Dhanush, Anirudh Ravichander to Launch 9th Vijay Awards in London

Tamil industry is gearing up for yet another award function. The latest news is that Tamil star Dhanush and music sensation Anirudh Ravichander will launch the ninth Annual Vijay Awards at Wembley Park in London on 3 April.

The event will be launched between 6pm and 7pm that will be followed by Super Singer World Tour.

The news was shared Vijay Television through their Twitter page:

Dhanush and Anirudh will launch the curtain raiser of the 9th Annual #VijayAwards on April 3rd @ London pic.twitter.com/7ZqJgwz7dK

— Vijay Television (@vijaytelevision) March 18, 2015

Vijay Awards is one of the most-awaited and prestigious awards for Tamil cinema and is presented by Vijay Television. This year's award function is scheduled to take place on 25 April in Chennai.

The award function will honour the best of Tamil industry under various categories. The combination of the Dhanush and Anirudh alone had hinted at the grandeur of this year's function. The launch function is said to be a splendid event that will have some exuberant performances and many celebrities in the industry is also expected to attend.

Meanwhile, the venue of the launch event, Wembley Park, is gearing up for the event and they shared their excitement via their Twitter page:

Looking forward to hosting Dhanush and Anirudh @vijaytelevision @ssearena 3 April #VijayAwards pic.twitter.com/RtKyd217rA #wembleypark — Wembley Park (@Wembley_Park) March 19, 2015

Social media is abuzz about the nominations and awards. Year 2014 saw release of 204 films in Tamil and the jury of the award function has a heavy task of choosing the winners.