Vijay Sethupathi, Yuvan Shankar Raja bestowed with Kalaimamani Awards

Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi and composer Yuvan Shankar Raja were among the few well-known members from Tamil film fraternity who have been bestowed with the prestigious Kalaimamani Award by Tamil Nadu government. After being defunct for seven years, the awards have been revived and winners for the last seven years were announced on Thursday.

Here’s the list of awardees by year:

2011

Actors - R Rajasekar, P Rajasekar, Kutti Padmini, P Pandu

Choreographer - Puliyur Saroja

Playback Singer - BS Sasirekha

Costume Designer - P Kasi

2012

Actors – SS Senbagamuthu, T Rajshri, BR Varalakshmi

Playback Singer - Gana Ulaganathan 

Director - Chitra Lakshmanan

Cinematographer - NV Anandakrishnan

2013

Playback Singer - R Krishnaraj, Paravai Muniyamma, T Velmurugan

Actors - Prasanna, Nalini, R Pandiyaraj, Kumari Kanchana Devi, Sarada, TP Gajendran

Stunt Master - KK Rathnam

2014

Actors – Ponvannan

Director - Suresh Krissna

Playback Singer – Malathi

Choreographer - NA Thara

2015

Actors - Madhu Balaji, Prabhudheva

Director – AN 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