Alternate Movies

# 1969 - Devika Rani, actress
# 1970 - B.N. Sircar
# 1971 - Prithviraj Kapoor , actor
# 1972 - Pankaj Mullick
# 1973 - Sulochana
# 1974 - V.N. Reddi
# 1975 - Dhiren Ganguly
# 1976 - Kanan Devi , actress
# 1977 - Nitin Bose
# 1978 - R.C. Boral
# 1979 - Sohrab Modi
# 1980 - Jairaj
# 1981 - Naushad, composer
# 1982 - L.V. Prasad
# 1983 - Durga Khote , actress
# 1984 - Satyajit Ray, director
# 1985 - V. Shantaram , director, producer, actor
# 1986 - B. Nagi Reddi
# 1987 - Raj Kapoor, actor, director
# 1988 - Ashok Kumar, actor
# 1989 - Lata Mangeshkar, singer
# 1990 - A. Nageswara Rao, actor
# 1991 - Bhalji Pendharkar
# 1992 - Bhupen Hazarika , composer
# 1993 - Majrooh Sultanpuri , lyricist
# 1994 - Dilip Kumar, actor
# 1995 - Raj Kumar, actor
# 1996 - Sivaji Ganesan, actor
# 1997 - Pradeep , lyricist
# 1998 - B.R. Chopra , director, producer
# 1999 - Hrishikesh Mukherjee , director
# 2000 - Asha Bhosle, singer
# 2001 - Yash Chopra, director, producer
# 2002 - Dev Anand, actor, director, producer
# 2003 - Mrinal Sen
# 2004 - Adoor Gopalakrishnan