Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Award Information
Category	Indian Cinema
Instituted	1969
First Awarded	1969
Total Awarded	43
Awarded by	Govt. of India
Cash Award	1,000,000
Description	Lifetime Achievement award
First Awardee(s)	Devika Rani in 1969
Last Awardee(s)	Soumitra Chatterjee

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered as the father of Indian cinema.

The award for a particular year is given during the end of the following year along with the National Film Awards. The award comprises a Swarna Kamal (golden lotus)medallion, a cash prize of   1 million and a shawl.

The Bombay High Court had directed the Directorate of Film Festivals, India (DFFI) to consider uncensored films for the competition, a case which DFFI contested and won in the Supreme Court in late 2006. The case had delayed announcement of the award for 2006, which was announced in the middle of 2008. The 2007 award which had to be announced at the end of 2008 was announced in September 2009. The 2008 award was announced on 19 January 2010 and 2009 award was announced on 9 September 2010.

Following is the list of award winners:

S.No.	Year	Name	Occupation
1	1969	Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich	Actress
2	1970	B. N. Sircar	Producer
3	1971	Prithviraj Kapoor	Actor (Posthumous)
4	1972	Pankaj Mullick	Music Director
5	1973	Ruby Myers (Sulochana)	Actress
6	1974	Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy	Director
7	1975	Dhirendranath Ganguly	Actor, Director
8	1976	Kanan Devi	Actress
9	1977	Nitin Bose	Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter
10	1978	Rai Chand Boral	Music Director, Director
11	1979	Sohrab Modi	Actor, Director, Producer
12	1980	Paidi Jairaj	Actor, Director
13	1981	Naushad Ali	Music Director
14	1982	L. V. Prasad	Actor, Director, Producer
15	1983	Durga Khote	Actress
16	1984	Satyajit Ray	Director
17	1985	V. Shantaram	Actor, Director, Producer
18	1986	Bommireddy Nagi Reddy	Producer
19	1987	Raj Kapoor	Actor, Director
20	1988	Ashok Kumar	Actor
21	1989	Lata Mangeshkar	Playback Singer
22	1990	Akkineni Nageswara Rao	Actor
23	1991	Bhalji Pendharkar	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
24	1992	Bhupen Hazarika	Director
25	1993	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Lyricist
26	1994	Dilip Kumar	Actor
27	1995	Rajkumar	Actor
28	1996	Sivaji Ganesan	Actor
29	1997	Pradeep	Lyricist
30	1998	B. R. Chopra	Director, Producer
31	1999	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Director
32	2000	Asha Bhosle	Playback Singer
33	2001	Yash Chopra	Director, Producer
34	2002	Dev Anand	Actor, Director, Producer
35	2003	Mrinal Sen	Director
36	2004	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Director
37	2005	Shyam Benegal	Director
38	2006	Tapan Sinha	Director
39	2007	Manna Dey	Playback Singer
40	2008	V. K. Murthy	Cinematographer
41	2009	D. Ramanaidu	Producer
42	2010	K. Balachander	Director
43	2011	Soumitra Chatterjee	Actor