Vijay Television Awards
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. It was established on 24 May 2014, 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.1st Vijay Television Awards
The Vijay Television Awards 2014 ceremony took place on 24 May 2014 at YMCA Nandanam, Chennai, and was telecast during the second week of June 2014. The show was hosted by Ma Ka Pa Anand, Jagan, Dhivyadharshini and Bhavana Balakrishnan.Guests included Sivakarthikeyan, Simran, Sangeetha, P. Vasu, D. Imman, Ambika, Radha and Yugi Sethu.
Saravanan Meenatchi won six awards, including, Favourite Actor Male and Favourite Actor Female for Senthil Kumar and Sreeja Chandran. Other winners were Office with four awards, Super Singer and Jodi Number One with three awards, Deivam Thandha Veedu, Neeya Naana and Athu Ithu Ethu with two awards, and Connexion with one award.
2nd Vijay Television Awards
The second edition of Vijay Television Awards 2025 was held on 19 September 2015 at Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. The award function was hosted by the anchors Ma Ka Pa Anand, Bhavana Balakrishnan, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Kavin Raj and Jagan.Saravanan Meenatchi season 2 won four awards, including, Favorite Serial, Favorite Comedian, Favourite Actor Male and Favourite Actor Female for Myna Nandhini, Kavin Raj and Rachitha Mahalakshmi. Other winners were Deivam Thandha Veedu and Andal Azhagar with three awards.
3rd Vijay Television Awards
The third edition of Vijay Television Awards 2017 was held after 2 years on 6 May 2017 at Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. The award function was hosted by the anchors Ramya Subramanian and Kavin Raj. The show aired 21 May 2017.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.
4th Vijay Television Awards
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. It was hosted by Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj, Azhar and Dhivyadharshini.Chinna Thambi and Raja Rani 1 won three awards, Other winners were Nenjam Marappathillai and Saravanan Meenatchi season 3 with two awards.
5th Vijay Television Awards
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. 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.Winners (Non-Fiction)
Non Stop Comedy – Aranthangi NishaBest Pair of Anchor – Ma Ka Pa Anand and Priyanka DeshpandeBest Anchor – Rio Raj6th Vijay Television Awards
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. It was hosted by Dhivyadharshini and Ma Ka Pa Anand.Bharathi Kannamma won five awards, including, Best Hero, Best Heroine, Best Mamiyaar, Best Female in Negative Role, Best Director for Arun Prasad, Roshini Haripriyan, Roopa Sree, Farina Azad and Praveen Bennet. Other winners were Cooku with Comali season 2 with three awards, including, Best Reality Show, Best Comedian for Pugazh and Trending Pair for Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan and Sivaangi Krishnakumar.
7th Vijay Television Awards
The award function was hosted by Archana Chandhoke, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Erode Mahesh and Priyanka Deshpande. It was telecasted on 24 April 2022.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, Best Father, Best Director and Best Writer.
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.
8th Vijay Television Awards
This time around, Star Vijay opted to telecast the awards in two parts, the first part being aired on 14 May and the second part to be aired on 21 May 2023. The hosts this time around were Nakshathra Nagesh, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Erode Mahesh and Priyanka Deshpande.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.