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