Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Dadasaheb Phalke award winners list

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. Introduced in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered as the father of Indian cinema, 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.

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.

                  Introduced in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered as the father of Indian cinema, 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.

 

Dadasaheb Phalke Award Type –   National Category – Indian Cinema Instituted – 1969 First awarded – 1969 (Devika Rani) Last awarded – 2015

 

List of Dadasaheb Phalke award recipient

Year	Recipient	Awarded as
1969	Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich	Actress
1970	B. N. Sircar	Producer
1971	Prithviraj Kapoor	Actor, Director, Producer
1972	Pankaj Mullick	Music Director
1973	Ruby Myers (Sulochana)	Actress
1974	Bommi Reddy Narasimha Reddy	Director
1975	Dhirendranath Ganguly	Actor, Director
1976	Kanan Devi	Actress
1977	Nitin Bose	Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter
1978	Raichand 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, Producer
1988	Ashok Kumar	Actor
1989	Lata Mangeshkar	Playback singer
1990	Akkineni Nageswara Rao	Actor
1991	Bhalji Pendharkar	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
1992	Bhupen Hazarika	Musician, singer, poet, filmmaker, lyricist
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, Director
2010	K. Balachander	Director
2011	Soumitra Chatterjee	Actor
2012	Pran	Actor
2013	Gulzar	Poet, Lyricist and Filmmaker
2014	Shashi Kapoor	Actor, Producer
2015	Manoj kumar	Actor, Director