The Kalaimamani is an award in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

 state, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. These awards are given by the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Manram (literature, music and theatre) for excellence in the field of art and literature.

The awardees are felicitated by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

 State, every year, at a ceremony.

The Tamil Nadu government has appointed poet Ilaya Bharathi as the secretary of Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Manram. Film director Rama Narayanan is its president.

1998

Film Personalities: Meena, Vijay, Napolean

Napolean (actor)

Kumaresan Duraisamy , better known by his stage name Napoleon , is a Tamil film actor, politician and the founder and chairman of the Jeevan Technologies. As of 27 May 2009, He is a Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Cabinet...

, Thangar Bachan, Prashanth Thyagarajan

2001

Music : Vairamangalam Lakshmi Narayanan, Manakkal S. Rangarajan, M. A. Sundareswaran, Madurai T. Srinivasan, T. M. Krishnamurthy, R. Kalyanaraman, Rajalakshmi Narayanan, S. Sashank, Seetha Doraiswamy, Adyar S. Jayaraman, Thirunageswaram T. R. Govindarajan, Valayapatti S. Malarvannan, P. V. N. Nadhamani, K. Somu, Karandhai G. Damodaran, Rathinasabapathy Desikar.

2002

Music: P. S. Narayanaswamy, Meera Sivaramakrishnan, Ramani, Vaikkom R. Gopalakrishnan, S. Venkataraman, T. S. Vasudeva Rao, A. C. Jayaraman, S. Kasim, Kovai Natarajan, S. Sundar.

2003

Music: Sulochana Pattabhiraman, Nagai R. Muralidharan, S. Ravindaran, Mannargudi A. Eswaran, R. Raman, H. Ramakrishnan, Mannargudi M. S. K. Sankaranarayanan, Denkanikotta Mani, Purisai Arunagiri.

2004

Iyal (Literature): 4 artists and Tamil scholars

Musicians: 26

Bharatanatyam exponents: 10

Stage artists: 4, including Crazy Mohan

Crazy Mohan

"Crazy" Mohan is a popular Tamil comedy actor, script writer and playwright.He was a student at the College of Engineering, Guindy, where he graduated as a Mechanical Engineer in 1973. He wrote his first drama at College of Engineering, Guindy, when he was in the 4th year in 1972. His guide was...

Film Personalities: 10, including Vikram, Sneha, C.R. Saraswathi and P. Vasu

P. Vasu

P. Vasu is an Indian film director, writer, and actor who works in Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu films and a few Malayalam films as well. In a career spanning three decades, Vasu has directed over 50 films.-Personal life:...

Singers: 5 Ballad and 4 singers

2005

Bharatanatyam exponent Leela Samson

Leela Samson

Leela Samson is a Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer, instructor and writer. As a soloist she is known for her technical virtuosity and has taught Bharatanatyam at Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra in Delhi for many years; presently she is the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification ;...

, stage artist Bombay Gnanam, film personalities Surya Sivakumar, Jyothika, Vadivelu

Vadivelu

Vadivelu , often referred to as Vadivel, is a Tamil film actor,comedian and playback singer. Since 2000, he has acted as a comedian in various Tamil films. During his career, Vadivelu has won several Filmfare Awards and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards...

, Hariharan

Hariharan (singer)

Hariharan , born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu movies, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity...

 and Anuradha Sriram

Anuradha Sriram

Anuradha Sriram is an Indian carnatic and playback singer who hails from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung in many Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.- Personal life :...

.

2006

This year there were a few film personalities awarded with Kalaimamani and out of those was Silambarasan Rajendar and Trisha Krishnan

Trisha Krishnan

Trisha Krishnan is an Indian film actress and model, who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu language films, but has also appeared in Hindi language films. She was noticed after winning several beauty pageants like the Miss Madras contest , which marked her entry into filmdom...

2009

Profession	Recipient(s)
Actor	Barath, Pasupathy Pasupathy Pasupathy is an Indian film actor. He has appeared in several critically acclaimed roles in many noted Tamil films, essaying supporting, antagonistic, comedic as well as protagonistic roles.-Early life and career:... , Vaiyapuri Vaiyapuri Vaiyapuri is a Tamil film actor who mostly plays a comedian. He has appeared in many Tamil films and is also a guest judge on Asathapovathu Yaaru on Sun TV in Chennai. He started his career in Balu mahendra Film "Raman Abdulla" with the servant role and has scored most in the first film... , Dhanush Dhanush Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja , better known by his stage name Dhanush , is an Indian film actor, occasional playback singer and lyricist, working in the Tamil film industry... , Vineeth Vineeth Vineeth is an Indian film actor and classical dancer who has acted in several well received films in his native Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. He studied in Good Shepherd Public School, Ooty, and at St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Thalassery.Vineeth is nephew of the famous Travancore...
Actress	nayanthara, Asin Thottumkal Asin Thottumkal Asin Thottumkal , known mononymously as Asin, is an Indian film actress, model and stage performer who acts primarily in Bollywood and Kollywood.... , Meera Jasmine Meera Jasmine Meera Jasmine is an Indian actress, who appears in regional Indian films that includes Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 and is a two time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award, the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, as well as the... , Saroja Devi B. Saroja Devi B. Saroja Devi is an Indian actress. She is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan award and has acted in Kannada,Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies.She is referred to as Abinaya Saraswathi by Tamil film industry and as Kannadathu Paingili by Kannada Film Industry.She ruled the roost for more than three...
Art Director	P. Krishnamurthy
Dancer	Aishwarya Dhanush Aishwarya Dhanush Aishwarya Rajnikanth Dhanush is an Indian classical dancer, playback singer. Her father is the actor Rajinikanth. She is married to the Indian film actor Dhanush, with whom she has two sons, Yatra born in 2006 and the second boy in 2010 who is named as Linga. Her mother is Latha. She is the sister... , Sangeetha Kapilan
Director	Cheran Cheran (director) Cheran is a Tamil film director from Tamil Nadu, India. He has won the Indian National Film Award thrice for Vetri Kodi Kattu , Autograph , and Thavamai Thavamirundhu . Besides he is three-time Filmfare Award winner as well.... , Sundar C Sundar C Sundar C. is a Tamil film director and actor. He has directed 24 films in Kollywood and debuted his acting career in 2006 with the film Thalai Nagaram. His most notable films include Ullathai Allitha, Arunachalam and Anbe Sivam and other notable films include Mettukudi, Winner, Naam Iruvar...
Musician	Embar Kannan Embar Kannan Embar S. Kannan is an award-winning and pioneering violinist in the fields of Carnatic Music and Tamil Film Music. Trained in Carnatic as well as Western Classical methods, he is a Grade 'A-' artist of the All India Radio and is universally acclaimed as a soloist and an accompanist.-Carnatic Music... , Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.- Early life :Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, Nungambakam. His father,... , Maharajapuram Srinivasan, Sivamani Sivamani Anandan Sivamani , popularly known as Sivamani, is a percussionist based in India. He plays many instruments including drums, Octoban, Darbuka, Udukai, and Kanjira, as well as many more. He performed drumming during the IPL Championships in 2008 & 2010. He is affiliated to the Chennai Super Kings... , T. M. Ramanathan
Poet	Sirpi
Writer	A. Madhavan
Serial Artist	Devipriya
Artist	N.Srinivasan

2010

26 artistes will get Kalaimamani awards for year 2010. They include actors nayanthara, Tamanna, Anushka and Arya, Carnatic vocalist Gayathri Girish

Gayathri Girish

Gayathri Girish is amongst the leading Carnatic vocalists of today . An exemplary degree of dedication coupled with an intrinsic leaning towards Carnatic Music, has propelled vocalist Gayathri to the forefront of the classical music domain...

, Veena players Rajhesh Vaidhya

Rajhesh Vaidhya

Rajhesh Vaidhya , is an Indian veena player hailing from Tamil Nadu. Besides performing on stage, he has worked with various film music composers. He also acted in the movie Viswa Thulasi and in Premi, a tele-serial...

and S.Srinivasan, dramatist Prasanna Ramaswamy, spiritual orators Mangaiyarkkarasi and S Sathyaseelan, and Tamil scholar Tamizhannal and Dindigul I Leoni.

External links

• The Hindu article
• Times of India article
• http://archives.chennaionline.com/musicnew/CarnaticMusic/180th.asp