T J Gnanavel received Best Director, Sean Roldan won Best Music Director and Yogi Babu was awarded Best Comedian for ‘Doctor’. Sudha Kongara was awarded Best Director, and G V Prakash Kumar won Best Music Director, both for the same film. 2018 awardsFor films released in 2018, ‘Pariyerum Perumal’ won Best Film, with ‘Kadaikutty Singam’ and ‘96’ taking second and third places. Pushkar–Gayathri were awarded Best Director for ‘Vikram Vedha’, Hiphop Tamizha won Best Music Director for ‘Kavan’, and Bala Saravanan was named Best Comedian. Vijay Sethupathi received Best Actor for ‘Puriyatha Puthir’, Keerthy Suresh won Best Actress for ‘Paambhu Sattai’.