Chakraborty twins.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India’s highest honor in the field of cinema. It is presented every year during the National Film Awards ceremony. The award consists of a Swarna Kamal medallion, a shawl and a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000. This year at the National Film Awards, this award will be given to veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty for his contribution to Indian cinema. This award was first awarded to actress Device Rani in 1969. Last year, actress Waheeda Rehman was honored with this prestigious award.
Many stars were also honored earlier
Mithun Chakraborty receives this honor for his successful film journey and contribution to cinema. Even earlier, many veterans have been honored for their wonderful journey in films. It contains the names of many stalwarts like Dilip Kumar, Deva Anand, Asha Parekh, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar.
Here you can see the list of veterans honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award so far
- Waheeda Rehman: 2021
- Asha Parekh: 2020
- Rajinikanth: 2019
- Amitabh Bachchan: 2018
- Vinod Khanna: 2017
- Kasinathuni Vishwanath: 2016
- Manoj Kumar: 2015
- Shashi Kapoor: 2014
- Gulzar: 2013
- Pran: 2012
- Soumitra Chatterjee: Bengali
- K Balachander: 2010
- D Ramanaidu: 2009
- V. K. Murthy: 2008
- Manna Day: 2007
- Tapan Sinha: 2006
- Shyam Benegal: 2005
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan: 2004
- Mrinal Sen: 2003
- Dev Anand: 2002
- Yash Chopra: 2001
- Asha Bhosale: 2000
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee: 1999
- BR Chopra: 1998
- Kavi Pradeep: 1997
- Sivaji Ganesan: 1996
- prince: 1995
- Dilip Kumar: 1994
- Majrooh Sultanpuri: 1993
- Bhupen Hazarika: 1992
- Bhalji Pendharkar: 1991
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao: 1990
- The Mangeshkar years: 1989
- Ashok Kumar: 1988
- Raj Kapoor: 1987
- B. Nagi Reddy: 1986
- V Shantaram: 1985
- Satyajit Ray: 1984
- Durga’s Lies: 1983
- L.V. Prasad: 1982
- Naushad: 1981
- Paedi Jayaraj: 1980
- Sohrab Modi: 1979
- Raichand Boral: 1978
- Nitin Bose: 1977
- Kanan Devi: 1976
- Dhirendra Nath Ganguly: 1975
- Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy: 1974
- Ruby Myers: 1973
- Pankaj Malik: 1972
- Prithviraj Kapoor: 1971
- Birendrath Government: 1970
- Devika Rani: 1969
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