National Film awards 2021

• Presentation ceremony of the 67th National Film Awards was held at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan .
• The awards were presented by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.
• The awards included the 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award, which was presented to Rajinikanth.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award:

• It is the country’s highest film honour conferred for “Outstanding contribution for the growth and development of Indian cinema”.
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award was introduced by the government in 1969 and it was awarded for the first time to Devika Rani, “the first lady of Indian cinema”.
• Dadasaheb Phalke directed India’s first feature film Raja Harischandra (1913). He is known as “Father of Indian Cinema”.