Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

Filmfare Award for Lifetime Achievement
File:David Dhawan in 2024.jpg The 2024 recipient: David Dhawan
Awarded for	Commemorating an artist's career
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	Amitabh Bachchan (1991)
Currently held by	David Dhawan (2024)
Website	Filmfare 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	File:Amitabh Bachchan 2014.jpg	Amitabh Bachchan †	Actor	48
1992	No award
1993	File:Dev Anand at the 50th National Film Award function in New Delhi.jpg	Dev Anand †	Actor	69
1994	File:Ali-peter-dilip-kumar-745x699.jpg	Dilip Kumar †		71
	File:LataMangeshkar1.jpg	Lata Mangeshkar †	Singer	64
1995	File:Yearbook release (cropped).jpg	Waheeda Rehman †	Actress	57
	File:Shammi Kapoor at the launch of Shammi Kapoor Unplugged (cropped).jpg	Shammi Kapoor	Actor	63
1996	File:Naya Sansar (1941).jpg	Ashok Kumar †		84
	File:Vyjayanthimala at her tribute concert.jpg	Vyjayantimala	Actress	62
	File:A still of the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Sunil Dutt in New Delhi on April 15, 2005.jpg	Sunil Dutt	Actor	66
1997	File:Dharmendra 2012.jpg	Dharmendra		61
	File:Mumtaz (cropped) (cropped).jpg	Mumtaz	Actress	49
1998	File:Sharmila-Tagore.jpg	Sharmila Tagore		53
1999	File:Actress Helen in 2019.jpg	Helen		60
	File:Manoj Kumar close up.jpg	Manoj Kumar †	Actor	61
2000	File:Hema Malini - Kolkata 2007-04-09 128.png	Hema Malini	Actress	51
	File:VinodKhanna.jpg	Vinod Khanna †	Actor	53
2001	File:Feroz Khan.jpg	Feroz Khan		61
	File:Asha Bhosle at Bhubaneswar.jpg	Asha Bhosle †	Singer	67
2002	File:Gulzar.jpg	Gulzar †	Screenwriter / Lyricist	67
	File:Asha Parekh in 2019 enhanced (cropped).jpg	Asha Parekh †	Actress	59
2003	File:Jeetendra colors indian telly awards (cropped).jpg	Jeetendra	Actor	61
	File:Rekha graces Lux Golden Rose Awards 2018 (22) (cropped).jpg	Rekha	Actress	48
2004	File:Sulochana Latkar (May 2011).jpg	Sulochana Latkar		75
	File:B.R.Chopra.jpg	B. R. Chopra †	Director	89
	File:Nirupa Roy 1950.JPG	Nirupa Roy	Actress	73
2005	File:Rajesh Khanna 2013 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	Rajesh Khanna	Actor	62
2006	File:Shabana Azmi SFU honorary degree (cropped).jpg	Shabana Azmi	Actress	55
2007	File:Jaya Bachchan48.jpg	Jaya Bachchan		58
	File:Javed Saheb.jpg	Javed Akhtar	Screenwriter / Lyricist	62
2008	File:The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar presenting the Giants Award to Shri Rishi Kapoor for films field, at the “44th Giants Day Celebration”, in Mumbai on September 17, 2016 (cropped).jpg	Rishi Kapoor	Actor	55
2009	File:Om puri.JPG	Om Puri		58
	File:Bhanu Athaiya (nee Rajopadhye).jpg	Bhanu Athaiya	Costume Designer	79
2010	File:Shashi Kapoor during a media interaction at 36th IFFI, 2005.jpg	Shashi Kapoor †	Actor	71
	File:Mohammed Zahur Khayyam headshot.jpg	Khayyam	Music Director	83
2011	File:Manna-dey.jpg	Manna Dey †	Singer	91
2012	File:Aruna Irani at 18th Lions Annual Gold Awards.jpg	Aruna Irani	Actress	65
2013	File:Yash Chopra in 2009.jpg	Yash Chopra † (posthumous)	Director	80
2014	File:Kajol, Tanuja, Tanisha Mukherjee at Esha Deol's wedding reception 12 (cropped).jpg	Tanuja	Actress	70
2015	File:Kamini Kaushal in December 2019 (cropped).jpg	Kamini Kaushal		88
2016	Moushumi Chatterjee	67
2017	File:Shatrughan Sinha - Kolkata 2003-10-17 00492.JPG	Shatrughan Sinha	Actor	71
2018	File:Bappi Lahiri graces musical concert ‘Rehmatein-3’.jpg	Bappi Lahiri	Music director	65
	File:MalaSinha (cropped).jpg	Mala Sinha	Actress	81
2019	File:Sridevi09.jpg	Sridevi (posthumous)		54
2020	File:Kiran Juneja, Ramesh Sippy at Esha Deol's wedding at ISCKON temple 21 (cropped).jpg	Ramesh Sippy	Director	73
2021	File:Irrfan Khan May 2015 (cropped).jpg	Irrfan Khan (posthumous)	Actor	53
2022	File:Subhash Ghai in 2017.jpg	Subhash Ghai	Director	77
2023	File:Prem Chopra on November 21, 2013.jpg	Prem Chopra	Actor	87
2024	File:David Dhawan in 2024.jpg	David Dhawan	Director	72

Superlatives

• In 58th Filmfare Awards, Yash Chopra became the first artist to become a posthumous winner.
• Oldest Winner – Manna Dey in 56th Filmfare Awards (aged 91)
• Youngest Winner – Amitabh Bachchan in 36th Filmfare Awards & Rekha in 48th Filmfare Awards (both aged 48)
• Number of Female recipients – 21
• Number of Male recipients – 28

See also

• Filmfare Awards
• Bollywood
• Cinema of India
• Filmi music

External links

• Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Awards