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.
The film fraternity paid their last respects to the superstar's mother.
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.
Rana Daggubati talks about his maiden Bollywood venture Dum Maaro Dum
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.
V K Murthy is the first ever cinematographer to be chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for his outstanding contribution to films.
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.
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.
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.
The resolution said the state will be called Bangla in three languages -- Bengali, English and Hindi.
With these three recipients, 48 eminent people have been conferred the award so far.
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Yesteryear's heart-throb Shashi Kapoor will get the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for his contribution to Indian cinema. On this occasion, we reproduce Dinesh Raheja's nostalgia piece on the actor here:
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