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List of Dadasaheb Phalke Award Recipients Over The Years
(From left) Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth are among the recipients of prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award.
Dadasaheb Phalke Birth Anniversary: Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award for film personalities in the country to recognize valuable contribution in Indian cinema’s development
DADASAHEB PHALKE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: Born on April 30, 1870, Dhundiraj Govind Phalke came from a small town in Bombay Presidency. Known as Dadasaheb Phalke, he was director, producer screenwriter, editor and distributor. He is regarded as the Father of Indian Cinema for giving the country its first full-length feature film. The indigenous silent film was titled, Raja Harishchandra (1913).
In a 19-year-career span, he worked on 95 feature films and 27 short films. His last film, Gangavataran (1937) was the only film made by Dadasaheb with sound and dialogues.
After his death in 1944, the Government of India initiated an award on his name titled The Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1969. It is the highest award for film personalities in the country to recognize valuable contribution in Indian cinema’s development. In 1971, India post released a stamp bearing Dadasaheb’s character in his reverence.
Here are the winners of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award since its inception in 1969. Devika Rani was the first recipient of the prestigious award.
- Devika Rani (1969)
- Birendranath Sircar
- Prithviraj Kapoor
- Pankaj Mullick
- Ruby Myers (Sulochana)
- B. N. Reddy
- Dhirendra Nath Ganguly
- Kanan Devi
- Nitin Bose
- Raichand Boral
- Sohrab Modi
- Paidi Jairaj
- Naushad
- L. V. Prasad
- Durga Khote
- Satyajit Ray
- V. Shantaram
- B. Nagi Reddy
- Raj Kapoor
- Ashok Kumar
- Lata Mangeshkar
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao
- Bhalji Pendharkar
- Bhupen Hazarika
- Majrooh Sultanpuri
- Dilip Kumar
- Rajkumar
- Sivaji Ganesan
- Kavi Pradeep
- B. R. Chopra
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- Asha Bhosle
- Yash Chopra
- Dev Anand
- Mrinal Sen
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan
- Shyam Benegal
- Tapan Sinha
- Manna Dey
- V. K. Murthy
- D. Ramanaidu
- K. Balachander
- Soumitra Chatterjee
- Pran
- Gulzar
- Shashi Kapoor
- Manoj Kumar
- K. Viswanath
- Vinod Khanna
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Rajinikanth
- Asha Parekh
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was not awarded in the years 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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