Kalaimamani

Awardees by year

1958–60

• Padmini

  1962–63

• Sivaji Ganesan

  1968–70

• K. A. Thangavelu

• K. S. Narayanaswamy

  1969–1970

• Sowcar Janaki

  1970–71

• M. S. Viswanathan

  1971–72

• Madras A. Kannan
• G. N. Dhandapani Iyer

  1972–73

• J. Jayalalithaa

• P. K. Subbaiyar

  1977–78

• Srividya

  1978–79

• Kamal Haasan

  1979–1980

• Vyjayanthimala

• Manna Dey

  1980–81

• Sripriya

• Thanjavur R. Ramamoorthy

• Madurai N. Krishnan
• S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

  1983–84

• P. Bhanumathi

  1984–85

• Rajinikanth
• Sabhapati Srinivas

  1986–87

• K. J. Yesudas
• S. Janaki

  1987–88

• Tiruchi S. Swaminatha Iyer

  1988–89

• Ilaiyaraaja

  1991–92

• Sukumari

• P. Leela

  1992–93

• Revathi

• V. V. Subrahmanyam

  1993–94

• R. Sarathkumar
• Sukanya
• S. Ve. Shekher
• Kathadi Ramamurthy
• Delhi Ganesh
• T. P. Samikannu
• R. V. Udayakumar

• Swarnalatha
• D. K. Pattammal
• Sudha Ragunathan
• P. Ganammal
• T. G. Subramaniam

• L. S. Ramamirtham
• Malavika Sarukkai
• Sundararaj naidu

  1994–95

• Arvind Swamy
• Khushbu Sundar

• Mani Ratnam

• A. R. Rahman

  1995–96

• P. Jayachandran
• K. S. Chithra

• Revathi Ramachandran

  1998

• Prashanth Thiagarajan
• Meena
• Vijay
• Napoleon
• Thangar Bachan
• Palani Bharathi

• Idumbavanam K.S. Kannan

• Priyadarsini Govind

  1999

• Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala

• Piraisudan

  2000

• Ajith Kumar
• Devayani

• Nithyasree Mahadevan
• Swarnalatha
• Girija Ramaswamy

  2001

• Vijayakanth
• Murali
• Rekha
• Gundu Kalyanam
• T. K. Pugazhendi
• A. P. Komala
• Radhu S. Radhakrishnan
• T. K. S. Karuppaiah
• 'Periyar' Rajavelu
• V. Brinda

• M.R. Gurusamy

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

• Udipi Lakshmi Narayanan
• M. V. Narasimhachari
• Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari
• Nellai D. Kannan
• T. K. Padmanabhan
• C. R. Radha Badhri

• A. Gunavathi
• V. Dakshinamurthy.

  2002

• Vijayashanti
• Vinu Chakravarthy
• Goundamani
• Senthil
• S. M. S. Vasanth
• K. G. `Typist' Gopu
• Kovai Anuradha
• K. S. Krishnan
• Koothapiran

• L. P. Karu Ramanathan Chettiar
• Ponnadiyan

• T. S. Narayanasamy
• Meera Sivaramakrishnan
• Ramani
• Vaikkom R. Gopalakrishnan
• S. Venkataraman
• T. S. Vasudeva Rao
• A. C. Jayaraman
• S. Kasim
• Vazhuvur R. Manickavinayakam
• Kovai Natarajan

• Krishnaveni Lakshmanan
• Ananda Shankar Jayant
• C. V. Chandrasekhar
• Mannargudi N. Sakthivadivel
• C. P. Venkatesan
• Yogam Santhanam
• Melattur S. Kumar

• Sarangapani
• P. A. Subbulakshmi Palaamadai

  2003

• Prakash Raj
• Simran
• Kanaka
• Vivek
• L. Vaidyanathan
• Gajapathy
• Nanjil P. T. Sami
• K. R. Rathinam

• S. Soundappan

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

• Thanjavur Rajalakshmi
• G. Lakshmi Rajam
• K. S. R. Aniruddha
• Ramya Ramanarayan.

• Thenmozhi Rajendran
• S. Sivasankaran Pillai

• 'Rocket' Ramanathan
• S. Parthasarathi

  2004

• Vikram
• Sneha
• C. R. Saraswathi
• P. Vasu

• Gopika Varma

  2005

• Suriya
• Jyothika
• Vadivelu
• Bombay Gnanam

• G. Gnanasambandam
• Silambarasan
• Hariharan
• Anuradha Sriram.

• Vamanan

• Leela Samson

  2006

• Jayam Ravi
• Navya Nair
• Trisha
• Vishal
• Silambarasan
• Jiiva.

  2009

• Vineeth
• Vadivukkarasi
• Asin Thottumkal
• Nayanthara
• Meera Jasmine
• B. Saroja Devi
• Devipriya
• N. Srinivasan

• P. Krishnamurthy

• Aishwarya Dhanush
• Sangeetha Kapilan

• Cheran
• Sundar C

• Embar Kannan
• Harris Jayaraj
• Maharajapuram Srinivasan
• Sivamani
• Thalachangadu T. M. Ramanathan

• A. Madhavan

• Metti Oli

  2010

• Anushka Shetty
• Tamannaah Bhatia
• Arya

• Kalyani Menon
• T. V. Gopalakrishnan
• K. N. Shashikiran
• Rajhesh vaidhya
• Tiruvarur Swaminathan

• Tamizhannal

• Prasanna Ramaswamy

• Dindigul I. Leoni

• Mangaiyarkkarasi
• S. Sathyaseelan

  2011

• R. Rajashekar
• Kutti Padmini
• P. Rajasekar
• T. Venkatraman
• P. Pandu
• M. S. P. Kalaimani

• Keezhambur S. Shankarasubramaniyan
• Kovi Manishekaran
• Lena Tamizhvannan
• Dr. Tiruppur Krishnan

• C. Ramaswami

• Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan

• Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi

• Cherthala R. Ananthakrishnan

• Prapancham S. Balakrishnan

• T. E. Pazhaniswami

• Kovilur K. V. Pazhanivel

• Pallatam S. Venkataraman Rao

• Janardhan Mitta

• Abaswaram Ramji

• Radhika Surajit
• Dr. Lakshmi Ramalakshmi

• K. Suryashree

• Puliyur Roja

• B. S. Sasirekha

• P. Kasi

• Harikesanallur Venkatraman

• Kunniyur R. Kalyanasundaram

• A. Rajakili

  2012

• S. S. Senbagamuthu
• Rajasree
• P. R. Varalakshmi
• N. Mahalingam
• N. S. Parvathy
• S. S. Senbagamuthu

• Vasuki Kannappan
• Ilakkiyavithi Iniyavan

• Tamizharuvi M. P. Ramalingam

• S. R. Ashok Kumar

• A. Subbulakshmi Ganapathy

• Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran
• Dr. Mahanathi Shobana Vignesh

• Mudikondan S. N. Ramesh

• T. Ravichandramohan

• P. V. Thirumoorthy

• A. V. Ayyavu

• R. M. Deenadayalu

• Udayalur K. Kalyanaraman

• M. U. Premkumar

• Vishaka Hari

• Anita Guha
• Bala Devi Chandrashekar
• Revathy Ramachandran

• R. Mahalingam

• S. Ulaganathan

• Chitra Lakshmanan

• N. V. Anandakrishnan

• N. Sivajirao

• S. Yogalingam

  2013

• Prasanna
• Nalini
• Kanchana
• Sharada
• C. V. Chandramohan
• R. Pandiarajan
• T. P. Gajendran

• Dr. Bala Ramani

• Dr. T. K. Subramanian

• R. Krishnaraj

• Dr. Shuba Ganesan
• Sugantha Kalamegham

• P. G. Venkatesh

• Rashmi Menon

• Judo K. K. Rathnam

• T. Velmurugan
• Paravai Muniyamma

• M. Somasundaram

• Sculptor K. Thirugnanam