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Dadasaheb Phalke Award

  • 25 Sep 2019
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Recently, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2019 will be presented to Amitabh Bachchan.

  • It is the country’s highest film honour conferred for “Outstanding contribution for the growth and development of Indian cinema”.
  • Dadasaheb Phalke Award was introduced by the government in 1969 and it was awarded for the first time to Devika Rani, “the first lady of Indian cinema”.

Dadasaheb Phalke

  • Dadasaheb Phalke directed India's first feature film Raja Harischandra (1913).
  • He was an Indian producer, director, and screenwriter.
  • He is known as “Father of Indian Cinema”.
  • The government of India instituted Dadasaheb Phalke Award in his honour for a lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.

Source: TH

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