Veteran actor Waheeda Rehman will be conferred with the country’s top honour in the field of cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Information and Broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur announced on Monday. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), he praised the legendary actor’s contributions to the movies, and noted her previous achievements.
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00:00 Veteran actor Waheeda Rehman will be conferred with the country's top honour in the field
00:09 of cinema, the Dada Sahib Phalke Award, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur announced
00:16 on Monday.
00:17 Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, he praised the legendary actor's contribution
00:22 to the movies and noted her previous achievements.
00:26 He also said that the actor has exemplified dedication, commitment and the strength of
00:32 a Bhartiyan nari.
00:34 He wrote, "I feel an immense sense of happiness and honour in announcing that Waheeda Rehman
00:40 ji is being bestowed with the prestigious Dada Sahib Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award
00:45 this year for her stellar contribution to Indian cinema.
00:49 Waheeda ji has been critically acclaimed for her roles in Hindi films, prominent among
00:55 them, Pyaasa, Kagas Ke Phool, Chaudhvi Ka Chaan, Saheb Bibi Aur Gulam, Guide, Khamushi
01:02 and several others."
01:03 He continued, "In her career spanning over five decades, she has essayed her role with
01:09 extreme finesse, leading to a National Film Award for her roles such as 'Clanswoman'
01:15 in the film Reshma and Shera.
01:17 A Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee, Waheeda ji has exemplified dedication, commitment
01:23 and the strength of a Bhartiyan nari who can achieve the highest level of professional
01:28 excellence with her hard work."
01:31 Thakur concluded, "At a time when the historic Nari Shakti Vandan Abhinaya has been passed
01:36 by the Parliament, her being awarded with this Lifetime Achievement Award is a fitting
01:42 tribute to one of the leading ladies of Indian cinema and the one who has dedicated her life
01:47 after films to philanthropy and a greater good to society.
01:51 I congratulate to her and humbly pay my regards to her rich body of work that is an intrinsic
01:57 part of our film history."
02:01 Last year, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was conferred on veteran Bollywood star Asha Pare
02:06 for her extreme lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.
02:10 The other recipients of the prestigious award included Rajnikant, Amitabh Bachchan, Gulzar,
02:16 Pran, Prithviraj Kapoor, Manoj Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor, Mana Dey and Vinod Khanna posthumously
02:23 among others.
02:24 Dadasaheb Phalke is known as the father of Indian cinema.
02:28 He made 27 short films and over 90 full-length movies in his career as a filmmaker of nearly
02:35 two decades.
02:36 More than two decades after his demise, the Indian government announced the Dadasaheb
02:41 Phalke Award in 1969 conferred on personalities of their significant contribution to arts
02:48 and cinema.
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