# 6th Vijay Awards

The 6th Vijay Awards ceremony honoring the best of Tamil film industry in 2011 was held on 16 June 2012 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, India. The event was hosted by Gopinath and Sivakarthikeyan.

## Jury

The jury members were director K. S. Ravikumar, comedian Yugi Sethu, actress Nadia Moidu, Lizy Priyadarshan and cinematographer R. Rathnavelu.

## Award winners and nominees
### Jury awards

Source:
| Best Film | Best Director |
| Engeyum Eppodhum Aadukalam Aaranya Kaandam Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai Vaagai Sooda Vaa | Vetrimaaran - Aadukalam A. Sarkunam - Vaagai Sooda Vaa M. Saravanan - Engaeyum Eppothum Santha Kumar - Mounaguru Thiagarajan Kumararaja - Aaranya Kaandam |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Vikram - Deiva Thirumagal Dhanush - Aadukalam Jiiva - Ko Suriya - 7aum Arivu Vishal - Avan Ivan | Anjali - Engaeyum Eppothum Anushka Shetty - Deiva Thirumagal Iniya - Vaagai Sooda Vaa Nithya Menen - Nootrenbadhu Richa Gangopadhyay - Mayakkam Enna |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| R. Sarathkumar - Kanchana Ajmal Ameer - Ko Appukutty - Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai G.M. Kumar - Avan Ivan Somasundaram - Aaranya Kaandam | Uma Riyaz Khan - Mouna Guru Ananya - Engeyum Eppodhum Lakshmy Ramakrishnan - Yuddham Sei Piaa Bajpai - Ko Vasundhara - Poraali |
| Best Comedian | Best Villain |
| Santhanam - Siruthai Kovai Sarala - Kanchana Santhanam - Deiva Thirumagal Vadivelu - Kaavalan Vivek - Mappillai | Ajith Kumar - Mankatha Johnny Tri Nguyen - 7aum Arivu Jackie Shroff - Aaranya Kaandam John Vijay - Mouna Guru V. I. S. Jayabalan - Aadukalam |
| Best Debut Actor | Best Debut Actress |
| Nani - Veppam Jeyanth - Margazhi 16 Krishna - Seedan Shabarish - Markandeyan Veera Bahu - Nadunisi Naaygal | Richa Gangopadhyay - Mayakkam Enna Shruthi Haasan - 7aum Arivu Iniya - Vaagai Sooda Vaa Hansika Motwani - Mappillai Taapsee Pannu - Aadukalam |
| Best Music Director | Best Cinematographer |
| G. V. Prakash Kumar - Aadukalam C. Sathya - Engaeyum Eppothum Harris Jayaraj - Engeyum Kadhal Sharreth - Nootrenbadhu M Ghibran - Vaagai Sooda Vaa | P. S. Vinod - Aaranya Kaandam Om Prakash - Vaagai Sooda Vaa Nirav Shah - Deiva Thirumagal Ravi K. Chandran - 7aum Arivu Velraj - Aadukalam |
| Best Editor | Best Art Director |
| Kishore Te. - Engeyum Eppodhum Anthony - Ko Praveen K. L. & N. B. Srikanth - Aaranya Kaandam Raja Muhammed - Mounaguru Gagin - Yuddham Sei | Seenu - Vaagai Sooda Vaa Jackson- Aadukalam Videsh - Aaranya Kaandam Kathir - Payanam Rajeevan - 7aum Arivu |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
| Velmurugan - "Otha Sollale" (Aadukalam) Aalap Raju - "Enamo Aedho" (Ko) Haricharan - "Aariraro" (Deiva Thirumagal) Karthik - "Dhimu Dhimu" (Engeyum Kadhal) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam - "Ayyayo" (Aadukalam) | Chinmayi - "Sara Sara" (Vaagai Sooda Vaa) Prashanthini - "Ayyayo" (Aadukalam) Saindhavi - "Pirai Thedum" (Mayakkam Enna) Suzanne D'Mello - "Mazhai Varum" (Veppam) Shweta Mohan - "Nee Korinal" (180) |
| Best Lyricist | Best Story, Screenplay Writer |
| Vairamuthu - "Sara Sara" (Vaagai Sooda Vaa) Dhanush - "Voda Voda" (Mayakkam Enna) Madhan Karky - "Enamo Aedho" (Ko) Na. Muthukumar - "Aariro" (Deiva Thirumagal) Snehan - "Yathe Yathe" (Aadukalam) | Thiagarajan Kumararaja - Aaranya Kaandam K. V. Anand and Subha - Ko M. Saravanan - Engaeyum Eppothum Raghava Lawrence - Kanchana Vetrimaaran - Aadukalam |
| Best Background Score | Best Dialogue |
| Yuvan Shankar Raja - Aaranya Kaandam M. Ghibran - Vaagai Sooda Vaa G. V. Prakash Kumar - Deiva Thirumagal K - Yuddham Sei Harris Jayaraj - Ko | Samuthirakani - Poraali Vetrimaaran - Aadukalam Kullanari Koottam Payanam A. R. Murugadoss - 7aum Arivu |
| Best Choreographer | Best Stunt Director |
| K. Suchitra - Avan Ivan (Dia Dia Dole) - Engeyum Eppodhum (Maasama) Dinesh - Aadukalam (Otha Sollala) - Mayakkam Enna (Kaadhal Yen Kaadhal) - Engeyum Kadhal (Nangaai) | Dilip Subbarayan - Aaranya Kaandam - Rowthiram - 7aum Arivu - Aadukalam Silva - Mankatha |
| Best Make Up | Best Costume Designer |
| Gothandapani - 7aum Arivu - Avan Ivan - Aaranya Kaandam - Vaagai Sooda Vaa - Engeyum Eppodhum | Anuvardhan & Murthy - 7aum Arivu - Engeyum Kadhal - Ko - Vaagai Sooda Vaa Vasuki Bhaskar - Mankatha |
| Best Find of the Year | Best Crew |
| M. Ghibran for Vaagai Sooda Vaa | Aadukalam |
| Contribution to Tamil Cinema | Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema |
| | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| Entertainer of the Year | Special Jury Awards |
| Dhanush | Kovai Sarala - Kanchana (Best Female Comedian) Sara Arjun - Deiva Thirumagal (Best Child Actress) |

### Favorite Awards

| Favorite Hero | Favorite Heroine |
| Ajith Kumar - Mankatha Dhanush - Aadukalam Suriya - 7aum Arivu Vikram - Deiva Thirumagal Vijay - Velayutham | Anushka Shetty - Deiva Thirumagal Asin - Kaavalan Hansika Motwani - Engeyum Kadhal Taapsee Pannu - Aadukalam Trisha Krishnan - Mankatha |
| Favorite Film | Favorite Director |
| Ko - R. S. Infotainment Mankatha - Cloud Nine Movies Siruthai - Studio Green Velayutham - Aascar Films 7aum Arivu - Red Giant Movies | Venkat Prabhu - Mankatha A. R. Murugadoss - Ezham Arivu K. V. Anand - Ko Selvaraghavan - Mayakkam Enna Vetrimaaran - Aadukalam |
| Favourite Song |
| "Enamo Aedho" - Ko "Kadhal En Kadhal" - Mayakkam Enna "Kalasala Kalsala" - Osthe "Otha Sollala" - Aadukalam "Vilaiyaadu Mankatha" - Mankatha | |