Edison Awards is grand annual award presenting ceremony for people in Tamil film industry

Tamil cinema

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, who have made landmarks and milestones for the History of Tamil Cinema since 2009. "Edison Awards" is mainly named after the Inventor of Cinema "Thomas Alva Edison". The uniqueness of the show is mainly that, it has a vast reach in about seven countries Tamil televisions, with main broadcaster as Astro in Malaysia.

The Event is mainly organised and hosted by MyTamilMovie.com. The free-lance sponsors in the recent years are Jet Airways

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The Exclusiveness of the show bricked up by Talent Search Analysis,Live Concerts by Professional Tamil playback singer

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 & Young Emergers and felicious dancers Another glimpsy highlight of the event is that the awards are given based on People's Choice conceptual, implemented in ways of Online Voting, SMS Voting,and Dial-a-Vote. Mytamilmovie.com and Edison Awards has been strongly and healthily backed up by all tamil media.

Awards List

• Movie based
  • Best Commercial Movie

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Ayan Ayan (film) Ayan is a 2009 Tamil action thriller film written and directed by K. V. Anand. The film, starring Surya, Prabhu, Tamannaah and Akashdeep Saighal in lead roles, was produced by M. Saravanan and M. S. Guhan, while distribution handled by Sun Pictures. The film score was composed by Harris Jayaraj,...	K. V. Anand K. V. Anand K. V. Anand is an Indian cinematographer, film director and former photo journalist. After working for a short period as a journalist, he became a cinematographer in the early 1990s, working for about fifteen films in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu...
    2010	Singam	Hari Hari (director) Hari is a Tamil film director, best known for his action-masala films. , he has directed eleven films.- Background :Hari was born in Katchanavilai near Nazereth in Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu, India. His father, Gopal Nadar, is a vessels merchant. Later his family shifted to Chennai...

• • Best Romantic Movie

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Aadhavan Aadhavan Aadhavan is a 2009 Tamil action thriller, directed by K. S. Ravikumar and written by Ramesh Khanna. The film features Surya Sivakumar in the title role along with Nayantara in lead roles and Murali, Vadivelu, Anand Babu, Ramesh Khanna, B. Saroja Devi, Rahul Dev, Sayaji Shinde in its supporting...	K. S. Ravikumar K. S. Ravikumar K. S. Ravikumar is an Indian film director and actor, primarily working in Tamil cinema. He has directed numerous films ranging from comedy and drama to action thrillers. His film Dasavathaaram went on to gross $16 million worldwide in the first four weeks and eventually became one of the...
    2010	Goa Goa (film) Goa is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, who with the project, directed his third film following two previous successes...	Venkat Prabhu Venkat Prabhu Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren , better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu is an Indian filmmaker, who has worked as an actor, director and playback singer in the Tamil film industry...

• • Best Patriotic Movie

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Peranmai Peranmai Peranmai is a 2009 Tamil action-adventure film. Directed and written by S. P. Jananathan in his venture and produced by Ayngaran International, it stars Jayam Ravi and Roland Kickinger in the lead roles while Ponvannan, Vadivelu and Urvashi, prominent actors from the Tamil industry, played...	S. P. Jananathan
    2010	Madrasapattinam	A. L. Vijay A. L. Vijay A. L. Vijay is a Tamil film director. Earlier he worked as an assistant and close associate of director Priyadarshan. His father A. L. Azhagappan was the president of Tamilnadu Producers Council and appeared in the film Eesan. His brother, Udhaya, has also starred in Tamil films. Presently A. L...

• • Best Thriller Movie

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Eeram Eeram Eeram is a 2009 Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by newcomer Arivazhagan Venkatachalam. Starring Aadhi, and Sindhu Menon in the lead roles, with Saranya Mohan and Nandha in supporting roles, the film was produced by S. Shankar and was released on 11 September 2009...	Arivazhagan
    2010	Aaiyirathil Oruvan	Selvaraghavan Selvaraghavan -Personal life:Selvaraghavan is the son of film director Kasthuri Raja, elder brother of actor Dhanush and has two sisters, who are both doctors. On 15 December 2006, he married actress Sonia Agarwal, with whom he had previously worked with on three films...

• Music based
  • Best Music Director

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Ayan Ayan Ayan is a rural locality and the administrative center of Ayano-Maysky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the shore of a well-protected bay of the Sea of Okhotsk, from Khabarovsk and by sea from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur...	Haaris Jeyraj
    2010	Madarasapattinam	G.V.Prakash G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film...

• • Best Introduced Music Director

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Unnai Pol Oruvan	Shruthi Haasan
    2010	ThenMerku Paruvakkaatru Thenmerku Paruvakaatru Thenmerku Paruvakatru is a 2010 Tamil drama film written and directed by Seenu Ramasamy and produced by Shibu Issac. It stars Saranya Ponvannan in her 100th film, Vijay Sethupathy and Vasundhra Chiyertra in the lead roles and released on 24 December 2010....	N.R.Rahunandan

• • Best Male Playback Singer

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Vettaikaaran Vettaikaaran (2009 film) Vettaikaaran is a 2009 Tamil action film directed by debutant B. Babusivan that stars Vijay and Anushka Shetty. Gopinath handled cinematography while V. T. Vijayan was the film's editor. The film, produced by AVM Productions and distributed by Sun Pictures, was launched in February 2009 and the...	Krish
    2010	Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya	Vijay Prakash Vijay Prakash Vijay Prakash , is a playback singer from Mysore who moved to Mumbai in 1996. He has sung in Hindi films such as Blue, Yuvvraaj, Swades, Kaal, Lakshya, Matrubhoomi, Tere Naam, Cheeni Kum, Raavan and Force. He has also performed in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies...

• • Best Female Playback Singer

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Sarvam Sarvam Sarvam is a 2009 Indian Tamil romantic thriller film written and directed by Vishnuvardhan, who has earlier directed highly successful Tamil films like Arinthum Ariyamalum , Pattiyal and Billa . Starring Arya and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles while J. D...	Madhushree Madhushree Madhushree is an Indian singer, who sings in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. A familiar voice in A. R. Rahman's compositions, Madhushree hails from a musically inclined family, having previously been trained in classical music...
    2010	Paiyaa	Saindhavi Saindhavi Saindhavi is a Carnatic music singer and a South Indian film playback singer.-Personal life:Saindhavi is engaged to G. V. Prakash and will get married in December 2011. They studied together in Chettinad Vidyashram.-Discography:...

• • Best Introduced Playback Singer

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Nadodigal	Murugan
    2010	Agam Puram Agam Puram Agam Puram is an Indian Tamil action film written and directed by Thirumalai, in his second venture after Thee Nagar. The long-delayed film started production in early 2008 and film features Shaam and Meenakshi in the lead roles...	P.P.Venkat

• • Best Lyricist

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Kulir 100° Kulir 100° -Synopsis:The story revolves around a young lad of 11th standard getting into rowdyism. Naturally his mother fearing that his rowdy father may spoil his career, sends him off to a boarding school in Ooty. Rest of the film is about this guy’s life with his friend Babloo and girlfriend Taniya...	V.Elango
    2010	Enthiran	Pa.Vijay

• Behind the Screen based
  • Best Director

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Ayan Ayan Ayan is a rural locality and the administrative center of Ayano-Maysky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the shore of a well-protected bay of the Sea of Okhotsk, from Khabarovsk and by sea from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur...	K.V.Anand
    2010	Madarasapattinam	A.L.Vijay A. L. Vijay A. L. Vijay is a Tamil film director. Earlier he worked as an assistant and close associate of director Priyadarshan. His father A. L. Azhagappan was the president of Tamilnadu Producers Council and appeared in the film Eesan. His brother, Udhaya, has also starred in Tamil films. Presently A. L...

• • Best Introduced Director

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Eeram Eeram Eeram is a 2009 Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by newcomer Arivazhagan Venkatachalam. Starring Aadhi, and Sindhu Menon in the lead roles, with Saranya Mohan and Nandha in supporting roles, the film was produced by S. Shankar and was released on 11 September 2009...	Arivazhagan
    2010	Kalavani Kalavani Kalavani , is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by newcomer A. Sargunam. It stars Vimal of Pasanga fame in the lead role along with debutante Oviya, Saranya Ponvannan, Ganja Karuppu and Ilavarasu, who enact pivotal roles...	A.Sarkunam

• • Best Art Director

Year	Movie	Awardee
2009	Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu	Susindran Susindran Suseenthiran is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He rose to fame with the film Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, which marks his directorial debut.-Career:...
2010	Enthiran	Saabu Cyril Sabu Cyril Sabu Cyril is an Indian film art director. He has won National Film Award for Best Art Direction four times and Filmfare Best Art Direction Award twice. His latest work Enthiran, in which he also played an important role, has won him international recognitions.-Early life and education:Sabu Cyril...

• • Best DOP (Camera-man)

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Eeram Eeram Eeram is a 2009 Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by newcomer Arivazhagan Venkatachalam. Starring Aadhi, and Sindhu Menon in the lead roles, with Saranya Mohan and Nandha in supporting roles, the film was produced by S. Shankar and was released on 11 September 2009...	Manoj Paramhamsa Manoj Paramahamsa - Biography :He was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Educated at the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu at Chennai, he received his early training from the cinematographer S. Saravanan. Manoj started his career by assisting in films such as Pammal K...
    2010	Enthiran	Randy R. Rathnavelu Randy Rathnavelu is an Indian cinematographer who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films including Thirumalai , Vaaranam Aayiram, and Enthiran....

• • Best Editor

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Sarvam Sarvam Sarvam is a 2009 Indian Tamil romantic thriller film written and directed by Vishnuvardhan, who has earlier directed highly successful Tamil films like Arinthum Ariyamalum , Pattiyal and Billa . Starring Arya and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles while J. D...	Sreekar Prasad
    2010	Enthiran	Anthony Anthony Anthony, commonly shortened to Tony, may refer to:-Ancient and medieval Christianity:* St. Anthony the Great, of Egypt, 4th century founder of Christian monasticism* St. Anthony the Hermit , 5th century hermit of Italy and Gaul...

• • Best Producer

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Eeram Eeram Eeram is a 2009 Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by newcomer Arivazhagan Venkatachalam. Starring Aadhi, and Sindhu Menon in the lead roles, with Saranya Mohan and Nandha in supporting roles, the film was produced by S. Shankar and was released on 11 September 2009...	Shankar S. Shankar Shankar is an Indian film director and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He made his directional debut in Gentleman for which he was awarded the Filmfare Best Director Award...
    2010	Enthiran	Kalanadhi Maran Kalanidhi Maran Kalanithi Maran is the Chairman and Managing Director of Sun Network, which is the most profitable Television network in Asia.In June 2010, he acquired Spice Jet which was the most profitable airlines in India...

• • Best Choreographer

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Kandaen Kadhalai	Poppy Krishna
    2010	Enthiran	Prabhu Deva

• • Best Stunt Choreographer

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Ayan Ayan Ayan is a rural locality and the administrative center of Ayano-Maysky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the shore of a well-protected bay of the Sea of Okhotsk, from Khabarovsk and by sea from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur...	Kanal Kannan
    2010	Enthiran	Peter Hein Peter Hein Peter Hein is a Stunt director, action director, action co-ordinator who did his job for many South Indian Motion Pictures. He was born in Chennai to Vietnamese immigrants and settled down in Chennai. He started his career as Extra Stunt boy, Assistant fight master for many number of Telugu and...

  • Best PRO (Public Relations Officer)

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Kandasamy Kandasamy Kandasamy may refer to:- People :*M. Kandaswamy Padayachi, former Ulundurpet MLA*K. Kandasamy, former Andipatti MLA...	Diamond Babu
    2010	Naan Mahan Alla	John

• On-Screen Based
  • Best Actor

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Peraanmai	Jeyam Ravi
    2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa is a 2010 Tamil musical romantic drama film directed and written by Gautham Menon, featuring Silambarasan Rajendar and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles. It is a parody of Tamil romantic melodramas. The film, distributed by Udhayanidhi Stalin, features a successful...	Silambarasan

• • Best Actress

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Achamundu Achamundu Achamundu Achamundu Achchamundu! Achchamundu! is a Tamil social thriller directed by Arun Vaidyanathan, starring Prasanna, Sneha and Emmy Award-winning American film actor John Shea. It is the first film in Indian cinema to be shot with the Red One camera system. A Telugu dubbed version is to be released as Bhayam...	Sneha
    2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa is a 2010 Tamil musical romantic drama film directed and written by Gautham Menon, featuring Silambarasan Rajendar and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles. It is a parody of Tamil romantic melodramas. The film, distributed by Udhayanidhi Stalin, features a successful...	Trisha Krishanan Trisha Krishnan Trisha Krishnan is an Indian film actress and model, who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, but has also appeared in Hindi language films. She was noticed after winning several beauty pageants like the Miss Madras contest , which marked her entry into filmdom...

  • Best Introduced Actor

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu	Vishnu Vishal Vishnu Vishal Vishnu Vishal is an Indian film actor who is seen mainly in Tamil films. He started his acting career as one of the main leads in the popular film Vennila Kabbadi Kuzhu. Since then he appeared in some two other movies of nearly the same genre...
    2010	Baana Kaathaadi	Adharvaa

• • Best Introduced Actress

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Malayan Malayan (film) Malayan is a Tamil language film released in 2009. It stars Karan and Shammu in the lead roles.-Plot:The tale of betrayal, that too, from the one we trust most isn’t new to Tamil cinema. And Malayan too, is one such tale of unbelievable devotion to the boss, played by Sarath Babu, by his employee...	Shammu Shammu Shammu is an Indian film actress and model. She has appeared in Tamil films, a such as Kanchivaram, Mayilu and Dasavathaaram.-Background:...
    2010	Mynaa Mynaa The film score and soundtrack for Mynaa was composed by D. Imman. The album consists of 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Yugabharathi and Eknaath. The songs, especially the title track, had become very popular, while the album was widely considered Imman's finest work yet.-Awards:...	Amala Paul Amala Paul Amala Paul is an Indian film actress, who works primarily in the Tamil film industry. After appearing in supporting roles in a few low budget ventures, she was acclaimed for the portrayal of a controversial character in the film, Sindhu Samaveli...

  • Best Supportive Actor/Actress

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Unnai Pol Oruvan	Ganesh Venkatraman Ganesh Venkatraman Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian film actor and model. He rose to fame following his performances in films such as The Angrez, Abhiyum Naanum and Unnaipol Oruvan.-Early life:Ganesh was born and raised in Mumbai. His roots are in Tamil Nadu...
    2010	Naan Mahaan Alla	Neelima

• • Best Character Male role

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Achamundu Achamundu Achamundu Achamundu Achchamundu! Achchamundu! is a Tamil social thriller directed by Arun Vaidyanathan, starring Prasanna, Sneha and Emmy Award-winning American film actor John Shea. It is the first film in Indian cinema to be shot with the Red One camera system. A Telugu dubbed version is to be released as Bhayam...	Prasanna Prasanna Prasanna , is an Indian theatre director and playwright from Karnataka. He is one of the pioneers of modern Kannada theatre. He graduated from the National School of Drama . He founded Samudaya and gave a creative direction to Kannada theatre in the 1970's with other activists. Prasanna lives in...
    2010	Naan Mahaan Alla	Jayaprakash Jayaprakash Jayaprakash is an Indian film actor and producer. He ventured into film business in the early 2000s as a producer, making several films under his banner GJ Cinema and later turned actor, with Cheran's 2007 film, Mayakannadi...

• • Best Character female role

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Siva Manasula Shakti Siva Manasula Sakthi Siva Manasula Sakthi is a 2009 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by debutante Rajesh. It stars Jeeva and newcomer Anuya Bhagvath, a student of Pune Film Institute, in the lead roles, with Santhanam, Urvashi and Sathyan appearing in supporting and Arya appearing in a cameo role...	Urvashi Urvashi (actress) Kavitha Ranjini, better known by her stage name Urvashi , is an Indian film actress and producer. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s and 1990s in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu films. She has dubbed in her own voice in all these languages. And she produced the film Pidakkozhi...
    2010	Thenmerku Paruvakkaatru Thenmerku Paruvakaatru Thenmerku Paruvakatru is a 2010 Tamil drama film written and directed by Seenu Ramasamy and produced by Shibu Issac. It stars Saranya Ponvannan in her 100th film, Vijay Sethupathy and Vasundhra Chiyertra in the lead roles and released on 24 December 2010....	Saranya Ponvannan Saranya Ponvannan Saranya Ponvannan, is an Indian film actress, who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's Nayagan and went on to play lead roles in a few films during the late 1980s...

• • Best Comedian

    Year	Movie	Awardee
    2009	Guru En Aalu Guru En Aalu -External links:* at oneindia.in...	Vivek Vivek (actor) Vivekananthan is an Indian film actor and comedian. He has won four Filmfare Best Comedian Awards for his performances in Run, Saamy, Perazhagan and Sivaji, respectively. In April 2009, Vivek received the Padma Shri award by the Government of India for his contribution to the arts. He was...
    2010	Boss(a)Baskaran Boss Engira Bhaskaran Following the success of Siva Manasula Sakthi, Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the musical score and soundtrack of Boss Engira Bhaskaran, too. The soundtrack album, which was released on 27 August 2010 at Sathyam Cinemas, contains 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Na...	Santhanam

External links

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