Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Award Information
Category	Indian Cinema
Instituted	1969
First Awarded	1969
Total Awarded	41
Awarded by	Govt. of India
Cash Award	1,000,000
Description	Lifetime Achievement award
First Awardee(s)	Devika Rani in 1969
Last Awardee(s)	K. Balachander in 2010

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969,^[1] the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke,^[2] considered as the father of Indian cinema.^[3]

The award for a particular year is given during the end of the following year along with the National Film Awards. The award comprises a Swarna Kamal (golden lotus) medallion, a cash prize of 1 million and a shawl.^[4]

The Bombay High Court had directed the Directorate of Film Festivals, 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. The 2008 award was announced on 19 January 2010 and 2009 award was announced on 9 September 2010.^[4]

Recipients

Following is the list of award winners:

Year	Awardee	Occupation
1969	Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich	Actress
1970	B. N. Sircar	Producer
1971	Prithviraj Kapoor	Actor (Posthumous)
1972	Pankaj Mullick	Music Director
1973	Ruby Myers (Sulochana)	Actress
1974	Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy	Director
1975	Dhirendranath Ganguly	Actor, Director
1976	Kanan Devi	Actress
1977	Nitin Bose	Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter
1978	Rai Chand Boral	Music Director, Director
1979	Sohrab Modi	Actor, Director, Producer
1980	Paidi Jairaj	Actor, Director
1981	Naushad Ali	Music Director
1982	L. V. Prasad	Actor, Director, Producer
1983	Durga Khote	Actress
1984	Satyajit Ray	Director
1985	V. Shantaram	Actor, Director, Producer
1986	Bommireddy Nagi Reddy	Producer
1987	Raj Kapoor	Actor, Director
1988	Ashok Kumar	Actor
1989	Lata Mangeshkar	Playback Singer
1990	Akkineni Nageswara Rao	Actor
1991	Bhalji Pendharkar	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
1992	Bhupen Hazarika	Director
1993	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Lyricist
1994	Dilip Kumar	Actor
1995	Rajkumar	Actor, Singer
1996	Sivaji Ganesan	Actor
1997	Pradeep	Lyricist
1998	B. R. Chopra	Director, Producer
1999	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Director
2000	Asha Bhosle	Playback Singer
2001	Yash Chopra	Director, Producer
2002	Dev Anand	Actor, Director, Producer
2003	Mrinal Sen	Director
2004	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Director
2005	Shyam Benegal	Director
2006	Tapan Sinha	Director
2007	Manna Dey	Playback Singer
2008	V. K. Murthy	Cinematographer
2009	D. Ramanaidu	Producer
2010	K. Balachander	Director

See also

• National Film Awards
• List of film awards

References

1. ^ List of awardees
2. ^ Government Awards
3. ^ Vilanilam, J. V. (2005). Mass Communication in India: A Sociological Perspective. New Delhi: Sage Publications. p. 128. ISBN 81-7829-515-6. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=XBU6pN7toHsC&pg=PA128&dq=dadasaheb+phalke+father+indian+cinema#v=onepage&q=dadasaheb%20phalke%20father%20indian%20cinema&f=false. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Veteran Film Producer Dr. D.Ramanaidu to be Honoured With Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the Year 2009". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 9 September 2010. http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=65641.