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Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Awarded for Award for performing arts in India Sponsored by Sangeet Natak Akademi First awarded 1952 Last awarded 2018
← Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (IPA : Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra) is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi , India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists.[1] The award earlier in 2003, consisted of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an angavastram (a shawl ), and a tamrapatra (a brass plaque).[2] Since 2009 cash prize has been increased to ₹1,00,000.[3] The awards are given in the categories of music, dance, theatre, other traditional arts and puppetry, and for contribution/scholarship in performing arts.[2]
Award recipients [ ]
Music [ ]
Hindustani music [ ]
Vocal [ ]
1952 – Mushtaq Hussain Khan
1953 – Kesarbai Kerkar
1954 – Rajab Ali Khan
1955 – Anant Manohar Joshi
1956 – Rajabhaiyya Poonchhwale
1957 – Rasoolan Bai
1958 –
1959 – Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
1960 –
1961 – Y. S. Mirashi Buwa
1962 – Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
1963 – Omkarnath Thakur
1964 –
1965 – Hirabai Barodekar
1966 – Siddheswari Devi
1967 – Amir Khan
1968 – Mogubai Kurdikar
1969 –
1970 –
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 –
1980 –
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 – , Prabha Atre
1992 – Ramarao V. Naik , Shiv Kumar Shukla
1993 – , Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
1994 – Sulochana Brahaspati , Zia Fariddudin Dagar
1995 – A. Kanan
1996 – ,
1997 –
1998 – Puttaraj Gawaigalu , Parveen Sultana , Rajan and Sajan Mishra
1999–2000 – Ajoy Chakraborty , Rita Ganguly , Malabika Kanan
2001 – , , Malini Rajurkar
2002 – Sushila Rani Patel ,
2003 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan , Yeshwant Balkrishna Joshi
2004 – Balwant Rai Bhatt , Tejpal Singh and Surinder Singh
2005 – , Ramashreya Jha
2006 – , Rashid Khan
2007 – Vidyadhar Vyas ,
2008 – Ulhas Kashalkar , M.R. Gautam
2009 – Abdul Rashid Khan , Vasundhara Komkali
2010 – Chhannulal Mishra , Yashpaul
2011 – Shruti Sadolikar , Pandit Venkatesh Kumar
2012 - Rajashekhar Mansur , Ajay Pohankar
2013 - Ritwik Sanyal , Veena Sahasrabuddhe
2014 - Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande , Iqbal Ahmad Khan ,
2015 - Mashkoor Ali Khan
2016 - Prabhakar Karekar
2017 - Lalith J. Rao
2017 - Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha - Gundecha Brothers
Instrumental [ ]
Been /Rudra Veena /Vichitra Veena [ ]
1969 – Dabir Khan
1977 – Asad Ali Khan
1981 – Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
1994 – Pandit Gopal Krishan
2012 - Bahauddin Dagar
Flute
1983 – Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasiya
1986 – Devendra Murdeshwar
1994 – Raghunath Seth
2010 – Nityanand Haldipur
2014 - Ronu Majumdar
2017 – Shashank Subramanyam
2017 - Pt. Rajendra Prasanna
Guitar [ ]
2005 – Brij Bhushan Kabra
Harmonium [ ]
1999–2000 –
2005 – Tulsidas Vasant Borkar
Santoor [ ]
1986 – Shivkumar Sharma
1993 – Bhajan Sopori
Sarangi [ ]
1966 –
1975 – Ram Narayan
1976 –
1986 – Sabri Khan
1988 –
1990 –
1992 – Sultan Khan
1996 – ,
2008 – Ramesh Mishra
2013 - Dhruba Ghosh
Sarod [ ]
1952 – Allauddin Khan
1953 – Hafiz Ali Khan
1963 – Ali Akbar Khan
1971 – Radhika Mohan Maitra
1986 – Sharan Rani Backliwal
1988 –
1989 – Amjad Ali Khan
1993 – Buddhadev Das Gupta
1999–2000 – Rajeev Taranath
2004 – Aashish Khan
2019 -
1956 – Ustad Bismillah Khan
1985 –
1989 – Pt. Anant Lal
1996 – Pt.Raghunath Prasanna
2008 –
2009 –
2017 - Rajendra Prasanna [4]
Sitar [ ]
1958 –
1960 – Wahid Khan
1962 – Pt. Ravi Shankar
1968 – Mushtaq Ali Khan
1974 – Nikhil Banerjee
1987 – Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan , Imrat Khan (also Surbahar)
1989 –
1992 – Uma Shankar Mishra
1994 – Shamim Ahmed Khan
1996 – Debu Chaudhuri
2001 – Manilal Nag
2003 – Arvind Parikh
2006 – Shahid Parvez
2010 – Budhaditya Mukherjee
2015 -
Surbahar [ ]
Tabla [ ]
1954 – Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa
1959 –
1961 –
1970 –
1976 –
1979 – Pt. Samta Prasad
1982 – Ustad Alla Rakha
1984 – Pt. Kishan Maharaj
1990 – Ustad Zakir Hussain
1991 –
1997 – Swapan Chaudhuri ,
1998 –
1999–2000 – Shankar Ghosh
2001-
2002 – , Anindo Chatterjee
2004 – Pt. Suresh Talwalkar
2006 – Kumar Bose
2007 – Nandan Mehta
2009 –
2012 - Sabir Khan (Tabla)
2013 -
2014 - Pt. Nayan Ghosh
2016 -
2017 - Pt. Yogesh Samsi
Violin [ ]
Carnatic music [ ]
Vocal [ ]
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 –
1967 –
1968 – Alathur Srinivasa Iyer
1969 – Dandapani Desikar
1970 – M. L. Vasanthakumari
1971 –
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 –
1986 – B. Rajam Iyer
1986 – Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy
1987 – Madurai N. Krishnan
1987 – Mani Krishnaswami
1988 – Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
1989 –
1990 – T. V. Sankaranarayanan
1991 – S. Rajam
1992 –
1993 –
1994 –
1995 – R. Vedavalli
1996 – T. K. Govinda Rao
1997 –
2000 - S. R. Janakiraman
2001 -
2002 – T. R. Subramaniam
2003 – Trichur V. Ramachandran ,
2004 – , C. Saroja & C. Lalitha
2005 – , P. S. Narayanaswamy
2006 – , Chingleput Ranganathan
2007 –
2008 – Puranam Purushottama Sastri
2009 – Parassala B Ponnammal
2010 – Suguna Purushothaman ,
2011 -
2012 - O. S. Thyagarajan
2013 - Aruna Sairam , D. Seshchari & D. Raghavachari (Hyderabad Brothers)
2014 - Neyveli Santhanagopalan
2015 - R.N. Tharanathan , , R.N. Thiagarajan
2016 - ,
Instrumental [ ]
Clarionet [ ]
1994 – A. K. C. Natarajan
Flute [ ]
Gottuvadhyam [ ]
Mandolin [ ]
Mridangam [ ]
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 –
1996 – Guruvayur Dorai
1998 – Karaikudi Mani
1999–2000
2002 –
2004 –
2006 – Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam
2008 – Mannargudi Easwaran
2009 – Dandamudi Sumathi Ram Mohan Rao
2010 – Srimushnam V. Raja Rao
2012 -
2013 - Trichy Sankaran
2016 -
2017 - Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan
Nagaswaram [ ]
1955 – T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai
1962 –
1966 –
1972 –
1976 – Sheik Chinna Moulana
1981 – Namagiripettai Krishnan
1995 – Domada Chittiabbayi
2005 –
2007 – S. R. D. Vaidyanathan
2011 -
2013 - Thiruvizha Jayashankar
Saxophone [ ]
Thavil [ ]
1952 – Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
1960 –
1968 – K. S. Narayanaswamy
1969 –
1970 – Mysore V. Doreswamy Iyengar
1973 – Emani Sankara Sastry
1977 – Sundaram Balachander
1980 –
1986 –
1988 – R. Pichumani Iyer
1990 – Chitti Babu
1992 –
1993 – Kalpakam Swaminathan
2001 –
2002 – E. Gayathri
2007 – Vidya Shankar
2011 -
2017 - Suma Sudhindra
Violin [ ]
1953 – Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
1957 – Tirumakudalu Chowdiah
1959 – Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai
1963 –
1964 –
1967 –
1971 –
1974 – T. N. Krishnan
1978 – Lalgudi Jayaraman
1982 – M. S. Gopalakrishnan
1986 – M. Chandrasekaran
1988 –
1989 –
1991 – Kandadevi S. Alagiriswamy
1993 – Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
1996 –
1997 –
1998 –
1999–2000 - R. R. Keshavamurthy
2003 – A. Kanyakumari
2005 –
2008 – B. Sasikumar
2010 – Nagai Muralidharan
2012 -
2014 -
2015 - Lalgudi G. J. R. Krishnan
2016 – Mysore Manjunath
Creative and experimental music [ ]
1973 –
1976 –
1978 – Rai Chand Boral
1982 – Vijay Raghav Rao
1983 – Chidambaram S. Jayaraman
1986 – Anil Biswas
1986 –
1986 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay
1988 – Bhaskar Chandavarkar
1989 – Vanraj Bhatia
1990 – L. Subramaniam
1994 –
1995 –
1997 –
1998 – Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
2001 –
2002 – K. P. Udayabhanu
2007 – Khayyam
2012 – Ilaiyaraaja
Other major traditions of music [ ]
2007 — Amar Pal (Folk Song, West Bengal )
2008 – (Nata Sankirtana , Manipur)
2009 – (Nata Sankirtana , Manipur)
2010 – (Harikatha , Tirupathi)
2011 - Gopal Chandra Panda (Odissi Music)
2012 - (Gurbani )
2013 - (Odissi Music)
Dance [ ]
Bharatanatyam [ ]
1955 – T. Balasaraswati
1957 – Rukmini Devi Arundale
1959 –
1962 –
1965 –
1966 – Vazhuvoor B. Ramiah Pillai , Swarnasaraswathi
1968 – Kamala
1969 – T. K. Swaminatha Pillai
1970 – Shanta Rao
1971 –
1972 –
1973 –
1974 – K. P. Kittappa Pillai
1976 –
1977 – Yamini Krishnamurthy
1979 – Pandanallur Subbaraya Pillai
1981 – Indrani Rahman
1982 – Vyjayanthimala
1983 – Padma Subramanyam
1984 – , Sudharani Raghupathy
1985 –
1986 –
1987 – and ,
1989 –
1990 – Kalanidhi Narayanan
1991 – Adyar K. Lakshman
1992 –
1993 – Guru Kubernath Tanjorkar(Tanjavurkar) , C. V. Chandrasekhar
1994 – and Shanta Dhananjayan
1995 – M. K. Saroja ,
1996 –
1997 – Kanaka Srinivasan
1998 –
1999–2000 – , Leela Samson , H. R. Keshava Murthy
2001 – Alarmel Valli , Pratibha Prahlad
2002 – Malavika Sarukkai
2003 –
2004 –
2005 –
2006 –
2007 – Sucheta Bhide Chapekar
2008 – Saroja Vaidyanathan
2009 – Ananda Shankar Jayant
2011 - (First Transgender to receive SN Akademi Award)
2012 -
2013 - ,
2014 -
2015 -
2016 - Geeta Chandran
2017 - Rama Vaidyanathan
Chhau [ ]
1963 – (Seraikella)
1971 – Ananta Charan Sai (Mayurbhanj)
1975 – (Mayurbhanj)
1981 – Kedar Nath Sahoo (Seraikella)
1982 – Gambhir Singh Mura (Purulia)
1987 – (Mayurbhanj)
1988 – (Mayurbhanj)
1990 – (Seraikella)
1991 – (Mayurbhanj)
2004 – Shashadhar Acharya
2012 -
2014 -
2015 -
2016 - Gopal Prasad Dubey
2017 -
2018 - (Seraikella)
Creative dance/Choreography [ ]
1960 – Uday Shankar
1970 – Mrinalini Sarabhai
1976 – Narendra Sharma
1979 –
1980 –
1981 –
1984 – Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
1989 – Maya Rao
1991 – Chandralekha
1992 –
1993 –
1995 – Astad Deboo
1999–2000 Mallika Sarabhai
2001 – Gul Bardhan
2002 –
2005 –
2006 –
2008 –
2009 –
2010 –
2011 - Tanushree Shankar
2014 - Navtej Singh Johar
2015 -
2016 - Anita Ratnam
Kathak [ ]
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 -
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 –
2011 -
2012 - Vijay Shankar
2013 - Rajashree Shirke
2014 - Uma Dogra
2016 - Jitendra Maharaj
2017 - Shobha Koser
Kathakali [ ]
Kuchipudi [ ]
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 – Shobha 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 - G Padmaja Reddy
2016 - A B Bala Kondala Rao
2017 - Deepika Reddy
Manipuri [ ]
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
Mohiniattam [ ]
Odissi [ ]
1966 – Kelucharan Mohapatra
1970 – Pankaj Charan Das
1976 – Sanjukta Panigrahi (joint award with Raghunath Panigrahi for Orissi 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
Sattriya [ ]
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 - Sharodi Saikia
2016 - Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan
2017 - Ramkrishna Talukdar
Other major traditions of dance and dance theatre [ ]
2007 – Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (Kutiyattam)
2009 – Kala Krishna (Andhranatyam)
2010 – Painkulam Rama Chakyar (Kutiyattam)
2012 - Painkulam Damodara Chakyar (Kutiyattam)
2013 - Srinivasa Rangachariar (Arayer Sevai)
Music for dance [ ]
2005 – Josyula Krishna Murthy (Kuchipudi Bhagavatha Maddalla)
2006 – Kalamandalam Gangadharan (Kathakali Pattu)
2008 – Ramhari Das (Orissi)
2010 – S. Rajeswari (Bharatanatyam)
2011 - Karaikudi Krishnamurthi
2012 - Jwala Prasad
2013 - Dhaneshwar Swain
2014 - Varanasi Vishnu Namboothiri (Kathakali)
2015 - Rajkumar Bharathi
2017 - Ashit Desai
Theatre [ ]
Acting [ ]
From 1952–2003 (language-wise) [ ]
Assamese [ ]
1961 – Mitradev Mahanta Adhikari
2001 – Girish Chowdhury
Bengali theatre [ ]
1958 – Ahindra Choudhury
1962 – Tripti Mitra
1967 –
1970 –
1973 – Shobha Sen
1975 – Molina Devi
1977 –
1983 – Kumar Roy
1989 – Sekhar Chatterjee
1995 –
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
Hindi theatre [ ]
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 [ ]
Malayalam [ ]
1960 – C. I. Parameswaran Pillai
1965 – V. T. Aravindaksha Menon
1969 – N. N. Pillai
Manipuri [ ]
Oriya [ ]
Sanskrit [ ]
Tamil [ ]
Telugu theatre [ ]
Urdu [ ]
1963 – Zohra Sehgal
1994 – Uzra Butt
From 2004 onwards [ ]
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
Mime [ ]
Direction [ ]
1957 - Jaishankar Bhojak 'Sundari'
1959 - Sombhu Mitra
1961 - Kasambhai Nathubhai Mir
1962 - Ebrahim Alkazi
1964 -
1969 - Habib Tanvir
1970 -
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 - , Chidambar Rao Jambe
2015 - Parvez Akhtar, Mushtaq Kak
2018 - Prof. Satyabrata Rout
Playwriting [ ]
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
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
Oriya
1981 – Manorajan 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
2012 onwards [ ]
2012 - Arjun Deo Charan
2013 - Rameshwar Prem, Pundalik Narayan Naik
2014 - Asgar Wajahat
Allied Theatre Arts [ ]
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
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)
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
Major traditions of theatre [ ]
2007 – Kolyur Ramachandra Rao (Yakshagana )
2008 – Bansi Lal Khiladi, Khayal (Rajasthan)
2012 - Ghulam Rasool Bhagat (Bhand Pather )
2014 - Manjunath Bhagwat Hostota (Yakshagana)
Other Traditional / Folk/ Tribal/ Dance/ Music/ Theatre and Puppetry [ ]
Other Traditional / Folk / Tribal/ Music/ Dance and Theatre [ ]
1964 – Mani Madhava Chakyar (Kutiyattam), Kerala
1969 - Gahan Chandra Goswami (Ankia Nat, Assam)
1972 – Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair (Kathakali), Kerala
1981 - Kamini Kumar Narzary (Bodo Tribal Dance, Assam)
1983 - Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya (Akhyana), Gujarat
1983 - Lalit Chandra Ojha (Ojapali and Deodhani Dances, Assam)
1985 - Mohan Chandra Barman (Bhaona, Assam)
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 [6]
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)
2005 - Khirod Khakhlari (Bodo Dance & Music, Assam)
2005 – Mathoor Govindan Kutty (Kathakali), Kerala
2007 - Subodh Debbarma (Folk dance), Tripura
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 (), 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(Kerla)
2011 - Hemant Chauhan for Folk Music (Gujarat)
2011 - Gurmeet Bawa for Folk Music (Punjab)
2011 - Kashiram Sahu for Folk Theatre (Chhattisgarh)
2011 - Mipham Otsal for Traditional Theatre (Jammu & Kashmir)
2011 - Bellagallu Veeranna for Togalu Gombeyatta, Puppetry (Karnataka)
2011 - Gopal Chandra Das for Putul Nach (Tripura)
2011 - Kasmi Khan Niyazi for 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)[7]
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 - (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 - Ramchandra Singh (Folk Theater - Bihar)
2017 - Mukund Nayak (Folk Music - Jharkhand)
2017 - Prakash Khandge (Folk Arts - Maharashtra)
2018 - Narendra Singh Negi (Folk Music - Uttarakhand)
Puppetry /Mime/ Allied arts of traditional forms [ ]
1978 – ( puppetry), Orissa
1979 – ( puppetry), Karnataka
1980 – (), Kerala
1981 – , Karnataka
1983 – , Gujarat
1987 – Suresh Dutta , West Bengal
1992 – Dadi Dorab Pudumjee , Delhi
1995 – , Karnataka
1998 – (Ravanchhaya puppetry), Orissa
1999 – , Karanataka
2001 – Hiren Bhattacharya , Assam
2003 – Puran Bhatt , Rajasthan
2005 - , Maharashtra
2010 – (Shadow puppetry: ), Andhra Pradesh
2010 – and (Glove puppetry: ), Kerala
2012 – (Traditional Puppetry - West Bengal)
2013 – (Bajaj), Puppetry
2014 – (Puppetry - Puducherry)
2016 – (Contemporary Puppetry - Tripura)
2018 – (, Bengaluru)
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Films [ ]
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