Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

Filmfare Award for Lifetime Achievement
The 2024 recipient: David Dhawan
Awarded forCommemorating an artist's career
CountryIndia
Presented byFilmfare
First awardedAmitabh Bachchan (1991)
Currently held byDavid Dhawan (2024)
WebsiteFilmfare winners

The Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, initially named Raj Kapoor Award for Lifetime Achievement after Raj Kapoor is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.

List of honourees

† - Indicates the person also won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Year Image Honorees Nature of work Age when awarded (in years)
1991 Amitabh Bachchan Actor 48
1992 No award
1993 Dev Anand † Actor 69
1994 Dilip Kumar † 71
Lata Mangeshkar † Singer 64
1995 Waheeda Rehman † Actress 57
Shammi Kapoor Actor 63
1996 Ashok Kumar † 84
Vyjayantimala Actress 62
Sunil Dutt Actor 66
1997 Dharmendra 61
Mumtaz Actress 49
1998 Sharmila Tagore 53
1999 Helen 60
Manoj Kumar † Actor 61
2000 Hema Malini Actress 51
Vinod Khanna † Actor 53
2001 Feroz Khan 61
Asha Bhosle † Singer 67
2002 Gulzar † Screenwriter / Lyricist 67
Asha Parekh † Actress 59
2003 Jeetendra Actor 61
Rekha Actress 48
2004 Sulochana Latkar 75
B. R. Chopra † Director 89
Nirupa Roy Actress 73
2005 Rajesh Khanna Actor 62
2006 Shabana Azmi Actress 55
2007 Jaya Bachchan 58
Javed Akhtar Screenwriter / Lyricist 62
2008 Rishi Kapoor Actor 55
2009 Om Puri 58
Bhanu Athaiya Costume Designer 79
2010 Shashi Kapoor † Actor 71
Khayyam Music Director 83
2011 Manna Dey † Singer 91
2012 Aruna Irani Actress 65
2013 Yash Chopra †
(posthumous) 		Director 80
2014 Tanuja Actress 70
2015 Kamini Kaushal 88
2016 Moushumi Chatterjee 67
2017 Shatrughan Sinha Actor 71
2018 Bappi Lahiri Music director 65
Mala Sinha Actress 81
2019 Sridevi
(posthumous) 		54
2020 Ramesh Sippy Director 73
2021 Irrfan Khan
(posthumous) 		Actor 53
2022 Subhash Ghai Director 77
2023 Prem Chopra Actor 87
2024 David Dhawan Director 72

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See also