Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram

Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram
Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram
	Sirkazhi G. SivaChidambaram
Background information
Born	8 June 1959
Origin	Chennai, India
Genres	Carnatic music, Tamil music - Tamilisai, Devotional music, Tamil Cinema Music
Occupations	Musician, Physician
Instrument	Vocals
Website	www.sirkali.org

Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram is a physician, Carnatic music vocalist, and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.

Early life

Sivachidambaram was born in Chennai.^[1] He is the son of Carnatic vocalist Sirkazhi Govindarajan.^[2]

He is an alumnus of Madras Medical College, where he earned undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in internal medicine. He attended Trinity College of Music, where he learnt classical and Carnatic music. He is the principle disciple of the great master Sangeetha Vidwan Prof. B.Krishnamurthy in the intricacies and nuances of Indian Classical music, since childhood till date.^[3]

Career

Sivachidambaram recorded the song Enadharumai Raanuva Veerargaal written by former President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. His extempore rendition of the song on youth empowerment in Tamil, written by Abdul Kalam, during the inauguration of the Tamil Isai Sangam festival in Chennai, was appreciated.^[4]

Personal life

Sivachidambaram is a physician and now works as the Dean/Special Officer at Perambalur Government Medical College, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, on promotion from his previous designation as a Professor and HOD of Medicine at his alma mater, Madras Medical College, as Director I/C of the Institute of Internal Medicine at MMC.^[5]

Awards

Sivachidambaram received the Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu government, Madras Music Academy Award for Best Rendering, and Tamil Isai Vendar. In 2008, he received the Padma Shri award from the Government of India.^[6] The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University honoured him with an honorary doctorate, D.Sc. Honoris causa, in appreciation of his service in the medical field as an eminent physician and teacher of medicine. He was the recipient of the prestigious "Aryabhatta Award" from Karnataka.

Sivachidambaram was awarded the title of "Isai Peraringar" from Tamil Isai Sangam in 2014. In November 2015, he was appointed as the Dean of Perambalur Government Hospital in Tamil Nadu.

Sivachidambaram was appointed a member of the Board of Governors in Dr. J Jayalalithaa Music and Arts University of Tamil Nadu in 2022, and met the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin, who congratulated him.

Philanthropy

Sivachidambaram instituted the Isaimani Dr. Seerkazhi S. Govindarajan Memorial Foundation, a charitable trust in memory of his father, to serve the society at large with medical help, scholarships, and educational aids for the unaffordable, apart from taking music to inaccessible areas and exposing traditional musical wealth for all in the nook and corner of the country.

His regular charity concerts are arranged for fundraising for schools and performances in orphanages, senior citizens' old age homes, and terminal health care centres. He has been appreciated by organisations such as the Lions Club and Rotary Club with awards for his charitable contributions. Endowments created by the Isaimani Foundation at the Thiruvannamalai Ramanashramam, Vadalur Sathyagnana Sabha, Annamalai University, Madurai Tamil Isai Sangam towards annadhanam feeding and youth appreciation awards.

Discography

Year	Film	Language	Song title	Music director	Co-singer
1982	Manjal Nila	Tamil	Busse Busse Coloure	Ilaiyaraaja	Deepan Chakravarthy & Saibaba
1983	Miruthanga Chakravarthi	Tamil	Abinaya Sundhari Aadukiraal	M. S. Viswanathan	Vani Jayaram
1983	Sashti Viratham	Tamil	Ammadi Motta Maadi	Shankar–Ganesh	Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Sailaja & B. S. Sasirekha
1984	Ithu Enga Boomi	Tamil	Siruthaikale Ondru Serungal	Shankar–Ganesh	T. M. Soundararajan
1984	Ithu Enga Boomi	Tamil	Thangangale Ondru Serungal	Shankar–Ganesh	T. M. Soundararajan
1984	Vaanga Mappillai Vaanga	Tamil	Idho Uruvam	Shankar–Ganesh	P. Susheela
			Idhu Enna Vilaiyattu
			Thirundhi Vidu
			Vaanga Mappillai Vaanga		Vani Jayaram
1985	Chidambaram	Malayalam	Aattile Pokum Thani	Devarajan
1985	Navagraha Nayagi	Tamil	Thennikkal Kattaadha Thenkoodu	M. S. Viswanathan	Vani Jairam
1985	Nermai	Tamil	Vangadi Vangadi	M. S. Viswanathan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki & Manorama
1986	Aayiram Kannudaiyall	Tamil	Aayiram Kannudaiyal	Shankar–Ganesh	Vani Jayaram
1987	Ondru Engal Jaathiye	Tamil	Vandi Varudhu Vandi Varudhu	Gangai Amaran
1987	Ondru Engal Jaathiye	Tamil	Poongaatthu Veesum	Gangai Amaran
1988	Melam Kottu Thaali Kattu	Tamil	Senthoora Pottu Vecha	Premasiri Khemadasa	Krishnaraj
1988	Sahadevan Mahadevan	Tamil	Sirikkanum Thaikkulanga Sirikkanum	Shankar–Ganesh
1989	Naalai Manithan	Tamil	Manithanum	Premi–Srini
1989	Rettai Kuzhal Thuppakki	Tamil	Paai Virichi	Shankar–Ganesh	Vani Jayaram
1989	Rettai Kuzhal Thuppakki	Tamil	Vaare Vaa Indha	Shankar–Ganesh	Vani Jayaram
1991	Azhagan	Tamil	Vandhaen Vandhaen	Maragadha Mani	Malaysia Vasudevan & K. S. Chitra
1992	Amaran	Tamil	Abhyam Krishna Naragaasuran	Adithyan	T. K. Kala
1993	Rajadhi Raja Raja Kulothunga Raja Marthanda Raja Gambeera Kathavaraya Krishna Kamarajan	Tamil	Manichana Manichan	Mansoor Ali Khan	Chandrabose
1995	Indira	Tamil	Odakara Marimuthu	A. R. Rahman	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
1995	Murai Maman	Tamil	Yennachi Yennachi	Vidyasagar	Arunmozhi & Swarnalatha
1995	Murai Maman	Tamil	Mannavargal Vantha Kudi	Vidyasagar	Deepan Chakravarthy
1998	Cheran Chozhan Pandian	Tamil	Thirunelveli Halwa	Soundaryan	Krishnaraj & Harini
1999	Jodi	Tamil	Anjathe Jeeva	A. R. Rahman	Swarnalatha
2000	Manu Needhi	Tamil	Koottam Romba	Deva	Anuradha Sriram
2001	Engalukkum Kaalam Varum	Tamil	Ambilaikku Theriyum	Deva	Swarnalatha
2001	Sri Raja Rajeshwari	Tamil	Kaathile Maan	Deva
2003	Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi	Tamil	Dheem Tharikida	Adithyan
2003	Parthiban Kanavu	Tamil	Vaadi Machhiniyae	Vidyasagar	Malathy Lakshman
2005	Aanai	Tamil	Kumru Kumrur	D. Imman	Annupamaa
2005	Kannadi Pookal	Tamil	Hey Silu Silu	S. A. Rajkumar	Nithyasree Mahadevan
2006	Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	Tamil	Kummi Adi	A. R. Rahman	Swarnalatha, Naresh Iyer, Theni Kunjarammal & Vignesh
2006	Nuvvu Nenu Prema	Telugu	Ammadini Chusethi	A. R. Rahman	Swarnalatha, Naresh Iyer, Theni Kunjarammal & Vignesh
2010	Bale Pandiya	Tamil	Sirikkiren	Devan Ekambaram	Naresh Iyer, Mano, Dr. Burn & Uma Shankar
2010	Gowravargal	Tamil	Bramastharam	Dhina
2011	Uchithanai Muharnthaal	Tamil	Yeno Yeno	D. Imman
2012	Lollu Dha Dha Parak Parak	Tamil	Panam Panam Kasu Panam	Mansoor Ali Khan	Mansoor Ali Khan
2012	Aravaan	Tamil	Naagamalai Sanchuidchu	Karthik	Gopal & Narayanan
2014	Amara	Tamil	Simmakallu	D. Imman	Chinmayi
2014	Ninaivil Nindraval	Tamil	Nila Adhu	D. Imman	Anuradha Shekhar
2017	Kanavu Variyam	Tamil	Kirukkan	Shyam Benjamin

Acting

Films

Year	Film	Notes
1989	’’Meenakshi Thiruvilayadal’’	’’Agathiyar’’	2014	Aranmanai	cameo in song "Unnaiye Ennaiye"

Television

Year	Serial	Channel	Notes
2025	Pavithra	Kalaignar TV

References

↑ "Canadian title for Chennai vocalist". The Hindu. 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
↑ "An Aussie honour for Indian vocalist". The Hindu. 7 December 2001. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
↑ "His prime agenda is to popularise Tamil music". The Hindu. 23 April 2006. Archived from the original on 23 April 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
↑ "Profound in thought". The Hindu. 13 April 2007.
↑ "Kalaimamani Dr. Sirkali Siva Chidambaram, The Legacy Continues". Sirkali.org. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
↑ "Padma Vibhushan for Viswanathan Anand". ChennaiOnline.com. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

External links

[1] "Canadian title for Chennai vocalist". The Hindu. 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

[2] "An Aussie honour for Indian vocalist". The Hindu. 7 December 2001. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

[His_prime_agenda_is_to_popularise_Tamil_music-3] "His prime agenda is to popularise Tamil music". The Hindu. 23 April 2006. Archived from the original on 23 April 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

[4] "Profound in thought". The Hindu. 13 April 2007.

[Sirkali.org_bio-5] "Kalaimamani Dr. Sirkali Siva Chidambaram, The Legacy Continues". Sirkali.org. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

[6] "Padma Vibhushan for Viswanathan Anand". ChennaiOnline.com. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

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Recipients of Padma Shri in Art
1950s	Omkarnath Thakur (1955) Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956) Sudhir Khastgir (1957) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957) Debaki Bose (1958) Shambhu Maharaj (1958) Nargis (1958) Satyajit Ray (1958) Devika Rani (1958)
1960s	K. K. Hebbar (1961) Bismillah Khan (1961) Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961) Ashok Kumar (1962) Mehboob Khan (1963) Melville de Mellow (1963) Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964) Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964) P. C. Sorcar (1964) Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965) V. Nagayya (1965) Ravishankar Raval (1965) Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965) Sivaji Ganesan (1966) M. F. Husain (1966) Sumitra Charat Ram (1966) P. Bhanumathi (1966) Daji Bhatawadekar (1967) Vasant Desai (1967) Siddheshwari Devi (1967) Mohammed Rafi (1967) Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967) Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967) M. R. Acharekar (1968) Begum Akhtar (1968) Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968) Nikhil Banerjee (1968) Sunil Dutt (1968) Durga Khote (1968) Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968) Shankar–Jaikishan (1968) Ayodhya Prasad (1968) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968) N. T. Rama Rao (1968) Devi Lal Samar (1968) Vyjayanthimala (1968) Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969) David Abraham Cheulkar (1969) N. S. Bendre (1969) S. D. Burman (1969) B. Saroja Devi (1969) Indrani Rahman (1969) Balraj Sahni (1969) S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)
1970s	Sukumar Bose (1970) Prem Dhawan (1970) Ratna Fabri (1970) Gemini Ganesan (1970) Ritwik Ghatak (1970) Damayanti Joshi (1970) Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970) Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970) Madhaviah Krishnan (1970) Rajendra Kumar (1970) Pankaj Mullick (1970) Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970) Relangi (1970) Gummadi (1970) Vijay Raghav Rao (1970) V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970) Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970) K. B. Sundarambal (1970) Avinash Vyas (1970) M. Balamuralikrishna (1971) Sankho Chaudhuri (1971) Manna Dey (1971) Tripti Mitra (1971) Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971) Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971) K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971) Shanta Rao (1971) Ravi (1971) Sahir Ludhianvi (1971) Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971) Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972) Girija Devi (1972) Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972) Sunil Janah (1972) Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972) Bhimsen Joshi (1972) Mahendra Kapoor (1972) Ram Kumar (artist) (1972) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972) Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972) Samta Prasad (1972) M. K. Radha (1972) Raghu Rai (1972) Krishna Reddy (1972) Waheeda Rehman (1972) Juthika Roy (1972) Suchitra Sen (1972) Gubbi Veeranna (1972) Sitara Devi (1973) T. N. Krishnan (1973) Kishan Maharaj (1973) Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973) Uma Sharma (1973) S. G. Thakur Singh (1973) Kaifi Azmi (1974) Pushkar Bhan (1974) Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974) Bindhyabasini Devi (1974) Naina Devi (1974) Girish Karnad (1974) Shriram Lagoo (1974) Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974) Nutan (1974) M. D. Ramanathan (1974) Som Nath Sadhu (1974) Emani Sankara Sastry (1974) Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974) Manik Varma (1974) M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975) Jasraj (1975) Amjad Ali Khan (1975) Gopi Krishna (1975) Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975) Basavaraj Rajguru (1975) Kalyanam Raghuramayya (1975) M. S. Sathyu (1975) K. G. Subramanyan (1975) Gitchandra Tongbra (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1975) Jagdamba Devi (1975) Shyam Benegal (1976) Raghunath Mohapatra (1976) Ram Narayan (1976) K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976) R. Nagendra Rao (1976) S. Somasundaram (1976) Parveen Sultana (1976) Dhanraj Bhagat (1977) Bhupen Hazarika (1977) Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977) Alla Rakha (1977) Jehangir Sabavala (1977) Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)
1980s	B. V. Karanth (1981) Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981) Gambhir Singh Mura (1981) Dashrath Patel (1981) S. H. Raza (1981) Padma Subrahmanyam (1981) Allah Jilai Bai (1982) Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982) Jabbar Patel (1982) Virendra Prabhakar (1982) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983) Nepal Mahata (1983) Handel Manuel (1983) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Sobha Singh (1983) Habib Tanvir (1983) Ganga Devi (1984) Amitabh Bachchan (1984) Purushottam Das (1984) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) Bhupen Khakhar (1984) Ben Kingsley (1984) Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984) Roshan Kumari (1984) Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984) N. Rajam (1984) Raja and Radha Reddy (1984) Nek Chand (1984) Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984) Shanti Dave (1985) Asa Singh Mastana (1985) Laxman Pai (1985) Smita Patil (1985) Palghat R. Raghu (1985) Naseeruddin Shah (1985) Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986) Kanika Banerjee (1986) Subrata Mitra (1986) Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986) Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986) K. Balachander (1987) Kumudini Lakhia (1987) Vijaya Mehta (1987) N. Ramani (1987) Aparna Sen (1987) Naresh Sohal (1987) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Shabana Azmi (1988) Teejan Bai (1988) Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988) Zakir Hussain (1988) Chindodi Leela (1988) Sudharani Raghupathy (1988) Sudarshan Sahoo (1988) Kudrat Singh (1988) Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Adyar K. Lakshman (1989) Haku Shah (1989) L. Subramaniam (1989) Ratan Thiyam (1989) Upendra Trivedi (1989)
1990s	Mohan Agashe (1990) G. Aravindan (1990) Prabha Atre (1990) Asgari Bai (1990) Gulab Bai (1990) Balwantrai Bhatt (1990) Diwaliben Bhil (1990) Raj Bisaria (1990) S. M. Ganapathy (1990) Kamal Haasan (1990) Bishamber Khanna (1990) Krishen Khanna (1990) Allu Ramalingaiah (1990) Tarun Majumdar (1990) Madhavi Mudgal (1990) Om Puri (1990) Kanak Rele (1990) Leela Samson (1990) Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990) Kapila Vatsyayan (1990) Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991) Bharat Gopy (1991) Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991) Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991) Shanno Khurana (1991) Pratima Barua Pandey (1991) Manu Parekh (1991) Shivkumar Sharma (1991) Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991) Sharda Sinha (1991) Alarmel Valli (1991) Jaya Bachchan (1992) Pankaj Charan Das (1992) Biren De (1992) Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992) Sabri Khan (1992) Sunita Kohli (1992) Madurai N. Krishnan (1992) Manoj Kumar (1992) Meera Mukherjee (1992) Asha Parekh (1992) Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992) Bhagaban Sahu (1992) Anandji Virji Shah (1992) Kalyanji Virji Shah (Kalyanji-Anandji) (1992) Sundari K. Shridharani (1992) Tapan Sinha (1992) Muthiah Sthapati (1992) K. Viswanath (1992) Chitra Visweswaran (1992) Dipali Barthakur (1998) Mammootty (1998) Kunja Bihari Meher (1998) Krishnarao Sable (1998) Zohra Sehgal (1998) K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998) U. Srinivas (1998) Javed Akhtar (1999) Saryu Doshi (1999) Sulochana Latkar (1999) Sumati Mutatkar (1999) Shobha Deepak Singh (1999) Jagmohan Sursagar (1999) Ram V. Sutar (1999)
2000s	Kanhai Chitrakar (2000) Shekhar Kapur (2000) Hema Malini (2000) Anjolie Ela Menon (2000) Shubha Mudgal (2000) Alyque Padamsee (2000) A. R. Rahman (2000) Ramanand Sagar (2000) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001) Aamir Raza Husain (2001) Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001) Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001) Sunil Kothari (2001) Nerella Venu Madhav (2001) Mohanlal (2001) Shobha Naidu (2001) D. V. S. Raju (2001) Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001) Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001) Thota Tharani (2001) W. D. Amaradeva (2002) Raj Begum (2002) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002) Pushpa Bhuyan (2002) Rajan Devadas (2002) Darshana Jhaveri (2002) Abdul Latif Khan (2002) Mani Krishnaswami (2002) Fazal Mohammad (2002) Manorama (2002) Govind Nihalani (2002) Mani Ratnam (2002) Kiran Segal (2002) Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002) Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002) T. H. Vinayakram (2002) Jahnu Barua (2003) Danny Denzongpa (2003) Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003) Rita Ganguly (2003) Ranjana Gauhar (2003) Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003) Rakhee Gulzar (2003) Nemi Chandra Jain (2003) O. P. Jain (2003) Aamir Khan (2003) Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003) T. M. Soundararajan (2003) Sukumari (2003) Satish Vyas (2003) Bharathiraja (2004) Maguni Charan Das (2004) Manoranjan Das (2004) D. K. Datar (2004) Kadri Gopalnath (2004) Hariharan (singer) (2004) Purshottam Das Jalota (2004) Krishn Kanhai (2004) Heisnam Kanhailal (2004) Anupam Kher (2004) Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004) Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004) Sudha Ragunathan (2004) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004) Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004) Bharati Shivaji (2004) Singh Bandhu (2004) Bhajan Sopori (2004) Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004) Muzaffar Ali (2005) Shameem Dev Azad (2005) M. Boyer (2005) K. S. Chithra (2005) Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005) Shah Rukh Khan (2005) Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005) Kavita Krishnamurti (2005) Chaturbhuj Meher (2005) Kumkum Mohanty (2005) Punaram Nishad (2005) Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005) Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005) Komala Varadan (2005) Puranchand Wadali (2005) Ileana Citaristi (2006) Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006) Shree Lal Joshi (2006) Surinder Kaur (2006) Rashid Khan (musician) (2006) Vasundhara Komkali (2006) Yashodhar Mathpal (2006) Madhup Mudgal (2006) Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006) Shyama Charan Pati (2006) Gayatri Sankaran (2006) Prasad Sawkar (2006) Aribam Syam Sharma (2006) Shobana (2006) Kanaka Srinivasan (2006) Pankaj Udhas (2006) Mohan Babu (2007) Geeta Chandran (2007) Astad Deboo (2007) Neelamani Devi (2007) Remo Fernandes (2007) P. Gopinathan (2007) Pushpa Hans (2007) Shanti Hiranand (2007) Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007) Govardhan Kumari (2007) Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007) Balachandra Menon (2007) Shashikala (2007) Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007) Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007) Pannuru Sripathy (2007) Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007) Waman Thakre (2007) P. R. Thilagam (2007) Tom Alter (2008) Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008) Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008) Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008) Madhuri Dixit Nene (2008) Kekoo Gandhy (2008) Helen Giri Syiem (2008) Jatin Goswami (2008) Hans Raj Hans (2008) Sabitri Heisnam (2008) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008) P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008) Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008) Gangadhar Pradhan (2008) M. Night Shyamalan (2008) Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008) Jawahar Wattal (2008) Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009) Hemi Bawa (2009) Brahmanandam (2009) Devayani (dancer) (2009) Suresh Dutta (2009) Kalamandalam Gopi (2009) Niranjan Goswami (2009) Geeta Kapur (2009) Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009) Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009) Helen (2009) S. Krishnaswamy (2009) Akshay Kumar (2009) Iravatham Mahadevan (2009) Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009) Penaz Masani (2009) Shaoli Mitra (2009) Udit Narayan (2009) Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009) Leela Omchery (2009) Pratapaditya Pal (2009) Aruna Sairam (2009) Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009) Kumar Sanu (2009) Kiran Seth (2009) Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009) Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009) Thilakan (2009) K. P. Udayabhanu (2009) Vivek (2009)
2010s	Gul Bardhan (2010) Carmel Berkson (2010) Wasifuddin Dagar (2010) Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010) Nemai Ghosh (2010) Sumitra Guha (2010) Ulhas Kashalkar (2010) Saif Ali Khan (2010) Mukund Lath (2010) Ram Dayal Munda (2010) Arundathi Nag (2010) Raghunath Panigrahi (2010) Resul Pookutty (2010) Arjun Prajapati (2010) Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010) Shobha Raju (2010) Mayadhar Raut (2010) Rekha (2010) Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011) Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011) Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011) Mahasundari Devi (2011) Gajam Govardhana (2011) Sunayana Hazarilal (2011) S. R. Janakiraman (2011) Jayaram (2011) Kajol (2011) Shaji N. Karun (2011) Girish Kasaravalli (2011) Irrfan Khan (2011) Tabu (2011) Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011) Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011) Jivya Soma Mashe (2011) Dadi Pudumjee (2011) M. K. Saroja (2011) Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011) Prahlad Tipanya (2011) Usha Uthup (2011) Satish Alekar (2012) Satish Alekar (2012) Vanraj Bhatia (2012) Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012) Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012) Gundecha Brothers (2012) Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012) Anup Jalota (2012) Moti Lal Kemmu (2012) Shahid Parvez (2012) Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012) Sakar Khan (2012) Joy Michael (2012) Minati Mishra (2012) Na Muthuswamy (2012) R. Nagarathnamma (2012) Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Vijay Sharma (2012) Laila Tyabji (2012) Yamunabai Waikar (2012) S. Shakir Ali (2013) Gajam Anjaiah (2013) Bapu (2013) Pablo Bartholomew (2013) Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013) G. C. D. Bharti (2013) Apurba Kishore Bir (2013) Ghanakanta Bora (2013) B. Jayashree (2013) Hildamit Lepcha (2013) Madhu (2013) Sudha Malhotra (2013) Kailash Chandra Meher (2013) Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013) Nana Patekar (2013) Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013) Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013) Jaymala Shiledar (2013) Ramesh Sippy (2013) Sridevi (2013) Suresh Talwalkar (2013) Mahrukh Tarapor (2013) Balwant Thakur (2013) Rajendra Tiku (2013) Mohammad Ali Baig (2014) Vidya Balan (2014) Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014) Sabitri Chatterjee (2014) Biman Bihari Das (2014) Sunil Das (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Rani Karnaa (2014) Bansi Kaul (2014) Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014) Geeta Mahalik (2014) Paresh Maity (2014) Ram Mohan (2014) Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014) Paresh Rawal (2014) Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014) Anuj Sharma (2014) Santosh Sivan (2014) Sooni Taraporevala (2014) Naresh Bedi (2015) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015) Rahul Jain (2015) Ravindra Jain (2015) Prasoon Joshi (2015) A. Kanyakumari (2015) Prafulla Kar (2015) Tripti Mukherjee (2015) Neil Nongkynrih (2015) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015) Shekhar Sen (2015) Pran Kumar Sharma (2015) Mahesh Raj Soni (2015) Malini Awasthi (2016) Madhur Bhandarkar (2016) Tulsidas Borkar (2016) Mamta Chandrakar (2016) Priyanka Chopra (2016) Ajay Devgn (2016) Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016) Laxma Goud (2016) Saeed Jaffrey (2016) Venkatesh Kumar (2016) Naresh Chander Lal (2016) Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016) Nila Madhab Panda (2016) Michael Postel (2016) Pratibha Prahlad (2016) S. S. Rajamouli (2016) Gulabo Sapera (2016) Prakash Chand Surana (2016) Basanti Bisht (2017) Baua Devi (2017) Jitendra Haripal (2017) Kailash Kher (2017) Sadhu Meher (2017) Aruna Mohanty (2017) T. K. Murthy (2017) Mukund Nayak (2017) Anuradha Paudwal (2017) Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017) Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017) Purushottam Upadhyay (2017) Doddarangegowda (2018) Manoj Joshi (2018) Pran Kishore Kaul (2018) Vijay Kichlu (2018) Prabhakar Maharana (2018) Sisir Mishra (2018) Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018) Gobardhan Panika (2018) R. Sathyanarayana (2018) Bhajju Shyam (2018) Ibrahim Sutar (2018) Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018) Baba Yogendra (2018) Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019) Manoj Bajpayee (2019) Pritam Bhartwan (2019) Jyoti Bhatt (2019) Swapan Chaudhuri (2019) Dinyar Contractor (2019) Thanga Darlong (2019) Prabhu Deva (2019) Godawari Dutta (2019) Joravarsinh Jadav (2019) Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019) K. G. Jayan (2019) Waman Kendre (2019) Kader Khan (2019) Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019) Shankar Mahadevan (2019) Narthaki Nataraj (2019) Milena Salvini (2019) Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019) Rajeev Taranath (2019) Hiralal Yadav (2019) Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)
2020s	Shashadhar Acharya (2020) Indira P. P. Bora (2020) Bombay Sisters (2020) Vajira Chitrasena (2020) Puru Dadheech (2020) Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020) Sarita Joshi (2020) Kangana Ranaut (2020) Ramzan Khan (2020) Manilal Nag (2020) Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020) Adnan Sami (2020) Suresh Wadkar (2020) V. K. Munusamy (2020) Yadla Gopalarao (2020) Dulari Devi (2021) Bombay Jayashri (2021) KC Sivasankaran (2021) Rewben Mashangva (2021) Sanjida Khatun (2021) Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021) Nidumolu Sumathi (2021) Biren Kumar Basak (2021) Narayan Debnath (2021) Bhuri Bai (2021) Vinayak Khedekar (2021) Manjamma Jogathi (2021) Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022) Lalita Vakil (2022) H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022) Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022) Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022) Ram Sahay Panday (2022) Durga Bai Vyam (2022) Sulochana Chavan (2022) Sonu Nigam (2022) Lourembam Bino Devi (2022) Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022) Shyamamani Devi (2022) Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022) Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022) Ram Dayal Sharma (2022) Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022) S. Ballesh (2022) Sowcar Janaki (2022) R Muthukannammal (2022) A. K. C. Natarajan (2022) Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022) Sakini Ramachandraih (2022) Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022) Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022) Shivnath Mishra (2022) Sheesh Ram (2022) Ajita Srivastava (2022) Madhuri Barthwal (2022) Kaajee Singh (2022) Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023) Premjit Baria (2023) Usha Barle (2023) Hemant Chauhan (2023) Bhanubhai Chitara (2023) Hemoprova Chutia (2023) Subhadra Devi (2023) Hem Chandra Goswami (2023) Pritikana Goswami (2023) Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023) Dilshad Hussain (2023) Mahipat Kavi (2023) M. M. Keeravani (2023) Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023) Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023) Domar Singh Kunvar (2023) Risingbor Kurkalang (2023) Rani Machaiah (2023) Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023) Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023) Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023) Krishna Patel (2023) K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023) Kapil Dev Prasad (2023) Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023) C. V. Raju (2023) Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023) Mangala Kanti Roy (2023) K.C. Runremsangi (2023) Ritwik Sanyal (2023) Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023) Neihunuo Sorhie (2023) Moa Subong (2023) Raveena Tandon (2023) Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023) Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023) Khalil Ahamad (2024) Badrappan M (2024) Kaluram Bamaniya (2024) Rezwana Choudhury Bannya (2024) Naseem Bano (2024) Ramlal Bareth (2024) Gita Roy Barman (2024) Som Dutt Battu (2024) Takdira Begum (2024) Drona Bhuyan (2024) Ashok Kumar Biswas (2024) Smriti Rekha Chakma (2024) A Velu Ananda Chari (2024) Ghulam Nabi Dar (2024) Mahabir Singh Guddu (2024) Anupama Hoskere (2024) Jankilal (2024) Ratan Kahar (2024) Dasari Kondappa (2024) Jordan Lepcha (2024) Binod Maharana (2024) Uma Maheshwari D (2024) Ram Kumar Mallick (2024) Surendra Mohan Mishra (2024) Ali Mohammed & Ghani Mohammed (2024) Kiran Nadar (2024) Narayanan E P (2024) Bhagabat Padhan (2024) Sanatan Rudra Pal (2024) Binod Kumar Pasayat (2024) Silbi Passah (2024) Shanti Devi Paswan & Shivan Paswan (2024) Romalo Ram (2024) Nirmal Rishi (2024) Pran Sabharwal (2024) Gaddam Sammaiah (2024) Machihan Sasa (2024) Omprakash Sharma (2024) Godawari Singh (2024) Seshampatti T Sivalingam (2024) Urmila Srivastava (2024) Nepal Chandra Sutradhar (2024) Gopinath Swain (2024) Laxman Bhatt Tailang (2024) Jagdish Trivedi (2024) Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil (2024) Babu Ram Yadav (2024) Adwaita Gadanayak (2025) Achyut Ramchandra Palav (2025) Arijit Singh (2025) Ashok Saraf (2025) Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (2025) Barry Godfray John (2025) Batool Begam (2025) Bharat Gupt (2025) Bheru Singh Chouhan (2025) Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara (2025) Durga Charan Ranbir (2025) Farooq Ahmad Mir (2025) Gokul Chandra Das (2025) Guruvayur Dorai (2025) Harchandan Singh Bhatty (2025) Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale (2025) Hassan Raghu (2025) Jaspinder Narula (2025) Joynacharan Bathari (2025) K. Omanakutty (2025) Madugula Nagaphani Sarma (2025) Mahavir Nayak (2025) Mamata Shankar (2025) Miriyala Apparao (2025) Naren Gurung (2025) Nirmala Devi (2025) P Datchanamoorthy (2025) Pandi Ram Mandavi (2025) Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai (2025) Purisai Kannappa Sambandan (2025) Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy (2025) Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar (2025) Ratan Parimoo (2025) Rebakanta Mahanta (2025) Ricky Kej (2025) Shyam Bihari Agrawal (2025) Tejendra Majumdar (2025) Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi (2025) Vasudeo Kamath (2025) Velu Aasaan (2025) Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar (2025) Anil Rastogi (2026) Arvind Vaidya (2026) Bharat Singh Bharti (2026) Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda (2026) Bishwa Bandhu (2026) Chiranji Lal Yadav (2026) Deepika Reddy (2026) Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya (2026) Rajendra Prasad (2026) Gafruddin Mewati Jogi (2026) Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (2026) Gayatri Balasubramanian and Ranjani Balasubramanian (2026) Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (2026) Haricharan Saikia (2026) Jyotish Debnath (2026) Vimala Menon (2026) Khem Raj Sundriyal (2026) Kumar Bose (2026) Lars-Christian Koch (2026) R. Madhavan (2026) Murali Mohan (2026) Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai (2026) Nuruddin Ahmed (2026) Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan (2026) Pokhila Lekthepi (2026) Prosenjit Chatterjee (2026) R. Krishnan (2026) Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar (2026) Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar (2026) Sangyusang S Pongener (2026) Sarat Kumar Patra (2026) Satish Shah (2026) Simanchal Patro (2026) Taga Ram Bheel (2026) Tarun Bhattacharya (2026) Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam (2026) Tripti Mukherjee (2026) Yumnam Jatra Singh (2026)