Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar receive Dadasaheb Phalke Academy awards


Big B, Dilip Kumar receive Dadasaheb Phalke Academy award

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar wife Saira Bano, veteran actors Tanuja and Vinod Khanna and others have received Dadasaheb Phalke Academy awards.

Bachchan got the Phalke Ratna award, while Saira Bano and Dilip Kumar got Saraswatibai Phalke award, at a ceremony held on May 3, 2012.

Veteran actors Tanuja and Vinod Khanna were handed over Legendary actor award in male and female category, respectively, Waheeda Rehman received Phalke Icon Cine Artiste award.

Ram Gopal Gupta was given Phalke Senior Most Producer award, Gurudas Maan got Phalke Versatile Singer award and Neila Devi received Phalke Golden Era award (Shammi Kapoor’s wife).

Among the young lot of actors, Vidya Balan got Phalke Memorable Performance award (The Dirty Picture), Ajay Devgan got Outstanding Performance award (Singham), Parineeti Chopra and Pakistani singer-turnedactor Ali Zafar received Phalke New Talent award in male and female category, Farhan Akhtar was handed over Best Commercial Film (Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara), Prakash Raj got Phalke Versatile Cine Star. Ekta Kapoor was given Phalke Icon Producer award-Film and Television.

Besides the awards, Big B unveiled a wax statue of Dadasaheb Phalke, the Hindi film pioneer who directed India’s first full-length feature, ‘Raja Harishchandra’ in 1913.

Dadasaheb Phalke Academy awards are being held in the name of father of Indian cinema Dadasaheb Phalke. This award is different from the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award instituted by the Government of India. In the Television segment, Ram Kapoor got Best Actor Television (Bade Achhe Lagte Hain) and Saakshi Tanvar received Best Television Actress (Bade Achhe Lagte Hain).

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