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  Awardname Dadasaheb Phalke Award
  Category Indian Cinema
  Instituted 1969
  Firstawarded 1969
  Awardedby Govt Of India
  Description Lifetime Achievement award
  Firstawardees Devika Rani


The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the India n 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 award for a particular year is given during the end of the following year along with the National Film Awards . There were no awards given in 2006 although the results had been finalized. The Bombay High Court had directed the Directorate of Film Festivals of India (DFFI) to consider uncensored films for the competition, a case which DFFI contested and won in the Supreme Court in late 2006. The awards will be announced in May 2007.

The list of winners are: