Overview
- Thotta Tharani has been selected by the French government for the Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, which recognises significant contributions to arts and culture.
- M. K. Stalin posted congratulations on X, noting Tharani recently gifted a painting of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy to the University of Oxford.
- He joins a roster of Indian awardees that includes figures such as Satyajit Ray, Sivaji Ganesan, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Kamal Haasan.
- The French Ambassador is scheduled to confer the honour on November 13 at the Alliance Française of Madras in Chennai, according to local reports.
- An alumnus of the Government College of Fine Arts in Chennai, Tharani is a veteran production designer and art director with multiple national accolades.