To enable fans vote for their stars, the Rasigan Express, a publicity van, will travel to important cities of the state. Honorable Minister Mr. Parithi Ilamvazuthi, Information Minister of Tamil Nadu, flagged off this van on 20th March 2008 at the Chennai City Center. Other dignitaries who attended the function are Mr. Ramanarayanan, President, Tamil Film Producers’ Council, Mr. S. A Chandrasekhar, President, Tamil Film Directors’ Association, Mr. Sarath Kumar, President, Tamil Actors Union and Mr. FEFSI Vijayan, President, Film Employee’s Federation of South India. The Rasigan Express Van would reach Salem on March 21, and then proceed to Erode (March 22), Coimbatore (March 23 & March 24), Madurai (March 25 & 26), Trichy (March 27), Tanjore (March 28) and finally reach Vilupuram on March 29.
There are 30 categories of which fans will choose four. The remaining 26 categories comprising Best Film, Best Actor Male/Female, Best Supporting Actor Male/Female, Best Comedian, Best Villian, Best Playback Singer Male/Female, Best Debut Actor Male/Female, Best Choreographer, Best Film Editor, Best Lyricist, Best Art Director will be chosen by an eminent jury comprising actor-cum-director Bhagyaraj, writer-cum-director-cum-producer Yugi Sethu, film critic-cum-cartoonist Madan and Lizzy Priyadarshan.
Rasigan Express’ journey will be aired by Vijay TV from March 30, Sundays 2 PM onwards. “Neeya Naana” Gopinath will host the initial episodes.
