Date September 12–13, 2013 Network Sun TV Network | Site Expo Centre Sharjah | |
Best Picture Kumki (Tamil)
Eega (Telugu)
Katariveera Surasundarangi (Kannada)
Ustad Hotel (Malayalam) Most nominations Gabbar Singh (Telugu)—13
3, Kumki and
Thuppakki (Tamil)—10
Anna Bond (Kannada)—10
Spirit (Malayalam)—9 | ||
The 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards 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. Initially planned for June, 20-21, the date was postponed due to 100 years of Indian cinema jubilee festivities. 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. Differing from the 1st SIIMA Awards, technical Awards were presented on the first day as well. Show performances were delivered by Shruthi Haasan, Hansika Motwani, Shriya Saran, Rima Kallingal, Usha Uthup, Pranitha Subhash, Anirudh Ravichander, Ragini Dwivedi, Aindrita Ray, Andrea Jeremiah, Parul Yadav, Remya Nambeesan, Lakshmi Menon, Regina Cassandra and Meera Nandan.
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Five new Award categories were added for the 2nd SIIMA Awards ceremony: Best Debutant Producer, Best Actor in a Supporting Role,Best Actress in a 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. Nominated by a team of veteran professionals the final winners were decided by a public voting system. Most nominations were announced for Telugu film Gabbar Singh (13), while in Tamil 3, Kumki and Thuppakki started with ten nominations each. Anna Bond (Kannada, 10) and Spirit (Malayalam, 9) were also favourites 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 and Thattathin Marayathu (3 each) were awarded more than two times. For their contributions as leading actresses in South Indian cinema Trisha and Kavya Madhavan were bestowed with an honorary award. K. J. Yesudas and Sowcar Janaki were honoured with the SIIMA Lifetime Achievement Award.