On Thursday, 1st April Union Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that Megastar Rajnikanth will be awarded with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award. The Actor famous for his work in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi Cinema will be the 51st recipient of this award.
In the morning Javadekar tweeted "Happy to announce Dadasaheb Phalke for 2019 to one of the greatest actors in history for Indian Cinema Rajnikanth Ji. His contribution as actor,producer and screenwriter has been iconic."
Happy to announce #Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2019 to one of the greatest actors in history of Indian cinema Rajnikant ji
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) April 1, 2021
His contribution as actor, producer and screenwriter has been iconic
I thank Jury @ashabhosle @SubhashGhai1 @Mohanlal@Shankar_Live #BiswajeetChatterjee pic.twitter.com/b17qv6D6BP
This decision was taken by the jury of this year which comprised of singer Asha Bhosle, director-producer Subhash Ghai, Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, music composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan and Biswajeet Chatterjee.
Rajnikanth would later take to his Twitter and thank the Government of India, PM Narendra Modi, Prakash Javadekar, The Jury and all his well wishers and fans who supported him in this long journey.
My heartfelt thanks to the government of india, respected & dearest @narendramodi ji, @PrakashJavdekar ji and the jury for conferring upon me the prestigious #DadasahebPhalkeAward I sincerely dedicate it to all those who have been a part of my journey. Thanks to the almighty 🙏🏻
— Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) April 1, 2021
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