Dadasaheb 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,[1] 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. Since 2006, the award comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a cash prize of 1 million and a shawl. Award Ceremony Year Recipient Awarded as (59th) 2011 Soumitra Chatterjee Actor (58th) 2010 K. Balachander Director (57th) 2009 D. Ramanaidu Producer, Director (56th) 2008 V. K. Murthy Cinematographer (55th) 2007 Manna Dey Playback singer (54th) 2006 Tapan Sinha Director (53rd) 2005 Shyam Benegal Director (52nd) 2004 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Director (51st) 2003 Mrinal Sen Director (50th) 2002 Dev Anand Actor, Director, Producer (49th) 2001 Yash Chopra Director, Producer (48th) 2000 Asha Bhosle Playback Singer (47th) 1999 Hrishikesh Mukherjee Director Please visit: www.facebook.com/pages/Dobara-Mat-Poochna/388912681174223 for more details For any queries/issues, please mail to: [email protected] (46th) 1998 B. R. Chopra Director, Producer (45th) 1997 Pradeep Lyricist (44th) 1996 Sivaji Ganesan Actor (43rd) 1995 Rajkumar Actor, Singer (42nd) 1994 Dilip Kumar Actor (41st) 1993 Majrooh Sultanpuri Lyricist (40th) 1992 Bhupen Hazarika (39th) 1991 Bhalji Pendharkar (38th) 1990 Akkineni Nageswara Rao Actor (37th) 1989 Lata Mangeshkar Playback singer (36th) 1988 Ashok Kumar Actor (35th) 1987 Raj Kapoor Actor, Director, Producer (34th) 1986 Bommireddy Nagi Reddy Producer (33rd) 1985 V. Shantaram Actor, Director, Producer (32nd) 1984 Satyajit Ray Director (31st) 1983 Durga Khote Actress (30th) 1982 L. V. Prasad Actor, Director, Producer (29th) 1981 Naushad Music Director (28th) 1980 Paidi Jairaj Actor, Director (27th) 1979 Sohrab Modi Actor, Director, Producer (26th) 1978 Raichand Boral Music Director, Director (25th) 1977 Nitin Bose Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter (24th) 1976 Kanan Devi Actress (23rd) 1975 Dhirendranath Ganguly Actor, Director (22nd) 1974 Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy Director (21st) 1973 Ruby Myers (Sulochana) Actress Musician, singer, poet, filmmaker, lyricist Director, Producer, Screenwriter Please visit: www.facebook.com/pages/Dobara-Mat-Poochna/388912681174223 for more details For any queries/issues, please mail to: [email protected] (20th) 1972 Pankaj Mullick Music Director (19th) 1971 Prithviraj Kapoor Actor (Awarded posthumously) (18th) 1970 B. N. Sircar Producer (17th) 1969 Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich Actress Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award Source accessed on: 20th November, 2012 Please visit: www.facebook.com/pages/Dobara-Mat-Poochna/388912681174223 for more details For any queries/issues, please mail to: [email protected]
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