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THE DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARDS, INDIA


To honour the Father of Indian Cinema, Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, the National Film Awards named the most prestigious and coveted award of Indian Cinema after him. He is the man who made the first Indian Feature film Raja Harishchandra in 1913. Popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, he then went on to make 95 films and 26 short films in a span of 19 years. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was introduced in 1969 by the government to recognise the contribution of film personalities towards the development of Indian Cinema. The first recipient of this award was Devika Rani.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award is given to a film personality for his/her outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema. The award comprises of a Swarna Kamal, a cash Prize of Rs. 10,00,000/- (Rupees Ten Lakhs) and a shawl.

Dadasaheb Phalke Awardees

Year : Recipient
2017 : Vinod Khanna
2016 : Kasinathuni Viswanath
2015 : Manoj Kumar
2014 : Shashi Kapoor
2013 : Gulzar
2012 : Pran
2011 : Soumitra Chatterjee
2010 : K. Balachander
2009 : D. Ramanaidu
2008 : VK Murthy
2007 : Manna Dey
2006 : Tapan Sinha
2005 : Shyam Benegal
2004 : Adoor Gopalakrishnan
2003 : Mrinal Sen
2002 : Dev Anand
2001 : Yash Chopra
2000 : Asha Bhosle
1999 : Hrishikesh Mukherjee
1998 : B.R. Chopra
1997 : Pradeep
1996 : Sivaji Ganesan
1995 : Rajkumar
1994 : Dilip Kumar
1993 : Majrooh Sultanpuri
1992 : Bhupen Hazarika
1991 : Bhalji Pendharkar
1990 : Akkineni Nageswara Rao
1989 : Lata Mangeshkar
1988 : Ashok Kumar
1987 : Raj Kapoor
1986 : B. Nagi Reddy
1985 : V. Shantaram
1984 : Satyajit Ray
1983 : Durga Khote
1982 : L. V. Prasad
1981 : Naushad Ali
1980 : Paidi Jairaj
1979 : Sohrab Modi
1978 : Rai Chand Boral
1977 : Nitin Bose
1976 : Kanan Devi
1975 : Dhirendranath Ganguly
1974 : Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy
1973 : Ruby Myers (Sulochana)
1972 : Pankaj Mullick
1971 : Prithviraj Kapoor
1970 : B. N. Sircar
1969 : Devika Rani
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