Amitabh Bachchan gets Dadasaheb Phalke award

Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Amitabh Bachchan has been selected for the highest Indian film honour- Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2019. The announcement was made by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, through a tweet, in which he said that the legendary Amitabh Bachchan, who entertained and inspired for 2 generations,  has been selected unanimously for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award.

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan has received several prestigious awards to honour his illustrious career including four national awards for best actor and many other international awards.

Amitabh Bachchan is the recipient of India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri in 1984. The legendary actor also received the third-highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the second-highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan in 2015.

Amitabh Bachchan also received the highest French civilian honour,  Knight of the Legion of Honour, in 2007.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest film honour in India. It is conferred annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, under the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The award honours the selected individual for their “outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema.”

The recipient of the prestigious honour is selected by a committee consisting of eminent film industry personalities. The award comprises a ‘swarna kamal’ medallion, a shawl and a cash prize worth Rs 1,000,000.

The award was established by the Union Government to honour Dadasaheb Phalke’s immense contribution to Indian cinema. Dadasaheb Phalke, known as the father of Indian cinema, directed India’s first full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra in 1913.

The first Dadasaheb Phalke Award was presented in 1969 and it was conferred to Devika Rani. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2018 was conferred posthumously to the late actor, Vinod Khanna at the 65th National Film Awards ceremony.

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