List of Recipients of Dadasaheb Phalke Award

In government exams like SSC, Banking, Railways, etc. we find many questions from the Awards and Honours section. This is a part of the current affairs section. We will cover the section comprehensively so that students can learn and get most of the questions correct in this section. In this article, we will provide a complete list of recipients of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award  Award winners.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award :

• The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest honor given in the field of cinema in India. It is given yearly at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organization set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
  
•  The awardee is honored for his “outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema“. 
  
• The National Film Awards also include the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award, often referred to as the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, given to those who have dedicated their entire careers to contributing to Indian cinema.   
  
• Awarded for Outstanding Contribution to the Growth and Development of Indian Cinema, the award is the country’s highest film honor. 
  
• The government introduced the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1969 and Devika Rani, dubbed the “First Lady of Indian Cinema”, received it for the first time. 

About Dadasaheb Phalke

• Raja Harishchandra (1913), India’s first feature film, was directed by Dadasaheb Phalke. 
  
• He is considered the “father of Indian cinema”. 
  
• In his honor, the Indian government established the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime contributions to Indian cinema.

List of Recipients of Dadasaheb Phalke Award :

Year	Recipient	Film Industry
1969 (17th)	Devika Rani	Hindi
1970 (18th)	Birendranath Sircar	Bengali
1971 (19th)	Prithviraj Kapoor	Hindi
1972 (20th)	Pankaj Mullick	Bengali & Hindi
1973 (21st)	Ruby Myers (Sulochana)	Hindi
1974 (22nd)	Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy	Telugu
1975 (23rd)	Dhirendra Nath Ganguly	Bengali
1976 (24th)	Kanan Devi	Bengali
1977 (25th)	Nitin Bose	Bengali, Hindi
1978 (26th)	Raichand Boral	Bengali, Hindi
1979 (27th)	Sohrab Modi	Hindi
1980 (28th)	Paidi Jairaj	Hindi, Telugu
1981 (29th)	Naushad	Hindi
1982 (30th)	L. V. Prasad	Hindi, Tamil, Telugu
1983 (31st)	Durga Khote	Hindi, Marathi
1984 (32nd)	Satyajit Ray	Bengali
1985 (33rd)	V. Shantaram	Hindi, Marathi
1986 (34th)	B. Nagi Reddy	Telugu
1987 (35th)	Raj Kapoor	Hindi
1988 (36th)	Ashok Kumar	Hindi
1989 (37th)	Lata Mangeshkar	Hindi, Marathi
1990 (38th)	Akkineni Nageswara Rao	Telugu
1991 (39th)	Bhalji Pendharkar	Marathi
1992 (40th)	Bhupen Hazarika	Assamese
1993 (41st)	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Hindi
1994 (42nd)	Dilip Kumar	Hindi
1995 (43rd)	Rajkumar	Kannada
1996 (44th)	Sivaji Ganesan	Tamil
1997 (45th)	Kavi Pradeep	Hindi
1998 (46th)	B. R. Chopra	Hindi
1999 (47th)	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Hindi
2000 (48th)	Asha Bhosle	Hindi, Marathi
2001 (49th)	Yash Chopra	Hindi
2002 (50th)	Dev Anand	Hindi
2003 (51st)	Mrinal Sen	Bengali
2004 (52nd)	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Malayalam
2005 (53rd)	Shyam Benegal	Hindi
2006 (54th)	Tapan Sinha	Bengali, Hindi
2007(55th)	Manna Dey	Bengali, Hindi
2008 (56th)	V. K. Murthy	Hindi
2009 (57th)	D. Ramanaidu	Telugu
2010 (58th)	K. Balachander	Tamil, Telugu
2011 (59th)	Soumitra Chatterjee	Bengali
2012 (60th)	Pran	Hindi
2013 (61st)	Gulzar	Hindi
2014 (62nd)	Shashi Kapoor	Hindi
2015 (63rd)	Manoj Kumar	Hindi
2016 (64th)	Kasinathuni Viswanath	Telugu
2017 (65th)	Vinod Khanna	Hindi
2018 (66th)	Amitabh Bachchan	Hindi
2019 (67th)	Rajinikanth	Tamil
2020 (68th)	Asha Parekh	Hindi
2021	Rajnikant	Tamil
2022	Asha Parekh	Hindi
2023	Rekha	Hindi