During the budget session in May 2009, the State government had announced that just as artistes from various disciplines in Tamil Nadu have been honoured with the Kalaimamani award, artistes and literary personalities known for their contribution at the national level, will be honoured with special awards. Now, the three new awards are being presented to these three personalities.
Jayakanthan was born on April 24, 1934, into a family of agriculturists in Cuddalore. He is a Tamil writer, essayist, journalist, filmmaker and critic. Jayakanthan is known for his bold and revolutionary ideas. Author of many literary works in Tamil, he also had a stint in Tamil cinema, where he tried his hand at making films, one of which was based on his novel, ‘Unnaippol Oruvan’, which became the first Tamil film to get an award at the national level in India.
In 1972, Jayakanthan was awarded the Sahitya Akademi translation prize for his work on the Tamil novel ‘Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal’. In 2002, he was honoured with the Jnanpith award and in 2009 Padma Bhushan.
Ilayaraja, 67-year-old ace musician from Pannaipuram has composed music for nearly 1,000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. Ilayaraja’s unique orchestration and background scores contributed to his being the most sought after Tamil composer for two decades from the late 1970s.
Equally famous are his non-film albums, including ‘Nothing But Wind’, ‘What To Name It’ and ‘Thiruvasagam’. His mastery over music earned him the name Isaignani from Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
Ilayaraja is the recipient of several state and national honours, including four National Awards for Best Musical Score. Ilayaraja is also the first and only Indian composer so far to have received a National Award for Background Score, introduced in 2010. A recipient of the Tamil Nadu government’s Kalaimamani, Ilayaraja was conferred with the Padma Bhushan by the Centre in 2010.
Padma Subramaniam, an exponent and researcher of Indian classical dance, is currently the director of Nruthyodaya, a dance school founded by her filmmaker-freedom fighter father, K Subramanyam. The 67-year-old dancer is also an expert on the Karanas (movements) in classical dance, and has designed sculptures of Lord Shiva and Parvathi in 108 karanas for a temple in Satara, Maharashtra. Subramaniam has been honoured with the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India, Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu government and the Kalidasa Samman from the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
She is currently the head of the upcoming Bharata-Ilango Foundation for Asian Culture (BIFAC) at Pattipulam village in the state, which will be a research centre on art forms across Asia.
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