CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin was among the first to congratulate National Award winning Art director Thota Tharani for having been chosen by the French government for its prestigious Chevalier Award.
Taking to his X timeline, Chief Minister Stalin, in Tamil, wrote, " The announcement of the French government's high honour, the Chevalier award, for Thiru. Thota Tharani, who delighted us by gifting us a portrait of Thanthai Periyar which now shines in Oxford, has doubled our joy."
Stalin went on to point out that the great art director, who had studied at the Government College of Fine Arts in Tamil Nadu, was now set to join an illustrious line of great personalities from India who had received this award and that this was a matter of immense pride.
He ended the congratulatory post saying, "Congratulations on your achievement that the world admires!"
Thota Tharani will be receiving the award at the Alliance Française in Chennai from the French Ambassador on November 13.