• Source: Kalaimamani

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.




Awardees by year






= 1958–59

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Actor
Padmini




= 1962–63

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Actor
Sivaji Ganesan




= 1968–69

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1968–69.

Actor
K. A. Thangavelu
Music
K. S. Narayanaswamy (vainika)




= 1969–1970

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Actor
Sowcar Janaki




= 1970–71

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Music
M. S. Viswanathan (composer)




= 1971–72

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1971–72.

Music
Madras A. Kannan (mridangam)
G. N. Dhandapani Iyer (veena)




= 1972–73

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Actor
J. Jayalalithaa
Music
P. K. Subbaiyar




= 1977–78

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Actor
Srividya




= 1978–79

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Actor
Kamal Haasan




= 1979–1980

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Actor
Vyjayanthimala
Music
Manna Dey




= 1980–81

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1980–81.

Actors
Sripriya
Music
Thanjavur R. Ramamoorthy (mridangam)




= 1981–82

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1981–82.

Music
Madurai N. Krishnan
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam




= 1983–84

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Actor
P. Bhanumathi




= 1984–85

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Actors
Rajinikanth
Sabhapati Srinivas




= 1986–87

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1986–87.

Music
K. J. Yesudas (singer)
S. Janaki (singer)




= 1987–88

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Music
Tiruchi S. Swaminatha Iyer (carnatic)




= 1988–89

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Music
Ilaiyaraaja (composer)




= 1991–92

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1991–92.

Actor
Sukumari
Music
P. Leela




= 1992–93

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1992–93.

Actor
Revathi
Music
V. V. Subrahmanyam




= 1993–94

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1993–94.

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

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1994–95.

Actors
Arvind Swamy
Khushbu Sundar
Director
Mani Ratnam
Music
A. R. Rahman




= 1995–96

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Music
P. Jayachandran
K. S. Chithra




= 1998

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Actors
Prashanth Thiagarajan
Meena
Vijay
Napoleon
Thangar Bachan
Palani Bharathi
Music
Idumbavanam K.S. Kannan
Bharatnatyam
Priyadarshini Govind




= 1999

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Bharatanatyam
Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala
Writer
Piraisudan




= 2000

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Actors
Ajith Kumar
Devayani
Music
Nithyasree Mahadevan
Swarnalatha
Girija Ramaswamy




= 2001

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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

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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

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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

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2004.

Actors
Vikram
Sneha
C. R. Saraswathi
P. Vasu
Mohiniyattam
Gopika Varma




= 2005

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2005.

Actors
Suriya
Jyothika
Vadivelu
Bombay Gnanam
Music
G. Gnanasambandam
Silambarasan
Hariharan
Anuradha Sriram.
Tamil film historian
Vamanan
Bharatanatyam
Leela Samson




= 2006

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2006.

Actors
Jayam Ravi
Navya Nair
Trisha
Vishal
Silambarasan
Jiiva.




= 2009

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2009.

Actors
Vineeth
Vadivukkarasi
Asin Thottumkal
Nayanthara
Meera Jasmine
B. Saroja Devi
Devipriya
N. Srinivasan
Art director
P. Krishnamurthy
Dancer
Aishwarya Dhanush
Sangeetha Kapilan
Director
Cheran
Sundar C
Music
Embar Kannan
Harris Jayaraj
Maharajapuram Srinivasan
Sivamani
Thalachangadu T. M. Ramanathan
Writer
A. Madhavan
Best serial
Metti Oli




= 2010

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2010.

Actors
Anushka Shetty
Tamannaah Bhatia
Arya
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
Dindigul I. Leoni
Spiritual orators
Mangaiyarkkarasi
S. Sathyaseelan




= 2011

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2011.

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

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2012.

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

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2013.

Actors
Prasanna
Nalini
Kanchana
Sharada
C. V. Chandramohan
R. Pandiarajan
T. P. Gajendran
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

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2014.

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

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2015.

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
Vijay Antony
Cinematographer
R. Rathinavelu
Singer
Gaana Bala
Villupattu
Bharathi Thirumagan
Percussion
S. Andrews
Other
Sudha




= 2016

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2016.

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

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2017.

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
Yuvan Shankar Raja
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

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2011.

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
Binesh Mahadevan
Dr. Latha Rajendran
P. Muralidharan
Producer
A. M. Rathnam
Cinematographer
Ravi Varman
Singer
Unnimenon
Leather puppeteer
A. Muthulakshmanrao
P. Muthuchandran
Percussion
K. Kumaravel




= 2019

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2019.

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
Anthony
Choreographer
K. Sivasankar
Stunt director
Thalapathy Dinesh
Lyricist
Kamakodiyan
Singers
Sujatha Mohan
Ananthu
Pianist
Anil Srinivasan
Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Special Kalaimamani Award
P. Susheela
Carnatic Music
K. Krishnakumar
Binni Krishnakumar
Bharatanatayam
Madurai R. Muralidaran
Costumer
Rajendran
Makeup man
Shanmugam
Other
Singaaravelu




= 2020

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The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2020.

Actors
Sivakarthikeyan
Aishwarya Rajesh
Jangiri Madhumitha
Director
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Shehnai Players & Hindustani Musicians & Playback Singers
Pandit Dr S Ballesh Bhajantri and
Dr Krishna Ballesh Bhajantri
Producer
Ishari K. Ganesh
Music Director
D. Imman
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




References






External links


"Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram". Government of Tamil Nadu.

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