Saturday 13 April 2013

Legendary Actor Pran awarded Bollywood’s Highest Honour Dada Saheb Phalke Award

Legendary actor, Pran Krishan Sikand, 93, on 12 April 2013 was awarded with Bollywood’s highest honour in Indian Cinema Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2012. The award is instituted on the name of the Dada Saheb Phalke, the man who made first feature film in India.

Pran got his first break in a Punjabi Film Yamla Jat in 1940 in undivided India. But his debut in Bollywood happened in the film Ziddi, in which he acted alongwith the evergreen hero of bollywood Dev Anand in 1948.

Pran served bolly wood for a career span of more than six decades in more than 300 films and is known for his brilliant performances in films like Ram Aur Shyam, Purab aur Paschim, Karz, Zanjeer and Amar Akbar Anthony and many more.

About Pran Krishan Sikand:-

• He was born in Old Delhi on 12 February 1920
• In 2001 he was awarded with India’s third highest civilian award Padma Bhushan
• In his career span, he received four film fare awards
• Was awarded the title of Villain of the millennium by Stardust in 2000
• In 2010 he was named among the Top 25 Asian Actors of All times by CNN

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