Pran awarded Dadasaheb Phalke
April 12, 2013  16:34
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Veteran actor Pran has been awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke award for lifetime achievement in Indian cinema.

This is what Wikipedia has on Pran: Born Pran Krishan Sikand on 12 February 1920, he is a multiple Filmfare and BFJA award-winning Indian actor, known as a movie villain and character actor in Hindi cinema from the 1920s to the 1990s.

He has appeared in 350 films. He was awarded as the 'Villain of the Millennium' by Stardust in 2000. In 2010, he was named on the list of CNN's Top 25 Asian actors of all time.He won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award in 1967, 1969 and 1972 and was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. In 2001, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India, for his contribution to Indian cinema.
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