Dada Saheb Phalke Award

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.

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 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.

Renowned playback singer Manna Dey has been nominated for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 2007.
First Awardee was Devika Rani (1969).  

Recipient	Contribution AS	Year
Manna Dey	Singer	2007
Tapan Sinha	Director	2006
Shyam Benegal	Director	2005
Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Director	2004
Mrinal Sen	Director	2003
Dev Anand	Actor, Director, Producer	2002
Yash Chopra	Director, Producer	2001
Asha Bhosle	Singer	2000
Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Director	1999
B.R. Chopra	Director, Producer	1998
Pradeep	Lyricist, Poet	1997
Sivaji Ganesan	Actor	1996
Dr. Raj Kumar	Actor, Singer, Producer	1995
Dilip Kumar	Actor	1994
Majrooh Sultanpuri	Lyricist	1993
Bhupen Hazarika	Composer, Singer, Producer	1992
Bhalji Pendharkar	Producer, Director	1991
A. Nageshwar Rao	Actor	1990
Lata Mangeshkar	Singer, Producer	1989
Ashok Kumar	Actor, Singer	1988
Raj Kapoor	Actor, Director	1987
B. Nagi Reddi	Producer	1986
V.Shantaram	Director, producer, actor	1985
Satyajit Ray	Director, Producer	1984
Durga Khote	Actress	1983
L.V. Prasad	Actor, Director, Producer	1982
Naushad	Composer	1981
Jairaj	Actor, Director, Producer	1980
Sohrab Modi	Actor, Director, Producer	1979
R.C. Boral	Composer	1978
Nitin Bose	Cinematographer, Director,  Producer	1977
Kanan Devi	Actress, Singer, Producer	1976
Dhiren Ganguly	Actor, Director, Producer	1975
B.N. Reddi	Director, Producer	1974
Sulochana	Actress	1973
Pankaj Mallick	Singer, Actor, Composer	1972
Prithviarj Kapoor	Actor, Director, Producer	1971
B.N. Sircar	Producer	1970
Devika Rani	Actress	1969

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