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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

The Dadasaheb 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 centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke,considered as the father of Indian cinema.
The award for a particular year is given during the end of the following year along with the National Film Awards. The award comprises a Swarna Kamal (golden lotus) medallion, a cash prize of 1 million and a shawl.

Following are the recipients of the award from the South-Indian film Industry

Year
Name
1982
L V Prasad
1986
B Nagi Reddy
1990
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
1995
Rajkumar
1996
Sivaji Ganesan
2004
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
2009
D Rama Naidu
2010
K Balachander

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