DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD
- April 2, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD
Subject : Current Events
Context : The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Rajinikanth after he has been conferred with the DadasahebPhalke Award for the year 2019.
Concept :
- DadasahebPhalke award is India’s highest award in cinema.
- It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals (an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting).
- The award prize consists of a golden lotus, a cash prize of ₹10 lakh and a shawl.
- The award is given to people for their “outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema”.
- It was first presented in 1969. The first recipient of the award was actress Devika Rani, “the first lady of Indian cinema.”
DadasahebPhalke
- DadasahebPhalke (1870–1944), was an Indian film-maker who directed India’s first full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913).
- He is regarded as “the father of Indian cinema.”