The two-day South Indian International Movie Awards event kicked off on a grand note on Friday at Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. A long list of celebrities attended day 1 of the awards ceremony. The event something really different whenTamil actor Simbhu bagged the award for the Best Male Singer. The award was for his song Diamond Girl from the NTR Jr starrer film Baadshah. The actor singer won the maximum votes against Shankar Mahadevan who was nominated for his song from Attarintiki Daredi. Simbu thanked Juniour NTR and Thaman for making it happen. He added that that he would like to sing for Pawan kalyan in future. He also went on to entertain the crowd by singing the song on stage.