Awards Highlights
- Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award is a part of the annual Filmfare Awards.
- The award is given to a Hindi Cinema personality for his / her notable work in Hindi Cinema.
- The First Filmfare Award was held on 21 March 1954. However, the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award was introduced in the 37th Filmfare Awards (1997).
- Amitabh Bachchan became the first person to received the award at the age of 48.
- B. R. Chopra is the oldest person to receive the award. He was 89 when he received the award in the 49th Filmfare Awards 2004.
- Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha received the award at the age of 48. Thus, both are the youngest winners of this award.
- Amitabh Bachchan received the award in the 37th Filmfare Awards (1991). And Rekha won the award in the 48th Filmfare Awards (2003).
- Yash Chopra, Sridevi, and Irrfan Khan received the award posthumously.
Winners of Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990s
| Filmfare Award | Year | Name | Profession | Age (when awarded) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37th | 1991 | Amitabh Bachchan | Actor | 48 |
| 38th | 1992 | Award was not given in this category. | ||
| 39th | 1993 | Dev Anand | Actor | 69 |
| 40th | 1994 | Lata Mangeshkar | Singer | 64 |
| Dilip Kumar | Actor | 71 | ||
| 41st | 1995 | Waheeda Rehman | Actress | 57 |
| Shammi Kapoor | Actor | 63 | ||
| 42nd | 1996 | Ashok Kumar | Actor | 84 |
| Vyjayantimala | Actress | 59 | ||
| Sunil Dutt | Actor | 66 | ||
| 43rd | 1997 | Dharmendra | Actor | 61 |
| Mumtaz | Actress | 49 | ||
| 44th | 1998 | Sharmila Tagore | Actress | 53 |
| 45th | 1999 | Manoj Kumar | Actor | 61 |
| Helen | Actress | 60 | ||
Winners of Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000s
| Filmfare Award | Year | Name | Profession | Age (when awarded) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45th | 2000 | Vinod Khanna | Actor | 53 |
| Hema Malini | Actress | 51 | ||
| 46th | 2001 | Asha Bhosle | Singer | 67 |
| Feroz Khan | Actor | 61 | ||
| 47th | 2002 | Asha Parekh | Actress | 59 |
| Gulzar | Writer / Director | 67 | ||
| 48th | 2003 | Rekha | Actress | 48 |
| Jeetendra | Actor | 61 | ||
| 49th | 2004 | Nirupa Roy | Actress | 73 |
| B. R. Chopra | Director | 89 | ||
| Sulochana Latkar | Actress | 75 | ||
| 50th | 2005 | Rajesh Khanna | Actor | 62 |
| 51st | 2006 | Shabana Azmi | Actress | 55 |
| 52nd | 2007 | Javed Akhtar | Writer / Director | 62 |
| Jaya Bachchan | Actress | 58 | ||
| 53rd | 2008 | Rishi Kapoor | Actor | 55 |
| 54th | 2009 | Bhanu Athaiya | Costume Designer | 79 |
| Om Puri | Actor | 58 |
Winners of Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010s
| Filmfare Award | Year | Name | Profession | Age (when awarded) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55th | 2010 | Mohammed Zahur Khayyam | Music Director | 83 |
| Shashi Kapoor | Actor | 71 | ||
| 56th | 2011 | Manna Dey | Singer | 91 |
| 57th | 2012 | Aruna Irani | Actress | 65 |
| 58th | 2013 | Yash Chopra | Director | 80 (Posthumous) |
| 59th | 2014 | Tanuja | Actress | 70 |
| 60th | 2015 | Kamini Kaushal | Actress | 88 |
| 61st | 2016 | Moushumi Chatterjee | Actress | 62 |
| 62nd | 2017 | Shatrughan Sinha | Actor | 71 |
| 63rd | 2018 | Mala Sinha | Actress | 81 |
| Bappi Lahiri | Music Director | 65 | ||
| 64th | 2019 | Sridevi | Actress | 54 (Posthumous) |
Winners of Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020s
| Filmfare Award | Year | Name | Profession | Age (when awarded) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65th | 2020 | Ramesh Sippy | Director | 73 |
| 66th | 2021 | Irrfan Khan | Actor | 53 (Posthumous) |
