Monday, November 5, 2007

The 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 Dadasaheb Phalke, considered the father of Indian cinema.

Dhundiraj Govind Phalke popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, (April 30, 1870 - February 16, 1944) is known as the father of Indian cinema.

Dadasaheb Phalke was born in Nasik. He joined Sir J. J. School of Arts, Bombay in 1885. He made films for about three decades from 1910 to 1940, mostly in the role of director.

Raja Harishchandra is a 1913 silent Indian film directed by Dadasaheb Phalke, based on a story from the Mahabharata. This film was the first full-length Indian feature film. Phalke was greatly influenced by the style of painter Raja Ravi Verma (Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) was an Indian painter who achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana) in the making of this film.

Credited cast of film Raja Harishchandra
D.D. Dabke .... Raja Harishchandra
P.G. Sane .... Taramati


The list of winners are:
• 1969 - Devika Rani, actress
• 1970 - B.N. Sircar
• 1971 - Prithviraj Kapoor, actor
• 1972 - Pankaj Mullick
• 1973 - Sulochana
• 1974 - V.N. Reddi
• 1975 - Dhiren Ganguly
• 1976 - Kanan Devi, actress
• 1977 - Nitin Bose
• 1978 - R.C. Boral
• 1979 - Sohrab Modi
• 1980 - Jairaj
• 1981 - Naushad, composer
• 1982 - L.V. Prasad
• 1983 - Durga Khote, actress
• 1984 - Satyajit Ray, director
• 1985 - V. Shantaram, director, producer, actor
• 1986 - B. Nagi Reddi
• 1987 - Raj Kapoor, actor, director
• 1988 - Ashok Kumar, actor
• 1989 - Lata Mangeshkar, singer
• 1990 - A. Nageswara Rao, actor
• 1991 - Bhalji Pendharkar
• 1992 - Bhupen Hazarika, composer
• 1993 - Majrooh Sultanpuri, lyricist
• 1994 - Dilip Kumar, actor
• 1995 - Raj Kumar, actor
• 1996 - Sivaji Ganesan, actor
• 1997 - Pradeep, lyricist
• 1998 - B.R. Chopra, director, producer
• 1999 - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, director
• 2000 - Asha Bhosle, singer
• 2001 - Yash Chopra, director, producer
• 2002 - Dev Anand, actor, director, producer
• 2003 - Mrinal Sen, director
• 2004 - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, director
2005 - Shyam Benegal

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