7-582: Yugi Sethu is an Indian actor, filmmaker, writer, entrepreneur, television presenter, academician, critic and art historian who has worked in the Tamil film industry. He has been conferred doctorate (PhD) in cinema by the Madras University in July 2015, for his Thesis entitled: 'Development of a new box office predictability model'. He has appeared in a few films in main and supporting roles and has contributed to films as
14-411: A screenwriter. He has hosted close to 1,000 TV talk shows, [ Nayyandi Darbar, Sethuvudan Darbar, Yugiyudan Yugiyungal, etc... ] and has been a jury since inception for popular Star Vijay TV Movie Awards . He is a native of Oothukadu , Tamil Nadu, India. He completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree and finished post-graduate studies in political science. He was awarded a gold medal during his time at
21-557: The Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu for his student project film, The Rhetoric of the Continuity , which had the distinction of being the only Indian film selected among 45 other international entries at the 1984 International Film Festival of India in New Delhi and Music, courtesy of Satyajit Ray . He directed two films Kavithai Paada Neramillai and Maathangal Ezhu . He wrote
28-563: The Vijay Awards were cancelled due to past controversies and waning public interest. The first edition of the awards was held to select the most popular artists, however not for any particular work or year. In the first year of the awards, viewers were asked to choose their all time favourite film and artists in nine categories - Favourite Hero, Heroine, Film, Director, Music Director, Playback Singer Male/Female, Villain and Comedian - while 10 Jury Special Awards were also introduced. The format
35-468: The latest—the 10th edition—of the award-giving ceremony having been held in May 2018. The awards are decided by a jury, consisting of noted film-makers, critics and technicians, while winners in a separate category named "Favourite awards" are chosen by public voting. The awards have been sponsored by Reliance Mobile , Univercell and Close Up. After the last ceremony was the 10th Vijay Awards in 2018,
42-578: The story for K. S. Ravikumar 's Tamil film Villain , starring Ajith Kumar . He has acted in the lead in an Italian-English short telefilm, Pidgin (1997), which won an award at the Nanni Moretti 's Sacher Film Festival in Rome. Vijay Awards The Vijay Awards are presented by the Tamil television channel STAR Vijay to honour excellence in Tamil cinema . It has been given annually since 2006, with
49-550: Was completely reworked for the following year and from 2008 onwards, the works of the preceding year were honoured, with the majority of prizes being selected by a committee, while awards in five categories (Favourite Hero, Heroine, Film, Director and Song) chosen by public voting. The award for Favourite Song was introduced in 2008. The ceremony is held every year at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai and
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