XIV

The Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship is: an honour presented 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 1972, the fellowships are given——to outstanding artistes who have contributed——to the "performing arts in the state." The awardees are decided after a general body meeting conducted by the Akademi panel members. And are presented by the Governor of Kerala.

From 2012, the fellows are known by the title "Kalarathna", which is also applied to the previous winners. The recipients will receive a statuette, a citation, and cash prize. The reward comprised ₹15,000 until 2012, it was raised to ₹25,000 from the next year onward.

List of fellows※

List of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellows, "showing the year." And field(s)

Year	Image	Recipient	Field(s)	Ref.
1972	–	Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar	Classical Music
	–	Manku Thampuran	Classical Music
	–	Guru Gopinath	Dance
1975		Mani Madhava Chakyar	Koothu–Koodiyattam
	–	Kainikkara Kumara Pillai	Drama
		Chenganoor Raman Pillai	Kathakali
1977	–	Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair	Kathakali
	–	Premji	Drama
1979		K. J. Yesudas	Classical Music
	–	M. R. Sivaraman Nair	Classical Music
	–	Palghat R. Raghu	Classical Music
1980		G. Devarajan	Classical Music
	–	Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair	Classical Music
	–	Swamimalai K. Rajarathnam Pillai	Dance
		V. Sambasivan	Kathaprasangam
1981	–	Thoppil Bhasi	Drama
	–	Pallassana Padmanabhan Marar	Keraleeya Vadyangal
	–	Kedamangalam Sadanandan	Kathaprasangam
		K. Raghavan	Light Music
1982		V. Dakshinamoorthy	Classical Music
	–	K. T. Muhammed	Drama
	–	Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair	Drama
	–	T. N. Gopinathan Nair	Drama
	–	Champakulam Pachu Pillai	Kathakali
1983	–	Poomully Raman Namboothiripad	Classical Music
	–	Thikkodiyan	Drama
	–	Kalamandalam Madhavan	Dance
	–	Kottakkal Kuttan Marar	Kathakali
	–	M. P. Manmadhan	Kathaprasangam
1985	–	Ananda Shivaram	Dance
	–	Joseph Kaimaparamban	Kathaprasangam
1986	–	Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Poduval	Kathakali
		G. Sankara Pillai	Drama
1987	–	Chalakudy N. S. Narayanaswamy	Classical Music
		Kalaikkal Kumaran	Drama
1988		Mrinalini Sarabhai	Dance
	–	Eddy Master	Drama
1989	–	T. K. Murthy	Classical Music
	–	Neyyattinkara Vasudevan	Classical Music
1990		Leela Omchery	Classical Music
		Ammannur Madhava Chakyar	Koothu–Koodiyattam
1991	–	K. S. Narayanaswamy	Classical Music
	–	Jagathy N. K. Achary	Drama
1992	–	Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma	Dance
		N. N. Pillai	Drama
1993	–	V. T. Aravindaksha Menon	Drama
	–	Mavelikkara Ponnamma	Drama
	–	N. Krishnamoorthi	Drama
1994	–	C. S. Krishna Iyer	Classical Music
	–	V. P. Dhananjayan	Dance
	–	Bharat Gopy	Drama
1995	–	S. L. Puram Sadanandan	Drama
1996		O. Madhavan	Drama
	–	Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair	Kathakali
1997	–	Guruvayur S. Srikrishnan	Classical Music
	–	K. P. A. C. Sulochana	Drama
1998		Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair	Classical Music
	–	P. K. Venukuttan Nair	Drama
1999	–	Mavelikkara S. R. Raju	Classical Music
	–	Kunjandi	Drama
		Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair	Kathakali
2000		Thiruvizha Jayashankar	Classical Music
		Kavalam Narayana Panicker	Drama
	–	Thevarthottam Sukumaran	Kathaprasangam
2001		B. Sasikumar	Classical Music
	–	Nellai Krishnamurthy	Classical Music
	–	Mavelikkara Sankarankutty Nair	Classical Music
2002		Parassala B. Ponnammal	Classical Music
	–	S. Ramanujam	Drama
	–	Kalamandalam Sankaran Embranthiri	Kathakali
2003	–	K. P. Udayabhanu	Classical Music
	–	Santha Devi	Drama
	–	Kavungal Chathunni Panicker	Kathakali
2004	–	M. G. Radhakrishnan	Classical Music
	–	Kalamandalam Sumathi	Dance
	–	Pappukutty Bhagavathar	Drama
2005	–	Santha P. Nair	Classical Music
	–	Ennakkad Narayanankutty	Dance
		Vijayakumari	Drama
2006		T. V. Gopalakrishnan	Classical Music
	–	K. P. A. C. Khan	Drama
		Kalamandalam Gopi	Kathakali
2007	–	M. S. Gopalakrishnan	Classical Music
	–	Kalamandalam Satyabhama	Dance
		Thilakan	Drama
2008		M. K. Arjunan	Classical Music
	–	Kottakkal Sivaraman	Kathakali
	–	Kadaikodu Viswambharan	Kathaprasangam
2009	–	Pala C. K. Ramachandran	Classical Music
	–	T. K. John	Drama
		Peruvanam Kuttan Marar	Keraleeya Vadyangal
2010	–	Palkulangara Ambika Devi	Classical Music
	–	Vayala Vasudevan Pillai	Drama
	–	Annamanada Parameswara Marar	Keraleeya Vadyangal
2011	–	Ananthalakshmi Venkitaraman	Classical Music
	–	Kalamandalam Sugandhi	Dance
	–	Artist Sujathan	Drama
2012	–	K. Omanakutty	Classical Music
	–	N. V. Krishnan Payyannur	Dance
	–	C. L. Jose	Drama
2013	–	Mangad K. Natesan	Classical Music
	–	Shobana	Dance
	–	Nelson Fernandez	Drama
2014	–	M. Subramania Sharma	Classical Music
	–	Kalamandalam Vimala Menon	Dance
		K. P. A. C. Lalitha	Drama
2015	–	Rugmini Gopalakrishnan	Classical Music
		Kalamandalam Kshemavathy	Dance
	–	K. M. Dharman	Drama
2016	–	P. R. Kumara Keralavarma	Classical Music
	–	Nirmala Panicker	Dance
	–	G. Kumara Varma	Drama
2017		Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath	Classical Music
	–	K. M. Raghavan Nambiar	Drama
		Gopinath Muthukad	Magic
2018	–	Maradu Joseph	Drama
		Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri	Kathakali
		C. S. Radhadevi	Prakshepana Kala
2019	–	Trivandrum V. Surendran	Classical Music
	–	K. P. A. C. Beatrice	Drama
	–	Sadanam Vasudevan	Keraleeya Vadyangal
2020	–	Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan	Classical Music
		Pirappancode Murali	Drama
		Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody	Kathakali
2021	–	Mavelikkara P. Subramaniam	Classical Music
		Karivellur Murali	Drama
	–	V. Harshakumar	Kathaprasangam
2022	–	Gopinath Kozhikode	Drama
	–	Vidyadharan	Music
	–	Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan	Keraleeya Vadyangal

See also※

• Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship

References※

External links※

• Official website