Vijay Awards

Vijay Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements in Tamil cinema
Presented by	STAR Vijay
Country	India
First awarded	2006

The Vijay Awards are presented by the Tamil television channel STAR Vijay to honour excellence in Tamil cinema. It has given annually since 2006.^[1] The awards are decided by a jury, consisting of noted filmmakers, critics and technicians, while winners in a separate category named "Favourite awards" are chosen by public voting.^[2] The awards have been sponsored by Reliance Mobile, Univercell and Close Up.

Contents 1 History 2 Awards 2.1 Jury Awards 2.2 Favorite Awards 2.3 Retired awards 3 Ceremony 4 Superlatives 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

History

The first edition of the awards was held to select the most popular artists, however not for any particular work or year. In the first year of the awards, viewers were asked to choose their all time favourite film and artists in 9 categories - Favourite Hero, Heroine, Film, Director, Music director, Playback Singer Male / Female, Villain and Comedian - while 10 Jury Special Awards were also introduced.^[3][4][5] The format was completely reworked the following year and from 2008 onwards, the works of the preceding year were honoured, with the majority of prizes being selected by a committee, while awards in five categories (Favorite Hero, Heroine, Film, Director and Song) are chosen by public voting. The award for Favorite Song was introduced in 2008.

Awards

Jury Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Comedian
• Best Villain
• Best Debut Actor
• Best Debut Actress
• Best Music Director
• Best Cinematographer
• Best Editor
• Best Art Director
• Best Male Playback Singer
• Best Female Playback Singer
• Best Lyricist
• Best Story, Screenplay Writer
• Best Choreographer
• Best Stunt Director
• Best Make Up
• Best Costume Designer
• Best Find of the Year
• Best Crew
• Contribution to Tamil Cinema
• Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema

Favorite Awards

• Favorite Hero
• Favorite Heroine
• Favorite Film
• Favorite Director
• Favourite Song
• Entertainer of the Year

Retired awards

• Favourite Music Director (2006 only)
• Favourite Villain (2006 only)
• Favourite Comedian (2006 only)
• Favourite Playback Singer (Male) (2006 only)
• Favourite Playback Singer (Female) (2006 only)
• Icon of the Year (2006 - 2007)
• Superstar of Tomorrow (2006 only)

Ceremony

Ther ceremony is held every year at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai and is telecasted on STAR Vijay only. However, it is not live televised. Except for the first edition, the ceremonies are being held in May or June, much before the announcement of the Filmfare Awards South.

Ceremony	Date	Host(s)	Sponsor(s)
1st Vijay Awards	December 23, 2006	Yugi Sethu	Reliance Mobile
2nd Vijay Awards	May 03, 2008	Yugi Sethu	Reliance Mobile
3rd Vijay Awards	June 13, 2009	Gopinath	Univercell
4th Vijay Awards	May 29, 2010	Gopinath	Univercell
5th Vijay Awards	June 25, 2011	Gopinath and Shivakarthikeyan	Close Up

Superlatives

Most Awards to a single film

• Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) - 9

Most Awards to a single person

• Kamal Haasan - 5
• Surya Sivakumar - 5

See also

• Tamil cinema
• Cinema of India

References

External links

• [1] Official website

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