Dada Saheb Phalke Award

     DADA SAHEB PHALKE AWARD

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.The Award is given to a prominent personality from the Indian film industry, noted and respected for significant contributions to Indian cinema. A committee consisting eminent personalities from the Indian film industry is appointed to evaluate the award. Introduced in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered as the father of Indian cinema, award is given to recognise the contribution of film personalities towards the development of Indian Cinema and for distinguished contribution to the medium, its growth and promotion.The award for a particular year is given during the end of the following year along with the National Film Awards. The award comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a cash prize of  1 million and a shawl.

FIRST FILM PRODUCED----HARISH CHANDRA

Year (Award Ceremony)	Recipient	Awarded as
1969 (17th)	Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich[3]	Actress
1970 (18th)	B. N. Sircar[4]	Producer
1971 (19th)	Prithviraj Kapoor[5]	Actor (Awarded posthumously)
1972 (20th)	Pankaj Mullick[6]	Music Director
1973 (21st)	Ruby Myers (Sulochana)[7]	Actress
1974 (22nd)	Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy[8]	Director
1975 (23rd)	Dhirendranath Ganguly[9]	Actor, Director
1976 (24th)	Kanan Devi[5]	Actress
1977 (25th)	Nitin Bose[10]	Cinematographer, Director,Screenwriter
1978 (26th)	Raichand Boral[11]	Music Director, Director
1979 (27th)	Sohrab Modi[5]	Actor, Director, Producer
1980 (28th)	Paidi Jairaj[12]	Actor, Director
1981 (29th)	Naushad[13]	Music Director
1982 (30th)	L. V. Prasad[14]	Actor, Director, Producer
1983 (31st)	Durga Khote[15]	Actress
1984 (32nd)	Satyajit Ray[16]	Director
1985 (33rd)	V. Shantaram[17]	Actor, Director, Producer
1986 (34th)	Bommireddy Nagi Reddy[18]	Producer
1987 (35th)	Raj Kapoor[19]	Actor, Director, Producer
1988 (36th)	Ashok Kumar[20]	Actor
1989 (37th)	Lata Mangeshkar[21]	Playback singer
1990 (38th)	Akkineni Nageswara Rao[22]	Actor
1991 (39th)	Bhalji Pendharkar[23]	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
1992 (40th)	Bhupen Hazarika[24]	Director
1993 (41st)	Majrooh Sultanpuri[5]	Lyricist
1994 (42nd)	Dilip Kumar[5]	Actor
1995 (43rd)	Rajkumar[5]	Actor, Singer
1996 (44th)	Sivaji Ganesan[25]	Actor
1997 (45th)	Pradeep[26]	Lyricist
1998 (46th)	B. R. Chopra[27]	Director, Producer
1999 (47th)	Hrishikesh Mukherjee[28]	Director
2000 (48th)	Asha Bhosle[29]	Playback Singer
2001 (49th)	Yash Chopra[30]	Director, Producer
2002 (50th)	Dev Anand[31]	Actor, Director, Producer
2003 (51st)	Mrinal Sen[32]	Director
2004 (52nd)	Adoor Gopalakrishnan[33]	Director
2005 (53rd)	Shyam Benegal[34]	Director
2006 (54th)	Tapan Sinha[35]	Director
2007 (55th)	Manna Dey[36]	Playback singer
2008 (56th)	V. K. Murthy[37]	Cinematographer
2009 (57th)	D. Ramanaidu[38]	Producer, Director
2010 (58th)	K. Balachander[39]	Director
2011 (59th)	Soumitra Chatterjee[40]	Actor

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Soumitra Chatterjee named for Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Soumitra Chatterjee (a Legendary Bengali actor) nominated for this year’s Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his
lifetime achievement.