Important Facts For Prelims
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
- 25 Sep 2019
- 1 min read
Recently, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2019 will be presented to Amitabh Bachchan.
- It is the country’s highest film honour conferred for “Outstanding contribution for the growth and development of Indian cinema”.
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award was introduced by the government in 1969 and it was awarded for the first time to Devika Rani, “the first lady of Indian cinema”.
Dadasaheb Phalke
- Dadasaheb Phalke directed India's first feature film Raja Harischandra (1913).
- He was an Indian producer, director, and screenwriter.
- He is known as “Father of Indian Cinema”.
- The government of India instituted Dadasaheb Phalke Award in his honour for a lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.
