Sun Kudumbam Awards 2010

Sun Kudumbam Awards 2010

Awarded for	Excellence in Television serials
Location	Nandambakkam Trade Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Presented by	Sun Network

The Sun Kudumbam Awards 2010 were given for 22 categories, of which there were 8 main awards, 8 performance awards and 6 technical awards. The nominations and victories were based on votes via text messaging. The award ceremony was hosted by South Indian actress Kasthuri and Rishi. Special guests who attended the function include Sneha, Gautham Menon, Ramesh Khanna, Lawrence Raghavendra, Solomon Pappaiah, Sathyan, Arun Vijay, Manobala and Kaveri Maran, wife of Kalanidhi Maran. The ceremony was held at the Nandambakkam Trade Centre on April 11, 2010^[1] and was televised in India by Sun TV on May 2, 2010.

Thirumathi Selvam won 10 awards including Best Serial and Best Director for Kumaran.^[2] Other winners were Arasi and Kolangal with five awards, Thangam with three awards and Sivasakthi and Metti Oli with one.

Nominees and Winners

Main awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Serial	Best Overall Performance
Thirumathi Selvam	Raadhika Sarathkumar - "Selvi/Arasi" from Arasi
Best Actor	Best Actress
Sanjeev - "Selvam" from Thirumathi Selvam Saakshi Sivaa - "Sabapathi" from Sivasakthi KK - "Selvakannan" from Thangam	Abitha - "Archana" from Thirumathi Selvam Ramya Krishnan - "Ganga" from Thangam Gayathri - "Mekala" from Mekala Devayani - "Abinaya" from Kolangal
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Thiruchelvam - "Tholkappiyan" from Kolangal Prithvi Raj - "Ganga" from Arasi Delhi Ganesh - "Desikachari" from Thiruppavai Venkat - "Senthil Kumaran" from Athi Pookal	Poornima Mohan - "Menaka/Chellamma" from Kolangal Latha Sethupathi - "Thangam" from Arasi Deva Darshini - "Jeya" from Idhayam Venkat - "Senthil Kumaran" from Athi Pookal
Special Jury Award	Lifetime Achievement Award
Ramya Krishnan - "Ganga" from Thangam Raadhika Sarathkumar - "Selvi/Arasi" from Arasi	Raadhika Sarathkumar

Performance Awards

Best Father	Best Mother
Vijayakumar - "Ayya" from Thangam Jeyamani - "Poongavanam" from Thirumathi Selvam Delhi Kumar - "RK" from Anandham	Vadivukkarasi - "Sivakami" from Thirumathi Selvam Manju Bhargavi - "Subbulakshmi" from Thangam Sathyapriya - "Karpagam" from Kolangal Rajalakshmi - "Thilaga" from Mekala
Best Brother	Best Sister
Srikumar - "Kannan (Left)" from Sivasakthi Sukran - "Datchanamoorthy" from Athi Pookal R. Radharavi - "Kadarkarai" from Chellamay Rajkanth - "Mukundhan" from Uravugal	Aparna - "Rani" from Thirumathi Selvam Anuradha - "Mutharasi" from Thangam
Best Father-in-law	Best Mother-in-law
Santhanam - "Sivaraman" from Thirumathi Selvam Vincent Roy - "Thanikachalam" from Uravugal Robert Rajasekar - "Karunamoorthy" from Senthoora Poove Chitra Lakshmanan - "Devarajan" from Idhayam	Gauthami - "Bagyam" from Thirumathi Selvam Seema - Nachchiyar from Thangam Seetha - "Sai Kalyani" from Idhayam Nalini - "Alamelu" from Kolangal
Best Male Villain	Best Female Villain
Ajay Kapoor - "Aadhi" from Kolangal Kaalidas - "Sankarapandian" from Anandham GK - "Kulasekaran" from Thangam Ajay Rathnam - "Viswanathan" from Arasi	Kaveri - "Ilavanji" from Thangam Brinda Das - "Abirami" from Anandham Ragavi - "Jeyanthi" from Thirumathi Selvam Malavika - "Muthazhagi" from Chellamay

Technical Awards

Best Director	Best Screenwriter
cj baskar - chellame Thirumurugan - Metti Oli Kumaran - Thirumathi Selvam	Cj baskar - chellame
Best Dialogue Writer	Best Cinematographer
Amirtharaj - Thirumathi Selvam	Senthamizhselvan - Arasi
Best Music Director	Best Editor
Kiran - Arasi	S. Nagaraj - Arasi

References