Ajith Kumar and Chiyaan Vikram along with Dhanush, Jayam Ravi and Kamal Haasan have been nominated in the Best Actor category in 63rd Filmfare Awards. The complete nomination list for the Tamil films was released on Tuesday, June 7, in Hyderabad.
Filmfare 2016 Nomintaion lists: Telugu | Malayalam | Kannada
While Ajith was nominated for his acting in "Yennai Arindhaal," Vikram found his name in the list for his performance in "I." Dhanush, Jayam Ravi and Kamal Haasan are in the list for their movies like "Anegan," "Thani Oruvan" and "Papanasam," respectively.
Kajal Aggarwal at Filmfare Press Meet
However, the 63rd Filmfare Awards nomination list is dominated by Mani Ratnam's "Ok Kanmani," which has been nominated in seven categories, including Best Film and Best Director. Jayam Ravi's "Thani Oruvan," Ajith's "Yennai Arindhaal" and Kamal Haasan-starrer "Papanasam" are competing in five categories.
Here is the complete list of nominations:
| Category | Nominations |
| BEST FILM | 36 Vayadhinile I Kaaka Muttai Ok Kanmani Papanasam Thani Oruvan |
| BEST DIRECTOR | Jayam Raja - Thani Oruvan Jeethu Joseph - Papanasam Mani Ratnam - Ok Kanmani Manikandan - Kaaka Muttai Rosshan Andrews - 36 Vayadhinile Shankar - I |
| BEST ACTOR (MALE) | Ajith Kumar - Yennai Arindhal Dhanush - Anegan Jayam Ravi - Thani Oruvan Kamal Haasan - Papanasam Vikram - I |
| BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) | Aishwarya Rajesh - Kaaka Muttai Gauthami - Papanasam Jyothika - 36 Vayadhinile Nayanthara - Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Nithya Menon - Ok Kanmani |
| BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE ) | Arun Vijay - Yennai Arindhal Arvind Swamy - Thani Oruvan Parthiban - Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Prakash Raj - Ok Kanmani KS Ravikumar - Thanga Magan |
| BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE ) | Asha Sharath - Papanasam Devadharsini - 36 Vayadhinile Leela Samson - Ok Kanmani Parvathy Nair - Yennai Arindhal Radhika Sarathkumar - Thanga Magan |
| BEST MUSIC | Anirudh Ravichander - Maari Anirudh Ravichander - Naanum Rowdy Dhaan AR Rahman - I AR Rahman - Ok Kanmani Harris Jayaraj - Yennai Arindhal |
| BEST LYRICS | Kabilan - Ennodhu Nee Irundhal (I) Madhan Karky - Pookalaey Satru (I) Thamarai - Unakenna Vaenum Sollu (Yennai Arindhal) Vignesh Shivan - Thangamaey (Naanum Rowdy Than) Vivek - Vaadi Rasathi (36 Vayadhinilaey) |
| BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE) | Anirudh Ravichander - Thangamaey (Naanum Rowdy Dhaan) AR Rahman - Mental Manadhil (OK Kanmani) Dhanush - Oh Oh (Thangamagan) Sid Sriram - Ennodo Nee Irundhal (I) Vijay - Yaendi Yaendi (Puli) |
| BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE) | Kharesma Ravichandran - Kadhal Cricket (Thani Oruvan) Neeti Mohan - Neeyum Naanum (Naanum Rowdy Dhaan) Shreya Goshal - Pookalaey Satru (I) Shruti Haasan - Yaendi Yaendi (Puli) Sweta Mohan - Enna Solla (Thanga Magan) |
