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| Award for contributions to Performing arts | |
| Awarded for | Award for performing arts in India |
| Sponsored by | Sangeet Natak Akademi |
| First awarded | 1952 |
| Last awarded | 2023 |
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Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar,[1] is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition[2] given to people in the field of performing arts.[3]
In 2003, the award consisted of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an angavastram (a shawl), and a tamrapatra (a brass plaque).[4][5] Since 2009, the cash prize has been increased to ₹1,00,000.[6] The awards are given in the categories of music, dance, theatre, other traditional arts and puppetry, and for contribution/scholarship in performing arts.[4]
Award recipients
[edit]The recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in various categories of performing arts have been listed below:[7][8][9]
Music
[edit]Hindustani music
[edit]Vocal
[edit]- 1952 – Mushtaq Hussain Khan
- 1953 – Kesarbai Kerkar
- 1954 – Rajab Ali Khan
- 1955 – Anant Manohar Joshi
- 1956 – Rajabhaiyya Poonchhwale
- 1957 – Rasoolan Bai
- 1958 – Ganesh Ramachandra Behere
- 1959 – Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
- 1960 – Altaf Hussain Khan
- 1961 – Y. S. Mirashi Buwa
- 1962 – Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
- 1963 – Omkarnath Thakur
- 1964 – Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
- 1965 – Hirabai Barodekar
- 1966 – Siddheswari Devi
- 1967 – Amir Khan
- 1968 – Mogubai Kurdikar
- 1969 – Ramchatur Mallick
- 1970 – Nisar Hussain Khan
- 1971 – Mallikarjun Mansur
- 1972 – Begum Akhtar
- 1973 – Gangubai Hangal
- 1974 – Kumar Gandharva
- 1975 – Bhimsen Joshi
- 1975-76 Gavri Devi (Vocal) (Jodhpur, Rajasthan)
- 1976 – Narayanrao Vyas
- 1977 – Girija Devi
- 1978 – Khadim Hussain Khan
- 1979 – Sarachchandra Arolkar
- 1980 – Nivruttibua Sarnaik
- 1981 – Basavaraj Rajguru
- 1982 – Vasantrao Deshpande
- 1983 – Mahadev Prasad Mishra
- 1984 – Sharafat Hussain Khan
- 1985 – Kishori Amonkar, Aminuddin Dagar
- 1986 – Gavri Devi (Vocal) (Jodhpur, Rajasthan)
- 1986 – Asgari Bai, Firoz Dastur, Manik Varma
- 1987 – C. R. Vyas, Shobha Gurtu, Pandit Jasraj
- 1988 – Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram
- 1989 – Jitendra Abhisheki
- 1990 – K. G. Ginde, Dhondutai Kulkarni
- 1991 – N. Zahiruddin Dagar, Prabha Atre
- 1992 – Ramarao V. Naik, Shiv Kumar Shukla
- 1993 – Bala Saheb Poochwale, Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
- 1994 – Sulochana Brahaspati, Zia Fariddudin Dagar
- 1995 – A. Kanan
- 1996 – Dinkar Kaikini, Hafeez Ahmed Khan
- 1997 – L. K. Pandit
- 1998 – Puttaraj Gawaigalu, Parveen Sultana, Rajan and Sajan Mishra
- 1999–2000 – Ajoy Chakraborty, Rita Ganguly, Malabika Kanan
- 2001 – Abhay Narayan Mallick, Sangameshwar Gurav, Malini Rajurkar
- 2002 – Sushila Rani Patel, Sharayu Kalekar
- 2003 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Yeshwant Balkrishna Joshi
- 2004 – Balwant Rai Bhatt, Tejpal Singh and Surinder Singh
- 2005 – S. C. R. Bhat, Ramashreya Jha
- 2006 – Vijay Kumar Kichlu, Rashid Khan
- 2007 – Vidyadhar Vyas, Govardhan Mishra
- 2008 – Ulhas Kashalkar, M.R. Gautam
- 2009 – Abdul Rashid Khan, Vasundhara Komkali
- 2010 – Chhannulal Mishra, Yashpaul
- 2011 – Shruti Sadolikar, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar
- 2012 – Shankar Lal Mishra, Rajashekhar Mansur, Ajay Pohankar
- 2013 – Ritwik Sanyal, Veena Sahasrabuddhe
- 2014 – Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, Iqbal Ahmad Khan, Nathrao Neralkar
- 2015 – Mashkoor Ali Khan
- 2016 – Prabhakar Karekar
- 2017 – Lalith J. Rao, Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha - Gundecha Brothers
- 2018 – Mani Prasad, Madhup Mudgal
- 2019 – Vinayak Torvi, Prem Kumar Mallick
- 2020 – Sumitra Guha, Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
- 2021 – Uday Bhawalkar, Subhra Guha
- 2022 – Devaki Pandit, Harvinder Singh
- 2023 – Kalapini Komkali, Vinod Kumar Dwivedi
Instrumental
[edit]- 1969 – Dabir Khan
- 1977 – Asad Ali Khan
- 1981 – Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
- 1994 – Pandit Gopal Krishan
- 2012 – Bahauddin Dagar
- 1983 – Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasiya
- 1986 – Devendra Murdeshwar
- 1994 – Raghunath Seth
- 2010 – Nityanand Haldipur
- 2014 – Ronu Majumdar
- 2017 – Pt. Rajendra Prasanna
- 2019 – Chetan Joshi
- 2005 – Brij Bhushan Kabra
- 2000 – Appa Jalgaonkar[10]
- 2005 – Tulsidas Vasant Borkar
- 2022 – Dharamnath Mishra
- 1955 – Govind Rao Burhanpurkar
- 1965 – Sakharam Tavde
- 1967 – Ayodhya Prasad
- 1978 – Purushottam Das
- 1988 – Ramshankardas Pagaldas
- 1991 – Chatrapati Singh
- 1993 – Gopaldas Panse
- 1995 – Ram Ashish Pathak
- 2003 – Bhavani Shankar
- 2011 – Totaram Sharma
- 2020 – Dal Chand Sharma
- 1986 – Shivkumar Sharma
- 1993 – Bhajan Sopori
- 2018 – Tarun Bhattacharya
- 1966 – Shakoor Khan
- 1975 – Ram Narayan
- 1976 – Gopal Misra
- 1986 – Sabri Khan
- 1988 – Hanuman Prasad Mishra
- 1990 – Abdul Lateef Khan
- 1992 – Sultan Khan
- 1996 – Inderlal Dhandra, Ramchandra Mishra
- 2008 – Ramesh Mishra
- 2013 – Dhruba Ghosh
- 2023 – Moinuddin Khan
*1952 – Allauddin Khan
- 1953 – Hafiz Ali Khan
- 1963 – Ali Akbar Khan
- 1971 – Radhika Mohan Maitra
- 1986 – Sharan Rani Backliwal
- 1988 – Zarin Sharma
- 1989 – Amjad Ali Khan
- 1993 – Buddhadev Das Gupta
- 1999–2000 – Rajeev Taranath
- 2004 – Aashish Khan
- 2018 – Tejendra Majumdar
- 2022 – Basant Kabra
- 1956 – Ustad Bismillah Khan
- 1985 – Ali Hussain Khan
- 1989 – Pt. Anant Lal
- 1996 – Pt. Raghunath Prasanna
- 2008 – Krishna Ram Chaudhary
- 2009 – Ali Ahmad Hussain
- 2017 – Rajendra Prasanna
- 1958 – Yusuf Ali
- 1960 – Wahid Khan
- 1962 – Pt. Ravi Shankar
- 1968 – Mushtaq Ali Khan
- 1974 – Nikhil Banerjee
- 1987 – Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, Imrat Khan (also Surbahar)
- 1989 – Balaram Pathak
- 1992 – Uma Shankar Mishra
- 1994 – Shamim Ahmed Khan
- 1996 – Debu Chaudhuri
- 2001 – Manilal Nag
- 2003 – Arvind Parikh
- 2006 – Shahid Parvez
- 2010 – Budhaditya Mukherjee
- 2015 – Karthick Kumar
- 2019 – Manju Mehta
- 2020 – Kushal Das
- 2023 –Harvinder Kumar Sharma
- 1991 – Annapurna Devi
- 2011 – Pushparaj Koshti
- 1954 – Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa
- 1959 – Ustad Jahangir Khan
- 1961 – Pt. Kanthe Maharaj
- 1970 – Masit Khan
- 1976 – Karamatulla Khan
- 1979 – Pt. Samta Prasad
- 1982 – Ustad Alla Rakha
- 1984 – Pt. Kishan Maharaj
- 1990 – Ustad Zakir Hussain
- 1991 – Shaikh Dawood
- 1997 – Swapan Chaudhuri, Lalji Gokhale
- 1998 – Pandharinath Gangadhar Nageshkar
- 1999–2000 – Shankar Ghosh
- 2001 – Ishwar Lal Mishra
- 2002 – Suresh B. Gaitonde, Anindo Chatterjee
- 2004 – Pt. Suresh Talwalkar
- 2006 – Kumar Bose
- 2007 – Nandan Mehta
- 2009 – Lachman Singh Seen
- 2012 – Sabir Khan (Tabla)
- 2013 – Hashmat Ali Khan
- 2014 – Pt. Nayan Ghosh
- 2016 – Arvind Mulgaonkar
- 2017 – Pt. Yogesh Samsi
- 2021 – Ravindra Yavagal
- 1972 – Gajananrao Joshi
- 1980 – V. G. Jog
- 1990 – N. Rajam
- 1995 – D. K. Datar
- 1996 – Annavarapu Rama Swamy
- 1997 – Sisir Kana Dhar Chowdhury
- 2007 – Ramoo Prasad Shastri
- 2016 – Kala Ramnath
- 2021 – Sangeeta Shankar
- 2023- H.K Venkatram
Carnatic music
[edit]Vocal
[edit]- 1952 – Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
- 1953 – Semmangudi R. Srinivasa Iyer
- 1954 – Mysore K. Vasudevacharya
- 1955 – Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer
- 1956 – M. S. Subbulakshmi
- 1957 – Musiri Subramania Iyer
- 1958 – Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
- 1959 – G. N. Balasubramaniam
- 1960 – Madurai Mani Iyer
- 1961 – Mudikondan C. Venkatarama Iyer
- 1962 – D. K. Pattammal
- 1963 – B. Devendrappa
- 1964 – Chittoor S. Subramanyam
- 1965 – T. Brinda
- 1966 – Madurai Srirangam Iyengar
- 1967 – C. Venkata Rao
- 1968 – Alathur Srinivasa Iyer
- 1969 – Dandapani Desikar
- 1970 – M. L. Vasanthakumari
- 1971 – N. Channakeshaviah
- 1972 – T. Muktha
- 1973 – B.S. Raja Iyengar
- 1974 – M. D. Ramanathan
- 1975 – M. Balamurali Krishna
- 1976 – K.V.Narayanaswamy
- 1977 – Sripada Pinakapani
- 1978 – Madurai S. Somasundaram
- 1979 – R K Srikanthan
- 1980 – Seerkhazhi S. Govindarajan
- 1981 – Radha and Jayalakshmi
- 1982 – T. M. Thiagarajan
- 1983 – D. K. Jayaraman
- 1984 – Maharajapuram V. Santhanam
- 1985 – Voleti Venkatesvarulu
- 1986 – B. Rajam Iyer
- 1986 – Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy
- 1987 – Madurai N. Krishnan
- 1987 – Mani Krishnaswami
- 1988 – Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
- 1989 – Titte Krishna Iyengar
- 1990 – T. V. Sankaranarayanan
- 1991 – S. Rajam
- 1992 – K. R. Kumaraswamy Iyer
- 1993 – Trichy Swaminathan Iyer
- 1994 – C. S. Krishna Iyer
- 1995 – R. Vedavalli
- 1996 – T. K. Govinda Rao
- 1997 – M. S. Balasubramanya Sarma
- 2000 – S. R. Janakiraman
- 2001 – B. V. Raman
- 2002 – T. R. Subramaniam
- 2003 – Trichur V. Ramachandran, M. A. Narasimhachar
- 2004 – Thiruvengadu A. Jayaraman, C. Saroja & C. Lalitha
- 2005 – S. V. Parthasarrathy, P. S. Narayanaswamy
- 2006 – D. Pasupathi, Chingleput Ranganathan
- 2007 – B. Krishnamoorti
- 2008 – Puranam Purushottama Sastri
- 2009 – Parassala B Ponnammal
- 2010 – Suguna Purushothaman, Mysore Nagamani Srinath
- 2011 – J. Venkataraman
- 2012 – O. S. Thyagarajan
- 2013 – Aruna Sairam, D. Seshchari & D. Raghavachari (Hyderabad Brothers)
- 2014 – Neyveli Santhanagopalan
- 2015 – R.N. Tharanathan, Suguna Varadachari, R.N. Thiagarajan
- 2016 – Neela Ramgopal, K. Omanakutty
- 2017 – M. S. Sheela
- 2018 – Alamelu Mani, Malladi Suribabu
- 2019 – Charumathi Ramachandran, Pala C. K. Ramachandran
- 2020 – R. K. Padmanabha, G. Balakrishna Prasad
- 2021 – Sudha Ragunathan, Radha Namboodiri
- 2022 – Maharajapuram Ramachandran, Manda Sudharani
- 2023 – Bombay Jayashri, Shankar Sastry
Instrumental
[edit]- 1994 – A. K. C. Natarajan
- 1954 – Palladam Sanjiva Rao
- 1961 – T. N. Swaminatha Pillai
- 1965 – T. R. Mahalingam
- 1984 – Natesan Ramani
- 1987 – T. Viswanathan
- 1989 – Sikkil Sisters - Kunjumani & Neela
- 1997 – Kesi Narayanaswamy
- 1999–2000 – T.S Sankaran
- 2004 – Prapancham Sitaram
- 2017 – Shashank Subramanyam
- 2019 – Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar
- 1988 – Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram
- 1995 – Umayalpuram K. Narayanaswamy
- 2011 – E. M. Subramaniam
- 2014 – Sukanya Ramgopal
- 1958 – Budaloor Krishnamurthy Shastri
- 2006 – N. Ravikiran
- 2001 – G. Harishankar
- 2009 – U. Srinivas
- 1956 – Palghat Mani Iyer
- 1975 – C.S. Murugabhupathy
- 1979 – Kolanka Venkata Raju
- 1983 – Palghat R. Raghu
- 1987 – T. K. Murthy
- 1990 – T. V. Gopalakrishnan
- 1991 – Vellore G. Ramabhadran
- 1992 – Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
- 1994 – Dandamudi Ram Mohan Rao
- 1996 – Guruvayur Dorai
- 1998 – Karaikudi Mani
- 1999–2000 – V. Kamalakar Rao
- 2002 – Yella Venkateshwara Rao
- 2004 – Madras A. Kannan
- 2006 – Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam
- 2008 – Mannargudi Easwaran
- 2009 – Dandamudi Sumathi Ram Mohan Rao
- 2010 – Srimushnam V. Raja Rao
- 2012 – K. V. Prasad
- 2013 – Trichy Sankaran
- 2016 – J. Vaidhyanathan
- 2017 – Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan
- 2019 – Trivandrum V. Surendran
- 2020 – Patri Satish Kumar
- 2023 – Neyveli Narayanan
- 1955 – T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai
- 1962 – Thiruvengadu Subramania Pillai
- 1966 – P. S. Veeruswamy Pillai
- 1972 – T. S. Natarajasundaram Pillai
- 1976 – Sheik Chinna Moulana
- 1981 – Namagiripettai Krishnan
- 1995 – Domada Chittiabbayi
- 2005 – Ongale N. Rangaiah
- 2007 – S. R. D. Vaidyanathan
- 2011 – Seshampatti T Sivalingam
- 2013 – Thiruvizha Jayashankar
- 2017 – S.Kasim, S.Babu - Kasim-Babu Brothers
- 2003 – Kadri Gopalnath
- 1985 – Valangaiman A. Shanmugasundaram Pillai
- 1988 – Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam
- 2001 – Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel
- 2014 – Thiruvalaputhur T A Kaliyamurthy
- 2021 – Thanjavur R. Govindarajan
- 2022 – Vinukonda Subrahmanyam
- 1952 – Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
- 1960 – L. Subramanya Sastri
- 1968 – K. S. Narayanaswamy
- 1969 – Devakottai A. Narayana Iyengar
- 1970 – Mysore V. Doreswamy Iyengar
- 1973 – Emani Sankara Sastry
- 1977 – S. Balachander
- 1980 – Thanjavur K.P. Sivanandam
- 1986 – Rajeswari Padmanabhan
- 1988 – R. Pichumani Iyer
- 1990 – Chitti Babu
- 1992 – M. K. Kalyanakrishna Bhagavathar
- 1993 – Kalpakam Swaminathan
- 2001 – R. N. Doreswamy
- 2002 – E. Gayathri
- 2007 – Vidya Shankar
- 2011 – Ayyagari Syamasundaram
- 2017 – Suma Sudhindra
- 2021 – D. Balakrishnan
- 2022 – Jayanthi Kumaresh
- 1953 – Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
- 1957 – Tirumakudalu Chowdiah
- 1959 – Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai
- 1963 – T. K. Jayarama Iyer
- 1964 – K. N. Chinnaswamy Iyer
- 1967 – K. S. Venkataramiah 'Papa'
- 1971 – Madurai S. Subramanya Iyer
- 1974 – T. N. Krishnan
- 1978 – Lalgudi Jayaraman
- 1982 – M. S. Gopalakrishnan
- 1986 – M. Chandrasekaran
- 1988 – Chalakudy N. S. Narayanaswamy
- 1989 – R. K. Venkatarama Sastry
- 1991 – Kandadevi S. Alagiriswamy
- 1993 – Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
- 1996 – Annavarapu Ramaswamy
- 1997 – T. Rukmini
- 1998 – M. S. Anantharaman
- 1999–2000 – R. R. Keshavamurthy
- 2003 – A. Kanyakumari
- 2005 – V. V. Subrahmanyam
- 2008 – B. Sasikumar
- 2010 – Nagai Muralidharan
- 2012 – Mysore M. Nagaraja
- 2014 – Dwaram Durga Prasad Rao
- 2015 – Lalgudi G. J. R. Krishnan
- 2016 – Mysore Manjunath
- 2018 – Ganesh and Kumaresh
- 2020 – M. A. Sundareswaran
- 2023 – H. K. Venkatram
Creative and experimental music
[edit]- 1973 – Vishnudas Shirali
- 1976 – Timir Baran Bhattacharya
- 1978 – Rai Chand Boral
- 1982 – Vijay Raghav Rao
- 1983 – Chidambaram S. Jayaraman
- 1986 – Anil Biswas
- 1986 – M. B. Srinivasan
- 1986 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay
- 1988 – Bhaskar Chandavarkar
- 1989 – Vanraj Bhatia
- 1990 – L. Subramaniam
- 1994 – V. Balsara
- 1995 – Atul Desai
- 1997 – Satish Bhatia
- 1998 – Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
- 2001 – S. Rajaram
- 2002 – K. P. Udayabhanu
- 2007 – Khayyam
- 2012 – Ilaiyaraaja
- 2020 – Bickram Ghosh
- 2022 – Purushottam Upadhyay, Osman Mir
- 2023 – S. Shekhar, Niladri Kumar
Other major traditions of music
[edit]- 2008 – Ningombam Ibobi Singh (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur)
- 2009 – L. Ibohalmacha Singh (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur)
- 2010 – M.V. Simhachala Sastry (Harikatha, Tirupathi)
- 2011 – Gopal Chandra Panda (Odissi Music)
- 2012 – Bhai Balbir Singh Ragi (Gurbani)
- 2013 – Bankim Sethi (Odissi Music)
- 2015 – Hridaynath Mangeshkar (Sugam Sangeet), Prafulla Kar (Sugam Sangeet), Bhupinder Singh (Sugam Sangeet)
- 2018 – Suresh Wadkar (Sugam Sangeet), Shanti Hiranand (Sugam Sangeet), H. Ashangbi Devi (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur)
- 2019 – O. S. Arun (Sugam Sangeet), Sharma Bandhu (Sugam Sangeet), D. Uma Maheshwari (Harikatha)
- 2020 – Anup Jalota (Sugam Sangeet), N. Irabot Singh (Nata Sankirtana)
- 2021 – Susmita Das (Sugam Sangeet), H. R. Leelavathi (Sugam Sangeet), Kumud Diwan (Thumri)
- 2022 – Sapam Kullabi Singh (Nata Pung), Sitaram Singh (Sugam Sangeet)
- 2023 – L. V. Gangadhara Sastry, Sangita Gosain (Oddissi Music)
Dance
[edit]- 1955 – T. Balasaraswati
- 1957 – Rukmini Devi Arundale
- 1959 – Mylapore Gouri Amma
- 1962 – R. Muthurathnambal
- 1965 – P. Chockkalingam Pillai
- 1966 – Vazhuvoor B. Ramiah Pillai, Swarnasaraswathi
- 1968 – Kamala
- 1969 – T. K. Swaminatha Pillai
- 1970 – Shanta Rao
- 1971 – T. Chandrakanthamma
- 1972 – Sikkil Ramaswami Pillai
- 1973 – Kumbakonam K. Bhanumathi
- 1974 – K. P. Kittappa Pillai
- 1976 – M. Muthiah Pillai
- 1977 – Yamini Krishnamurthy
- 1979 – Pandanallur Subbaraya Pillai
- 1981 – Indrani Rahman
- 1982 – Vyjayanthimala
- 1983 – Padma Subramanyam
- 1984 – Subramaniam Sarada, Sudharani Raghupathy
- 1985 – T. K. Mahalingam Pillai
- 1986 – Krishnaveni Lakshmanan
- 1987 – U. S. Krishna Rao and Chandrabhaga Devi, Chitra Viswaswaran
- 1989 – V. S. Muthuswamy Pillai
- 1990 – Kalanidhi Narayanan
- 1991 – Adyar K. Lakshman
- 1992 – K. J. Sarasa
- 1993 – Guru Kubernath Tanjorkar(Tanjavurkar), C. V. Chandrasekhar
- 1994 – V. P. Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan
- 1995 – M. K. Saroja, Indira Rajan
- 1996 – Sarada Hoffman
- 1997 – Kanaka Srinivasan
- 1998 – Lakshmi Viswanathan
- 1999–2000 – K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai, Leela Samson, H. R. Keshava Murthy
- 2001 – Alarmel Valli, Pratibha Prahlad
- 2002 – Malavika Sarukkai
- 2003 – C. K. Balagopalan
- 2004 – Nirmala Ramachandran
- 2005 – R. Rhadha
- 2006 – S. Narmada
- 2007 – Sucheta Bhide Chapekar
- 2008 – Saroja Vaidyanathan
- 2009 – Ananda Shankar Jayant
- 2011 – Narthaki Nataraj (First Transgender to receive SN Akademi Award)
- 2012 – Priyadarsini Govind
- 2013 – Jamuna Krishnan, B. Herabhanathan
- 2014 – Adayar Janardanan
- 2015 – Ranganayaki Jayaraman
- 2016 – Geeta Chandran
- 2017 – Rama Vaidyanathan
- 2018 – Radha Sridhar
- 2019 – Vasundhara Doraswamy
- 2020 – Meenakshi Chitharanjan
- 2021 – Jayalakshmi Eshwar
- 2022 – Manjula Ramaswamy
- 2023 – Urmila Satyanarayana
- 1963 – Sudhendra Narayan Singh Deo (Seraikella)
- 1971 – Ananta Charan Sai (Mayurbhanj)
- 1975 – Krishna Chandra Naik (Mayurbhanj)
- 1981 – Kedar Nath Sahoo (Seraikella)
- 1982 – Gambhir Singh Mura (Purulia)
- 1987 – Madan Mohan Lenka (Mayurbhanj)
- 1988 – Srihari Nayak (Mayurbhanj)
- 1990 – Bikram Kumbhakar (Seraikella)
- 1991 – Chandra Sekhar Bhanj (Mayurbhanj)
- 2004 – Shashadhar Acharya
- 2012 – Jai Narayan Samal
- 2014 – Jagru Mahato
- 2015 – Sadashiva Pradhan
- 2016 – Gopal Prasad Dubey
- 2017 – Janmajay Saibabu
- 2018 – Tapan Kumar Pattanayak (Seraikella)
- 2019 – Brajendra Kumar Pattnaik
- 2020 – Trilochan Mohanta
- 2021 – Bhuvan Kumar
- 2022 – Sadhucharan Mahato
- 2023 – Parikshit Mahato
Creative dance/Choreography
[edit]- 1960 – Uday Shankar
- 1970 – Mrinalini Sarabhai
- 1976 – Narendra Sharma
- 1979 – Prabhat Ganguli
- 1980 – R. K. Priyagopal Sana
- 1981 – Parvati Kumar
- 1984 – Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
- 1989 – Maya Rao
- 1991 – Chandralekha
- 1992 – Sachin Shankar
- 1993 – Manjusri Chaki Sircar
- 1995 – Astad Deboo
- 1999–2000 Mallika Sarabhai
- 2001 – Gul Bardhan
- 2002 – Sambhu Bhattacharya
- 2005 – Th. Chaotombi Singh
- 2006 – Gorima Hazarika
- 2008 – Yogsunder Desai
- 2009 – Daksha Sheth
- 2010 – Uttara Asha Coorlawala
- 2011 – Tanushree Shankar
- 2014 – Navtej Singh Johar
- 2015 – W. Lokendrajit Singh
- 2016 – Anita Ratnam
- 2018 – Deepak Mazumdar
- 2019 – Mamata Shankar
- 2020 – Bhushan Lakhandri
- 2022 – Bharat Sharma
- 2023 – Nirupama Rajendra
- 1955 – Shambhu Maharaj
- 1957 – Baijnath Prasad "Lacchu Maharaj"
- 1959 – Sunder Prasad
- 1962 – Mohanrao Kallianpurkar
- 1964 – Birju Maharaj
- 1968 – Damayanti Joshi
- 1969 – Sitara Devi
- 1974 – Gauri Shankar Devilal Kathak
- 1975 – Roshan Kumari
- 1979 – Rohini Bhate
- 1982 – Kartik Ram, Kumudini Lakhia
- 1984 – Durga Lal
- 1987 – Uma Sharma
- 1991 – Reba Vidyarthi
- 1995 – Ramlal Bareth
- 1996 – Rani Karnaa
- 1998 – Sunderlal Sathyanarayan Gangani
- 1999–2000 – Shovana Narayan
- 2000 – Surendra Saikia
- 2002 – Rajendra Gangani
- 2003 – Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal, Urmila Nagar
- 2004 – Saswati Sen
- 2005 – Tirath Ram Azad
- 2006 – Munna Shukla
- 2007 – Geetanjali Lal
- 2008 – Shashi Sankhla
- 2009 – Prerana Shrimali
- 2010 – Malabika Mitra
- 2011 – Manjushree Chatterjee
- 2012 – Vijay Shankar
- 2013 – Rajashree Shirke
- 2014 – Uma Dogra
- 2016 – Jitendra Maharaj
- 2017 – Shobha Koser
- 2018 – Maulik Shah, Ishira Parikh
- 2019 – Raghav Raj Bhatt & Mangala Bhatt
- 2020 – Kumkum Dhar
- 2021 – Shama Bhate
- 2022 – Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana
- 2023 – Jagdish Gangani
- 1956 – Guru Kunchu Kurup
- 1958 – Thotton K. Chandu Panikkar
- 1961 – Thekinkatti Ramunni Nair
- 1963 – Chenganoor Raman Pillai
- 1965 – Guru Gopinath
- 1967 – Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
- 1968 – Kurichi Kunjan Panickar
- 1969 – Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair
- 1970 – M. Vishnu Namboodiri
- 1971 – Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair
- 1972 – M. Madhava Panicker
- 1973 – Velinezhi K. Nanu Nayar
- 1973 – Kavungal Chathunni Panicker
- 1974 – Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair
- 1975 – K. Sankarankutty Panicker
- 1983 – Champakulam Pachu Pillai
- 1985 – Mankompu Sivasankara Pillai
- 1987 – Kalamandalam Gopi
- 1988 – Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair
- 1989 – Oyoor Kochugovinda Pillai
- 1991 – Chennithala Chellapan Pillai
- 1993 – Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair
- 1996 – Kottakkal Krishnan Kutty Nair
- 1997 – Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
- 1998 – Kottakkal Sivaraman
- 1999–2000 – Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri
- 2003 – Sadanam P. V. Balakrishnan
- 2004 – Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody
- 2005 – Mathoor Govindan Kutty
- 2006 – Kottakkal Chandrasekharan
- 2007 – Sadanam Krishnankutty
- 2008 – Kalamandalam Kuttan
- 2009 – Kalamandalam Rajan
- 2010 – Kalamandalam K. G. Vasudevan
- 2011 – Thonnakkal Peethambaran
- 2012 – Vazhengada Vijayan
- 2013 – Kalamandalam M. P. S. Namboodiri
- 2015 – K. Kunhiraman Nair
- 2016 – Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan
- 2017 – Madambi Subramanian Namboodiri
- 2019 – Kottakkal Nandakumaran Nair
- 2021 – Inchakkattu Ramachandran Pillai
- 2022 – Kalamandalam Balasubrahmaniyam
- 2023 – Margi Vijayakumar
- 1961 – Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma ‘Satyam’
- 1968 – Chinta Krishnamurthy
- 1978 – C. Ramacharyalu
- 1981 – Vempati Chinna Satyam
- 1983 – Nataraja Ramakrishna (also Bharatanatyam)
- 1985 – Vedantam Prahlada Sarma
- 1987 – Pasumarthi Venugopala Krishna Sarma
- 1990 – Sobha Naidu
- 1991 – Raja Reddy and Radha Reddy
- 1993 – Josyula Seetharamaiah
- 1994 – Vedantam Parvateesam
- 1998 – Veernala Jayarama Rao and Banashree Rao
- 1999–2000 – Swapnasundari Rao
- 2003 – K. Uma Rama Rao
- 2004 – Pasumarthi Seetha Ramiah
- 2005 – Korada Narasimha Rao
- 2006 – Pasumarthi Rathiah Sarma
- 2007 – Yelesarapu Nageswara Sarma
- 2008 – Vasanta Lakshmi and Narasimhachari
- 2009 – Vyjayanthi Kashi
- 2010 – Ratna Kumar
- 2011 – Alekhya Punjala
- 2012 – Vedantam Ramalinga Sastry
- 2013 – Chinta Seetha Ramanjaneyulu
- 2014 – Vedantam Radhesyam
- 2015 – Gaddam Padmaja Reddy[11]
- 2016 – A B Bala Kondala Rao
- 2017 – Deepika Reddy
- 2018 – Pasumarthy Ramalinga Sastry
- 2019 – Manju Barggavee
- 2020 – Pasumarthy Vithal and Bharathi Vithal
- 2021 – N. Sailaja
- 2022 – Bhagavatula Sethuram
- 2023 – Maddali Usha Gayatri
- 1956 – Maisnam Amubi Singh
- 1958 – Haobam Atomba Singh
- 1961 – T. Amudon Sharma
- 1963 – Atombapu Sharma
- 1965 – Guru Bipin Singh
- 1969 – Ojha Thangjam Chaoba Singh
- 1972 – Kshetri Tombi Devi
- 1973 – L. Koireng Singh
- 1974 – L. Ibemhal Devi
- 1975 – Rajani Maibi
- 1976 – Ojha Maibam Ibungohal Singh
- 1977 – Nayana Susheel Jhaveri
- 1980 – L. Thouranishabi Devi
- 1982 – L. Tombi Devi
- 1985 – Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
- 1987 – Tarun Kumar Singh
- 1988 – Ibopishak Sharma
- 1990 – Th. Babu Singh
- 1993 – H. Ngangbi Devi
- 1994 – T. Nadia Singh
- 1995 – L. Thambalngoubi Devi
- 1996 – Darshana Jhaveri
- 1997 – Samanduram Tondon Devi
- 1998 – N. Madhabi Devi
- 1999–2000 – Sorokhaibam Naran Singh
- 2001 – Charu Sija Mathur
- 2002 – K. Ongbi Leipaklotpi Devi
- 2003 – Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi, Kalavati Devi
- 2005 – K. Radhamohon Sharma
- 2009 – L. Bino Devi
- 2010 – Phanjoubam Iboton Singh
- 2011 – Priti Patel
- 2014 – N. Amusana Devi
- 2016 – Maisnam Kaminikumar Singh
- 2017 – L.N. Oinam Ongdi Doni Devi
- 2018 – Akham Lakshmi Devi
- 2020 – Sruti Bandopadhay
- 2021 – Thokchom Ibemubi Devi
- 2022 – S. Noyonshakhi Devi
- 2023 – Latasana Devi
- 1972 – T. Chinnammu Amma
- 1978 – Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
- 1994 – Kalamandalam Satyabhama
- 1998 – Kalamandalam Kshemavathy
- 1999–2000 – Bharati Shivaji
- 2004 – Kalamandalam Sugandhi
- 2006 – Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
- 2007 – Deepti Omchery Bhalla
- 2008 – Kalamandalam Leelamma
- 2011 – V. K. Hymavathy
- 2015 – Mandakini Trivedi
- 2018 – Gopika Varma
- 2019 – Nirmala Paniker
- 2021 – Neena Prasad
- 2022 – Kala Vijayan
- 2023 – Pallavi Krishnan
- 1966 – Kelucharan Mohapatra
- 1970 – Pankaj Charan Das
- 1976 – Sanjukta Panigrahi (joint award with Raghunath Panigrahi for Odissi music)
- 1977 – Deba Prasad Das
- 1985 – Mayadhar Raut
- 1986 – Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi
- 1987 – Sonal Mansingh
- 1992 – D. N. Pattnaik
- 1994 – Kumkum Mohanty
- 1995 – Raghunath Dutta
- 1997 – Gangadhar Pradhan
- 1999–2000 – Minati Mishra, Madhavi Mudgal
- 2002 – Kiran Segal
- 2003 – Hare Krishna Behera
- 2004 – Durllav Chandra Singh
- 2005 – Durga Charan Ranbir
- 2006 – Surendra Nath Jena
- 2007 – Ranjana Gauhar
- 2008 – Ramani Ranjan Jena
- 2009 – Geeta Mahalik
- 2010 – Aruna Mohanty
- 2011 – Ramli Ibrahim
- 2012 – Sharmila Biswas
- 2013 – Sangeeta Dash
- 2014 – Sudhakar Sahoo
- 2015 – Aloka Kanungo
- 2016 – Ratikant Mohapatra
- 2017 – Sujata Mohapatra
- 2018 – Surupa Sen
- 2019 – Sutapa Talukdar
- 2020 – Rabindra Atibudhi
- 2022 – Niranjan Rout
- 2023 – Snehaprava Samantaray
- 1963 – Maniram Datta Moktar
- 1978 – Bapuram Bayan Attai
- 1980 – Roseshwar Saikia Bayan Moktar
- 1996 – Indira P. P. Bora
- 1998 – Pradip Chaliha
- 1999–2000 – Parmanand Borbayan
- 2001 – Ghanakanta Bora
- 2004 – Jatin Goswami
- 2007 – Ganakanta Dutta Borbayan
- 2010 – Manik Borbayan
- 2013 – Jogen Dutta Bayan
- 2014 – Anita Sharma
- 2015 – Sarodi Saikia
- 2016 – Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan
- 2017 – Ramkrishna Talukdar
- 2018 – Tankeswar Hazarika Borbayan
- 2019 – Ranjumoni Saikia
- 2022 – Gobinda Saikia
- 2023 – Bhaben Borbayan
Other major traditions of dance and dance theatre
[edit]- 2007 – Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (Kutiyattam)
- 2009 – Kala Krishna (Andhranatyam)
- 2010 – Painkulam Rama Chakyar (Kutiyattam)
- 2012 – Painkulam Damodara Chakyar (Kutiyattam)
- 2013 – Srinivasa Rangachariar (Arayer Sevai)
- 2021 – Kalamandalam Girija (Kutiyattam)
- 2022 – Karuna Borah (Ankiya Bhaona)
- 2023 – Perini Prakash (Periniattam)
Music for dance
[edit]- 2005 – Josyula Krishna Murthy (Kuchipudi Bhagavatha Maddalla)
- 2006 – Kalamandalam Gangadharan (Kathakali Pattu)
- 2008 – Ramhari Das (Odissi)
- 2010 – S. Rajeswari (Bharatanatyam)
- 2011 – Karaikudi Krishnamurthi
- 2012 – Jwala Prasad
- 2013 – Dhaneshwar Swain
- 2014 – Varanasi Vishnu Namboothiri (Kathakali)
- 2015 – Rajkumar Bharathi
- 2017 – Ashit Desai
- 2020 – Prema Ramamurthy, Arambam Tombinou Devi
- 2021 – Bijay Kumar Jena
- 2022 – Pusthakam Ramaa
- 2023 – Kalinath Mishra
Folk and Tribal dance
[edit]- 2017 – Mukund Nayak
Theatre
[edit]Acting
[edit]From 1952–2003 (language-wise)
[edit]Assamese
[edit]- 1961 – Mitradev Mahanta Adhikari
- 2001 – Girish Chowdhury
- 1958 – Ahindra Choudhury
- 1962 – Tripti Mitra
- 1967 – Sabitabrata Dutta
- 1970 – Saraju Bala Devi
- 1973 – Shobha Sen
- 1975 – Molina Devi
- 1977 – Krishna Roy
- 1983 – Kumar Roy
- 1989 – Sekhar Chatterjee
- 1995 – Satya Bandopadhyay
- 1998 – Soumitra Chatterjee
- 1999–2000 – Ketaki Dutta Sabitri Chatterjee
- 2003 – Shaoli Mitra
- 1960 – Ashraf Khan
- 1965 – Muljibhai Khushalbhai Nayak
- 1968 – Jashwant Thaker
- 1974 – Pransukh Manilal Nayak
- 1980 – Dina Pathak (Gandhi)
- 1988 – Sarita Joshi
- 1979 – Amrish Puri
- 1982 – Manohar Singh
- 1984 – Uttara Baokar
- 1985 – Fida Hussain
- 1989 – Surekha Sikri
- 1990– Naseeruddin Shah (also Urdu)
- 1999–2000 – Seema Biswas
Kannada
[edit]- 1955 – Gubbi Veeranna
- 1961 – Subbaiah Naidu
- 1985 – B. Jayamma
- 1992 – R. Nagarathnamma
- 1994 – Balappa Yenagi
- 1996 – B. Jayashree
- 2003 – C. R. Simha
Malayalam
[edit]- 1960 – C. I. Parameswaran Pillai
- 1965 – V. T. Aravindaksha Menon
- 1969 – N. N. Pillai
Manipuri
[edit]- 1991 – Sabitri Heisnam
- 1997 – R. K. Bhogen
- 1955 – Narayan Rao Rajhans 'Bal Gandharva'
- 1956 – Ganesh Govind Bodas
- 1957 – Chintaman Ganesh Kolhatkar
- 1960 – Gopal Govind Pathak
- 1964 – Keshav Trimbak Date
- 1971 – Shreeram Lagoo
- 1976 – Jyotsna Bhole
- 1978 – Dattaram N. Walwaikar
- 1981 – Chintamani Govind Pendse
- 1983 – Dattatray Ramachandra Bhat
- 1986 – Prabhakar V. Panshikar
- 1987 – Sulabha Deshpande (also Hindi)
- 1988 – Saudagar Nagnath Gore 'Chhota Gandharva'
- 1990 – Bhakti Barve Inamdar
- 1991 – Neelu Phule
- 1996 – Mohan Agashe
Oriya
[edit]- 1961 – Samuel Sahu
Sanskrit
[edit]Tamil
[edit]- 1959 – Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar
- 1962 – T. K. Shanmugam
- 1967 – S. V. Sahasranamam
- 1992 – Poornam Viswanathan
- 1961 – Sthanam Narasimha Rao
- 1963 – Banda Kanakalingeswara Rao
- 1973 – Kalyanam Raghuramaiah
- 1986 – Peesapati Narasimha Murty
Urdu
[edit]- 1963 – Zohra Sehgal
- 1994 – Uzra Butt
From 2004 onwards
[edit]- 2004 – Rohini Hattangady, Ramcharan Nirmalkar
- 2005 – Chindodi Leela
- 2006 – Dharani Barman, Gita Dey, K. Kaladharan Nair
- 2007 – Ramesh Mehta
- 2008 – Markand Bhatt, Arundhati Nag
- 2009 – Sudha Shivpuri, Neeta Mohindra
- 2010 – Dilip Prabhavalkar, Banwari Taneja, Maya Krishna Rao, Swatilekha Sengupta
- 2012 – Parvesh Seth, Nirmal Rishi, Purisai Kannappa Sambandan
- 2013 – Vasant Josalkar, Kusum Haidar
- 2014 – Debshankar Haldar, Ramdas Kamat
- 2017 – Anil Tickoo
- 2018 – Suhas Joshi, Teekam Joshi
- 2019 – Alok Chatterjee, Pranjal Saikia
- 2020 – Prashant Damle, Bhupesh Joshi, Amit Banerjee
- 2021 – Neeleshwar Mishra, Y. G. Mahendran
- 2022 – Ashok Saraf, Prem Lata Mishra
- 2023 – Anil Kumar Rastogi, Rajeev Verma
Mime
[edit]- 1993 – Jogesh Dutta
- 2002 – Niranjan Goswami
- 2009 – Moinul Haque
- 2018 – Swapan Nandy
- 2021 – Vilas Janve
- 2022 – Yumnam Sadananda Singh
Direction
[edit]- 1957 – Jaishankar Bhojak 'Sundari'
- 1959 – Sombhu Mitra
- 1961 – Kasambhai Nathubhai Mir
- 1962 – Ebrahim Alkazi
- 1964 – T. S. Rajamanikkam
- 1969 – Habib Tanvir
- 1970 – Adi Ferozeshah Marzban
- 1971 – Satyadev Dubey
- 1972 – Shyamanand Jalan
- 1973 – Ajitesh Bandopadhyay
- 1974 – Damodar Kashinath Kenkre
- 1975 – Vijaya Mehta
- 1976 – B. V. Karanth
- 1977 – Rajinder Nath
- 1978 – Jabbar Patel
- 1979 – B. M. Shah
- 1980 – Rudraprasad Sengupta
- 1981 – R. S. Manohar
- 1982 – Sheila Bhatia
- 1983 – Kavalam Narayana Panikkar
- 1985 – Heisnam Kanhailal
- 1986 – Alyque Padamsee
- 1987 – Tarun Roy
- 1987 – Ratan Thiyam
- 1989 – Bibhash Chakraborty
- 1990 – Geoffrey Kendal & Laura Kendal (Joint Award)
- 1991 – Fritz Bennewitz
- 1992 – Mohan Maharishi
- 1993 – Kailash Pandya
- 1993 – Barry John
- 1995 – M. K. Raina
- 1995 – Bansi Kaul
- 1996 – Purushottam Darwhekar
- 1997 – Bhanu Bharti
- 1998 – Amal Allana
- 1998 – Dulal Roy
- 1998 – Usha Ganguly
- 1999–2000 – Balwant Thakur
- 1999–2000 – Nadira Zaheer Babbar
- 1999–2000 – Prasanna
- 2001 – Shanta Gandhi
- 2002 – Arun Mukherjee, Satish Anand
- 2003 – Devendra Raj Ankur, Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry
- 2004 – Anuradha Kapur, Arambam Lokendra Singh, Raj Besaria
- 2005 – Ranjit Kapoor, V K Sharma
- 2006 – E. Joychandra Singh, R. Nagesh, Amitava Dasgupta
- 2007 – Hari Madhab Mukherjee, N.C. Thakur
- 2008 – S. Ramanujam, Probir Guha
- 2009 – Joy Michael, Dinesh Thakur
- 2010 – Veenapani Chawla, Urmil Kumar Thapliyal
- 2011 – Alakhnandan, Kirti Jain
- 2012 – Tripurari Sharma, Waman Kendre
- 2013 – Kamalkar Muralidhar Sontakke, Kewal Dhaliwal, Prasanna Ramaswamy
- 2014 – Surya Mohan Kulshreshtha, Chidambar Rao Jambe
- 2015 – Parvez Akhtar, Mushtaq Kak
- 2016 – Satyabrata Rout, Rajkamal Nayak
- 2018 – Sanjay Upadhyay, S. Raghunandana
- 2019 – Bharti Sharma, Kumar Sohoni, Abinash Sarma
- 2020 – Lokendra Trivedi, Mithilesh Rai
- 2021 – R. Venugopal Rao (Surabhi), Lalit Singh Pokharia, Sudesh Sharma, Ajay Malkani, Manoj Pattnaik
- 2022 – Gunakar Dev Goswami, Suresh Sharma, Susairaj A
- 2023 – Surinder Sharma, Zahoor Alam
Playwriting
[edit]- Assamese
- 1986 – Satya Prasad Barua
- 2003 – Aruna Sarma
- Bengali
- 1968 – Badal Sircar
- 1969 – Manmatha Ray
- 1975 – Bijon Bhattacharya
- 1985 – Manoj Mitra
- 1991 – Mohit Chattopadhyaya
- Dogri
- 2008 – Narsingh Dev Jamwal
- Gujarati
- 1961 – Prabhulal Dayaram Dwivedi
- 1971 – C. C. Mehta, Pragji Dossa
- Hindi
- 1965 – Upendra Nath Ashk
- 1968 – Mohan Rakesh
- 1977 – Lakshmi Narain Lal
- 1988 – Dharamvir Bharati
- 1992 – Surendra Verma
- 2001 – Bhisham Sahni, D.P. Sinha
- 2006 – Prabhat Kumar Bhattacharya
- 2004 – Swadesh Deepak
- 2007 – Reoti Sharan Sharna
- 2008 – Mudra Rakshasa
- Kannada
- 1963 – Adya Rangacharya 'Shriranga'
- 1972 – Girish Karnad
- 1983 – Chandrashekhara Kambara
- 1980 – Narasinga Rao Parwathavani
- 1989 – G. B. Joshi
- 1997 – H. S. Shivaprakash
- Kashmiri
- 1997 – Moti Lal Kemmu
- Malayalam
- 1979 – G. Sankara Pillai
- 1983 – Kavalam Narayana Panikkar
- 1986 – K. T. Muhammed
- 1997 – N. Krishna Pillai
- 2009 – Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
- Manipuri
- 2007 – Yumnam Rajendra Singh
- Marathi
- 1958 – B.V. 'Mama' Warerkar
- 1967 – P. L. Deshpande
- 1970 – Vijay Tendulkar
- 1976 – C. T. Khanolkar
- 1982 – M.G. Rangnekar
- 1984 – Vasant Shankar Kanetkar
- 1987 – V.V. Shirwadkar
- 1989 – Mahesh Elkunchwar
- 1994 – Satish Alekar
- 1996 – G.P. Deshpande
- 2003 – Ratnakar Ramkrishna Matkari
- 2009 – Shankar Narayan Navre
- Mizo
- 2007 – Lathangfala Sailo
- Oriya
- 1981 – Manoranjan Das
- 1982 – Biswajit Das
- 1987 – Gopal Chhotray
- Punjabi
- 1993 – Gursharan Singh
- 1998 – Balwant Gargi
- 2010 – Atamjeet Singh
- Tamil
- 1974 – S.D. Sundaram
- 1999–2000 – Na. Muthuswamy
- 2004 – Indira Parthasarathy
- Telugu
- 2010 – D. Vizai Bhaskar
2012 onwards
[edit]- 2012 – Arjun Deo Charan
- 2013 – Rameshwar Prem, Pundalik Narayan Naik
- 2014 – Asgar Wajahat
- 2018 – Rajiv Naik, Laltluangliana Khiangte
- 2019 – Hrishikesh Sulabh
- 2022 – Sohan Lal Kaul
- 2023 – Asif Ali Haider Khan, Pali Bhupinder Singh
Allied Theatre Arts
[edit]- Lighting
- 1974 – Tapas Sen
- 1977 – V, Ramamurthy
- 1989 – G.N. Dasgupta
- 1994 – Kanishka Sen
- 1997 – Mansukh Joshi (for scenic design also)
- 1999–2000 – R.K. Dhingra
- 2002 – Ashok Sagar Bhagat
- 2003 – Sreenivas G. Kappanna
- 2005 – Suresh Bhardwaj
- 2006 - Gautam Bhattacharya
- 2011 – Kamal Jain
- 2019 – Souti Chakraborty
- 2020 – Raghav Prakash
- 2022 – Daulat Ram Vaid
- 2023 – Anoop Joshi, Sandeep Dutta
- Scenic Design
- 1985 – Goverdhan Panchal
- 1986 – Khaled Choudhury
- 1988 – Dattatraya Ganesh Godse
- 1997 – Mansukh Joshi
- 1999–2000 – Robin Das
- 2007 – Mahendra Kumar
- Costumes/Make-up
- 1981 – Ashok Srivastava (Make-up)
- 1990 – Roshan Alkazi (Costume Design)
- 1999–2000 – Shakti Sen (Make-up)
- 2001 – Dolly Ahluwalia (Costume Design)
- 2003 – Anant Gopal Shinde (Make-up)
- 2004 – Prema Karanth (Costume Design)
- 2008 – Amba Sanyal (Costume Designing)
- 2009 – Kamal Arora (Make-up)
- 2013 – Krishna Borkar (Make-up)
- 2019 – N.K. Ramakrishna (Make-up)
- 2020 – M. Purushottam (Costume Design)
- Music for Theatre
- 1999–2000 – Kajal Ghosh, Kamal Tewari
- 2005 - R. Paramashivan
- 2009 – Kuldeep Singh
- 2012 - Murari Roychoudhury
- 2014 - Amod Bhatt, Amardas Manikpuri (Chhattisgarh)
- Stagecraft
- 1993 – M.S. Sathyu
- 1995 – N. Krishnamoorthy
- 2002 – Nissar Allana
- 2005 – H. V. Sharma
- 2020 – N. Jadumani Singh
Major traditions of theatre
[edit]- 2007 – Kolyur Ramachandra Rao (Yakshagana)
- 2008 – Bansi Lal Khiladi, Khayal (Rajasthan)
- 2012 – Ghulam Rasool Bhagat (Bhand Pather)
- 2014 – Manjunath Bhagwat Hostota (Yakshagana)
- 2018 – Bhagawat A. S. Nanjappa (Yakshagana), A. M. Parameswaran Kuttan Chakkiyar (Kutiyattam)
- 2019 – K. S. Krishanappa (Isai Natakam)
- 2020 – P. P. Kandaswami (Therukoothu)
- 2021 – Gunindra Nath Ojah (Music and Direction in Ankiya Bhaona)
- 2022 – Margi Madhu Chakyar (Kutiyattam)
- 2023 – Piyal Bhattacharya (Sanskrit Theatre)
Other Traditional/ Folk/ Tribal/ Dance/ Music/ Theatre and Puppetry
[edit]- 1964 – Mani Madhava Chakyar (Kutiyattam), Kerala
- 1969 – Gahan Chandra Goswami (Ankia Nat, Assam)
- 1972 – Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair (Kathakali), Kerala
- 1976 – Raghunath Panigrahi (Joint Award with Sanjukta Panigrahi for Odissi Music, Orissa)
- 1981 – Kamini Kumar Narzary (Bodo Tribal Dance, Assam)
- 1983 – Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya (Akhyana), Gujarat
- 1983 – Lalit Chandra Ojha (Ojapali and Deodhani Dances, Assam)
- 1984 – Balakrushna Dash (Odissi Music, Orissa)
- 1985 – Mohan Chandra Barman (Bhaona, Assam)
- 1984 – Bhubaneswar Mishra (Odissi Music, Orissa)
- 1987 – Bhupen Hazarika (Folk Music, Assam)
- 1988 – Pratima Barua Pandey (Folk Music, Assam)
- 1989 – Rajen Pam (Tribal Music, Assam)
- 1990 – Rameshwar Pathak (Folk Music, Assam)
- 1991 – Puranchand Wadali & Pyarelal Wadali (Folk Music), Punjab
- 1992 – Khagen Mahanta (Folk Music, Assam)
- 1994 – M. Boyer (Tiatr), Goa
- 1995 – Teejan Bai (Pandavani), Madhya Pradesh
- 1997 – Arghya sen [(Rabindra Sangeet), West Bengal
- 1997 – P. R. Thilagam, Kuravanji performer, Tamil Nadu
- 1998 – Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, Jammu and Kashmir
- 2002 – Dilip Sarma & Sudakshina Sarma (Jyoti Sangeet, Assam - Joint Award)
- 2003 – Prabhat Sarma (traditional & Folk Music, Assam)
- 2003 – Kosha Kanta Deva Goswami (Mask Making Bhaona, Assam)
- 2003 – Banamali Maharana (Odissi Music, Orissa)
- 2005 – Khirod Khakhlari (Bodo Dance & Music, Assam)
- 2005 – Kashinath Pujapanda (Odissi Music, Orissa)
- 2005 – Mathoor Govindan Kutty (Kathakali), Kerala
- 2007 – Subodh Debbarma (Folk dance), Tripura
- 2007 – Amar Pal (Folk Song), West Bengal
- 2008 – Kartar Singh (Gurbani), Punjab
- 2008 – Mangi Bai Arya (Mand), Rajasthan
- 2008 – Lakha Khan Mangniyar, (Folk Music), Rajasthan
- 2008 – Bansi Lal Khilari (Khayal), Rajasthan
- 2009 – Bhikhudan Gadhvi (Folk music), Gujarat
- 2010 – Harbhajan Singh Namdhari (Gurbani Kirtan), Punjab
- 2010 – Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi and Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi (Qawwali), Andhra Pradesh
- 2010 – Dwijen Mukherjee (Rabindra Sangeet), West Bengal
- 2010 – Chandabai Tiwadi (Bharud), Maharashtra
- 2010 – T. Somasundaram (Folk dance), Tamil Nadu
- 2010 – Krishna Kumari (Folk music: Bhakha), Jammu and Kashmir
- 2010 – Chand Jagdish Tiwadi (Folk theatre: Bharud), Maharashtra
- 2011 – Trippekulam Achuta Marar, Kerala
- 2011 – Hemant Chauhan (Folk Music), Gujarat
- 2011 – Gurmeet Bawa (Folk Music), Punjab
- 2011 – Kashiram Sahu (Folk Theatre), Chhattisgarh
- 2011 – Mipham Otsal (Traditional Theatre), Jammu & Kashmir
- 2011 – Bellagallu Veeranna (Togalu Gombeyatta, Puppetry), Karnataka
- 2011 – Gopal Chandra Das (Putul Nach), Tripura
- 2011 – Kasmi Khan Niyazi (Making of musical Instrument), DeIhi
- 2012 – Go Ru Channabasappa (Folk Music - Karnataka)
- 2012 – Kinaram Nath Oja (Suknani Ojapali - Assam)
- 2012 – Prem Singh Dehati (Folk Music - Haryana)
- 2012 – Sulochana Chavan (Lavani - Maharashtra)
- 2012 – Mattannur Sankaran Kutty Marar (Thayambaka - Kerala)
- 2012 – Govind Ram Nirmalkar (Nacha - Chhattisgarh)
- 2012 – Heera Das Negi (Mask Making - Himachal Pradesh)
- 2013 – Meeenakshi K. (Instrument Making - Ghatam - Tamil Nadu)
- 2013 – Raj Begum, Traditional, Folk Music/Dance & Theatre (Jammu & Kashmir)
- 2013 – T.A.R. Nadi Rao & N Jeeva Rao (Joint Award), Folk Music (Tamil Nadu)
- 2013 – Gurdial Singh, Instrument Making (Punjab)
- 2013 – Mohan Singh Khangura, Rabindra Sangeet (West Bengal)
- 2013 – Umakanta Gogoi (Bairagi), Tokari Geet and Dehbichar Geet, (Assam)
- 2013 – Sheikh Riyajuddin alias Rajubaba, Folk Theatre (Maharashtra)
- 2014 – Puran Shah Koti (Traditional Music - Punjab)
- 2014 – Kalamandalam Ram Mohan (Makeup/Costume for Kathakali)
- 2014 – Reba Kanta Mohanta (Mask Making - Assam)
- 2014 – Abdul Rashid Hafiz (Folk Music - Jammu & Kashmir )
- 2014 – K.Shanathoiba Sharma (Thang-Ta - Manipur)
- 2014 – Ramdayal Sharma (Nautanki - U.P.)
- 2014 – Thanga Darlong (Folk Music - Tripura)
- 2015 - K. K. Ramachandra Pulavar (Tholpavakoothu)[12]
- 2015 – Ramchandra Singh (Folk Theater - Bihar)
- 2017 – Mukund Nayak (Folk Music - Jharkhand)
- 2017 – Prakash Khandge (Folk Arts - Maharashtra)
- 2018 – Malini Awasthi (Folk Music - Uttar Pradesh)
- 2018 – Gazi Khan Barna (Folk Music - Khartal, Rajasthan)
- 2018 – Narendra Singh Negi (Folk Songs - Uttarakhand)
- 2018 – Niranjan Rajyaguru (Folk Music - Gujarat)
- 2018 – Mohd. Sadiq Bhagat (Folk Theatre - Bhand Pather, J&K)
- 2018 – Kota Sachidanand Shastry (Harikatha - Andhra Pradesh)
- 2018 – Arjun Singh Dhurve (Folk Dance - Madhya Pradesh)
- 2018 – Somnath Battu (Folk Music - Himachal Pradesh)
- 2018 – Hem Chandra Goswami (Mask Making - Assam)
- 2019 – Mamta Chandrakar (Folk Music Chhattisgarh)
- 2019 – Ram Lal (Folk Music, Uttarakhand)
- 2019 – Shankarbhai Hakabhai Dharjiya (Folk Music & Dance - Gujarat)
- 2019 – Nathulal Solanki (Folk Music - Rajasthan)
- 2019 – Pandurang Ghotkar (Folk Music - Maharashtra)
- 2019 – Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (Thayambaka - Kerala)
- 2019 – Urmila Pandey (Folk Music - Madhya Pradesh)
- 2019 – Sayed Mohmmed P.P. (Folk Music & Dance - Lakshadweep)
- 2019 – Majid Gulabsaheb Sitarmaker (Instrument Making - Maharashtra)
- 2019 – Dulal Kanji (Instrument Making - West Bengal)
- 2020 – Balkar Sidhu (Folk Dance - Punjab)
- 2020 – Nandlal Garg (Folk Music - Himachal Pradesh)
- 2020 – B. Lalthlengliana (Folk Theatre - Mizoram)
- 2020 – Ranjana Kumri Jha (Folk Music - Bihar)
- 2020 – S. G. Lakshmidevamma (Folk Music - Karnataka)
- 2020 – Tarubala Debbarma (Folk Music and Dance - Tripura)
- 2020 – Sang Jangmu (Folk Dance - Arunachal Pradesh)
- 2020 – Gafoor Khan Manganiar (Folk Music - Rajasthan)
- 2020 – Zachunu Keyho (Folk Music - Nagaland)
- 2021 – Silbi Passah (Folk Music - Meghalaya)
- 2021 – Durga Prasad Murmu (Folk Music and Dance - Jharkhand)
- 2021 – Prashanna Gogoi (Folk Music & Dance - Assam)
- 2021 – Gartigere Raghanna (H. N Raghavenda) (Folk Music - Karnataka)
- 2021 – S Samundaram (Folk Music - Tamil Nadu)
- 2021 – Data Ram Purohit (Folk Music & Theatre - Uttarakhand)
- 2021 – Mahavir Singh Guddu (Folk Music & Dance - Haryana)
- 2021 – N Tiken Singh (Folk Music - Manipur)
- 2021 – N. Sekar (Folk Music - Puducherry)
- 2021 – R. Murugan (Instrument Making - Tamil Nadu)
- 2022 – Shailesh Shrivastava (Folk Music - Uttar Pradesh)
- 2022 – Vijay Shamrao Chavan (Folk Music - Dholak, Maharashtra)
- 2022 – Tsering Jorgais (Folk Music - Ladakh)
- 2022 – Olen Megu Damin (Folk &Traditional Music & Dance - Arunachal Pradesh)
- 2022 – Nitu Kumari Nootan (Folk Music - Bihar)
- 2022 – Gaffruddin Mewati Jogi (Folk/Traditional Music – Bhapang, Rajasthan)
- 2022 – Tarawati Bori (Folk /Traditional Music - Assam)
- 2022 – K. Viswanatha Pulavar (Puppetry - Tholpavakoothu)
- 2022 – Mahendrakumar Karsandas Andani (Folk Dance - Gujarat)
- 2022 – Chingtham Ranjeet Khuman (Thang Ta - Manipur)
- 2022 – Poonam Tivari (Folk Music - Chhattisgarh)
- 2023 – Kanta Kashinath Gaude (Folk Music, Goa)
- 2023 – Swapan Mukhopadhyay (Folk Music, West Bengal)
- 2023 – Rakesh Bhatt (Folk Theatre/Music, Uttarakhand)
- 2023 – Krishna Lal Sehgal (Folk Song- Himachal Pradesh)
- 2023 – Bharat Sharma Vyas (Folk Music, Bihar)
- 2023 – Helen Giri Syiem (Folk & traditional Music, Meghalaya)
- 2023 – P. K. Kunhiraman (Traditional Music - Chenda, Kerala)
- 2023 – Abdul Gaffar Das Kanihami (Folk Music, Jammu & Kashmir)
- 2023 – Jayantibhai Maganbhai Sharma (Instrument Making, Gujarat)
- 2023 – K. Pajanivel (Martial Arts, Puducherry)
- 2023 – Gurpreet Singh Khalsa (Martial Arts, Punjab)
Puppetry/ Mime/ Allied arts of traditional forms
[edit]- 1978 – Kathinanada Das (Ravanchhaya puppetry), Orissa
- 1979 – U. Kogga Devanna Kamath (Gombeatta puppetry), Karnataka
- 1980 – K.L. Krishnan Kutty Pulavar (Tholpava Koothu), Kerala
- 1981 – M.R. Ranganatha Rao, Karnataka
- 1983 – Meher Rustom Contractor, Gujarat
- 1987 – Suresh Dutta, West Bengal
- 1992 – Dadi Dorab Pudumjee, Delhi
- 1995 – T. Hombiah, Karnataka
- 1998 – Kolhacharan Sahu (Ravanchhaya puppetry), Orissa
- 1999 – B.H. Puttashamachar, Karanataka
- 2001 – Hiren Bhattacharya, Assam
- 2003 – Puran Bhatt, Rajasthan
- 2004 – Maguni Charan Kuanr, Odisha[13]
- 2005 – Ganpat Sakharam Masge, Maharashtra
- 2010 – K. Chinna Anjannamma (Shadow puppetry: Tolu Bommalata), Andhra Pradesh
- 2010 – K.V. Ramakrishnan and K.C. Ramakrishnan (Glove puppetry: Pava Kathakali), Kerala
- 2012 – Prafulla Karmakar (Traditional Puppetry - West Bengal)
- 2013 – Lilavati M Kavi (Bajaj), Puppetry
- 2014 – K. Kesavasamy (Puppetry - Puducherry)
- 2016 – Prabhitangsu Das (Contemporary Puppetry - Tripura)
- 2018 – Anupama Hoskere (Classical String Puppetry of Karnataka, Bengaluru)
- 2020 – Meena Nayak (Puppetry - Maharashtra)
Films
[edit] # Indicates an award for the performing arts in the media
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| Year | Recipient | Field |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Debaki Bose | Direction |
| 1957 | Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar | Screenplay |
| 1958 | Sachin Dev Burman | Music Direction |
| 1958 | Durga Khote | Acting |
| 1959 | Ashok Kumar | Acting |
| 1959 | Satyajit Ray | Direction |
| 1960 | Chhabi Biswas | Acting |
| 1961 | Lalita Pawar | Acting |
| 1961 | Kavi Pradeep | Lyricist |
| 1961 | Mukhram Sharma | Screenplay |
| 1988 | Salil Chowdhury# | Music |
| 1991 | Sudhir Phadke# | Music |
| 1992 | Naushad# | Music |
| 1992 | K. J. Yesudas# | Music |
| 2001 | Prem Matiyani# | Theatre |
Overall Contribution/Scholarship
[edit]| Year | Recipient | Field |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Kanak Rele | Dance |
| 1994 | K. V. Subbanna | Theatre |
| 1995 | Sunil Kothari | Dance |
| 1996 | Ram Gopal Bajaj | Theatre |
| 2000 | B. V. K. Sastry | Performing Arts |
| 2000 | Nemi Chandra Jain | Performing Arts |
| 2000 | Shanta Serbjeet Singh | Performing Arts |
| 2001 | Suresh Awasthi | Performing Arts |
| 2002 | Romesh Chander | Theatre |
| 2002 | J. N. Kaushal | Theatre |
| 2003 | P. V. Subramanium 'Subbudu' | Performing Arts |
| 2004 | Sushil Kumar Saxena | Performing Arts |
| 2005 | Pratibha Agrawal | Theatre |
| 2006 | Rekha Jain | Performing Arts |
| 2007 | Mukund Lath | Performing Arts |
| 2008 | R. Sathyanarayana | Performing Arts |
| 2009 | Leela Venkataraman | Performing Arts |
| 2010 | Ashok Ranade | Music |
| 2010 | Jaidev Taneja | Theatre |
| 2011 | Shrivatsa Goswami | |
| 2011 | Sundari K. Shridharani | |
| 2012 | Arun Kakade | |
| 2012 | Nandini Ramani | |
| 2013 | N. Ramanathan | |
| 2013 | Mysore V. Subramanya | |
| 2014 | Indudhar Nirody | |
| 2014 | Akshara K. V. | |
| 2015 | Chaman Lal Ahuja | Performing Arts |
| 2015 | Shanta Gokhale | Performing Arts |
| 2015 | Rani Balbir Kaur | Theatre |
| 2016 | Avinash Pasricha | Performing Arts |
| 2017 | Sandhya Purecha | Dance |
| 2018 | Diwan Singh Bajeli | Theatre |
| 2018 | Puru Dadheech | Dance |
| 2019 | Utpal K. Banerjee | |
| 2019 | Ritha Rajan | |
| 2020 | Mahesh Champaklal | Theatre |
| 2020 | Nandkishore Kapote | Dance |
| 2021 | Vibha Dadheech | Dance |
| 2021 | Premchand Hombal | Dance |
| 2022 | Lakshahira Das | Performing Arts |
| 2022 | Prameela Gurumurthy | Performing Arts |
| 2023 | Gopalan Nair Venu | Performing Arts |
| 2023 | Jagdish Trivedi | Performing Arts |
References
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