List of accolades received by Thani Oruvan

List of accolades received by Thani Oruvan

Jayam Ravi and Arvind Swamy garnered several awards and nominations for their performances in Thani Oruvan

Total number of awards and nominations[a]
Totals 21 37
References

Thani Oruvan is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Mohan Raja, who also co-wrote the screenplay and dialogues with the duo Subha.[1][2][3] The film features Jayam Ravi, Arvind Swami and Nayanthara in the lead roles. Thambi Ramaiah, Ganesh Venkatraman, Mugdha Godse and Nassar play supporting roles.[4] The film's story focuses on Mithran (Ravi), an IPS officer, who learns of the plans of scientist and businessman Siddharth Abhimanyu (Swami) to sabotage a deal to make generic medicines available at low cost for poor people. Siddharth succeeds in his plan and begins indulging in a game of cat and mouse with Mithran. The rest of the story revolves around how Mithran overcomes the obstacles set by Siddharth.[3][5] Produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, Kalpathi S. Ganesh and Kalpathi S. Suresh under their company AGS Entertainment,[2][6] the film's soundtrack and score were composed by Hiphop Tamizha. Ramji and Gopi Krishna handled the cinematography and editing respectively.[4][7]

Made on a budget of ₹200 million,[8][b] Thani Oruvan was released on 28 August 2015 and received positive reviews.[10][11][12] It was commercially successful, grossing ₹1.05 billion worldwide.[12][b] The film won 21 awards from 37 nominations; its direction, story, screenplay, performances of the cast members and music have received the most attention from award groups.

At the 63rd Filmfare Awards South, Thani Oruvan was nominated in six categories, including Best Film (Aghoram, Ganesh and Suresh), Best Director (Raja) and Best Actor (Ravi); it won for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Swami) and Critics Award for Best Actor (Ravi). The film also received six nominations at the 1st IIFA Utsavam including Best Performance in a Lead Role (Female) (Nayanthara) and Best Performance in a Comic Role (Ramaiah). It won three, Best Direction, Best Performance in a Lead Role (Male), and Best Performance in a Negative Role for Raja, Ravi, and Swami respectively. The film received thirteen nominations at the 9th Edison Awards, and won for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Character Actor (Ramaiah) and Best Villain. It garnered seven nominations at the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards ceremony, winning two awards, including Best Film and Best Actor (Critics). At the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, the film won awards in six categories. Among other wins, Thani Oruvan received one Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, Mirchi Music Awards South and Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards each.

Awards and nominations

Award Date of Ceremony[c] Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref.
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 7 January 2016 Best Villain — Male Arvind Swami Won [13]
Edison Awards 14 February 2016 Best Director Mohan Raja Won [14]
[15]
Best Actor Jayam Ravi Won
The Gorgeous Belle Nayanthara Nominated
Best Character Actor Thambi Ramaiah Won
Best Supporting Actor Ganesh Venkatraman Nominated
Best Villain Arvind Swami[d] Won
Best Editor Gopi Krishna Nominated
Best Female Playback Singer Kharesma Ravichandran for "Kadhal Cricket" Nominated
Best Screenplay Subha Nominated
Best Story Mohan Raja Nominated
Best Background Score Hiphop Tamizha Nominated
Best Lyricist Aadhi for "Theemai Dhaan Vellum" Nominated
Best Producer Kalpathi S. Aghoram,
Kalpathi S. Ganesh,
Kalpathi S. Suresh 		Nominated
Filmfare Awards South 18 June 2016 Best Film – Tamil Kalpathi S. Aghoram,
Kalpathi S. Ganesh,
Kalpathi S. Suresh 		Nominated [18]
[19]
Best Director – Tamil Mohan Raja Won
Best Actor – Tamil Jayam Ravi Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Tamil Arvind Swami Won
Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil Kharesma Ravichandran for "Kadhal Cricket" Nominated
Critics Best Actor – Tamil Jayam Ravi Won
IIFA Utsavam 24–25 January 2016 Best Picture – Tamil Kalpathi S. Aghoram,
Kalpathi S. Ganesh,
Kalpathi S. Suresh 		Nominated [20]
[21]
Best Direction – Tamil Mohan Raja Won
Best Performance in a Lead Role (Male) – Tamil Jayam Ravi Won
Best Performance in a Lead Role (Female) – Tamil Nayanthara Nominated
Best Performance in a Comic Role – Tamil Thambi Ramaiah Nominated
Best Performance in a Negative Role – Tamil Arvind Swami Won
Mirchi Music Awards South 27 July 2016 Upcoming Female Vocalist of the year Kharesma Ravichandran for "Kadhal Cricket" Won [22]
[23]
Upcoming Music Composer of the year Hiphop Tamizha for "Kadhal Cricket" Nominated
Hiphop Tamizha for "Kannala Kannala" Nominated
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards 28 April–1 May 2016 Best Director Mohan Raja Won [24]
South Indian International Movie Awards 30 June–1 July 2016 Best Film – Tamil Kalpathi S. Aghoram,
Kalpathi S. Ganesh,
Kalpathi S. Suresh 		Won [25]
[26]
[27]
Best Director – Tamil Mohan Raja Nominated
Best Actor – Tamil Jayam Ravi Nominated
Best Actor in a Negative Role – Tamil Arvind Swami Nominated
Best Music Director – Tamil Hiphop Tamizha Nominated
Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil Kharesma Ravichandran for "Kadhal Cricket" Nominated
Best Actor (Critics) – Tamil Jayam Ravi Won
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 6 March 2024 Best Film Kalpathi S. Aghoram,
Kalpathi S. Ganesh,
Kalpathi S. Suresh 		Won [28]
Best Story Writer Mohan Raja Won
Best Villain Arvind Swami Won
Best Cinematographer Ramji Won
Best Editor Gopi Krishna Won
Best Choreographer Brinda Won

See also

Notes

  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. ^ a b The average exchange rate in 2015 was 66.768 Indian rupees (₹) per 1 US dollar (US$).[9]
  3. ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
  4. ^ Shared with Arun Vijay for Yennai Arindhaal.[16][17]

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