Filmfare Award for Best Comedian – Tamil explained

The Filmfare Best Comedien Award – Tamil was given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil (Kollywood) films between 2002 and 2005..

The award was introduced and first given at the 50th South Filmfare Awards in 2002,^[1] with Vivek being the first comedian to receive the award for his performance in Run.^[2] This category has been retired since 2006.

Winners

Year	Actor	Role	Film
2002	Vivek^[3]	Mohan	Run
2003	Vivek^[4]	Venkataraman Iyengar	Saamy
2004	Vivek^[5]	Kuzhandaiswamy "Kuzhanda"	Perazhagan
2005	Vadivelu^[6]	Murgesan	Chandramukhi

Nominations

2000s

• 2003 Vivek - Saamy as Venkatraman
  • Vadivelu - Winner as Kaipullai
  • Vivek - Dhool as Narayana Swamy (Narain)

Sources

• Book: Dhananjayan, G.. G. Dhananjayan. The Best of Tamil Cinema, 1931 to 2010: 1977–2010. 2011. Galatta Media. 978-81-921043-0-0.

External links

• 52nd Annual Awards

Notes and References

1. News: Manikchand Filmfare Awards in Hyderabad. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024115602/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-05-19/news-interviews/27262587_1_film-award-playback-singer-girish-kasaravalli. dead. 2012-10-24. 2009-08-09. The Times of India. 2003-05-19.
2. Web site: Manikchand Filmfare Awards: Sizzling at 50 . . 2009-10-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721152719/http://portal.bsnl.in/intranetnews.asp?url=%2Fbsnl%2Fasp%2Fcontent%20mgmt%2Fhtml%20content%2Fentertainment%2Fentertainment14489.html . 21 July 2011 .
3. Web site: Manikchand Filmfare Awards: Sizzling at 50 . . 2009-10-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721152719/http://portal.bsnl.in/intranetnews.asp?url=%2Fbsnl%2Fasp%2Fcontent%20mgmt%2Fhtml%20content%2Fentertainment%2Fentertainment14489.html . 21 July 2011 .
4. News: 51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare South Award winners. indiatimes.com. 2009-08-05. dead. https://archive.today/20120717020003/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/719104.cms. 2012-07-17.
5. Web site: Filmfare Awards 2005. idlebrain.com. 2009-08-05.
6. Web site: Anniyan sweeps Filmfare Awards!. Sify. 10 September 2006. 19 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140926074039/http://www.sify.com/movies/anniyan-sweeps-filmfare-awards-news-tamil-kkfvinigibe.html. 26 September 2014.