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Awards & HonoursEasyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2017, Paper I

Who among the following has won the Dadasaheb Phalke award for the year 2016 ?

  1. A.K Viswanath
  2. B.Shashi Kapoor
  3. C.Gulzar
  4. D.Manoj Kumar

Correct answer

A. K Viswanath

Explanation

The correct answer is A, K Viswanath. The Telugu film-maker K. Viswanath received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2016, presented in May 2017.

Kasinadhuni Viswanath was known for films built around Indian classical music and dance, above all Sankarabharanam (1980), as well as Sagara Sangamam and Swathi Muthyam. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest honour in cinema, was instituted in 1969 and is given with the National Film Awards; its first recipient was the actress Devika Rani. It is named after Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, who made Raja Harishchandra (1913), India's first full-length feature film.

B is wrong: Shashi Kapoor received the award for 2014.

C is wrong: the lyricist and director Gulzar received it for 2013.

D is wrong: Manoj Kumar was honoured for 2015, a year before K. Viswanath.

Exam tip: Phalke Award order: Gulzar (2013), Shashi Kapoor (2014), Manoj Kumar (2015), K. Viswanath (2016), Vinod Khanna (2017).

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