Dadasaheb Phalke Award is given by the government of India. This award is annually given to acknowledge the lifetime contribution of an Indian cinema personality towards Indian cinema. Back in the year 1969, during the birth centenary of the legendary Indian cinema personality, Dada Saheb Phalke, this award was instituted for the very first time, to commemorate the contribution and to honor the distinguished contribution to the growth and promotion of the Indian film medium.

The first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was actress Devika Rani Roerich. That was just the beginning and since then, the award has been bestowed on some of the legendary personalities of the Indian film industry. Dadasaheb Phalke award for one particular year is offered during the end of the following year coupled with the National Film Award.

Following is a list of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award winners:

National Awards	Year	Winner	Occupation
17th	1969	Devika Rani	actress
18th	1970	B. N. Sircar	producer
19th	1971	Prithviraj Kapoor	actor (posthumous)
20th	1972	Pankaj Mullick	composer (music director)
21st	1973	Ruby Myers (Sulochana)	actress
22nd	1974	Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy	Director
23rd	1975	Dhirendranath Ganguly	actor, director
24th	1976	Kanan Devi	actress
25th	1977	Nitin Bose	cinematographer, director, writer,
26th	1978	Rai Chand Boral	composer, director
27th	1979	Sohrab Modi	actor, director, producer
28th	1980	Paidi Jairaj	actor, director
29th	1981	Naushad Ali	composer (music director)
30th	1982	L. V. Prasad	actor, director, producer
31st	1983	Durga Khote	actress
32nd	1984	Satyajit Ray	director
33rd	1985	V. Shantaram	actor, director, producer
34th	1986	B. Nagi Reddy	producer
35th	1987	Raj Kapoor	actor, director
36th	1988	Ashok Kumar	actor
37th	1989	Lata Mangeshkar	singer
38th	1990	A. Nageswara Rao	actor
39th	1991	Bhalji Pendharkar	director, producer, writer
40th	1992	Bhupen Hazarika	composer (music director)
41st	1993	Majrooh Sultanpuri	lyricist
42nd	1994	Dilip Kumar	actor
43rd	1995	Rajkumar	actor
44th	1996	Sivaji Ganesan	actor
45th	1997	Pradeep	lyricist
46th	1998	B.R. Chopra	director, producer
47th	1999	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	director
48th	2000	Asha Bhosle	singer
49th	2001	Yash Chopra	director, producer
50th	2002	Dev Anand	actor, director, producer
51st	2003	Mrinal Sen	director
52nd	2004	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	director
53rd	2005	Shyam Benegal	director
54th	2006	Tapan Sinha	director
55th	2007	pending announcement