The Kalidas Samman () is an arts award presented annually by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in India. The award is named after Kalidasa, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of ancient India. The Kalidas Samman was first awarded in 1980. It was initially conferred in alternate years in four fields: Classical Music, Classical Dance, Theatre and Plastic Arts. From 1986-87 to 2008-09, the awards were presented in all four fields in most years, thereafter reverting to one person per year.
Recipients The recipients of the Kalidas Samman: Year Name Field1980–81Semmangudi Srinivasa IyerClassical MusicMallikarjun MansurClassical Music1981–82K. G. SubramanyanPlastic Arts1982–83Sombhu MitraTheatre1983–84Rukmini Devi ArundaleClassical Dance1984–85Kumar GandharvaClassical Music1985–86Ram KumarPlastic Arts1986–87Zia Mohiuddin DagarClassical MusicBirju MaharajClassical DanceEbrahim AlkaziTheatreNarayan Shridhar BendrePlastic Arts1987–88Ravi ShankarClassical MusicV. Satyanarayana SarmaClassical DanceP.L. DeshpandeTheatreM.F. HusainPlastic Arts1988–89M.S. SubbulakshmiClassical MusicKelucharan MohapatraClassical DanceTripti MitraTheatreTyeb MehtaPlastic Arts1989–90Vilayat KhanClassical MusicGuru Bipin SinghClassical DanceHabib TanvirTheatreVasudeo S. GaitondePlastic Arts1990–91Padma SubramanyamClassical DanceVijay TendulkarTheatre1991–92Ali Akbar KhanClassical MusicRam NarayanClassical MusicVempati Chinna SatyamClassical DanceVijaya MehtaTheatreJagdish SwaminathanPlastic Arts1992–93Ramankutty NairClassical DanceAmmannur Madhava ChakyarClassical DanceBadal SarkarTheatreSyed Haider RazaPlastic Arts1993–94Shanta RaoClassical DanceB.V. KaranthTheatre1994–95Padmavati Gokhale ShaligramClassical MusicKavalam Narayan PanikkarTheatre1995–96Alla RakhaClassical InstrumentalSitara DeviClassical DanceManna DeyClassical Vocal1996–97Kishan MaharajClassical MusicMrinalini SarabhaiClassical DanceShriram LagooTheatreSheila BhatiaTheatreBhupen KhakharPlastic Arts1997–98Pandit JasrajClassical MusicKalamandalam Kalyanikutty AmmaClassical DanceTapas SenTheatreAkbar PadamseePlastic Arts1998–99D. K. PattammalClassical MusicKalanidhi NarayananClassical DanceGirish KarnadTheatreArpita SinghPlastic Arts1999–2000Hariprasad ChaurasiaClassical MusicK. P. Kittappa PillaiClassical DanceSatyadev DubeyTheatreFrancis Newton SouzaPlastic Arts2000–01M. BalamuralikrishnaClassical MusicRohini BhateClassical DanceZohra SehgalTheatreSankho ChaudhuriPlastic Arts2001–02Sumati MutatkarClassical MusicYamini KrishnamurthyClassical DanceK.V. SubbannaTheatreJogen ChowdhuryPlastic Arts2002–03Rahim Fahimuddin DagarClassical MusicKumudini LakhiaClassical DanceKhalid ChaudharyTheatreGhulam Mohammed SheikhPlastic Arts2003–04V.G. JogClassical MusicChandralekhaClassical DanceGursharan SinghTheatreHimmat ShahPlastic Arts2004–05Prabha AtreClassical MusicRajkumar Singhajit SinghClassical DanceDevendra Raj AnkurTheatreNagji PatelPlastic Arts2005–06Zakir HussainClassical MusicKanak ReleClassical DanceRatan ThiyamTheatreManjit BawaPlastic Arts2006–07Puttaraj GawaiClassical MusicSonal MansinghClassical DanceVimal LathTheatreShanti DavePlastic Arts2007–08Pt. Balwantrai Bhatt 'Bhavrang'Classical MusicC.V. ChandrasekharClassical DanceBabasaheb PurandareTheatreSatish GujralPlastic Arts 2008–09Chhannulal MishraClassical MusicJairma PatelPlastic ArtsKalamandalam GopiClassical Dance2009–10Saroja VaidyanathanClassical DanceN. RajamClassical Music2010–11Anupam KherTheatre2012–13Keshavrao Musalgaonkar2014–15Raj BisariaTheatre 2015–16Bansi KaulTheatre 2015–16Robin DavidSculpture Arts2016–17Ram Gopal BajajTheatre 2017–18Lakshmi Viswanathan2018Anjolie Ela MenonVisual Arts 2018Surendra VermaTheatre2020Aruna SairamIndian Music (Carnatic Music)2022Pt. Venkatesh KumarClassical Music2024Raghupati BhatGanjifa Arts
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