+List of accolades received by ThuppakkiVijay and AR Murugadoss received several awards and nominations for their performance, script and direction, respectively.AccoladesAwardWonNominated Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards Chennai Times Film Awards CineMAA Awards Edison Awards Filmfare Awards South South Indian International Movie Awards Vijay Awards Total number of awards and nominations Thuppakki () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss. Produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under his studio V Creations 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 with cinematography handled by Santosh Sivan and editing done by A. Sreekar Prasad. 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.
Produced on a budget of , Thuppakki released on 13 November 2012 to positive reviews from critics and was commercially successful, grossing over . S. Saraswathi of Rediff stated that it was the first Tamil film to cross mark. Furthermore, the film won 19 awards from 57 nominations, mostly for the performances, soundtrack, score, cinematography, scripting, direction and other major technical aspects.
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. 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. 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. 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.
Accolades AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryNominee(s)ResultAnanda Vikatan Cinema Awards16 January 2013Best ActorVijayChennai Times Film Awards4 November 2013Best FilmThuppakkiBest DirectorAR MurugadossBest ActorVijayBest Actor in a Negative RoleVidyut JammwalBest ScreenplayAR MurugadossCineMAA Awards16 June 2013Best Actress — TamilKajal AggarwalEdison Awards10 February 2013Best DirectorAR MurugadossBest ActorVijayBest Music DirectorHarris JayarajBest CinematographerSantosh SivanBest EditorA. Sreekar PrasadBest ProducerKalaipuli S. ThanuBest VillainVidyut JammwalBest LyricistMadhan Karky for "Google Google"Best ScreenplayAR MurugadossBest ChoreographerShobi Paulraj for "Antartica"Best Female Playback SingerAndrea Jeremiah for "Google Google"Best Character Role – FemaleDeepthiFilmfare Awards South20 July 2013Best Film – TamilKalaipuli S. ThanuBest Director – TamilAR MurugadossBest Actor – TamilVijayBest Supporting Actor – TamilVidyut JammwalBest Music Director – TamilHarris JayarajBest Lyricist – TamilMadhan Karky for "Google Google"Best Female Playback Singer – TamilAndrea Jeremiah for "Google Google"South Indian International Movie Awards1213 September 2013Best Film Kalaipuli S. ThanuBest DirectorAR MurugadossBest ActorVijayBest Actress (Critics)Kajal AggarwalBest Actor in a Negative RoleVidyut JammwalBest ComedianJayaramBest Male Playback SingerVijay for "Google Google"Best Music DirectorHarris JayarajBest Dance ChoreographerShobi PaulrajBest Fight ChoreographerKaecha KampakdeeVijay Awards11 May 2013Entertainer of the YearVijayFavourite FilmThuppakkiFavourite DirectorAR MurugadossFavourite HeroVijayFavourite HeroineKajal AggarwalFavourite SongHarris Jayaraj for "Google Google"Best FilmThuppakkiBest DirectorAR MurugadossBest ActorVijayBest ActressKajal AggarwalBest VillainVidyut JammwalBest EditorA. Sreekar PrasadBest Art DirectorSunil BabuBest ChoreographerShobi Paulraj for "Antartica"Best ChoreographerSridhar for "Alaikka Laikka"Best Stunt DirectorKaecha Kampakdee
See also List of Tamil films of 2012
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External links Accolades for Thuppakki at the Internet Movie Database