List of Recipients of Dadasaheb Phalke Award
In government exams like SSC, Banking, Railways, etc. we find many questions from the Awards and Honours section. This is a part of the current affairs section. We will cover the section comprehensively so that students can learn and get most of the questions correct in this section. In this article, we will provide a complete list of recipients of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award Award winners.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award :
- The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest honor given in the field of cinema in India. It is given yearly at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organization set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
- The awardee is honored for his “outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema“.
- The National Film Awards also include the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award, often referred to as the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, given to those who have dedicated their entire careers to contributing to Indian cinema.
- Awarded for Outstanding Contribution to the Growth and Development of Indian Cinema, the award is the country’s highest film honor.
- The government introduced the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1969 and Devika Rani, dubbed the “First Lady of Indian Cinema”, received it for the first time.
About Dadasaheb Phalke
- Raja Harishchandra (1913), India’s first feature film, was directed by Dadasaheb Phalke.
- He is considered the “father of Indian cinema”.
- In his honor, the Indian government established the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime contributions to Indian cinema.
List of Recipients of Dadasaheb Phalke Award :
Year |
Recipient |
Film Industry |
1969 (17th) | Devika Rani | Hindi |
1970 (18th) | Birendranath Sircar | Bengali |
1971 (19th) | Prithviraj Kapoor | Hindi |
1972 (20th) | Pankaj Mullick | Bengali & Hindi |
1973 (21st) | Ruby Myers (Sulochana) | Hindi |
1974 (22nd) | Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy | Telugu |
1975 (23rd) | Dhirendra Nath Ganguly | Bengali |
1976 (24th) | Kanan Devi | Bengali |
1977 (25th) | Nitin Bose | Bengali, Hindi |
1978 (26th) | Raichand Boral | Bengali, Hindi |
1979 (27th) | Sohrab Modi | Hindi |
1980 (28th) | Paidi Jairaj | Hindi, Telugu |
1981 (29th) | Naushad | Hindi |
1982 (30th) | L. V. Prasad | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu |
1983 (31st) | Durga Khote | Hindi, Marathi |
1984 (32nd) | Satyajit Ray | Bengali |
1985 (33rd) | V. Shantaram | Hindi, Marathi |
1986 (34th) | B. Nagi Reddy | Telugu |
1987 (35th) | Raj Kapoor | Hindi |
1988 (36th) | Ashok Kumar | Hindi |
1989 (37th) | Lata Mangeshkar | Hindi, Marathi |
1990 (38th) | Akkineni Nageswara Rao | Telugu |
1991 (39th) | Bhalji Pendharkar | Marathi |
1992 (40th) | Bhupen Hazarika | Assamese |
1993 (41st) | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Hindi |
1994 (42nd) | Dilip Kumar | Hindi |
1995 (43rd) | Rajkumar | Kannada |
1996 (44th) | Sivaji Ganesan | Tamil |
1997 (45th) | Kavi Pradeep | Hindi |
1998 (46th) | B. R. Chopra | Hindi |
1999 (47th) | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Hindi |
2000 (48th) | Asha Bhosle | Hindi, Marathi |
2001 (49th) | Yash Chopra | Hindi |
2002 (50th) | Dev Anand | Hindi |
2003 (51st) | Mrinal Sen | Bengali |
2004 (52nd) | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Malayalam |
2005 (53rd) | Shyam Benegal | Hindi |
2006 (54th) | Tapan Sinha | Bengali, Hindi |
2007(55th) | Manna Dey | Bengali, Hindi |
2008 (56th) | V. K. Murthy | Hindi |
2009 (57th) | D. Ramanaidu | Telugu |
2010 (58th) | K. Balachander | Tamil, Telugu |
2011 (59th) | Soumitra Chatterjee | Bengali |
2012 (60th) | Pran | Hindi |
2013 (61st) | Gulzar | Hindi |
2014 (62nd) | Shashi Kapoor | Hindi |
2015 (63rd) | Manoj Kumar | Hindi |
2016 (64th) | Kasinathuni Viswanath | Telugu |
2017 (65th) | Vinod Khanna | Hindi |
2018 (66th) | Amitabh Bachchan | Hindi |
2019 (67th) | Rajinikanth | Tamil |
2020 (68th) | Asha Parekh | Hindi |
2021 | Rajnikant | Tamil |
2022 | Asha Parekh | Hindi |
2023 | Rekha | Hindi |
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