New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash Javdekar announced on Thursday that the 51st Dada Saheb Phalke award will be given to South film industry super-star Rajinikanth.
“Happy to announce #Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2020 to one of the greatest actors in history of Indian cinema Rajnikant ji,” Javadekar tweeted.
Speaking about the ‘Robot’ actor’s contribution as an actor, producer, and screenwriter, Javadekar added, “His contribution as actor, producer and screenwriter has been iconic I thank Jury @ashabhosle@SubhashGhai1@Mohanlal @Shankar_Live#BiswajeetChatterjee.”
Happy to announce this years #Dadasaheb Phalke award to one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian cinema Rajnikant ji
His contribution as actor, producer & screenwriter has been iconic
I thank Jury @ashabhosle @SubhashGhai1 @Mohanlal@Shankar_Live #BiswajeetChatterjee pic.twitter.com/cT5alrGLpk
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) April 1, 2021
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.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2019 should have been announced last year but was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as were the National Film Awards for 2019.
Rajnikanth has a humongous fan following and his fans are already celebrating this new achievement of their ‘god’
Dada Saheb Falke Award 2021 Goes to Lord #Rajnikanth Congratulations Sir ???
Lekin BJP walon tumhara Support nahi Karenge ?? #TamilNaduElections2021 #DadaSahebFalkeAward2021@Pawankhera @SiddharthCong— Vinit Mishra Payasi (@Brahman_Banda) April 1, 2021
Well deserved, Congratulations to Shri Rajnikant ji! Wow! The jury is also filled with legends. ?
I pray that may Shri Ram Lalla keep showering his blessings upon such good people?!— V. M. Sharma (@VS_00001) April 1, 2021
The 70-year-old star has featured in Bollywood as well as South Indian films and has a humongous fan following. The ‘2.0’ star had made his debut in 1975 with K Balachander’s ‘Apoorva Ragangal’ and has completed more than 45 years in the Tamil film industry.
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’
