Dadasaheb Phalke award 2019 winner

Dadasaheb Phalke award 2019

Amitabh Bachchan 

has been selected 

for the highest Indian 

film honour- Dadasaheb 

Phalke award for 

the year 2019. The 

announcement was 

made by Union Minister 

Prakash Javadekar.

Amitabh Bachchan is the recipient of India's fourth-highest 

civilian honour, the Padma Shri in 1984. The legendary 

actor also received the third-highest civilian honour, the 

Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the second-highest civilian 

honour, the Padma Vibhushan in 2015. 

Amitabh Bachchan also received the highest French 

civilian honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, in 2007.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest film honour in India. 

It is conferred annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, 

under the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The award honours the selected individual for their 

"outstanding contribution to the growth and development 

of Indian cinema."

The recipient of the prestigious honour is selected by a 

committee consisting of eminent film industry personalities.

The award comprises a 'swarna kamal' medallion, a shawl and 

a cash prize worth Rs 1,000,000. The award was established 

by the Union Government to honour Dadasaheb Phalke's 

immense contribution to Indian cinema. Dadasaheb Phalke, 

known as the father of Indian cinema, directed India's first 

full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra in 1913. 

The first Dadasaheb Phalke Award was 

presented in 1969 and it was conferred 

to Devika Rani. The Dadasaheb Phalke 

Award 2018 was conferred posthumously 

to the late actor, Vinod Khanna at the 65th 

National Film Awards ceremony.