Veteran actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty will be honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest film honour, for the year 2022. The Information & Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Monday, September 30, made the announcement for Mithun on X (formerly known as Twitter).

He wrote, "Mithun Da’s remarkable cinematic journey inspires generations! Honored to announce that the Dadasaheb Phalke Selection Jury has decided to award legendary actor, Sh. Mithun Chakraborty Ji for his iconic contribution to Indian Cinema."

Mithun Da’s remarkable cinematic journey inspires generations! Honoured to announce that the Dadasaheb Phalke Selection Jury has decided to award legendary actor, Sh. Mithun Chakraborty Ji for his iconic contribution to Indian Cinema.🗓️To be presented at the 70th National…

The three-time National Award winner will receive the award on October 8 at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony.

Mithun Chakraborty, 74, a former Trinamool Rajya Sabha, was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour earlier this year.

Mithun is over the moon on receiving the honour. He told ANI that he has no language to express how he feels.

He added, "I come from the bylanes of Kolkata; I have risen from footpaths. A boy from such a place winning such an honour...I could not have imagined this. I am extremely happy. I dedicate this to my family and my fans across the world."

Social media is flooded with congratulatory messages for the actor. PM Narendra Modi also congratulated Mithun on the honour.

He wrote, “Delighted that Shri Mithun Chakraborty Ji has been conferred the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, recognizing his unparalleled contributions to Indian cinema. He is a cultural icon, admired across generations for his versatile performances. Congratulations and best wishes to him.”

Delighted that Shri Mithun Chakraborty Ji has been conferred the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, recognizing his unparalleled contributions to Indian cinema. He is a cultural icon, admired across generations for his versatile performances. Congratulations and best wishes to… https://t.co/aFpL2qMKlo

To his credit, Mithun has over 350 films in Hindi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Odia, Telugu, and Tamil. He was one of the popular actors in the 80s and 90s. Some of his great works include Mrigayaa, Disco Dancer, Ek Aur Sikander, Phool Aur Angaar, Gunda and The Tashkent Files among others.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award was first presented in 1969. Devika Rani was the first celeb to be honoured with the prestigious award. Last year, veteran actress Waheeda Rehman received it. Here's the list of the celebs who have been conferred with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award so far.

Devika Rani: 1969

Birendranath Sircar: 1970

Prithviraj Kapoor: 1971

Pankaj Mullick: 1972

Ruby Myers: 1973

Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy: 1974

Dhirendra Nath Ganguly: 1975

Kanan Devi: 1976

Nitin Bose: 1977

Raichand Boral: 1978

Sohrab Modi: 1979

Paidi Jairaj: 1980

Naushad: 1981

LV Prasad: 1982

Durga Khote: 1983

Satyajit Ray: 1984

V Shantaram: 1985

B Nagi Reddy: 1986

Raj Kapoor: 1987

Ashok Kumar: 1988

Lata Mangeshkar: 1989

Akkineni Nageswara Rao: 1990

Bhalji Pendharkar: 1991

Bhupen Hazarika: 1992

Majrooh Sultanpuri: 1993

Dilip Kumar: 1994

Rajkumar: 1995

Sivaji Ganesan: 1996

Kavi Pradeep: 1997

BR Chopra: 1998

Hrishikesh Mukherjee: 1999

Asha Bhosle: 2000

Yash Chopra: 2001

Dev Anand: 2002

Mrinal Sen: 2003

Adoor Gopalakrishnan: 2004

Shyam Benegal: 2005

Tapan Sinha: 2006

Manna Dey: 2007

VK Murthy: 2008

D Ramanaidu: 2009

K Balachander: 2010

Soumitra Chatterjee: 2011

Pran: 2012

Gulzar: 2013

Shashi Kapoor: 2014

Manoj Kumar: 2015

Kasinathuni Viswanath: 2016

Vinod Khanna: 2017

Amitabh Bachchan: 2018

Rajinikanth: 2019

Asha Parekh: 2020

Waheeda Rehman: 20211xvegas

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