9th South Indian International Movie Awards

9th South Indian International Movie Awards
9th South Indian International Movie Awards
	Official title card
Awarded for	Excellence in South Indian cinema and Music
Announced on	Nominations: 16 August 2021
Presented on	18–19 September 2021
Site	Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC), Hyderabad, India
Hosted by	2019; Sreemukhi; Sundeep Kishan; Dhanya Balakrishna;
Organized by	Vibri Media Group
Highlights
Best Film	2019; Jersey (Telugu); Kaithi (Tamil); Yajamana (Kannada); Lucifer (Malayalam); 2020; Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (Telugu); Soorarai Pottru (Tamil); Love Mocktail (Kannada); Ayyappanum Koshiyum (Malayalam);
Lifetime achievement	Sheela (2019); K. Viswanath (2020);
Most awards	2020; Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (Telugu) – 10;
Most nominations	2019; Kumbalangi Nights (Malayalam) – 13; Yajamana (Kannada) – 12; Maharshi (Telugu) – 10; Majili (Telugu) – 10; 2020; Soorarai Pottru (Tamil) – 14; Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (Telugu) – 12; Sarileru Neekevvaru (Telugu) – 12;
Television coverage
Channel	Gemini TV; Sun TV; Surya TV ; Udaya TV;
Network	Sun TV Network

The 9th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad on 18–19 September 2021. The ceremony (9th SIIMA) recognised and honoured the best films and performances from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and music released in 2019 and 2020, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards.

In 2020, the awards ceremony could not take place due to COVID-19 pandemic in India. So, it was scheduled for 11–12 September 2021. Later, it was rescheduled to 18–19 September 2021. The nomination list for the main awards was announced in August 2021. Sreemukhi, Sundeep Kishan and Dhanya Balakrishna have hosted the 2019 section (first day) of the awards ceremony. A total of 112 recipients won the awards in 21 categories across the four languages on the first day (2019 section). The winners for the year 2020 were announced on the second day of the event.