7th Vijay Awards

7th Vijay Awards
Awarded for	"Excellence for cinematic achievements in Tamil cinema"
Sponsor	Gionee India
Date	May 11, 2013
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Presented by	Close-Up STAR Vijay
Host	R. Madhavan Gobinath
Reward	Statuette
First awarded	2006
Official website	www.vijayawards.in
Television/Radio coverage
Network	STAR Vijay

The 7th Vijay Awards ceremony honoring the best of the Tamil film industry in 2012 was held on 11 May 2013 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.^[1] It was hosted by Gopinath and R. Madhavan.^[2]

Jury

The jury members were directors Vetrimaran, Venkat Prabhu and Cheran, comedian Yugi Sethu, and cinematographer R. Rathnavelu.^[3]

Award winners and nominees

Source:^[4][5]

Best Film	Best Director
Vazhakku Enn 18/9	Balaji Sakthivel - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 AR Murugadoss - Thuppakki Magizh Thirumeni - Thadaiyara Thaakka Prabhu Solomon - Kumki S. S. Rajamouli - Naan Ee
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dhanush - 3 Suriya - Maattraan Vijay - Thuppakki Vijay Sethupathi - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom Vikram - Thaandavam	Samantha - Neethaane En Ponvasantham Kajal Aggarwal - Thuppakki Shruti Haasan - 3 Sunaina - Neerparavai Viji Chandrasekhar - Aarohanam
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Sathyaraj - Nanban Maarimuthu - Aarohanam Naren - Sundarapandian Pasupathi - Aravaan Samudrakani - Saattai	Anupama Kumar - Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal Nandita Das - Neerparavai Radhika Apte - Dhoni Saranya Ponvannan - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Vidyullekha Raman - Neethane En Ponvasantham
Best Comedian	Best Villain
Santhanam - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Karunas - Kazhugu Sathyan - Nanban Soori - Sundarapandian VTV Ganesh - Podaa Podi	Sudeep - Naan E Muthuraman - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Narain - Mugamoodi Thambi Ramiah - Saattai Vidyut Jamwal - Thuppakki
Best Debut Actor[4]	Best Debut Actress[4]
Vikram Prabhu - Kumki Sivakarthikeyan - Marina Dinesh - Attakathi Udhayanidhi Stalin - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Sri - Vazhakku Enn 18/9	Varalaxmi Sarathkumar - Podaa Podi Lakshmi Menon - Sundarapandian Manisha Yadav - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Nandita - Attakathi Urmila Mahanta - Vazhakku Enn 18/9
Best Music Director	Best Cinematographer
D. Imman - Kumki Anirudh Ravichander - 3 Harris Jayaraj - Nanban Ilaiyaraaja - Neethane En Ponvasantham Yuvan Shankar Raja - Kazhugu	Gopi Amarnath - Pizza Prem - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom Vijay Milton - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Siddharth - Aravaan Sukumar - Thadaiyara Thaakka
Best Editor	Best Art Director
Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao - Naan Ee A. Sreekar Prasad - Thuppakki Gopi Krishna - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Leo John Paul - Pizza Praveen K. L.-N. B. Srikanth - Thadaiyara Thaakka	R. K. Vijay Murugan - Aravaan Muthuraj - Nanban Rajeevan - Maattraan Sunil Babu - Thuppakki Vairabalan - Kumki
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Mohit Chauhan - "Po Nee Po" (3) Dhanush - "Why This Kolaveri Di" (3) Gaana Bala - "Nadukadalula" (Attakathi) Haricharan - "Ayyayyo" (Kumki) Vijay Prakash - "Asku Laska" (Nanban)	Ramya NSK - "Satru Munbu" (Neethaane En Ponvasantham) Shruti Haasan - "Kannazhaga" (3) Shweta Pandit - "Idhayam" (Billa II) Sithara - "Kangal Neeye" (Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal) Sunidhi Chauhan - "Mudhal Murai" (Neethaane En Ponvasantham)
Best Lyricist	Best Story, Screenplay Writer
Thamarai - "Kangal Neeye" (Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal) Dhanush - "Po Nee Po" (3) Gaana Bala - "Nadukadalula" (Attakathi) Na. Muthukumar - "Oru Paadhi" (Thaandavam) Yugabharathi - "Sollitalae" (Kumki)	Karthik Subbaraj - Pizza Balaji Sakthivel - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Balaji Tharaneetharan - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom Rajesh - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi S. S. Rajamouli - Naan Ee
Best Background Score	Best Dialogue
Yuvan Shankar Raja	Rajesh - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Anbazhagan - Saattai Gautham Menon - Neethane En Ponvasantham Iyappan - Madhubaanakadai Prabhu Solomon - Kumki
Best Choreographer	Best Stunt Director
Robert - "Love Panlama Venama" (Podaa Podi) Dinesh - "Venaam Machan" (Oru Kal Oru Kannadi) Farah Khan - "Irukkana" (Nanban) Shobi - "Antarctica" (Thuppakki) Sridhar - "Alaikka Laikka" (Thuppakki)	Anal Arasu - Thadaiyara Thaakka Kecha - Thuppakki Peter Hein - Maattrraan Rajasekhar- Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal Silva - 3
Best Make Up	Best Costume Designer
Sarath Kumar - Aravaan	S. Rajendran - Aravaan Gabreilla Wilkins - Mugamoodi Ganesh - Kumki Kunal Rawal, Deepali Noor, Sai - Nanban Vinesh Arora, Sarin - Podaa Podi
Best Find of the Year	Best Crew
Anirudh Ravichander - 3	Pizza
Best Debut Director	Face of the Year
Balaji Tharaneetharan - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom Anbazhagan - Saattai Karthik Subbaraj - Pizza Lakshmi Ramakrishnan - Aarohanam Prabhakaran - Sundarapandian	Udhayanidhi Stalin - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Dinesh - Attakathi Lakshmi Menon - Sundarapandian Sivakarthikeyan - Marina Varalaxmi Sarathkumar - Podaa Podi Vikram Prabhu - Kumki
Contribution to Tamil Cinema	Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema
Bharathiraja	Shahrukh Khan
Entertainer of the Year[4]	Special Jury Awards
Vijay - Nanban / Thuppakki	Vijay Sethupathi (Actor) Aarohanam (Film)

Favorite Awards

Favorite Hero[4]	Favorite Heroine[4]
Vijay - Thuppakki Ajith Kumar - Billa 2 Dhanush - 3 M. Sasikumar - Sundarapandian Surya - Maattrraan	Kajal Agarwal - Thuppakki Hansika Motwani - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Ileana D'Cruz - Nanban Samantha Ruth Prabhu - Neethaane En Ponvasantham Shruti Haasan - 3
Favorite Film[4]	Favorite Director[4]
Thuppakki Naan E Nanban Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Sundarapandian	AR Murugadoss - Thuppakki N. Lingusamy - Vettai Rajesh - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi S. S. Rajamouli- Naan E Shankar - Nanban
Favourite Song[4]
"Google Google" - Thuppakki "Sollitaaley" - Kumki "Vayamoodi Summa" - Mugamoodi "Venaam Machan" - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi "Why This Kolaveri Di - 3

Multiple nominations

The following eighteen films received four nominations or more: Nominations Film 15 Thuppakki 11 Oru Kal Oru Kannadi 10 Nanban Kumki 9 Vazhakku Enn 18/9 8 3 7 Sundarapandian 6 Naan Ee Neethaane En Ponvasantham 5 Pizza Podaa Podi Attakathi 4 Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom Thadaiyara Thaakka Aarohanam Maattraan Saattai

The following thirteen films received multiple awards: Awards Film 6 Thuppakki 3 Pizza Aravaan 3 Oru Kal Oru Kannadi 2 Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Neethaane En Ponvasantham Nanban Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal Naan E Podaa Podi Kumki Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom

References

1. "'Viswaroopam' excerpts & first look on Vijay Awards!". IndiaGlitz. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
2. "Stars, big and small". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
3. http://chennaionline.com/movies/cine-buzz/20132913032943/7th-Annual-Vijay-Awards---Grand-Success.col
4. "Winners". Vijay Awards. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
5. "Dhanush, Samantha win top honours at Vijay Awards". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

External links

• 7th Vijay Awards (2013) at the Internet Movie Database
• Vijay Awards at the Internet Movie Database