The award will be conferred on Pran on May 3, which will also marks the 100 years of cinema this year.
President Kalam will present the award to the 80-year-old actor on December 29.
64-year-old Ramanaidu, the legendary and prolific film maker from Andhra Pradesh who has worked with a galaxy of actors, will be presented the honour during the International Film Festival of India to be held in Goa in October, it was announced on Thursday.
The 90-year-old singer will be conferred the award in a ceremony on October 21st by President Pratibha Patil.
The actor, affectionately known as 'Bharat Kumar' for his portrayal of patriotic roles in numerous films, breathed his last at 4:03 am at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai.
Amitabh Bachchan has been awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award.
Legendary actor Pran, loved and feared in equal measure by moviegoers for his roles in Bollywood hits like 'Milan', 'Madhumati' and 'Zanjeer', passed away at a suburban hospital in Mumbai on Friday evening at the age of 93.
As a tribute to Dada Saheb Phalke Award winning legendary actor Pran, who passed away in a Mumbai hospital on Friday evening at the age of 93, we reproduce a special series on the life and times of the incredible actor published in April, 2012.
The film fraternity paid their last respects to the superstar's mother.
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Director Paresh Mokashi talks about his film Harishchandrachi Factory, India's entry for Oscars 2010.
Rana Daggubati talks about his maiden Bollywood venture Dum Maaro Dum
Dada Saheb Phalke Award-winning cinematographer V K Murthy describes his cinematic journey.
Director Paresh Mokashi deserves a pat on his back for making such a low budget film with such great actors, and such interesting direction.
V K Murthy is credited with providing some of Indian cinema's most breathtaking visual moments in classics like Guru Dutt's Kagaz Ke Phool, Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam, Baazi, Jaal, Chaudavin Ka Chand, Pyasa, 12 O'Clock and Ziddi.
The cinematographer, famous for his camera work in Guru Dutt's classics like Pyaasa and Sahib, Bibi Aur Ghulam, believes that only Aamir Khan can play Guru Dutt onscreen.
V K Murthy is the first ever cinematographer to be chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for his outstanding contribution to films.
Priyanka Chopra and Arjun Rampal joined an elite club of winners on Friday after being presented with the National Awards at a ceremony in New Delhi which also saw veteran cameraman V K Murthy receiving the Dada Saheb Phalke amid a standing ovation from the audience.
Cinematographer V K Murthy talks about his prestigious award.
The city rejoices the news of the singer's Dada Saheb Phalke award nomination.
The 72-year-old director wins the award over Sulochana and Suchitra Sen.
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The audience gave Adoor a standing ovation as he stepped up to receive the award from President.
Mickey Nivelli, an Indian expat better known as Harbance Kumar, is often credited with pioneering the art of filmmaking in the Caribbean.
The production house, has produced about 150 films in 15 languages
Legendary Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao passed away at Care Hospital in Hyderabad early on Wednesday at around 2 am. He was 91, and was under going cancer treatment.
In a controversial move, the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra is set to enact a law to make it mandatory for multiplexes in the state to screen Marathi movies during prime time slots.
A look at the top tweets from your Bollywood celebrities.
Veteran actor-filmmaker Shashi Kapoor was on Sunday conferred the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award at the landmark Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley.
Ajit Pawar said that industry had 'lost its soul' in Pran's death.
'Shashi Uncle is the third member of our family to win the Padma and the Phalke awards. Before him, my grandfather Prithvi Raj Kapoor and father Raj Kapoor received them," Rishi Kapoor shares.
He was suffering from cancer.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Hazarika and Deshmukh were given the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
Rao was a Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh and served as the Union minister of state for coal.
Radhika Rajamani pays tribute to the legendary film producer Daggubati Ramanaidu who breathed his last on February 18.
The resolution said the state will be called Bangla in three languages -- Bengali, English and Hindi.
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