Vijay Sethupathi, Sasikumar, Yuvan Shankar Raja among those bestowed Kalaimamani awards by Tamil Nadu government

The Kalaimamani awards, which have been defunct for the past seven years, have been revived by the Tamil Nadu state government. Among the recipients were several from the cinema industry. Here's the complete list of these awardees by year:

2011

Actors - R Rajasekar, P. Rajiv alias P Rajasekar, Kutti Padmini, P Pandu
Choreographer - Puliyur Saroja
Playback Singer - B S Sasirekha
Costume Designer - P Kasi

2012

Actors - S S Senbagamuthu,  T Rajashri, B R Varalakshmi
Playback Singer - Gana Ulaganathan 
Director - Chitra Lakshmanan
Cinematographer - Babu alias N V Anandakrishnan

2013

Playback Singer - R Krishnaraj, Paravai Muniyamma, T Velmurugan
Actors - Prasanna, Nalini, R Pandiyarajan, Kumari Kanchana Devi, Sarada, T P Gajendran
Stunt Master - Judo K K Rathnam

2014

Actors - Ponvannan
Director - Suresh Krishna
Playback Singer - Malathi
Choreographer - N A Thara

2015

Actors - Madhu Balaji, Prabhudheva
Directors - A N Pavithran
Music director - Vijay Antony
Lyricist - Yugabharathi
Cinematographer - R Rathinavelu
Playback Singer - Gana Bala

2016

Actors - Sasikumar, MS Bhaskar, Thambi Ramaiah, Suri

2017

Actors - Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani, Singamuthu
Director - Hari
Music director - Yuvan Shankar Raja
Producer - Kalaignanam
Photography - Seshadri Nathan Sugumaran, Stills Ravi

2018

Actors - Srikanth, Santhanam, Sasikumar
Producer - A M Rathnam
Cinematographer - Ravivarman
Playback Singer - Unni Menon

The awards for the above-listed people were given out by the Tamil Nadu CM in an official function today. (Tuesday)