New Delhi: Veteran Bengali film director Tapan Sinha was on Monday selected for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2006.
Sinha, 84, who has won 19 National Film Awards in various categories apart from winning laurels in various international film festivals, would be given a Swarna Kamal, cash prize of Rs 10 lakh and a shawl by President Pratibha Patil.
Sinha, who started his career as a sound engineer in Kolkata's New Theatre in 1946, has directed well known films like Kabuliwala, Khudito Pashaan, Atithi, Upahar, Haatey Bazarey, Sagina Mahato, Hansuli Baker Upakatha, Adalat O Ekti Meye, Ek Doctor Ki Maut, Bancharamer Bagan and Shatabdir Kanya, among others.
The noted filmmaker got the opportunity of working in Pinewood Studio in the UK in 1950, where he was for two years.
On his return to India, he shifted his focus to filmmaking and went on to make films in Bengali, Hindi and also Oriya.
Sinha's cinematic works are mostly down to earth depiction of the struggles of the common man and his reputation as an uncompromising filmmaker puts him in a class of his own.
Government had recently conferred on him the "One Time Award for Life Time Achievement" award while commemorating the 60th anniversary of India's Independence.
The award committee that recommended Sinha's name consisted of Shyam Benegal, Gautam Ghosh, Sharmila Tagore and renowned flute player Hari Prasad Chaurasia, among others.
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