Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award

Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award is an award given by the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, an autonomous organisation for the encouragement, preservation, and documentation of the performing arts of Kerala, set up by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala. Instituted in 1962, the awards are given in the categories of music, dance, theatre, other traditional arts, and for contribution/scholarship in performing arts. The award consists of Rs. 30,000, a citation and a plaque. The recipients of the award are also conferred the title Kalasree.

List of recipients

The recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in various categories of performing arts have been listed below:

Classical Music

1962 – M. A. Kalyanakrishna Bhagavathar
1962 – K. S. Narayanaswamy
1964 – Ambalapuzha Sankaranarayana Panicker
1964 – Ambalapuzha Gopalakrishna Panicker
1966 – M. D. Ramanathan
1969 – Kottaram Sankunny Nair
1971 – Palghat K. V. Narayanaswamy
1971 – Mavelikkara Krishnankutty Nair
1972 – C. S. Krishna Iyer
1972 – Parur Sundaram Iyer
1972 – Thiruvizha Raghavan Pillai
1973 – Vaikom Vasudevan Nair
1973 – Chunangad Appu Iyer
1974 – Puthucode Krishnamoorthy
1975 – Kaviyoor C. K. Revamma
1976 – Cherthala Gopalan Nair
1976 – Chittoor Sankara Panicker
1977 – Parassala B. Ponnammal
1978 – L. P. R. Varma
1979 – K. R. Kedaranathan
1981 – Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
1981 – Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair
1982 – Trivandrum R. Venkataraman
1982 – Kamala Kailasanathan
1982 – Mavelikkara Sankarankutty Nair
1983 – P. Leela
1983 – M. K. Kalyana Krishna Bhagavathar
1983 – T. V. Gopalakrishnan
1983 – P. K. Sankaran
1985 – Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma
1985 – Mavelikkara S. R. Raju
1986 – Vechoor Harihara Subramania Iyer
1987 – Trichur V. Ramachandran
1988 – V. V. Subrahmanyam
1989 – Mangad K. Natesan
1990 – Renuka Girijan
1991 – K. G. Jayan
1992 – Palkulangara Ambika Devi
1992 – Tripunithura G. Narayana Swamy
1993 – P. R. Kumara Kerala Varma
1993 – Rajeswari Menon
1994 – A. K. Raveendranath
1994 – S. Hariharan Nair
1995 – Trivandrum R. Krishnaswamy
1995 – Puthukode S. Krishna
1996 – Pala C. K. Ramachandran
1996 – Aranmula Govindankutty
1996 – Malabar Sukumaran Bhagavathar
1997 – K. Omanakutty
1997 – Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan
1997 – Pappukutty Bhagavathar
1998 – Neyyattinkara Mohanachandran
1998 – T. S. Babu
1998 – Trivandrum V. Surendran
1999 – K. S. Gopalakrishnan
1999 – Tripunithura Lalitha
2000 – Sukumari Narendra Menon
2000 – Parassala Ravi
2000 – Nedumangad Sivanandan
2000 – Ambilikuttan
2001 – Gopalan Nair
2001 – Vettikavala K. N. Sasikumar
2002 – Ananthalakshmi Venkitaraman
2002 – Aryanad G. Sadasivan
2002 – V. Balakrishnan Potty
2003 – N. P. Ramaswami
2003 – Mathangi Sathyamoorthy
2003 – T. V. Ramani
2004 – Leelamani Radhakrishnan
2004 – Thiruvizha Sivanandan
2004 – S. Sai Babu
2004 – K. R. Anto
2004 – Cherthala N. Sreekumar Varma
2005 – Malini Hariharan
2005 – A. Ananthapadmanabhan
2005 – Guruvayur Dwari
2005 – Trichur P. Govindankutty
2006 – G. Seethalakshmi Ammal
2006 – Pazhayannur K. G. Krishnankutty
2006 – Trichur C. Rajendran
2006 – Alappuzha Chandrasekharan Nair
2007 – Chalakudy N. S. Balakrishnan
2007 – Varkala C. S. Jayaram
2007 – Thuravoor R. Narayana Panicker
2007 – N. Hari
2008 – Mukhathala Sivaji
2008 – T. M. Abdul Azeez
2008 – Neyyattinkara Krishnan
2008 – Kalyani Menon
2009 – Ayamkudi Mani
2009 – T. H. Subramaniam
2009 – R. Karuna Moorthy
2009 – Palakkad K. Jayakrishnan
2010 – Shertallay K. N. Renganatha Sharma
2010 – K. V. Prasad
2010 – T. H. Lalitha
2011 – Kavalam Sreekumar
2011 – Ramesh Narayan
2011 – Orumanayoor O. K. Gopi
2012 – Trivandrum Krishnakumar
2012 – Binni Krishnakumar
2012 – Vanaja Sankar
2013 – Sreevalsan J. Menon
2013 – M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri
2013 – Kuzhalmannam G. Ramakrishnan
2013 – Adichanallur Anilkumar
2014 – P. Unnikrishnan
2014 – Paul Poovathingal
2014 – Attukal Balasubramaniam
2014 – G. Babu
2015 – Mavelikkara P. Subramaniam
2015 – S. R. Mahadeva Sarma
2015 – S. R. Rajasree
2015 – Nanjil A. R. Arul
2016 – V. V. Ravi
2016 – Trivandrum R. Vaidhyanathan
2016 – Adoor P. Sudarsanan
2017 – M. Narmadha
2017 – Cherthala R Jayadevan
2017 – Thamarakkad Govindan Namboothiri
2018 – Arakkal Nandakumar
2018 – Retnasree Iyer
2019 – Nemmara N. R. Kannan
2019 – Anayadi Prasad
2020 – K. Venkitaraman
2020 – Babu Narayanan
2020 – Premkumar Vadakara
2021 – Kollam V. Sajikumar
2021 – N. P. Prabhakaran
2022 – Palakkad Sreeram
2022 – Thiruvizha Viju S. Anand
2022 – Alappuzha S. Vijayakumar
2022 – Prakash Ulleri
2023 – Nisa Azeezi
2023 – Sharreth
2023 – Sampath Narayanan

Drama

1962 – Mavelikkara Ponnamma
1966 – Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar
1969 – Artist P. J. Cherian
1969 – N. N. Pillai
1971 – Kodungallur Ammini Amma
1972 – Swami Brahmavruthan
1973 – N. Krishna Pillai
1973 – Oachira P. K. Sankarankutty Nair
1974 – Pariyanampatta Divakaran
1974 – C. K. Rajam
1975 – T. R. Sukumaran Nair
1975 – K. P. A. C. Sulochana
1976 – K. V. Neelakantan Nair
1976 – Vijayakumari
1977 – Kunjandi
1977 – Omana
1978 – Kalaikkal Kumaran
1978 – Kozhikode Santha Devi
1978 – Artist Kesavan
1979 – Thoppil Krishna Pillai
1979 – Chachappan
1980 – Vasu Pradeep
1980 – Mavelikkara Kamalamma
1981 – K. M. Raghavan Nambiar
1981 – M. S. Namboothiri
1981 – Sudharma
1982 – Vaikom Mani
1982 – N. S. Ittan
1982 – O. Madhavan
1982 – T. P. Gopalan
1982 – Adoor Bhavani
1983 – Jagathy N. K. Achary
1983 – Nellimoodu K. Ramakrishna Pillai
1985 – V. T. Vikraman Nair
1986 – K. G. Sethunath
1987 – D. K. Chellappan
1989 – Changanassery Natarajan
1990 – Vakkom Shakeer
1991 – Pappukutty Bhagavathar
1991 – William D'Cruz
1991 – S. L. Puram Sadanandan
1991 – P. N. Nanappan
1992 – Sreemoolanagaram Mohan
1993 – P. R. Chandran
1993 – T. M. Abraham
1994 – Kadavoor G. Chandran Pillai
1994 – Madavoor Bhasi
1994 – Trichur Elsi
1995 – P. K. Venukuttan Nair
1995 – Ibrahim Vengara
1996 – P. K. Raghavan
1996 – K. G. Devaki Amma
1997 – K. Thayat
1997 – Maya Narayanan
1997 – Saithan Joseph
1998 – T. V. Gopinath
1998 – N. G. Panicker
1999 – K. M. Dharman
1999 – K. P. A. C. Rajamma
2000 – K. K. Jacob
2000 – N. Somasundaram
2001 – K. S. Namboothiri
2002 – Nilambur Ayisha
2002 – Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
2002 – P. V. Kuriakose
2003 – A. A. Chandrahasan
2003 – V. Chandransekharan Vaidyar
2004 – Paravur George
2004 – K. P. A. C. Sunny
2004 – Krishnakumari
2005 – M. S. Warrier
2005 – Ammini Ernest
2005 – Nelson Fernandez
2006 – Sreedharan Nileshwaram
2006 – Leela Panicker
2006 – Karivellur Murali
2007 – Haridas Cherukunnu
2007 – V. R. Santha
2008 – C. L. Jose
2008 – Karakulam Chandran
2008 – P. Balachandran
2008 – Sreekala V. K.
2009 – P. Gangadharan
2009 – Savithri Sreedharan
2009 – Sathish Sangamithra
2009 – G. Gopalakrishnan
2010 – Geetha Salam
2010 – Jayaraj Warrier
2010 – K. P. Gopalan
2010 – A. E. Ashraf
2011 – Meenambalam Santhosh
2011 – Deepan Sivaraman
2011 – K. G. Ramu
2012 – Adv. Manilal
2012 – Abhilash Pillai
2012 – Pattanam Rasheed
2013 – Ramesh Varma
2013 – Rajan Kizhakkanela
2014 – Prof. Aliyar V. Kunju
2014 – Manu Jose
2014 – R. Sudhakaran
2014 – Shibu S. Kottaram
2015 – Sherly Somasundharam
2015 – Geetha Rangaprabhath
2015 – Francis T. Mavelikkara
2015 – Girish Sopanam
2015 – Sreekanth
2015 – Jose Koshy
2015 – Pradeep Thalayal
2016 – Kozhikode Sarada
2016 – A. Santha Kumar
2016 – C. K. Sasi
2017 – Jayaprakash Karyal
2017 – Kannur Vasutti
2017 – Pradeep Roy
2017 – Sandhya Rajendran
2018 – K. R. Ramesh
2018 – P. J. Unnikrishnan
2018 – Sasikumar Souparnika
2018 – M. V. Sherly
2019 – John Fernadaz
2019 – Narippatta Raju
2019 – K. P. Suveeran
2019 – Saheerali
2019 – Sajitha Madathil
2020 – Rajani Meloor
2020 – E. A. Rajendran
2020 – Pradeep Malavika
2020 – Sureshbabu T.
2020 – Gopalan Adat
2020 – C. N. Sreevalsan
2021 – Mangalan K. P. A. C.
2021 – Maniyappan Aranmula
2021 – Babu Pallassery
2021 – A. N. Murugan
2021 – Rajmohan Neeleswaram
2021 – Sudhi Nireeksha
2022 – Valsan Nisari
2022 – Babu Annur
2022 – Suresh Babu Sreestha
2022 – Lenin Edakochi
2022 – Rajitha Madhu
2022 – Kottakkal Murali

Kathakali

1962 – Chenganoor Raman Pillai
1964 – Kurichi Kunjan Panicker
1964 – Manjeri Sankunni Nair
1969 – Champakulam Pachu Pillai
1969 – Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
1969 – Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair
1971 – Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan
1971 – Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Poduval
1972 – Guru Gopala Panicker
1973 – Kadathanattu Kochu Govindan Asan
1973 – Kottakkal Kuttan Marar
1973 – Kalamandalam Appukutty Poduval
1974 – Kavungal Sankarankutty Panicker
1976 – Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair
1977 – Cherthala Kuttappa Kurup
1978 – Pallippuram Gopalan Nair
1979 – Kottakkal Vasu Nedungadi
1980 – Kalamandalam Govinda Warrier
1981 – Thakazhi Kuttan Pillai
1981 – Chalakudy Narayanan Nambeesan
1982 – K. P. Ramakrishna Panicker
1982 – Kalamandalam Achunni Poduval
1983 – Mekkara Narayanan Nair
1985 – Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair
1985 – Chandra Mannadiyar
1986 – Oyoor Kochu Govinda Pillai
1987 – Kana Kannan Nair
1988 – Kannan Pattali
1989 – Mankompu Sivasankara Pillai
1991 – Guru Krishnankutty
1991 – Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair
1992 – Guru Kelu Nair
1993 – Cherthala Thankappa Panicker
1994 – Chandramana Govindan Namboothiri
1995 – Kalamandalam Gopi
1996 – Kottakkal Sivaraman
1997 – Kalamandalam Kesavan
1998 – Kalamandalam Gangadharan
1999 – Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri
2000 – Kottakkal Krishnankutty Nair
2001 – Pandalam Kerala Varma
2001 – Sadanam Sreedharan
2001 – Varanasi Madhavan Namboothiri
2002 – Sadanam Krishnankutty
2003 – Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody
2003 – Thonnakkal Peethambaran
2005 – Mudakkal Gopinathan Nair
2006 – Kalamandalam K. G. Vasudevan Nair
2009 – Kottakal Nandakumaran Nair
2009 – Kalanilayam Unnikrishnan
2010 – FACT Padmanabhan
2010 – Madambi Subramanian Namboodiri
2010 – Kalamandalam Narayanan Nair
2010 – Mathoor Govindan Kutty
2011 – Inchakkad Ramachandran Pillai
2011 – Sreenarayanapuram Appu Marar
2012 – Kalamandalam V. Subramanian
2014 – Sadanam K. Harikumaran
2015 – Kuroor Vasudevan Namboodiri
2016 – Kottakkal Chandrasekhara Warrier
2016 – Kottakkal Madhu
2017 – Kalamandalam Oyur Ramachandran
2018 – Kalamandalam C. M. Balasubramanian
2018 – Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan
2018 – Pathiyoor Sankarankutty
2019 – Kalamandalam Rajasekharan
2019 – Kalamandalam C. V. Sukumaran

Mohiniyattam

1972 – Chinnammu Amma
1974 – Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
1976 – Kalamandalam Satyabhama
1983 – Kalamandalam Ambika
1985 – Kalamandalam Sugandhi
1988 – Kalamandalam Sumathi
1990 – Kalamandalam Leelamma
1991 – Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
1993 – Kalamandalam Lakshmi
1997 – Kalamandalam Chandrika
1998 – Kala Vijayan
2003 – Nirmala Panicker
2004 – Kalamandalam Radhika
2005 – Shyamala Surendran
2006 – Deepti Omchery Bhalla
2007 – Neena Prasad
2008 – Gopika Varma
2008 – Pallavi Krishnan
2009 – Vinitha Nedungadi
2010 – Methil Devika
2011 – Sunanda Nair
2012 – Sreedevi Rajan
2013 – Vijayalakshmi
2014 – Smitha Rajan
2015 – Jayaprabha Menon
2016 – Kalamandalam Hymavathy
2017 – Kalamandalam Husnabhanu
2019 – Kalamandalam Rajalakshmi
2020 – Kavitha Krishnakumar
2021 – R. L. V. Ramakrishnan
2022 – Kalamandalam Sheeba Krishnakumar

Bharatanatyam

1975 – Kalamandalam Kshemavathy
1983 – Kalamandalam Saraswathy
1995 – Kalakshetra Vilasini
1996 – Kalamandalam Chandrika
2011 – Girija Chandran
2012 – Rajashree Warrier
2013 – Rama Vaidyanathan
2018 – Aswathy V. Nair
2019 – Uma Sathyanarayanan

Dance

1966 – Guru Gopinath
1973 – P. K.Poduval
1977 – Guru Chandrasekharan
1978 – Kottayam Chellappan
1979 – Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair
1980 – Vechoor Thankamani Pillai
1981 – Shadow Gopinath
1982 – Tripunithura Madhava Menon
1986 – Dancer Sankarankutty
1987 – P. K. Vijayabhanu
1987 – K. T. Kumaran Asan
1988 – A. K. Sivaram
1989 – Kalamandalam Gangadharan
1989 – Thiruvalla Ponnamma
1990 – Tripunithura Aravindaksha Menon
1991 – K. S. Divakaran Nair
1992 – Nattuvar Parameswara Menon
1993 – Saraswathy Malhotra
1994 – Bhavani Chellappan
1996 – Kalamandalam Prabhakaran
1997 – Kalamandalam Devaki
1998 – N. V. Krishnan
1998 – Evoor Damodaran Nair
1999 – Guru Gopalakrishnan
1999 – Kusumam Gopalakrishnan
1999 – Oachira P. R. Sankarankutty
2000 – Ennakkad Narayanankutty
2000 – Manorama Balakrishnan
2000 – Kalamandalam Geethanandan
2001 – V. Mydhili
2002 – Kalamandalam Vanaja
2005 – Kalanilayam Govindankutty
2008 – S. Lekha Thankachi
2013 – Kalamandalam Vasudevan
2014 – Manju Warrier
2015 – Sreelakshmy Govardhanan
2017 – Kalamandalam Mohanakrishnan
2018 – Gayathri Subramanian
2020 – Manalur Gopinath
2020 – Vinayachandran
2021 – Kalamandalam Sathyavrathan
2021 – Geetha Padmakumar
2022 – Bijula Balakrishnan
2022 – Kalamandalam Radhamani

Koothu–Koodiyattam

1964 – Ammannur Chachu Chakyar
1971 – Painkulam Narayana Chakyar
1972 – Painkulam Rama Chakyar
1979 – Subhadra Nangiyaramma
1981 – Irinjalakuda Narayanan Nambiar
1982 – Haripad Achuthadas
1983 – Ammannur Parameswara Chakyar
1985 – C. K. Krishnan Nambiar
1986 – Puthiyedath Mani Neelakanda Chakyar
1992 – K. K. Rajendran
1993 – P. K. Narayanan Nambiar
1998 – Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri
2001 – Mani Damodara Chakyar
2001 – P. K. G.Nambiar
2001 – Kalamandalam Girija
2002 – Margi Sathi
2003 – Ammannur Parameswaran
2005 – G. Venu
2006 – Painkulam Damodara Chakyar
2008 – Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar
2009 – Painkulam Narayana Chakyar
2011 – Margi Madhu
2013 – Mani Vasudeva Chakyar
2014 – Usha Nangiar
2014 – V. K. K. Hariharan
2017 – Kalamandalam Kanakakumar
2018 – Kalamandalam Shylaja
2019 – Kalamandalam Sindhu
2020 – Kalamandalam Jishnu Prathap

Krishnanattam

1975 – A. Gopalan Nair
1977 – V. P. Narayana Pisharody
1983 – K. Velayudhan Nair
2012 – T. P. Aravinda Pisharody
2015 – K. Sukumaran

Keraleeya Vadyangal

1969 – Annamanada Achutha Marar
1972 – Thiruvegappura Rama Marar
1974 – T. S. Ramaswamy Iyer
1979 – Chithali Rama Marar
1981 – Neetiyath Govindan Nair
1983 – Annamanada Parameswara Marar
1983 – Kadavallur Aravindakshan
1983 – Pallavur Appu Marar
1986 – Kombath Kuttan Panicker
1986 – Nireechan Kanjan Poojari
1987 – Chottanikkara Narayana Marar
1988 – Kuzhur Kuttappa Marar
1989 – Aliparambu Sivarama Poduval
1990 – Othikunnath Kuttykrishnan Nair
1991 – Kuzhur Narayana Marar
1995 – Pallavur Maniyan Marar
1996 – Mattannoor Sankarankutty
1997 – Thrippekulam Achutha Marar
1999 – Thrithala Kunjikrishna Poduval
1999 – Edappal Appunni
2000 – Chakkumkulam Appu Marar
2001 – Cherpulassery Sivan
2002 – M. Sankaranarayanan
2001 – Peruvanam Kuttan Marar
2003 – Kadanad V. K. Gopi
2003 – Cherthala A. K. Ramachandran
2004 – Chengamanad Appu Nair
2005 – Aliparambu Sivarama Poduval
2006 – Margi Somadas
2007 – Kalamandalam Narayanan Nambisan
2008 – Thrikkur Rajan
2009 – Kalpathy Balakrishnan
2010 – Machad Ramakrishnan Nair
2010 – Cheruthazham Chandran
2011 – Kelath Aravindaksha Marar
2012 – Kalanilayam Babu
2012 – Elanjimel P. Susheel Kumar
2012 – Kelath Kuttappan Marar
2013 – Kallekulangara Achuthankutty Marar
2014 – E. P. Vijayan Marar
2015 – Malamary Sasi
2016 – Kottakkal Ravi
2016 – Kalamandalam Krishnadas
2017 – Peruvanam Satheesan Marar
2017 – Kunissery Chandran
2017 – Kongad Madhu
2018 – Machad Manikandan
2018 – Porur Unnikrishnan
2018 – Kariyannur Narayanan Namboodiri
2019 – Velappaya Nandanan
2019 – Thichur Mohanan
2020 – Peringode Chandran
2021 – P. C. Chandra Bose
2021 – Peringode Subramanyan
2021 – Pazhuvil Reghu Marar
2021 – Thamarakudi R. Rajasekharan
2022 – Kalamandalam Rajeev

Sopana Sangeetham

1981 – Njeralattu Rama Poduval
1985 – Mankombu Viswanatha Kurup
1993 – Janardhanan Nedungadi
2016 – Njeralathu Harigovindan

Light Music

1982 – Thoppil Anto
1983 – M. S. Baburaj
1983 – Kamukara Purushothaman
1985 – Thrissur P. Radhakrishnan
1986 – K. P. Udhayabhanu
1987 – Santha P. Nair
1990 – P. Gokulapalan
1992 – M. K. Arjunan
1993 – A. P. Gopalan
1994 – Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath
1995 – M. G. Radhakrishnan
1996 – Kanhangad Ramachandran
1997 – M. S. Naseem
1997 – Sara Gul Mohammed
1998 – C. O. Anto
1998 – Amachal Ravi
1998 – Kalavoor Balan
1999 – A. K. Sukumaran
1999 – P. K. Medini
2000 – Kumarakom Rajappan
2000 – Dharman Ezhome
2000 – Kallara Gopan
2001 – Jerry Amaldev
2002 – K. P. Brahmanandan
2003 – Vadakara Krishnadas
2003 – Darsan Raman
2004 – Vidyadharan
2004 – Ayiroor Sadasivan
2005 – Zero Babu
2005 – Sibella Sadanandan
2006 – K. P. A. C. Chandrasekharan
2006 – Poovachal Khader
2007 – V. T. Murali
2007 – Haripad K. P. N. Pillai
2008 – Latha Raju
2008 – Cheravally Sasi
2009 – Murali Sithara
2009 – B. Arundhathi
2010 – Tripunithura Girija Varma
2011 – Selma George
2011 – Poochakkal Shahul Hameed
2012 – Alleppey Vivekanandan
2012 – Rajeev Alunkal
2013 – R. K. Damodaran
2013 – Vaikom Vijayalakshmi
2014 – Kottayam K. Veeramani
2014 – M. D. Rajendran
2015 – S. Ramesan Nair
2016 – Chengannur Sreekumar
2017 – Vijayan Poonjar
2019 – R. K. Ramadas
2020 – Raana Murali
2020 – Natesh Shankar
2021 – Manju Menon
2022 – Vijayan Kovoor
2022 – N. Lathika

Keraleeya Kalakal

1969 – Chandu Peruvannan
1974 – Chirukanda Panicker
1975 – Kannan Peruvannan
1976 – Pazhoor Kunjan Marar
1977 – Kadammanitta Raman Nair
1978 – Ahmed Musaliar
1979 – Palanthoni Velayudhan Asan
1980 – Madathil Sivasankan Nair
1981 – Kunjambu Panicker Karivellur
1981 – Athiyadam P. P. Kanna Peruvannan
1982 – P. K. Madhavan Pillai
1982 – P. P. Koru
1983 – A. V. Kunhirama Panicker
1983 – Marangattil Thomman Lookka
1985 – Guru Kalliassery Gopal Pillai
1986 – Kannan Perumalayan
1987 – M. Krishna Panicker
1988 – P. P. Madhava Panicker
1988 – C. A. Aboobakkar
1989 – Kurichi P. S. Kumaran
1990 – Nalakath Khasim
1990 – Pallikulathil Chindan Peruvannan
1991 – Rayarath Ummer
1992 – Valiyakath Kuttyali
1992 – Chummar Choondal
1992 – V. P. Damodara Panicker
1992 – V. P. Kannan Muthoodan
1993 – Sheni Gopalakrishna Bhat
1993 – C. K. Panicker
1993 – T. V. Sankara Panicker
1993 – N. P. Abdul Gurukkal
1994 – G. Bharghavan Pillai
1994 – Pazhoor Damodara Marar
1994 – Chandpasha
1994 – Eshi Joseph
1995 – Chandragiri Ambu
1995 – K. P. Dharman Panicker
1995 – Kadammanitta Vasudevan Pillai
1996 – Vengara Krishnan Panicker
1996 – Kizhara Othena Peruvannan
1997 – Edakkottil Appukutty Asan
1997 – P. Raghavan Panicker
1997 – V. M. Kutty
1998 – Kannan Karnamoorthy
1998 – Savithri Brahmaniyamma
1999 – Edavalath Kannapoduval
1999 – Pappinissery Kunhiraman Panicker
1999 – Joseph Moly
2000 – Andol Balakrishna Panicker
2001 – P. M. Charles
2001 – P. T. Kesavan Embranthiri
2002 – Chippar Krishnayya Balla
2002 – S. A. Jameel
2002 – Maneek Manakil
2002 – V. Balan
2003 – K. Dwaraka Krishnan
2003 – Bakker Edakkazhiyoor
2004 – A. G. Nair
2004 – K. G. Sathar
2004 – Mathukutti Asan
2005 – Kurian Chacko
2006 – P. V. Krishnan Anjoottan Nileshwaram
2006 – Jhansi Sebastian Tripunithura
2007 – Kurichi Natesan
2009 – Eranjoli Moosa
2011 – Thampi Payyappilly
2011 – Sreedharan Asan
2013 – Britto Vincent
2013 – Vakkom Sajeev
2013 – Madhu Gopinath
2014 – Puthumana Govindan Namboothiri
2014 – Kunjiraman Vaidar
2015 – Janardhanan Puthusseri
2016 – Kuttur Prasannakumar
2016 – Mannur Chandran
2016 – Keezhillam Unnikrishnan
2017 – Roy Georgekutty
2018 – Palamthoni Narayanan
2019 – Madikai Unnikrishnan

Kathaprasangam

1966 – Sathyadevan
1978 – Joseph Kaimaparamban
1979 – Kollam Babu
1986 – Kadaikodu Viswambharan
1987 – V. Harshakumar
1989 – Vadakara V. Ashokan
1990 – Ochira Ramachandran
1991 – H. Ramlabeegam
1992 – Harippad Saraswathi Ammal
1994 – Thevarthottam Sukumaran
1995 – Kadavoor Balan
1996 – Cherthala Balachandran
1998 – K. P. Chandrahasan
1999 – Edakkochi Prabhakaran
2001 – Gopinath
2002 – Thodiyoor Vasanthakumari
2003 – Niranam Rajan
2004 – Vayalar Baburaj
2005 – Seena Pallikkara
2006 – Manamboor D. Radhakrishnan
2007 – Ayilam Unnikrishnan
2008 – Pala Nandakumar
2009 – Chirakkara Salimkumar
2010 – Marayamuttom Johny
2012 – Edakochi Salimkumar
2013 – Vinod Champakara
2015 – Kannur Ratnakumar
2016 – Sooraj Sathyan K.
2017 – Pulimath Sreekumar
2018 – M. R. Payyattam
2019 – Vasanthakumar Sambasivan
2020 – Trikkulam Krishnan Kutty
2021 – Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar
2022 – S. Noval Raj

Prakshepana Kala

1975 – T. P. Radhamani
1981 – K. Padmanabhan Nair
1983 – C. S. Radhadevi
1987 – Rajam K. Nair
1990 – R. Rajakumari
1991 – K. V. Manikandan Nair
1991 – C. P. Rajasekharan
1992 – A. Prabhakaran
1993 – Nagavally R. S. Kurup
1994 – N. K. Sebastian
1999 – K. S. Ranaprathapan
2004 – M. Thankamani
2005 – K. A. Muralidharan
2006 – Beban Kaimaparamban
2007 – S. Radhakrishnan
2008 – Satheesh Chandran
2010 – T. T. Prabhakaran
2012 – Ravi Vallathol
2013 – Leelamma Mathew

Magic

1995 – Gopinath Muthukad
1997 – Padmaraj
2000 – Magician Samraj
2001 – Pradeep Hudino
2002 – P. M. Mithra
2003 – Nilambur Pradeep Kumar
2011 – R. K. Malayath
2014 – Shamsudheen Cherpulassery

Mimicry

2010 – Kottayam Nazeer