# 7th Vijay Awards

The 7th Vijay Awards ceremony honoring the best of the Tamil film industry in 2012 was held on 11 May 2013 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. It was hosted by Gopinath and R. Madhavan.

## Jury

The jury members were directors Vetrimaran, Venkat Prabhu and Cheran, comedian Yugi Sethu, and cinematographer R. Rathnavelu.

## Award winners and nominees

Source:
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Vazhakku Enn 18/9 | Balaji Sakthivel - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 AR Murugadoss - Thuppakki Magizh Thirumeni - Thadaiyara Thaakka Prabhu Solomon - Kumki S. S. Rajamouli - Naan Ee |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Dhanush - 3 Suriya - Maattraan Vijay - Thuppakki Vijay Sethupathi - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom Vikram - Thaandavam | Samantha - Neethaane En Ponvasantham Kajal Aggarwal - Thuppakki Shruti Haasan - 3 Sunaina - Neerparavai Viji Chandrasekhar - Aarohanam |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Sathyaraj - Nanban Maarimuthu - Aarohanam Naren - Sundarapandian Pasupathi - Aravaan Samudrakani - Saattai | Anupama Kumar - Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal Nandita Das - Neerparavai Radhika Apte - Dhoni Saranya Ponvannan - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Vidyullekha Raman - Neethane En Ponvasantham |
| Best Comedian | Best Villain |
| Santhanam - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Karunas - Kazhugu Sathyan - Nanban Soori - Sundarapandian VTV Ganesh - Podaa Podi | Sudeep - Naan E Muthuraman - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Narain - Mugamoodi Thambi Ramiah - Saattai Vidyut Jamwal - Thuppakki |
| Best Debut Actor | Best Debut Actress |
| Vikram Prabhu - Kumki Sivakarthikeyan - Marina Dinesh - Attakathi Udhayanidhi Stalin - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Sri - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 | Varalaxmi Sarathkumar - Podaa Podi Lakshmi Menon - Sundarapandian Manisha Yadav - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Pooja Hegde - Mugamoodi Urmila Mahanta - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 |
| Best Music Director | Best Cinematographer |
| D. Imman - Kumki Anirudh Ravichander - 3 Harris Jayaraj - Nanban Ilaiyaraaja - Neethane En Ponvasantham Yuvan Shankar Raja - Kazhugu | Gopi Amarnath - Pizza Prem - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom Vijay Milton - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Siddharth - Aravaan Sukumar - Thadaiyara Thaakka |
| Best Editor | Best Art Director |
| Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao - Naan Ee A. Sreekar Prasad - Thuppakki Gopi Krishna - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Leo John Paul - Pizza Praveen K. L.-N. B. Srikanth - Thadaiyara Thaakka | R. K. Vijay Murugan - Aravaan Muthuraj - Nanban Rajeevan - Maattraan Sunil Babu - Thuppakki Vairabalan - Kumki |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Mohit Chauhan - "Po Nee Po" (3) Dhanush - "Why This Kolaveri Di" (3) Gaana Bala - "Nadukadalula" (Attakathi) Haricharan - "Ayyayyo" (Kumki) Vijay Prakash - "Asku Laska" (Nanban) | Ramya NSK - "Satru Munbu" (Neethaane En Ponvasantham) Shruti Haasan - "Kannazhaga" (3) Shweta Pandit - "Idhayam" (Billa II) Sithara - "Kangal Neeye" (Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal) Sunidhi Chauhan - "Mudhal Murai" (Neethaane En Ponvasantham) |
| Best Lyricist | Best Story, Screenplay Writer |
| Thamarai - "Kangal Neeye" (Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal) Dhanush - "Po Nee Po" (3) Gaana Bala - "Nadukadalula" (Attakathi) Na. Muthukumar - "Oru Paadhi" (Thaandavam) Yugabharathi - "Sollitalae" (Kumki) | Karthik Subbaraj - Pizza Balaji Sakthivel - Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Balaji Tharaneetharan - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom Rajesh - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi S. S. Rajamouli - Naan Ee |
| Best Background Score | Best Dialogue |
| Yuvan Shankar Raja | Rajesh - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Anbazhagan - Saattai Gautham Vasudev Menon - Neethane En Ponvasantham Iyappan - Madhubaanakadai Prabhu Solomon - Kumki |
| Best Choreographer | Best Stunt Director |
| Robert - "Love Panlama Venama" (Podaa Podi) Dinesh - "Venaam Machan" (Oru Kal Oru Kannadi) Farah Khan - "Irukkana" (Nanban) Shobi - "Antarctica" (Thuppakki) Sridhar - "Alaikka Laikka" (Thuppakki) | Anal Arasu - Thadaiyara Thaakka Kecha - Thuppakki Peter Hein - Maattrraan Rajasekhar- Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal Silva - 3 |
| Best Make Up | Best Costume Designer |
| Sarath Kumar - Aravaan | S. Rajendran - Aravaan Gabreilla Wilkins - Mugamoodi Ganesh - Kumki Kunal Rawal, Deepali Noor, Sai - Nanban Vinesh Arora, Sarin - Podaa Podi |
| Best Find of the Year | Best Crew |
| Anirudh Ravichander - 3 | Pizza |
| Best Debut Director | Face of the Year |
| Balaji Tharaneetharan - Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom Anbazhagan - Saattai Karthik Subbaraj - Pizza Lakshmi Ramakrishnan - Aarohanam Prabhakaran - Sundarapandian | Udhayanidhi Stalin - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Dinesh - Attakathi Lakshmi Menon - Sundarapandian Sivakarthikeyan - Marina Varalaxmi Sarathkumar - Podaa Podi Vikram Prabhu - Kumki |
| Contribution to Tamil Cinema | Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema |
| Bharathiraja | Shahrukh Khan |
| Entertainer of the Year | Special Jury Awards |
| Vijay - Nanban / Thuppakki | Vijay Sethupathi (Actor) Trisha (Actress) Aarohanam (Film) |

### Favorite Awards

| Favorite Hero | Favorite Heroine |
| Vijay - Thuppakki Ajith Kumar - Billa 2 Dhanush - 3 M. Sasikumar - Sundarapandian Surya - Maattrraan | Kajal Agarwal - Thuppakki Pooja Hegde - Mugamoodi Ileana D'Cruz - Nanban Samantha Ruth Prabhu - Neethaane En Ponvasantham Shruti Haasan - 3 |
| Favorite Film | Favorite Director |
| Thuppakki Naan E Nanban Oru Kal Oru Kannadi Sundarapandian | AR Murugadoss - Thuppakki N. Lingusamy - Vettai Rajesh - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi S. S. Rajamouli- Naan E Shankar - Nanban |
| Favourite Song |
| "Google Google" - Thuppakki "Sollitaaley" - Kumki "Vayamoodi Summa" - Mugamoodi "Venaam Machan" - Oru Kal Oru Kannadi "Why This Kolaveri Di" - 3 | |

### Multiple nominations

| Nominations | Film |
| 15 | Thuppakki |
| 11 | Oru Kal Oru Kannadi |
| 10 | Nanban |
| 10 | Kumki |
| 9 | Vazhakku Enn 18/9 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 7 | Sundarapandian |
| 6 | Naan Ee |
| 6 | Neethaane En Ponvasantham |
| 5 | Pizza |
| 5 | Podaa Podi |
| 5 | Attakathi |
| 4 | Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal |
| 4 | Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom |
| 4 | Thadaiyara Thaakka |
| 4 | Aarohanam |
| 4 | Maattraan |
| 4 | Saattai |
| Awards | Film |
| 6 | Thuppakki |
| 3 | Pizza |
| 3 | Aravaan |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Oru Kal Oru Kannadi |
| 2 | Vazhakku Enn 18/9 |
| 2 | Neethaane En Ponvasantham |
| 2 | Nanban |
| 2 | Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal |
| 2 | Naan E |
| 2 | Podaa Podi |
| 2 | Kumki |
| 2 | Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom |