Tamil Nadu's Kalaimamani Awards: A Quick Guide

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Kalaimamani awards are honors conferred by the Government of Tamil Nadu to recognise and celebrate outstanding contributions to the arts and culture

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As per reports, actress Padmini Ramachandran was the first recipient of this award in 1958–59

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Recipients are selected from diverse categories such as music, dance, theater, literature, and visual arts

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Awardees' receive plaque/trophy, and often monetary grant

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Notable recipients of this award from the 90s are J Jayalalithaa (1972), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1979), Kamal Haasan (1984), and Rajinikanth (1984), Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (1998)

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Notable awardees from the 2000s include Suriya (2005), Jyothika (2005), Trisha Krishnan (2006), Anushka Shetty (2010) and Tamannaah Bhatia (2010)

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