Edison Awards
Current: Edison Awards 2020
Official logo
Awarded forExcellence in Tamil cinema and Music
LocationChennai
CountryIndia
Presented byMyTamilMovie.com
Established2009
First awarded2009
Last awarded2020
WebsiteEdison Awards
Television/radio coverage
NetworkFame Private Channel

The Edison Awards is an annual awards ceremony since 2009 for people in the Tamil film industry. It is named after the inventor of motion pictures, Sir Thomas Alva Edison.[1] It reaches seven countries with Tamil language television, with the main broadcaster Astro in Malaysia.

The event is mainly organised by its founder J.Selva Kumar[2][3] and hosted by MyTamilMovie.com. The main sponsors in recent years have been Jet Airways and Videocon.

The show is augmented by talent search analysis, live concerts by professional Tamil playback singers and young emergers and dancers. The awards are given based on People's Choice conceptual, implemented with online voting, SMS voting, and Dial-a-Vote.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Awards

Merit awards

  • Best Actor
YearAwardeeMovie
2009[10]Jayam RaviPeranmai
2010[11]SilambarasanVinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
2011[12] Vijay Velayudham
2012[13]VijayThuppakki
2013[14]VikramThaandavam
2014 Dhanush Maryan
2015[15]DhanushVelaiilla Pattadhari
2016[16] Jayam Ravi Thani Oruvan
2017[17]SilambarasanAchcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada
2018[18]KarthiTheeran Adhigaaram Ondru
2019[19]DhanushVada Chennai
  • Best Actress
YearMovieAwardee
2009Achamundu AchamunduSneha
2010Vinnaithaandi VaruvaayaTrisha
2011Mayakkam EnnaRicha Gangopadhyay
2013Oru Kal Oru KannadiHansika Motwani
2015[20]Naanum Rowdy DhaanNayanthara
2016 Massu Engira Masilamani Pranitha Subhash
2017KodiTrisha
2018[18]ArammNayanthara
2019RaatchasiJyothika
  • Best Debut Actor
YearMovieAwardee
2009Vennila Kabadi KuzhuVishnu Vishal
2010Baana KaathaadiAdharvaa
2011MankathaMahat Raghavendra
2012Oru Kal Oru KannadiUdhayanidhi Stalin
2013KadalGautham Karthik
2014KayalChandran
2015DarlingG. V. Prakash Kumar
2016MetroMetro Shirish
2017TaramaniVasanth Ravi
  • Best Debut Actress
YearMovieAwardee
2009MalayanShammu
2010MynaaAmala Paul
2011Vaagai Sooda VaaIniya
2012Podaa PodiVaralaxmi Sarathkumar
2013NeramNazriya Nazim
2014MadrasCatherine Tresa
2015DarlingNikki Galrani
2016Achcham Yenbadhu MadamaiyadaManjima Mohan
2017AruviAditi Balan
2018Pyaar Prema KaadhalRaiza Wilson
  • Best Male Rising Star
YearAwardee
2009Vijay
2010Vishal
2011Bharath Srinivasan
2012Vijay Sethupathi
2013Sivakarthikeyan
2014Hiphop Tamizha
2015Jiiva
2016Gautham Karthik
2017Arvind Swamy
2018Arun Vijay
2019Simbu
  • Best Female Rising Star
YearAwardee
2010Samantha Ruth Prabhu
2012Oviya
2013Sri Divya
2014Janani Iyer
2015Keerthy Suresh
2017Parvatii Nair
2018Aishwarya Dutta
  • Best Supportive Actor
YearMovieAwardee
2009Unnaipol OruvanGanesh Venkatraman
2012KazhuguKarunas
2013ThalaivaaSubbu Panchu
2014MadrasHari Krishnan
2015Kanchana 2Sriman
2016KabaliJohn Vijay
2017Pa PaandiPrasanna
  • Best Supportive Actress
YearMovieAwardee
2010Naan Mahaan AllaNeelima Rani
20123Rohini
2016MassPranitha Subhash
2017AruviAnjali Varadhan
2018KaalaEshwari Rao
  • Best Character (Male)
YearMovieAwardee
2009Achamundu AchamunduPrasanna
2010Naan Mahaan AllaJayaprakash
2015Thani OruvanThambi Ramaiah
2016IraiviRadha Ravi
2017ThupparivaalanK. Bhagyaraj
  • Best Character (Female)
YearMovieAwardee
2009Siva Manasula ShaktiUrvashi
2010Thenmerku ParuvakkaatruSaranya Ponvannan
2016IraiviPooja Devariya
2017Vikram VedhaVaralaxmi Sarathkumar
  • Best Comedian
YearMovieAwardee
2009Guru En AaluVivek
2010Boss Engira BhaskaranSanthanam
2011MankathaPremji Amaren
2012Oru Kal Oru KannadiSanthanam
2013Kanna Laddu Thinna AasaiyaPowerstar Srinivasan
2014KaththiSathish
2015Thanga MaganSathish
2016RemoSathish
2017Ivan ThanthiranRJ Balaji
  • Best Child Actor
YearMovieAwardee
2011Deiva ThirumagalBaby Sarah
2017TaramaniAdrian Knight Jesly
2020Super DeluxeAshwanth Ashokkumar
  • Best Villain
YearMovieAwardee
2012Naan EeSudeep
2013Singam IIRahman
2014JigarthandaBobby Simha
2015Thani OruvanArvind Swamy
2016TheriMahendran
2017MersalS. J. Suryah
  • Best Commercial Movie
YearMovieAwardee
2009AyanK. V. Anand
2010SingamHari
  • Best Romantic Movie
YearMovieAwardee
2009AadhavanK. S. Ravikumar
2010GoaVenkat Prabhu
  • Best Educational Movie
YearMovieAwardee
2012SaattaiAnbhazhagan
  • Best Patriotic Movie
YearMovieAwardee
2009PeranmaiS. P. Jananathan
2010MadrasapattinamA. L. Vijay
  • Best Thriller Movie
YearMovieAwardee
2009EeramArivazhagan
2010Aaiyirathil OruvanSelvaraghavan
  • Award for Daring Role
YearMovieAwardee
2012AravaanDhansika

Technical awards

  • Best Music Director
YearMovieAwardee
2009AyanHarris Jayaraj
2010MadrasapattinamG. V. Prakash Kumar
2011KoHarris Jayaraj
2012KumkiD. Imman
2013Vanakkam ChennaiAnirudh Ravichander
2014KaththiAnirudh Ravichander
2015Naanum Rowdy DhaanAnirudh Ravichander
2016RemoAnirudh Ravichander
2017VelaikkaranAnirudh Ravichander
  • Best Introduced Music Director
YearMovieAwardee
2009Unnaipol OruvanShruthi Haasan
2010ThenMerku ParuvakkaatruN.R.Rahunandan
20123Anirudh Ravichander
2013Idharkuthane Aasaipattai BalakumaraSiddharth Vipin
2015AambalaHiphop Tamizha
2017AruviBindu Malini
Vedanth Bharadwaj
  • Best Background Score
YearMovieAwardee
2012NaanVijay Antony
2013Raja RaniG. V. Prakash Kumar
2015VedalamAnirudh Ravichander
2016KabaliSanthosh Narayanan
  • Best Male Playback Singer
YearMovieAwardee
2009Oru Chinna Thamarai - VettaikaaranKrish
2010Hossana - Vinnaithaandi VaruvaayaaVijay Prakash
2011Ennamo Yedho - KoAalap Raju
2012Venam Machan - Oru Kal Oru KannadiVelmurugan
2013Paakatha - Varuthapadatha Valibar SangamVijay Yesudas
2017Aalaporaan Thamizhan - MersalSathyaprakash
  • Best Female Playback Singer
YearMovieAwardee
2009Siragugal - SarvamMadhushree
2010Adada Mazhada - PaiyaaSaindhavi
2011Chotta Chotta - Engeyum EppodhumChinmayi
2012Asku Laska - NanbanChinmayi
2013Yaaro Ivan - Udhayam NH4Saindhavi
2014Kandangi Kandangi - JillaShreya Ghoshal
2015Pookkalae Sattru Oyivedungal - IShreya Ghoshal
2016Pothavillaye - Mudinja Ivana PudiShreya Ghoshal
2017Senthoora- BoganLuksimi Sivaneswaralingam
  • Best Introduced Playback Singer
YearMovieAwardee
2009NadodigalMurugan
2010Agam PuramP.P.Venkat
  • Best Lyricist
YearMovieAwardee
2009Kulir 100°V.Elango
2010EnthiranPa.Vijay
2012ThuppakkiMadhan Karky
2013Udhayam NH4Na. Muthukumar
2015IMadhan Karky
2016KabaliArunraja Kamaraj
2017MersalVivek
  • Best Director
YearMovieAwardee
2009AyanK.V.Anand
2010MadarasapattinamA.L.Vijay
2011MankathaVenkat Prabhu
2012KumkiPrabu Solomon
2013ParadesiBala
2014MadrasPa. Ranjith
2015Thani OruvanMohan Raja
2016KabaliPa. Ranjith
2017MersalAtlee
  • Best Debut Director
YearMovieAwardee
2009EeramArivazhagan
2010KalavaniA. Sarkunam
2011Engeyum EppodhumM. Saravanan
2012Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha KaanomBalaji Tharaneetharan
2013Raja RaniAtlee[21]
2014Velaiilla PattadhariVelraj
2015Kuttram KadithalBramma
2016RemoBakkiyaraj Kannan
2017AruviArunprabhu
  • Best Art Director
YearMovieAwardee
2009Vennila Kabadi KuzhuSusindran
2010EnthiranSaabu Cyril
2012AravaanVijay Murugan
2013Vanakkam ChennaiV. Selvakumar
2017Mersal
Velaikkaran		T. Muthuraj
  • Best Cinematography
YearMovieAwardee
2009EeramManoj Paramhamsa
2010EnthiranRandy
2012PizzaGopi Amaranth
2013Irandaam UlagamRamji
2017MersalG. K. Vishnu
  • Best Editor
YearMovieAwardee
2009SarvamA. Sreekar Prasad
2010EnthiranAnthony
2012ThuppakkiA. Sreekar Prasad
2015VedalamRuben
2017Theeran Adhigaram OndruShiva Nandeeswaran
  • Best Producer
YearMovieAwardee
2009EeramShankar
2010EnthiranKalanadhi Maran
2013Vanakkam ChennaiUdhayanidhi Stalin
2015Kaaka MuttaiDhanush, Vetrimaaran
  • Best Choreographer
YearMovieAwardee
2009Kandaen KadhalaiPoppy Krishna
2010EnthiranPrabhu Deva
2013BiriyaniRaju Sundaram
2014KaththiShobi Paulraj
2015Yennai ArindhaalSathish Krishnan
2016Achcham Yenbadhu MadamaiyadaSathish Krishnan
2017Mersal
Velaikkaran		Shobi Paulraj
  • Best Action
YearMovieAwardee
2009AyanKanal Kannan
2010EnthiranPeter Hein
  • Best PRO (Public Relations Officer)
YearMovieAwardee
2009KandasamyDiamond Babu
2010Naan Mahan AllaJohn
2013Dhoom 3Suresh Chandra
  • Best Folk Song
YearMovieSong
2012KumkiSoi Soi
  • Favorite Song
YearMovieSong
2014Maan KarateOpen the Tasmac
2015AneganDanga Maari

Special awards

  • Super Star Rajini Award
YearFilmAwardee
2011 Velayudham Vijay
  • Romantic Hero of the Year
YearFilmAwardee
2018Pyaar Prema KaadhalHarish Kalyan[22]
  • Young Inspirational Actress
YearFilmAwardee
2018KanaaAishwarya Rajesh
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
YearAwardee
2011L. R. Eswari
  • Manidha Neyam Award
YearAwardee
2015Raghava Lawrence
  • Best Actor in a Negative Role
YearAwardee
2015Arvind Swamy
  • Extreme Performance - Male
YearMovieAwardee
2013ParadesiAdharvaa
2015Kanchana 2Raghava Lawrence
  • Extreme Performance - Female
YearMovieAwardee
2013ParadesiVedhika
2014Kaaviya ThalaivanVedhika
  • Enthusiastic Performer - Male
YearMovieAwardee
20136 Melugu VathigalShaam
  • Enthusiastic Performer - Female
YearMovieAwardee
2013AarambamTaapsee Pannu[23]
2014NedunchaalaiSshivada[24]
  • Protonic Icon Award Director
YearMovieAwardee
2014Naan Sigappu ManithanThiru[24]
  • Best Retro Actress Award
YearMovieAwardee
2014MundasupattiNandita[24]
  • Best Overseas Artist
YearMovieAwardee
2014Maindhan'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha
  • Best Actress in a Social Awareness Movie
YearMovieAwardee
2015KaththukkuttiSrushti Dange[25]
  • Best Entertainer of the Year
YearMovieAwardee
2015Kaaki SattaiSivakarthikeyan[25]
  • Best Overseas Lyricist
YearMovieAwardee
2015Amara KaaviyamAsmin [25]

References

  1. ↑ "Film History Before 1920". Filmsite.org. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Edison Awards CEO & Founder".
  3. ↑ "Edison Awards Founder Selvakumar Interview". YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Endhiran, Silambarasan And Trisha Make It". Behindwoods. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "2011 Edison Awards". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "Edison Awards". The Hindu. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Director Venkat Prabhu At Edison Awards 2011". thebollywoodgallery.com. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Simbu and Trisha win Edison awards 2011, for Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya". Kollytalk.com. 14 February 2011. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  9. ↑ "Tamil Edison Awards 2011 Event in Lady Andal School ~ Tamil Cinema News| Tamil Actress| Tamil Sex | South Indian Movies". Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  10. ↑ Staff (17 February 2010). "ஸ்னேகா-ஜெயம் ரவிக்கு எடிசன் விருது!". tamil.filmibeat.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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  12. ↑ "Edison Awards 2011". Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Vijay wins Edison Award". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "6th Edison Awards - 2013". South Indian Cinema Magazine. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "Edison Awards". www.edisonawards.in. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Edison Awards". www.edisonawards.in. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "2017 Edison Awards Winners List - TamilGlitz". 11 March 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  18. 1 2 "Grandeur gets redefined at 11th Annual EDISON AWARDS Edison awards 2018- 1". Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  19. ↑ "Edison Awards 2019 Winners List: Dhanush, Nayanthara & Others!". filmibeat.com. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "Edison Awards". www.edisonawards.in. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "Director Atlee, Tapsee Among Recipients of Edison Award". The New Indian Express. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  22. ↑ "Edison Awards 2019 Winners List: Dhanush, Nayanthara & Others!". FilmiBeat. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  23. ↑ "Bollywood Cinema News - Bollywood Movie Reviews - Bollywood Movie Trailers". IndiaGlitz.com. 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  24. 1 2 3 James, Anu (16 February 2015). "8th Edison Awards: 'Madras' Best Tamil Film; Dhanush Best Actor for 'VIP' [PHOTOS+WINNERS' LIST]". www.ibtimes.co.in.
  25. 1 2 3 "9th Edison Awards 2016: The Complete List of Winners". 18 February 2016.
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