# 9th Vijay Awards

The 9th Vijay Awards ceremony honouring the best of the Tamil film industry in 2014 was held on 25 April 2015 at Chennai. The event was hosted by Gopinath and Divyadharshini.

## Jury

R Balki, K. Bhagyaraj, Yugi Sethu, KV Anand and Nadhiya Moidu are the juries of 9th Edition Vijay Awards.

## Winners and nominees

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### Jury awards

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Velaiyilla Pattathari – Dhanush Goli Soda – Bharath Seeni Jigarthanda – Kathiresan Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam – K. Chandramohan Madras – K. E. Gnanavel Raja | Karthik Subbaraj – Jigarthanda Mysskin – Pisaasu Pa. Ranjith – Madras R. Parthiepan – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Vijay Milton – Goli Soda |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Dhanush – Velaiyilla Pattathari Dinesh – Cuckoo Karthi – Madras Siddharth – Kaaviya Thalaivan Vijay – Kaththi | Amala Paul – Velaiyilla Pattathari Lakshmi Menon – Naan Sigappu Manithan Nithya Menen – Malini 22 Palayamkottai Sridivya – Jeeva Vedhicka – Kaaviya Thalaivan |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Kalaiyarasan – Madras Guru Somasundaram – Jigarthanda Radharavi – Pisaasu Rajkiran – Manjapai Samuthirakani – Velaiyilla Pattathari | Riythvika – Madras Kovai Sarala – Aranmanai Seetha – Goli soda Saranya Ponvannan – Velaiyilla Pattathari Suhasini Mani Ratnam – Ramanujan |
| Best Comedian | Best Villain |
| Thambi Ramaiah – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Karunakaran – Yaamirukka Bayamey Ramdoss – Mundasupatti Santhanam – Aranmanai Vivek – Velaiyilla Pattathari | Bobby Simha – Jigarthanda Prashant Narayanan – Nedunchaalai Prithviraj – Kaaviya Thalaivan Vinoth – Madras Vijay Murugan – Goli Soda |
| Best Debut Actor | Best Debut Actress |
| Dulquer Salmaan – Vaayai Moodi Pesavum Abhinay Vaddi – Ramanujan Chandran – Kayal Naga Sai Prasad – Pisaasu Santhosh Prathap – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam | Malavika Nair – Cuckoo Akhila Kishore – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Anandhi – Kayal Catherine Tresa – Madras Shivada Nair – Nedunchaalai |
| Best Music Director | Best Cinematographer |
| Anirudh Ravichander – Velaiyilla Pattathari A. R. Rahman – Kochadaiiyaan D. Imman – Jilla Santhosh Narayanan – Cuckoo Yuvan Shankar Raja – Anjaan | Gavemic U Ary – Jigarthanda G. Murali – Madras Gokul Benoy – Pannaiyarum Padminiyum R. D. Rajasekhar – Arima Nambi Nirav Shah – Kaaviya Thalaivan |
| Best Editor | Best Art Director |
| Vivek Harshan – Jigarthanda Anthony – Goli Soda Kishore Te – Nedunchaalai Praveen K. L. – Madras Sabu Joseph VJ – Vallinam | Sabu Cyril – Lingaa |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Pradeep Kumar - "Agayam Theepiditha" (Madras) Abhay Jodhpurkar - "Vinmeen" (Thegidi) Haricharan - "Sandi Kuthirai" (Kaaviya Thalaivan) Prasanna - "Koodamela Koodavechi" (Rummy) Vishal Dadlani - "Aathi" (Kaththi) | Uthara Unnikrishnan - "Nadhi Pogum Koozhangal" (Pisaasu) Chinmayi - "Idhayam" (Kochadaiiyaan) Shreya Ghoshal - "Kandangi Kandangi" (Jilla) Shakthisree Gopalan, Dheekshitha - "Naan Nee" (Madras) Vaikom Vijayalakshmi - "Pudhiya Ulagai" (Yennamo Yedho) |
| Best Story, Screenplay Writer | Best Dialogue |
| Vijay Milton – Goli Soda Karthik Subbaraj – Jigarthanda R. Parthiepan – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam Ram – Mundasupatti Velraj – Velaiyilla Pattathari | R. Parthiepan – Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam AR Murugadoss – Kaththi Vinoth – Sathuranga Vettai Raju Murugan & Paramu – Cuckoo Velraj – Velaiyilla Pattathari |
| Best Background Score | Best Lyricist |
| Santhosh Narayanan – Jigarthanda A. R. Rahman – Kochadaiiyaan Anirudh Ravichander – Velaiyilla Pattathari Arrol Corelli – Pisaasu Sean Roldan – Mundasupatti | Kabilan - "Aathangara Orathil" (Yaan) Dhanush - "Amma Amma" (Velaiyilla Pattathari) Na. Muthukumar - "Azhagu" (Saivam) Vairamuthu - "Maatram Ondru" (Kochadaiiyaan) Yugabharathi - "Manasula Soora Kaathu" (Cuckoo) |
| Best Choreographer | Best Stunt Director |
| Shobi - "Oruthi Mela" (Jeeva) Baba Bhaskar - "What a Karavaad" (Velaiyilla Pattathari) Brinda - "Darling Dambakku" (Maan Karate) Raju Sundaram - "Sandi Kuthirai" (Kaaviya Thalaivan) Sathish Krishnan - "Kaagidha Kappal" (Madras) | Supreme Sunder – Goli Soda Anbariv – Madras Anal Arasu – Kaththi Kanal Kannan – Poojai Stunt Silva – Veeram |
| Best Make Up | Best Costume Designer |
| Pattanam Rasheed, Pattanam Sha, Siva, Promod – Kaaviya Thalaivan Gothandapani & Banu – Lingaa Lalitha Rajamanikam, Mari Nagendra & Gopi – Yaamirukka Bayamey Vinoth Sukumaran – Mundasupatti Vinoth Sukumaran – Jigarthanda | Perumal and Niranjani Ahathian – Kaaviya Thalaivan Deepali Noor – Kaththi James – Mundasupatti Nikhaar Dhawan – Lingaa Sathya NJ, Vasuki Bhaskar & Moorthy – Maan Karate |
| Best Debut Director | Best Child Artist |
| Ram – Mundasupatti Deekay – Yaamirukka Bayamey Raju Murugan – Cuckoo Velraj – Velaiyilla Pattathari Vinoth - Sathuranga Vettai | Sara Arjun – Saivam Gaurav Kalai – Poovarasam Peepee Rahul – Mundasupatti Ray Paul – Saivam Yuvina Parthavi – Veeram |
| Contribution to Tamil Cinema ||
| AVM. Saravanan ||
| Best Find of the Year | Best Crew |
| Raju Murugan | Sathuranga Vettai |

#### Special Jury Awards

* Soundarya Rajinikanth – Kochadaiyaan
* Studio Green – Madras

### Favorite awards

| Favorite Hero | Favorite Heroine |
| Rajinikanth – Lingaa Vijay – Kaththi Dhanush – Velaiyilla Pattathari Suriya – Anjaan Ajith Kumar – Veeram | Hansika Motwani – Maan Karate Nayanthara – Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal Samantha Ruth Prabhu – Kaththi Sri Divya – Jeeva Shruti Haasan – Poojai |
| Favorite Film | Favorite Director |
| Kaththi Aranmanai Goli Soda Veeram Velaiyilla Pattathari | AR Murugadoss – Kaththi Hari – Poojai KS Ravikumar – Lingaa Siva – Veeram Sundar C – Aranmanai |
| Favourite Song ||
| Anirudh Ravichander - "Amma Amma" from Velaiyilla Pattathari D Imman - "Koodamela Koodavechu" from Rummy Anirudh Ravichander - "Selfie Pulla" from Kaththi Santhosh Narayanan - "Naan Nee" from Madras Harris Jayaraj - "Aathangara Orathil" from Yaan ||