Rajinikanth gets Dadasaheb Phalke Award<br /><br />Megastar Rajinikanth will be conferred with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his stupendous contribution in 2019 to the world of Indian cinema.<br /><br />Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar announced the news on Twitter. He wrote: <br /><br />“Happy to announce #Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2020 to one of the greatest actors in history of Indian cinema Rajnikant ji...His contribution as actor, producer and screenwriter has been iconic..."<br /><br />Veteran singers Asha Bhosle and Shankar Mahadevan, actors Mohanlal and Biswajeet, and filmmaker Subhash Ghai are members of the jury that selected Rajinikanth for the award.<br /><br />The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2019 should have been announced last year but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as were the National Film Awards for 2019.<br /><br />The Dadasaheb Phalke, awarded for excellence in cinematic achievement, is the highest honour in the film world and is awarded by the government.<br /><br />Rajinikanth has worked in Bollywood as well as South Indian films and has a humongous fan following.<br /><br />He has delivered hit films such as 'Billu', 'Muthu', 'Baashha', 'Sivaji', and 'Enthiran'. Rajinikanth was last seen in AR Murugadoss's 'Darbar'. Currently, he is shooting for his upcoming film 'Annaatthe'.
