1958–60 ;Actor •
Padmini 1962–63 ;Actor •
Sivaji Ganesan 1968–70 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1958–69. ;Actor •
K. A. Thangavelu ;Music •
K. S. Narayanaswamy (vainika)
1969–1970 ;Actor •
Sowcar Janaki 1970–71 ;Music •
M. S. Viswanathan (composer)
1971–72 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1971–72. ;Music •
Madras A. Kannan (mridangam) • G. N. Dhandapani Iyer (veena)
1972–73 ;Actor •
J. Jayalalithaa ;Music • P. K. Subbaiyar
1977–78 ;Actor •
Srividya 1978–79 ;Actor •
Kamal Haasan 1979–1980 ;Actor •
Vyjayanthimala ;Music •
Manna Dey 1980–81 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1980–81. ;Actors •
Sripriya ;Music •
Thanjavur R. Ramamoorthy (mridangam)
1981–82 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1981–82. ;Music •
Madurai N. Krishnan •
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 1983–84 ;Actor •
P. Bhanumathi 1984–85 ;Actors •
Rajinikanth • Sabhapati Srinivas
1986–87 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1986–87. ;Music •
K. J. Yesudas (singer) •
S. Janaki (singer)
1987–88 ;Music •
Tiruchi S. Swaminatha Iyer (carnatic)
1988–89 ;Music •
Ilaiyaraaja (composer)
1991–92 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1991–92. ;Actor •
Sukumari ;Music •
P. Leela 1992–93 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1992–93. ;Actor •
Revathi ;Music •
V. V. Subrahmanyam 1993–94 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1993–94. ;Actors •
R. Sarathkumar •
Sukanya •
S. Ve. Shekher •
Kathadi Ramamurthy •
Delhi Ganesh • T. P. Samikannu •
R. V. Udayakumar ;Music •
Swarnalatha (singer) •
D. K. Pattammal (carnatic lyricist) •
Sudha Ragunathan (carnatic vocalist) • P. Ganammal (harmonium) • T. G. Subramaniam (thavil) ;Other • L. S. Ramamirtham (tamil literature) •
Malavika Sarukkai (bharatanatyam) • Sundararaj naidu (karagam artiste)
1994–95 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1994–95. ;Actors •
Arvind Swamy •
Khushbu Sundar ;Director •
Mani Ratnam ;Music •
A. R. Rahman 1995–96 ;Music •
P. Jayachandran •
K. S. Chithra ;Bharatnatyam •
Revathi Ramachandran 1998 ;Actors •
Prashanth Thiagarajan •
Meena •
Vijay •
Napoleon •
Thangar Bachan •
Palani Bharathi ;Music • Idumbavanam K.S. Kannan ;Bharatnatyam •
Priyadarsini Govind 1999 ;Bharatanatyam •
Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala ;Writer • Piraisudan
2000 ;Actors •
Ajith Kumar •
Devayani ;Music •
Nithyasree Mahadevan •
Swarnalatha • Girija Ramaswamy
2001 ;Actors •
Vijayakanth •
Murali •
Rekha •
Gundu Kalyanam • T. K. Pugazhendi •
A. P. Komala • Radhu S. Radhakrishnan • T. K. S. Karuppaiah • 'Periyar' Rajavelu • V. Brinda ;Literature • M.R. Gurusamy ;Music •
Shashank Subramanyam • Vairamangalam Lakshmi Naryanan • Manakkal S. Rangarajan • M. A. Sundareswaran (violin) • Madurai T. Srinivasan (mridangam) • T. M. Krishnamurthy (mridangam) • R. Kalyanaraman (ghatam) • Rajalakshmi Narayanan (veena) •
Seetha Doraiswamy (jalatarangam) • Adyar S. Jayaraman (nadhaswaram) • Thirunageswaram T. R. Govindarajan (thavil) • Valayapatti S. Malarvannan (thavil) • P. V. N. Nadhamani (clarinet) • K.Somu (devotional songs) • Karandhai G. Damodaran (devotional songs) • Rathinasabapathy Desikar (thevaram) ;Bharatanatyam • Udipi Lakshmi Narayanan • M. V. Narasimhachari • Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari • Nellai D. Kannan • T. K. Padmanabhan • C. R. Radha Badhri ;Folk Arts • A. Gunavathi (karagam) • V. Dakshinamurthy (street play).
2002 ;Actors •
Vijayashanti •
Vinu Chakravarthy •
Goundamani •
Senthil • S. M. S. Vasanth • K. G. `Typist' Gopu • Kovai Anuradha • K. S. Krishnan • Koothapiran ;Literature • L. P. Karu Ramanathan Chettiar • Ponnadiyan ;Music • T. S. Narayanasamy (vocal) • Meera Sivaramakrishnan (violin) • Ramani (veena) • Vaikkom R. Gopalakrishnan (ghatam) • S. Venkataraman (flute) • T. S. Vasudeva Rao (tabla) • A. C. Jayaraman (nadhaswaram) • S. Kasim (nadhaswaram) • Vazhuvur R. Manickavinayakam (light music) • Kovai Natarajan (harmonium) Dr. S. Sunder (music research) ;Bharatanatyam • Krishnaveni Lakshmanan •
Ananda Shankar Jayant • C. V. Chandrasekhar • Mannargudi N. Sakthivadivel • C. P. Venkatesan • Yogam Santhanam • Melattur S. Kumar ;Folk arts • Sarangapani (karagam) • P. A. Subbulakshmi Palaamadai (villupattu)
2003 ;Actors •
Prakash Raj •
Simran •
Kanaka •
Vivek • L. Vaidyanathan • Gajapathy • Nanjil P. T. Sami • K. R. Rathinam ;Musical dance • S. Soundappan ;Music • Sulochana Pattabhiraman (vocal) •
Nagai Muralidharan (violin) • S. Ravindaran (veena) • Mannargudi A. Eswaran (mridangam) • R. Raman (morsing) • H. Ramakrishnan (konnakkole) • Mannargudi M. S. K. Sankaranarayanan (nadhaswaram) • Denkanikotta Mani (thavil) • Purisai Arunagiri (devotional music) ;Bharatanatyam • Thanjavur Rajalakshmi • G. Lakshmi Rajam • K. S. R. Aniruddha • Ramya Ramanarayan. ;Folk arts • Thenmozhi Rajendran (karagam) • S. Sivasankaran Pillai (Oyilattam) ;Other arts • 'Rocket' Ramanathan (mimicry) • S. Parthasarathi (for spreading art and culture)
2004 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2004. ;Actors •
Vikram •
Sneha •
C. R. Saraswathi •
P. Vasu ;Mohiniyattam •
Gopika Varma 2005 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2005. ;Actors •
Suriya •
Jyothika •
Vadivelu •
Bombay Gnanam ;Music •
G. Gnanasambandam •
Silambarasan •
Hariharan •
Anuradha Sriram. ;Tamil film historian • Vamanan ;Bharatanatyam •
Leela Samson 2006 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2006. ;Actors •
Jayam Ravi •
Navya Nair •
Trisha •
Vishal •
Silambarasan •
Jiiva.
2009 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2009. ;Actors •
Vineeth •
Vadivukkarasi •
Asin Thottumkal •
Nayanthara •
Meera Jasmine •
B. Saroja Devi • Devipriya •
N. Srinivasan ;Art director • P. Krishnamurthy ;Dancer •
Aishwarya Dhanush • Sangeetha Kapilan ;Director •
Cheran •
Sundar C ;Music •
Embar Kannan •
Harris Jayaraj • Maharajapuram Srinivasan •
Sivamani • Thalachangadu T. M. Ramanathan ;Writer • A. Madhavan ;Best serial •
Metti Oli 2010 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2010. ;Actors •
Anushka Shetty •
Tamannaah Bhatia •
Arya ;Music •
Kalyani Menon (singer) • T. V. Gopalakrishnan (vocal) • K. N. Shashikiran (vocal) •
Rajhesh vaidhya (veena) • Tiruvarur Swaminathan (flute) ;Tamil scholar • Tamizhannal ;Theatre personality • Prasanna Ramaswamy ;Dramatist •
Dindigul I. Leoni ;Spiritual orators • Mangaiyarkkarasi • S. Sathyaseelan
2011 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2011. ;Actors • R. Rajashekar • Kutti Padmini • P. Rajasekar • T. Venkatraman •
P. Pandu • M. S. P. Kalaimani ;Tamil literature • Keezhambur S. Shankarasubramaniyan • Kovi Manishekaran • Lena Tamizhvannan • Dr. Tiruppur Krishnan ;Tamil poetry • C. Ramaswami ;Carnatic music • Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan ;Violin • Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi ;Mridangam • Cherthala R. Ananthakrishnan ;Flute • Prapancham S. Balakrishnan ;Nadaswaram • T. E. Pazhaniswami ;Tavil • Kovilur K. V. Pazhanivel ;Harmonium • Pallatam S. Venkataraman Rao ;Sitar • Janardhan Mitta ;Light music • Abaswaram Ramji ;Bharatanatyam • Radhika Surajit • Dr. Lakshmi Ramalakshmi ;Kuchipudi • K. Suryashree ;Choreography • Puliyur Roja ;Singer • B. S. Sasirekha ;Costume designing • P. Kasi ;Art criticism • Harikesanallur Venkatraman ;Live music performance • Kunniyur R. Kalyanasundaram ;Villupattu • A. Rajakili
2012 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2012. ;Actors •
Yogi Babu •
Devadarshini • Nandhakumar •
Shanthi Williams ;Director •
Liaquat Ali Khan ;Producer •
Kalaipuli S. Thanu ;Music director •
Dhina ;Dialogue writer ;Camera man • Ragunaatha Reddy ;Editor •
Anthony ;Choreographer •
K. Sivasankar ;Stunt director •
Thalapathy Dinesh ;Lyricist • Kamakodiyan ;Singers •
Sujatha Mohan •
Ananthu ;Pianist •
Anil Srinivasan ;Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Special Kalaimamani Award •
P. Susheela ;Carnatic Music • K. Krishnakumar • Binni Krishnakumar ;Bharatanatayam •
Madurai R. Muralidaran ;Costumer • Rajendran ;Makeup man • Shanmugam ;Other • Singaaravelu
2020 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2020. ;Actors •
Sivakarthikeyan •
Aishwarya Rajesh •
Jangiri Madhumitha ;Director •
Gautham Vasudev Menon ;
Shehnai Players & Hindustani Musicians & Playback Singers • Pandit Dr
S Ballesh Bhajantri and • Dr
Krishna Ballesh Bhajantri ;Producer •
Ishari K. Ganesh ;Music Director •
D. Imman ;Lyricist • Kahalmadhi ;Carnatic Music • Ranjani Gayatri ;Makeup man • Sabarigirisan ;Journalist • Sabitha Joseph ;Religious discourse • Tiruchi K. Kalyanaraman ;Writer • Thamarai S. Senthurpandi • M. S. Perumaal ;Author • Panapakkam K. Sukumar ;Debater • Arasu P. Parameswaran ;Vocalist • Rathnakumari K. Kalyanasundaram • Ranjani–Gayatri • S. V. Usha ;Ghatam • S. Karthik ;Harmonium • V. John Mohan ;Mridangam • Thanjavur Murugaboopathi • Sairam Sundaram • T. R. Sundaresan • Ramesh Srinivasan ;Nadaswaram • Vaduvur S. N. R. Krishnamoorthy ;Thavil • Thiruppanandal S. Marimuthu ;Keyboard • M. S. Martin ;Tevaram narrator • P. Shanmugasundara Desikar ;Saxophone • A. G. Govindarasu ;Vainika • Nirmala Rajasekar • Jayalakshmi Sekhar ;Performers • Mangalam Natarajan • J. Pazhani • Poovai Mani ;Bharatanatyam • A. Janarthanan • Kavitha Charles • Sreelatha Vinod • S. Vijayalakshmi Bhoopathi • Aparna Ramesh ;Terukkuttu • T. Kanniyappan ;Kaniyan koothu • V. Muthu Perumal
2021 The individuals listed below were recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 2021 and announced in September 2025. ;Art Director •
M. Jayakumar ;Actors •
Sai Pallavi •
S. J. Surya •
Super Subbarayan • Kamalesh PK ;Director •
N. Lingusamy 2022 ;Actors •
Vikram Prabhu • Gayathri Shastry
2023 ;Actors •
K. Manikandan •
George Maryan ;Music Composer •
Anirudh Ravichander ;Playback singer •
Shweta Mohan ;Choreographer •
Sandy ;Leading publicist / public relations officer • Nikil Murukan == References ==