Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award , National Film Award

Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award , National Film Award:

Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke pronunciation (30 April 1870 – 16 February 1944) was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as the father of Indian cinema.Starting with his debut film, Raja Harishchandra in 1913, now known as India's first full-length feature, he made 95 movies and 26 short films in his career spanning 19 years, till 1937, including his most noted works: Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919).
Dadasaheb Phalke Award is given by the government of India. This award is annually given to acknowledge the lifetime contribution of an Indian cinema personality towards Indian cinema. Back in the year 1969, during the birth centenary of the legendary Indian cinema personality, Dada Saheb Phalke, this award was instituted for the very first time, to commemorate the contribution and to honor the distinguished contribution to the growth and promotion of the Indian film medium.

The first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was actress Devika Rani Roerich. That was just the beginning and since then, the award has been bestowed on some of the legendary personalities of the Indian film industry. Dadasaheb Phalke award for one particular year is offered during the end of the following year coupled with the National Film Award.

Following is a list of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award winners:

National Awards Year Winner    Occupation


17th   1969     Devika Rani                Actress

18th   1970     B. N. Sircar               Producer 

 
19th   1971     Prithviraj Kapoor       Actor (posthumous)

20th   1972     Pankaj Mullick          Composer (music director) 

 
21st   1973     Ruby Myers (Sulochana)    Actress 

22nd   1974    Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy  Director 

23rd   1975    Dhirendranath Ganguly     Actor, director

24th   1976     Kanan Devi                      Actress

25th  1977      Nitin Bose                       Cinematographer, director, writer, 

26th   1978     Rai Chand Boral              Composer, director 

27th   1979     Sohrab Modi actor,         Director, producer

28th   1980     Paidi Jairaj                      Actor, director



29th   1981     Naushad Ali                   Composer (music director)

30th   1982     L. V. Prasad                  Actor, director, producer

31st   1983     Durga Khote                  Actress

32nd   1984    Satyajit Ray                   Director

33rd   1985    V. Shantaram                Actor, director, producer

34th   1986     B. Nagi Reddy              Producer

35th   1987     Raj Kapoor                  Actor, director

36th   1988    Ashok Kumar               Actor

37th   1989    Lata Mangeshkar          Singer 

38th   1990     A. Nageswara Rao      Actor 

39th   1991     Bhalji Pendharkar         Director, producer, writer 

40th   1992     Bhupen Hazarika         Composer (music director) 

41st   1993     Majrooh Sultanpuri       Lyricist 

42nd   1994    Dilip Kumar                 Actor 

43rd   1995    Rajkumar                    Actor 

44th   1996    Sivaji Ganesan             Actor 

45th   1997    Pradeep                      Lyricist 

46th   1998     B.R. Chopra              Director, producer 

47th   1999     Hrishikesh Mukherjee  Director 

48th   2000     Asha Bhosle                 Singer 

49th   2001     Yash Chopra              Director, producer 

50th   2002     Dev Anand                 Actor, director, producer 

51st   2003     Mrinal Sen                  Director 

52nd   2004    Adoor Gopalakrishnan  Director 

53rd   2005    Shyam Benegal             Director 

54th   2006    Tapan Sinha                 Director 

55th   2007    Manna Dey                 Playback Singer 

56th   2008    V. K. Murthy             Cinematographer 

57th   2009    D. Ramanaidu            Producer 

58th   2010    K. Balachander         Director 

 
59th   2011    Soumitra Chatterjee  Actor