List of recipients of Dadasaheb Phalke Award

List of recipients of Dadasaheb Phalke Award

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema. The award comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a shawl, and a cash prize of ₹1,000,000.

The first recipient of the award was actress Devika Rani. She was an Indian actress who was active in Hindi films during the 1930s and 1940s. Widely acknowledged as the first lady of Indian cinema, Devika Rani had a successful film career that spanned 10 years. 

About Dadasaheb Phalke

Dadasaheb Phalke, popularly known as the Father of Indian Cinema, was an Indian producer, director and screenwriter. He was born on 30 April 1870. 

In 1913, he produced India's first movie, Raja Harishchandra, which is also India's first full-length feature film. He produced 95 feature-length films and 27 short films in his career. 

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