Univercell Vijay Awards, Vijay TV’s biggest attraction, is back! The annual film awards show for Tamil Cinema was a phenomenal hit in 2006 and 2007 and the award has gained immense popularity, for the awardees are chosen by a voting system by Tamil cinema followers.This year’s nominees will be selected by film buffs and to receive their nominations, Vijay TV has come up with Rasigan Express, a publicity van which will travel throughout Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry gathering public’s input which will decide the nominees. This unique van was flagged off by Honorable Minister Mr. Parithi Ilamvazhuthi (Information Minister of Tamil Nadu) in the presence of eminent personalities including Mr. Ramanarayanan (President of Tamil Film Producers’ Assocation), Mr. Bharathi Raja (President of Tamil Film Directors’ Association), Mr. Sarath Kumar (President of South Indian Film Artists Association) and Mr. V.C. Guganathan (President of Film Employees’ Federation of South India).
There are almost 32 categories and all 118 movies released last year would be taken into account. But public can only vote for four categories namely Best Hero, Best Heroine, Best Director and Best Film. Voting can be done through SMS or online.
The jury which will decide the other winners comprise famous actor and former talk show conductor Yugi Sethu, film critic Madhan, actress Lizzy Priyadarshan (wife of director Priyadarshan) and actor-director Prathap Pothan.
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