The 6th Vijay Awards ceremony honoring the best of Tamil film industry in 2011 was held on 16 June 2012 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, India. The event was hosted by Gopinath and Sivakarthikeyan.
Jury The jury members were director K. S. Ravikumar, comedian Yugi Sethu, actresses Nadia Moidu, Lizy Priyadarshan and cinematographer R. Rathnavelu.
Award winners and nominees
Jury awards
Best FilmBest Director Engeyum Eppodhum Aadukalam Aaranya Kaandam Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai Vaagai Sooda Vaa Vetrimaaran - Aadukalam A. Sarkunam - Vaagai Sooda Vaa M. Saravanan - Engaeyum Eppothum Santha Kumar - Mounaguru Thiagarajan Kumararaja - Aaranya KaandamBest ActorBest Actress Vikram - Deiva Thirumagal Dhanush - Aadukalam Jiiva - Ko Suriya - 7 Aum Arivu Vishal - Avan Ivan Anjali - Engaeyum Eppothum Anushka Shetty - Deiva Thirumagal Iniya - Vaagai Sooda Vaa Nithya Menen - Nootrenbadhu Richa Gangopadhyay - Mayakkam EnnaBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress R. Sarathkumar - Kanchana Ajmal Ameer - Ko Appukutty - Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai G.M. Kumar - Avan Ivan Somasundaram - Aaranya Kaandam Uma Riyaz Khan - Mouna Guru Ananya - Engeyum Eppodhum Lakshmy Ramakrishnan - Yuddham Sei Piaa Bajpai - Ko Vasundhara - PoraaliBest ComedianBest Villain Santhanam - Siruthai Kovai Sarala - Kanchana Santhanam - Deiva Thirumagal Vadivelu - Kaavalan Vivek - Mappillai Ajith Kumar - Mankatha Johnny Tri Nguyen - 7 Aum Arivu Jackie Shroff - Aaranya Kaandam John Vijay - Mouna Guru V. I. S. Jayabalan - AadukalamBest Debut ActorBest Debut Actress Nani - Veppam Jeyanth - Margazhi 16 Krishna - Seedan Shabarish - Markandeyan Veera Bahu - Nadunisi Naaygal Richa Gangopadhyay - Mayakkam Enna Shruthi Haasan - 7 Aum Arivu Iniya - Vaagai Sooda Vaa Hansika Motwani - Mappillai Taapsee Pannu - AadukalamBest Music DirectorBest Cinematographer G. V. Prakash Kumar - Aadukalam C. Sathya - Engaeyum Eppothum Harris Jayaraj - Engeyum Kadhal Sharreth - Nootrenbadhu M Ghibran - Vaagai Sooda VaaP. S. Vinod - Aaranya Kaandam Om Prakash - Vaagai Sooda Vaa Nirav Shah - Deiva Thirumagal Ravi K. Chandran - 7 Aum Arivu Velraj - AadukalamBest EditorBest Art Director Kishore Te. - Engeyum Eppodhum Anthony - Ko Praveen K. L. & N. B. Srikanth - Aaranya Kaandam Raja Muhammed - Mounaguru Gagin - Yuddham Sei Seenu - Vaagai Sooda Vaa Jackson- Aadukalam Videsh - Aaranya Kaandam Kathir - Payanam Rajeevan - 7 Aum ArivuBest Male Playback SingerBest Female Playback Singer Velmurugan - "Otha Sollale" (Aadukalam) Aalap Raju - "Enamo Aedho" (Ko) Haricharan - "Aariraro" (Deiva Thirumagal) Karthik - "Dhimu Dhimu" (Engeyum Kadhal) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam - "Ayyayo" (Aadukalam) Chinmayi - "Sara Sara" (Vaagai Sooda Vaa) Prashanthini - "Ayyayo" (Aadukalam) Saindhavi - "Pirai Thedum" (Mayakkam Enna) Suzanne D'Mello - "Mazhai Varum" (Veppam) Shweta Mohan - "Nee Korinal" (180)Best LyricistBest Story, Screenplay Writer Vairamuthu - "Sara Sara" (Vaagai Sooda Vaa) Dhanush - "Voda Voda" (Mayakkam Enna) Madhan Karky - "Enamo Aedho" (Ko) Na. Muthukumar - "Aariro" (Deiva Thirumagal) Snehan - "Yathe Yathe" (Aadukalam) Thiagarajan Kumararaja - Aaranya Kaandam K. V. Anand and Subha - Ko M. Saravanan - Engaeyum Eppothum Raghava Lawrence - Kanchana Vetrimaaran - AadukalamBest Background ScoreBest Dialogue Yuvan Shankar Raja - Aaranya Kaandam M. Ghibran - Vaagai Sooda Vaa G. V. Prakash Kumar - Deiva Thirumagal K - Yuddham Sei Harris Jayaraj - Ko Samuthirakani - Poraali Vetrimaaran - Aadukalam Kullanari Koottam Payanam A. R. Murugadoss - 7 Aum ArivuBest ChoreographerBest Stunt Director K. Suchitra - Avan Ivan (Dia Dia Dole) - Engeyum Eppodhum (Maasama) Dinesh - Aadukalam (Otha Sollala) - Mayakkam Enna (Kaadhal Yen Kaadhal) - Engeyum Kadhal (Nangaai) Dilip Subbarayan - Aaranya Kaandam - Rowthiram - 7 Aum Arivu - Aadukalam Silva - MankathaBest Make UpBest Costume Designer Gothandapani - 7 Aum Arivu - Avan Ivan - Aaranya Kaandam - Vaagai Sooda Vaa - Engeyum Eppodhum Anuvardhan & Murthy - 7 Aum Arivu - Engeyum Kadhal - Ko - Vaagai Sooda Vaa Vasuki Bhaskar - MankathaBest Find of the YearBest Crew M. Ghibran for Vaagai Sooda Vaa AadukalamContribution to Tamil CinemaChevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema S. P. BalasubrahmanyamEntertainer of the Year Special Jury Awards Dhanush Kovai Sarala - Kanchana (Best Female Comedian) Sara Arjun - Deiva Thirumagal (Best Child Actress)
Favorite Awards Favorite Hero Favorite Heroine Ajith Kumar - Mankatha Dhanush - Aadukalam Suriya - 7 Aum Arivu Vikram - Deiva Thirumagal Vijay - Velayutham Anushka Shetty - Deiva Thirumagal Asin - Kaavalan Hansika Motwani - Engeyum Kadhal Taapsee Pannu - Aadukalam Trisha Krishnan - MankathaFavorite Film Favorite Director Ko - R. S. Infotainment Mankatha - Cloud Nine Movies Siruthai - Studio Green Velayutham - Aascar Films 7 Aum Arivu - Red Giant Movies Venkat Prabhu - Mankatha A. R. Murugadoss - Ezham Arivu K. V. Anand - Ko Selvaraghavan - Mayakkam Enna Vetrimaaran - AadukalamFavourite Song "Enamo Aedho" - Ko "Kadhal En Kadhal" - Mayakkam Enna "Kalasala Kalasala" - Osthe "Otha Sollala" - Aadukalam "Vilaiyaadu Mankatha" - Mankatha
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