The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969, the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered the father of Indian cinema.

The recipients of Dada Saheb Phalke Award

1969 - Devika Rani Roerich, actress
1970 - B.N. Sircar
1971 - Prithviraj Kapoor, actor (posthumous)
1972 - Pankaj Mullick
1973 - Sulochana (Ruby Myers)
1974 - B.N. Reddy
1975 - Dhiren Ganguly
1976 - Kanan Devi, actress
1977 - Nitin Bose
1978 - R.C. Boral
1979 - Sohrab Modi
1980 - P. Jairaj
1981 - Naushad Ali, composer
1982 - L.V. Prasad
1983 - Durga Khote, actress
1984 - Satyajit Ray, director
1985 - V. Shantaram, director, producer, actor
1986 - B. Nagi Reddy
1987 - Raj Kapoor, actor, director
1988 - Ashok Kumar, actor
1989 - Lata Mangeshkar, singer
1990 - A. Nageswara Rao, actor
1991 - Bhalji Pendharkar
1992 - Bhupen Hazarika, composer
1993 - Majrooh Sultanpuri, lyricist
1994 - Dilip Kumar, actor
1995 - Dr. Rajkumar, actor
1996 - Sivaji Ganesan, actor
1997 - Pradeep, lyricist
1998 - B.R. Chopra, director, producer
1999 - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, director
2000 - Asha Bhosle, singer
2001 - Yash Chopra, director, producer
2002 - Dev Anand, actor, director, producer
2003 - Mrinal Sen, director
2004 - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, director
2005 - Shyam Benegal - director
2006 - Tapan Sinha - director