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*Awards and accolades all the way * ** ** ** ** Seven Tamil films bagged most of the Reliance Mobile Vijay Awards at a recent function Photo: R. Shivaji Rao *MOMENT OF PRIDEDirector Maniratnam receiving the Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award from Director K. Balachandar at the second annual Reliance Mobile Vijay Awards 2007 * "Paruthiveeran" and "Polladhavan" bagged four jury awards each (including Best Film and Best Director respectively) as "Pokkiri" and "Sivaji" shared honours in the popular category, winning four statuettes each as well. With "Chennai 28", "Mozhi", "Kattrudhu Tamizh" winning two pieces each, 20 out of the 30 Reliance Mobile Vijay Awards were clearly dominated by these seven films. Satyaraj was adjudged the best actor for "Onbathu Rooba Nottu", Superstar Rajnikant was voted by fans as their favourite Hero and the industry awarded the Best Entertainer Award to Vijay. Karthi and Anjali won the best debut actor awards for "Paruthiveeran" and "Kattradhu Tamil". Priyamani was adjudged Best Actress and Nayanthara was voted Favourite Actress. All of this took over five hours to unfold as one man decided to make it an enduring experience for the audience. When Yuhi Sethu announced "I am back," little did we know what we were in for. Clearly lacking in brevity and wit, Sethu decided to pun-ish us with his brand of dry humour that was received with an appropriately dry response from the crowd. "Cinema was moving closer to realism as news was becoming larger than life," he observed on behalf of the jury that included Bhagyaraj, Madhan, Priyadarshan, Lizzy and Yuhi Sethu himself. "Vijay is regarded as one of the smartest Tamil language channels," said Ajay Vidyasagar, president — Content, STAR TV, recalling how "Kathai Illai Nijam" was the first live reality show in Tamil ever and now Jodi No. 1 rated as highest viewed non-fiction show ever. He said that STAR's association with the Tamil film industry goes back to Channel V's Quick Gun Murugan ads made in 1996 that popularised the catchphrase: Mind it, today used by the Chennai Super Kings team mascot Dhoni in the latest Pepsi commercial. The emotional highpoint of the event was when a frail Film News 'Anandan' was honoured for his contribution to Tamil Cinema by Manorama who called him the 'Chitraguptan' of Tamil Cinema. Later in the evening, K. Balachander gave away the Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan award for excellence to Mani Ratnam, who said it was honour to get the Sivaji award and wished he had the opportunity to have worked with the veteran. And, A.R.Rahman said, "Ella Pugazhum Iraivanukke." Among the acceptance speeches, the most sentimental were by the directors Vetrimaran and Venkat Prabhu, the most unassuming speeches were by Prakash Raj and Prabhu Deva (Prakash Raj said other people from his team probably did a better job and a visibly thrilled Prabhu Deva said how he didn't expect this as he admired all filmmakers nominated, including Vishnuvardhan for "Billa") and the actors thanked the directors (Satyaraj gave Thankar Bachan all credit, Karthi did a crowd-pleaser saying a couple of lines from the movie before thanking Ameer and Superstar in a video-recorded acceptance speech held Shankar responsible for the success of Sivaji). The Best singers Neha Bhasin (who said she it was her first award ever) and Krish performed, the king of bling BlaaZe did a hip-hop act and there were item numbers by Kamna, Samiksha, Rahasya and Sada who were accompanied by John Britto's energetic bunch of dancers. Overall, it's a show best seen on TV where you have the option of changing channels to escape Yuhi's longish academic preludes to each of the thirty categories. * * * *AND THE AWARD GOES TO…* Eva Best Actor – Female Debut: Anjali, "Kattradhu Tamizh" Best New Actor – Male Debut: Karthi, "Paruthiveeran" Best Film: "Paruthiveeran" Best Director: Vetrimaran, "Polladhavan" Hitachi Best Actor – Male: Sathyaraj, "Onbathu Rooba Nottu" Best Music Director: A.R.Rahman, "Sivaji" Favourite Director: Prabhu Deva, "Pokkiri" Reliance Mobile Favourite Film: "Pokkiri" Favourite Hero: Rajnikant, "Sivaji" Entertainer of the Year: Vijay, "Pokkiri" Chevalier Sivaji Award for Excellence in Cinema: Mani Ratnam Contribution to Tamil Cinema: Film News Anandan SUDHISH KAMATH On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 2:44 AM, arr pavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dude ! glad to know Arr won Star TVs-Vijay Award. Why they leave technical > awards-- sound engineering, best bg score, lyricist, singers categories when > comes to music. Or is it left out in the news ? & If you or anyone know on > who were other nominees in best music with Arr & in singers categories for > Vijay Awards ? & about GV-SICA awards, kindly share it. thanks. > > > > *Vithur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > *Vijay > TV<http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2008/vijay-tv-film-awards-rajini-080508.html#>awards > to Rajini > * > > By : Settu Shankar > > Thursday, May 8 2008 [image: RSS SMS Gadgets] > Subscribe to > Newsletter<http://entertainment.oneindia.in/newsletter-subscription.html> > > [image: Vijay TV Film > Awards]<http://moviesgallery.oneindia.in/main.php?g2_itemId=530133> > Rajinikanth <http://moviesgallery.oneindia.in/main.php?g2_itemId=530133> | > Shivaji <http://moviesgallery.oneindia.in/main.php?g2_itemId=530133> | > Paruthi Veeran<http://moviesgallery.oneindia.in/main.php?g2_itemId=106316> | > Polladhavan <http://moviesgallery.oneindia.in/main.php?g2_itemId=573131> | > Videos <http://videos.oneindia.in/shivaji/3/search.html> > > *Exclusives* <http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/> > *Reviews* <http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/reviews/> > *Previews* <http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/previews/> > Vijay TV announced its Annual Film Awards and distributed the same in a > colourful award distribution ceremony held in Chennai recently. The Channel > adjudged Superstar Rajinikanth as the Favourite Hero of the year for his > outstanding Shivaji: The Boss. His film also shared the honour with Vijay's > Pokkiri in the most popular awards category. Vijay was also selected as the > best entertainer of the year for his Pokkiri. > > Amir's Paruthi Veeran has been adjudged the Best Film. Vetrimaran won best > director award for Polladhavan. Both Paruthi Veeran and Polladhavan also > took home three other jury awards. Chennai 600028, Mozhi and Kattrudhu > Tamizh won two awards each. > > *Download Wallpapers, Screensavers. ... > <http://oas.oneindia.in/?RC=10015203&AI=6932&RL=http:%2F%2Fentertainment.oneindia.in%2Fdownloads.html> > * > Sathyaraj won the Best Actor award for his performance in Thankar Bachan's > Onbathu Roobai Nottu. Karthi and Anjali won the best debutant awards for > Paruthi Veeran and Kattradhu Tamil respectively. Priyamani was adjudged the > Best Actress for her mind-blowing performance in Paruthi Veeran. > > All awards were distributed in the grand ceremony held at Nehru Indoor > Stadium, Chennai. Most of the award winners attended the event and collected > their awards. Since Rajinikanth was busy in his Kuselan shooting, a crew > from Vijay TV visited the > actor<http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2008/vijay-tv-film-awards-rajini-080508.html#>on > the spot and handed over the award to him. > > K Balachander gave away the Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan award for excellence > to Mani Rathnam. He said it was indeed a great honour to receive the Sivaji > award and wished that he had the opportunity to have worked with the late > veteran<http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2008/vijay-tv-film-awards-rajini-080508.html#> > . > > *Music wizard AR Rehman, who got the award for his music in Shivaji says, > "All the praise and fame he got only goes to the almighty!"* > > *The list of awards:* > > *Favourite Hero:* Rajinikanth for 'Shivaji' > *Entertainer of the Year:* Vijay for 'Pokkiri' > *Best Film:* 'Paruthi Veeran' > *Best Director:* Vetrimaran for 'Polladhavan' > *Hitachi Best Actor (Male):* Sathyaraj, 'Onbathu Rooba Nottu' > *Favourite Director:* Prabhu Deva for 'Pokkiri' > *Best Music Director:* A.R. Rehman for 'Sivaji' > *Reliance Mobile Favourite Film:* 'Pokkiri' > *Best Female Debut:* Anjali, 'Kattradhu Tamizh' > *Best Male Debut:* Karthi, 'Paruthiveeran' > *Chevalier Sivaji Award for Excellence in > Cinema<http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2008/vijay-tv-film-awards-rajini-080508.html#> > :* Mani Rathnam > *Award for contribution to Tamil Cinema:* Film News Anandan > http://entertainmen t.oneindia. in/tamil/ exclusive/ 2008/vijay- > tv-film-awards- rajini-080508. > html<http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2008/vijay-tv-film-awards-rajini-080508.html> > > -- > regards, > Vithur > > Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no > one can give. Be happy always > > > > > ------------------------------ > Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Join them > now.<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_groups_7/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/> > > > -- regards, Vithur Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no one can give. Be happy always
