title: 8th Vijay Awards
text: # 8th Vijay Awards
  
  The 8th Vijay Awards ceremony honouring the best of the Tamil film industry in 2013 was held on 5 July 2014 at Chennai. The event was hosted by Gopinath and Divyadharshini.
  
  ## Jury
  
  The jury members were director Prathap K. Pothan, cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran, and Yugi Sethu.
  
  ## Winners and nominees
  
  Source:
  
  ### Jury awards
  
  | Best Film | Best Director |
  | - | - |
  | Thanga Meenkal Haridas Paradesi Soodhu Kavvum Thalaimuraigal | Bala – Paradesi Balu Mahendra – Thalaimuraigal Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Suseenthiran – Pandiya Naadu Ram – Thanga Meenkal |
  | Best Actor | Best Actress |
  | Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Atharvaa – Paradesi Dhanush – Maryan Vijay Sethupathi – Soodhu Kavvum Vishal – Pandiya Naadu | Nayantara – Raja Rani Parvathy – Maryan Pooja Umashankar – Vidiyum Munn Sneha – Haridas Vedhicka – Paradesi |
  | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
  | Bharathiraja – Pandiya Naadu Arvind Swamy – Kadal Karunakaran – Soodhu Kavvum Sathyaraj – Raja Rani Simha – Neram | Dhansika – Paradesi Nandita Swetha – Ethir Neechal Andrea Jeremiah – Vishwaroopam Tulasi – Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer Viji Chandrasekhar – Madha Yaanai Koottam |
  | Best Comedian | Best Villain |
  | Santhanam – Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru Power Star Srinivasan – Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya Sathish – Ethir Neechal Soori – Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam Vivek – Singam II | Arjun – Kadal Rahul Bose – Vishwaroopam Sharath Lohitashwa – Pandiya Naadu Vamsi Krishna – Ivan Veramathiri Yog Japee – Soodhu Kavvum |
  | Best Debut Actor | Best Debut Actress |
  | Gautham Karthik – Kadal Ashok Selvan – Pizza II: Villa Sundeep Kishan – Yaaruda Mahesh Nivin Pauly – Neram Sathya – Puthagam | Nazriya Nazim – Neram Aishwarya Arjun – Pattathu Yaanai Sri Divya – Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam Surabhi – Ivan Veramathiri Thulasi Nair – Kadal |
  | Best Music Director | Best Cinematographer |
  | A. R. Rahman – Kadal Anirudh Ravichander – Ethir Neechal D. Imman – Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam G. V. Prakash Kumar – Raja Rani Santhosh Narayanan – Soodhu Kavvum | Rajiv Menon – Kadal Chezhiyan – Paradesi George C. Williams – Raja Rani Marc Koninckx – Maryan Sanu John Varghese – Vishwaroopam |
  | Best Editor | Best Art Director |
  | Anthony – Pandiya Naadu Anthony L. Ruben – Raja Rani Gopinath – Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum Leo John Paul – Soodhu Kavvum Mahesh Narayanan – Vishwaroopam | Lalgudi N. Ilaiyaraja & Thor – Vishwaroopam C. S. Balachandar – Paradesi T. Muthuraj – Raja Rani Rajeevan – Pandiya Naadu Selvakumar – Vanakkam Chennai |
  | Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer |
  | Yuvan Shankar Raja – "Kadal Raasa" (Maryan) A. R. Rahman – "Nenjae Ezhu" (Maryan) Shankar Mahadevan, Kamal Haasan – "Unnai Kaanadhu Naan" (Vishwaroopam) Sid Sriram – "Adiye" (Kadal) Sriram Parthasarathy – "Aanandha Yaazhai" (Thanga Meenkal) | Shakthisree Gopalan – "Nenjukulle" (Kadal) Andrea Jeremiah – "Mama Douser" (Soodhu Kavvum) Harini – "Moongil Thottam" (Kadal) Shweta Mohan – "Innum Konjam" (Maryan) Vandana Srinivasan – "Avatha Paiyya" (Paradesi) |
  | Best Lyricist | Best Story, Screenplay Writer |
  | Na. Muthukumar – "Dheivangal Ellam" (Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga) Kabilan, A. R. Rahman – "Innum Konja Neram" (Maryan) Madhan Karky – "Mannadacha Pandhu" (Gouravam) Vaali – "Ethir Neechal Adi" (Ethir Neechal) Vairamuthu – "Nenjukkule" (Kadal) | Nalan Kumarasamy – Soodhu Kavvum Alphonse Putharen – Neram Atlee – Raja Rani Lenin Bharathi, Suseenthiran – Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer Naveen – Moodar Koodam |
  | Best Background Score | Best Dialogue |
  | Santhosh Narayanan – Soodhu Kavvum A. R. Rahman – Maryan G. V. Prakash Kumar – Raja Rani Ilaiyaraaja – Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum Tubby Parik – Vishwaroopam | Naveen – Moodar Koodam Atlee – Raja Rani Baskar Sakthi, Suseenthiran – Pandiya Naadu Gokul, Madhan Karky – Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara Nalan Kumarasamy – Soodhu Kavvum |
  | Best Choreographer | Best Stunt Director |
  | Brinda – "Adiyae" (Kadal) Baba Bhaskar – "Local Boys" (Ethir Neechal) Pandit Birju Maharaj – "Unnai Kaanadhu Naan" (Vishwaroopam) Sheriff – "Kasu Panam" (Soodhu Kavvum) Sridhar – "Tamizh Pasanga" (Thalaiva) | Anal Arasu – Pandiya Naadu Anal Arasu, Rocky Rajesh – Singam II Billa Jagan – Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum Kecha Khamphakdee, Lee Whittaker, Parvez Feroz & T. Ramesh – Vishwaroopam Rajasekhar – Ivan Veramathiri |
  | Best Make Up | Best Costume Designer |
  | Dasarathan – Paradesi Albert Chettiyar, Avinash, Bujji Babu, Ramachandran, Ramu & Shanmugam – Raja Rani Gage Hubard & Ralis Khan – Vishwaroopam Irma Dataushvali, Mohideen Kumar, Nicky Rajani, Ramachandran & Ratan Gupta – Irandam Ulagam Ramesh Mohanty, Thomas Van Der Nest – Maryan | Perumal Selvam & Poornima Ramaswamy – Paradesi Chaitanya Rao, Deepali Noor, Kaviza Raebhela & Sathya – Raja Rani Chaitanya Rao, Nikhila Sukumar & Malinipriya – Endrendrum Punnagai Deepali Noor – Irandam Ulagam Gautami – Vishwaroopam |
  | Best Debut Director | Best Crew |
  | Atlee – Raja Rani Durai Senthilkumar – Ethir Neechal Nalan Kumarasamy – Soodhu Kavvum Naveen – Moodar Koodam R. S. Prasanna – Kalyana Samayal Saadham | Ethir Neechal |
  | Best Find of the Year | Best Song of the Year |
  | George C. Williams | Anirudh Ravichander – "Ethir Neechal Adi" (Ethir Neechal) |
  | Contribution to Tamil Cinema | Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema |
  | Balu Mahendra | Shankar |
  | Best Entertainer of the Year | Entertainer of Indian Cinema |
  | Sivakarthikeyan | Shah Rukh Khan |
  
  **Special Jury Awards**
  
  * Vijay Sethupathi (Actor)
  * Soodhu Kavvum (Film)
  
  ### Favorite awards
  
  | Favorite Hero | Favorite Heroine |
  | - | - |
  | Vijay – Thalaivaa Suriya – Singam 2 Dhanush – Maryan Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Ajith Kumar – Arrambam | Nayantara – Raja Rani Amala Paul – Thalaivaa Anushka Shetty – Singam II Hansika Motwani – Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru Trisha Krishnan – Endrendrum Punnagai |
  | Favorite Film | Favorite Director |
  | Arrambam Raja Rani Singam 2 Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam Vishwaroopam | Kamal Haasan – Vishwaroopam Bala – Paradesi Hari – Singam II Pandiraj – Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga Vishnuvardhan – Arrambam |
  | Favourite Song | |
  | Oodhaa Colouru Ribbon – Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam "Ethir Neechal Adi" – Ethir Neechal "Nenjukulle" – Kadal "Hey Baby" – Raja Rani "Kaasu Panam" – Soodhu Kavvum | |
  
  ### Multiple nominations
  
  | Nominations | Film |
  | - | - |
  | 16 | Vishwaroopam |
  | 15 | Raja Rani |
  | 13 | Soodhu Kavvum |
  | 12 | Kadal |
  | 11 | Paradesi |
  | 10 | Maryan |
  | 8 | Pandiya Naadu |
  | 7 | Ethir Neechal |
  | 6 | Singam II |
  | 5 | Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam |
  | 4 | Neram |
  | Awards | Film |
  | 6 | Kadal |
  | 4 | Paradesi |
  | 4 | Soodhu Kavvum |
  | 3 | Pandiya Naadu |
  | 3 | Raja Rani |
  | 3 | Vishwaroopam |
  | 3 | Ethir Neechal |
  