| Dadasaheb Phalke Award |
| Award Information |
| Category |
Indian Cinema |
| Instituted |
1969 |
| First Awarded |
1969 |
| Last Awarded |
2007 |
| Total Awarded |
55 |
| Awarded by |
Govt. of India |
| Description |
Lifetime Achievement award |
| First Awardee(s) |
Devika Rani 1969 |
| Last Awardee(s) |
Manna Dey 2007 |
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969 [1], the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke [2], considered the father of Indian cinema.
The award for a particular year is given during the end of the following year along with the National Film Awards. The Bombay High Court had directed the Directorate of Film Festivals of India (DFFI) to consider uncensored films for the competition, a case which DFFI contested and won in the Supreme Court in late 2006. The case had delayed announcement of the award for 2006, which was announced in the middle of 2008. The 2007 award which had to be announced at the end of 2008 was announced in September 2009.
Past Winners
| National Awards |
Year |
Winner |
Occupation |
| 17th |
1969 |
Devika Rani |
actress |
| 18th |
1970 |
B. N. Sircar |
producer |
| 19th |
1971 |
Prithviraj Kapoor |
actor (posthumous) |
| 20th |
1972 |
Pankaj Mullick |
composer (music director) |
| 21st |
1973 |
Ruby Myers (Sulochana) |
actress |
| 22nd |
1974 |
Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy |
Director |
| 23rd |
1975 |
Dhirendranath Ganguly |
actor, director |
| 24th |
1976 |
Kanan Devi |
actress |
| 25th |
1977 |
Nitin Bose |
cinematographer, director, writer, |
| 26th |
1978 |
Rai Chand Boral |
composer, director |
| 27th |
1979 |
Sohrab Modi |
actor, director, producer |
| 28th |
1980 |
Paidi Jairaj |
actor, director |
| 29th |
1981 |
Naushad Ali |
composer (music director) |
| 30th |
1982 |
L. V. Prasad |
actor, director, producer |
| 31st |
1983 |
Durga Khote |
actress |
| 32nd |
1984 |
Satyajit Ray |
director |
| 33rd |
1985 |
V. Shantaram |
actor, director, producer |
| 34th |
1986 |
Bommireddy Nagi Reddy |
producer |
| 35th |
1987 |
Raj Kapoor |
actor, director |
| 36th |
1988 |
Ashok Kumar |
actor |
| 37th |
1989 |
Lata Mangeshkar |
singer |
| 38th |
1990 |
Akkineni Nageswara Rao |
actor |
| 39th |
1991 |
Bhalji Pendharkar |
director, producer, writer |
| 40th |
1992 |
Bhupen Hazarika |
composer (music director) |
| 41st |
1993 |
Majrooh Sultanpuri |
lyricist |
| 42nd |
1994 |
Dilip Kumar |
actor |
| 43rd |
1995 |
Rajkumar |
actor |
| 44th |
1996 |
Sivaji Ganesan |
actor |
| 45th |
1997 |
Pradeep |
lyricist |
| 46th |
1998 |
B.R. Chopra |
director, producer |
| 47th |
1999 |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
director |
| 48th |
2000 |
Asha Bhosle |
singer |
| 49th |
2001 |
Yash Chopra |
director, producer |
| 50th |
2002 |
Dev Anand |
actor, director, producer |
| 51st |
2003 |
Mrinal Sen |
director |
| 52nd |
2004 |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
director |
| 53rd |
2005 |
Shyam Benegal |
director |
| 54th |
2006 |
Tapan Sinha |
director |
| 55th |
2007 |
Manna Dey |
singer |
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