The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award in Indian cinema. It is annually presented at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals.
The award is named after Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke. Dadasaheb Phalke is regarded as the ‘father of Indian cinema’.
In October 2023, the 2021 Dadasaheb Phalke Award was given to actress Waheeda Rehman for her contributions to Indian cinema.
This article will give details about the Dadasaheb Phalke Awards within the context of the IAS Exam.
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Brief facts about Dadasaheb Phalke
Ddasheb Phalke was a producer-director-screenwriter who made India’s first feature-length film, Raja Harishchandra in 1913. He made 95 feature-length films and 27 short films in his career, spanning 19 years, until 1937, including his most noted works: Mohini Bhasmasur (1913), Satyavan Savitri (1914), Lanka Dahan (1917), Shri Krishna Janma (1918) and Kaliya Mardan (1919).
His contributions to Indian cinema were legendary and thus was the reason why the Indian government instituted an award in his honour.
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Recipients of the Dadasaheb Phalke Awards
The following table gives the list of winners of the Dadasaheb Phalke Awards through the years
Dadasaheb Phalke Awards Recipients (1969-1979)
| Year | Recipient | Film Industry |
| 1969 | Devika Rani | Hindi |
| 1970 | Birendranath Sircar | Bengali |
| 1971 | Prithviraj Kapoor | Hindi |
| 1972 | Pankaj Mullick |
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| 1973 | Ruby Myers (Sulochana) | Hindi |
| 1974 | Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy | Telugu |
| 1975 | Dhirendra Nath Ganguly | Bengali |
| 1976 | Kanan Devi | Bengali |
| 1977 | Nitin Bose | Bengali Hindi |
| 1978 | Raichand Boral |
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| 1979 | Sohrab Modi | Hindi |
The following table gives the list of winners from 1980-1989
Dadasaheb Phalke Awards Recipients (1980-1989)
| Year | Recipient | Film Industry |
| 1980 | Paidi Jairaj |
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| 1981 | Naushad | Hindi |
| 1982 | L. V. Prasad |
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| 1983 | Durga Khote |
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| 1984 | Satyajit Ray | Bengali |
| 1985 | V. Shantaram |
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| 1986 | B. Nagi Reddy | Telugu |
| 1987 | Raj Kapoor | Hindi |
| 1988 | Ashok Kumar | Hindi |
| 1989 | Lata Mangeshkar |
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The following table gives the list of winners from 1990-1999
Dadasaheb Phalke Awards Recipients (1990-1999)
| Year | Recipient | Film Industry |
| 1990 | Akkineni Nageswara Rao | Telugu |
| 1991 | Bhalji Pendharkar | Marathi |
| 1992 | Bhupen Hazarika | Assamese |
| 1993 | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Hindi |
| 1994 | Dilip Kumar | Hindi |
| 1995 | Rajkumar | Kannada |
| 1996 | Sivaji Ganesan | Tamil |
| 1997 | Kavi Pradeep | Hindi |
| 1998 | B. R. Chopra | Hindi |
| 1999 | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Hindi |
The following table gives the list of winners from 2000-2010
Dadasaheb Phalke Awards Recipients (2000-2009)
| Year | Recipient | Film Industry |
| 2000 | Asha Bhosle |
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| 2001 | Yash Chopra | Hindi |
| 2002 | Dev Anand | Hindi |
| 2003 | Mrinal Sen |
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| 2004 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Malayalam |
| 2005 | Shyam Benegal | Hindi |
| 2006 | Tapan Sinha |
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| 2007 | Manna Dey |
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| 2008 | V. K. Murthy | Hindi |
| 2009 | D. Ramanaidu | Telugu |
The following table gives the list of winners from 2010-2019
Dadasaheb Phalke Awards Recipients (2010-2018)
| Year | Recipient | Film Industry |
| 2010 | K. Balachander |
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| 2011 | Soumitra Chatterjee | Bengali |
| 2012 | Pran | Hindi |
| 2013 | Gulzar | Hindi |
| 2014 | Shashi Kapoor | Hindi |
| 2015 | Manoj Kumar | Hindi |
| 2016 | K. Viswanath | Telugu |
| 2017 | Vinod Khanna | Hindi |
| 2018 | Amitabh Bachchan | Hindi |
| 2019 | Rajinikanth | Tamil |
| 2020 | Asha Parekh | Hindi |
| 2021 | Waheeda Rehman | Hindi |
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