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Vijay Sethupathi and Yuvan Shankar Raja honoured with Kalaimamani Awards
Tamil Nadu government on Thursday revived the Kalaimamani Awards. Among the winners are Vijay Sethupathi, composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, director Hari, producer AM Rathnam to name a few.
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The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday revived the Kalaimamani Awards, which have been defunct for the last seven years.
Instituted in the year 1968, the awards are given for excellence in the fields of art and literature. Among the announced awardees for the last seven years, some of the popular film personalities include actor Vijay Sethupathi, composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, director Hari, producer AM Rathnam, cinematographer Ravivarman and playback singer Unni Menon among others.
Here’s the list of awardees by year:
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
Playback Singer - R Krishnaraj, Paravai Muniyamma, T Velmurugan
Actors - Prasanna, Nalini, R Pandiyaraj, Kumari Kanchana Devi, Sarada, T P Gajendran
Stunt Master - K.K Rathnam
2014
Actors - Ponvannan
Director - Suresh Krissna
Playback Singer - Malathi
Choreographer - N A Thara
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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, MS Bhaskar, Thambi Ramaiah, Suri
2017
Actors - Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani, Singamuthu
Director - Hari
Composer - Yuvan Shankar Raja
Producer - Kalaignanam
Photography - Seshadri Nathan Sukumaran, Stills Ravi
2018
Actors - Srikanth, Santhanam
Producer - AM Rathnam
Cinematographer - Ravivarman
Playback Singer - Unni Menon
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