Dada Saheb Phalke

Veteran actress Asha Parekh will receive India's highest film honour this year

Rajinikanth was admitted to a Chennai hospital on Thursday evening after going in for a routine check-up

"Our Thalaivar gets his vaccine," wrote Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya

Dada Saheb Phalke Award: Superstar Rajinikanth has won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.Since the announcement of the big news, congratulatory messages have been flooding Twitter on Thursday.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, mega star Chiranjeevi, actor-turned- politician and Jana Sena Party founder Pawan Kalyan and other Telugu film personalities congratulated superstar Rajinikanth on being selected for the Dada Saheb Phalk

"There is a paucity of words searching a response... for the generosity of words that pour in... I am but deeply grateful and most humbled... my sincerest gratitude," Amitabh Bachchan tweeted

National Awards: MOM, in which Sridevi was cast as a mother bent on avenging the rape of her daughter, was her third film after her comeback

Born on April 24, 1934 in Kotha Peta, East Godavari, Mr Rao was known for producing Telugu films such as Sankarabharanam, Swati Mutyam and Swayam Krushi under the banner of Poornodaya Movie Creations. He was also nominated for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award

The Dada Saheb Phalke Award for Shashi Kapoor is not just well deserved but long overdue. The veteran actor-producer has been keeping a low profile of late, mainly due to health-related issues, but his contribution to the film industry is immense and durable. Now 77, Mr Kapoor has appeared in 160 movies during his career, his peak as an actor being...

Veteran film lyricist and director Gulzar has been chosen for Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013 for his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.

Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner and doyen of Telugu cinema, legendary actor and producer Akkineni Nageswara Rao, died in the early hours in Hyderabad.

Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner and doyen of Telugu cinema, legendary actor and producer Akkineni Nageswara Rao (fondly called ANR), died in the early hours in Hyderabad today. He was 89.

The condition of playback legend Manna Dey, undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bangalore for age-related and other complications, has shown "marginal improvement", hospital sources said.

Late musical icon Bhupen Hazarika's decision to move out of his native state Assam in the late 1950s proved to be career-defining point, his close associate Kamal Kataki says.

Soumitra Chatterjee, debonair actor and screen idol of the 60s and 70s, was introduced by the venerable Satyajit Ray in Apur Sansar, the final film of the Apu Trilogy. The first film of that trilogy, Pather Panchali, is counted among the best films ever made.

Veteran actress Asha Parekh will receive India's highest film honour this year

Rajinikanth was admitted to a Chennai hospital on Thursday evening after going in for a routine check-up

"Our Thalaivar gets his vaccine," wrote Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya

Dada Saheb Phalke Award: Superstar Rajinikanth has won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.Since the announcement of the big news, congratulatory messages have been flooding Twitter on Thursday.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, mega star Chiranjeevi, actor-turned- politician and Jana Sena Party founder Pawan Kalyan and other Telugu film personalities congratulated superstar Rajinikanth on being selected for the Dada Saheb Phalk

"There is a paucity of words searching a response... for the generosity of words that pour in... I am but deeply grateful and most humbled... my sincerest gratitude," Amitabh Bachchan tweeted

National Awards: MOM, in which Sridevi was cast as a mother bent on avenging the rape of her daughter, was her third film after her comeback

Born on April 24, 1934 in Kotha Peta, East Godavari, Mr Rao was known for producing Telugu films such as Sankarabharanam, Swati Mutyam and Swayam Krushi under the banner of Poornodaya Movie Creations. He was also nominated for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award

The Dada Saheb Phalke Award for Shashi Kapoor is not just well deserved but long overdue. The veteran actor-producer has been keeping a low profile of late, mainly due to health-related issues, but his contribution to the film industry is immense and durable. Now 77, Mr Kapoor has appeared in 160 movies during his career, his peak as an actor being...

Veteran film lyricist and director Gulzar has been chosen for Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013 for his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.

Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner and doyen of Telugu cinema, legendary actor and producer Akkineni Nageswara Rao, died in the early hours in Hyderabad.

Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner and doyen of Telugu cinema, legendary actor and producer Akkineni Nageswara Rao (fondly called ANR), died in the early hours in Hyderabad today. He was 89.

The condition of playback legend Manna Dey, undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bangalore for age-related and other complications, has shown "marginal improvement", hospital sources said.

Late musical icon Bhupen Hazarika's decision to move out of his native state Assam in the late 1950s proved to be career-defining point, his close associate Kamal Kataki says.

Soumitra Chatterjee, debonair actor and screen idol of the 60s and 70s, was introduced by the venerable Satyajit Ray in Apur Sansar, the final film of the Apu Trilogy. The first film of that trilogy, Pather Panchali, is counted among the best films ever made.