Nominees – 2017




ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DEC. 21, 2017



This page contains the list of nominees only. Click here to see the list of winners.
All entries in each category are listed in alphabetical order.



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1. Best Song

  • Idhayam Love (Meghamo Aval) – Meyaadha Maan
  • Iraivaa – Velaikkaran
  • Maruvaarthai Pesathey – Enai Noki Paayum Thota
  • Vaan Varuvaan – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Yembuttu Irukkuthu Aasai – Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen



2. Best Lyrics

  • Kabilan Vairamuthu – Oxygen (Kavan)
  • Karky – Songs from Spyder & Vanamagan
  • Thamarai – Maruvaarthai Pesathey (Enai Noki Paayum Thota)
  • Vairamuthu – Sarattu Vandiyile (Kaatru Veliyidai)
  • Vivek – Meghamo Aval (Meyaadha Maan)



3. Best Singer – Female

  • Bindhu Malini – Anbin Kodi (Aruvi)
  • Harini – Pachai Uduthiya (Vanamagan) & Aali Aali (Spyder)
  • Kalyani Nair – Yembuttu Irukkuthu Aasai (Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen)
  • Sanjana Kalmanje – Medhakkavitta (Ivan Thanthiran)
  • Shashaa Tirupati – Vaan Varuvaan (Kaatru Veliyidai) & Karuva Karuva (Karuppan)



4. Best Singer – Male

  • Ananthu – Vaanam (Pa. Paandi)
  • Haricharan – Kannadi Poovukku (Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal) & Ne Illai (8 Thottakkal)
  • Pradeep Kumar – Meghamo Aval & Enna Naan Seiven (Meyaadha Maan)
  • D. Sathyaprakash – Naan Pizhaipeno (Enai Noki Paayum Thota) & Urave Urave (Thiri)
  • Sean Roldan – Veesum Kaathodadhaan & Paarthen (Pa. Paandi)



5. Best Music Direction

  • Bindhu Malini & Vedanth Bharadwaj – Aruvi
  • A. R. Rahman – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Sam C. S. – Vikram Vedha
  • Santhosh Narayanan & Pradeep Kumar – Meyaadha Maan
  • Sean Roldan – Pa. Paandi & Velaiilla Pattadhaari 2



6. Best Song Album

  • Aruvi – Bindhu Malini Narayanaswamy & Vedanth Baradwaj
  • Kaatru Veliyidai – A. R. Rahman
  • Meyaadha Maan – Santhosh Narayanan & Pradeep Kumar
  • Pa. Paandi – Sean Roldan
  • Spyder – Harris Jayaraj



7. Best Background Score

  • B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Kurangu Bommai
  • Arrol Corelli – Thupparivaalan
  • Javed Riaz – Maanagaram
  • A. R. Rahman & Qutub-E-Kripa – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Yuvan Shankar Raja – Taramani



8. Best Costume Design

  • Gayathri – Vikram Vedha
  • Niharika Bhasin & Akshay Tyagi – Spyder
  • Poornima Ramasamy – Pa. Pandi & Sathriyan
  • Praveen Raja – Meyaadha Maan
  • Prianca Jhaveri & Shaheen – Vanamagan
  • Priyanka Prithvirajan, Preethi Kandan, & Sai – Nibunan



9. Best Production Design

  • Jayashree Lakshminarayanan – Vanamagan
  • Kumar Gangappan – Meyaadha Maan
  • T. Muthuraj – Mersal
  • Sharmishta Roy – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • G. Veeramani – Kurangu Bommai



10. Best Sound Design

  • Sachin Sudhakaran & Hariharan M – Maanagaram & Vanamagan
  • Sachin Sudhakaran & Hariharan M – Pandigai & Lens
  • Suren G & Azhagiyakoothan – Aruvi
  • Suren G & Azhagiyakoothan – Thupparivaalan
  • Vishnu Govind, Shankar, & Vijay Ratnam – Aval



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11. Best Editing

  • Abhinav Sunder Nayak – Kurangu Bommai
  • Bhuvan Srinivasan – Kuttram 23
  • Philomin Raj – Maanagaram
  • Raymond Derrick Crasta – Aruvi
  • San Lokesh – Uru
  • Shafiq Mohammed Ali – Meyaadha Maan



12. Best Cinematography

  • Arvi – Pandigai
  • Ravi Varman – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Shreyaas Krishna – Aval
  • Sivakumar Vijayan – Sathriyan
  • Vidhu Ayyana – Meyaadha Maan
  • Vinod P. S. – Vikram Vedha



13. Best Writing – Story

  • Arun Prabu Purushothaman – Aruvi
  • Lokesh Kanagaraj – Maanagaram
  • Mysskin – Thupparivaalan
  • Nithilan Swaminathan – Kurangu Bommai
  • Pushkar & Gayathri – Vikram Vedha



14. Best Writing – Dialogue

  • Arun Prabu Purushothaman – Aruvi
  • Madonne Ashwin – Kurangu Bommai
  • Mani Ratnam – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Suresh Sangaiah – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu



15. Best Writing – Screenplay

  • Karthick Naren – Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru
  • Lokesh Kanagaraj – Maanagaram
  • Pushkar & Gayathri – Vikram Vedha
  • Ram – Taramani
  • Suresh Sangaiah – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu



16. Best Direction

  • Mysskin – Thupparivaalan
  • Mani Ratnam – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Nithilan Swaminathan – Kurangu Bommai
  • Pushkar & Gayathri – Vikram Vedha
  • Suresh Sangaiah – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu



17. Best Production

  • Dream Warrior Pictures – S. R. Prabhu, S. R. Prakash Babu – Aruvi
  • Eros International – Kishore Lulla, Sunil Lulla – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu
  • Madras Talkies – Mani Ratnam – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Potential Studios LLP – S. R. Prabhu, S. R. Prakash Babu, Gopinath P., Thanga Prabaharan R., & Prabhu Venkatachalam – Maanagaram
  • Shreyasree Movies – P. L. Thenappan – Kurangu Bommai



18. Best Film

  • Aruvi – Arun Prabu Purushothaman & Dream Warrior Pictures
  • Kaatru Veliyidai – Mani Ratnam & Madras Talkies
  • Kurangu Bommai – Nithilan Swaminathan & Shreyasree Movies
  • Maanagaram – Lokesh Kanagaraj & Potential Studios LLP
  • Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu – Suresh Sangaiah & Eros International



19. Best Actor – Female

  • Aditi Balan – Aruvi
  • Aditi Rao Hydari – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Andrea Jeremiah – Taramani
  • Shraddha Srinath – Vikram Vedha
  • Tanya Ravichandran – Karuppan



20. Best Actor – Male

  • Arjun – Nibunan
  • Karthi – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Krishna – Pandigai
  • R. Madhavan – Vikram Vedha
  • Vidharth – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu & Kurangu Bommai



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21. Best Supporting Actor – Female

  • Anisha Angelina Victor – Aval
  • Anjali Varadhan – Aruvi
  • Indhuja – Meyaadha Maan
  • Madonna Sebastian – Pa. Paandi
  • Sunu Lakshmi – Aram



22. Best Supporting Actor – Male

  • M. S. Baskar – 8 Thottakkal
  • Bharathiraja – Kurangu Bommai
  • George Mariyan – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu
  • Saravanan – Pandigai
  • Vivek Prasanna – Meyaadha Maan



23. Best Debutante

  • Aditi Balan – Aruvi
  • Anu Immanuel – Thupparivaalan
  • Raveena Ravi – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu
  • Sayyeshaa Saigal – Vanamagan
  • Tanya Ravichandran – Balle Vellaiyathevaa



24. Best Debutant

  • Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi – Meesaya Murukku
  • Kavin – Sathriyan
  • Vasanth Ravi – Taramani
  • Vetri – 8 Thottakkal



25. Best Actor in a Negative Role

  • Kumaravel – Kurangu Bommai
  • Madhusudhan Rao – Pandigai
  • Prasanna – Thiruttu Payale 2
  • Shivada Nair – Adhe Kangal
  • S. J. Surya – Spyder



26. Best Entertainer

  • Arumugam – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu
  • Kaali Venkat – Enaku Vaaitha Adimaigal
  • Vaibhav – Meyaadha Maan
  • Vijay Sethupathi – Vikram Vedha



27. Best Comedienne / Comedian

  • Kalki – Kurangu Bommai
  • Munishkanth – Maanagaram
  • Soori – Ippadai Vellum
  • Thambi Ramaiah – Kuttram 23 & Vanamagan



28. Best Stunt Choreography

  • Anbariv – Sathriyan & Pandigai
  • Dhilip Subbarayan – Vikram Vedha
  • Dinesh Kasi – Thupparivaalan
  • Prabu Chandrasekar – Uru
  • Stunner Sam – Pandigai
  • Stunt Silva – Vanamagan



29. Best Dance Choreography

  • Brindha – Yaaro Nee (Vanamagan) & Songs from Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Dinesh – Lalaa Kadai Saanthi (Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen)
  • Prabhu Deva – Damn Damn (Vanamagan)
  • Prabhu Deva – Damukaatlaan Dumukaatalaa (Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga)
  • Shobi – Songs from Spyder



30. Best Crew

  • Team Aruvi
  • Team Aval
  • Team Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Team Meyaadha Maan
  • Team Vikram Vedha



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31. Best Find of the Year

  • Anisha Angelina Victor – Actor, Aval
  • Bindhu Malini & Vedanth Bharadwaj – Music Directors, Aruvi
  • Feroz – Director, Pandigai
  • Kumar Gangappan – Production Designer, Meyaadha Maan & Taramani
  • Nithilan Swaminathan – Writer-Director, Kurangu Bommai + 6 Others
    (Lokesh Kanagaraj, Karthick Naren, Sri Ganesh, Rathna Kumar, Vicky Anand, & Mahendran Rajamani) – Directors of Maanagaram, Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru,
    8 Thottakkal, Meyaadha Maan, Uru, & Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal
  • Ravivarman Neelamegam – Cinematographer, Adhe Kangal
  • Sayyeshaa Saigal – Actor, Vanamagan
  • Suresh Sangaiah – Writer-Director, Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu



32. Favourite Heroine

  • Andrea Jeremiah – Taramani
  • Manjima Mohan – Sathriyan
  • Rakul Preet Singh – Spyder
  • Shraddha Srinath – Vikram Vedha
  • Tanya Ravichandran – Karuppan



33. Favourite Hero

  • Arun Vijay – Kuttram 23
  • Dhanush – Velaiilla Pattadhaari 2
  • Karthi – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Vijay Sethupathi – Karuppan
  • Vikram Prabhu – Sathriyan



34. Favourite Film

  • Kaatru Veliyidai – Mani Ratnam
  • Maanagaram – Lokesh Kanagaraj
  • Meyaadha Maan – Rathna Kumar
  • Pa. Paandi – Dhanush
  • Sathriyan – S. R. Prabhakaran



35. Favourite Director

  • Arivazhagan – Kuttram 23
  • Pushkar – Gayathri – Vikram Vedha
  • Mani Ratnam – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Mysskin – Thupparivaalan
  • Ram – Taramani



36. Favourite Song

  • Maruvaarthai Pesathey – Enai Noki Paayum Thota
  • Sita Kalyanam – Solo
  • Vaan Varuvaan – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Venpani Malare – Pa. Paandi
  • Yembuttu Irukkuthu Aasai – Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen



37. Favourite Singer – Female

  • Kalyani Nair – Yembuttu Irukkuthu Aasai (Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen) & Yavvana (Sathya)
  • M. M. Manasi & Sherin Shahana – Damn Damn (Vanamagan)
  • Nikhita Gandhi – Boom Boom (Spyder)
  • Shakthisree Gopalan – Dhooram Nillu (Velaiilla Pattadhaari 2) & Ciciliya (Spyder)
  • Sanjana Kalmanje – Medhakkavitta (Ivan Thanthiran) & Achukku Buchukku (Thiruttuppayale 2)
  • Sunidhi Chauhan – Lalaa Kadai (Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen)



38. Favourite Singer – Male

  • Anthony Daasan – Veesum Kaathodadhaan (Pa. Paandi) &
    Theeratha Vilayatu Pillai (Kavan)
  • Benny Dayal – Lalaa Kadai (Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen) & Olaga Vaayaadi (Karuppan)
  • Rajan Chelliah – Thandhiraa (Adhe Kangal)
  • Sean Roldan – Yembuttu Irukkuthu Aasai (Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen) & Venpani Malare (Pa. Paandi)
  • Sid Sriram – Maruvaarthai Pesathey (Enai Noki Paayum Thota)
  • Yazin Nizar – Idho Thaanaagave (Adhe Kangal) & Medhakkavitta (Ivan Thanthiran)



39. ISAI MINNAL – 2000 — Award for Best Debut as Music Director

  • B. Ajaneesh Loknath – Nenjil Maamazhai (Nimir)
  • Bindhu Malini & Vedanth Bharadwaj – Aruvi
  • Pradeep Kumar – Enna Naan Seiven & Nee Mattum Podhum (Meyaadha Maan)



40. NERUKKU NER SURIYA – 1997 — Award for Proud Debut in Tamil

  • Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi – Meesaya Murukku
  • Priya Bhavani Shankar – Meyaadha Maan
  • Raveena Ravi – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu
  • Shraddha Srinath – Kaatru Veliyidai
  • Tanya Ravichandran – Balle Vellaiyathevaa



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