Tamil films did not quite set the box-office on fire in 2025 and the elusive Rs 1000-crore mark remains a dream. Despite this, there was notable excellence in various fields, making it a very memorable cinematic year.
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| BEST ACTOR LONG LIST | FILM |
| Vikram Prabhu | Sirai |
| Dulquer Salman | Kantha |
| Dhruv | Bison |
| Dhanush | Idly Kadai |
| Sivakarthikeyan | Madharasi |
| Vikram Prabhu | Love Marriage |
| Rajinikanth | Coolie |
| Fahadh Fasil | Maareesan |
| Vadivelu | Maareesan |
| Samuthrakani | Kantha |
| Siddharth | 3BHK |
| Adharva | DNA |
| Kamalhaasan | Thug Life |
| Soori | Maaman |
| M Sasikumar | Tourist Family |
| R. Madhavan | Test |
| Siddharth | Test |
| Vikram | Veera Dheera Sooran |
| Manikandan | Kudumbasthan |
| Ajithkumar | Vidaa Muyarchi |
| Siddharth | Miss You |
Long List of Nominations for Best Actress (2025)
| Shivathmika Rajasekar | Bomb |
| Nithya Menen | Idly Kadai |
| Preethi Asrani | Kiss |
| Sruti Haasan | Coolie |
| Anishma Anilkumar | Sirai |
| Grace Anthony | Paranthu Po |
| Nimisha Sajayan | DNA |
| Trisha | Thug Life |
| Mamitha Baiju | Dude |
| Aishwarya Lekshmi | Maaman |
| Simran | Tourist Family |
| Nayanthara | Test |
| Meera Jasmine | Test |
| Dushara Vijayan | Veera Dheera Sooran |
| Anikha | NEEK |
| Nithya Menen | Kadhalikka Neramillai |
| Trisha | Vidaa Muyarchi |
| Ashika Ranganath | Miss You |
| Abhirami | Once Upon a Time in Madras |
Long List of Nominations for Best Supporting Actor (2025)
| Pasupathi | Bison |
| Kaali Venkat | Bomb |
| Nassar | Bomb |
| Sathyaraj | Idly Kadai |
| Nagarjunna | Coolie |
| Vivek Prasanna | Maareesan |
| RJ Vigneshkanth | Aan Paavam Pollathathu |
| Kaali Venkat | Thalaivan Thalaivi |
| Sarathkumar | 3BHK |
| MS Bhaskar | Paramasivan Fathima |
| Balaji Sakthivel | DNA |
| Ashok Selvan | Thug Life |
| Dravid Selvam | Dude |
| Ba;aji Sakthivel | Paranthu Po |
| Rajkiran | Maman |
| MS Bhaskar | Tourist Family |
| Ramesh Thilak | Tourist Family |
| Bala Saravanan | Tharunam |
| Bharathiraja | Niram Marum Ulagil |
| Vadivukarasi | Niram Marum Ulagil |
| Kaali Venkat | Test |
| SJ Surya | Veera Dheera Sooran |
| Yogi Babu | Baby & Baby |
| Shriman | Baby & Baby |
| Mathew Thomas | NEEK |
| George Maryan | Dragon |
| Guru Somesunderam | Kudumbasthan |
| Thalaivaasal Vijay | Once Upon a Time in Madras |
| Kaali Venkat | House Mates |
Long list of Nominations for Best Cinematography (2025)
| Dani Sanchez-Lopez | Kantha |
| Prabhu Raghav | Indra |
| Kiran Koushik | Idly Kadai |
| Sudeep Elamon | Madharasi |
| Girish Gangadaran | Coolie |
| R Velraj | Phoenix |
| M Sukumar | Paramasivan Fathima |
| Ravi K Chandran | Thug Life |
| Madhesh Manickam | Sirai |
| Cameron Eric Bryson | Nesipaya |
| Shreyaas Krishna | Retro |
| Mallika Arjun & Manikanda Raja | Niram Marum Ulagil |
| Theni Eshwar | Veera Dheera Sooran |
| Deepak Kumar Padhy | Aghathya |
| Leon Britto | NEEK |
| Nirav Shah | Vidaa Muyarchi |
Long List of Nominations for Best Script (2025)
| Thamizh & Suresh Rajakumari | Sirai |
| Thamizh Prabha & Selvamani Selvaraj | Kantha |
| Shanmuga Priyan | Love Marriage |
| V Krishnamoorthy | Maareesan |
| Sri Ganesh | 3BHK |
| Ram | Paranthu Po |
| Nelson Venkatesan | DNA |
| Sivakumar Murugeshan | Aan Paavam Pollathathu |
| Vishnu Varadhan & Neelan Sekar | Nesipaya |
| Abishan Jeevinth | Tourist Family |
| Arvind Srinivasan | Tharunam |
| Britto JB | Niram Marum Ulagil |
| Illango Ram & Balaji Jayaraman | Perusu |
| S Sashikanth | Test |
| S U Arunkumar | Veera Dheera Sooran |
| Rajesh Kalisamy & Prasanna Balachandran | Kudumbasthan |
| Ashok R | Miss You |
| T Rajavel | House Mates |
Long List of Nominations for Best Film (2025)
– in alphabetical order.
The name of the director appears after each title.
- 3BHK – (Sri Ganesh)
- Aan Paavam Pollathathu – (Kalaiarasan Thangavel)
- Bison – (Mari Selvaraj)
- DNA – (Nelson Venkatesan))
- Idly Kadai – (Dhanush)
- Indra – (Sabarish Nanda)
- Kantha – (Selvamani Selvaraj)
- Kudumbasthan – (Rajeshwar Kalisamy)
- Maaman – (Prasanth Pandiyaraj)
- Maareesan – (Sudheesh Sankar)
- Madharasi – (AR Murugugadoss)
- Niram Marum Ulagil – (Britto JB)
- Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kobam (NEEK) – (Dhanush)
- Once Upon a time in Madras – (Prasadh Murugan)
- Paramasivan Fathima – (Esakki Karvnannan)
- Paranthu Po – (Ram)
- Phoenix – (Anl Arasu)
- Sirai – (Suresh Rajakumari)
- Test – (S. Sashikanth)
- Tharunam – (Arvindh Srinivasan)
- Tourist Family – (Abishan Jeevinth)
- Veera Dheera Sooran – (S.U. Arunkumar)
- Vidaa Muyarchi – (Magizh Thirumeni)
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