The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of

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, 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

;Actor * Padmini

1962–63

;Actor *

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram. Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001), better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian actor and film producer. He was mainly active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th centur ...

1968–69

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

;Actor * Sowcar Janaki

1970–71

;Music * M. S. Viswanathan (composer)

1971–72

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

;Actor * J. Jayalalithaa ;Music *P. K. Subbaiyar

1977–78

;Actor * Srividya

1978–79

;Actor *

Kamal Haasan Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Considered as one of the most accomplished actors of Indian Cinema, Haas ...

1979–1980

;Actor * Vyjayanthimala ;Music * Manna Dey

1980–81

The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1980–81. ;Actors * Sripriya ;Music * Thanjavur R. Ramamoorthy (mridangam)

1981–82

The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1981–82. ;Music * Madurai N. Krishnan * S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

1983–84

;Actor * P. Bhanumathi

1984–85

;Actors * Rajinikanth *Sabhapati Srinivas

1986–87

The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1986–87. ;Music * K. J. Yesudas (singer) * S. Janaki (singer)

1987–88

;Music * Tiruchi S. Swaminatha Iyer (carnatic)

1988–89

;Music *

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...

(composer)

1991–92

The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1991–92. ;Actor * Sukumari ;Music * P. Leela

1992–93

The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1992–93. ;Actor * Revathi ;Music * V. V. Subrahmanyam

1993–94

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 Swarnalatha (29 April 1973 – 12 September 2010) was an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning almost 22 years (from 1987 until her death), she recorded over 10,000 songs in many Indian languages, including Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu ...

(singer) * D. K. Pattammal (carnatic lyricist) * Sudha Ragunathan (carnatic vocalist) *P. Ganammal (harmonium) *T. G. Subramaniam (thavil) ;Other *L. S. Ramamirtham (tamil literature) * Malavika Sarukkai (bharatanatyam) *Sundararaj naidu (karagam artiste)

1994–95

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

;Music * P. Jayachandran * K. S. Chithra ;Bharatnatyam * Revathi Ramachandran

1998

;Actors * Prashanth Thiagarajan * Meena * Vijay *

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* Thangar Bachan * Palani Bharathi ;Music *Idumbavanam K.S. Kannan ;Bharatnatyam *Priyadarshini Govind

1999

;Bharatanatyam * Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala ;Writer *Piraisudan

2000

;Actors * Ajith Kumar * Devayani ;Music * Nithyasree Mahadevan *

*Girija Ramaswamy

2001

;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

;Actors *

Vijayashanti Moturi Vijaya Shanthi (born 24 June 1966) is an Indian actress, film producer and politician. In a film career spanning 40 years, she has acted in 187 feature films in a variety of roles in various languages predominantly in Telugu language, Te ...

* 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

;Actors *

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* 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

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

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

The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2006. ;Actors * Jayam Ravi * Navya Nair * Trisha * Vishal * Silambarasan * Jiiva.

2009

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 *

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;Music * Embar Kannan * Harris Jayaraj *Maharajapuram Srinivasan * Sivamani *Thalachangadu T. M. Ramanathan ;Writer *A. Madhavan ;Best serial * Metti Oli

2010

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

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

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 Chandrashekar * Revathy Ramachandran ; Bhagavatha Mela * R. Mahalingam ; Gaana songs * S. Ulaganathan ; Director * Chitra Lakshmanan ; Cinematographer * N. V. Anandakrishnan ; Kavadiattam * N. Sivajirao ; Puraviattam * S. Yogalingam

2013

The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2013. ; Actors * Prasanna *

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* 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

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

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

Prabhu Deva Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu language films also appeared in few Kannada and Malayal ...

* 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

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 * Rajeswari Sainath ; Drama producer * Sri Hari ; Religious discourses * T. Rajagopalan ; Folk singer * Tarapuram C. Kalarani ; Journalist * Nellai Sundararajan

2017

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. Sowmya * 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

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

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

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

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