The Tamil Nadu State Awards for 2006 honored Kamal Haasan as Best Actor and Veyyil as the Best Film.
Undoubtably best actor award was bagged by Kamal Haasan for Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu. The annual state awards are given for not only recognizing the services rendered by the artistes to their respective art forms but also to motivate other artistes to scale heights in the future. Paruthi Veeran starring Karthi and Priyamani has bagged many recognizations. The remaining list of awardees is being categorized as follows:-
Category List of awardees for the year 2006
Best Film
First: Veyyil Second: Paruthiveeran Third : Thiruttu Payalae
Best Storywriter Perarasu (Thirupathy)
Special Award: Ilakanam
Best Music Director Yuvanshankar Raja
Movie Portraying Woman in Good Light Kadhalae En Kadhalae
Playback Singers
(Male) Madhu Balakrishnan (Female) Shreya Ghosal
Best Actor Kamal Haasan (Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu)
Best Cinematography Ravi Verman (Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu)
Best Actress Priya Mani (Paruthiveeran)
Editing Suresh Urs
Best Actor (Special Prize) Karthi (Paruthiveeran) & Pakhru (Dishoom) Art Direction Krishnamurthy (Imsai Arasan)
Best Actress (Special Prize) Sandhya (Dishoom)
Stunts Super Subbarayan
Character Artiste Nasser (Em Mahan) (Male) Saranya (Em Mahan) (Female) Dubbing Kadhir (Male) Jayageetha (Female)
Best Villain Pasupathy (E)
Best Dialogue Writer: Seeman (Thambi)
Best Comedian Vadivelu (Imsai Arasan) Best Choreography: Siva Shankaran
Best Director Thirumurugan (Em Mahan) This prestigious awards is been likely to be issued by honourable Chief Minister M Karunanidhi at a function to be held in Chennai later.