54th Dadashaeb Phalke Award Winner: Mithun Chakraborty

The Union Ministry for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on 30 September 2024 that the jury had selected veteran Hindi and Bengali film actor Mithun Chakraborty as the recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Awards for 2022.

Mithun Chakraborty will be the 54th recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Last year, Waheeda Rehman received the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Awards for 2021.

Mithun Chakraborty will be conferred the award at the 70th National Film Festival award ceremony, which will be held on 8 October 2024.

Asha Parekh, Vipul Shah, and Khusbhu Sundar were members of the Jury that selected the Dadasaheb Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2022.

About Mithun Chakraborty 

The three-time National Films Award winner actor Mithun Chakraborty was born as Gourang Chakraborty on June 16, 1950, in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Alumnus of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, Mithun won the National Film Award for Best Actor in his first film, Mrigayaa (1976).

He won the National Film Award for his acting in the films Tahader Katha (1992) and Swami Vivekananda (1998).

He was also a successful commercial film star, whose film Disco Dancer(1982) not only popularised disco dance in the country but also made him a household name in india.

He has acted in Hindi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Odia, and Telugu films. 

He won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Hindi film Agnipath in 1990.

About the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in honour of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke. He was the pioneer of cinema in India, having made the first film Raja Harishchandra in 1913.

The award is presented annually along with the National Film Awards. It carries a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs, a Swarna Kamal medallion and a shawl.

The Award was first given in 1969, and Devika Rani was the recipient. Waheeda Rahman received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2021.

Winners of the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement  Award 

The following is the list of the Dadsaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award winners, along with the year they won the award, the language in which they worked, and their profession in cinema. 

• Mithun Chakraborty, 2022, Hindi, Bengali Film, Actor
• Waheeda Rehman: 2021, Hindi Film, Actor 
• Asha Parekh: 2020, Hindi Film, Actor.
• Rajinikanth: 2019, Tamil, Hindi, Actor
• Amitabh Bachchan: 2018, Hindi Film, Actor
• Vinod Khanna: 2017, Hindi Film, Actor.
• Kasinathuni Viswanath: 2016, Tamil Film, Director
• Manoj Kumar: 2015, Hindi Film, Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
• Shashi Kapoor: 2014, Hindi Film, Actor.
• Gulzar: 2013,Hindi Film, Song Writer.
• Pran: 2012, Hindi Film, Actor.
• Soumitra Chatterjee: Bengali Film, Actor and Writer.
• K Balachander: 2010, Tamil, Writer, Director
• D Ramanaidu: 2009,Telugu, Hindi Film,Producer
• VK Murthy: 2008, Hindi, Cinematographer.
• Manna Dey: 2007, Hindi and Bengali Film, Singer.
• Tapan Sinha: 2006, Hindi and Bengali Film, Director
• Shyam Benegal: 2005, Hindi Film, Director.
• Adoor Gopalakrishnan: 2004, Malayalam Film, Director and Producer.
• Mrinal Sen: 2003, Hindi and Bengali Film, Director and Producer
• Dev Anand: 2002, Hindi Film, Actor, Producer and Director. 
• Yash Chopra: 2001, Hindi Film Director and Producer.
• Asha Bhosle: 2000, Hindi, Marathi, Singer.
• Hrishikesh Mukherjee: 1999, Hindi Film, Director
• BR Chopra: 1998, Hindi Film, Producer and Director
• Kavi Pradeep: 1997, Hindi Film, Songwriter.
• Sivaji Ganesan: 1996, Tamil Film, Actor and Producer.
• Rajkumar: 1995, Kannada Film, Actor 
• Dilip Kumar: 1994, Hindi, Actor.
• Majrooh Sultanpuri: 1993, Hindi Films, Songwriter.
• Bhupen Hazarika: 1992, Assamese Film, Singer
• Bhalji Pendharkar: 1991, Marathi film, Actor, Writer, Producer.
• Akkineni Nageswara Rao: 1990, Telugu, Actor and Director.
• Lata Mangeshkar: 1989,Hindi and Marathi , Singer.
• Ashok Kumar: 1988, Hindi and Bengali Films, Actor, singer
• Raj Kapoor: 1987, Hindi films, Actor, Director, Producer.
• B Nagi Reddy: 1986, Telugu, Hindi films, Producer and Director.
• V Shantaram: 1985, Hindi and Marathi Film, Actor and Director
• Satyajit Ray: 1984, Bengali, Hindi Film - Writer, Director
• Durga Khote: 1983, Hindi Films, Actor
• LV Prasad: 1982, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi, Actor, Director, Producer.
• Naushad: 1981, Hindi Film, Music Composer.
• Paidi Jairaj: 1980, Hindi Film, Actor and Director 
• Sohrab Modi: 1979, Hindi Films, Actor, Director and Producer.
• Raichand Boral: 1978 ,Bengali and Hindi  Music composer.
• Nitin Bose: 1977, Bengali and Hindi film Director, Cinematographer and Writer
• Kanan Devi: 1976, Bengali film actor, singer and producer
• Dhirendra Nath Ganguly: 1975, Bengali film actor, director and producer
• Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy: 1974, Telugu film Director.
• Ruby Myers(famous as Sulochana): 1973, Hindi film, Actress.
• Pankaj Mullick: 1972, Hindi, Bengali Film, Music Composer, singer and actor
• Prithviraj Kapoor: 1971, Hindi Film
• Birendranath Sircar: 1970 , Bengali Film 
• Devika Rani: 1969 - Hindi Film