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, India. It was hosted by Gopinath and R. Madhavan.
Jury The jury members were directors Vetrimaran, Venkat Prabhu and Cheran, comedian Yugi Sethu, and cinematographer R. Rathnavelu.
Award winners and nominees Source:
Best FilmBest 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 EeBest ActorBest 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 - AarohanamBest Supporting ActorBest 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 PonvasanthamBest ComedianBest 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 - ThuppakkiBest Debut ActorBest Debut Actress 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 Pooja Hegde - Mugamoodi Urmila Mahanta - Vazhakku Enn 18/9Best Music DirectorBest 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 ThaakkaBest EditorBest 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 - KumkiBest Male Playback SingerBest 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 LyricistBest 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 EeBest Background ScoreBest Dialogue Yuvan Shankar Raja Rajesh - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Anbazhagan - Saattai Gautham Vasudev Menon - Neethane En Ponvasantham Iyappan - Madhubaanakadai Prabhu Solomon - KumkiBest ChoreographerBest 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 - 3Best Make UpBest Costume Designer Sarath Kumar - Aravaan S. Rajendran - Aravaan Gabreilla Wilkins - Mugamoodi Ganesh - Kumki Kunal Rawal, Deepali Noor, Sai - Nanban Vinesh Arora, Sarin - Podaa PodiBest Find of the YearBest Crew Anirudh Ravichander - 3 PizzaBest Debut DirectorFace 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 - KumkiContribution to Tamil CinemaChevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema Bharathiraja Shahrukh KhanEntertainer of the Year Special Jury Awards Vijay - Nanban / Thuppakki Vijay Sethupathi (Actor) Trisha (Actress) Aarohanam (Film)
Favorite Awards Favorite HeroFavorite Heroine Vijay - Thuppakki Ajith Kumar - Billa 2 Dhanush - 3 M. Sasikumar - Sundarapandian Surya - Maattrraan Kajal Agarwal - Thuppakki Pooja Hegde - Mugamoodi Ileana D'Cruz - Nanban Samantha Ruth Prabhu - Neethaane En Ponvasantham Shruti Haasan - 3Favorite FilmFavorite DirectorThuppakki 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 - NanbanFavourite Song"Google Google" - Thuppakki "Sollitaaley" - Kumki "Vaayamoodi Summa Iru Da" - 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 Oru Kal Oru Kannadi 10 Nanban Kumki Vazhakku Enn 18/9 3 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 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
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