Star Vijay held it’s 2nd annual music awards recently in Chennai. There were a host of categories and the winners were honored for their contributions in the field of Tamil film music for the year 2011. The jury comprised of renowned faces such as Gautham Menon, Malgudi Subha, Srinivas, James Vasanthan, and Ananth Vaidhyanathan.
Below is the comprehensive list of winners in their respective categories
Best Music Director – Harris Jayaraj – Engeyum Kadhal
Best Male Singer – Haricharan – Arirao – Deivathirumagal
Best Female Singer – Swetha – Nee koorinal vanam – 180, Chinmayi for Sarasara sarakatru – Vaagaisoodava
Best Debut Singer – Richard – Nangai – Engeyum Kadhal
Best Debut Music Director – Sathya – Engeyum Eppodum
Best sound mixing – Mayakkam Enna Team
Lyricist with the most number of hits – Na. Muthukumar
Best Folk Song – Velumurugan / G.V. Prakash – othasollaley – Aadukalam
Best western song – Richard / Rahul Nambiar / Naveen Madhan / Harris Jayaraj – Nangai / Engeyum Eppodum
Ever green voice award – S. Janaki
Contribution to the Tamil Music – Vairamuthu
Best lyricist – Vairamuthu – Sarasara – Vaagaisoodava
Popular song of 2011 – Harris Jayaraj – Aalap Raju – Ennamo Edho – Ko
Popular male singer 2011 – S.P. Balasubramaniam – Yamma yamma – 7am Arivu
Popular female singer 2011 – Saindhavi – Pirai Thedum – Mayakkam Enna
Popular song of the masses – Thaman, L.R. Eswari, T. Rajendar – Kalasala, Osthi
Popular melody song of 2011 – Chinmayi, Ghibran – Sarasara – Vaagaisoodava
Popular song sung by music director – G.V. Prakash – Yatheyathe – Aadukalam