Sat Feb 20 2021
The 'Kalaimamani Award' is Tamil Nadu state's highest award, a prestigious honour bestowed by the government to the deserving candidates for their immense contribution in their respective fields.
The honourable recipients received a certificate and a 24-gram gold medal on the event which took place on 20th Feb 2021.
A total of 59 personalities were selected to receive the award for 2019, and 65 personalities for the year 2020.
These are the list of artists from the cine industry who were honoured with the award:
ACTORS:
Sivakarthikeyan, Yogibabu, Sangeetha, Aishwarya Rajesh, Madhumitha, Devadarshini, Nandhakumar, Shanthi Williams, Manobala & Nithya
VETERAN ACTORS:
Ramaraajan, Saroja Devi & Sowcar Janaki
DIRECTORS:
Gautham Menon, Manoj Kumar, Liaquat Ali Khan & Ravi Mariya
PRODUCERS:
Isari Ganesh & Kalaipuli S Thanu
MUSIC DIRECTORS:
Imman & Dhina
DIALOGUE WRITER:
V. Prabhakar
CAMERAMAN:
Ragunaatha Reddy
EDITOR:
Antony
CHOREOGRAPHERS:
Master Sivasankar & Master Sridhar
STUNT DIRECTORS:
Jaguar Thangam & Dinesh
LYRICISTS:
Kamakodiyan & Kahalmadhi
PLAYBACK SINGERS:
P. Suseela, Sujatha & Ananthu
COSTUMER:
Rajendran
MAKEUPMEN:
Shanmugam & Sabarigirisan
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER:
Sitrarasu
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