Ali Zafar to receive Dadasaheb Phalke Academy award

Ali Zafar has once again made the Pakistani nation proud of his work. With three hit movies in a row, Ali Zafar has earned immense respect and goodwill in Bollywood over just two years. Last year he won his first Stardust award in the Superstar of Tomorrow category. Zafar has again delighted the Pakistani nation as he will be bringing a Phalke Academy Award home from the 143rd Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards ceremony. Ali Zafar will receive the Phalke New Talent Award at the annual event that celebrates Dadasaheb Phalke Jayanti. The awards are presented to people associated with filmmaking, including producers, distributors, exhibitors and actors, for their outstanding services to the film industry. Dadasaheb Phalke is known as the pioneer of the Indian Film Industry. He made the first Indian motion picture ‘Raja Harishchandra’ in the year 1913. The annual event will honour some of the biggest stars in the film industry, including veterans like Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna, who will receive the Phalke Ratna and Legendary Actor trophies respectively. Some of the other prominent awardees at this 143rd event are Waheeda Rehman, Tanuja and Saira Banu. Vidya Balan will receive the Phalke Memorable Performance Award for ‘The Dirty Picture’ while Farhan Akhtar will receive the Best Commercial Film award for ‘Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara’. Ajay Devgan will also be awarded the Outstanding Performance award for ‘Singham’.