Dadasaheb Phalke Award and Recipients

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India’s highest award in Indian cinema industry. It is given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema, to a prominent personality from the Indian film industry for significant contributions to Indian cinema. A committee consisting eminent personalities from the Indian film industry is appointed to evaluate the award.
Introduced in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, who is considered as the father of Indian cinema, award is given to the film personalities for the development of Indian Cinema and for distinguished contribution, growth and promotion. The award for a particular year is given during the end of the following year along with the National Film Awards. The award comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a cash prize of 10 million (increased from 2006) and a shawl.

Following table illustrates the cash prize’s varied amount over the years:

Year (Period)	Cash Prize
1969 – 1972	A Plaque, a Shawl and 11,000
1973 – 1976	A Gold medal, a Shawl and 20,000
1977 – 1983	A Gold medal, a Shawl and 40,000
1982 – 2002	Swarna Kamal, a Shawl and 1,00,000
2003 – 2005	Swarna Kamal, a Shawl and 2,00,000
2006 – (till date)	Swarna Kamal, a Shawl and 10,00,000

Here is a table of the recipients from the year 1969:

Year	Recipients	Occupation/Field
2012	To be announced
2011	Soumitra Chatterjee	Actor
2010	K. Balachander	Director
2009	D. Rama Naidu	Producer
2008	V.K. Moorthy	Cinematographer
2007	Manna De	Playback Singer
2006	Shayam Benegal	Director
2005	Brij Bhushan Chaturvedi	Director
2004	Adoor Gopalkrishnan	Director
2003	Mirinal Sen	Director
2002	Dev Anand	Director, Producer, Actor
2001	Yash Chopra	Director, Producer
2000	Asha Bhonsle	Playback Singer
1999	Hrishikesh Mukharjee	Director
1998	Ravi Chopra	Director, Producer
1997	Kavi Pradeep	Lyricist
1996	Shivaji Ganeshan	Actor
1995	Dr. Rajkumar	Actor
1994	Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan)	Actor
1993	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Lyricist
1992	Dr. Bhupen Hazarika	Director
1991	Bhalchandra Govind Pendhakar	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
1990	Akkineni Nageshwar Rao	Actor
1989	Lata Maneshkar	Playback Singer
1988	Ashok Kumar	Actor
1987	Rajkapoor	Actor, Director
1986	B. Nagi Reddi	Producer
1985	V. Shantaram	Director, Producer, Actor
1984	Satyajit Ray	Dirctor
1983	Durga khote	Actress
1982	L.V. Prasad	Actor, Dirctor, Producer
1981	Naushad Ali	Music Director
1980	P. Jairaj	Actor, Director
1979	Sohrab Modi	Actor, Director, Producer
1978	Ray Chandra(R.C.) Boral	Music Director, Director
1977	Nitin Bose	Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter
1976	Kanan Devi	Actress
1975	Dhiren Ganguli	Actor, Director
1974	B.N. Reddi	Director
1973	Sulochana (Rubi Myers)	Actress
1972	Pankaj Mallick	Music Director
1971	Prithivi Raj Kapoor (Posthumously)	Actor
1970	Birendra Nath Sircar	Producer
1969	Devika Rani Roerich	Actress