The Sun Kudumbam Awards is an awards ceremony held to honour the cast and crew of the

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which air on Sun TV, presented by

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. 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

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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

* Best Overall Performance Award *

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* Best Serial Award * Lifetime Achievement Award * Natchathira Special Award

Best Overall Performance Award

The Sun Kudumbam Best Overall Performance Award is given by

as part of its annual Sun Kudumbam Awards for artistes in television serials aired on Sun TV.

Performance awards

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* Best Actress * Best Supporting Actor * Best Supporting Actress * Best Brother * Best Sister * Best Father * Best Mother * Best Mamiyar * Best Mamanar * Best Male Villain * Best Female Villain

Technical Awards

* Best Serial * Best Director * Best Screenwriter * Best Dialogue Writer * Best Cinematographer * Best Music Director * Best Editor

Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2010

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

. The award ceremony was hosted by actress Kasthuri and Rishi. Thirumathi Selvam won 10 awards including Best Serial. Other winners were '' Arasi'' and Best Director V. Thiru Selvam for 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 Deepak Dinkar is an Indian anchor and actor, who has primarily appeared in Tamil television. He is most known for his role as Tamil in the prime time Sun TV serial '' Thendral''. He is known for acting in many serials, notably ''Anni'', ''Rekk ...

Nominations

Awards

General awards

Best Overall Performance Award

Performance awards

Technical Awards

Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2010

Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2012

Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2014

Sun Kudumbam Virudhugal 2018

Sun Kudumbam Virudhugal 2019

Sun Kudumbam Virudhugal 2022

See also

References