2011 MovieCrow Awards Selection Criteria

PUBLISHED DATE : 31/Dec/2011

2011 MovieCrow Awards Selection Criteria

2011 MovieCrow Awards for Tamil Movies


2011 has been another record setting year for Tamil movies with more than 130 direct releases. Out of these vast number of movies, 20 of them made it to our final cut. Our panelists of movie makers, fans, business professionals, artists, etc. have registered their votes and ratings. As we finalize the rankings, we are presenting the movies that made it to the final cut... Here are the list of nominees and winners!

 

Best Movie (More Details about Best Movies)


  • Aadukalam - WINNER
  • Aaranya Kaandam
  • Ko
  • Engeyum Eppodhum
  • Deivathirumagal
  • 7aum Arivu
  • Mayakkam Enna
  • Mankatha
  • Vaanam
  • Mouna Guru

 

Best Actor (More Details about Best Actors)


  • Dhanush (Aadukalam, Mayakkam Enna) - WINNER
  • Vikram (Deivathirumagal)
  • Vishal (Avan Ivan)
  • Jai (Engeyum Eppodhum)
  • Appukkutty (Azhagarsamyin Kudhirai)

 

Popular Actor (More Details about Best Actors)


  • Ajith Kumar (Mankatha) - WINNER
  • Vijay (Kaavalan, Velayutham)
  • Surya (7aum Arivu)
  • Karthi (Siruthai)
  • Jiiva (Ko)

 

Best Director   (More Details about Best Directors)


  1. Thiagarajan Kumararaja (Aaranya Kaandam) - WINNER
  2. Vetrimaran (Aadukalam)
  3. M. Saravanan (Engeyum Eppodhum)
  4. Selvaraghavan (Mayakkam Enna)
  5. Suseentharan (Azhagarsamyin Kudhirai)

 

Director (Popular Choice) (More Details about Best Directors)


  1. K.V.Anand (Ko) - WINNER
  2. Venkat Prabhu (Mankatha)
  3. Raghava Lawrence (Kanchana)
  4. AR Murugadoss (7aum Arivu)
  5. Jeyam Raja  (Velayutham)

 

Best Actress (More details about Top 10 Heroines)


  • Richa Gangopadhyay (Mayakkam Enna) - WINNER
  • Anjali (Engeyum Eppodhum)
  • Shruthi Haasan (7aum Arivu)
  • Anushka Shetty (Deivathirumagal)
  • Hansika Motwani (Velayutham, Engeyum Kadhal)

 

Best Music Director (More Details about Best Music Directors)


  • Music Album - Harris Jeyaraj (Ko, 7aum Arivu, Engeyum Kaadhal) - WINNER
  • BGM - Yuvan Shankar Raja (Mankatha, Aaranya Kaandam, Vaanam) - WINNER
  • Thaman (Osthe, Mounaguru, Kanchana, Vanthaan Vendraan)
  • C.Sathya (Engeyum Eppodhum)
  • G.V.Prakash (Aadukalam, Deivathirumagal, Mayakkam Enna)
  • Ghibran (Vaagai Sooda Vaa)
  • Vijay Antony (Velayudham)

 

Best Lyrics (More details about Top Lyricist)


  • Madhan Karky (Ko, Vandhaan Vendran, 180, Mouna Guru) - WINNER
  • Vairamuthu (Vaagai Sooda Vaa)
  • Na. Muthukumar (Deivathirumagal)
  • Snehan (Aadukalam)
  • Thamarai (Rowthiram)
  • Dhanush (Mayakkam Enna)

 

Best Cinematography (More details about Best Cinematographer)


  • Velraj (Aadukalam, Engeyum Eppodhum, Siruthai) - WINNER
  • P.S.Vinod for Aaranya Kaandam
  • Richard Nathan for Ko
  • Ravi K Chandran for 7aum Arivu
  • Nirav Shah for Deivathirumagal

 

Business of Cinema 


Highest Revenue : Mankatha (Rs.90 Crore to Rs.100Crore)

Highest Profit : KO (Production Cost : Rs.15 Crores, Total Revenue - Rs.70 Crore to Rs. 80 Crore)

Highest Return of Investment(ROI) : Kanchana (around 5 to 7 times the production cost incl. Telugu)

 

Other Key Awards


Best Villain - Johnny Tri Nguyen (7aum Arivu)

Best Comedian - Santhanam (Deivathirumagal, Velayutham, Vaanam, Osthe)

Best Supporting Actress - Piaa Bajpai (KO) 

Best Supporting Actor -  G.M. Kumar (Avan Ivan) 

 

Technical Awards Winners


Best Screenplay - Vetrimaran (Aadukalam)

Best Art Direction - DRK Kiran (Ko) 

Best Editing - Antony (Deivathirumagal, 7aum Arivu, Ko)

Best Choreography - Dinesh Kumar (Otha Sollala, Aadukalam)

 

Others who make the movie Industry tick


Best Movie Reviewer - Pavithra Srinivasan (Rediff)

Most Influential Fan Networks -  Fan Networks of Vijay, Ajith and Simbu

Best PRO - Nikil Murugan

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