An award based on people’s preferences, the annual Vijay TV Awards, called Univercell Vijay Awards, is back again! The Rasigan Express, a vehicle to garner votes from celebrities and the audience alike, was set rolling yesterday from Chennai City Centre. Flagging off the bus was Minister Parithi Ilamvazhuthi, Minister for Information, Tamil Nadu. Accompanying him were Rama Narayanan, president, Tamil Film Producers Council, Sarath Kumar, president, South Indian Artistes Association, director Bharathiraja, president, Tamil Film Directors Council and VC Guhanathan, president, Film Employees Federation of South India.
The Rasigan Express will next halt in Vellore and proceed to Salem (April 16), Erode, Thiruppur (April 17), Coimbatore (April 18 and 19), Madurai (April 20 and 21), Trichy (April 22), Thanjavur (April 23) and Pondicherry (April 24). The Univercell Vijay Awards’ vehicle, Rasigan Express, seeks votes from the public in four Favourite categories, Hero, Heroine, Director and Film of the year 2008. Awards will be given for 33 other categories, the jury for which will include Lizzy Priyadarshan, Yuhi Sethu and Prathap Pothan. The initial episodes of the awards will be telecast on TV from early May by “Neeya Naana” Gopinath.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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