Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal (Sun Family Awards) is an awards ceremony held to honour the cast and crew of the television serials which air on Sun TV, presented by Sun Network. The first awards ceremony happened in 2010 and it is a biennial award ceremony.
Nominations The top four performances in all serials, including the serials that have ended the past year, in different categories are chosen by jurors. During February and March, the nominees are interviewed on Sun TV and viewers are asked to cast their votes by text messaging their favourite actor in each category. The actor receiving the highest votes are proclaimed winner of the award in that category. Technical awards are given to backstage technicians, such as screenwriters and directors, by Sun Network and are not chosen by viewers.
Awards General awards Best Overall Performance Award The Sun Kudumbam Best Overall Performance Award is given by Sun Network as part of its annual Sun Kudumbam Awards for artistes in television serials aired on Sun TV. Year Actor Serial Role 2010 Radhika Arasi ArasiSelvi Special Jury Award Best Serial Award Lifetime Achievement Award Natchathira Special Award
Performance awards Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Brother Best Sister Best Father Best Mother Best Mamiyar Best Mamanar Best Male Villain Best Female Villain
Technical Awards Best Serial Best Director Best Screenwriter Best Dialogue Writer Best Cinematographer Best Music Director Best Editor
Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2010 The Sun Kudumbam Awards 2010 were given for 22 categories, of which there were 8 main awards, 8 performance awards and 6 technical awards. The nominations and victories were based on votes via text messaging. The award ceremony was hosted by actress Kasthuri and Rishi.
Thirumathi Selvam won 10 awards including Best Serial. Other winners were Arasi and Best Director V. Thiru Selvam for Kolangal with five awards, Thangam with three awards and Sivasakthi and Metti Oli with one.
Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2012 The second edition of Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2012 was held on end December 2012. The award ceremony was hosted by actor Deepak Dinkar and Aishwarya. Actress Radhika Sarathkumar won Lifetime Achievement Award
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Best Serial Special Jury Award Thirumathi Selvam Delhi Kumar Chetan Radhika Vadivukkarasi Best Son-in-law Best Daughter-in-lawSathish - "Manokar" from Athipookal Deepak Dinkar - "Thamilarasu" from Thendral Sharavan - " Laksupathi " from Uthiripookkal Shreekumar - "Shekhar" from Pillai NilaSrithika - "Malar" from Nadhaswaram Sujitha - "Meenatchi" from Maruthani Kaveri - "Abirami" from Thyagam Durga - "Kavitha" from Mundhanai Mudichu Best Female Villain Character Best Comedian Rani - "Indrasena" from Valli Rekha Krishnappa - "Gayathri" from DeivamagalMuneesh Raja - "Sammandham" from Nadhaswaram Pollachi Babu - "Karthik" from Thangam Shyaam - "Anand" from Thendral Bhanu Chander - "Murthi" from Karthigai Pengal Best Jodi Dubbing Artist MaleDeepak Dinkar & Shruthi Raj - "Tamil & Thulasi" from Thendral Shreekumar & Divya Padmini - "Shekhar & Hema" from Pillai Nila Sanjeev & Abitha - "Selvam & Archana " from Thirumathi Selvam Thirumurugan & Srithika - "Gopi & Malar" from NadhaswaramShankar - from Chellamay Ravi Shanker - from Ilavarasi Vasu - from Thangam Vijaykumar - from Uthiripookkal
Sun Kudumbam Virudhugal 2018 The fourth edition of Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2018 was held on end December 2018. The award ceremony was hosted by RJ Vigneshkanth and Nakshathra
Best ActorBest ActressKrishnaVani Bhojan Nithya RamBest SerialBest VilliDeivamagalRekha KrishnappaAzhagana RatchasiBest SisterNaagasree GS, VJ SangeethaSripriyaVidhya MohanBest Supporting ActorBest FatherRiyaz Khan Thalaivasal Vijay Best MotherBest Comedy Actor - MalePraveenaMurali KrishnanBest Comedy Actor FemaleMulti-TalentedGeetha Hema SrikanthThirumuruganSun Natchathiam SpecialBest Supporting Actor FemaleNirosha RamkiNirosha RamkiBest MamanarDelhi Kumar Poovilangu Mohan
Sun Kudumbam Virudhugal 2019 The fifth edition of Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2019 was held on end 5 January 2020. The award ceremony was hosted by Athulya and Aadhavan.
Best SisterThanga MangaiBenzie Pranklin - AnushyaKhushbu SundarBest BrotherBest MotherThirumurugan - gopi - Kalyana VeeduMeera Krishna - Vasanthi NayagiBest VillainRaadikaSuresh Krishnamoorthi - Kalivaradhan NayagiBest Mother-in-lawBest Daughter-in-lawGayathri Shastry - Kalpana RojaShruthi Raj - Sudha AzhaguBest VilliRealSangeetha - Poorna AzhaguKrishna and Chaya SinghPopular HeroPopular HeroineSibbu Suryan - arjun Roja Krishna - Shakthivel RunNakshathra Nagesh - Bhagyalakshmi Lakshmi StoresBest HeroineBest ActorPriyanka Nalkari - Roja RojaSanjeev - Kannan KanmaniBest GrandmotherBest ScreenwriterKovai KamalaThirumurugan Kalyana VeeduBest GrandfatherDelhi Kumar - Periyasundaram Pandavar IllamSolomon PapayaBest Supporting Actor MaleBest Supporting Actor FemaleJishnu Menon - Akash KanmaniPapri Gosh - Kanmani NayagiBest Music DirectorBest Son-in-lawHariPandi Kamal - Vetrimaran Kalyana ParisuBest ProducerBest JodiRaadikha ThirumuruganLeesha Eclairs and Sanjeev - Soundarya and Kannan KanmaniBest Female Family HeadBest DirectorPoornima Bhagyaraj - Vijayalakshmi KanmaniS. Kumaran Nayagi P.Selvam AzhaguRaja & Bharathi Bhaskar Sirappu PattimandramVadivukkarasi and DevayaniBest Young VilliPopular SerialShamily Sukumar - Priya RojaRojaPopular CoupleBest Romantic CouplePriyanka Nalkari and Sibbusuryan - Roja and Arjun RojaNakshatra Nagesh and Hussain Ahmed Khan - Bhagyalakshmi and Ravi Lakshmi Stores
Sun Kudumbam Virudhugal 2022 The sixth edition of Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2022 was aired as two parts wherein the Part 1 of the awards night aired on 17 April 2022 and Part 2 by 24 April 2022. Sathish and Dhanya Balakrishna as the Host.
Sun Kudumbam Virudhugal 2023 The sixth edition of Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2023 was aired as three parts, the first part aired on 11 June, the second part aired on 18 June and the third part aired on 28 June. The hosts this time around were Rishi, Diya Menon, VJ Aswath and Bavithra. See also List of Asian television awards Vijay Television Awards
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