Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winner List: Superstar Rajinikanth has been conferred with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2021. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar announced the 1 April 2021. Rajinikanth made his debut in 1975 with K Balachander's Apoorva Ragangal and has completed over 45 years in Kollywood.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest honour in cinema, presented by the Directorate of Film Festivals for the recipient's contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema.
The award, named after Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, who is revered as the father of Indian cinema, was instituted in 1969. The recipient receives a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a shawl and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh.
Stalwarts like Satyajit Ray, Nagi Reddy, Raj Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Dilip Kumar, Sivaji Ganesan, Asha Bhosle are some of the recipients of this award.
The last person to receive the award was Amitabh Bachchan in 2018. For the last three years, there had been no nominee.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winners List
| National Awards | Year | Winner | Occupation |
| 66th | 2019 | Rajinikanth | Actor, Producer and Politician |
| 66th | 2018 | Amitabh Bachchan | Actor |
| 65th | 2017 | Vinod Khanna | Actor, Producer and Politician |
| 64th | 2016 | Kasinadhuni Viswanath | Filmmaker and Actor |
| 63rd | 2015 | Manoj Kumar | Actor and Director |
| 62nd | 2014 | Shashi Kapoor | Actor, Director and Producer |
| 61st | 2013 | Gulzar | Poet, Lyricist and Director |
| 60th | 2012 | Pran | Actor |
| 59th | 2011 | Soumitra Chatterjee | Actor |
| 58th | 2010 | K. Balachander | Director |
| 57th | 2009 | D. Ramanaidu | Producer |
| 56th | 2008 | VK Murthy | Cinematographer |
| 55th | 2007 | Manna Dey | Singer |
| 54th | 2006 | Tapan Sinha | Director |
| 53rd | 2005 | Shyam Benegal | Director |
| 52nd | 2004 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Director |
| 51st | 2003 | Mrinal Sen | Director |
| 50th | 2002 | Dev Anand | Actor, Director and Producer |
| 49th | 2001 | Yash Chopra | Director and Producer |
| 48th | 2000 | Asha Bhosle | Singer |
| 47th | 1999 | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Director |
| 46th | 1998 | B.R. Chopra | Director and Producer |
| 45th | 1997 | Pradeep | Lyricist |
| 44th | 1996 | Sivaji Ganesan | Actor |
| 43rd | 1995 | Rajkumar | Actor |
| 42nd | 1994 | Dilip Kumar | Actor |
| 41st | 1993 | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Lyricist |
| 40th | 1992 | Bhupen Hazarika | Composer (Music Director) |
| 39th | 1991 | Bhalji Pendharkar | Director, Producer and Writer |
| 38th | 1990 | Akkineni Nageswara Rao | Actor |
| 37th | 1989 | Lata Mangeshkar | Singer |
| 36th | 1988 | Ashok Kumar | Actor |
| 35th | 1987 | Raj Kapoor | Actor and Director |
| 34th | 1986 | B. Nagi Reddy | Producer |
| 33rd | 1985 | V. Shantaram | Actor, Director and Producer |
| 32nd | 1984 | Satyajit Ray | Director |
| 31st | 1983 | Durga Khote | Actress |
| 30th | 1982 | L. V. Prasad | Actor, Director and Producer |
| 29th | 1981 | Naushad Ali | Composer (Music Director) |
| 28th | 1980 | Paidi Jairaj | Actor and Director |
| 27th | 1979 | Sohrab Modi | Actor, Director and Producer |
| 26th | 1978 | Rai Chand Boral | Composer and Director |
| 25th | 1977 | Nitin Bose | Cinematographer, Director and Writer, |
| 24th | 1976 | Kanan Devi | Actress |
| 23rd | 1975 | Dhirendranath Ganguly | Actor and Director |
| 22nd | 1974 | Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy | Director |
| 21st | 1973 | Ruby Myers (Sulochana) | Actress |
| 20th | 1972 | Pankaj Mullick | Composer (Music Director) |
| 19th | 1971 | Prithviraj Kapoor | Actor (Posthumous) |
| 18th | 1970 | B. N. Sircar | Producer |
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