The Vijay Awards are presented by the Tamil television channel

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to honour excellence in

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. It has been given annually since 2006, with the latest—the 10th edition—of the award-giving ceremony having been held in May 2018. The awards are decided by a jury, consisting of noted film-makers, critics and technicians, while winners in a separate category named "Favourite awards" are chosen by public voting. The awards have been sponsored by

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, Univercell and Close Up. After the last ceremony was the

10th Vijay Awards The final 10th Vijay Awards ceremony honouring the best of the Tamil film industry in 2017 was held on 26 May 2018 at Chennai. The event was hosted by Gopinath and Divyadharshini. Jury K. Bhagyaraj, Radha, Yugi Sethu, Anurag Kashyap and K. ...

in 2018, the Vijay Awards were cancelled due to past controversies and waning public interest.

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 nine categories - Favourite Hero, Heroine, Film, Director, Music Director, Playback Singer Male/Female, Villain and Comedian - while 10 Jury Special Awards were also introduced. The format was completely reworked for 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 (Favourite Hero, Heroine, Film, Director and Song) chosen by public voting. The award for Favourite Song was introduced in 2008.

Awards

Jury Awards

Best Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

* Best Actor *

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

* Best Supporting Actor * Best Supporting Actress * Best Comedian *

Best Villain Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation ...

* 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 Dialogue Writer * 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 *

Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year The Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil (Kollywood) films. Vijay and Dhanush has won the award most number of times (3 times each). The list Here is a list of the ...

* Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema *

Vijay Special Jury Award The Vijay Special Jury Award is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil (Kollywood) films. The award is given to both actors and films. Actors Films See also * Tamil cinema * Cinema of India The Cine ...

Favourite awards

* Favourite Hero * Favourite Heroine * Favourite Film * Favourite Director * Favourite Song * Favourite Music Director (2006 only) ** A R Rahman * Favourite Villain (2006 only) ** Prakash Raj * Favourite Comedian (2006 only) **

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* Favourite Playback Singer (Male) (2006 only) **

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* Favourite Playback Singer (Female) (2006 only) ** S Janaki *

Vijay Award for Icon of the Year The Vijay Award for Icon of the Year is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil (Kollywood) films. This category has been retired since 2007. The list Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which ...

** Vijay (2007) ** Vikram (2006)

Ceremony

The ceremony is held every year at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in

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and is telecasted on

only. However, it is not televised live. Except for the first edition, the ceremonies are held in May, June or July, though always before the announcement of the Filmfare Awards South.

Superlatives

;Most Awards to a Single person *

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- 9 * Kamal Haasan - 8 * Dhanush - 7 * Nayanthara - 6 ;Most Awards to a Single person in a single year * Kamal Haasan - 4 (3rd Vijay Awards) ;Most Awards to a Single film *

Vaaranam Aayiram ''Vaaranam Aayiram'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and produced by Venu Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The film stars Suriya in dual lead roles as father and son, with Sam ...

- 7 *

Thuppakki ''Thuppakki'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss. Produced by Kalaippuli S. Thanu under his studio V Creations, and distributed by Gemini Film Circuit, the film stars Vijay and Kajal ...

- 6 * Dasavatharam - 6 * Kadal - 6 ;Most Nominations to a Single person * Dhanush - 23 * Suriya - 15 *

Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Telugu and two films in Hindi. He has been honoured with K ...

- 15 * Vijay - 14 *

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- 10 ;Most Nominations to a Single film * Aadukalam - 22 *

- 16 *

- 15 *

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- 15 * Raja Rani - 15

References

External links

* {{IMDb event, 0002360, Vijay Awards
Official website
Awards established in 2006 2006 establishments in Tamil Nadu Tamil film awards