Question

Who received the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2014?
1. Shashi Kapoor
2. Om Puri
3. Naseeruddin Shah
4. Javed Akhtar

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Shashi Kapoor

Shashi Kapoor has received the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2014.

• The Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organization set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for honoring the recipients' "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema" 
• First presented in 1969, the award was introduced by the Government of India to commemorate Dadasaheb Phalke's (1870–1944) contribution to Indian cinema, who is popularly known as and often regarded as "the father of Indian cinema"
• He was an Indian filmmaker who directed India's first full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913). 
• Shashi Kapoor was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2014.
• Pran was the recipient of the award for 2012.
• Dilip Kumar was the recipient of the award for 1994.
• Amitabh Bachchan was the recipient of the award for 2018.