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Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to honour the film personalities who have enriched the Hindi film industry with their profound contribution over the years.

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Filmfare Lifetime Achievement AwardThe Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by Filmfare every year in its Filmfare Awards, honouring eminent film personalities and their paramount contribution to the Hindi film industry throughout their career.

Initially named the Raj Kapoor Award for Lifetime Achievement, after the legendary film personality Raj Kapoor, it was first presented in the year 1991, to the legendary megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who with his work had earned nationwide phenomenal popularity and acclaim, after contributing to Hindi films for a span of over two decades by then.

Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award at 61st Filmfare Awards
In the 61st edition of Filmfare Awards held in January, 2016, actress Moushumi Chatterjee was honoured with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. Her illustrious career in films spans nearly 50 years, having acted in Bollywood as well as in Bengali films, both as lead heroine and supporting actress. Her on-screen pairings with the likes of Rajesh Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, Jeetendra, Sanjeev Kumar and Vinod Mehra were popular and she was the third highest paid Hindi film actress in 1973-1978. She was last seen in the 2015 comedy drama film "Piku", alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan, as Chhobi Mashi, the maternal aunt of Deepika Padukone"s character Piku. The film was directed by Shoojit Sircar, who also presented her the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.

List of Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award recipients
The recipients of the esteemed Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award since its first presentation in 1991 are enlisted hereunder.

Year Lifetime Achievement Awardee
2016 Moushumi Chatterjee
2015 Kamini Kaushal
2014 Tanuja
2013 Yash Chopra
2012 Pyarelal&Aruna Irani
2011 Manna Dey
2010 Shashi Kapoor & Mohammed Zahur Khayyam
2009 Bhanu Athaiya&Om Puri
2008 Rishi Kapoor
2007 Javed Akhtar&Jaya Bachchan
2006 Shabana Azmi
2005 Rajesh Khanna
2004 Sulochana Latkar, Nirupa Roy&B. R. Chopra
2003 Jeetendra & Rekha
2002 Gulzar&Asha Parekh
2001 Feroz Khan&Asha Bhosle
2000 Vinod Khanna&Hema Malini
1999 Manoj Kumar&Helen
1998 Sharmila Tagore
1997 Dharmendra, Mumtaz&Pran
1996 Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt&Vyjayanthimala
1995 Shammi Kapoor&Waheeda Rehman
1994 Lata Mangeshkar
1993 Dilip Kumar
1992 Dev Anand
1991 Amitabh Bachchan



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