Edison Awards is grand annual award presenting ceremony for people in Tamil film industry, who have made landmarks and milestones for the History of Tamil Cinema since 2009. "Edison Awards" is mainly named after the Inventor of Cinema "Thomas Alva Edison". The uniqueness of the show is mainly that, it has a vast reach in about seven countries Tamil televisions, with main broadcaster as Astro in Malaysia.
The Event is mainly organised and hosted by MyTamilMovie.com. The free-lance sponsors in the recent years are Jet Airways, Videocon, etc.
The Exclusiveness of the show bricked up by Talent Search Analysis,Live Concerts by Professional Tamil playback singer & Young Emergers and felicious dancers. Another glimpsy highlight of the event is that the awards are given based on People's Choice conceptual, implemented in ways of Online Voting, SMS Voting,and Dial-a-Vote. Mytamilmovie.com and Edison Awards has been strongly and healthily backed up by all Tamil media.
Best ActorBest ActressBest Debut ActorBest Debut ActressBest Male Rising StarBest Female Rising StarBest Supportive ActorBest Supportive ActressBest Character (Male)Best Character (Female)Best ComedianBest Child ActorBest VillainBest Commercial MovieBest Romantic MovieBest Educational MovieBest Patriotic MovieBest Thriller MovieAward for Daring RoleBest Music DirectorBest Introduced Music DirectorBest Background ScoreBest Male Playback SingerBest Female Playback SingerBest Introduced Playback SingerBest LyricistBest DirectorBest Debut DirectorBest Art DirectorBest CinematographyBest EditorBest ProducerBest ChoreographerBest ActionBest PRO (Public Relations Officer)Best Folk SongFavorite SongSuper Star Rajini AwardLifetime Achievement AwardManidha Neyam AwardBest Actor in a Negative RoleExtreme Performance - MaleExtreme Performance - FemaleEnthusiastic Performer - MaleEnthusiastic Performer - FemaleProtonic Icon Award DirectorBest Retro Actress AwardBest Overseas ArtitBest Actress in a Social Awareness MovieNominations were announced in early January 2016, though as several artists who were nominated did not turn up for the awards ceremony, the winners of several categories were not announced. Subsequently various uncategorised awards were given to other attendees.
Uncategorised AwardsExtraordinary Performance (Male) - Raghava Lawrence (Kanchana 2)Rising Star of the Year (Female) - Keerthy Suresh (Idhu Enna Maayam)Best Entertainer of the Year - Sivakarthikeyan (Kaaki Sattai)Best Actor in a Negative Role - Arvind Swamy (Thani Oruvan)Best Overseas Lyricist - Asmin (Amara Kaaviyam)Best Actress in a Social Awareness Movie - Srushti Dange (Kaththukkutti)Favourite Song of the Year - "Danga Maari" (Anegan)Manidha Neyam Award - Raghava Lawrence 