Edison Awards (India)

Edison Awards is grand annual award presenting ceremony for people in Tamil film industry, who have made landmarks and milestones for the History of Tamil Cinema since 2009. "Edison Awards" is mainly named after the Inventor of Cinema "Thomas Alva Edison".^[1] The uniqueness of the show is mainly that, it has a vast reach in about seven countries Tamil televisions, with main broadcaster as Astro in Malaysia.

The Event is mainly organised and hosted by MyTamilMovie.com. The free-lance sponsors in the recent years are Jet Airways, Videocon, etc.

The Exclusiveness of the show bricked up by Talent Search Analysis,Live Concerts by Professional Tamil playback singer & Young Emergers and felicious dancers. Another glimpsy highlight of the event is that the awards are given based on People's Choice conceptual, implemented in ways of Online Voting, SMS Voting,and Dial-a-Vote. Mytamilmovie.com and Edison Awards has been strongly and healthily backed up by all Tamil media.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Awards

Merit awards

• Best Actor

Year	Awardee	Movie
2009	Jayam Ravi	Peraanmai
2010	Silambarasan	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya
2011	Vijay	Velayudham
2012	Vikram	Thaandavam
2013	Dhanush	Maryan
2014	Dhanush	Velaiyilla Pattathari
2015	Jayam Ravi	Thani Oruvan

• Best Actress

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Achamundu Achamundu	Sneha
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya	Trisha Krishanan
2011	Mayakkam Enna	Richa Gangopadhyay
2012	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Hansika Motwani
2013	Raja Rani	Nayantara

• Best Debut Actor

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu	Vishnu Vishal
2010	Baana Kaathaadi	Adharvaa
2011	Mankatha	Mahat Raghavendra
2012	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Udhayanidhi Stalin
2013	Kadal	Gautham Karthik
2014	Kayal	Chandran
2015	G. V. Prakash Kumar	Darling

• Best Debut Actress

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Malayan	Shammu
2010	Mynaa	Amala Paul
2011	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Iniya
2012	Podaa Podi	Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
2013	Neram	Nazriya Nazim
2014	Madras	Catherine Tresa
2015	Darling	Nikki Galrani

• Best Male Rising Star

Year	Awardee
2012	Vijay Sethupathi
2013	Sivakarthikeyan
2014	Hiphop Tamizha

• Best Female Rising Star

Year	Awardee
2012	Oviya
2013	Sri Divya
2014	Janani Iyer
2015	Keerthy Suresh

• Best Supportive Actor

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Unnaipol Oruvan	Ganesh Venkatraman
2012	Kazhugu	Karunas
2013	Thalaivaa	Subbu Panchu
2014	Madras	Johnny
2015	Kanchana 2	Sriman

• Best Supportive Actress

Year	Movie	Awardee
2010	Naan Mahaan Alla	Neelima
2012	3	Rohini
2015	Massu Engira Masilamani	Pranitha Subhash

• Best Character (Male)

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Achamundu Achamundu	Prasanna
2010	Naan Mahaan Alla	Jayaprakash
2015	Thani Oruvan	Thambi Ramaiah

• Best Character (Female)

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Siva Manasula Shakti	Urvashi
2010	Thenmerku Paruvakkaatru	Saranya Ponvannan

• Best Comedian

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Guru En Aalu	Vivek
2010	Boss Engira Bhaskaran	Santhanam
2011	Mankatha	Premji Amaren
2012	Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Santhanam
2013	Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya	Power Star Dr. Srinivasan
2014	Kaththi	Sathish

• Best Child Actor

Year	Movie	Awardee
2011	Deiva Thirumagal	Baby Sarah

• Best Villain

Year	Movie	Awardee
2012	Naan Ee	Sudeep
2013	Singam II	Rahman
2014	Jigarthanda	Bobby Simha
2015	Arun Vijay	Yennai Arindhaal

• Best Commercial Movie

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Ayan	K. V. Anand
2010	Singam	Hari

• Best Romantic Movie

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Aadhavan	K. S. Ravikumar
2010	Goa	Venkat Prabhu

• Best Educational Movie

Year	Movie	Awardee
2012	Saattai	Anbhazhagan

• Best Patriotic Movie

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Peranmai	S. P. Jananathan
2010	Madrasapattinam	A. L. Vijay

• Best Thriller Movie

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Eeram	Arivazhagan
2010	Aaiyirathil Oruvan	Selvaraghavan

• Award for Daring Role

Year	Movie	Awardee
2012	Aravaan	Dhansika

Technical awards

• Best Music Director

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Ayan	Harris Jayaraj
2010	Madrasapattinam	G. V. Prakash Kumar
2011	Ko	Harris Jayaraj
2012	Kumki	D. Imman
2013	Vanakkam Chennai	Anirudh Ravichander
2014	Kaththi	Anirudh Ravichander

• Best Introduced Music Director

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Unnaipol Oruvan	Shruthi Haasan
2010	ThenMerku Paruvakkaatru	N.R.Rahunandan
2012	3	Anirudh Ravichander
2013	Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara	Siddharth Vipin
2015	Aambala	Hiphop Tamizha

• Best Background Score

Year	Movie	Awardee
2012	Naan	Vijay Antony
2013	Raja Rani	G. V. Prakash Kumar
2015	Vedalam	Anirudh Ravichander

• Best Male Playback Singer

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Oru Chinna Thamarai - Vettaikaaran	Krish
2010	Hossana - Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Vijay Prakash
2011	Ennamo Yedho - Ko	Aalap Raju
2012	Venam Machan - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi	Vel Murugan
2013	Paakatha - Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam	Vijay Yesudas

• Best Female Playback Singer

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Siragugal - Sarvam	Madhushree
2010	Adada Mazhada - Paiyaa	Saindhavi
2011	Chotta Chotta - Engeyum Eppodhum	Chinmayi
2012	Asku Laska - Nanban	Chinmayi
2013	Yaaro Ivan - Udhayam NH4	Saindhavi

• Best Introduced Playback Singer

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Nadodigal	Murugan
2010	Agam Puram	P.P.Venkat

• Best Lyricist

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Kulir 100°	V.Elango
2010	Enthiran	Pa.Vijay
2012	Thuppakki	Madhan Karky
2013	Udhayam NH4	Na. Muthukumar
2015	I	Madhan Karky

• Best Director

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Ayan	K.V.Anand
2010	Madarasapattinam	A.L.Vijay
2011	Mankatha	Venkat Prabhu
2012	Kumki	Prabu Solomon
2013	Paradesi	Bala
2014	Madras	Pa. Ranjith
2015	Thani Oruvan	Mohan Raja

• Best Debut Director

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Eeram	Arivazhagan
2010	Kalavani	A. Sarkunam
2011	Engeyum Eppodhum	M. Saravanan
2012	Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom	Balaji Tharaneetharan
2013	Raja Rani	Atlee[8]
2014	Velaiilla Pattadhari	Velraj
2015	Kuttram Kadithal	Bramma

• Best Art Director

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu	Susindran
2010	Enthiran	Saabu Cyril
2012	Aravaan	Vijay Murugan
2013	Vanakkam Chennai	V. Selvakumar

• Best Cinematography

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Eeram	Manoj Paramhamsa
2010	Enthiran	Randy
2012	Pizza	Gopi Amaranth
2013	Irandaam Ulagam	Ramji

• Best Editor

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Sarvam	A. Sreekar Prasad
2010	Enthiran	Anthony
2012	Thuppakki	A. Sreekar Prasad
2015	Vedalam	Ruben

• Best Producer

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Eeram	Shankar
2010	Enthiran	Kalanadhi Maran
2013	Vanakkam Chennai	Udhayanidhi Stalin
2015	Kaaka Muttai	Dhanush, Vetrimaaran

• Best Choreographer

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Kandaen Kadhalai	Poppy Krishna
2010	Enthiran	Prabhu Deva
2013	Biriyani	Raju Sundaram
2014	Kaththi	Shobi
2015	Yennai Arindhaal	Sathish Krishnan

• Best Action

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Ayan	Kanal Kannan
2010	Enthiran	Peter Hein

• Best PRO (Public Relations Officer)

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Kandasamy	Diamond Babu
2010	Naan Mahan Alla	John
2013	Dhoom 3	Suresh Chandra

• Best Folk Song

Year	Movie	Song
2012	Kumki	Soi Soi
2015	Anegan	Danga Maari Oodhari

• Favorite Song

Year	Movie	Song
2014	Maan Karate	Open the Tasmac
2015	Komban	Karuppu Nerathazhagi

Special awards

• Super Star Rajini Award

Year	Awardee
2011	Vijay

• Lifetime Achievement Award

Year	Awardee
2011	L. R. Eswari

• Manidha Neyam Award

Year	Awardee
2015	Raghava Lawrence

• Best Actor in a Negative Role

Year	Awardee
2015	Arvind Swamy

• Extreme Performance - Male

Year	Movie	Awardee
2013	Paradesi	Adharvaa
2015	Kanchana 2	Raghava Lawrence

• Extreme Performance - Female

Year	Movie	Awardee
2013	Paradesi	Vedhika
2014	Kaaviya Thalaivan	Vedhika

• Enthusiastic Performer - Male

Year	Movie	Awardee
2013	6 Melugu Vathigal	Shaam

• Enthusiastic Performer - Female

Year	Movie	Awardee
2013	Aarambam	Taapsee Pannu[9]
2014	Nedunchaalai	Sshivada[10]

• Protonic Icon Award Director

Year	Movie	Awardee
2014	Naan Sigappu Manithan	Thiru[10]

• Best Retro Actress Award

Year	Movie	Awardee
2014	Mundasupatti	Nandita[10]

• Best Overseas Artit

Year	Movie	Awardee
2014	Maindhan	'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha

• Best Actress in a Social Awareness Movie

Year	Movie	Awardee
2015	Kaththukkutti	Srushti Dange[11]

Ceremonies

2015

Nominations were announced in early January 2016, though as several artists who were nominated did not turn up for the awards ceremony, the winners of several categories were not announced. Subsequently various uncategorised awards were given to other attendees.

Best Director	Best Debut Director
Mohan Raja - Thani Oruvan Balaji Mohan - Maari S. P. Jananathan - Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai Siva - Vedalam Vignesh Shivan - Naanum Rowdy Dhaan	Bramma - Kuttram Kadithal Jeethu Joseph - Papanasam Lakshman - Romeo Juliet Manikandan - Kaaka Muttai Ravi Arasu - Eetti Vijay Chander - Vaalu
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jayam Ravi - Thani Oruvan Atharvaa - Eetti Dhanush - Thanga Magan Karthi - Komban Vijay Sethupathi - Orange Mittai Vishal - Aambala	Aishwarya Rajesh - Kaaka Muttai Anushka Shetty - Inji Iduppazhagi Jyothika - 36 Vayadhinile Nayantara - Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Nithya Menen - O Kadhal Kanmani Samantha - Thanga Magan
Mass Hero of the Year	The Gorgeous Belle
Dhanush - Maari Ajith Kumar - Vedalam Suriya - Massu Engira Masilamani Vijay - Puli Vikram - I	Amy Jackson - Romeo Juliet Hansika Motwani - I Kajal Aggarwal - Maari Nayantara - Thani Oruvan Tamannaah - Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga Shruti Haasan - Puli
Best Debut Actor	Best Debut Actress
G. V. Prakash Kumar - Darling Deepak - Ivanuku Thannila Gandam Dhruva - Thilagar Murali - Thoppi Veera - Rajathanthiram	Nikki Galrani - Darling Amyra Dastur - Anegan Keerthy Suresh - Idhu Enna Maayam Radhika Prasidhha - Kuttram Kadithal Sulagna Panigrahi - Isai Sushma Raj - India Pakistan
Best Character Actor	Best Character Actress
Thambi Ramaiah - Thani Oruvan Aadukalam Naren - Eetti Arumugam Bala - Orange Mittai K. S. Ravikumar - Thanga Magan Rajkiran - Komban VTV Ganesh - Trisha Illana Nayanthara	Abhirami - 36 Vayadhinile Asha Sarath - Papanasam Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli - Maya Ramya Krishnan - Baahubali: The Beginning Shanthi Mani - Kaaka Muttai Urvashi - Uttama Villain
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Sriman - Kanchana 2 Ganesh Venkatraman - Thani Oruvan Jayaram - Uttama Villain Prakash Raj - O Kadhal Kanmani Ramesh Thilak - Demonte Colony	Pranitha - Massu Engira Masilamani Leela Samson - O Kadhal Kanmani Madhu Shalini - Thoongaa Vanam Nithya Menen - Kanchana 2 Niveda Thomas - Papanasam Poonam Bajwa - Romeo Juliet
Best Comedian - Male	Best Juvenile Artist
Sathish - Thanga Magan Jagan - Anegan RJ Balaji - Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Robo Shankar - Maari Santhanam - Aranmanai Soori - Sakalakala Vallavan	Ajay - Kuttram Kadithal Anikha - Yennai Arindhaal J. Ramesh & J. Vignesh - Kaaka Muttai Nishesh & Vaishnavi - Pasanga 2 Yuvina Parthavi - Strawberry
Best Villain	Best Appearance
Arun Vijay - Yennai Arindhaal Arvind Swamy - Thani Oruvan Karthik - Anegan Parthiban - Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Vijay Raaz - Kakki Sattai	Anandaraj - Naanum Rowdy Dhaan M. S. Bhaskar - India Pakistan T. M. Karthik - Indru Netru Naalai Udayabanu - Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Vidyullekha Raman - Inimey Ippadithan
Best Music Director	Best Cinematographer
A. R. Rahman - O Kadhal Kanmani Anirudh Ravichander - Maari D. Imman - Romeo Juliet Harris Jayaraj - Anegan G. V. Prakash Kumar - Trisha Illana Nayanthara Ghibran - Papanasam	George C. Williams - Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Manikandan - Kaaka Muttai N. K. Ekambaram - Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai Natarajan Subramaniam - Puli Sanu Varghese - Thoongaa Vanam Shamdat - Uttama Villain
Best Editor	Best Art Director
Ruben - Vedalam A. Sreekar Prasad - O Kadhal Kanmani Anthony - I Gopi Krishna - Thani Oruvan Shan Mohammed - Thoongaa Vanam	Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja - Uttama Villain Prem Navas - Thoongaa Vanam Sabu Cyril - Baahubali: The Beginning Selvakumar - Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai T. Muthuraj - Puli Thotta Tharani - Rudhramadevi
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Anirudh Ravichander - "Aaluma Doluma" (Vedalam) Jagadeesh Kumar - "Silatta Palatta" (Kanchana 2) Santhosh Narayanan - "Endi Ippadi" (Enakkul Oruvan) Sean Roldan - "Kannane Kanne" (Naanum Rowdy Dhaan) Sid Sriram - "Ennodu Nee Irundhaal" (I) Vishal Dadlani - "Thoovaanam" (Romeo Juliet)	Alisha Thomas - "Donu Donu Donu" (Maari) Lalitha Vijayakumar - "Raasathi" (36 Vayadhinile) Kharesma Ravichandran - "Kadhal Cricketu" (Thani Oruvan) Namitha Babu - "Alunguren Kulenguren" (Chandi Veeran) Saindhavi - "Iravaaga Nee" (Idhu Enna Maayam) Shweta Mohan - "Enna Solla" (Thanga Magan) Vaikom Vijayalakshmi - "Idhurkuthana" (Romeo Juliet)
Best Screenplay	Best Story
Ashwin Saravanan - Maya Bramma - Kuttram Kadithal Jeethu Joseph - Papanasam Mani Ratnam - O Kadhal Kanmani Manikandan - Kaaka Muttai Subha - Thani Oruvan	Bramma - Kuttram Kadithal Jeethu Joseph - Papanasam Manikandan - Kaaka Muttai Mohan Raja - Thani Oruvan R. Saravanan - Kaththukkutti S. P. Jananathan - Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai
Best Background Score	Best Lyricist
Anirudh Ravichander - Vedalam A. R. Rahman - O Kadhal Kanmani G. V. Prakash Kumar - Kaaka Muttai Ghibran - Thoongaa Vanam Hiphop Tamizha - Thani Oruvan Yuvan Shankar Raja - Massu Engira Masilamani	Madhan Karky - "Pookkalae Sattru Oyivedungal" (I) Aadhi - "Theemai Dhaan Vellum" (Thani Oruvan) Dhanush - "Enna Solla" (Thanga Magan) Na. Muthukumar - "Yeya En Kottikara" (Papanasam) Rokesh - "Danga Maari" (Anegan) Vairamuthu - "Malargal Kaetten" (O Kadhal Kanmani)
Best Choreographer	Best Stunt Director
Sathish Krishnan - "Adhaaru Adhaaru" (Yennai Arindhaal) Baba Basker - "Danga Maari" (Anegan) Raju Sundaram - "Mannavanae Mannavanae" (Puli) Shobi Paulraj - "Pazhagikaalam" (Aambala) Sridhar - "Vroom Vroom" (10 Endrathukulla)	Anal Arasu - I Hari Dinesh - Maari Kanal Kannan - Aambala Stunt Silva - Vedalam Super Subbarayan - Komban
Best Debut Music Director	Best Producer
Hiphop Tamizha - Aambala Deena Devarajan - India Pakistan Keba Jeremiah - Demonte Colony S. J. Surya - Isai S. N. Arunagiri - Chandi Veeran Santhosh Kumar Dhayanidhi - Inimey Ippadithan	Dhanush & Vetrimaaran - Kaaka Muttai A. M. Rathnam - Yennai Arindhaal George Pius, Suresh Balaje, Rajkumar, Sripriya - Papanasam J. Sathish Kumar - Kuttram Kadithal Kalpathi S. Agoram - Thani Oruvan Siddharth Roy Kapur - Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai
Iconic Spellbinder
Mani Ratnam - O Kadhal Kanmani S. S. Rajamouli - Baahubali: The Beginning Shankar - I

Uncategorised Awards

• Extraordinary Performance (Male) - Raghava Lawrence (Kanchana 2)
• Rising Star of the Year (Female) - Keerthy Suresh (Idhu Enna Maayam)
• Best Entertainer of the Year - Sivakarthikeyan (Kaaki Sattai)
• Best Actor in a Negative Role - Arvind Swamy (Thani Oruvan)
• Best Actress in a Social Awareness Movie - Srushti Dange (Kaththukkutti)
• Favourite Song of the Year - "Karuppu Nerathazhagi" (Komban)
• Best Folk Song of the Year - "Dangamaari" (Anegan)
• Manidha Neyam Award - Raghava Lawrence

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11. http://www.scooptimes.com/awards/9th-edison-awards-2016-the-complete-list-of-winners

External links

• Edison Awards (India) at the Internet Movie Database
• Edison Awards official Website.
• MyTamilMovie.com Website.