Vijay’s Nanban and Thuppaki were huge success and gave him a good success rate in the year 2012. He was praised for his characters in both the films.

He has now been awarded the Cosmopolitan People Choice Award 2013 Best Actor for both the movies in Tamil. Kajal Agrwal was chosen the nest actress for her role in Thuppaki. Similar titles were won by Pawan Kalyan and Shruti Hassan for their roles in Telugu for the blockbuster Gabhar Singh. The same was graced by Salman Khan and Kareena in Hindi.

Sharukh Khan won the Best Icon award