9th Vijay Awards explained

The 9th Vijay Awards ceremony honouring the best of the Tamil film industry in 2014 was held on 25 April 2015 at Chennai. The event was hosted by Gopinath and Divyadharshini.

Jury

R Balki, K. Bhagyaraj, Yugi Sethu, KV Anand and Nadhiya Moidu are the juries of 9th Edition Vijay Awards.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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Jury awards

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Best Film	Best Director
Velaiyilla Pattathari – Dhanush Goli Soda – Bharath Seeni Jigarthanda – Kathiresan Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam – K. Chandramohan Madras – K. E. Gnanavel Raja	Karthik Subbaraj – Jigarthanda Mysskin – Pisaasu Pa. Ranjith – Madras R. Parthiepan – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Vijay Milton – Goli Soda
Best Actor	Best Actress
Dhanush – Velaiyilla Pattathari Dinesh – Cuckoo Karthi – Madras Siddharth – Kaaviya Thalaivan Vijay – Kaththi	Amala Paul – Velaiyilla Pattathari Lakshmi Menon – Naan Sigappu Manithan Nithya Menen – Malini 22 Palayamkottai Sridivya – Jeeva Vedhicka – Kaaviya Thalaivan
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Kalaiyarasan – Madras Guru Somasundaram – Jigarthanda Radharavi – Pisaasu Rajkiran – Manjapai Samuthirakani – Velaiyilla Pattathari	Riythvika – Madras Kovai Sarala – Aranmanai Seetha – Goli soda Saranya Ponvannan – Velaiyilla Pattathari Suhasini Mani Ratnam – Ramanujan
Best Comedian	Best Villain
Thambi Ramaiah – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Karunakaran – Yaamirukka Bayamey Ramdoss – Mundasupatti Santhanam – Aranmanai Vivek – Velaiyilla Pattathari	Bobby Simha – Jigarthanda Prashant Narayanan – Nedunchaalai Prithviraj – Kaaviya Thalaivan Vinoth – Madras Vijay Murugan – Goli Soda
Best Debut Actor	Best Debut Actress
Dulquer Salmaan – Vaayai Moodi Pesavum Abhinay Vaddi – Ramanujan Chandran – Kayal Naga Sai Prasad – Pisaasu Santhosh Prathap – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam	Malavika Nair – Cuckoo Akhila Kishore – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Anandhi – Kayal Catherine Tresa – Madras Shivada Nair – Nedunchaalai
Best Music Director	Best Cinematographer
Anirudh Ravichander – Velaiyilla Pattathari A. R. Rahman – Kochadaiiyaan D. Imman – Jilla Santhosh Narayanan – Cuckoo Yuvan Shankar Raja – Anjaan	Gavemic U Ary – Jigarthanda G. Murali – Madras Gokul Benoy – Pannaiyarum Padminiyum R. D. Rajasekhar – Arima Nambi Nirav Shah – Kaaviya Thalaivan
Best Editor	Best Art Director
Vivek Harshan – Jigarthanda Anthony – Goli Soda Kishore Te – Nedunchaalai Praveen K. L. – Madras Sabu Joseph VJ – Vallinam	Sabu Cyril – Lingaa
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Pradeep Kumar - "Agayam Theepiditha" (Madras) Abhay Jodhpurkar - "Vinmeen" (Thegidi) Haricharan - "Sandi Kuthirai" (Kaaviya Thalaivan) Prasanna - "Koodamela Koodavechi" (Rummy) Vishal Dadlani - "Aathi" (Kaththi)	Uthara Unnikrishnan - "Nadhi Pogum Koozhangal" (Pisaasu) Chinmayi - "Idhayam" (Kochadaiiyaan) Shreya Ghoshal - "Kandangi Kandangi" (Jilla) Shakthisree Gopalan, Dheekshitha - "Naan Nee" (Madras) Vaikom Vijayalakshmi - "Pudhiya Ulagai" (Yennamo Yedho)
Best Story, Screenplay Writer	Best Dialogue
Vijay Milton – Goli Soda Karthik Subbaraj – Jigarthanda R. Parthiepan – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Ram – Mundasupatti Velraj – Velaiyilla Pattathari	R. Parthiepan – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam AR Murugadoss – Kaththi Vinoth – Sathuranga Vettai Raju Murugan & Paramu – Cuckoo Velraj – Velaiyilla Pattathari
Best Background Score	Best Lyricist
Santhosh Narayanan – Jigarthanda A. R. Rahman – Kochadaiiyaan Anirudh Ravichander – Velaiyilla Pattathari Arrol Corelli – Pisaasu Sean Roldan – Mundasupatti	Kabilan - "Aathangara Orathil" (Yaan) Dhanush - "Amma Amma" (Velaiyilla Pattathari) Na. Muthukumar - "Azhagu" (Saivam) Vairamuthu - "Maatram Ondru" (Kochadaiiyaan) Yugabharathi - "Manasula Soora Kaathu" (Cuckoo)
Best Choreographer	Best Stunt Director
Shobi - "Oruthi Mela" (Jeeva) Baba Bhaskar - "What a Karavaad" (Velaiyilla Pattathari) Brinda - "Darling Dambakku" (Maan Karate) Raju Sundaram - "Sandi Kuthirai" (Kaaviya Thalaivan) Sathish Krishnan - "Kaagidha Kappal" (Madras)	Supreme Sunder – Goli Soda Anbariv – Madras Anal Arasu – Kaththi Kanal Kannan – Poojai Stunt Silva – Veeram
Best Make Up	Best Costume Designer
Pattanam Rasheed, Pattanam Sha, Siva, Promod – Kaaviya Thalaivan Gothandapani & Banu – Lingaa Lalitha Rajamanikam, Mari Nagendra & Gopi – Yaamirukka Bayamey Vinoth Sukumaran – Mundasupatti Vinoth Sukumaran – Jigarthanda	Perumal and Niranjani Ahathian – Kaaviya Thalaivan Deepali Noor – Kaththi James – Mundasupatti Nikhaar Dhawan – Lingaa Sathya NJ, Vasuki Bhaskar & Moorthy – Maan Karate
Best Debut Director	Best Child Artist
Ram – Mundasupatti Deekay – Yaamirukka Bayamey Raju Murugan – Cuckoo Velraj – Velaiyilla Pattathari Vinoth - Sathuranga Vettai	Sara Arjun – Saivam Gaurav Kalai – Poovarasam Peepee Rahul – Mundasupatti Ray Paul – Saivam Yuvina Parthavi – Veeram
Contribution to Tamil Cinema
AVM. Saravanan
Best Find of the Year	Best Crew
Raju Murugan	Sathuranga Vettai

Special Jury Awards

• Soundarya Rajinikanth – Kochadaiyaan
• Studio Green – Madras

Favorite awards

Favorite Hero	Favorite Heroine
Rajinikanth – Lingaa Vijay – Kaththi Dhanush – Velaiyilla Pattathari Suriya – Anjaan Ajith Kumar – Veeram	Hansika Motwani – Maan Karate Nayanthara – Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Kaththi Sri Divya – Jeeva Shruti Haasan – Poojai
Favorite Film	Favorite Director
Kaththi Aranmanai Goli Soda Veeram Velaiyilla Pattathari	AR Murugadoss – Kaththi Hari – Poojai KS Ravikumar – Lingaa Siva – Veeram Sundar C – Aranmanai
Favourite Song
Anirudh Ravichander - "Amma Amma" from Velaiyilla Pattathari D Imman - "Koodamela Koodavechu" from Rummy Anirudh Ravichander - "Selfie Pulla" from Kaththi Santhosh Narayanan - "Naan Nee" from Madras Harris Jayaraj - "Aathangara Orathil" from Yaan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meet the Jury . . 26 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419112731/http://www.vijayawards.in/ . 19 April 2013 .
2. News: Vijay Awards 2015 – Complete list of winners . 6 May 2015 . . 26 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150506043201/http://www.sify.com/movies/vijay-awards-2015-complete-list-of-winners-news-tamil-pe0nhUfhdeigd.html . 6 May 2015 .
3. News: Upadhyaya . Prakash . 9th Vijay Awards 2015: Complete Winners' List & Photos . 6 May 2015 . . 26 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150506045445/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/vijay-awards-2015-winners-list-photos-live-updates-630385 . 6 May 2015 .