South Indian International Movie Award (SIIMA)- Winners

The Inaugural South Indian International Movie awards (SIIMA) recently took place in Dubai in two grand nights awarding the best in film industries of Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telegu .

In Tamil films  Eventhough the best film was won by KO, Aadukalam rocked with 4 awards in Best Actor , Director, Cinematographer & Music Director.

The Tamil Industry Winners are as follows : 

Best Cinematographer-R.Velraj / Aadukalam

Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Sarath Kumar / Kanchana

Best Actor in a Negative Role-Ajmal / Ko

Best Lyricist-Na Muthu Kumar / Song - Un pera Theriyathe, Movie - Engeyum Eppothum

Best Music Director-G.V.Prakash / Aadukalam

Best Playback Singer (Female)-Chinmayi / Song - Sara Sara, Movie - Vaagai sooda va

Best Playback Singer (Male)-Dhanush / Song - Voda Voda, Movie - Mayakkam Enna

Best Comedian-Santhanam / Vaanam

Best Debutant Female-Hansika Motwani / Maapillai

Best Debutant Male-Sharvanand / Engeyum Eppothum

Best Debutant Director-M. Saravanan- Engeyum Eppodhum

Life Time Achievement Award-Ambreesh

Specoal Appreciation-Baby AneySIIMA SRI-Murali Mohan

Best Actress-Asin / Kavalan

Special Appreciation-Richa Gangopadhyay / Mayakkam Enna

Best Actor-Dhanush / AadukalamActor  

Special Appreciation-Vikram / Deiva Thirumagal

Best Director-Vetrimaran / Aadukalam

Best Film-Ko - Elred Kumar, Jayaraman / RS Infotainment

There was also GEN NEXT AWARDS For

Sensational Art Dierctor : SABU CYRIL 

Sensation of South Indian Cinema - Dhanush

Sensational Dance Choreographer Rising Star of South Indian Cinema - Imran

Sensational Stunt Choreographer Rising Star of South Indian Cinema - Peter Hain

Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema (Male) - Rana Daggubati

Youth Icon of South Indian Cinema (Female)  - Trisha

Stylish Actor of South Indian Cinema - Silambarasan

Stylish Star of South Indian Cinema - Lakshmi Rai

Rising Star of South Indian Cinema ( Male ) - Nani

Rising Star of South Indian Cinema ( Female ) - Amala Paul

Pride of South Indian Cinema - Shruthi Hassan

The juries were ,

The 10 special juries named are:

Shyam Prasad Reddy – Telugu film producer
Malathi Rangarajan – film journalist
Poornima Bhagyaraj – actress
Kushbu – actress
Lisy Priyadarshan – actress
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan – actress
K. Manchu – Kannada film producer
Prathap Pothen – director/actor
Siddiq – director

VIJAY AWARDS 2012

Vijay Awards  2012 - the sixth Edition was recently held at Chennai.

The awards were given for 34 categories, for 143 Tamil films for the films of year 2011.

Best Film - Engeyum Eppodhum

Best Actor - Vikram (Deiva Thirumagan)

Best Actress - Anjali (Engeyum Eppodhum)

Best Villain - Ajith (Mankatha)

Best Director - Vetrimaran (Aadukalam)

Best Supporting Actor - Sarath Kumar (Kanchana)

Best Supporting Actress - Uma Riaz (Mounaguru)

Best Comedian - Santhanam (Siruthai)

Best Comedian Jury Award - Kovai Sarala (Kanchana)

Best Screenplay - Thiagarajan Kumararaja (Mounaguru)

Best Debut Actor - Nani (Veppam)

Best Dialogue - Samuthikiran (Poraali)

Best Music Director - GV Prakash (Aadukalam)

Best Background Score - Yuvan Shankar Raja (Aaranya Kaandam)

Best Cinematographer - PS Vinod (Aaranya Kaandam)

Best Art Director - Seenu (Vaagai Sooda Vaa)

Best Stunt Director - Dillip Subbarayan (Aaranya Kaandam)

Best Choreographer - Suchitra (Dia dia song from Avan Ivan)

Best Editor - Kishore (Engeyum Eppodhum)

Best Make Up - Kodandapani (7aam Arivu)

Best Song - Yathe Yathe (Aadukalam)

Best Singer (Male)- SPB for Aiyo (Aadukalam)

Best Singer (Female)- Chinmayee for Saaru Kaathu (Vaagai Sooda Vaa)

Best Find of The Year - Ghibran (Vaagai Sooda Vaa)

Best Crew - Aadukalam team

Favourite Director - Venkat Prabhu (Mankatha)

Favourite Film - Ko

Favourite Song - Enammo (Ko)

Special Jury Award - Baby Sarah (Deiva Thirumagal)

Best Entertainer - Dhanush

Chevalier Sivaji Award - SPB

The Vijay Awards jury comprised of

Director KS Ravikumar, 

Cinematographer Rathinavel,

Actors Yugi Sethu, Nadhiya and Lizzy Priyadarshan. 

Samantha out of Mani's KADAL and thulasi grabs the oppurtunity

Here's a shocker if you're a Samantha fan! The actress has reportedly walked out of Mani Ratnam's film "Kadal". Although the reasons for the Samantha's exit are yet to be known, its being buzzed that the beautiful actress has opted out due to dates issue. Samantha has been doing some big ticket films in Tamil and Telugu and she might have encountered difficulties in allocating the dates to the ace director.

Samantha is part of bit budget films like Rajamouli's "Naan Ee", Gautham Menon's "Neethane En Pon Vasantham", "Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu" and an untitled project with Nandini Reddy in which Siddharth plays the lead. "Kadal" is one of the much-eagerly awaited of the year, and according to sources, a considerable portion of the film has already been shot on Samantha.

We hear that the pretty actress is suffering from skin allergies caused during the shoot of Mani Ratnam’s Kadal. It seems she has been taking treatments and has been asked by the doctors to keep away from bright lights for the next three months. These health issues seems to be the reason for her opting out of Shankar’s I, which is all set to go on floor this July.

However, her sci-fi Naan Ee will hit the screens on July 6th and she still has Gautham Menon’s Neethane En Ponvasantham alongside Jiiva. Now the big question is who will replace Samantha?

"Since Thulasi is a school going girl, Mani feels that she would fit well to the role of a 15-year-old girl in Kadal," sources say, adding: "Thulasi will share the screen space with Karthik's son Gautham, who too is making his debut with this film."

so it might be thulasi starring opposite gautam  .....