Best of Kollywood 2011: Vijay beats Ajith, Surya, Vikram
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oi-Prakash
By Ramchander
Vijay's
blockbuster
Velayudham
has
been
voted
as
the
Best
Movie
of
2011.
The
year-end
poll
conducted
by
Oneindia
for
various
categories
gave
opportunity
for
our
readers
to
choose
the
Best
of
Kollywood
in
2011
and
they
have
given
thumbs
up
for
not
only
Kaavalan
star's
movie
but
also
for
his
performance
in
the
film.
The
closest
competitor
for
Velayudham
is
Mankatha.
While,
Vijay's
film
secured
46.9%
votes,
Ajith
Kumar
starrer
film
received
31.9%
votes.
The
remaining
movies
like
Vikram's
Deiva
Thirumagal,
Surya's
7aam
Arivu
and
Jeeva's
Ko
got
10.4%,
7.3%
and
3.5%
votes,
respectively.
In
the
Best
Actor
category,
Vijay
(Velayudham)
and
Ajith
Kumar
(Mankatha)
received
46.6%
and
30.9%
votes.
Whereas,
Vikram,
Surya
and
Dhanush
together
got
22.5%
vote
for
their
films
Deiva
Thirumagal,
7aam
Arivu
and
Aadukalam.
Surprisingly,
Anjali
beats
Anushka
Shetty
in
the
Best
Actress
category.
While
the
former
got
35.2%
votes
for
her
performance
in
Engeyum
Eppodhum,
the
latter
secured
29.9%
for
her
role
as
a
lawyer.
In
fact,
Richa
Gangopadhyay
for
her
performance
in
Mayakkam
Enna
gave
tough
competition
to
Anushka
and
just
lost
to
her
with
a
margin
of
3.4%
votes.
Actresses
Iniya
and
Yasmin
Ponnapa
were
also
in
the
race
for
their
films
Vaagai
Sooda
Vaa
and
Aaranya
Kaandam.
Velayudham
has
won
the
honours
in
the
Best
Musician
category
too.
Vijay
Anthony,
who
composed
some
wonderful
tracks,
narrowly
won
the
race
by
getting
39%
vote.
Once
again,
Mankatha
has
lost
it
to
Velayudham.
Yuvan
Shankar
Raja
received
36%
votes.
However,
Engeyum
Kadhal
(Harris
Jayaraj),
Aadukalam
(GV
Prakash)
and
Osthi
(S
Thaman)
were
the
other
contenders.
AR
Murugadoss'
former
associate
Saravanan
has
been
voted
as
the
Best
Director
of
the
year
for
his
debut
movie
Engeyum
Eppodhum.
He
almost
got
50%
vote
and
his
nearest
competitor
was
Vetrimaaran
for
Aadukalam.
Mysskin
(Yuddham
Sei),
Thiagarajan
Kumararaja
(Aaranya
Kaandam)
and
Santha
Kumar
(Mouna
Guru)
were
also
in
the
race.