 Gopalakrishnan, Maharajapuram Santhanam, Padma Subrahmanuam and Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan on the same dais these young Ganesh and Kumaresh were appointed as State Arftistes by the Tamil Nadu Government.The controversial “Subbudu” too, for his witty and sometimes irritating caustic comments, also came out with superlative shower of praises in his review on their performance in Statesman dated 23 January 1978.