Vijay Television Awards

The Vijay Television Awards are an awards ceremony held to honour the cast and crew of Tamil television drama and other shows which air on Star Vijay in Tamil Nadu. It was established on 24 May 2014, and is held annually in first half of year in Chennai.

Nominations
Jurors select five nominees in each award category from among the shows that air on Star Vijay. The nominees are interviewed on Vijay TV and viewers are invited to cast their votes via text message or at the Vijay Television Awards website.

1st Annual Vijay Television Awards
The 2014 Vijay Television Awards ceremony took place on 24 May 2014 at YMCA Nandanam, Chennai, and was telecast during the second week of June 2014. The show was hosted by Ma Ka Pa Anand, Jagan, Dhivyadharshini and Bhavana Balakrishnan.

Guests who attended the function included Sivakarthikeyan, Simran, Sangeetha, P. Vasu, D. Imman, Ambika, Radha and Yugi Sethu.

Saravanan Meenatchi won six awards, including, Favourite Actor Male and Favourite Actor Female for Senthil Kumar and Sreeja Chandran. Other winners were Office with four awards, Airtel Super Singer and Jodi Number One with three awards, Deivam Thandha Veedu, Neeya Naana and Adhu Idhu Edhu with two awards, and Connexion with one award.

2nd Annual Vijay Television Awards
The second edition of Vijay Television Awards was held on 19 September 2015 at Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. The award function was hosted by the anchors Jagan, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Priya and Kavin, Bhavana Balakrishnan  The Vijay Television Awards song was released on 31 August. The show aired 27 September 2015.

3rd Annual Vijay Television Awards
The third edition of Vijay Television Awards was held on 6 May 2017 at Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. The award function was hosted by the anchors Ramya Subramanian and Kavin. The show aired 21 May 2017.

4th Annual Vijay Television Awards
The award function was hosted by the anchors Dhivyadharshini and Ma Ka Pa Anand.

5th Annual Vijay Television Awards
The award function was hosted by the anchors Dhivyadharshini, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Kavin, Priyanka Deshpande, Ramya Subramanian and Bhavana Balakrishnan.

6th Annual Vijay Television Awards
The award function was hosted by Dhivyadharshini, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Erode Mahesh and Priyanka Deshpande. It was telecasted on 18 April 2021.

7th Annual Vijay Television Awards
The award function was hosted by Archana Chandhoke, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Erode Mahesh and Priyanka Deshpande. It was telecasted on 24 April 2022.

Baakiyalakshmi won the most awards with 5 in total, Best Actress went to Suchitra, Best Prime-Time serial, Best Supporting Actress went to Reshma Pasupuleti, Best Father(Rosary), Best Director (David) and Best Writer (Priya Thambi).

Thendral Vanthu Ennai Thodum came second with 3 awards, which were Best Male and Female Performers going to Vinoth Babu and Pavithra Janani for their roles as Vetri and Abhi, Best Non Prime-time Serial as well as Best Non-Prime Time Director for Abdul Hafeez.

8th Annual Vijay Television Awards
This time around, Star Vijay opted to telecast the awards in two parts, the first part being aired on 14 May and the second part to be aired on 21 May. The hosts this time around were Nakshathra Nagesh, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Erode Mahesh and Priyanka Deshpande.

Baakiyalakshmi swept the awards yet again, along with Eeramana Rojave 2 with three awards each going to them. Baakiyalakshmi won Favourite Primetime Serial, Best Villain for Reshma Pasupuleti and Best Heroine for Suchitra. Eeramana Rojave 2 also won 3 awards as well, with Gabriella Charlton and Siddarth Kumaran winning Best Pair, Swathi Konde winning Find of the Year for a female actress, as well as a posthumous award given to Eeramana Rojave 2 director Thai Selvam for best prime-time director.

Thendral Vandhu Ennai Thodum won two awards, with Best Supporting Actress going to Tharshika and Auditor Sridhar winning Best Father awards respectively; as well as Pandian Stores with two - Venkat Renganathan for his role as Jeeva in Pandian Stores and Saravanan Vickram for Supporting Hero. Muthuzhagu won best non prime-time serial, Ma Ka Pa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande won Best Anchor awards for their respective genders.

Erode Mahesh was also given a special award for his immense 15 year commitment to Star Vijay.