Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Shashi Kapoor
The correct answer isShashi Kapoor.
- Shashi Kapoor was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke award in 2015 for the year 2014.
- Shashi Kapoor, born as Balbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor on 18 March 1938 in Kolkata, West Bengal.
- His Bollywood debut as a lead actor was in the film Dharmputra (1961).
- His best-known performances as a child artist were in Aag (1948), Awaara (1951), and Sangram (1950).
- The Govt honored him with aPadma Bhushan for his contributions to art & cinema in 2011.
- He passed away at the age of 79 after suffering from prolonged illness.
- Dada Saheb Phalke Award
- The Dadasaheb Phalke Award isIndia's highest honor in cinema, presented by the Directorate of Film Festivals for the recipient's contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema.
- The award, named afterDhundiraj Govind Phalke, who is revered as the father of Indian cinema, was instituted in 1969.
- The recipient receives aSwarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a shawl, and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh.
- Devika Rani Roerichwas thefirst recipient of the award in 1969.
- Prithvi Raj Kapooris the only awardee who was conferred with the awardposthumously in 1971.
- Manoj Kumar was the 47th recipient of the award in 2016.
- Rajinikanth received the 2020 Dadasaheb Phalke Award on May 3, 2021.
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