Important Points to know about Dada Saheb Phalke and award:-
- The Dada Saheb Phalke award is India’s highest award in cinema given annually by the government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.
- It was instituted in 1969, the birth anniversary year of Dada Saheb Phalke, considered as the father of Indian cinema.
- Presented first to Dada Saheb Phalke by government of India in 1969 who directed India’s first full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913).
- His real name is Dhundiraj Govind Phalke.
- Devika Rani was the first recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke award. (first lady of Indian cinema).
| Ceremonial Year (NFA) | Recipient |
| 2021 (69th NFA) | Waheeda Rehman |
| 2020 (68th NFA) | Asha Parekh |
| 2019 (67th) | Rajnikanth |
| 2018 (66th) | Amitabh Bachchan |
| 2017 (65th) | Vinod Khanna |
| 2016 (64th) | Kasinathuni Viswanath |
| 2015 (63rd) | Manoj Kumar |
| 2014 (62nd) | Shashi Kapoor |
| 2013 (61st) | Gulzar |
| 2012 (60th) | Pran |
| 2011 (59th) | Soumitra Chatterjee |
| 2010 (58th) | K. Balachander |
| 2009 (57th) | D. Ramanaidu |
| 2008 (56th) | V. K. Murthy |
| 2007(55th) | Manna Dey |
| 2006 (54th) | Tapan Sinha |
| 2005 (53rd) | Shyam Benegal |
| 2004 (52nd) | Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
| 2003 (51st) | Mrinal Sen |
| 2002 (50th) | Dev Anand |
| 2001 (49th) | Yash Chopra |
| 2000 (48th) | Asha Bhosle |
| 1999 (47th) | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
| 1998 (46th) | B. R. Chopra |
| 1997 (45th) | Kavi Pradeep |
| 1996 (44th) | Sivaji Ganesan |
| 1995 (43rd) | Rajkumar |
| 1994 (42nd) | Dilip Kumar |
| 1993 (41st) | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
| 1992 (40th) | Bhupen Hazarika |
| 1991 (39th) | Bhalji Pendharkar |
| 1990 (38th) | Akkineni Nageswara Rao |
| 1989 (37th) | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 1988 (36th) | Ashok Kumar |
| 1987 (35th) | Raj Kapoor |
| 1986 (34th) | B. Nagi Reddy |
| 1985 (33rd) | V. Shantaram |
| 1984 (32nd) | Satyajit Ray |
| 1983 (31st) | Durga Khote |
| 1982 (30th) | L. V. Prasad |
| 1981 (29th) | Naushad |
| 1980 (28th) | Paidi Jairaj |
| 1979 (27th) | Sohrab Modi |
| 1978 (26th) | Raichand Boral |
| 1977 (25th) | Nitin Bose |
| 1976 (24th) | Kanan Devi |
| 1975 (23rd) | Dhirendra Nath Ganguly |
| 1974 (22nd) | Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy |
| 1973 (21st) | Ruby Myers (Sulochana) |
| 1972 (20th) | Pankaj Mullick |
| 1971 (19th) | Prithviraj Kapoor |
| 1970 (18th) | Birendranath Sircar |
| 1969 (17th) | Devika Rani |
