Kalidas Samman

The Kalidas Samman (Hindi: कालिदास सम्मान) is an arts award presented annually by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in India.^{[citation needed]} The award is named after Kālidāsa, a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of ancient India.^{[citation needed]} The Kalidas Samman was first awarded in 1980. It was initially conferred in alternate years in four fields: Classical Music, Classical Dance, Theatre and Plastic Arts. From 1986-87 to 2008-09, the awards were presented in all four fields in most years, thereafter reverting to one person per year.^{[citation needed]}

Recipients

The recipients of the Kalidas Samman:^[1]

Year	Name	Field
1980–81	Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer	Classical Music
	Mallikarjun Mansur	Classical Music
1981–82	K. G. Subramanyan	Plastic Arts
1982–83	Sombhu Mitra	Theatre
1983–84	Rukmini Devi Arundale	Classical Dance
1984–85	Kumar Gandharva	Classical Music
1985–86	Ram Kumar	Plastic Arts
1986–87	Zia Mohiuddin Dagar	Classical Music
	Birju Maharaj	Classical Dance
	Ebrahim Alkazi	Theatre
	Narayan Shridhar Bendre	Plastic Arts
1987–88	Ravi Shankar	Classical Music
	V. Satyanarayana Sarma	Classical Dance
	P.L. Deshpande	Theatre
	M.F. Husain	Plastic Arts
1988–89	M.S. Subbulakshmi	Classical Music
	Kelucharan Mohapatra	Classical Dance
	Tripti Mitra	Theatre
	Tyeb Mehta	Plastic Arts
1989–90	Vilayat Khan	Classical Music
	Guru Bipin Singh	Classical Dance
	Habib Tanvir	Theatre
	Vasudeo S. Gaitonde	Plastic Arts
1990–91	Padma Subramanyam	Classical Dance
	Vijay Tendulkar	Theatre
1991–92	Ali Akbar Khan	Classical Music
	Ram Narayan	Classical Music
	Vempati Chinna Satyam	Classical Dance
	Vijaya Mehta	Theatre
	Jagdish Swaminathan	Plastic Arts
1992–93	Ramankutty Nair	Classical Dance
	Ammannur Madhava Chakyar	Classical Dance
	Badal Sarkar	Theatre
	Syed Haider Raza	Plastic Arts
1993–94	Shanta Rao	Classical Dance
	B.V. Karanth	Theatre
1994–95	Padmavati Shaligram-Gokhale	Classical Music
	Kavalam Narayan Panikkar	Theatre
1995–96	Alla Rakha	Classical Instrumental
	Sitara Devi	Classical Dance
	Manna Dey	Classical Vocal
1996–97	Kishan Maharaj	Classical Music
	Mrinalini Sarabhai	Classical Dance
	Shriram Lagoo	Theatre
	Sheila Bhatia	Theatre
	Bhupen Khakhar	Plastic Arts
1997–98	Pandit Jasraj	Classical Music
	Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma	Classical Dance
	Tapas Sen	Theatre
	Akbar Padamsee	Plastic Arts
1998–99	D. K. Pattammal	Classical Music
	Kalanidhi Narayanan	Classical Dance
	Girish Karnad	Theatre
	Arpita Singh	Plastic Arts
1999–2000	Hariprasad Chaurasia	Classical Music
	K. P. Kittappa Pillai	Classical Dance
	Satyadev Dubey	Theatre
	Francis Newton Souza	Plastic Arts
2000–01	M. Balamuralikrishna	Classical Music
	Rohini Bhate	Classical Dance
	Zohra Sehgal	Theatre
	Sankho Chaudhuri	Plastic Arts
2001–02[2]	Sumati Mutatkar	Classical Music
	Yamini Krishnamurthy	Classical Dance
	K.V. Subbanna	Theatre
	Jogen Chowdhury	Plastic Arts
2002–03	Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar	Classical Music
	Kumudini Lakhia	Classical Dance
	Khalid Chaudhary[3]	Theatre
	Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh	Plastic Arts
2003–04	V.G. Jog	Classical Music
	Chandralekha[4]	Classical Dance
	Gursharan Singh (playwright)	Theatre
	Himmat Shah	Plastic Arts
2004–05	Prabha Atre	Classical Music
	Rajkumar Singhajit Singh	Classical Dance
	Devendra Raj Ankur	Theatre
	Nagji Patel	Plastic Arts
2005–06	Zakir Hussain	Classical Music
	Kanak Rele[5]	Classical Dance
	Ratan Thiyam	Theatre
	Manjit Bawa	Plastic Arts
2006–07[6]	Puttaraj Gawai	Classical Music
	Sonal Mansingh	Classical Dance
	Vimal Lath	Theatre
	Shanti Dave	Plastic Arts
2007–08	Pt. Balwantrai Bhatt 'Bhavrang'	Classical Music
	C.V. Chandrasekhar[7]	Classical Dance
	Babasaheb Purandare[8]	Theatre
	Satish Gujral	Plastic Arts
2008–09	Chhannulal Mishra	Classical Music
	Jairma Patel	Plastic Arts
	Kalamandalam Gopi	Classical Dance
2009–10	Saroja Vaidyanathan	Classical Dance
	N. Rajam	Classical Music
2010–11	Anupam Kher	Theatre
2012–13	Keshav Rao Sadashiv Shastri Musalgaonkar
2014–15	Raj Bisaria	Theatre
2015–16	Bansi Kaul	Theatre
2015–16	Robin David	Sculpture Arts
2016–17	Ram Gopal Bajaj[9]	Theatre
2017–18	Lakshmi Viswanathan[10]
2018	Anjolie Ela Menon[11]	Visual Arts
2018	Surendra Verma	Theatre
2020	Aruna Sairam	Indian Music (Carnatic Music)
2022	Pt. Venkatesh Kumar	Classical Music
2024	Raghupati Bhat	Ganjifa Arts