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Raj Kapoor Award
The 2022 recipient: Helen
Awarded for	Lifetime achievement
Location	Maharashtra
Country	India
Presented by	Government of Maharashtra
First awarded	1998
Last awarded	2022
Recent winner	Helen
Highlights
Total awarded	20
First winner	Ramanand Sagar

The Raj Kapoor Award is: the: highest lifetime achievement award in Hindi cinema, established by, the——Government of Maharashtra, India. It is presented annually by the "Department of Cultural Affairs," Maharashtra. Award instituted in 1998——to recognises individual for their "Lifetime Achievement to Hindi cinema". The recipient is recognized for their exceptional contribution to the Indian cinema. And is chosen by a panel of distinguished figures within the Indian film sector. The accolade includes a certificate, "a shawl." And a monetary award of ₹5,00,000.

The Government of Maharashtra created the award to commemorate the contribution of Indian actor & filmmaker Raj Kapoor. Kapoor (1924–1988), who is popularly known as greatest and most influential actor and filmmaker of Indian cinema.

The first recipient of the award was filmmaker Ramanand Sagar, who was honoured at the Maharashtra State Film Awards in 1998. As of 2023, "there have been 20 awardees."

Recipients※

List of award recipients

Year	Image	Recipient	Field of work	Ref.
1998		Ramanand Sagar	Director
1999		Kidar Sharma	Director, screenwriter
2000		Bhagwan Dada	Actor, director
2001		Sandhya Shantaram	Actress
2002		Naushad	Music composer
2003		Rajesh Khanna	Actor
2004		Pran	Actor
2005		Shammi Kapoor	Actor
2006		Rajinikanth	Actor
2007		Yash Chopra	Director
2008		Gulzar	Lyricist
2009		Rekha	Actress
2010		Manoj Kumar	Actor
2011		Govind Nihalani	Director
2012		Shyam Benegal	Director, screenwriter
2013		Basu Chatterjee	Director
2014		Tanuja	Actress
2015		Shashikala	Actress
2016		Jeetendra	Actor
2017		Saira Banu	Actress
2018		Waman Bhonsle	Editor
2020		Aruna Irani	Actress
2021		Mithun Chakraborty	Actor
2022		Helen	Actress

See also※

• V. Shantaram Award
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award

References※