The Vijay Television Awards are an awards ceremony held to honour the cast and crew of Tamil television drama and other shows which air on Star Vijay in Tamil Nadu.[1] It was established on 24 May 2014,[2] and is held annually in the first half of year in Chennai.
Nominations
Jurors select five nominees in each award category from among the shows that air on Star Vijay. The nominees are interviewed on Vijay TV and viewers are invited to cast their votes via text message or at the Vijay Television Awards website.[3]
The Vijay Television Awards song was released on 31 August.[10] The televised event of the second Vijay Television Awards 2015 will be telecast on Vijay TV in to two parts, the first half will be aired on September 27th at 15:00 (IST) and the second half will be aired on 4 October 2015 at 15:00 (IST).[11][12]
The third edition of Vijay Television Awards 2017 was held after 2 years on 6 May 2017 at Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.[15] The award function was hosted by the anchors Ramya Subramanian and Kavin Raj. The show aired 21 May 2017.[16]
Saravanan Meenatchi season 3 won six awards, including, Favorite Serial, Favorite Director, Favorite Comedian, Favorite supporting Actor Female, Favorite Find Male and Favourite Actor Female for Praveen Bennet, Myna Nandhini, Rio Raj and Rachitha Mahalakshmi. Other winners were Mappillai with four awards, including, Favorite supporting Actor Male, Favorite Maamiyar, Favorite Pair.[17]
The 4th Vijay Television Awards is an awards ceremony for excellence in Star Vijay Television. It was held on 6 May and 13 May 2018 on Sunday at 15:00 (IST). It was hosted by Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj, Azhar and Dhivyadharshini.
The fifth edition of Vijay Television Awards 2019 was at EVP film city on 6 April 2019. The event was hosted by anchors Dhivyadharshini and Ma Ka Pa Anand.[19] The popular fiction show couple Raja Rani 1 fame Sanjeev Karthick and Alya Manasa had a surprising engagement day on the sets of Vijay Television awards. The show was aired from 28 April 2019 on Sunday at 15:30(IST).[20]
The 6th Vijay Television Awards is an awards ceremony for excellence in Star Vijay Television. It was held on 18 April 2021 on Sunday at 15:00 (IST). It was hosted by Dhivyadharshini and Ma Ka Pa Anand.[21]
Baakiyalakshmi won the most awards with 5 in total, Best Actress went to Suchitra, Best Prime-Time serial, Best Supporting Actress went to Reshma Pasupuleti, Best Villain (Sathish), Best Father (Rosary), Best Director (David) and Best Writer (Priya Thambi).
Thendral Vanthu Ennai Thodum came second with 3 awards, which were Best Male and Female Performers going to Vinoth Babu and Pavithra Janani for their roles as Vetri and Abhi, Best Non Prime-time Serial as well as Best Non-Prime Time Director for Abdul Hafeez.
Baakiyalakshmi swept the awards yet again, along with Eeramana Rojave 2 with three awards each going to them. Baakiyalakshmi won Favourite Primetime Serial, Best Villain for Reshma Pasupuleti and Best Heroine for Suchitra. Eeramana Rojave 2 also won 3 awards as well, with Gabriella Charlton and Siddarth Kumaran winning Best Pair, Swathi Konde winning Find of the Year for a female actress, as well as a posthumous award given to Eeramana Rojave 2 director Thai Selvam for best prime-time director.
Thendral Vandhu Ennai Thodum won two awards, with Best Supporting Actress going to Tharshika and Auditor Sridhar winning Best Father awards respectively; as well as Pandian Stores with two - Venkat Renganathan for his role as Jeeva in Pandian Stores and Saravanan Vickram for Supporting Hero. Muthuzhagu won best non prime-time serial, Ma Ka Pa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande won Best Anchor awards for their respective genders.
Erode Mahesh was also given a special award for his immense 15 year commitment to Star Vijay.
The 9th Vijay Television Awards ceremony honoured the best Vijay Television shows released in 2023. The ceremony was held on 2024 and broadcast on Star Vijay on 1 September 2024.[26] The show opted to telecast the awards in two parts, the first part being aired on 1 September and the second part to be aired on 8 September 2024 on Sunday at 15:00 (IST). Ma Ka Pa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande is the host for this season.[27][28]
