| The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The recipient is honoured for their "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema" and is selected by a committee consisting of eminent personalities from the Indian film industry. As of 2014, the award comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion, a shawl, and a cash prize of 1,000,000. First presented in 1969, the award was introduced by the Government of India to commemorate Dadasaheb Phalke's contribution to Indian cinema. Phalke, who is popularly known as and often regarded as "the father of Indian cinema", was an Indian film-maker who directed India's first full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra. The first recipient of the award was actress Devika Rani, who was honoured at the 17th National Film Awards. As of 2013, there have been 45 awardees. Among those, actor Prithviraj Kapoor is the sole posthumous recipient. |
Check all the winners of Dadasaheb Phalke Award presented under National Film Awards since 1969 .
Gulzar(Awarded as Poet, Lyricist and Film director) |
Pran Sikhand(Awarded as an Actor) |
Soumitra Chatterjee(Awarded as an Actor) |
K. Balachander(Awarded as Director) |
D. Ramanaidu(Awarded as Producer and Director) |
V. K. Murthy(Awarded as a Cinematographer) |
Manna Dey(Awarded as Playback singer) |
Tapan Sinha(Awarded as a Director) |
Shyam Benegal(Awarded as a Director) |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan(Awarded as a Director) |
Mrinal Sen(Awarded as a Director) |
Dev Anand(Award for cinematic excellence) |
Yash Chopra(Awarded as Director and Producer) |
Asha Bhosle(Awarded as Playback Singer) |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee(Awarded as a Director) |
Baldev Raj Chopra(Awarded as Director and Producer) |
Kavi Pradeep(Awarded as Lyricicst) |
Sivaji Ganesan(Awarded as an Actor) |
Rajkumar(Awarded as an Actor and Singer) |
Dilip Kumar(Awarded as an Actor) |
Majrooh Sultanpuri(Awarded as Lyricicst) |
Bhupen Hazarika(Awarded as Musician, Singer, Poet, Filmmaker and Lyricist) |
Bhalji Pendharkar(Awarded as Director, Producer and Screenwriter) |
Akkineni Nageswara Rao(Awarded as an Actor) |
Lata Mangeshkar(Awarded as a Playback Singer) |
Ashok Kumar(Awarded as an Actor) |
Raj Kapoor(Awarded as Actor, Director and Producer) |
B.Nagi Reddy(Awarded as a Producer) |
V. Shantaram(Awarded as Actor, Director and Producer) |
Satyajit Ray(Awarded as a Director) |
Durga Khote(Awarded as an Actress) |
L. V. Prasad(Awarded as Actor, Director and Producer) |
Naushad(Awarded as a Music Director) |
Paidi Jairaj(Awarded as Actor and Director) |
Sohrab Modi(Awarded as Actor, Director and Producer) |
Raichand Boral(Awarded as Music Director and Director) |
Nitin Bose(Awarded as Cinematographer, Director and Screenwriter) |
Kanan Devi(Awarded as an Actress) |
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly(Awarded as Actor and Director) |
Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy(Awarded as a Director) |
Ruby Myers(Awarded as an Actress) |
Pankaj Mullick(Awarded as Music Director) |
Prithviraj Kapoor(Awarded as an Actor, Director and Producer) |
Birendranath Sircar(Awarded as a Producer) |
Devika Rani(Awarded as an Actress) |
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