The Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy announced its Kalashree Awards for 2013 at a press conference here on Saturday. The awards have been given to artistes who have made exceptional contribution to their respective fields.
The awards were given to Sreevalsan J Menon (vocal), Shankaran Nampoothiri (vocal), Kuzhalmannam G Ramakrishnan (Mridangam), Adichennallur Anilkumar (Ghatom), R K Damodaran (light music), Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (light music), Ramesh Varma (theatre), Leelamma Mathew (drama), Rajan Kizhakkanela (drama-script), Vijayalekshmi (Mohiniyattom), Rema Vaidyanathan (Bharathanatyam), Vinod Champakkara (Kathaprasangam), Kalamandalam Vasudevan (Ottanthullal), Mani Vasudeva Chakyar (Kooth), Brito Vincent (Chavittunatakom), Kallekkulangara Achuthankutty Marar (Thayambaka) and Vakkom Sajeev and Madhu Gopinath (folk arts).
M C Kattappana was selected for the C I Parameswaran Pillai Memorial Endowment and K K Ramachandra Pulavar for T P Sukumaran Memorial Endowment. Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy chairman Soorya Krishnamoorthy, vice-chairman T M Abraham and sec P V Krishnan Nair took part.