BEST OF KOLLYWOOD 2011 : VIJAY BEATS AJITH, SURYA, VIKRAM

Vijay's blockbuster Velayudham has been voted as the Best Movie of 2011. The year-end poll conducted by Oneindia for various categories gave opportunity for our readers to choose the Best of Kollywood in 2011 and they have given thumbs up for not only Kaavalan star's movie but also for his performance in the film.

The closest competitor for Velayudham is Mankatha. While, Vijay's film secured 46.9 % vote share, Ajith Kumar starrer film received 31.9% votes. The remaining movies like Vikram's Deiva Thirumagal, Surya's 7aam Arivu and Jeeva's Ko got 10.4%, 7.3% and 3.5% vote share respectively.

In the Best Actor category, Vijay (Velayudham) and Ajith Kumar (Mankatha) received 46.6% and 30.9% votes. Whereas, Vikram, Surya and Dhanush together got 22.5% vote shares for their films Deiva Thirumagal, 7aam Arivu and Aadukalam.

Surprisingly, Anjali beats Anushka Shetty in the Best Actress category. While the former for her performance in Engeyum Eppodhum got 35.2% vote, the latter for her character of a lawyer secured 29.9%. In fact, Richa Gangopadhyay for her performance in Mayakkam Enna gave tough competition to Anushka and just lost to her with a margin of 3.4% votes. Actresses Iniya and Yasmin Ponnapa were also in the race for their films Vaagai Sooda Vaa and Aaranya Kaandam.

Velayudham has won the honours in the Best Musician category too. Harris Jayaraj, who composed some wonderful tracks, narrowly won the race by getting 39% vote share. Once again, Mankatha has lost it to Velayudham. Yuvan Shankar Raja received 36% votes. However, Engeyum Kadhal (Harris Jayaraj), Aadukalam (GV Prakash) and Osthi (S Thaman) were the other contenders.

AR Murugadoss' former associate Saravanan has been voted as the Best Director of the year for his debut movie Engeyum Eppodhum. He almost got 50% vote and his nearest competitor was Vetrimaaran for Aadukalam. Mysskin (Yuddham Sei), Thiagarajan Kumararaja (Aaranya Kaandam) and Santha Kumar (Mouna Guru) were also in the race.