Dadasaheb Phalke Award

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The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is a film award from the Indian government. It is awarded annually to an Indian filmmaker for his or her life's work and is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a filmmaker in India. The prize is named after the father of the Indian film Dhundiraj Govind Phalke and was first awarded in 1970, the year of his 100th birthday. The announcement of the winners and the award ceremony take place together with the National Film Awards for the respective previous year.

List of award winners

year Award winners activity
1969 Devika Rani actress
1970 Birendra Nath Sircar producer
1971 Prithviraj Kapoor actor
1972 Pankaj Mullick composer
1973 Sulochana actress
1974 B. Narasimha Reddi Director, producer
1975 Dhirendranath Ganguly Director, actor
1976 Kanan Devi Actress, singer
1977 Nitin Bose Director
1978 Rai Chand Boral composer
1979 Sohrab modes Director
1980 P. Jairaj actor
1981 Naushad Ali composer
1982 LV Prasad Director, producer, actor
1983 Durga Khote actress
1984 Satyajit Ray Director
1985 V. Shantaram Director, producer, actor
1986 B. Nagi Reddi producer
1987 Raj Kapoor Actor, director
1988 Ashok Kumar actor
1989 Lata Mangeshkar singer
1990 A. Nageswara Rao actor
1991 Bhalji Pendharkar Director
1992 Bhupen Hazarika Composer, singer
1993 Majrooh Sultanpuri Songwriter
1994 Dilip Kumar actor
1995 Rajkumar actor
1996 Sivaji Ganesan actor
1997 Pradeep Songwriter
1998 Baldev Raj Chopra Director, producer
1999 Hrishikesh Mukherjee Director
2000 Asha Bhosle singer
2001 Yash Chopra Director, producer
2002 Dev Anand Actor, director, producer
2003 Mrinal Sen Director
2004 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Director
2005 Shyam Benegal Director
2006 Tapan Sinha Director
2007 Manna Dey Singer
2008 VK Murthy camera operator
2009 D. Ramanaidu producer
2010 K. Balachander Director
2011 Soumitra Chatterjee actor
2012 Pran actor
2013 Gulzar Songwriter, screenwriter, director, producer
2014 Shashi Kapoor actor
2015 Manoj Kumar Actor, director
2016 K. Viswanath Director
2017 Vinod Khanna actor
2018 Amitabh Bachchan

Individual evidence

  1. Year for which the award was made

Web links

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