Stats and Trivia

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Counter (upto 2019)

8 Years | 185 Films | 300 Winners | 434 Awards

Premier Awards — Category A

8 Years | 99 Films | 150 Winners | 177 Awards

By Year

Year — Total Awards (Category A+B+C) | Total Films [A+(B+C)]

2012 — 53 (19+24+10) | 23 (11+12)
2013 — 51 (20+21+10) | 21 (11+10)
2014 — 50 (23+18+09) | 20 (13+07)
2015 — 50 (21+18+11) | 21 (11+10)
2016 — 58 (22+25+11) | 29 (14+15)
2017 — 60 (24+24+12) | 21 (14+07)
2018 — 55 (24+21+10) | 24 (11+13)
2019 — 57 (24+23+10) | 27 (14+13)

This page currently boasts of 8 lists and 5 tables with some trivia interspersed.

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Table #1 : Most Awards – Films
Table #2 : Most Awards (Overall) – Films
Table #3 : Most Awards Overall – Recipients
Table #4 : Most Awards in a Year – Recipients
Table #5 : Year Toppers – Films

Trivia

~ Karthik Netha has won the most number of awards (4) under single title (#2)

~ The following 6 have won the second most number of awards (3) under single title:
1) Madhan Karky (#2),
2) Pradeep Kumar (#38),
3) Shashaa Tirupati (#3),
4) Shobi (#29),
5) Rajinikanth (#33),
6) Thamarai (#36).

~ Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada, ’96, Monster, Vanamagan — films known for their songs & music — are at the top, with 7, 5, 5, & 4 category-B awards respectively, in the list of films that received most awards in category B.

~ Ghibran, with 4 awards in 2014, holds the record for most number of awards by an individual in a single year.

~ Only 3 of the recipients have retained their Category A award: Harris Jayaraj (Song Album: 2013, 2014); A. R. Rahman (Song Album: 2015, 2016); Sivakumar Vijayan (Cinematography: 2016, 2017).

~ The following 6 have won awards in 4 or more titles overall:
1) Harris Jayaraj – 1, 5, 6, 7, 36
2) M. Ghibran – 1, 5, 6, 7, 36
3) Mani Ratnam – 14, 16, 18, 34
4) A. R. Rahman – 1, 5, 6, 36
5) Pradeep Kumar – 1, 4, 6, 31, 38, 39
6) Sean Roldan – 1, 4, 5, 6, 38, 39
7) Anirudh Ravichander – 1, 5, 36, 38, 39
8) Darbuka Siva – 6, 27, 36, 39

List #1 : The Great Masters (Writers & Directors) — 2012-19

(in alphabetical order)

• Alphonse Putharen
• Anucharan
• Arul Chezhiyan
• Ashwin Saravanan
• G. Bramma
• R. S. Durai Senthilkumar
• Gautham Vasudev Menon
• Kaavya Ramkumar
• Kamal Haasan
• Karthik Subbaraj
• Krishna
• Lokesh Kanagaraj
• M. Manikandan
• Mani Ratnam
• Mari Selvaraj
• Mysskin
• Nithilan Swaminathan
• R. Parthiepan
• Ram
• Reshma Ghatala
• Shankar
• Thiagarajan Kumararaja
• Vetri Maaran

List #2 : The Great Masters (Producers) — 2012-19

(in alphabetical order)

• G. N. Anbu Chezhiyan – Gopuram Films
• Bala – B Studios
• Balu Mahendra – Cinema Pattarai
• Boney Kapoor – Bayview Projects LLP
• Christy Siluvappan – Chris Pictures
• Eros International – Kishore Lulla & Sunil Lulla
• Gautham Vasudev Menon – Photon Kathaas
• S. Harihara Naganathan, S. Muthu, S. Kaleeswaran – Don Productions
• Mani Ratnam – Madras Talkies
• Pa. Ranjith – Neelam Productions
• Reshma Ghatala – Photon Kathaas
• S. Sashikanth – Y Not Studios
• M. Sasikumar – Company Productions
• J. Satish Kumar – J. S. K. Film Corporation
• Udhayanidhi Stalin – Red Giant Movies
• Varun Manian – Radiance Media Group
• Venkat Somasundaram – Photon Kathaas
• Vijay Sethupathi Productions

List #3 : Retainers — Continuous Winners

(in the order of recipient #)

1. Reshma Ghatala – #18 – 2012 & 2013
2. Gautham Vasudev Menon – #18 – 2012 & 2013
3. Venkat Somasundaram – #18 – 2012 & 2013
4. Harris Jayaraj – #6 – 2013 & 2014 (Category A)
5. Karthik Netha – #2 – 2013 & 2014
6. Shobi – #29 – 2013 & 2014
7. Nazriya – #32 – 2013 & 2014
8. A. R. Rahman – #6 – 2015 & 2016 (Category A)
9. Thamarai – #2 – 2015 & 2016
10. Thamarai – #36 – 2015 & 2016
11. Shashaa Tirupati – #3 – 2015 & 2016
12. Naresh Iyer – #4 – 2015 & 2016
13. Madhan Karky – #2 – 2016 & 2017
14. A. R. Rahman – #36 – 2016 & 2017
15. Shashaa Tirupati – #3 – 2016 & 2017
16. Sivakumar Vijayan – #12 – 2016 & 2017 (Category A)
17. Pradeep Kumar – #4 – 2017 & 2018
18. Shashaa Tirupati – #36 – 2017 & 2018
19. Stunner Sam – #28 – 2017 & 2018

List #4 : Snatchers – 2 or More Awards for Different Movies in a Year

(in the order of most awards in a year)

1. Na. Muthukumar – 3 (2012)
2. Sean Roldan – 3 (2017, 2019)
3. Naresh Iyer – 3 (2016)
4. Karthik – 3 (2015, 2019)
5. Madhan Karky – 2 (2012, 2016, 2017)
6. Javed Ali – 2 (2012)
7. Harris Jayaraj – 2 (2012, 2015)
8. Leo John Paul – 2 (2012)
9. Pradeep Kumar – 2 (2012, 2016, 2017, 2018)
10. Harini – 2 (2013, 2017)
11. Santhosh Hariharan – 2 (2012)
12. Vairamuthu – 2 (2015)
13. Shakthisree Gopalan – 2 (2017)
14. Karthik Netha – 2 (2014)
15. Sivakarthikeyan – 2 (2013)
16. Soori – 2 (2013)
17. Abhay Jodhpurkar – 2 (2013)
18. Ghibran M. – 2 (2014)
19. Padmalatha – 2 (2015)
20. Yazin Nizar – 2 (2014)
21. Praveen K. L. – 2 (2014)
22. Karunakaran – 2 (2014)
23. Anbariv – 2 (2017)
24. Thamarai – 2 (2015, 2016)
25. Shashaa Tirupati – 2 (2015, 2017)
26. Santhosh Narayanan – 2 (2016, 2018)
27. Yogi Babu – 2 (2018)
28. Andrea Jeremiah – 2 (2018)
29. Brindha – 2 (2017)
30. Benny Dayal – 2 (2017)
31. Govind Vasantha – 2 (2018)
32. Anthony – 2 (2018)
33. Dhilip Subbarayan – 2 (2018)
34. Fareedha – 2 (2018)
35. Yugabharathi – 2 (2019)
36. Keerthana Vaidyanathan – 2 (2019)
37. Sathyaprakash – 2 (2019)
38. Anirudh Ravichander – 2 (2019)
39. Vijay Adhinathan – 2 (2019)
40. Ashwin Sharma – 2 (2019)

Trivia

~ Vaali is the first ever recipient of CM’s SATC — he won it for Best Song (Lyricist).

~ Thalaivar has won Favourite Hero title 3 times — in alternating years: 2014, 2016, 2018.

~ In 2018, the Best Song (#1) award was bagged by Govind Vasantha, who had incidentally made his debut that year. This was the first time a debut composer won award #1.

~ There was a huge drop in the quality of songs from 2018 when compared to the songs from 2017. In 2017, a song ranked at #60 had a rating of 8.5/10 whereas in 2018, a song ranked at #28 had a rating of 8.4/10.

~ Vetri Maaran‘s Vada Chennai holds the record for most number of awards (9) by a film in CM’s SATC history.

List #5 : Snatchers – Same Title(s), Same Year — Double / Triple Award Recipients

(in the order of most awards)

1. Pradeep Kumar – T: 2 | D: – 2
2. Madhan Karky – D: 3
3. Sean Roldan – D: 3
4. Thamarai – T: 1 | D: 1
5. Harini – D: 2
6. Shashaa Tirupati – D: 2
7. Na. Muthukumar – T: 1
8. Naresh Iyer – T: 1
9. Karthik – T: 1
10. Javed Ali – D: 1
11. Leo John Paul – D: 1
12. Santhosh Hariharan – D: 1
13. Anirudh – D: 1
14. Shakthisree Gopalan – D: 1
15. Karthik Netha – D: 1
16. Sivakarthikeyan – D: 1
17. Soori – D: 1
18. Abhay Jodhpurkar – D: 1
19. Padmalatha – D: 1
20. Praveen K. L. – D: 1
21. Karunakaran – D: 1
22. Anbariv – D: 1
23. Santhosh Narayanan – D: 1
24. Yogi Babu – D: 1
25. Andrea Jeremiah – D: 1
26. Brindha – D: 1
27. Benny Dayal – D: 1
28. Anthony – D: 1
29. Dhilip Subbarayan – D: 1
30. Fareedha – D: 1
31. Yugabharathi – D: 1
32. Keerthana Vaidyanathan – D: 1
33. Sathyaprakash – D: 1
34. Vijay Adhinathan – D: 1
35. Ashwin Sharma – D: 1

List #6 : Repeaters – Same Title, Different Years — The Masters

(in the order of most awards; recipient order)

1. Pradeep Kumar – Favourite Singer – 6 | Best Singer – 4
2. Thamarai – Best Lyrics – 5 | Favourite Song – 3
3. Shashaa Tirupati – Best Singer – 5 | Favourite Song – 2
4. Harris Jayaraj – Best Music Direction – 2 | Best Song Album – 2 | Best Song – 2
5. Karthik Netha – Best Lyrics – 6 | Best Song – 2
6. Madhan Karky – Best Lyrics – 6 | Favourite Song – 2
7. A. R. Rahman – Best Song Album – 2 | Favourite Song – 2
8. Vairamuthu – Best Lyrics – 2 | Best Song – 2
9. Harini – Best Singer – 4
10. Naresh Iyer – Best Singer – 4
11. Shobi – Best Dance Choreography – 3
12. Rajinikanth – Favourite Hero – 3
13. Leo John Paul – Best Editing – 3
14. Anbariv – Best Stunt Choreography – 3
15. Santhosh Narayanan – Best Music Direction – 3
16. Yogi Babu – Best Comedian – 3
17. Reshma Ghatala – Best Film – 2
18. Gautham Vasudev Menon – Best Film – 2
19. Venkat Somasundaram – Best Film -2
20. Nazriya – Favourite Heroine – 2
21. Bombay Jayashri – Best Singer – 2
22. Kamal Haasan – Best Actor – 2
23. Ilaiyaraja – Best Background Score – 2
24. R. K. Vijay Murugan – Best Production Design – 2
25. Samuthirakani – Best Supporting Actor – 2
26. Sharmishta Roy – Best Production Design – 2
27. Sivakumar Vijayan – Best Cinematography – 2
28. Ramdoss – Best Comedian – 2
29. Vijay Sethupathi – Best Production – 2
30. Dhanush – Best Actor – 2
31. Stunner Sam – Best Stunt Choreography – 2
32. Sid Sriram – Favourite Song – 2
33. Charulatha Mani – Favourite Singer – 2
34. Samantha – Favourite Heroine – 2
35. Peter Hein – Best Stunt Choreography – 2
36. Sean Roldan – Favourite Singer – 2

List #7 : Repeaters – Different Titles, Same Year — The MultiTalented

(in the order of recipient #)

1. Madhan Karky – Lyrics, Dialogue
2. Na. Muthukumar – Lyrics, Favourite Song
3. Bombay Jayashri – Singer, Song
4. Harris Jayaraj – Music Direction, Song, Favourite Song | Music Direction, Background Score | Song Album, Song
5. Karthik Subbaraj – Story, Find
6. Shankar – Dialogue, Direction
7. Reshma Ghatala – Screenplay, Film
8. Gautham Vasudev Menon – Screenplay, Film
9. Pradeep Kumar – Singer, Song Album, ISAI MINNAL – 2000 | Singer, Song, Favourite Singer
10. Vairamuthu – Lyrics, Song | Lyrics, Song
11. Karthik Netha – Lyrics, Song | Lyrics, Song
12. Rahman A. R. – Song Album, Song, Favourite Song
13. Ram – Film, Dialogue
14. Kamal Haasan – Screenplay, Actor, Dialogue
15. Thulasi – Debutante, NERUKKU NER Suriya – 1997
16. Ghibran M. – Music Direction, Song Album, Song, Favourite Song
17. Yazin Nizar – Singer, Favourite Song
18. Vinoth – Dialogue, Favourite Director
19. Parthiepan R. – Screenplay, Favourite Film
20. Sean Roldan – Music Direction, Singer, Favourite Singer | Song Album, Favourite Singer, Song
21. Thamarai – Lyrics, Song, Favourite Song | Lyrics, Favourite Song
22. Shashaa Tirupati – Singer, Song | Singer, Favourite Song
23. Mani Ratnam – Direction, Favourite Film | Film, Dialogue
24. Karthik – Favourite Singer, Favourite Song
25. Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam – Singer, Favourite Song
26. Santhosh Narayanan – Music Direction, Background Score
27. Pushkar – Gayathri – Story, Favourite Director
28. Govind Vasantha – Song Album, ISAI MINNAL – 2000, Song
29. Vetri Maaran – Screenplay, Story
30. Mari Selvaraj – Film, Dialogue, Favourite Director
31. Anirudh Ravichander – Music Direction, Favourite Singer
32. Darbuka Siva – Song Album, Favourite Song
33. Thiagarajan Kumararaja – Dialogue, Direction
34. Ashwin Saravanan – Screenplay, Favourite Director

List #8 : Repeaters – Different Titles, Different Years — The Experimenters

(in the order of recipient #)

1. Vaali – #1, 2012 | #36, 2013
2. Shreya Ghoshal – #1, 2012 | #36, 2013
3. Madhan Karky – #2, 2012, 2016, 2017 | #14, 2012 | #36, 2014
4. Bombay Jayashri – #3, 2012, 2015 | #1, 2015 | #36, 2019
5. Harris Jayaraj – #5, 2012, 2015 | #6, 2013, 2014 | #7, 2012 | #1, 2013, 2015 | #36, 2015
6. Karthik Subbaraj – #13 & #31, 2012 | #16, 2018
7. Shankar – #16 & #14, 2012 | #34, 2018
8. Reshma Ghatala – #15, 2012 | #18, 2012, 2013
9. Gautham Vasudev Menon – #15, 2012 | #18, 2012, 2013
10. Samantha – #19, 2012 | #32, 2018
11. Lakshmi Menon – #23, 2012 | #19, 2014
12. Dinesh – #29, 2012 | #24, 2018
13. Pradeep Kumar – #31, 2012 | #38, 2014, 2016, 2018 | #4, 2017, 2018 | #6, 2017 | #1, 2018
14. Ilaiyaraja – #36, 2012 | #7, 2013, 2016
15. Harini – #37, 2012 | #3, 2013, 2017
16. Anirudh Ravichander – #39, 2012 | #36, 2013 | #1, 2017 | #5 & #38, 2019
17. Vairamuthu – #1 & #2, 2013, 2015 | #36, 2017
18. Shakthisree Gopalan – #1, 2013 | #37, 2017
19. Karthik Netha – #2, 2013, 2014, 2018 | #1, 2014, 2018
20. Rahman A. R. – #5, 2013 | #6, 2015, 2016 | #1, 2016 | #36, 2016, 2017
21. Ram – #14, 2013 | #18, 2019
22. Mysskin – #16, 2013 | #18, 2014
23. Kamal Haasan – #20, 2013, 2015 | #14, 2015 | #15, 2015
24. Durai Senthilkumar R. S. – #31, 2013 | #15, 2016
25. Ghibran M. – #1, #5, #6, & #36, 2014 | #7, 2015
26. Padmalatha – #3, 2014 | #37, 2015
27. R. Parthiepan – #15, 2014 | #20, 2019
28. Thambi Ramaiah – #22, 2014 | #26, 2015
29. Karunakaran – #26, 2014 | #27, 2019
30. Rajinikanth – #33, 2014, 2016, 2018 | #26, 2019
31. Sean Roldan – #39, 2014 | #4, #5, & #38, 2017 | #6 & #38, 2019
32. Thamarai – #2, 2015, 2016 | #36, 2015, 2016, 2018 | #1, 2016
33. Shashaa Tirupati – #3, 2015, 2016, 2017 | #1, 2016 | #36, 2017, 2018
34. Mani Ratnam – #16 & #34, 2015 | #18 & #14, 2017
35. Vijay Sethupathi – #17, 2015, 2018 | #26, 2017
36. Darbuka Siva – #27, 2015 | #39, 2016 | #36, 2018 | #6 & #36, 2019
37. Karthik – #38, 2015 | #4, 2019
38. Sathyaprakash – #1, 2016 | #4, 2019
39. Neeti Mohan – #3, 2016 | #37, 2019
40. Sankar Dass – #14, 2016 | #1, 2019
41. Shireen Shahana – #31, 2015 | #37, 2017
42. Santhosh Narayanan – #5, 2016, 2018 | #6, 2017 | #7, 2018
43. Andrea Jeremiah – #19, 2017 | #21, 2018

Trivia

~ Pradeep Kumar holds the record for most number of award titles (9) by an individual. He has received 2 triple & 2 double awards among them, counting for 15 awards in total.

~ The first film to receive the award from CM’s SATC is Leelai (2012) and the last film to receive the award is Devarattam (2019).

~ Kamal Haasan, having won 3 Category-A awards in 2015, is at the top of the list of people winning more than one award (category A) in a single year.

~ The Special Award for Proud Debut in Tamil has always been won by women: 4 times by actors of Kerala origin; 3 times by actors of Tamil Nadu origin; and once by an actor of Karnataka origin.

Table #1 : Most Awards – Films

Between two films with same number of awards in category A, one which has more awards in category B gets placed first; between two films with same number of awards in both category A & B, one which has more awards in category C gets placed first; between two films with same number of awards in all three categories, one which received awards earlier is placed first.

Table #2 : Most Awards (Overall) – Films

Table #3 : Most Awards Overall – Recipients

Table #4 : Most Awards in a Year – Recipients

Table #5 : Year Toppers – Films

Trivia

~ The following 7 have gone on to win awards after being awarded Best Debutante/Debutant (or) Best Find (or) #39 (or) #40 previously:
1) Lakshmi Menon – 1,
2) Karthik Subbaraj – 2,
3) Pradeep Kumar – 8,
4) Anirudh Ravichander – 4,
5) R. S. Durai Senthilkumar – 1,
6) Sean Roldan – 1,
7) Shireen Shahana – 1.

~ This is the graph of composer Anirudh in CM’s SATC so far: Best Debut as Music Director in 2012 –> Favourite Song in 2013 –> Best Song in 2017 –> Best Music Direction in 2019.

~ In 2013, director Ram won both award #14 & 18. In 2017, Mani Ratnam would do the same feat.

~ Among all the winners so far, the only hat-trick winner is Shashaa Tirupati (Best Singer Female – 2015, 2016, 2017).

~ Some of the winners have this habit of winning awards along with some of the other winners. It’s a mere coincidence that,
1) Santhosh Narayanan, Yogi Babu, & Sid Sriram have won #5, #27, #36 respectively in 2016 and again in 2018;
2) Karthik Netha & Shobi have won #2 & #29 respectively in 2013, 2014, and in 2018;
3) Munishkanth (Ramdoss) & Anbariv have won #27 & #28 respectively in 2014 and again in 2017;
4) 5 of them after winning awards in 2012, returned to win again — though for different titles — in 2018: Karthik Subbaraj, Shankar, Samantha, Dhanush, & Dinesh.