Dadasaheb Phalke Award
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969, the birth centenary year of Devika Rani
- 1971 - B.N.Sircar
- 1972 - Prithviraj Kapoor
- 1973 - Pankaj Mullick
- 1974 - Sulochana
- 1975 - B.N.Reddi
- 1976 - Dhiren Ganguly
- 1977 - Kanan Devi
- 1978 - Nitin Bose
- 1979 - R.C.Boral
- 1980 - Sohrab Modi
- 1981 - Jairaj
- 1982 - Naushad
- 1983 - L.V.Prasad
- 1984 - Durga Khote
- 1985 - Satyajit Ray
- 1986 - V.Shantaram
- 1987 - B.Nagi Reddi
- 1988 - Raj Kapoor
- 1989 - Ashok Kumar
- 1990 - Lata Mangeshkar
- 1991 - A.Nageswara Rao
- 1992 - Bhalji Pendharkar
- 1993 - Bhupen Hazarika
- 1994 - Majrooh Sultanpuri
- 1995 - Dilip Kumar
- 1996 - Raj Kumar
- 1997 - Sivaji Ganesan
- 1998 - Pradeep
- 1999 - B.R.Chopra
- 2000 - Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- 2001 - Yash Chopra
- 2002 - Dev Anand
- 2003 - to be announced
