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List of accolades received by Thuppakki

Thuppakki (transl. Gun) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss.[1] Produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under his studio V Creations[2] and distributed by Gemini Film Circuit, the film stars Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal, with Sathyan, Vidyut Jammwal and Jayaram in supporting roles. The film's music was composed by Harris Jayaraj[3] with cinematography handled by Santosh Sivan[4] and editing done by A. Sreekar Prasad.[5] It revolves around Jagadish Dhanapal (Vijay) an Indian Army officer on a mission to track down, destroy and deactivate a sleeper cell, after witnessing and barely escaping a bomb blast executed by the cell.[6]

List of accolades received by Thuppakki
Vijay and AR Murugadoss received several awards and nominations for their performance, script and direction, respectively.
Total number of awards and nominations[a]
Totals 19 57

Produced on a budget of ₹700 million (equivalent to ₹1.3 billion or US$17 million in 2023),[7] Thuppakki released on 13 November 2012 to positive reviews from critics and was commercially successful, grossing over ₹1.8 billion (equivalent to ₹3.4 billion or US$42 million in 2023).[8][9] S. Saraswathi of Rediff stated that it was the first Tamil film to cross ₹1 billion (US$13 million) mark.[10] Furthermore, the film won 19 awards from 57 nominations, mostly for the performances, soundtrack, score, cinematography, scripting, direction and other major technical aspects.[6]

At the 60th Filmfare Awards South, Thuppakki received seven nominations in the Tamil branch, including Best Film, Best Director (Murugadoss) and Best Actor (Vijay), but did not win in any category.[11] It received ten nominations at the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards and won four: Best Actress – Critics (Aggarwal), Best Actor in a Negative Role (Jammwal), Best Music Director (Harris Jayaraj) and Best Fight Choreographer Kaecha Kampakdee.[12] The film received 16 nominations at the 7th Vijay Awards and won 6 awards; the highest in the award ceremony – with five from the favourite awards branch and an Entertainer of the Year award for Vijay.[13] Among other wins, the film received a Chennai Times Film Award for Best Film, an Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Actor (Vijay), CineMAA Award for Aggarwal and three Edison Awards.

Awards and nominations edit

Award[b] Date of ceremony[c] Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 16 January 2013 Best Actor Vijay[d] Won [14]
[15]
Chennai Times Film Awards 4 November 2013 Best Film Thuppakki Won [16]
[17]
Best Director AR Murugadoss Nominated
Best Actor Vijay Nominated
Best Actor in a Negative Role Vidyut Jammwal Nominated
Best Screenplay AR Murugadoss Nominated
CineMAA Awards 16 June 2013 Best Actress — Tamil Kajal Aggarwal Won [18]
Edison Awards 10 February 2013 Best Director AR Murugadoss Nominated [19]
[20]
Best Actor Vijay Nominated
Best Music Director Harris Jayaraj Nominated
Best Cinematographer Santosh Sivan Nominated
Best Editor A. Sreekar Prasad Won
Best Producer Kalaipuli S. Thanu Won
Best Villain Vidyut Jammwal Nominated
Best Lyricist Madhan Karky for "Google Google" Won
Best Screenplay AR Murugadoss Nominated
Best Choreographer Shobi Paulraj for "Antartica" Nominated
Best Female Playback Singer Andrea Jeremiah for "Google Google" Nominated
Best Character Role – Female Deepthi Nominated
Filmfare Awards South 20 July 2013 Best Film – Tamil Kalaipuli S. Thanu Nominated [21]
Best Director – Tamil AR Murugadoss Nominated
Best Actor – Tamil Vijay Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Tamil Vidyut Jammwal Nominated
Best Music Director – Tamil Harris Jayaraj Nominated
Best Lyricist – Tamil Madhan Karky for "Google Google" Nominated
Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil Andrea Jeremiah for "Google Google" Nominated
South Indian International Movie Awards 12–13 September 2013 Best Film Kalaipuli S. Thanu Nominated [12]
[22]
Best Director AR Murugadoss Nominated
Best Actor Vijay Nominated
Best Actress (Critics) Kajal Aggarwal Won
Best Actor in a Negative Role Vidyut Jammwal Won
Best Comedian Jayaram Nominated
Best Male Playback Singer Vijay Nominated
Best Music Director Harris Jayaraj Won
Best Dance Choreographer Shobi Paulraj Nominated
Best Fight Choreographer Kaecha Kampakdee Won
Vijay Awards 11 May 2013 Entertainer of the Year Vijay[d] Won [23]
[24]
[13]
Favourite Film Thuppakki Won
Favourite Director AR Murugadoss Won
Favourite Hero Vijay Won
Favourite Heroine Kajal Aggarwal Won
Favourite Song Vijay for "Google Google" Won
Best Film Thuppakki Nominated
Best Director AR Murugadoss Nominated
Best Actor Vijay Nominated
Best Actress Kajal Aggarwal Nominated
Best Villain Vidyut Jammwal Nominated
Best Editor A. Sreekar Prasad Nominated
Best Art Director Sunil Babu Nominated
Best Choreographer Shobi Paulraj for "Antartica" Nominated
Best Choreographer Sridhar for "Alaikka Laikka" Nominated
Best Stunt Director Kaecha Kampakdee Nominated

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
  2. ^ Awards, festivals and organisations are in alphabetical order.
  3. ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
  4. ^ a b also for Nanban

References edit

  1. ^ "Vijay and AR Murugadoss to work together?". Sify. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. ^ Parameswaran, Prathibha (19 July 2016). "Meet producer Kalaippuli S Thanu, the power behind the 'Kabali' throne". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Harris Jayaraj in Vijay's next!". The Times of India. 4 December 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  4. ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (23 November 2012). "Tamil cinema is going digital and making tons of money". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Will Thuppakki be Vijay's most stylish movie?". Sify. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  6. ^ a b Pillai, Sreedhar (16 November 2012). "Rajini said Thuppakki was brilliant: director AR Murugadoss". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  7. ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (9 November 2012). "Why Kollywood's Rs 100 crore club badly needs a hit". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  8. ^ "'Thuppakki' Box Office Collection Crosses ₹100 Crore Mark: Vijay's Biggest Grosser Ever". International Business Times. 27 November 2012. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Vijay's Thuppakki makes 180 crore!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  10. ^ "The Top 7 Vijay Movies". Rediff.com. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Filmfare Awards 2013 (South) Tamil Nominations". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  12. ^ a b "SIIMA 2013: Vijay's 'Thuppakki' Gets 10 Nominations; Pawan's 'Gabbar Singh' Leads Telugu Category". International Business Times. 27 August 2013. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  13. ^ a b "Thuppakki sweeps Vijay Awards!". The Times of India. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  14. ^ "விகடன் விருதுகள் 2012" [Vikatan Awards 2012]. Ananda Vikatan. 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Winners List 2012". Ananda Vikatan. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Chennai Times Film Awards 2012 nominations". The Times of India. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  17. ^ "The Chennai Times Film Awards 2012 goes to..." The Times of India. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  18. ^ "CineMAA Awards 2013 Winners". Idlebrain.com. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  19. ^ "6th Edition Edison Award gets bigger and grander". Sulekha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  20. ^ "Edison Awards 2013 – Winners / Jury Award Announcement". Edison Awards. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  21. ^ "60th Idea Filmfare Awards 2013 (South) Nominations". Filmfare. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  22. ^ "SIIMA 2013 Winners List: Dhanush, Pawan Kalyan, Mohanlal, Shivarajkumar Bag Awards". International Business Times. 15 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  23. ^ "Vijay Awards 05/31/13". Vijay TV. 31 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  24. ^ "Stars, big and small". The Hindu. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

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