Gurram Kannada MalayalamYash – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Dhruva Sarja – Bahaddur Upendra – Brahma Sathish Ninasam – Love in Mandya Sri Murali – Ugramm Nivin Pauly – 1983 Mammootty – Varsham Fahadh Faasil – Iyobinte Pustakam Prithviraj – 7th Day Nivin Pauly – Bangalore DaysBest ActressTamilTeluguHansika Motwani – Aranmanai Amala Paul – Velaiyilla Pattathari Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Kaththi Lakshmi Menon – Jigarthanda Vedhicka – KaaviyathalaivanShruti Haasan – Race Gurram Nayanthara – Anamika Rakul Preet Singh – Loukyam Kajal Aggarwal – Govindudu Andarivadele Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Manam Kannada MalayalamRadhika Pandit – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Kriti Kharbanda – Super Ranga Amulya – Gajakesari Parul Yadav – Shivajinagara Pranitha Subhash – Brahma Manju Warrier – How Old Are You Nazriya Nazim – Om Shanti Oshana Aparna Gopinath – Munnariyippu Namitha Pramod – Vikramadithyan Anusree – IthihasaBest Actor in a Supporting RoleTamilTeluguBobby Simha – Jigarthanda Rajkiran – Manjapai Nassar – Saivam Vidyut Jamwal – Anjaan Kalaiyarasan – MadrasSrinivas Avasarala – Oohalu Gusagusalade Srikanth – Govindudu Andarivadele Ajay – Dikkulu Choodaku Ramayya Prakash Raj – Govindudu Andarivadele Sreenivas Reddy – Geethanjali Kannada MalayalamAchyuth Kumar – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Thilak Shekar – Ugramm Kishore Jayaram – Ulidavaru Kandanthe Pannagha Bharan – Vasundhara Venkatesh Prasad – Sachin! Tendulkar Alla Jayasurya – Apothecary Indrans – Apothecary Anoop Menon – Vikramadithyan Renji Panicker – Om Shanti Oshana Nandu – OttamandaramBest Actress in a Supporting RoleTamilTeluguSaranya Ponvannan – Velaiyilla Pattathari Seetha – Goli Soda Riythvika – Madras Saritha – Inam Suhasini Maniratnam – RamanujanShriya Saran – Manam Nadhiya Moidu – Drushyam Jayasudha – Yevadu Sujatha Kumar – Legend Lakshmi Manchu – Chandamama Kathalu Kannada MalayalamSuhasini Maniratnam – Sachin! Tendulkar Alla Kavya Shah – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Harshika Poonacha – Maryade Iswarya Menon – Namo Bhootatma Swaroopini Narayan – Drishya Parvathy – Bangalore Days Anumol – Njaan Lena – Vikramadithyan Padmapriya – Iyobinte Pustakam Srinda Ashab – 1983Best Actor in a Negative RoleTamilTeluguNeil Nitin Mukesh – Kaththi Prashant Narayanan – Nedunchaalai Madhusudhan Rao – Goli Soda Nandakumar – Madras Bobby Simha – JigarthandaJagapati Babu – Legend Sai Kumar – Yevadu Ravi Kishan – Race Gurram Rao Ramesh – Mukunda Madhusudhan Rao – Autonagar Surya Kannada MalayalamP. Ravi Shankar– Maanikya Avinash – Ragini IPS Ashish Vidyarthi– Shivajinagara Kelly Dorjee – Power *** Sharath Lohitashwa – Ambareesha Jayasurya – Iyobinte Pustakam Sudheesh Shankar – Njan Steve Lopez Raghavan – Apothecary Lal – Iyobinte Pustakam Sekhar Menon – GangsterBest ComedianTamilTeluguVivek – Velaiyilla Pattathari Kovai Sarala– Aranmanai Karunakaran – Yaamirukka Bayamey Thambi Ramaiah– Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Soori – JillaBrahmanandam – Race Gurram Ali – Oka Laila Kosam Prudhvi Raj – Loukyam Sapthagiri – Kotha Janta Vennela Kishore – Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda Kannada MalayalamChikkanna – Adyaksha Rangayana Raghu – Power *** Sadhu Kokila – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Jehangir – Bahaddur Bullet Prakash– Rose Aju Varghese– Vellimoonga Chemban Vinod Jose – Tamaar Padaar Balu– Ithihasa Sudheer Karamana – Sapthamashree Thaskaraha Kalabhavan Shajon– Ring Master

Critics awards Best Actor (Critics)TamilTeluguKarthi – MadrasNaga Chaitanya – Manam Kannada MalayalamUpendra – Super Ranga Prithviraj – 7th DayBest Actress (Critics)TamilTeluguAmala Paul – Velaiyilla PattathariSamantha Ruth Prabhu – Manam Kannada MalayalamKriti Kharbanda – Super Ranga Anusree – Ithihasa

Debut awards Best Debut ActorTamilTeluguChandran – Kayal Dulquer Salmaan – Vaayai Moodi Pesavum Aari – Nedunchaalai Abhinay Vaddi – Ramanujan Santhosh Pratap – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam IyakkamSai Dharam Tej – Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas – Alludu Sreenu Sampoornesh Babu – Hrudaya Kaleyam Varun Tej – Mukunda Tejus Kancherla – Ulavacharu Biriyani Kannada MalayalamBharath Sarja – Veera Pulikeshi Pawan Wadeyar – Preeti Geeti Ityadi Pradeep– Rangan Style Vivek – Endendu Ninagagi Kiran Rao – Savaari 2 Farhaan Faasil – Njan Steve Lopez Santhosh Keezhattoor – Vikramadithyan John Brittas – Vellivelichathil Sudev Nair – My Life Partner Vipin Aatley – Homely MealsBest Debut ActressTamilTeluguCatherine Tresa – Madras Prayaga – Pisaasu Sonakshi Sinha – Lingaa Ishaara Nair – Sathuranga Vettai Malavika Nair – CuckooRaashi Khanna – Oohalu Gusagusalade Kriti Sanon – 1: Nenokkadine Mishti Chakraborty – Chinnadana Nee Kosam Adah Sharma – Heart Attack Pooja Hegde – Oka Laila Kosam Kannada MalayalamShilpi Sharma – Aakramana Erica Fernandes – Ninnindale Gayathri Iyer – Namo Bhootatma Aishani Shetty – Jothi Alias Kothiraj Shona Chhabra – Savaal Nikki Galrani – 1983 Ahaana Krishna – Njan Steve Lopez Caroline Bech – Manglish Sandra Simon – Lal Bahadur Shastri Pearly Maaney – The Last SupperBest Debut ProducerTamilTeluguManobala – Sathuranga Vettai Bharath Seeni – Goli Soda Varun Maniyan – Vaayai Moodi Pesavum K. Chandramohan – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Manoj Paramahamsa & Sujatha Chenthilnathan– Poovarasam Pee PeeVenkat Srinivas – Karthikeya Sunitha Tati – Bangaru Kodipetta Sampath Nandi – Galipatam M. V. V. Satyanarayana – Geethanjali Giridhar Mamidipally – Lakshmi Raave Maa Intiki Kannada MalayalamInkfinite Pictures – Ugramm Dynamic Visions – Neenade Naa Sri Sai Balaji Combines – Billion Dollar Baby Hombale Films – Ninnindale Dreamweaver Entertainment – Aaryan Anwar Rasheed, Sophia Paul – Bangalore Days Rajesh Augustine – Ithihasa Dr George Mathew, Dr Baby Mathew – Apothecary Shibu G Suseelan – 7th Day Fahadh Faasil – Iyobinte PustakamBest Debut DirectorTamilTeluguVelraj – Velaiyilla Pattathari H. Vinoth – Sathuranga Vettai Raju Murugan– Cuckoo Caarthik Raju – Thirudan Police Ram – MundasupattiSujeeth – Run Raja Run Sripriya – Drushyam Chandoo Mondeti – Karthikeya K. S. Ravindra – Power Srinivas Avasarala – Oohalu Gusagusalade Kannada MalayalamPrashanth Neel – Ugramm Krishna – Gajakesari Rakshit Shetty – Ulidavaru Kandanthe Chetan Kumar – Bahaddur Santhosh Anandram – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Abrid Shine – 1983 Jude Anthony Joseph – Om Shanti Oshana Binu S – Ithihasa Jibu Jacob – Vellimoonga Shyam Dhar – 7th Day

Music

Best Music DirectorTamilTeluguAnirudh Ravichander – Velaiyilla Pattathari D. Imman – Rummy A. R. Rahman – Kaaviya Thalaivan Ghibran – Thirumanam Enum Nikkah Santhosh Narayanan – MadrasAnoop Rubens – Manam S. Thaman – Race Gurram Ghibran – Run Raja Run Devi Sri Prasad – 1: Nenokkadine Mickey J. Meyer – Mukunda Kannada MalayalamV. Harikrishna – Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Anoop Seelin – Love in Mandya Arjun Janya– Maanikya B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Ulidavaru Kandanthe Mani Sharma – Ninnindale Gopi Sunder – Bangalore Days Bijibal – Vikramadithyan Shaan Rahman – Om Shanti Oshana Deepak Dev – Avathaaram K. Raghavan – BalyakalasakhiBest LyricistTamilTeluguDhanush – "Amma Amma" from Velaiyilla Pattathari Vairamuthu – "Kandangi Kandangi" from Jilla Na. Muthukumar – "Azhagu" from Saivam Kabilan – "Vinmeen Vithaiyil" from Thegidi Yugabharathi – "Manasula Soora Kaathey" from CuckooChandrabose – "Kani Penchina" from Manam Sirivennela – "Nandalala" from Mukunda Ramajogayya Sastry – "Nee Kanti Choopullo" from Legend Ananta Sriram – "Em Sandeham Ledu" from Oohalu Gusagusalade Vanamali – "Sari Povu Koti" from Karthikeya Kannada MalayalamGhouse Peer – "Kaarmoda" from Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Kaviraj – "Guruvara Sanje" from Power *** Santhosh Anandram – "Yaralli Sound" from Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Rakshit Shetty– "Gaatiya Ilidu" from Ulidavaru Kandanthe K. Kalyan – "Kannada Siri" from Gajakesari Hari Narayanan– "Olanjaali Kuruvi" from 1983 Jayageetha – "Koottu Thedi" from Varsham Rafeeq Ahammed – "Ethu Kari Ravilum" from Bangalore Days Anwar Ali – "Theruvukal Nee" from Njan Steve Lopez Santhosh Varma – "Mazha Nila" from VikramadithyanBest Male Playback SingerTamilTeluguPradeep Kumar – "Aagayam Thee Pidicha" from Madras Karthik – "Ovvondrai Thirudigirai" from Jeeva Shadab Faridi – "Enthaara Enthaara" from Thirumanam Enum Nikkah Abhay Jodhpurkar – "Vinmeen Vithayil" from Thegidi Dhanush – "Amma Amma" from Velaiyilla PattathariSimha – "Cinema Chupista Maava" from Race Gurram Arijit Singh – "Kanulanu Thake" from Manam Master Bharath – "Kanipenchina Maa Ammake" from Manam Devi Sri Prasad – "Who Are You" from 1: Nenokkadine Gold Devaraj – "Bujjimaa" from Run Raja Run Kannada MalayalamRajesh Krishnan – "Kaarmoda" from Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Vijay Prakash– "Open Hairu" from Adyaksha Gurukiran – "Pesalagi Order" from Brahma Santhosh Venky – "Aaramagiri Subbalakshmi" from Bahaddur Anoop Seelin – "Opkondbitlu Kanla" from Love in Mandya