The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is an annual award given by the Indian government for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. It was instituted in 1969 the birth centenary year of Dadasaheb Phalke, considered the father of Indian cinema.

Year  Winner  
1969 Devika Rani
1970 B. N. Sircar
1971 Prithviraj Kapoor
1972 Pankaj Mullick
1973 Ruby Myers (Sulochana)
1974 Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy
1975 Dhirendranath Ganguly
1976 Kanan Devi
1977 Nitin Bose
1978 Rai Chand Boral
1979 Sohrab Modi
1980 Paidi Jairaj
1981 Naushad Ali
1982 L. V. Prasad
1983 Durga Khote
1984 Satyajit Ray
1985 V. Shantaram
1986 B. Nagi Reddy
1987 Raj Kapoor
1988 Ashok Kumar
1989 Lata Mangeshkar
1990 A. Nageswara Rao
1991 Bhalji Pendharkar
1992 Bhupen Hazarika
1993 Majrooh Sultanpuri
1994 Dilip Kumar
1995 Dr. Rajkumar
1996 Sivaji Ganesan
1997 Pradeep
1998 B.R. Chopra
1999 Hrishikesh Mukherjee
2000 Asha Bhosle
2001 Yash Chopra
2002 Dev Anand
2003 Mrinal Sen
2004 Adoor Gopalakrishnan
2005 Shyam Benegal
2006 Tapan Sinha
2007 Manna Dev
2008 V. K. Murthy
2009 D. Ramanaidu
2010 K. Balachander
2011 Soumitra Chatterjee
2012 Mr. Pran Sikand
2013 Mr. Gulzar