Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award is an award given by the

Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy is located in Thrissur city, of Kerala, in India. It was established on 26 April 1958, inaugurated by then Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The academy started a cultural centre at the Bahrain Ker ...

, an autonomous organisation for the encouragement, preservation, and documentation of the performing arts of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, set up by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the

Government of Kerala Government of Kerala is the Subnational administrative division, subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior mini ...

. 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. Rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, B ...

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 (Veena) *1964 – Ambalapuzha Sankaranarayana Panicker *1964 – Ambalapuzha Gopalakrishna Panicker *1966 – M. D. Ramanathan *1969 – Kottaram Sankunny Nair (Harmonium) *1971 – Palghat K. V. Narayanaswamy *1971 –

Mavelikkara Krishnankutty Nair Mavelikkara is a taluk and municipality in the ''Onattukara'' region of Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. Located in the southern part of the district on the banks of the Achankovil River. Etymology The name Mavelikara ...

(Mridangam) *1972 – C. S. Krishna Iyer *1972 – Parur Sundaram Iyer (Violin) *1972 – Thiruvizha Raghavan Pillai (Nadaswaram) *1973 – Vaikom Vasudevan Nair *1973 – Chunangad Appu Iyer (Mridangam) *1974 – Puthucode Krishnamoorthy *1975 – Kaviyoor C. K. Revamma *1976 – Cherthala Gopalan Nair *1976 – Chittoor Sankara Panicker (Nadaswaram) *1977 – Parassala B. Ponnammal *1978 –

L. P. R. Varma Lakshmipuram Palace Pooram Thirunal Ravi Varma ( ml, എൽ.പി.ആർ. വർമ്മ) known as L.P.R. Varma (1926–2003) was a Carnatic musician, lyricist, music director, singer, screen writer, and actor. Life Varma was born in Lakshm ...

*1979 – K. R. Kedaranathan *1981 –

Neyyattinkara Vasudevan Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (1940–13 May 2008) was a Carnatic music vocalist from Kerala in south India. The Padmasree-winning Carnatic vocalist and disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Ramnad Krishnan, he combined tradition and innovatio ...

*1981 –

Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair Mavelikkara Velukutty Nair (Malayalam: മാവേലിക്കര വേലുക്കുട്ടി നായർ) was an Indian mridangam player. Life Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair was born on 2 October 1926 in Chettikulangara (near Mavel ...

(Mridangam) *1982 – Trivandrum R. Venkataraman (Veena) *1982 – Kamala Kailasanathan *1982 – Mavelikkara Sankarankutty Nair (Mridangam) *1983 –

P. Leela Porayathu Leela (19 May 1934 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian playback singer, Carnatic vocalist and a music director. She has recorded more than 5,000 songs in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, ...

*1983 – M. K. Kalyana Krishna Bhagavathar (Veena) *1983 –

T. V. Gopalakrishnan Tripunithura Viswanathan Gopalakrishnan (born 11 June 1932 in Tripunithura, Kerala), known as TVG, is a Carnatic and Hindustani musician from Cochin, Kerala, India. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2014. Ea ...

(Mridangam) *1983 – P. K. Sankaran (Nadaswaram) *1985 –

Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma (1928–2008) was an Indian carnatic singer. and teacher who descended from the royal family of Mavelikkara, Kerala. Biography He was born in 1928 as the second son of Chandraprabha Thamburatty (daughter of the gre ...

*1985 – Mavelikkara S. R. Raju (Mridangam) *1986 – Vechoor Harihara Subramania Iyer *1987 –

Trichur V. Ramachandran Trichur V. Ramachandran(born 1940) is a Carnatic music vocalist. He received the most prestigious award of Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2012 from the Madras Music Academy. He was born in 1940 in Thrissur, Cochin State. He gave ...

*1988 – V. V. Subrahmanyam (Violin) *1989 – Mangad K. Natesan *1990 – Renuka Girijan *1991 – K. G. Jayan *1992 – Palkulangara Ambika Devi *1992 – Tripunithura G. Narayana Swamy (Mridangam) *1993 – P. R. Kumara Kerala Varma *1993 – Rajeswari Menon (Veena) *1994 – A. K. Raveendranath *1994 – S. Hariharan Nair *1995 – Trivandrum R. Krishnaswamy *1995 – Puthukode S. Krishna (Mridangam) *1996 – Pala C. K. Ramachandran *1996 – Aranmula Govindankutty (Thakil) *1996 – Malabar Sukumaran Bhagavathar *1997 – K. Omanakutty (Vocal) *1997 –

Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan is a Ghatam exponent from Kerala, India. He is the first artist to receive the noted Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship for Ghatam. He has played the Ghatam in tens of thousands of venues across hundreds of ...

(Ghatam) *1997 –

Pappukutty Bhagavathar Pappukutty Bhagavathar ( ml, പാപ്പുകുട്ടി ഭാഗവതർ; 29 March 1913 – 22 June 2020) was an Indian singer and actor in Malayalam cinema. He was the father of actor Mohan Jose and singer Selma George. Malayala ...

*1998 – Neyyattinkara Mohanachandran (Vocal) *1998 – T. S. Babu (Violin) *1998 – Trivandrum V. Surendran (Mridangam) *1999 –

K. S. Gopalakrishnan K. S. Gopalakrishnan was an Indian screenwriter, director, producer, and lyricist, who worked in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. Since the early 1960s, he directed 70 films. He spent most of his career directing and producing movies with soc ...

(Pullamkuzhal) *1999 – Tripunithura Lalitha (Vocal) *2000 – Sukumari Narendra Menon (Vocal) *2000 – Parassala Ravi (Mridangam) *2000 –

Nedumangad Sivanandan Ragaratnam Nedumangad Sivanandan (V. Sivanandan Nair, born 30 June 1935) is a violinist in the Carnatic tradition of India, who has been in the forefront of both teaching of the Carnatic tradition on the violin, as well as its performance on sta ...

(Violin) *2000 – Ambilikuttan (Vocal) *2001 – Gopalan Nair (Ganjira) *2001 – Vettikavala K. N. Sasikumar (Nadaswaram) *2002 – Ananthalakshmi Venkitaraman (Vocal) *2002 – Aryanad G. Sadasivan (Vocal) *2002 – V. Balakrishnan Potty (Veena) *2003 – N. P. Ramaswami (Vocal) *2003 – Mathangi Sathyamoorthy (Vocal) *2003 – T. V. Ramani (Violin) *2004 – Leelamani Radhakrishnan (Vocal) *2004 – Thiruvizha Sivanandan (Violin) *2004 – S. Sai Babu (Violin) *2004 – K. R. Anto (Flute) *2004 – Cherthala N. Sreekumar Varma (Mridangam) *2005 – Malini Hariharan (Vocal) *2005 – A. Ananthapadmanabhan (Veena) *2005 – Guruvayur Dwari (Mridangam) *2005 – Trichur P. Govindankutty (Nadaswaram) *2006 – G. Seethalakshmi Ammal (Vocal) *2006 – Pazhayannur K. G. Krishnankutty (Nadaswaram) *2006 – Trichur C. Rajendran (Violin) *2006 – Alappuzha Chandrasekharan Nair (Thalavadyam) *2007 – Chalakudy N. S. Balakrishnan *2007 – Varkala C. S. Jayaram *2007 – Thuravoor R. Narayana Panicker (Nadaswaram) *2007 – N. Hari (Mridangam) *2008 – Mukhathala Sivaji *2008 – T. M. Abdul Azeez (Violin) *2008 – Neyyattinkara Krishnan (Mukharsangh) *2008 –

Kalyani Menon Kalyani Menon (23 June 1941 – 2 August 2021) was an Indian playback singer who worked in the Indian film industry. After beginning her career in the 1970s as a classical singer, Kalyani established a parallel career as a singer in the film in ...

*2009 – Ayamkudi Mani *2009 – T. H. Subramaniam (Violin) *2009 – R. Karuna Moorthy (Thakil) *2009 – Palakkad K. Jayakrishnan (Mridangam) *2010 – Shertallay K. N. Renganatha Sharma (Vocal) *2010 – K. V. Prasad (Mridangam) *2010 – T. H. Lalitha (Violin) *2011 – Kavalam Sreekumar *2011 –

Ramesh Narayan Ramesh Narayan (born 3 November 1959) is an Indian classical vocalist, composer and music producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He belongs to the Mewati gharana of Hindustani classical music. Narayan began his initial traini ...

*2011 – Orumanayoor O. K. Gopi (Nadaswaram) *2012 – Trivandrum Krishnakumar *2012 – Binni Krishnakumar *2012 – Vanaja Sankar *2013 –

Sreevalsan J. Menon Sreevalsan J. Menon is an Indian Carnatic vocalist and a music composer from Kerala. Biography After initial training under Rajalakshmi Krishnan (disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar) and violinist T.V. Ramani at Thrissur, Menon had mu ...

*2013 –

M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri ( ml, ശങ്കരന്‍ നമ്പൂതിരി) (a.k.a. Pranavam Sankaran Namboothiri) (born 1971) is a Carnatic classical music vocalist and playback singer from Kerala. He is the youngest A Top grade voc ...

*2013 – Kuzhalmannam G. Ramakrishnan (Mridangam) *2013 – Adichanallur Anilkumar (Ghatam) *2014 –

P. Unnikrishnan Parakkal Unnikrishnan (born 9 July 1966) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist and playback singer. Early life and background Unnikrishnan was born to K. Radhakrishnan and Dr. Harini Radhakrishnan in Palakkad, Kerala. The family home, Kesari Kutee ...

(Carnatic Music) *2014 –

Paul Poovathingal Paul Poovathingal (born 1961), popularly known as the 'Padum Pathiri' or 'singing priest of India', is a carnatic music (Indian classical music) vocalist, composer and lyricist and is the first vocologist in India. He is an ordained priest in ...

(Carnatic Music) *2014 – Attukal Balasubramaniam (Violin) *2014 – G. Babu (Mridangam) *2015 – Mavelikkara P. Subramaniam *2015 – S. R. Mahadeva Sarma (Violin) *2015 – S. R. Rajasree (Violin) *2015 – Nanjil A. R. Arul (Mridangam) *2016 –

V. V. Ravi Vadakkanchery Veeraraghava Bhagavathar Ravi is an Indian classical music violinist.‘Every ...

(Violin) *2016 – Trivandrum R. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam) *2016 – Adoor P. Sudarsanan (Carnatic Music) *2017 – M. Narmadha (Violin) *2017 – Cherthala R Jayadevan (Mridangam) *2017 – Thamarakkad Govindan Namboothiri (Carnatic Music) *2018 – Arakkal Nandakumar (Music) *2018 – Retnasree Iyer (Tabla) *2019 – Nemmara N. R. Kannan (Nadaswaram) *2019 – Anayadi Prasad (Music) *2020 – K. Venkitaraman (Vocal) *2020 – Babu Narayanan (Violin) *2020 – Premkumar Vadakara (Music Direction) *2021 – Kollam V. Sajikumar (Vocal) *2021 – N. P. Prabhakaran (Music) *2022 – Palakkad Sreeram (Classical Music) *2022 – Thiruvizha Viju S. Anand (Violin) *2022 – Alappuzha S. Vijayakumar (Thavil) *2022 – Prakash Ulleri (Harmonium/Keyboard)

Drama

* 1962 –

Mavelikkara Ponnamma Mavelikkara Ponnamma (died 6 September 1995) was an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She was one of the prominent supporting actress in late 1970s and 1990s in Malayalam movies. She is noted for her performance in ''Ulladakkam'' (1991), ''Aa ...

* 1966 – Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar * 1969 – Artist P. J. Cherian * 1969 – N. N. Pillai * 1971 – Kodungallur Ammini Amma * 1972 – Swami Brahmavruthan * 1973 –

N. Krishna Pillai N. Krishna Pillai (22 September 1916 – 10 July 1988) was an Indian dramatist, literary critic, translator and historian of Malayalam language. Known for his realism and dramatic portrayal of psycho-social tensions, Pillai's plays earned him th ...

* 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 (Green Room) * 1976 –

Vijayakumari Vijayakumari is an Indian stage, television and film actress. She was a stage actress at Kerala People's Arts Club and Kalidasa Kalakendra. She is the winner of the Kerala State award for best stage actress. Currently she is the Secretary of Ka ...

* 1977 –

Kunjandi Kunjandi ( ml, കുഞ്ഞാണ്ടി; 1919–2002) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 50 films. He handled character roles as well as supporting roles. Background Kunjandi was born at Calicut. His first ...

* 1977 – Omana * 1978 –

Kalaikkal Kumaran Kalaikkal Kumaran (1919 - 8 August 1998) was a noted Malayalam film and very popular drama actor. He was well known for his comedy roles in dramas by Kalidasa Kalakendram. He acted in 65 films and more than 150 dramas. He appeared more than 15000 ...

* 1978 –

Kozhikode Santha Devi Damayanthi (1927 – 20 November 2010), better known by her stage name Kozhikode Santha Devi, was an Indian Malayalam film and stage actress. In a career spanning about sixty years, she acted in more than 1000 plays and about 480 films. Biog ...

* 1978 – Artist Kesavan (Rangasilpam) * 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 Adoor Bhavani (1927 – 25 October 2009) was an Indian actress in Malayalam cinema, best known for her appearance in the National Award-winning film '' Chemmeen'' (1965), directed by Ramu Kariat. She had acted in about 450 films, including ''M ...

* 1983 – Jagathy N. K. Achary * 1983 – Nellimoodu K. Ramakrishna Pillai (Green Room) * 1985 – V. T. Vikraman Nair * 1986 – K. G. Sethunath * 1987 – D. K. Chellappan * 1989 – Changanassery Natarajan * 1990 – Vakkom Shakeer * 1991 –

* 1991 – William D'Cruz * 1991 –

S. L. Puram Sadanandan S. L. Puram Sadanandan (15 April 1928 – 16 September 2005) was an Indian playwright and film scriptwriter from Kerala, India. Career In 1967, he got the first ever National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film '' Agniputhri''. Dea ...

* 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 Ibrahim Vengara is a Malayalam–language playwright from Kerala, India. He has written over 50 radio plays, 25 plays and 20 monologues. He was born on 1 August 1941 at Vengara in North Malabar as the son of Seythammadath Alikunji and Puthiya V ...

* 1996 – P. K. Raghavan * 1996 – K. G. Devaki Amma * 1997 – K. Thayat * 1997 – Maya Narayanan * 1997 – Saithan Joseph * 1998 – T. V. Gopinath (Direction) * 1998 – N. G. Panicker * 1999 – K. M. Dharman (Direction) * 1999 – K. P. A. C. Rajamma (Actress) * 2000 – K. K. Jacob * 2000 – N. Somasundaram * 2001 – K. S. Namboothiri (Script) * 2002 – Nilambur Ayisha * 2002 – Vayala Vasudevan Pillai * 2002 – P. V. Kuriakose (Script) * 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 (Script, Direction) * 2006 – Sreedharan Nileshwaram * 2006 – Leela Panicker * 2006 –

Karivellur Murali Karivellur Murali is a Malayalam language poet and playwright from Kerala, India. He has won many awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award and Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship. ...

(Script) * 2007 – Haridas Cherukunnu * 2007 – V. R. Santha * 2008 – C. L. Jose (Script) * 2008 –

Karakulam Chandran Karakulam Chandran is a Malayalam language drama, television serial, film actor and drama director from Kerala, India. He has directed 118 plays and acted in over fifty plays. He has also acted in 88 television serials and five movies. He has won ...

(Direction) * 2008 – P. Balachandran (Script) * 2008 – Sreekala V. K. * 2009 – P. Gangadharan (Direction) * 2009 –

Savithri Sreedharan Savithri Sreedharan is an Indian theatre and film actress. She has been a part of several Calicut-based theatre groups for over forty years and made her film debut in 2018 in the film ''Sudani from Nigeria'' which earned her a Special Mention a ...

(Actress) * 2009 – Sathish Sangamithra (Actor, Direction) * 2009 – G. Gopalakrishnan (Script) * 2010 –

Geetha Salam Abdul Salam (9 October 1946 – 19 December 2018) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema known by his stage name Geetha Salam, known for ''Malabar Wedding'', '' Jalolsavam'' (2004) and ''Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu'' (2014). He lived in Krishnapu ...

* 2010 –

Jayaraj Warrier Jayaraj Warrier is an Indian actor, stand-up comedian, Ottamthullal performer, and caricaturist. He appears in Malayalam films in supporting and comedic roles. Personal life He hails from Thrissur, began his career as an amateur theater artis ...

(Drama, Caricature) * 2010 – K. P. Gopalan (Direction) * 2010 – A. E. Ashraf (Light) * 2011 – Meenambalam Santhosh * 2011 –

Deepan Sivaraman Deepan Sivaraman is an Indian theatre director, scenographer and academic. He is the founder oOxygen Theatre Companybased in Delhi. He is from Thrissur, Kerala. Sivaraman received Charles Wallace India Trust Award in 2003, ''Kerala Sangeeth ...

* 2011 – K. G. Ramu (Make-up) * 2012 – Adv. Manilal (Script) * 2012 –

Abhilash Pillai Abhilash Pillai (born 17 May 1969) is an Indian theatre director, both pedagogue and scholar of contemporary Indian theatre. Early life and education Abhilash Pillai was born on 17 May 1969 at Trivandrum to S. R. K. Pillai and Sarada Pillai. I ...

(Director) * 2012 –

Pattanam Rasheed Pattanam Rasheed ( ml, പട്ടണം റഷീദ്) is an Indian make-up artist. He won the 55th National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist. Awards ; Kerala State Film Awards * 1992 Kerala State Film Award for Best Makeup Artist - '' Aadha ...

(Make-up) * 2013 – Ramesh Varma (Direction) * 2013 – Rajan Kizhakkanela (Script) * 2014 – Prof. Aliyar V. Kunju * 2014 – Manu Jose * 2014 – R. Sudhakaran * 2014 – Shibu S. Kottaram * 2015 – Sherly Somasundharam (Children's Drama) * 2015 – Geetha Rangaprabhath (Children's Drama) * 2015 – Francis T. Mavelikkara * 2015 – Girish Sopanam * 2015 – Sreekanth * 2015 – Jose Koshy (Lighting) * 2015 – Pradeep Thalayal (Sound arrangement) * 2016 – Kozhikode Sarada (Actress) * 2016 – A. Santha Kumar (Script, Direction) * 2016 – C. K. Sasi (Script) * 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 Sajitha Madathil is an Indian film and theatre actor. Her performance in Joy Mathew's feature film '' Shutter'' (2012) won her the State film award for second best actress. She is the head of the department of Acting at the K. R. Narayanan N ...

* 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. (Actor) * 2021 – Maniyappan Aranmula * 2021 –

Babu Pallassery Babu Pallassery is an Indian film scriptwriter, dialogue writer and actor who works in Mollywood. His screenplays include the film ''Maanthrikam'', starring Mohanlal. He has written many television serials for Malayalam channels. His best know ...

(Script, Direction, Actor) * 2021 – A. N. Murugan (Actor) * 2021 – Rajmohan Neeleswaram (Script, Direction) * 2021 – Sudhi Nireeksha (Actress, Direction) * 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 (

Madhalam The maddalam or madhalam (Malayalam: മദ്ദളം) मद्दलम , ମଦ୍ଦଳମ , మద్దళమ్ , ಮದ್ದಳಂ is a drum made out of the wood of the jackfruit tree. It has two sides for playing, made out of leathe ...

) * 1969 –

Champakulam Pachu Pillai Champakulam Pachu Pillai is a Kathakali exponent from Kerala, India. He was a specialist in the ''thadi'' or bearded roles in kathakali. He has been honored with several noted awards including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1983, Kerala Sangeet ...

* 1969 –

Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (27 March 1914 – 15 August 1990) was a Kathakali dancer from Kerala in India. Life He learned and exhibited various styles of Kathakali. A Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee, A native of Cheruthazha ...

* 1969 – Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair * 1971 –

Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan (1920–1985) was a trend-setter Kathakali musician who played a crucial role in remoulding the aesthetics of singing for the classical dance-drama of Kerala, south India. Nambisan imbibed a set of fresh musical i ...

* 1971 – Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Poduval (

Chenda The Chenda ( ml, ചെണ്ട, ) is a cylindrical percussion instrument originating in the state of Kerala and widely used in Tulu Nadu of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in India. In Tulu Nadu (Coastal Karnataka), it is known as ''chende''. ...

) * 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 (Music) * 1978 – Pallippuram Gopalan Nair * 1979 – Kottakkal Vasu Nedungadi (Music) * 1980 – Kalamandalam Govinda Warrier (Make-up) * 1981 – Thakazhi Kuttan Pillai (Music) * 1981 – Chalakudy Narayanan Nambeesan (

) * 1982 – K. P. Ramakrishna Panicker (Make-up) * 1982 – Kalamandalam Achunni Poduval (

) * 1983 – Mekkara Narayanan Nair * 1985 –

Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair (25 May 1925 – 11 March 2013) was a performer of Kathakali, who practiced the Kerala art form for more than seven decades. Biography His guru was Pattikkamthodi Ravunni Menon, his only teacher in his entir ...

* 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 Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair (1928–2007) was an eminent Kathakali exponent, equally known for his capacities as a tutor, theoretician and author of a few authentic texts on the classical dance-drama from Kerala in south India. A son of the ...

* 1992 – Guru Kelu Nair * 1993 – Cherthala Thankappa Panicker * 1994 – Chandramana Govindan Namboothiri * 1995 –

Kalamandalam Gopi Vadakke Manalath Govindan Nair popularly known as Kalamandalam Gopi, is an Indian dancer who is an exponent of the classical dance-drama style known as Kathakali. Life Born as Vadakke Manalath Govindan Nair in the Southern Indian village of ...

* 1996 – Kottakkal Sivaraman * 1997 – Kalamandalam Kesavan (

Melam Melam is a group of Maddalams and other similar percussion instruments' ( Chenda) rhythmic performance. Those who play melam are called 'Melakaar'. In ancient Tamilakam (Tamil country) melam was used for all the occasions in temples (''Kovil Mela ...

) * 1998 – Kalamandalam Gangadharan (Music) * 1999 –

Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri or Nelliyod Vasudevan Namboodiri (5 February 1940 – 2 August 2021) was a Kathakali artiste, noted primarily for his vibrant portrayal of the evil ''chuvanna thaadi'' ("red beard") roles of the classical Kathaka ...

(Vesham) * 2000 – Kottakkal Krishnankutty Nair (Vesham) * 2001 – Pandalam Kerala Varma * 2001 – Sadanam Sreedharan (

) * 2001 – Varanasi Madhavan Namboothiri (

) * 2002 – Sadanam Krishnankutty (Vesham) * 2003 – Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody * 2003 – Thonnakkal Peethambaran * 2005 – Mudakkal Gopinathan Nair (Music) * 2006 – Kalamandalam K. G. Vasudevan (Vesham) * 2009 – Kottakal Nandakumaran Nair (Vesham) * 2009 – Kalanilayam Unnikrishnan (Music) * 2010 – FACT Padmanabhan (Vesham) * 2010 –

Madambi Subramanian Namboodiri Madambi Subramanian Namboodiri is a Kathakali musician from Kerala, India. He received several noted awards including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Kerala State Kathakali Award, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award and Kerala Kalamandalam ...

(Music) * 2010 – Kalamandalam Narayanan Nair (

) * 2010 – Mathoor Govindan Kutty (Vesham) * 2011 – Inchakkad Ramachandran Pillai * 2011 – Sreenarayanapuram Appu Marar (

) * 2012 – Kalamandalam V. Subramanian * 2014 – Sadanam K. Harikumaran * 2015 – Kuroor Vasudevan Namboodiri (

) * 2016 – Kottakkal Chandrasekhara Warrier (Vesham) * 2016 –

Kottakkal Madhu Kottakkal Madhu (born 26 October 1968) is a prominent Kathakali Musician, Playback singer and Composer from Kottakkal, Kerala, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-larg ...

(Music) * 2017 – Kalamandalam Oyur Ramachandran * 2018 – Kalamandalam C. M. Balasubramanian * 2018 – Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan (

) * 2018 – Pathiyoor Sankarankutty (Music) * 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 Dr. Kalamandalam Radhika is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, research scholar, teacher, writer and philanthropist. She was the first non-resident Keralite to win the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi award for Mohiniyattom. She learnt ...

* 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 Perumanoor Gopinathan Pillai, more popularly known as Guru Gopinath (24 June 1908 – 9 October 1987) was a well known actor-cum-dancer. He is well regarded as the greatest preserver of the dance tradition. He is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak ...

* 1973 – P. K.Poduval (

Ottan Thullal Ottan Thullal (or ''Ottamthullal'', Malayalam: ഓട്ടൻ തുള്ളൽ) is a recite-and-dance art-form of Kerala, India. It was introduced in the eighteenth century by Kunchan Nambiar, one of the Prachina Kavithrayam (three famous Ma ...

) * 1977 – Guru Chandrasekharan * 1978 – Kottayam Chellappan * 1979 – Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair * 1980 – Vechoor Thankamani Pillai (Ottamthullal) * 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 ( Kerala Natanam) * 2013 – Kalamandalam Vasudevan (

) * 2014 –

Manju Warrier Manju Warrier (; born 10 September 1978) is an Indian actress, producer, classical dancer and playback singer who primarily appears in Malayalam language films. She is the recipient of several awards including one National Film Award, one Kera ...

( Kuchipudi) * 2015 – Sreelakshmy Govardhanan ( Kuchipudi) * 2017 – Kalamandalam Mohanakrishnan (

) * 2018 – Gayathri Subramanian ( Kerala Natanam) * 2020 – Manalur Gopinath (

) * 2020 – Vinayachandran ( Kerala Natanam) * 2021 – Kalamandalam Sathyavrathan ( Kerala Natanam) * 2021 – Geetha Padmakumar ( Kuchipudi) * 2022 – Bijula Balakrishnan ( Kuchipudi) * 2022 – Kalamandalam Radhamani (Thullal)

Koothu–Koodiyattam

* 1964 – Ammannur Chachu Chakyar * 1971 – Painkulam Narayana Chakyar * 1972 – Painkulam Rama Chakyar * 1979 – Subhadra Nangiyaramma * 1981 – Irinjalakuda Narayanan Nambiar (Padakam) * 1982 – Haripad Achuthadas (Padakam) * 1983 – Ammannur Parameswara Chakyar * 1985 – C. K. Krishnan Nambiar (Mizhavu) * 1986 – Puthiyedath Mani Neelakanda Chakyar * 1992 – K. K. Rajendran * 1993 – P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (Mizhavu) * 1998 – Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (Koodiyattam) * 2001 –

Mani Damodara Chakyar Mani Damodara Chakyar (Māni Dāmodara Chākyār; born 1946) is a Kutiyattam and Chakyar Koothu artist in Kerala state of south India. He is a nephew and disciple of legendary guru ''Nātyāchārya Vidūshakaratnam Padma Shri'' Māni Mādhava ...

(Chakyarkoothu) * 2001 – P. K. G.Nambiar (Koodiyattam) * 2001 – Kalamandalam Girija (Koodiyattam) * 2002 –

Margi Sathi Margi Sathi (official name P. S. Sathi Devi) (1965 - 2015) was an exponent of Nangiǎr Kūthu which is a form of performing art derived from Koodiyattam and which is traditionally performed by the female members of the Chakkyar community of Kera ...

(Koodiyattam) * 2003 – Ammannur Parameswaran (Kuttan Chakyar) (Koodiyattam) * 2005 – Venu G. * 2006 – Painkulam Damodara Chakyar * 2008 – Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar (Koodiyattam) * 2009 – Painkulam Narayana Chakyar (Koodiyattam) * 2011 – Margi Madhu * 2013 – Mani Vasudeva Chakyar * 2014 – Usha Nangiar * 2014 – V. K. K. Hariharan (Koodiyattam) * 2017 – Kalamandalam Kanakakumar (Koodiyattam) * 2018 – Kalamandalam Shylaja (Koodiyattam, Nangiar koothu) * 2019 – Kalamandalam Sindhu (Nangiar koothu) * 2020 – Kalamandalam Jishnu Prathap (Koodiyattam)

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 (

Panchavadyam Panchavadyam (Malayalam: പഞ്ചവാദ്യം), literally meaning an orchestra of five instruments, is basically a temple art form that has evolved in Kerala. Of the five instruments, four — timila, maddalam, ilathalam and idakka ...

) * 1972 – Thiruvegappura Rama Marar * 1974 – T. S. Ramaswamy Iyer (

) * 1979 – Chithali Rama Marar (

) * 1981 – Neetiyath Govindan Nair (

) * 1983 – Annamanada Parameswara Marar (

Timila Timila, thimila or paani, (Malayalam:തിമില) is an hour-glass shaped percussion instrument used in Kerala, South India. It is made of polished ''jackwood'', and the drumheads made of calfskin (preferably taken from 1- to 2-year-old ca ...

) * 1983 – Kadavallur Aravindakshan (

) * 1983 –

Pallavur Appu Marar Pallavur Appu Marar (1928-2002) was an Indian percussionist, widely considered to be a maestro in the Pallavur (Palakkad) style of thayambaka, edakka, sopana sangeetham, melam and panchavadyam. He was the eldest of the three brothers, the o ...

(

Idakka The ''idakka'' (), also spelt edaykka/edakka, is an hourglass-shaped drum from Kerala in south India. This handy percussion instrument is very similar to the pan-Indian damaru. While the damaru is played by rattling knotted cords against the res ...

) * 1986 – Kombath Kuttan Panicker ( Kurumkuzhal) * 1986 – Nireechan Kanjan Poojari (Thudi) * 1987 – Chottanikkara Narayana Marar (

) * 1988 – Kuzhur Kuttappa Marar (

) * 1989 – Aliparambu Sivarama Poduval (

) * 1990 – Othikunnath Kuttykrishnan Nair (Kurumkuzhal) * 1991 –

Kuzhur Narayana Marar Kuzhur Narayana Marar (25 May 1925 – 11 August 2011) was an Indian musician, considered to be one of the masters of Panchavadyam. He was awarded Padmabhushan by Government of India for his contributions to the propagation of Panchavadyam in 20 ...

(

) * 1995 – Pallavur Maniyan Marar (

) * 1996 – Mattannoor Sankarankutty (

Thayambaka Thayambaka or tayambaka is a type of solo chenda performance that developed in the south Indian state of Kerala, in which the main player at the centre improvises rhythmically on the beats of half-a-dozen or a few more chenda and ilathalam pla ...

) * 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 Peruvanam Kuttan Marar is a chenda artist. He leads several popular traditional orchestra performances in Kerala. He received Padma Shri, India's third highest civilian award, in 2011 for his contributions in the field of art. Early life Peruv ...

(

) * 2003 – Kadanad V. K. Gopi ( Mridangam) * 2003 – Cherthala A. K. Ramachandran ( Mridangam) * 2004 – Chengamanad Appu Nair (

Kombu ''Konbu'' (from ja, 昆布, konbu or kombu) is edible kelp mostly from the family Laminariaceae and is widely eaten in East Asia. It may also be referred to as ''dasima'' ( ko, 다시마) or ''haidai'' (). Kelp features in the diets of many ...

) * 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 (Madhalam) * 2012 – Elanjimel P. Susheel Kumar ( Mridangam) * 2012 – Kelath Kuttappan Marar (

) * 2013 – Kallekulangara Achuthankutty Marar (

) * 2014 – E. P. Vijayan Marar (Vadya Kala) * 2015 – Malamary Sasi ( Drums) * 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 (Kurumkuzhal) * 2019 – Thichur Mohanan (

) * 2020 – Peringode Chandran (

) * 2021 – P. C. Chandra Bose (Instrumental Music) * 2021 – Peringode Subramanyan (

) * 2021 – Pazhuvil Reghu Marar (

) * 2021 – Thamarakudi R. Rajasekharan (Mukharsangh) * 2022 – Kalamandalam Rajeev (

Mizhavu A mizhav or mizhavu (Malayalam: മിഴാവ്) is a big copper drum played as an accompanying percussion instrument in the Koodiyattam and Koothu, performing arts of Kerala. It is played by the Ambalavasi Nambiar community. After 1965, wh ...

)

Sopana Sangeetham

* 1981 – Njeralattu Rama Poduval (Sopana Sangeetham) * 1985 – Mankombu Viswanatha Kurup (Ashtapathi) * 1993 – Janardhanan Nedungadi (Sopana Sangeetham) * 2016 – Njeralathu Harigovindan (Sopana Sangeetham)

Light Music

* 1982 – Thoppil Anto * 1983 –

M. S. Baburaj Mohammad Sabir Baburaj was an Indian music composer. He is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. Baburaj has rendered music to many evergreen Malayalam film songs. Early years Baburaj was born on 9 March 1929 in Kozhikod ...

(Posthumous) * 1983 – Kamukara Purushothaman * 1985 – Thrissur P. Radhakrishnan * 1986 – K. P. Udhayabhanu * 1987 –

Santha P. Nair Shantha P. Nair (6 February 1929 – 26 July 2008) was a playback singer in Malayalam cinema. She was based in Thrissur, Kerala. Early life Born into the famous Ambady family in Thrissur, as one of the five children of Vasudeva Poduval and Lak ...

* 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 (Special Award) * 1998 – C. O. Anto (Overall contribution) * 1998 – Amachal Ravi * 1998 – Kalavoor Balan (Music Direction) * 1999 – A. K. Sukumaran * 1999 – P. K. Medini (Janakeeya Sangeetham) * 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 (Lyrics) * 2007 –

V. T. Murali V. T. Murali is an Indian playback singer and music critic from Kerala. He is known for many songs including the song "Othu palliyilannu nammal" composed by Padma Shri K. Raghavan from the movie Thenthulli directed by National award-winning direc ...

* 2007 – Haripad K. P. N. Pillai (Direction) * 2008 –

Latha Raju Latha Raju (born 25 June 1951) is an Indian film singer and actress in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. Some of her popular Malayalam songs are "Pinchu Hridayam Devalayam" and "Manjakkilee Swarnakkilee Mayilppeelikkaattile Varnakkilee" from th ...

* 2008 – Cheravally Sasi (Lyrics) * 2009 – Murali Sithara * 2009 – B. Arundhathi * 2010 – Tripunithura Girija Varma * 2011 –

Selma George Selma George is an Indian film singer in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. She sang in 40 films, and her most popular song was "Saradindu Malardeepa" from the 1979 film, ''Ulkadal''. She is the daughter of famous singer Pappukutty Bhagavathar. ...

* 2011 – Poochakkal Shahul Hameed (Lyrics) * 2012 – Alleppey Vivekanandan (Direction) * 2012 –

Rajeev Alunkal Rajeev Alunkal is a prominent poet, lyricist, music director and malayalam orator. He is best known for writing lyrics on romantic and philosophical themes. He has written numerous poems and songs. He is the former Chairman of Kumaranashan Smar ...

* 2013 – R. K. Damodaran * 2013 –

Vaikom Vijayalakshmi Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (born 7 October 1981) is an Indian playback singer from Kerala, India. She is an expert in a rare musical instrument called Gayatriveena. She won special jury mention for her much appreciated work in the 2013 film '' Cellul ...

* 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 (

Theyyam Theyyam (/ t̪eːjjəm/; romanised: ''teyyam'') are Hindu ritualistic dance forms practiced in northern Kerala and some parts of Karnataka. Theyyam is also known as Kaḷiyāṭṭaṁ or Tiṟa. Theyyam consists of traditions, rituals and c ...

) * 1974 – Chirukanda Panicker (

Poorakkali Poorakkali (meaning Festival Performance) is a traditional dance ritual performed by men during the nine-day Pooram festival in Bhagavathy temples across North Malabar in Kerala State of south India. The Pooram festival begins with the Kart ...

) * 1975 – Kannan Peruvannan (

) * 1976 – Pazhoor Kunjan Marar ( Mudiyett) * 1977 – Kadammanitta Raman Nair (

Padayani Padayani, also known Padeni (from the Malayalam word for military formations), is a traditional folk dance and a ritual art from the central portion of the Indian state of Kerala. A ceremonial dance involving masks, it is an ancient ritual per ...

) * 1978 – Ahmed Musaliar (

Duffmuttu Duffmuttu (also: Dubhmuttu) is an art form prevalent in the Malabar region of the states of Kerala and Karnataka in south India. It derives its name from the daf, duff, a percussion instrument made of wood and ox skin. The word duff is of Arabi ...

) * 1979 – Palanthoni Velayudhan Asan (Porattu Natakam) * 1980 – Madathil Sivasankan Nair (

Kanyarkali Kanniyar Kali (Malayalam: കണ്യാർകളി) is a folk dance ritual performed in Temples of villages in Alathur and Chittur Taluk of Palakkad district of Kerala. The event is usually a part of Vishu celebrations of the village and ...

) * 1981 – Kunjambu Panicker Karivellur (

) * 1981 – Athiyadam P. P. Kanna Peruvannan (

) * 1982 – P. K. Madhavan Pillai (

) * 1982 – P. P. Koru ( Thirra) * 1983 – A. V. Kunhirama Panicker (

) * 1983 – Marangattil Thomman Lookka (

Margamkali Margamkali (Malayalam:മാർഗ്ഗംകളി ) is an ancient Indian round dance of the St. Thomas Christians community- based in Kerala state, mainly practiced by the endogamous sub-sect known as the Knanaya or Southist Christians. The ...

) * 1985 – Guru Kalliassery Gopal Pillai (

) * 1986 – Kannan Perumalayan (

) * 1987 – M. Krishna Panicker (

) * 1988 – P. P. Madhava Panicker (

) * 1988 – C. A. Aboobakkar (Mappilakalakal) * 1989 – Kurichi P. S. Kumaran (Arjuna Nritham) * 1990 – Nalakath Khasim ( Mappilappattu) * 1990 – Pallikulathil Chindan Peruvannan (

) * 1991 – Rayarath Ummer (

Oppana Oppana ( ml, ഒപ്പന) is a popular form of social entertainment among the Mappila (Kerala Muslims) community of Kerala, South India, prevalent throughout Kerala, especially in Malabar. The Term Oppana is believed to be originated from the ...

) * 1992 – Valiyakath Kuttyali (Cheenimuttu) * 1992 – Chummar Choondal (Natankala) * 1992 – V. P. Damodara Panicker (

) * 1992 – V. P. Kannan Muthoodan (

) * 1993 – Sheni Gopalakrishna Bhat (

Yakshagana Yakshagaana is a traditional theatre, developed in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Shimoga and western parts of Chikmagalur districts, in the state of Karnataka and in Kasaragod district in Kerala that combines dance, music, dialogue, ...

m) * 1993 – C. K. Panicker (

) * 1993 – T. V. Sankara Panicker (

) * 1993 – N. P. Abdul Gurukkal (

Kolkali Kolkali is a folk art performed in Malabar region of Kerala, India. The dance performers move in a circle, striking small sticks and keeping rhythm with special steps. The circle expands and contracts as the dance progress. The accompanying musi ...

) * 1994 – G. Bharghavan Pillai (Natankala) * 1994 – Pazhoor Damodara Marar ( Mudiyett) * 1994 – Chandpasha ( Mappilappattu) * 1994 – Eshi Joseph ( Chavittu Natakam) * 1995 – Chandragiri Ambu (

m) * 1995 – K. P. Dharman Panicker (

) * 1995 – Kadammanitta Vasudevan Pillai (

) * 1996 – Vengara Krishnan Panicker (

) * 1996 – Kizhara Othena Peruvannan (

) * 1997 – Edakkottil Appukutty Asan ( Thirra) * 1997 – P. Raghavan Panicker (

) * 1997 – V. M. Kutty ( Mappilappattu) * 1998 – Kannan Karnamoorthy (

) * 1998 – Savithri Brahmaniyamma ( Brahmanippattu) * 1999 – Edavalath Kannapoduval (

) * 1999 – Pappinissery Kunhiraman Panicker (

) * 1999 – Joseph Moly ( Chavittu Natakam) * 2000 – Andol Balakrishna Panicker (

) * 2001 – P. M. Charles ( Chavittu Natakam) * 2001 – P. T. Kesavan Embranthiri ( Thidambu Nritham) * 2002 – Chippar Krishnayya Balla (

m) * 2002 – S. A. Jameel ( Mappilappattu) * 2002 – Maneek Manakil ( Chavittu Natakam) * 2002 – V. Balan ( Poothamkali) * 2003 – K. Dwaraka Krishnan (

) * 2003 – Bakker Edakkazhiyoor ( Arabanamuttu) * 2004 – A. G. Nair (

m) * 2004 – K. G. Sathar ( Mappilappattu) * 2004 – Mathukutti Asan ( Parichamuttukali) * 2005 – Kurian Chacko (

) * 2006 – P. V. Krishnan Anjoottan Nileshwaram (

) * 2006 – Jhansi Sebastian Tripunithura (

) * 2007 – Kurichi Natesan (Arjuna Nritham) * 2009 –

Eranjoli Moosa Eranholi Moosa (18 March 1940 – 9 May 2019) was an Indian Mappilappatu singer and playback singer. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential Mappilappattu singers of all time. During his musical career, Moosa has performed sol ...

( Mappilappattu) * 2011 – Thampi Payyappilly ( Chavittu Natakam) * 2011 – Sreedharan Asan (Kakkarissi Natakam) * 2013 – Britto Vincent ( Chavittu Natakam) * 2013 – Vakkom Sajeev (Samudra Natanam) * 2013 – Madhu Gopinath (Samudra Natanam) * 2014 – Puthumana Govindan Namboothiri ( Thidambu Nritham) * 2014 – Kunjiraman Vaidar (

) * 2015 – Janardhanan Puthusseri (Natanpattu) * 2016 – Kuttur Prasannakumar (

) * 2016 – Mannur Chandran (Porattu Natakam) * 2016 – Keezhillam Unnikrishnan ( Mudiyett) * 2017 – Roy Georgekutty ( Chavittu Natakam) * 2018 – Palamthoni Narayanan (Porattu Natakam) * 2019 – Madikai Unnikrishnan ( Thidambu Nritham,

)

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 Nagavally Rama Kurup Sreedhara Kurup, popularly known as Nagavally (1917 27 December 2003), was an Indian writer, commentator and broadcaster best known for his works in the All India Radio. He was the father of the Malayalam actor and director ...

* 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 Ravi Vallathol (25 November 1952 25 April 2020) was an Indian actor, mainly noted for his acting in many famous serials, including the first serial in Malayalam. Biography He was born as the son of famous Drama legend T. N. Gopinathan Nair ...

* 2013 – Leelamma Mathew

Magic

* 1995 –

Gopinath Muthukad Gopinath Muthukad (born 10 April 1964) is an Indian magician and motivational speaker from Kerala. He employs magic as a medium to convey his messages to public. Muthukad founded the world's first magic academy, The Academy of Magical Scienc ...

* 1997 – Padmaraj * 2000 – Samraj * 2001 – Pradeep Hudino * 2002 – P. M. Mithra * 2003 – Nilambur Pradeep Kumar * 2011 – R. K. Malayath * 2014 – Shamsudheen Cherpulassery (Street Magic)

Mimicry