The 8th Vijay Awards ceremony, honouring the best of the Tamil film industry in 2013, was held on 5 July 2014 at Chennai. The event was hosted by Gopinath and Divyadharshini.

Jury The jury members were director Prathap K. Pothan, cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran, and actor Yugi Sethu.

Winners and nominees Source:

Jury awards

Best FilmBest Director Thanga Meenkal Haridas Paradesi Soodhu Kavvum Thalaimuraigal Bala – Paradesi Balu Mahendra – Thalaimuraigal Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Suseenthiran – Pandiya Naadu Ram – Thanga MeenkalBest ActorBest Actress Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Atharvaa – Paradesi Dhanush – Maryan Vijay Sethupathi – Soodhu Kavvum Vishal – Pandiya Naadu Nayantara – Raja Rani Parvathy – Maryan Pooja Umashankar – Vidiyum Munn Sneha – Haridas Vedhicka – ParadesiBest Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress Bharathiraja – Pandiya Naadu Arvind Swamy – Kadal Karunakaran – Soodhu Kavvum Sathyaraj – Raja Rani Simha – Neram Dhansika – Paradesi Nandita Swetha – Ethir Neechal Andrea Jeremiah – Vishwaroopam Tulasi – Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer Viji Chandrasekhar – Madha Yaanai KoottamBest ComedianBest Villain Santhanam – Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru Power Star Srinivasan – Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya Sathish – Ethir Neechal Soori – Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam Vivek – Singam II Arjun – Kadal Rahul Bose – Vishwaroopam Sharath Lohitashwa – Pandiya Naadu Vamsi Krishna – Ivan Veramathiri Yog Japee – Soodhu KavvumBest Debut ActorBest Debut Actress Gautham Karthik – Kadal Ashok Selvan – Pizza II: Villa Sundeep Kishan – Yaaruda Mahesh Nivin Pauly – Neram Sathya – Puthagam Nazriya Nazim – Neram Aishwarya Arjun – Pattathu Yaanai Sri Divya – Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam Surabhi – Ivan Veramathiri Thulasi Nair – KadalBest Music DirectorBest Cinematographer A. R. Rahman – Kadal Anirudh Ravichander – Ethir Neechal D. Imman – Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam G. V. Prakash Kumar – Raja Rani Santhosh Narayanan – Soodhu Kavvum Rajiv Menon – Kadal Chezhiyan – Paradesi George C. Williams – Raja Rani Marc Koninckx – Maryan Sanu John Varghese – VishwaroopamBest EditorBest Art Director Anthony – Pandiya Naadu Anthony L. Ruben – Raja Rani Gopinath – Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum Leo John Paul – Soodhu Kavvum Mahesh Narayanan – Vishwaroopam Lalgudi N. Ilaiyaraja & Thor – Vishwaroopam C. S. Balachandar – Paradesi T. Muthuraj – Raja Rani Rajeevan – Pandiya Naadu Selvakumar – Vanakkam ChennaiBest Male Playback SingerBest Female Playback Singer Yuvan Shankar Raja – "Kadal Raasa" (Maryan) A. R. Rahman – "Nenjae Ezhu" (Maryan) Shankar Mahadevan, Kamal Haasan – "Unnai Kaanadhu Naan" (Vishwaroopam) Sid Sriram – "Adiye" (Kadal) Sriram Parthasarathy – "Aanandha Yaazhai" (Thanga Meenkal) Shakthisree Gopalan – "Nenjukulle" (Kadal) Andrea Jeremiah – "Mama Douser" (Soodhu Kavvum) Harini – "Moongil Thottam" (Kadal) Shweta Mohan – "Innum Konjam" (Maryan) Vandana Srinivasan – "Avatha Paiyya" (Paradesi)Best LyricistBest Story, Screenplay Writer Na. Muthukumar – "Dheivangal Ellam" (Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga) Kabilan, A. R. Rahman – "Innum Konja Neram" (Maryan) Madhan Karky – "Mannadacha Pandhu" (Gouravam) Vaali – "Ethir Neechal Adi" (Ethir Neechal) Vairamuthu – "Nenjukkule" (Kadal) Nalan Kumarasamy – Soodhu Kavvum Alphonse Putharen – Neram Atlee – Raja Rani Lenin Bharathi, Suseenthiran – Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer Naveen – Moodar KoodamBest Background ScoreBest Dialogue Santhosh Narayanan – Soodhu Kavvum A. R. Rahman – Maryan G. V. Prakash Kumar – Raja Rani Ilaiyaraaja – Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum Tubby Parik – Vishwaroopam Naveen – Moodar Koodam Atlee – Raja Rani Baskar Sakthi, Suseenthiran – Pandiya Naadu Gokul, Madhan Karky – Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara Nalan Kumarasamy – Soodhu KavvumBest ChoreographerBest Stunt Director Brinda – "Adiyae" (Kadal) Baba Bhaskar – "Local Boys" (Ethir Neechal) Pandit Birju Maharaj – "Unnai Kaanadhu Naan" (Vishwaroopam) Sheriff – "Kasu Panam" (Soodhu Kavvum) Sridhar – "Tamizh Pasanga" (Thalaiva) Anal Arasu – Pandiya Naadu Anal Arasu, Rocky Rajesh – Singam II Billa Jagan – Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum Kecha Khamphakdee, Lee Whittaker, Parvez Feroz & T. Ramesh – Vishwaroopam Rajasekhar – Ivan VeramathiriBest Make UpBest Costume Designer Dasarathan – Paradesi Albert Chettiyar, Avinash, Bujji Babu, Ramachandran, Ramu & Shanmugam – Raja Rani Gage Hubard & Ralis Khan – Vishwaroopam Irma Dataushvali, Mohideen Kumar, Nicky Rajani, Ramachandran & Ratan Gupta – Irandam Ulagam Ramesh Mohanty, Thomas Van Der Nest – Maryan Perumal Selvam & Poornima Ramaswamy – Paradesi Chaitanya Rao, Deepali Noor, Kaviza Raebhela & Sathya – Raja Rani Chaitanya Rao, Nikhila Sukumar & Malinipriya – Endrendrum Punnagai Deepali Noor – Irandam Ulagam Gautami – VishwaroopamBest Debut DirectorBest Crew Atlee – Raja Rani Durai Senthilkumar – Ethir Neechal Nalan Kumarasamy – Soodhu Kavvum Naveen – Moodar Koodam R. S. Prasanna – Kalyana Samayal Saadham Ethir NeechalBest Find of the YearBest Song of the Year George C. Williams Anirudh Ravichander – "Ethir Neechal Adi" (Ethir Neechal)Contribution to Tamil CinemaChevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema Balu Mahendra ShankarBest Entertainer of the YearEntertainer of Indian Cinema Sivakarthikeyan Shah Rukh Khan

Special Jury Awards Vijay Sethupathi (Actor) Soodhu Kavvum (Film)

Favorite awards Favorite HeroFavorite Heroine Vijay – Thalaivaa Suriya – Singam 2 Dhanush – Maryan Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Ajith Kumar – Arrambam Nayantara – Raja Rani Amala Paul – Thalaivaa Anushka Shetty – Singam II Hansika Motwani – Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru Trisha Krishnan – Endrendrum PunnagaiFavorite FilmFavorite Director Arrambam Raja Rani Singam 2 Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam Vishwaroopam Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Bala – Paradesi Hari – Singam II Pandiraj – Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga Vishnuvardhan – ArrambamFavourite Song Oodhaa Colouru Ribbon – Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam "Ethir Neechal Adi" – Ethir Neechal "Nenjukulle" – Kadal "Hey Baby" – Raja Rani "Kaasu Panam" – Soodhu Kavvum

Multiple nominations

The following eleven films received four nominations or more:

Nominations Film 16 Vishwaroopam 15 Raja Rani Soodhu Kavvum Kadal Paradesi Maryan Pandiya Naadu Ethir Neechal Singam II Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam Neram

The following seven films received multiple awards:

Awards Film Kadal 4 Paradesi Soodhu Kavvum 3 Pandiya Naadu Raja Rani Vishwaroopam Ethir Neechal

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