Rajnikanth Receives Prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award

India: Bollywood superstar Rajinikanth was conferred with the prestigious 51st Dadasaheb Phalke award on Monday (October 25) morning by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu at a glittering 67th National Film awards ceremony. The veteran actor, who has ruled the silver screen for more than four decades, received a standing ovation when he took the award.

The actor attended the function in a white kurta-pyjama sporting a bearded look and was accompanied by wife Latha, daughter Aishwarya and son-in-law Dhanush. The Dadasaheb Phalke is awarded for excellence in cinematic achievement, and is the highest honour in film given by the government. The award last year for 2018 was given to legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, who has acted in a couple of Hindi films with Rajnikanth like ‘Geraftaar’, ‘Andhaa Kanoon’, ‘Hum’ etc.