Dadasaheb Phalke Award-Recipients

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered the father of Indian cinema.
Following is the list of award winners:

Name of Awardee	Year	Occupation/Field
D. Ramanaidu	2009	Producer
V. K. Murthy	2008	Cinematographer
Manna Dey	2007	Playback Singer
Tapan Sinha	2006	Director
Shyam Benegal	2005	Director
Adoor Gopalakrishnan	2004	Director
Mrinal Sen	2003	Director
Dev Anand	2002	Actor, Director, Producer
Yash Chopra	2001	Director, Producer
Asha Bhosle	2000	Playback Singer
Hrishikesh Mukherjee	1999	Director
B.R. Chopra	1998	Director, Producer
Pradeep	1997	Lyricist
Sivaji Ganesan	1996	Actor
Rajkumar	1995	Actor
Dilip Kumar	1994	Actor
Majrooh Sultanpuri	1993	Lyricist
Bhupen Hazarika	1992	Director
Bhalji Pendharkar	1991	Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Akkineni Nageswara Rao	1990	Actor
Lata Mangeshkar	1989	Playback Singer
Ashok Kumar	1988	Actor
Raj Kapoor	1987	Actor, Director
B. Nagi Reddy	1986	Producer
V. Shantaram	1985	Actor, Director, Producer
Satyajit Ray	1984	Director
Durga Khote	1983	Actress
L. V. Prasad	1982	Actor, Director, Producer
Naushad Ali	1981	Music Director
Paidi Jairaj	1980	Actor, Director
Sohrab Modi	1979	Actor, Director, Producer
Rai Chand Boral	1978	Music Director, Director
Nitin Bose	1977	Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter
Kanan Devi	1976	Actress
Dhirendranath Ganguly	1975	Actor, Director
Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy	1974	Director
Ruby Myers (Sulochana)	1973	Actress
Pankaj Mullick	1972	Music Director
Prithviraj Kapoor	1971	Actor (Posthumous)
B. N. Sircar	1970	Producer
Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich	1969	Actress