List of Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winners

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. The Award was instituted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered the father of Indian cinema. The award is being given to veterans in the film field such as Actors, Actresses, Producers, Directors, Music Directors and other Technical experts.

• 1969 - Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich (Actress)
• 1970 - B. N. Sircar (Producer)
• 1971 - Prithviraj Kapoor (Actor, Awarded posthumously)
• 1972 - Pankaj Mullick (Music Director)
• 1973 - Ruby Myers (Sulochana, Actress)
• 1974 - Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy (Director)
• 1975 - Dhirendranath Ganguly (Actor, Director)
• 1976 - Kanan Devi (Actress)
• 1977 - Nitin Bose (Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter)
• 1978 - Raichand Boral (Music Director, Director)
• 1979 - Sohrab Modi (Actor, Director, Producer)
• 1980 - Paidi Jairaj (Actor, Director)
• 1981 - Naushad (Music Director)
• 1982 - L. V. Prasad (Actor, Director, Producer)
• 1983 - Durga Khote (Actress)
• 1984 - Satyajit Ray (Director)
• 1985 - V. Shantaram (Actor, Director, Producer)
• 1986 - Bommireddy Nagi Reddy (Producer)
• 1987 - Raj Kapoor (Actor, Director, Producer)
• 1988 - Ashok Kumar (Actor)
• 1989 - Lata Mangeshkar (Playback singer)
• 1990 - Akkineni Nageswara Rao (Actor)
• 1991 - Bhalji Pendharkar (Director, Producer, Screenwriter)
• 1992 - Bhupen Hazarika (Musician, Singer, Poet, Filmmaker, Lyricist)
• 1993 - Majrooh Sultanpuri (Lyricist)
• 1994 - Dilip Kumar (Actor)
• 1995 - Rajkumar (Actor, Singer)
• 1996 - Sivaji Ganesan (Actor)
• 1997 - Pradeep (Lyricist)
• 1998 - B. R. Chopra (Director, Producer)
• 1999 - Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Director)
• 2000 - Asha Bhosle (Playback Singer)
• 2001 - Yash Chopra (Director, Producer)
• 2002 - Dev Anand (Actor, Director, Producer)
• 2003 - Mrinal Sen (Director)
• 2004 - Adoor Gopalakrishnan (Director)
• 2005 - Shyam Benegal (Director)
• 2006 - Tapan Sinha (Director)
• 2007 - Manna Dey (Playback singer)
• 2008 - V. K. Murthy (Cinematographer)
• 2009 - D. Ramanaidu (Producer, Director)
• 2010 - K. Balachander (Director)
• 2011 - Soumitra Chatterjee (Actor)
• 2012 - Pran (Actor)