4th Vijay Awards

Vijay TV presented the fourth consecutive edition of Univercell Vijay Awards powered by Rin this time even grand than its last three years; an event to recognize the excellence of professionals in the Tamil film industry, for movies released in the year 2009. The year 2009 saw 131 films released. Winners from 32 various categories like Best Film, Best Actor Male/Female, Best Supporting Actor Male/Female, Best Comedian, Best Villain, Best Playback Singer Male/Female, Best Debut Actor Male/Female, Best Choreographer, Best Film Editor, Best Lyricist, Best Art Director, Best Dress Designer, Best Dialogue Writer are few of the awards that would be selected by the Jury members.

Jury members

The Jury members for the Fourth Annual Vijay Awards are Director A. R. Murugadoss, Cinematographer Ravi, K. Chandran, Actress Radhika, Film Critic/Cartoonist Madan and Popular Writer/Director/Producer Sam Anderson.

Honorees

The following won awards for the categories they were nominated.
Best Movie – Nadodigal
Best Director of the year – Director Pandiaraj
Best crew of the year – Pasanga
Best Actor – Prakash Raj
Best Actor Female – Pooja
Best Villain – Rajendran
Best Director – Bala
Best Entertainer – Surya
Sivaji Ganesan award- Rajinikanth
Best Supporting actor – Jayaprakash
Best Supporting actress – Abinaya
Best Newcomer Male – Vimal
Best Newcomer Female – Ananya
Best Comedian – Santhanam
Best Music Director – Harris Jayaraj
Best Story Screenplay – Arivazhagan
Best Cinematographer – Manoj Prahamasa
Best Art Director – Pokkisham
Best Editing – Yavarum Nalam
Best Choreographer -Shobi
Best Lyricist- N.A.Muthukumar
Best Female Singer – Chinmayi
Best Male Singer – Karthik
Best Welfare Provider – Surya
Best costume Designer – Anu Vardhan
Best Makeup Artist – Sasi and Das

Public voting categories

Favourite Song of the Year – Oru Chinna Thamarai
Favourite Heroine – Anushka
Favourite Hero – vijay
Favourite Film – Ayan
Favourite Director- Samuthirakani