Dadasaheb Phalke Award / Actress Asha Parekh receives Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2022: Veteran actress Asha Parekh has been honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. It is because of his outstanding contribution to the film world that he has been awarded the award. Asha Parekh has done many great films in her film career, which have taken Bollywood to a new dimension. Let us tell you, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is given annually in the name of Dadasaheb Phalke, who is known as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. Rajinikanth was honored with this award last year and this year the award has been given to Asha Parekh.

Union Minister gave information

News agency ANI quoted Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur as saying that the Dadasaheb Phalke Award will be given to famous actress Asha Parekh this year. He has also been awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1992 for his services to cinema.

Career started at the age of 10

Asha Parekh is considered as one of the most influential actresses in the history of Hindi films. Parekh's film career peaked between the 1960s and 1970s. Asha Parekh started her career as a child artist and was cast by filmmaker Bimal Roy in the film 'Maa' (1952) when she was just 10 years old. After a few films, the actress took a break to complete her studies and Phil returned as the lead actress. Her first film as a lead actress was 'Dil Deke Dekho' (1959). Shammi Kapoor was with him in this film and it was directed by Nasir Hussain.

asha hit movies

Asha and Hussain gave many hits together – 'Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai' (1961), 'Phir Wahi Dil Laya Hoon' (1963), 'Teesri Manzil' (1966), 'Baharon Ke Sapne' (1967) , 'The Season of Love' (1969), and 'Caravan' (1971). His screen image changed with Raj Khosla's 'Do Badan' (1966), 'Chirag' (1969) and 'Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki' (1978) and Shakti Samanta's 'Kati Patang' and he was seen in serious, tragic roles. was known for his performance in

Tried hand in TV world too

Asha Parekh has also worked in Gujarati, Punjabi and Kannada films. After some time he adopted the medium of television and started his own production company. He directed the Gujarati serial 'Jyoti' (1990) and produced shows like 'Palash Ke Phool', 'Baje Payal', 'Kora Kagaz' and 'Dal Mein Kala'.

Indian cinema's highest honor

Let us tell you, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest honor of Indian cinema. Past recipients include Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra, Lata Mangeshkar, Mrinal Sen, Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna. Devika Rani was the first winner, while actor Rajinikanth is the most recent winner of the coveted honour.