After eight years, the state government’s prestigious Kalaimamani award is revived. And it will be conferred to 201 artists. The Kalaimamani awards are given away by the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram (literature, music and theatre) for excellence in the field of art and literature.
The winners will receive the award from Chief Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, which will be held on August 13th at Kalaivanar Arangam. Though the awards are to be conferred every year, it came to a halt in 2010 and no award was given thereafter.
The following list of members will be conferred with the award:
2011
Actors - R Rajasekar, P. Rajiv alias P Rajasekar, Kutti Padmini, P Pandu
Choreographer - Puliyur Saroja
Playback Singer - B S Sasirekha
Costume Designer - P Kasi
2012
Actors - S S Senbagamuthu, T Rajashri, B R Varalakshmi
Playback Singer - Gana Ulaganathan
Director - Chitra Lakshmanan
Cinematographer - Babu alias N V Anandakrishnan
2013
Playback Singer - R Krishnaraj, Paravai Muniyamma, T Velmurugan
Actors - Prasanna, Nalini, R Pandiyarajan, Kumari Kanchana Devi, Sarada, T P Gajendran
Stunt Master - Judo K K Rathnam
2014
Actors - Ponvannan, Saravanan, Karthi
Director - Suresh Krishna
Playback Singer - Malathi
Choreographer - N A Thara
2015
Actors - Madhu Balaji, Prabhudheva
Directors - A N Pavithran
Music director - Vijay Antony
Lyricist - Yugabharathi
Cinematographer - R Rathinavelu
Playback Singer - Gana Bala
2016
Actors - Sasikumar, MS Bhaskar, Thambi Ramaiah, Soori
2017
Actors - Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani, Singamuthu
Director - Hari
Music director - Yuvan Shankar Raja
Producer - Kalaignanam
Photography - Seshadri Nathan Sugumaran, Stills Ravi
2018
Actors - Srikanth, Santhanam
Producer - A M Rathnam
Cinematographer - Ravivarman
Playback Singer - Unni Menon