The Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Devika Rain
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered 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. There were no awards given in 2006 although the results had been finalized. The Bombay High Court had directed the Directorate of Film Festivals of India (DFFI) to consider uncensored films for the competition, a case which DFFI contested and won in the Supreme Court in late 2006. The awards will be announced in M
1969 Devika Rani actress
1970 B. N. Sircar producer
1971 Prithviraj Kapoor actor (posthumous)
1972 Pankaj Mullick composer (music director)
1973 Ruby Myers (Sulochana) actress
1974 B. Nagi Reddy producer
1975 Dhirendranath Ganguly actor, director
1976 Kanan Devi actress
1977 Nitin Bose cinematographer, director, writer,
1978 Rai Chand Boral composer, director
1979 Sohrab Modi actor, director, producer
1980 P. Jairaj actor, director
1981 Naushad Ali composer (music director)
1982 L. V. Prasad actor, director, producer
1983 Durga Khote actress
1984 Satyajit Ray director
1985 V. Shantaram actor, director, producer
1986 B. Nagi Reddy producer
1987 Raj Kapoor actor, director
1988 Ashok Kumar actor
1989 Lata Mangeshkar singer
1990 A. Nageswara Rao actor
1991 Bhalji Pendharkar director, producer, writer
1992 Bhupen Hazarika composer (music director)
1993 Majrooh Sultanpuri lyricist
1994 Dilip Kumar actor
1995 Dr. Rajkumar actor
1996 Sivaji Ganesan actor
1997 Pradeep lyricist
1998 B.R. Chopra director, producer
1999 Hrishikesh Mukherjee director
2000 Asha Bhosle singer
2001 Yash Chopra director, producer
2002 Dev Anand actor, director, producer
2003 Partap Sharma actor, director
2004 Mrinal Sen director
2005 Adoor Gopalakrishnan director
2006 delayed owing to a court case relating to DFFI
