Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for Yash Chopra, Rajesh Khanna
News
oi-Tarneet
By Puri
Mumbai:
Filmmaker
Yash
Chopra,
actor
Rajesh
Khanna,
legendary
playback
singer
Asha
Bhosale
are
among
those
Bollywood
legends,
who
will
be
honoured
with
the
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Academy
Awards
on
April
30.
Bhosale
will
be
presented
with
the
Phalke
Ratna
Award
for
her
contribution
in
the
field
of
music
for
five
decades.
Late
Yash
Chopra
will
be
conferred
with
the
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Academy
Award
for
his
services
to
the
Indian
film
industry
as
the
iconic
filmmaker
while
his
wife
Pamela
will
receive
the
Saraswatibai
Phalke
Award.
Khanna,
who
died
in
July
last
year,
will
be
honoured
as
the
first
superstar
of
Indian
cinema
award.
Akshay
Kumar
will
receive
the
Best
Actor
award
for
Rowdy
Rathore
and
his
mother-in-law
Dimple
Kapadia
will
get
the
Phalke
Ever
Memorable
actor
award.
Manoj
Bajpai
will
get
the
Phalke
Excellent
Performance
award
for
the
film
Gangs
of
Wasseypur,
while
Irrfan
Khan
will
be
given
the
Phalke
Memorable
Performance
Award
for
Paan
Singh
Tomar.
Govinda
will
be
presented
with
the
Phalke
Versatile
Actor
award.
Newcomer
Arjun
Kapoor
will
be
honoured
with
Phalke
Debut
Actor
Award
and
music
composer-singer-actor
Himesh
Reshamiya
will
be
presented
the
Phalke
Best
Supporting
Actor
Award
for
Khiladi
786.
Veteran
actor
Prem
Chopra
will
receive
the
Phalke
senior
actor
(negative
role)
Award
and
Mala
Sinha
will
be
given
the
Phalke
Icon
Cine
Artiste
Award.
"Dadasaheb
Phalke
is
the
father
of
film
industry
and
it
is
because
of
him
so
many
people
got
job
in
film
industry.
We
are
thankful
to
him
and
the
Academy
to
consider
me
for
this
award," Prem
Chopra
said
mouthing
his
famous
dialogue
'Prem
Naam
Hai
Mera
Prem
Chopra'.
TV
actors
Disha
Vakani
and
Dilip
Joshi
will
be
given
away
the
best
TV
actor
and
actress
in
small
screen
category,
for
their
performances
in
the
popular
show
'Tarak
Mehta
Ka
Ulta
Chashma'.
The
event
is
held
annually
to
celebrate
Dada
Saheb
Phalke
Jayanti,
where
most
senior
members
of
various
craft
of
film
production
sector
are
honoured
by
presenting
trophies
for
their
outstanding
services
to
the
industry.
The
13th
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Academy
Awards
will
be
held
on
April
30
at
Bhaidas
Auditorium
in
suburban
Vile
Parle.