The
seventh
edition
of
Vijay
Awards
was
held
on
Saturday
(May
11).
the
prestigious
function
was
attended
by
who's
who
of
Tamil
film
industry.
The
prime
attraction
of
the
event
was
Bollywood
superstar
Shahrukh
Khan,
who
graced
a
Tamil
film
event
for
the
first
time.
As
many
as
30
awards
were
given
away
in
different
categories
at
a
gala
ceremony
on
Saturday,
including
Chevalier
Sivaji
award
for
excellence
in
Indian
cinema
to
Bollywood
superstar
Shahrukh
Khan.
While
Dhanush
won
the
best
actor
male
award
for
his
performance
in
his
wife
Aishwarya's
directorial
debut
3,
Samantha
won
the
best
actor
female
award
for
her
work
in
Neethaane
En
Ponvasantham.
Tamil
teen
crime-thriller
Vazhakku
En
18/9
was
named
the
best
film,
while
the
film's
director
Balaji
Sakthivel
lifted
the
best
director
trophy.
For
his
performance
as
a
mahout
in
Tamil
romantic-drama
Kumki,
actor
Vikram
won
the
best
debut
male
award,
while
Varalaxmi
Sarathkumar
won
the
best
debut
female
award
for
Poda
Podi.
Kannada
actor
Kiccha
Sudeep
won
the
best
villain
trophy
for
critically
acclaimed
revenge-drama
Naan
Ee
and
the
best
comedian
gong
went
to
comic
star
Santhanam
for
romantic-comedy
Oru
Kal
Oru
Kannadi.
Actor
Sathyaraj
won
the
best
supporting
actor
male
award
for
his
performance
in
Nanban,
Tamil
remake
of
Hindi
comedy
3
Idiots.
Continue
reading
the
slideshow
with
the
pictures
of
the
event...
A
Picture
From
The
Event
Best
supporting
actor
female
award
went
to
Anupama
Kumar
for
romantic-thriller
Muppoluthum
Un
Karpanaigal.
D
Imman
won
the
best
music
director
award
for
romantic-drama
Kumki.
A
Picture
From
The
Event
Tamil
period-drama
Aravaan
won
two
awards
-
best
costume
design
and
best
art
design
awards
for
S
Rajendran
and
RK
Vijay
Murugan,
respectively.
Anal
Arasu
won
the
best
stunt
director
for
romantic-action
Thadaiyara
Thaakka,
while
Gopi
Amarnath
was
awarded
the
best
cinematographer
for
horror-thriller
Pizza,
which
also
won
the
best
screenplay
award
for
debutant
director
Karthik
Subbaraj.
A
Picture
From
The
Event
Thamarai
won
the
best
lyricist
award
for
her
song
'Kangal
neeye...' in
Muppoluthum
Un
Karpanaigal,
while
Robert
won
the
best
choreographer
award
for
Poda
Podi.
Balaji
Tharaneetharan
won
the
best
debut
director
award
for
comedy
Naduvula
Konjam
Pakkatha
Kaanom
and
Rajesh
M
won
the
best
dialogue
writer
award
for
romantic-comedy
Oru
Kal
Oru
Kannadi.
A
Picture
From
The
Event
Composer
Anirudh
Ravichander
and
actor-producer
Udhayanidhi
Stalin
were
honoured
with
best
find
of
the
year
and
face
of
the
year
awards,
respectively.
Family-drama
Aarohanam
won
the
jury
award,
best
actor
jury
award
was
given
to
Vijay
Sethupathi.
A
Picture
From
The
Event
Tamil
actor
Vijay
pocketed
two
awards
-
best
entertainer
of
the
year
and
favourite
hero
for
films
Nanban
and
Thuppakki,
respectively.
Vijay's
Thuppakki
also
won
the
favourite
film
award,
while
the
song
"Google
google..."
from
the
same
film
won
the
favourite
song
of
the
year
award.
Filmmaker
AR
Murugadoss
was
awarded
favourite
director
of
the
year
for
the
same
film.
Tamil
horror-thriller
Pizza
walked
away
with
the
best
crew
award.