Amitabh Bachchan will receive the 50th Dada Sahab Phalke Award. The big announcement was made by Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Prakash Javdekar on Tuesday
"The legend Amitabh Bachchan who entertained and inspired for 2 generations has been selected unanimously for #DadaSahabPhalke award. The entire country and international community is happy. My heartiest Congratulations to him. @narendramodi @SrBachchan" tweeted the Union minister.
As of 2017, the award comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a shawl, and a cash prize of ₹1,000,000.
Here's is the complete list of winners:
Year Receipient Name Field
1969 |
Devika Rani Roerich |
Actress |
1970 |
Birendra Nath Sircar |
Producer |
1971 |
Prithiviraj Kapoor (Posthumously) |
Actor |
1972 |
Pankaj Mallick |
Music Director |
1973 |
Sulochana |
Actress |
1974 |
B.N. Reddi |
Director |
1975 |
Dhiren Ganguli |
Actor, Director |
1976 |
Kanan Devi |
Actress |
1977 |
Nitin Bose |
Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter |
1978 |
Ray Chandra(R.C.) Boral |
Music Director, Director |
1979 |
Sohrab Modi |
Actor, Director, Producer |
1980 |
P. Jairaj |
Actor, Director |
1981 |
Naushad Ali |
Music Director |
1982 |
L.V. Prasad |
Actor, Director, Producer |
1983 |
Durga khote |
Actress |
1984 |
Satyajit Ray |
Director |
1985 |
V. Shantaram |
Director, Producer, Actor |
1986 |
B. Nagi Reddi |
Producer |
1987 |
Raj kapoor |
Actor, Director |
1988 |
Ashok Kumar |
Actor |
1989 |
Lata Mangeshkar |
Playback Singer |
1990 |
Akkineni Nageshwar Rao |
Actor |
1991 |
Bhalchandra Govind Pendharkar |
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1992 |
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika |
Director |
1993 |
Majrooh Sultanpuri |
Lyricist |
1994 |
Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan) |
Actor |
1995 |
Dr. Rajkumar |
Actor |
1996 |
Shivaji Ganesan |
Actor |
1997 |
Kavi Pradeep |
Lyricist |
1998 |
Ravi Chopra |
Director, Producer |
1999 |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
Director |
2000 |
Asha Bhonsle |
Playback Singer |
2001 |
Yash Chopra |
Director, Producer |
2002 |
Dev Anand |
Director, Producer, Actor |
2003 |
Mrinal Sen |
Director |
2004 |
Adoor Gopalkrishnan |
Director |
2005 |
Brij Bhushan Chaturvedi |
Director |
2006 |
Shayam Benegal |
Director |
2007 |
Manna De |
Playback Singer |
2008 |
V.K. Moorthy |
Cinematographer |
2009 |
D. Rama Naidu |
Producer |
2010 |
K. Balachander |
Director |
2011 |
Soumitra Chatterjee |
Actor |
2012 |
Pran Krishan Sikand |
Actor |
2013 |
Gulzar |
Poet, Filmmaker |
2014 |
Shashi Kapoor |
Actor |
2015 |
Manoj Kumar |
Actor |
2016 |
Kasinathuni Viswanath |
Director |
2017 |
Vinod Khanna |
Actor |
2018 Amitabh Bachchan Actor |
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