List of Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipients over the years

BIRTHDAY OF DADASAHEB PHALKE: Born on April 30, 1870, Dhundiraj Govind Phalke hails from a small town in the Bombay Presidency. Known as Dadasaheb Phalke, he was a director, screenwriter producer, editor and distributor. He is considered the father of Indian cinema for giving the country its first feature film. The native silent film was titled Raja Harishchandra (1913).

In his 19-year career, he has worked on 95 feature films and 27 short films. His last film, Gangavataran (1937) was the only film Dadasaheb directed with sound and dialogue.

After his death in 1944, the Indian government launched an award in his name titled The Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1969. It is the highest award given to film personalities in the country to recognize valuable contribution to the development of Indian cinema . In 1971, India Post released a stamp bearing the character of Dadasaheb in his bow.

Here are the winners of the Dadasaheb Phalke award since its inception in 1969. Devika Rani was the first recipient of the prestigious award.

1. Devika Rani (1969)
2. Birendranath Sircar
3. Prithviraj Kapoor
4. Pankaj Mullick
5. Ruby Myers (Sulochana)
6. BN Reddy
7. Dhirendra Nath Ganguly
8. Kanan Devi
9. Nitin Bose
10. Raichand Boral
11. Sohrab Modi
12. Paidi Jairaj
13. Naushad
14. LV Prasad
15. Durga Khote
16. Ray Satyajit
17. V. Shantaram
18. B. Nagi Reddy
19. Raj Kapoor
20. Ashok Kumar
21. Lata Mangechkar
22. Akkineni Nageswara Rao
23. Bhalji Pendarkar
24. Bhupen Hazarika
25. Majrouh Sultanpuri
26. Dilip Kumar
27. Rajkumar
28. Sivaji Ganesan
29. Kavi Pradeep
30. BR Chopra
31. Hrishikesh Mukherjee
32. Asha Bhosle
33. Yash Chopra
34. Dev Anand
35. Mrinal Sen
36. Adoor Gopalakrishnan
37. Shyam Benegal
38. Tapan Sinha
39. Manna Dey
40. VK Murthy
41. D.Ramanaidu
42. K.Balachander
43. Submitted Chatterjee
44. Pran
45. Gülzar
46. Shashi Kapoor
47. Manoj Kumar
48. K.Viswanath
49. Vinod Khanna
50. Amitabh Bachchan
51. Rajinikanth
52. Asha Parek

The Dadasaheb Phalke Prize was not awarded in the years 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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