Chennai, July 2 (): Vijay Awards 2014, dubbed  the ‘People’s Award’ now in its eighth season is back with a bang.

Vijay Awards is held annually to honour excellence in Tamil cinema in various fields, by popular TV channel,Vijay TV. The event  is touted as the biggest event of the year for the channel and looked forward to by biggies in Tamil movie circles and film buffs.

Iyakkunar Sigaram K Balachander and  AVM Saravanan declared the season open by performing the customary clap for the Vijay Awards Prelude Event on June 10. The prelude was anchored by Vijay TV anchor Gopinath of  ‘Neeya Naana’ fame. The event  was a star-studded affair, graced by the beautiful stars and starlets of Kollywood.

While some of the categories are open to public voting in the online space, the award winners will finally be chosen by an eminent jury comprising of actor-director-producer Prathap Pothan, cinematographer Ravi K Chandran, actress Simran and actor-director-screen writer Yugi Sethu this year.

Viewers have voted for their favourite icons since June 14 by way of SMS or calls or online. Voting closed on June 25.

Vijay Awards 2014 will be held in all its gaiety and glamour on July 5,2014 from 6 pm at SDAT  Indoor Stadium in the city when the best of the best talents in Kollywood will be honoured and bestowed with a galore of awards.

Following are the Vijay Awards 2014 nominees under given categories:

Favorite hero

Vijay (Thalaivaa)

Ajith Kumar (Arrambam)

Dhanush (Maryan)

Kamal Haasan (Vishwaroopam)

Suriya (Singam II)

Favorite heroine

Amala Paul (Thalaivaa)

Anushka Shetty (Singam II)

Hansika Motwani (Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru)

Nayantara (Raja Rani)

Trisha (Endrendrum Punnagai)

Favourite film  

Arrambam

Raja Rani

Singam II

Varuthapadatha Vaalibar Sangam

Vishwaroopam

Favourite director

Bala (Paradesi)

Hari (Singam II)

Kamal Haasan (Vishwaroopam)

Pandiaraj (Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga)

Vishnuvardhan (Arrambam)

One has to wait and watch as to who would take away the much-sought after Vijay Awards statuette – the ‘Golden Lady’ this year!

Three days to go for the breath-taking and spectacular extravaganza!