Claim: Several people have received the Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema such as Kamal Haasan, who worked in Malayalam, Hindi and Bengali films, in 2007 and Mani Ratnam in 2008.
Evidence: Kamal Haasan 2007 Mani Ratnam 2008 Hassan has also worked in Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali films. A. R. Rahman Rajinikanth K. Balachander S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Shah Rukh Khan Shankar Ilayaraja