BIG Tamil Entertainment Award is an accolade presented by the Reliance Broadcast Network Limited under three broad categories:

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, Film,

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. Part of the BIG Regional Entertainment Awards, the awards were presented first in 2011 for the best of 2010. The ceremony was held on 26 March 2011. The media partner was ''

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'' and the broadcast partner was ''

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''. The winners were elected by people's voting.

Ceremonies

Categories and Winners of 2011

Awards for Excellence in Art

*Most Entertaining Classical Dancer of the Decade - Padma Subramanyam *Most Entertaining Bharathanatyam Dancer - Kamal Haasan

Awards for Excellence in Films

*Most Entertaining Debut Actor -

Vidharth Vidharth is an Indian actor, appearing in Tamil films. He started his career in 2001 doing uncredited roles. His first major role was in '' Mynaa'' (2010), which became a huge success. He has also done a film for AVM Productions titled '' Mudh ...

for ''

Mynaa ''Mynaa'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed and written by Prabu Solomon. Jointly distributed by Udhayanidhi Stalin and Kalpathi S. Aghoram, it stars Vidharth, Amala Paul and Thambi Ramaiah. Featuring an acclaimed sou ...

'' *Most Entertaining Actor -

Silambarasan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...

for '' Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya'' *Most Entertaining Actress -

Tamannaah Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fil ...

for ''

Paiyaa ''Paiyaa'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action-adventure film written, produced and directed by N. Linguswamy. It stars Karthi and Tamannaah, with Sonia Deepti, Milind Soman and Jagan appearing in supporting roles. The film, produced ...

'' *Most Entertaining Director -

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for ''

Boss Engira Bhaskaran ''Boss Engira Bhaskaran'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by M. Rajesh who earlier directed ''Siva Manasula Sakthi'' (2009). Starring Arya, Nayanthara and Santhanam in lead roles, the film is produc ...

'' *Most Entertaining Film -

*Most Entertaining Villain - Venkatesh for Angaadi Theru *Most Entertaining Music Director -

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for ''

'' *Most Entertaining Female Playback Singer - Chinmayi for ''Poove Poove'' from Siddu +2 *Most Entertaining Male Playback Singer -

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for ''

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'' from Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya *Most Entertaining Lyricist - Na. Muthukumar

Awards for Excellence in Television

*Most Entertaining Tele Serial - ''Thekkathi Ponnu'' from

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*Most Entertaining Television Actor - Sanjeev for

Thirumathi Selvam ''Thirumathi Selvam'' (Mrs. Selvam) is a 2007 Tamil television soap opera directed by S. Kumaran and produced by Radhika Srinivasan & B. Srinivasan for Vikatan Televistas. It Stars Sanjeev and Abitha in the lead roles with Rindhya, Gautami a ...

from Sun TV *Most Entertaining Television Actress - Devayani for Kodi Mullai from Raj TV *Most Entertaining Television Villain (Male) -

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for Arasi from Sun TV *Most Entertaining Television Villain (Female) - ''Brinda Das'' for

Anandham ''Aanandham'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by N. Lingusamy and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film features an ensemble cast including Mammootty, Murali, Abbas, Devayani, Rambha, Sneha, Delhi Gan ...

from Sun TV *Most Entertaining Talk Show - ''Neeya Naana'' from

*Most Entertaining Reality Show Host - ''Gopinath'' for Neeya Naana form

*Most Entertaining Theatre Group - Koothu-P-Pattarai

Special Award

*Entertainment Phenomenon - Rajinikanth

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Winners List
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Ceremonies

Categories and Winners of 2011

Awards for Excellence in Art

Awards for Excellence in Films

Awards for Excellence in Television

Special Award

See also

References

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