8th Vijay Awards

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.

8th Vijay Awards
Awarded for	"Excellence for cinematic achievements in Tamil cinema"
Sponsored by	Gionee India
Date	5 July 2014 (2014-07-05)
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Presented by	Gionee India STAR Vijay
Hosted by	Dhivyadharshini Gobinath
Act(s)	Shruthi Haasan Vaani Kapoor Anirudh Ravichander Hansika Motwani Lakshmi Rai
Reward(s)	Statuette
First award	2006
Most awards	Kadal (6)
Most nominations	Vishwaroopam (16) Raja Rani (15)
Website	www.vijayawards.in
Television/radio coverage
Network	Star Vijay
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Jury

The jury members were director Prathap K. Pothan, cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran, and Yugi Sethu.^[1][2]

Winners and nominees

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Jury awards

Best Film	Best Director
Thanga Meenkal Haridas Paradesi Soodhu Kavvum Thalaimuraigal	Bala – Paradesi Balu Mahendra – Thalaimuraigal Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Suseenthiran – Pandiya Naadu Ram – Thanga Meenkal
Best Actor	Best 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 – Paradesi
Best Supporting Actor	Best 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 Koottam
Best Comedian	Best 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 Kavvum
Best Debut Actor	Best 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 – Kadal
Best Music Director	Best 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 – Vishwaroopam
Best Editor	Best 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 Chennai
Best Male Playback Singer	Best 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 Lyricist	Best 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 Koodam
Best Background Score	Best 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 Kavvum
Best Choreographer	Best 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 Veramathiri
Best Make Up	Best 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 – Vishwaroopam
Best Debut Director	Best Crew
Atlee – Raja Rani Durai Senthilkumar – Ethir Neechal Nalan Kumarasamy – Soodhu Kavvum Naveen – Moodar Koodam R. S. Prasanna – Kalyana Samayal Saadham	Ethir Neechal
Best Find of the Year	Best Song of the Year
George C. Williams	Anirudh Ravichander – "Ethir Neechal Adi" (Ethir Neechal)
Contribution to Tamil Cinema	Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema
Balu Mahendra	Shankar
Best Entertainer of the Year	Entertainer of Indian Cinema
Sivakarthikeyan	Shah Rukh Khan

Special Jury Awards

• Vijay Sethupathi (Actor)
• Soodhu Kavvum (Film)

Favorite awards

Favorite Hero	Favorite 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 Punnagai
Favorite Film	Favorite Director
Arrambam Raja Rani Singam 2 Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam Vishwaroopam	Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Bala – Paradesi Hari – Singam II Pandiraj – Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga Vishnuvardhan – Arrambam
Favourite 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 13 Soodhu Kavvum 12 Kadal 11 Paradesi 10 Maryan 8 Pandiya Naadu 7 Ethir Neechal 6 Singam II 5 Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam 4 Neram

The following seven films received multiple awards: Awards Film 6 Kadal 4 Paradesi Soodhu Kavvum 3 Pandiya Naadu Raja Rani Vishwaroopam Ethir Neechal