TNPSC Thervupettagam

Kalaimamani Awards 2011-18

August 14 , 2019 1932 days 1495 0
  • Chief Minister presented the Kalaimamani awards to artistes for the years 2011 to 2018.
  • He also announced that ‘three special Kalaimamani awards’ in the name of former Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa will be constituted and awarded annually.
  • Financial assistance given to elderly artistes every month was increased from 2,000 to 3,000.
  • As many as 201 recipients were selected from 72 different art forms for Kalaimamani awards and 8 senior artistes were selected for a special cash award.
Name of the Award
Prominent Personalities

Bharathi Award

Writer Sivasankari and Villupaatu exponent Subbu Arumugam

Balasaraswathi Award

Dance exponents C.V. Chandrasekar, Vaijayanthimala Bali, V.P. Dhananjayan and Shantha Dhananjayan

 M.S. Subbulakshmi Award

Carnatic musicians C. Saroja and C. Lalitha (Bombay sisters) and T.V. Gopalakrishnan

Film Music Composers

Yuvan Shankar Raja, Vijay Antony

Film Actors

Vijay Sethupathi, Karthi, M.S. Baskar, Sasikumar, Pandiarajan, Thambi Ramaiah, Srikanth, Nalini, Soori

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