The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced the Kalaimani Awards for 201 for their contributions to art and culture since 2011. The awards have been defunct for a while now.
Prominent film personalities among the awardees include actor Vijay Sethupathi, actor-director Prabhudeva, composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, and singer Unni Menon.
Here’s the list of awardees:
2011
Actors: R. Rajasekar, P. Rajasekar, Kutti Padmini, P. Pandu
Choreographer: Puliyur Saroja
Playback Singer: B.S. Sasirekha
Costume Designer: P. Kasi
2012
Actors: S.S Senbagamuthu, T. Rajshri, B.R. Varalakshmi
Playback Singer: Gana Ulaganathan
Director: Chitra Lakshmanan
Cinematographer: N.V. Anandakrishnan
2013
Actors: Prasanna, Nalini, R. Pandiyaraj, Kumari Kanchana Devi, Sarada, T.P. Gajendran
Playback Singer - R Krishnaraj, Paravai Muniyamma, T Velmurugan
2014
Actors: Ponvannan
Director: Suresh Krissna
Playback Singer: Malathi
Choreographer: N.A. Thara
2015
Actors: Madhu Balaji, Prabhudheva
Directors: A.N. Pavithran
Music director: Vijay Antony
Lyricist : Yugabharathi
Cinematographer: R. Rathnavelu
Playback Singer: Gana Bala
2016
Actors: Sasikumar, M.S. Bhaskar, Thambi Ramaiah, Suri
2017
Actors: Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani, Singamuthu
Director: Hari
Composer: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Producer: Kalaignanam
Photography: Seshadri Nathan Sukumaran
2018
Actors: Srikanth, Santhanam
Producer: A.M. Rathnam
Cinematographer: Ravivarman
Playback Singer: Unni Menon