Filmmaker Yash Chopra, Rajesh Khanna, legendary playback singer Asha Bhosale are among those Bollywood legends, who will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards in Mumbai on April 30.


Bhosale will be presented with the Phalke Ratna Award for her contribution in the field of music for five decades. Late Yash Chopra will be conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for his services to the Indian film industry as the iconic filmmaker while his wife Pamela will recieve the Saraswatibai Phalke Award. Khanna, who died in July last year, will be honoured as the first superstar of Indian cinema award.


Akshay Kumar will receive the Best Actor award for 'Rowdy Rathore' and his mother-in-law Dimple Kapadia will get the Phalke Ever Memorable actor award. Manoj Bajapi will get the Phalke Excellent Performance award for the film 'Gangs of Wasseyur' while Irrfan Khan will be given the Phalke Memorable Performance Award for 'Paan Singh Tomar'. Govinda will be presented with the Phalke Versatile Actor award.