Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Amitabh Bachchan!

After the success story of "Paa", is there any doubt in anyone's mind to honor this Living Legend?
It was Friday, the 4th Dec 09. I had to rush out from office at around and straight to nearby SRS Wedding Mall. I was impatient to watch Big B's performance. Th movie started and after 10 mins, I was lost in Auro's world. Believe me, the rest 2 hrs was one of the best experience I had ever had watching a movie with so much expectations. Amit Ji, my tribute to you for taking Bollyood cinema to another level with such a fantastic performance. For the shake of 100's of teary eyes inside the theater, I was relieved and happy that, you have once again lived upto our expectations. God Bless You and may you live another 100 years!

I came back home thinking of Auro's World. Turn up the TV. There was this channel which was talking about Dada Saheb Phalke Award which is kind of India's biggest award for Actors. My curiosity drove me to search how many times Amitji has own this award! To my surprise of the life, he had none to his belt!!!

Isnt it a shame for Directorate of Film Festivals of India (DFFI)?? Out of hundreds of superb performances, you cannot find a single to this Man who is undoubtedly a Super Star Legend?? I mean is this the way we honor talented actors in our country? It is definitely dirty politics that has made the Big B a victim to be excluded from the DSP Award! If not he...then who do you feel deserves this award?? Noticeable to mention hear that Mr. Bachchan has been awarded by France with their country's biggest award! Its pure injustice the way we ignore a man of honor in our own land!

I have started this campaign to steer a movement so that Amitji gets the award at the earliest. I also request all equal minded folks to raise voices on this issue! Please post your comments so that we can allow these deaf dump DSP Award Jury members hear our plea!

Here is a list of all winners of this award...(Courtesy: Wikipedia)

Dada Saheb Phalke Award	Year	Winners	Occupation
17th	1969	Devika Rani	actress
18th	1970	B. N. Sircar	producer
19th	1971	Prithviraj Kapoor	actor (posthumous)
20th	1972	Pankaj Mullick	composer (music director)
21st	1973	Ruby Myers (Sulochana)	actress
22nd	1974	Bomireddi Narasimha Reddy	Director
23rd	1975	Dhirendranath Ganguly	actor, director
24th	1976	Kanan Devi	actress
25th	1977	Nitin Bose	cinematographer, director, writer,
26th	1978	Rai Chand Boral	composer, director
27th	1979	Sohrab Modi	actor, director, producer
28th	1980	Paidi Jairaj	actor, director
29th	1981	Naushad Ali	composer (music director)
30th	1982	L. V. Prasad	actor, director, producer
31st	1983	Durga Khote	actress
32nd	1984	Satyajit Ray	director
33rd	1985	V. Shantaram	actor, director, producer
34th	1986	B. Nagi Reddy	producer
35th	1987	Raj Kapoor	actor, director
36th	1988	Ashok Kumar	actor
37th	1989	Lata Mangeshkar	singer
38th	1990	A. Nageswara Rao	actor
39th	1991	Bhalji Pendharkar	director, producer, writer
40th	1992	Bhupen Hazarika	composer (music director)
41st	1993	Majrooh Sultanpuri	lyricist
42nd	1994	Dilip Kumar	actor
43rd	1995	Rajkumar	actor
44th	1996	Sivaji Ganesan	actor
45th	1997	Pradeep	lyricist
46th	1998	B.R. Chopra	director, producer
47th	1999	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	director
48th	2000	Asha Bhosle	singer
49th	2001	Yash Chopra	director, producer
50th	2002	Dev Anand	actor, director, producer
51st	2003	Mrinal Sen	director
52nd	2004	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	director
53rd	2005	Shyam Benegal	director
54th	2006	Tapan Sinha	director
55th	2007	Manna Dey	Singer