Superstar Rajinikanth To Be Conferred With Prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Superstar Rajinikanth will be honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2019 for his contribution to the Indian cinema. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar took to Twitter and announce the news.

"Happy to announce #Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2019 to one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian cinema Rajnikant Ji. His contribution as actor, producer, and screenwriter has been iconic", Mr. Javadekar, the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, wrote in his post.



The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2019 was supposed to announce last year but postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic. The jury of singers Asha Bhosle and Shankar Mahadevan, actors Mohanlal and Biswajeet, and filmmaker Subhash Ghai selected Rajinikanth for this prestigious honor.

Happy to announce #Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2019 to one of the greatest actors in history of Indian cinema Rajnikant ji

His contribution as actor, producer and screenwriter has been iconic

I thank Jury @ashabhosle @SubhashGhai1 @Mohanlal@Shankar_Live #BiswajeetChatterjee pic.twitter.com/b17qv6D6BP

— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) April 1, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also congratulated Rajinikanth on receiving the honor. "Popular across generations, a body of work few can boast of, diverse roles and an endearing personality...that’s Shri @rajinikanth Ji for you. It is a matter of immense joy that Thalaiva has been conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Congratulations to him", PM tweeted.

Popular across generations, a body of work few can boast of, diverse roles and an endearing personality...that’s Shri @rajinikanth Ji for you.

It is a matter of immense joy that Thalaiva has been conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Congratulations to him.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 1, 2021

The 70-year old Rajinikanth is among Indian cinema's most iconic stars. He made his debut in the 1975 Tamil film Apoorva Ragangal and delivered superhit films such as Billu, Muthu, Baashha, Sivaji, and Enthiran. Rajinikanth also starred in several Bollywood hits such as Hum and Chaalbaaz. His last few film releases were Petta (2019) and Darbar last year. Rajinikanth will next be seen in the Tamil movie Annaatthe which is scheduled to release on November 4, this year.

The Dadasaheb Phalke is the highest honor in film and is awarded by the government for excellence in cinematic achievement. The recipient of the 2018 award was Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth's close friend and co-star from Hum.

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