10th Vijay Awards

10th Vijay Awards
Awarded for	"Excellence for cinematic achievements in Tamil cinema"
Sponsored by	Poorvika
Date	26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Presented by	Poorvika STAR Vijay
Hosted by	Dhivyadharshini C Gopinath
Act(s)	Kajal Aggarwal Dhanshika Sayyeesha Saigal Harish Kalyan
Reward(s)	Statuette
Television/radio coverage
Network	STAR Vijay

The final 10th Vijay Awards ceremony honouring the best of the Tamil film industry in 2017 was held on 26 May 2018 at Chennai. The event was hosted by Gopinath and Divyadharshini.

Jury

K. Bhagyaraj, Radha, Yugi Sethu, Anurag Kashyap and K. S. Ravikumar are the jurors of 10th Edition Vijay Awards.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Source:^[2]

Jury awards

Best Film	Best Director
Aruvi	Pushkar-Gayathri – Vikram Vedha
Best Actor	Best Actress
Vijay Sethupathi – Vikram Vedha	Nayantara – Aramm
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Vivek Prasanna – Meyaadha Maan Azhagam Perumal – Taramani Bharathiraja – Kurangu Bommai Charle – Maanagaram M. S. Bhaskar – 8 Thottakkal	Revathi – Pa Paandi Anisha Angeline Victor – Aval Indhuja Ravichandran – Meyaadha Maan Sunu Lakshmi – Aramm Urvashi – Magalir Mattum Varalaxmi Sarathkumar – Vikram Vedha
Best Comedian	Best Villain
Soori – Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae	S. J. Suryah – Spyder Elango Kumaravel – Kurangu Bommai Fahadh Faasil – Velaikkaran Prasanna – Thiruttu Payale 2 Sshivada – Adhe Kangal
Best Debut Actor	Best Debut Actress
Vasanth Ravi – Taramani	Aditi Balan – Aruvi
Best Music Director	Best Cinematographer
A. R. Rahman – Kaatru Veliyidai	Ravi Varman – Kaatru Veliyidai G. K. Vishnu – Mersal P. S. Vinod – Vikram Vedha Sathyan Sooryan – Theeran Adhigaram Ondru Selvakumar S. K. – Maanagaram
Best Editor	Best Art Director
Philomin Raj – Maanagaram	T. Muthuraj – Velaikkaran
Best Male Playback Singer	Best Female Playback Singer
Anirudh Ravichander - "Iraivaa" (Velaikkaran) A. R. Rahman - "Neethanae" (Mersal) Haricharan & Arjun Chandy - "Azhagiye" (Kaatru Veliyidai) Ka Ka Bala - "Enga Veetu Kuthuvilakkey" (Meyaadha Maan) Sean Roldan - "Venpani Malare" (Pa Paandi)	Luksimi Sivaneswaralingam - "Senthoora" (Bogan)
Best Story	Best Screenplay
Rajkumar Periasamy – Rangoon Arun Prabu Purushothaman – Aruvi Gnanavel – Kootathil Oruthan Rathna Kumar – Theeran Adhigaram Ondru Rohin Venkatesan – Adhe Kangal Suresh Sangaiah – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu	Pushkar–Gayathri – Vikram Vedha A. R. K. Sarvan – Maragadha Naanayam Arun Prabu Purushothaman – Aruvi H. Vinoth – Theeran Adhigaram Ondru Lokesh Kanagaraj – Maanagaram
Best Background Score	Best Lyricist
Sam C. S. – Vikram Vedha	Umadevi (Aramm)
Best Choreographer	Best Stunt Director
Brinda - "Azhagiyae" (Kaatru Veliyidai)	Dhilip Subbarayan – Theeran Adhigaram Ondru
Best Dialogue	Best Costume Designer
Suresh Sangaiah & Gurunathan – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu
Best Debut Director	Best Child Artist
Lokesh Kanagaraj – Maanagaram Arun Prabu Purushothaman – Aruvi Gopi Nainar – Aramm Rathna Kumar – Meyaadha Maan Suresh Sangaiah – Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu
Contribution to Tamil Cinema	Entertainer of the Year
Sivakumar	Dhanush
Best Find of the Year	Best Crew

Special Jury Awards

Favorite awards

Favorite Hero	Favorite Heroine
Vijay – Mersal	Nayantara – Aramm Anushka Shetty – Baahubali: The Conclusion Kajal Aggarwal – Vivegam Keerthy Suresh – Bairavaa Samantha – Mersal
Favorite Film	Favorite Director
Mersal	Atlee – Mersal
Favourite Song
A. R. Rahman - "Aalaporan Tamizhan" from Mersal A. R. Rahman - "Azhagiye" from Kaatru Veliyidai M. M. Keeravani - "Bale Bale" from Baahubali: The Conclusion Anirudh Ravichander - "Karuthavanlaam Galeejaam" from Velaikkaran D. Imman - "Sendhoora" from Bogan

References

1. "Vijay TV to launch 10th Annual Vijay Award". Bestmediainfo. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
2. "Vijay awards 2018: Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi win best actor award, Dhanush and Anirudh perform together. See pics". Hindustan Times. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2023.