The Dada Saheb Phalke Award is a prestigious and highest award given by the government of India for outstanding performance in Indian cinema. It is a lifetime achievement award given for the outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was first presented in 1969, named after “the father of Indian cinema” Dadasaheb Phalke.
Devika Rani was the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, who was honoured at the 17th National Film Awards.
The award is not only given to actors and actresses but also to filmmakers, writers, singers, technicians and other professionals associated with the Indian film industry.
There are questions asked on awards and honours including Dada Saheb Phalke awards in various competitive exams. If you are the aspirants of govt. exams like SSC, bank, PSC, Railway, Insurance, and other state-level exams then the list of winners are important to memorize.
List of recipients of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award
| Name | Year |
| Devikarani Royarik | 1969 |
| B.N Sarkar | 1970 |
| Prithiraj Kapur | 1971 |
| Pankaj Maullik | 1972 |
| Dhiren Ganguli | 1975 |
| Kanon Devi | 1976 |
| Niteen | 1977 |
| Raychand Baral | 1978 |
| Nowshad Ali | 1981 |
| Durga Khote | 1983 |
| Satyajit Roy | 1984 |
| V. Shanta Ram | 1985 |
| Raj kapur | 1987 |
| Ashok Kumar | 1988 |
| Lata mangeskar | 1989 |
| Bhupen Hajarika | 1992 |
| Dilip Kumar | 1994 |
| Dr. raj Kumar | 1995 |
| Sibaji Ganasan | 1996 |
| Kabi Pradeep | 1997 |
| B.C. Chopra | 1998 |
| Hrikesh Mukerjee | 1999 |
| Asha Voshle | 2000 |
| Yes Chopra | 2001 |
| Dev Anand | 2002 |
| Mrinal Sen | 2003 |
| Adur Gopal Krishnan | 2004 |
| Sham Benegal | 2005 |
| Tapan Sinha | 2006 |
| Manna De | 2007 |
| V.K. Murti | 2008 |
| D. Ramanydu | 2009 |
| K. Balchandra | 2010 |
| Soumitra Chattapadhyay | 2011 |
| Pran | 2012 |
| Gulzar | 2013 |
| Shashi Kapoor | 2014 |
| Manoj Kumar | 2015 |
| K. Viswanath | 2016 |
| Vinod Khanna | 2017 |
| Amitabh Bachchan | 2018 |
| Rajinikanth | 2019 |
| Asha Parekh | 2020 |
| Waheeda Rehman | 2021 |
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