Superstar Rajinikanth Dadasaheb Phalke Award News: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has announced that superstar Rajinikanth will be honored with the 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Javadekar made this announcement via Twitter and described Rajinikanth as one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian cinema. Sharing a photo of the actor, he wrote, “I am very happy to announce the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2020, that this year it was Rajinikanth Ji, one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian cinema, for his acting, production, and screenplay I will thank all the members of the jury, Asha Bhosle, Subhash Ghai, Mohanlal, and Biswajit Chatterjee, for the contribution made in writing.
Rajinikanth, one of the most popular stars in India, has been awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016 by the Government of India.
Superstar Rajinikanth Dadasaheb Phalke Award News
Rajinikanth made his debut in Tamil cinema with ‘Apoorva Ragangal’. Among his many hit films are ‘Basha’, ‘Shivaji’ and ‘Enthiran’. He is known among his fans as Thalaivar (leader).
Let me tell you that the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest honor given in the cinema world in India. It is presented with the National Film Awards by the Film Festival Directorate of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. The award was given to actress Devika Rani for the first time. At the same time, among those who received this award in recent years, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, filmmaker K.K. Vishwanath and Manoj Kumar.
