Kalaimamani
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Kalaimamani | |
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![]() The Kalaimamani being presented to an individual by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi | |
Awarded for | Best in the arts |
Country | India |
Presented by | Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram |
First awarded | 1954 |
The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. These awards are given by the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Tamil Nadu, to recognise artists in the state for their achievements.
The Tamil Nadu government has appointed dancer Chitra Visweswaran as the secretary of Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Manram. Film music director Deva is its chairman.[1]
Awardees by year
[edit]1958–59
[edit]- Actor
1962–63
[edit]- Actor
1968–69
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1968–69.[2]
- Actor
- Music
- K. S. Narayanaswamy (vainika)
1969–1970
[edit]- Actor
1970–71
[edit]- Music
- M. S. Viswanathan (composer)
1971–72
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1971–72.[3]
- Music
- Madras A. Kannan (mridangam)
- G. N. Dhandapani Iyer (veena)
1972–73
[edit]- Actor
- Music
- P. K. Subbaiyar
1977–78
[edit]- Actor
1978–79
[edit]- Actor
1979–1980
[edit]- Actor
- Music
1980–81
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1980–81.[4]
- Actors
- Music
- Thanjavur R. Ramamoorthy (mridangam)
1981–82
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1981–82.[5][6]
- Music
1983–84
[edit]- Actor
1984–85
[edit]- Actors
- Rajinikanth
- Sabhapati Srinivas
1986–87
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1986–87.[7]
- Music
- K. J. Yesudas (singer)
- S. Janaki (singer)
1987–88
[edit]- Music
- Tiruchi S. Swaminatha Iyer (carnatic)[8]
1988–89
[edit]- Music
- Ilaiyaraaja (composer)
1991–92
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1991–92.[9][10]
- Actor
- Music
1992–93
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1992–93.[11]
- Actor
- Music
1993–94
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1993–94.[12]
- Actors
- R. Sarathkumar
- Sukanya
- S. Ve. Shekher
- Kathadi Ramamurthy
- Delhi Ganesh
- T. P. Samikannu
- R. V. Udayakumar
- Music
- Swarnalatha (singer)
- D. K. Pattammal (carnatic lyricist)
- Sudha Ragunathan (carnatic vocalist)
- P. Ganammal (harmonium)
- T. G. Subramaniam (thavil)
- Other
- L. S. Ramamirtham (tamil literature)
- Malavika Charukkai (bharatanatyam)
- Sundararaj naidu (karagam artiste)
1994–95
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1994–95.[13]
- Actors
- Director
- Music
1995–96
[edit]- Music
1998
[edit]- Actors
- Music
- Idumbavanam K.S. Kannan
- Bharatnatyam
- Priyadarshini Govind
1999
[edit]- Bharatanatyam
- Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala
- Writer
- Piraisudan
2000
[edit]- Actors
- Music
- Nithyasree Mahadevan
- Swarnalatha
- Girija Ramaswamy
2001
[edit]- Actors
- Vijayakanth
- Murali
- Rekha
- Gundu Kalyanam
- T. K. Pugazhendi
- A. P. Komala
- Radhu S. Radhakrishnan
- T. K. S. Karuppaiah
- 'Periyar' Rajavelu
- V. Brinda
- Literature
- M.R. Gurusamy
- Music
- Shashank Subramanyam
- Vairamangalam Lakshmi Naryanan
- Manakkal S. Rangarajan
- M. A. Sundareswaran (violin)
- Madurai T. Srinivasan (mridangam)
- T. M. Krishnamurthy (mridangam)
- R. Kalyanaraman (ghatam)
- Rajalakshmi Narayanan (veena)
- Seetha Doraiswamy (jalatarangam)
- Adyar S. Jayaraman (nadhaswaram)
- Thirunageswaram T. R. Govindarajan (thavil)
- Valayapatti S. Malarvannan (thavil)
- P. V. N. Nadhamani (clarinet)
- K.Somu (devotional songs)
- Karandhai G. Damodaran (devotional songs)
- Rathinasabapathy Desikar (thevaram)
- Bharatanatyam
- Udipi Lakshmi Narayanan
- M. V. Narasimhachari
- Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari
- Nellai D. Kannan
- T. K. Padmanabhan
- C. R. Radha Badhri
- Folk Arts
- A. Gunavathi (karagam)
- V. Dakshinamurthy (street play).
2002
[edit]- Actors
- Vijayashanti
- Vinu Chakravarthy
- Goundamani
- Senthil
- S. M. S. Vasanth
- K. G. `Typist' Gopu
- Kovai Anuradha
- K. S. Krishnan
- Koothapiran
- Literature
- L. P. Karu Ramanathan Chettiar
- Ponnadiyan
- Music
- T. S. Narayanasamy (vocal)
- Meera Sivaramakrishnan (violin)
- Ramani (veena)
- Vaikkom R. Gopalakrishnan (ghatam)
- S. Venkataraman (flute)
- T. S. Vasudeva Rao (tabla)
- A. C. Jayaraman (nadhaswaram)
- S. Kasim (nadhaswaram)
- Vazhuvur R. Manickavinayakam (light music)
- Kovai Natarajan (harmonium)
Dr. S. Sunder (music research)
- Bharatanatyam
- Krishnaveni Lakshmanan
- Ananda Shankar Jayant
- C. V. Chandrasekhar
- Mannargudi N. Sakthivadivel
- C. P. Venkatesan
- Yogam Santhanam
- Melattur S. Kumar
- Folk arts
- Sarangapani (karagam)
- P. A. Subbulakshmi Palaamadai (villupattu)
2003
[edit]- Actors
- Prakash Raj
- Simran
- Kanaka
- Vivek
- L. Vaidyanathan
- Gajapathy
- Nanjil P. T. Sami
- K. R. Rathinam
- Musical dance
- S. Soundappan
- Music
- Sulochana Pattabhiraman (vocal)
- Nagai Muralidharan (violin)
- S. Ravindaran (veena)
- Mannargudi A. Eswaran (mridangam)
- R. Raman (morsing)
- H. Ramakrishnan (konnakkole)
- Mannargudi M. S. K. Sankaranarayanan (nadhaswaram)
- Denkanikotta Mani (thavil)
- Purisai Arunagiri (devotional music)
- Bharatanatyam
- Thanjavur Rajalakshmi
- G. Lakshmi Rajam
- K. S. R. Aniruddha
- Ramya Ramanarayan.
- Folk arts
- Thenmozhi Rajendran (karagam)
- S. Sivasankaran Pillai (Oyilattam)
- Other arts
- 'Rocket' Ramanathan (mimicry)
- S. Parthasarathi (for spreading art and culture)
2004
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2005.[14][15]
- Actors
- Mohiniyattam
2005
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2005.[16]
- Actors
- Music
- Tamil film historian
- Vamanan
- Bharatanatyam
2006
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2006.[17]
- Actors
2009
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2009.[18]
- Actors
- Vineeth
- Vadivukkarasi
- Asin Thottumkal
- Nayanthara
- Meera Jasmine
- B. Saroja Devi
- Devipriya
- N. Srinivasan
- Art director
- P. Krishnamurthy
- Dancer
- Aishwarya Dhanush
- Sangeetha Kapilan
- Director
- Music
- Embar Kannan
- Harris Jayaraj
- Maharajapuram Srinivasan
- Sivamani
- Thalachangadu T. M. Ramanathan
- Writer
- A. Madhavan
- Best serial
2010
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2010.[19][20]
- Actors
- Music
- Kalyani Menon (singer)
- T. V. Gopalakrishnan (vocal)
- K. N. Shashikiran (vocal)
- Rajhesh vaidhya (veena)
- Tiruvarur Swaminathan (flute)
- Tamil scholar
- Tamizhannal
- Theatre personality
- Prasanna Ramaswamy
- Dramatist
- Spiritual orators
- Mangaiyarkkarasi
- S. Sathyaseelan
2011
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2011.[21]
- Actors
- R. Rajashekar
- Kutti Padmini
- P. Rajasekar
- T. Venkatraman
- P. Pandu
- M. S. P. Kalaimani
- Tamil literature
- Keezhambur S. Shankarasubramaniyan
- Kovi Manishekaran
- Lena Tamizhvannan
- Dr. Tiruppur Krishnan
- Tamil poetry
- C. Ramaswami
- Carnatic music
- Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan
- Violin
- Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
- Mridangam
- Cherthala R. Ananthakrishnan
- Flute
- Prapancham S. Balakrishnan
- Nadaswaram
- T. E. Pazhaniswami
- Tavil
- Kovilur K. V. Pazhanivel
- Harmonium
- Pallatam S. Venkataraman Rao
- Sitar
- Janardhan Mitta
- Light music
- Abaswaram Ramji
- Bharatanatyam
- Radhika Surajit
- Dr. Lakshmi Ramalakshmi
- Kuchipudi
- K. Suryashree
- Choreography
- Puliyur Roja
- Singer
- B. S. Sasirekha
- Costume designing
- P. Kasi
- Art criticism
- Harikesanallur Venkatraman
- Live music performance
- Kunniyur R. Kalyanasundaram
- Villupattu
- A. Rajakili
2012
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2012.[21]
- Actors
- S. S. Senbagamuthu
- Rajasree
- P. R. Varalakshmi
- N. Mahalingam
- N. S. Parvathy
- S. S. Senbagamuthu
- Tamil literature
- Vasuki Kannappan
- Ilakkiyavithi Iniyavan
- Orator
- Tamizharuvi M. P. Ramalingam
- Journalist
- S. R. Ashok Kumar
- Author
- A. Subbulakshmi Ganapathy
- Carnatic music
- Maharajapuram C. Ramachandran
- Dr. Mahanathi Shobana Vignesh
- Veena
- Mudikondan S. N. Ramesh
- Flute
- T. Ravichandramohan
- Nadaswaram
- P. V. Thirumoorthy
- Percussion
- A. V. Ayyavu
- Morsing
- R. M. Deenadayalu
- Devotional music
- Udayalur K. Kalyanaraman
- Harmonium
- M. U. Premkumar
- Harikatha
- Vishaka Hari
- Bharatanatyam
- Anita Guha
- Bala Devi Chandrasekhar
- Revathy Ramachandran
- Bhagavatha Mela
- R. Mahalingam
- Gaana songs
- S. Ulaganathan
- Director
- Chitra Lakshmanan
- Cinematographer
- N. V. Anandakrishnan
- Kavadiattam
- N. Sivajirao
- Puraviattam
- S. Yogalingam
2013
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2013.[21]
- Actors
- Tamil literature
- Dr. Bala Ramani
- Author
- Dr. T. K. Subramanian
- Singer
- R. Krishnaraj
- Carnatic music
- Dr. Shuba Ganesan
- Sugantha Kalamegham
- Violin
- P. G. Venkatesh
- Mohiniattam
- Rashmi Menon
- Stunt choreographer
- Judo K. K. Rathnam
- Folk singers
- T. Velmurugan
- Paravai Muniyamma
- Puppet show
- M. Somasundaram
- Sculptor
- Sculptor K. Thirugnanam
2014
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2014.[21]
- Actors
- Karthi
- Saravanan
- M. S. Subramanian
- U. M. Kannan
- Thanjai P. K. Selvam
- Ponvannan
- Tamil literature
- Aikkan
- Author
- Dr. R V Kamalakannan
- Tamil poetry
- M. Thirunavakkarasu
- Carnatic music
- Meera Nathan
- R Vijayalakshmi
- R Chitra
- Flute
- P. V. Balasai
- Nadaswaram
- K. S. Senthilkumaran
- Shanthi Senthilkumaran
- Bharatanatyam
- Pandanallur S. Pandian
- Drama actor and director
- Suresh Krishna
- Singer
- Malathi
- Choreographer
- N. A. Tara
- Cultural promotion
- A. V. Jayaram
- Journalist
- News Ananthan
- Folk singer
- K. A. Satyabalan
2015
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2015.[21]
- Actors
- Prabhu Deva
- Madhu Balaji
- Tamil literature
- A. K. P. Kathirvelu
- Carnatic music
- Shyamala Venkateswaran
- A. Vadivelan
- Violin
- Dr. R. Hemalatha
- Mridangam
- Tiruvallur Vaidyanathan
- Veena
- Geetha Krishnamurthy
- Nadaswaram
- T. P. J. Selvarathnam
- Saxophone
- M. Mayilswami
- Bharatanatyam
- Sarayusai
- J. Suryanarayanamurthy
- Director
- A. N. Pavitran
- Music composer
- Cinematographer
- R. Rathinavelu
- Singer
- Gaana Bala
- Villupattu
- Bharathi Thirumagan
- Percussion
- S. Andrews
- Other
- Sudha
2016
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2016.[21]
- Actors
- M. Sasikumar
- M. S. Bhaskar
- Thambi Ramaiah
- Soori
- M. Shanmugam
- Srilekha Rajendran
- Tamil literature
- K. N. Kodandam
- Pavalar K. Guhanandam
- Carnatic music
- Dr. Nirmala Sundararajan
- Harmonium
- S. Chandru
- Flute
- P. Vijayagopal
- Nadaswaram
- M. K. S. Natarajan
- Percussion
- S. Jayachandran
- Violin
- Padma Shankar
- Bharatanatyam
- Jayanthi Ramachandra
- Rajeshwari Sainath
- Drama producer
- Sri Hari
- Religious discourses
- T. Rajagopalan
- Folk singer
- Tarapuram C. Kalarani
- Journalist
- Nellai Sundararajan
2017
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2017.[21]
- Actor
- Priyamani
- G. Sivan Srinivasan
- K. Nallasivam
- K. R. Singamuthu
- R. S. Jayalatha
- Carnatic music
- S. Soumya
- Dr. Prema Rangarajan
- R. Suryaprakash
- Dr. T. Lokanatha Sharma
- Sriram Parasuram
- Ghatam
- H. Sivaramakrishnan
- Flute
- A. N. Bhagyalakshmi
- Tavil
- T. K. Ranganatha Pattacharyar
- Bharanatyam
- Roja Kannan
- Priya Murali
- Director
- Hari
- Music composer
- Producer
- Kalaignanam
- Photographer
- Seshadri Nathan Sukumaran
- Stills Ravi
- Silambattam
- V. Rajaneethi
- Karakattam
- T. Thavamani
- Thappattam
- P. Raja
- Nadaswaram
- C. Samudram
- Villupattu
- Sujatha Sivaprasad
- Journalist
- Prakash M. Swami
2018
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2011.[21]
- Actors
- Srikanth
- S. Varadarajan
- Medical journal writer
- Dr. S. Amudhakumar
- Tamil poetry
- Isaikkavi Ramanan
- Tamil literature
- Dr. K. Ganesan
- Nirmala Periyaswami
- Manavai Ponmanickam
- Author
- Professor A. M. James
- Carnatic music
- S. J. Jananiy
- Lakshmi Mohan
- Vidya Subramanian
- Shanmukapriya and Haripriya (Priya sisters)
- Rajakumar Bharathi
- Violin
- S. Manibharathi
- Veena
- Veena M. Raghavan
- Nadaswaram
- Thiruppanandhal S. Balasubramaniam
- S. A. Karupayya
- Keyboard
- K. Satyanarayanan
- Light music
- Thanjai V. Rajan
- Bharatanatyam
- Padmalakshmi Suresh
- Nandini Ramani
- Lavanya Shankar
- Niveditha Parthasarathy
- Vignesh Mahadevan
- Dr. Latha Rajendran
- P. Muralidharan
- Producer
- Cinematographer
- Singer
- Unnimenon
- Leather puppeteer
- A. Muthulakshmanrao
- P. Muthuchandran
- Percussion
- K. Kumaravel
2019
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2019.[22][23][24]
- Actors
- Yogi Babu
- Devadarshini
- Nandhakumar
- Shanthi Williams
- Director
- Liaquat Ali Khan
- Producer
- Kalaipuli S. Thanu
- Music director
- Dhina
- Dialogue writer
- Camera man
- Ragunaatha Reddy
- Editor
- Choreographer
- Stunt director
- Lyricist
- Kamakodiyan
- Singers
- Sujatha Mohan
- Ananthu
- Pianist
- Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Special Kalaimamani Award
- Carnatic Music
- K. Krishnakumar
- Binni Krishnakumar
- Bharatanatayam
- Costumer
- Rajendran
- Makeup man
- Shanmugam
- Other
- Singaaravelu
2020
[edit]The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2020.[22][25]
- Actors
- Director
- Producer
- Music Director
- Lyricist
- Kahalmadhi
- Carnatic Music
- Ranjani Gayatri
- Makeup man
- Sabarigirisan
- Journalist
- Sabitha Joseph
- Religious discourse
- Tiruchi K. Kalyanaraman
- Writer
- Thamarai S. Senthurpandi
- M. S. Perumaal
- Author
- Panapakkam K. Sukumar
- Debater
- Arasu P. Parameswaran
- Vocalist
- Rathnakumari K. Kalyanasundaram
- Ranjani–Gayatri
- S. V. Usha
- Ghatam
- S. Karthik
- Harmonium
- V. John Mohan
- Mridangam
- Thanjavur Murugaboopathi
- Sairam Sundaram
- T. R. Sundaresan Mridangam
- Nadaswaram
- Vaduvur S. N. R. Krishnamoorthy
- Thavil
- Thiruppanandal S. Marimuthu
- Keyboard
- M. S. Martin
- Tevaram narrator
- P. Shanmugasundara Desikar
- Saxophone
- A. G. Govindarasu
- Vainika
- Nirmala Rajasekar
- Jayalakshmi Sekhar
- Performers
- Mangalam Natarajan
- J. Pazhani
- Poovai Mani
- Bharatanatyam
- A. Janarthanan
- Kavitha Charles
- Sreelatha Vinod
- S. Vijayalakshmi Bhoopathi
- Aparna Ramesh
- Terukkuttu
- T. Kanniyappan
- Kaniyan koothu
- V. Muthu Perumal
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External links
[edit]- "Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram". Government of Tamil Nadu.