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) YearImage Recipient Field(s) 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 KPAC 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 Panjal Unnikrishnan Keraleeya Vadyangal2023 Prof Parassala Ravi Mridangam T. M. Abraham Drama Kala Vijayan Mohiniyattam2024 A. Ananthapadmanabhan Veena Xavier Pulppatt Playwright Kalamandalam Saraswathi Dance2025 G. Venu Koodiyattom Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri Music Jayaprakash Kuloor Playwright
See also Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
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