Kalaimamani award, the highest honour bestowed by the Tamil Nadu state government on artists, was announced recently. Aishwarya Rajesh, Sivakarthikeyan, Saroja Devi, Yogi Babu, Gautham Menon, Imman, Kalaipuli S Thanu and Ishari Ganesh are some of the awardees of this year.
For refreshing your memory once again, here's the complete list:
Sivakarthikeyan
Aishwarya Rajesh
Saroja Devi
Sowcar Janaki
Yogibabu
Nithya
Ramaraajan
Sangeetha
Namdhakumar
Shanthi Willaims
Devadarshini
Madhumitha
Gautham Menon
Liaquat Ali Khan
Manoj Kumar
Ravi Mariya
Imman
Dhina
Sujatha
Ananthu
Kamakodiyan
Kahalmadhi
Kalaipuli S Thanu
Ishari Ganesh
V Prabhakar
Ragunaatha Reddy
Antony
Sitrarasu
Master Sivasankar
Master Sridhar
Jaguar Thangam
Dinesh
Rajendran
Shanmugam
Sabarigirisan
Singaaravelu
In a star-studded ceremony, the artists were conferred the award today. View the gallery here.
Sivakarthikeyan tweeted as such,