With three hit movies in a row, Ali Zafar has earned himself immense respect and goodwill in Bollywood over just two years. Having nominated for several awards last year, it was this year that Ali Zafar received his first Stardust award in Superstar of Tomorrow category.
Now there is another good news for the nation. This talented actor will be bringing a Phalke Academy Award home from the “143rd DADASAHEB PHALKE ACADEMY AWARDS†ceremony. This event is held annually regarding the celebration of Dada Saheb Phalke Jayanti where most senior members of various craft of film production sector including producers, distributors, exhibitors and actors are honored by presenting trophies for their outstanding services to the film Industry. It is a prestigious event for Indian cinema and every Bolywood actor dreams of being honored with Phalke.
Dadasaheb Phalke is known as the pioneer of the Indian Film Industry. He made the first Indian motion picture “Raja Harishchandra” in the year 1913.
The annual event will be held at Mumbai’s Tulip Star, Juhu on May 3 and will honour some of the biggest stars in the film industry. Not to be confused with the Government of India’s ‘Dadasaheb Phalke Award’, veterans like Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna will be present to receive the Phalke Ratna and Legendary Actor trophies respectively. Some of the other prominent awardees at this 143rd event are Waheeda Rehman, Tanuja, Saira Banu, Tanuja and Vidya Balan.
DADASAHEB PHALKE ACADEMY 2012 – PROMINENT AWARDEES LIST
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1 |
Amitabh Bachchan | Phalke Ratna |
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2 |
Tanuja | Legendary Actress |
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3 |
Vinod Khanna | Legendary Actor |
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4 |
Ali Zafar | Phalke New Talent Award |
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5 |
Ajay Devgan (Singham) | Outstanding Performance |
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6 |
Vidya Balan | Phalke Memorable Performance Award |
| (The Dirty Picture) | ||
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7 |
Waheeda Rehman | Phalke Icon Cine Artiste Award |
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8 |
Saira Banu – Dilip Kumar | Saraswatibai Phalke Award |
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9 |
Rohit Shetty | Best Classical & Commercial Director |
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10 |
Dilip Sen- Sameer Sen – Parivar | Phalke Kalpataru Award – Jamaal Sen |
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11 |
Chaitanya Padukone | Senior Film Journalist |
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12 |
Ekta Kapoor | Phalke Icon Producer Award – Film & Television |
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13 |
Ram Kapoor | Best Actor Television |
| (Bade Achhe Lagte Hain) | ||
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14 |
Saakshi Tanvar | Best Television Actress |
| (Bade Achhe Lagte Hain) | ||
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15 |
Parineeti Chopra | Phalke New Talent Award |
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16 |
Farhan Akhtar | Best Commercial Film |
| (Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara) | ||
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17 |
Prakash Raj | Phalke Versatile Cine Star |
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18 |
Ram Gopal Gupta | Phalke Senior Most Producer |
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19 |
Gurudas Maan | Phalke Versatile Singer Award |
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20 |
Neila Devi | Phalke Golden Era Award |
| (Shammi Kapoor’s wife) |
Pakistan’s super singer Ali Zafar, for his three hit movies in Bollywood, will recive DADASAHEB PHALKE ACADEMY AWARD 2012 on 3rd May, 2012 Thursday in India.
