The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India’s premier film award. The Film Festival Secretariat, established by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, presents the awards at the annual National Film Awards Ceremony. The recipients are selected by a committee of eminent personalities honoured for their outstanding contributions to the development and growth of Indian cinema.
The Government of India introduced the award, presented for the first time in 1969. It was introduced to commemorate Dadasaheb Phalke’s contribution to Indian cinema. Dadasaheb is popularly regarded as ‘the father of Indian Cinema’. India’s first full-length feature film was directed by him. The award is one of the most prestigious awards in the country.
There are various film festivals and awards named after Dadasaheb Phalke. It includes Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards, Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival, Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards, etc. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award rewarded to the recipients comprises a Swarna Kamal medallion, a cash prize of Rs 10 Lakhs and a Shawl. The are numerous prominent personalities who received this award, including Asha Parekh, Rajnikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, K Viswanath, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Gulzar, Pran, Soumitra Chatterjee, K Balachander, D Ramanaidu, V K Murthy, and others.
Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2023
This year the Dadasaheb Phalke Awards was organised on February 20, 2023. It was attended by various Bollywood and South Indian film celebrities. Among whom many of them received the award.
A look at the awards of this year:
- Film of the year to RRR.
- The couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were honoured with Best Actor and Best Actress Awards, respectively.
- Varun Dhawan was awarded the Critics Best Actor award, and the Critics Best Actress Award was given to Vidya Balan.
- Salmaan Dulquer received the award for Best Actor in a Negative Role.
- The award for Best Director named it R. Balki.
- PS Vinod received the award for being the Best Cinematographer.
- The award for Most Promising Actor was given to Rishabh Shetty.
- Manish Paul received the award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
- The Best Playback Singer (Male) award was awarded to Sachet Tandon.
- The Best Playback Singer (Female) award went to Neeti Mohan.
- Rudra: The Edge of Darkness (Hindi) received the Best Web Series Award.
- Anupam Kher received the Most Versatile Actor Award.
- The television Series of the Year award was given to Anupama.
- Zain Imam received the Best Actor in a Television series award for Fanaa.
- Tejasswi Prakash received the Best Actress in a Television Series award.
- The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2023 for Outstanding Contribution in the Film Industry was awarded to Rekha.
- Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2023 for Outstanding Contribution in the Music Industry was awarded to Hariharan.
