Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal


The Sun Kudumbam Awards is an awards ceremony held to honour the cast and crew of the television serials which air on Sun TV, presented by Sun Network. This is the first time in the Tamil Television industry where awards are given for performances in Television serials. The first awards ceremony happened in 2010 and it is a biennial award ceremony.

Nominations

The top four performances in all serials, including the serials that have ended the past year, in different categories are chosen by jurors. During February and March, the nominees are interviewed on Sun TV and viewers are asked to cast their votes by text messaging their favourite actor in each category. The actor receiving the highest votes are proclaimed winner of the award in that category.
Technical awards are given to backstage technicians, such as screenwriters and directors, by Sun Network and are not chosen by viewers.

Awards

General awards

The Sun Kudumbam Best Overall Performance Award is given by Sun Network as part of its annual Sun Kudumbam Awards for artistes in television serials aired on Sun TV.
YearActorSerialRole
2010RaadhikaArasiArasi,
Selvi

Performance awards

The Sun Kudumbam Awards 2010 were given for 22 categories, of which there were 8 main awards, 8 performance awards and 6 technical awards. The nominations and victories were based on votes via text messaging. The award ceremony was hosted by actress Kasthuri and Rishi.
Thirumathi Selvam won 10 awards including Best Serial and Best Director for Kumaran. Other winners were Arasi and Kolangal with five awards, Thangam with three awards and Sivasakthi and Metti Oli with one.

Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2012

The award ceremony was hosted by actor Deepak Dinkar and Aishwarya.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Best SerialSpecial Jury Award

  • Thirumathi Selvam
  • Delhi Kumar
  • Devadarshini
  • Chetan
  • Raadhika
  • Vadivukkarasi
    • Best Son in lawBest Daughter in law
  • Sathish - "Manokar" from Athipookal
  • *Deepak Dinkar - "Thamilarasu" from Thendral
  • *Sharavan - " Laksupathi " from Uthiripookkal
  • *Shreekumar - "Shekhar" from Pillai Nila
  • Srithika - "Malar" from Nadhaswaram
  • *Sujitha - "Meenatchi" from Maruthani
  • *Kaveri - "Abirami" from Thyagam
  • *Durga - "Kavitha" from Mundhanai Mudichu
    • Best Female VillainBest Comedian Male
  • Rani - "Indrasena" from Valli
  • Muneesh Raja - "Sammandham" from Nadhaswaram
  • *Pollachi Babu - "Karthik" from Thangam
  • *Shyaam - "Anand" from Thendral
  • *Bhanu Chander - "Murthi" from Karthigai Pengal
    • Best JodiDubbing Artis Male
  • Deepak Dinkar & Shruthi Raj - "Tamil & Thulasi" from Thendral
  • *Shreekumar & Divya Padmini - "Shekhar & Hema" from Pillai Nila
  • *Sanjeev & Abitha - "Selvam & Archana " from Thirumathi Selvam
  • *Thirumurugan & Srithika - "Gopi & Malar" from Nadhaswaram
  • Shanker - from Chellamay
  • *Ravi Shanker - from Ilavarasi
  • *Vasu - from Thangam
  • *Vijaykumar - from Uthiripookkal

    • Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2014

    The award ceremony was hosted by Deepak Dinkar and Aishwarya.