Dadasaheb Phalke Award

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 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.