Compass of Indian Cinema.. Dadasaheb Phalke

54 years ago in 1969, on the occasion of the centenary of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered the father of Indian cinema, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting decided to give the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Awarded annually at the National Film Festival by the Directorate of Film Festivals.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

The highest in the Indian film industry. Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur announced on 26 September 2023 that Waheeda Rehman has been selected for the 53rd Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2021. Asha Parekh, Chiranjeevi, Paresh Ravel, Prajith were among the selection committee for the award. Chatterjee and Shekhar Kapur.

54 years ago in 1969, on the occasion of the centenary of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered the father of Indian cinema, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting decided to give the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Awarded annually at the National Film Festival by the Directorate of Film Festivals. will be given to The highest award given annually to those who have made significant contributions to Indian cinema in various languages. Initially the value of this award is Rs.2 lakhs, the Dadasaheb awardees will be given a shawl, gold, bangle and Rs.10,00,000 in cash.

Dadasaheb Phalke (1870-1944)

Director and producer Dadasaheb Phalke made India's first full-length feature film Rajaha Rishchandra. This film was released in 1913. In 1989, the Government of India instituted the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his services to the field of cinema.

Dadasaheb Phalke awardees in various languages

Hindi 28, Bengali 11, Telugu 7, Tamil 3, Malayalam, Assamese, Marathi and Kannada received one each.

53 people have received the Dada Saheb Phalke Award so far. The first recipient was Devika Rani. She was born on February 3, 1936 in Rangalpat, Tamil Nadu.

Waheeda Reha Mask will present the award at the 69th National Film Awards in 2003.

Waheeda made her debut on the silver screen with Akkineni Nageswara Rao's Days Changed (1955) in which she danced to the song 'Eruvaka Sagaro Ranno Chinnanna..', which enthralled the audience. After that, after acting in Jaya Simha with NTR, she entered the Hindi film industry and made her debut in the Hindi film C.I.D. Payasa in Hindi film industry. She impressed the audience with her performances in films like Kagaj Pool, Kalabazar, Baath Ek Raat Ki, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Neel Kamal, Chand V Ka Chand, Ram Auk Shyam, Khamosi, Reshma won the National Award for Best Actress for her performance in Aur Sher.

She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1872 and the Padma Bhushan in 2011 by the Government of India for her contribution to the development of Indian cinema. In 2008 Andhra Pradesh government won NTR National Award and three Filmfare Awards.

Kamal cast with Waheeda Rahman fell in love and got married and settled in Bangalore.

Paidi Jayaraj: Born on the soil of Telangana, he rose to the top of the Indian film industry and made Telangana famous at the national level. He was born in the joint Karimnagar district, now Jagityala, Paidi Jayaraj Hindi. Apart from this, he is a prominent actor who has acted in more than 300 films in various languages including Marathi, Oriya, Bengali, Punjabi, Konkani, Gujarati and Malayalam.

Features of Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Posthumously announced to Pridviraj Kapoor (1971) and Vinod Khanna (2017).

Father and son Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Dadasaheb Phalke Awardees

1969 (17th NFA) Devika Rani Hindi

1970 (18th NFA ) Birendranath Sircar Bengali

1971 (19th NFA) Prithviraj Kapoor Hindi

1972 (20th NFA) Pankaj Mullick Bengali& Hindi

1973 (21st NFA) Ruby Myers Hindi

1974 (22nd NFA) B. N. Reddy Telugu

1975 (23rd NFA) Dhirendra Nath Ganguly Bengali

1976 (24th NFA) Kanan Devi Bengali

1977 (25th NFA) Nitin Bose Bengali&Hindi

1978 (26th NFA) Raichand Boral Bengali&Hindi

1979 (27th NFA) Sohrab Modi Hindi

1980 (28th NFA) Paidi Jairaj Hindi

1981 (29th NFA) Naushad Hindi

1982 (30th NFA) L. V. Prasad Telugu&Tamil & Hindi

1983 (31st NFA) Durga Khote Hindi & Marathi

1984 (32nd NFA) Satyajit Ray Bengali

1985 (33rd NFA) V. Santaram Hindi& Marathi

1986 (34th NFA) B. Nagi Reddy Telugu

1987 (35th NFA) Raj Kapoor Hindi

1988 (36th NFA) Ashok Kumar Hindi

1989 (37th NFA) Lata Mangeshkar Hindi&Marathi

1990 (38th NFA) Akkineni Nageswara Rao Telugu

1991 (39th NFA) Bhalji Pendharkar Marathi

1992 (40th NFA) Bhupen Hazarika Assamese

1993 (41st NFA) Mazrooh Sultanpuri Hindi

1994 (42nd NFA) Dilip Kumar Hindi

1995 (43rd NFA) Rajkumar Kannada

1996 (44th NFA) Shivaji Ganesan Tamil

1997 (45th NFA) Poet Pradeep Hindi

1998 (46th NFA) B. R. Chopra Hindi

1999 (47th NFA) Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hindi

2000 (48th NFA) Asha Bhosle Hindi & Marathi

2001 (49th NFA) Yash Chopra Hindi

2002 (50th NFA) Dev Anand Hindi

2003 (51st NFA) Mrinal Sen Bengali&Hindi

2004 (52nd NFA) Adoor Gopalakrishnan Malayalam

2005 (53rd NFA) Shyam Benegal Hindi

2006 (54th NFA) Tapan Sinha Bengali&Hindi

2007 (55th NFA) Manna Day Bengali&Hindi

2008 (56th NFA) V. K. Murthy Hindi

2009 (57th NFA) d. Ramanaidu is Telugu

2010 (58th NFA) K. Balachander Tamil

2011 (59th NFA) Soumitra Chatterjee Bengali

2012 (60th NFA) Pran Hindi

2013 (61st NFA) Gulzar Hindi

2014 (62nd NFA) Shashi Kapoor Hindi

2015 (63rd NFA) Manoj Kumar Hindi

2016 (64th NFA) K. Vishwanath Telugu

2017 (65th NFA) Vinod Khanna Hindi

2018 (66th NFA) Amitabh Bachchan Hindi

2019 (67th NFA) Rajinikanth (Announced) Tamil

2020 (68th NFA) Asha Parekh (Announced) Hindi

2021 Rajinikanth & Asha Parekh (Received) Tamil & Hindi respectively

2022 Rekha Hindi.