"Outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema"
Sponsored by
Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)
Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
Shawl
₹1,000,000 (US$13,000)
First awarded
1969; 52 years ago
Last awarded
2021
Most recent winner
Waheeda Rehman
Highlights
Total awarded
53
First winner
Devika Rani
Website
Official website
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The recipient is honoured for their "great and outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema"[1] and is selected by a committee consisting of eminent personalities from the Indian film industry.[2] The award comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a shawl, and a cash prize of ₹1,000,000 (US$13,000).[3]
Presented first in 1969, the award was introduced by the Government of India to commemorate Dadasaheb Phalke's contribution to Indian cinema.[4] Phalke (1870–1944), who is popularly known as and often regarded as "the father of Indian cinema", was an Indian filmmaker who directed India's first full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913).[1]
The first recipient of the award was actress Devika Rani, who was honoured at the 17th National Film Awards. As of 2023, there have been 53 awardees. Among those, actor Prithviraj Kapoor (1971) and actor Vinod Khanna (2017) are the only posthumous recipients.[5] Kapoor's actor-filmmaker son, Raj Kapoor, accepted the award on his behalf at the 19th National Film Awards in 1971 and was also himself a recipient in 1987 at the 35th National Film Awards ceremony.[6][7][a]
Recipients also include several pairs of siblings, received this award in different years, for example: B. N. Reddy (1974) and B. Nagi Reddy (1986);[10] Raj Kapoor (1987) and Shashi Kapoor (2014);[11] Lata Mangeshkar (1989) and Asha Bhosle (2000);[12] B. R. Chopra (1998) and Yash Chopra (2001).[13][14] The most recent recipient of the award is veteran actress Waheeda Rehman who was honoured at the 69th National Film Awards ceremony.[15]
^ ab"Dada Saheb Phalke Award Overview". Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^Agrawal, S. P; Aggarwal, Jagdish Chand (1997). In the Wake of Freedom: India's Tryst with Cooperatives. Concept Publishing Company. p. 269. ISBN 978-81-7022-656-7. Archived from the original on 8 July 2014.
"57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 17. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
"58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 14–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
^"Veteran Film Lyricist and Director Gulzar to be conferred Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013" (Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 12 April 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
^"17th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 38–42. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
^"Profile: Prithviraj Kapoor". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^Nanda, Ritu (2002). Raj Kapoor: Speaks. Penguin Books India. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-670-04952-3. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018.
^"35th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 5–7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
^Bhattacharya, Roshmila (3 June 2012). "The show goes on ..." Hindustan Times. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
^Khubchandani, Lata (2003). Raj Kapoor: The Great Showman. Rupa Publications. p. 87. ISBN 978-81-7167-816-7. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014.
^"34th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
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^Gulzar, Nihalani & Chatterjee 2003, p. 72.
^"Yash Chopra gets Dadasaheb Phalke Award". Rediff.com. Press Trust of India. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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