🔆 Dadasaheb Phalke Award 📍 Context ✅ Actor Mithun Chakraborty has been awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award. 📍 About the Award ✅ Established: 1969, named after Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, regarded as the father of Indian cinema. ✅ Honors: Recipients receive: 1.A shawl 2.The Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion 3.A cash prize of ₹10 lakh 📍 Notable Recipients ✅ Satyajit Ray, Raj Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar, among other celebrated awardees. ✅ First Awardee (1969): Devika Rani, honored for her contributions to Indian cinema. 📍 About Dadasaheb Phalke ✅ Born on 30 April 1870 in Trimbak, Bombay Presidency. ✅ Education: Attended Sir J. J. School of Art, Bombay, completed a one-year drawing course. ✅ Legacy: Directed India’s first full-length silent feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913). Produced 95 feature-length & 27 short films, including: Mohini Bhasmasur Satyavan Savitri Lanka Dahan Shri Krishna Janma Kaliya Mardan #art_and_culture