Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal

The Sun Kudumbam Awards is an awards ceremony held to honour the cast and crew of the television serials which air on Sun TV, presented by Sun Network. This is the first time in the Tamil Television industry where awards are given for performances in Television serials. The first awards ceremony happened in 2010 and it is a biennial award ceremony.
Nominations.
The top four performances in all serials, including the serials that have ended the past year, in different categories are chosen by jurors. During February and March, the nominees are interviewed on Sun TV and viewers are asked to cast their votes by text messaging their favourite actor in each category. The actor receiving the highest votes are proclaimed winner of the award in that category.
Technical awards are given to backstage technicians, such as screenwriters and directors, by Sun Network and are not chosen by viewers.
Awards.
General awards.
Best Overall Performance Award.
The Sun Kudumbam Best Overall Performance Award is given by Sun Network as part of its annual Sun Kudumbam Awards for artistes in television serials aired on Sun TV.
Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2010.
The Sun Kudumbam Awards 2010 were given for 22 categories, of which there were 8 main awards, 8 performance awards and 6 technical awards. The nominations and victories were based on votes via text messaging. The award ceremony was hosted by actress Kasthuri and Rishi.
Thirumathi Selvam won 10 awards including Best Serial .Other winners were "Arasi" and Best Director V. Thiru Selvam for Kolangal with five awards, Thangam with three awards and Sivasakthi and Metti Oli with one.
Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2012.
The award ceremony was hosted by actor Deepak Dinkar and Aishwarya.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal 2014.
The award ceremony was hosted by Deepak Dinkar and Aishwarya.