Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been selected for Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Union minister Prakash Javadekar confirmed the same on his Twitter account. He went on to state that the decision to select the megastar was unanimous.

Prakash Javadekar also went on to add that the nation and International community is happy with megastar Amitabh Bachchan's selection for Dadasaheb Phalke Award. He tweeted, "The legend Amitabh Bachchan who entertained and inspired for 2 generations has been selected unanimously for #DadaSahabPhalke award. The entire country and international community is happy. My heartiest Congratulations to him. @narendramodi @SrBachchan"

Amitabh Bachchan last appeared in Sujoy Ghosh's movie Badla alongside Taapsee Pannu and Amrita Singh. He will next appear in the mega project Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy in a brief role alongside megastar Chiranjeevi. The movie, produced by Ram Charan, also features Kiccha Sudeep, Jagapathi Babu, Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara, Tamannaah Bhatia, Niharika Konidela, Ravi Kishan and Anushka Shetty in pivotal roles.

Apart from Sye Raa, Big B will also appear in Nagraj Manjule's Jhund, followed by his 2020 releases - Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra alongside Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Mouni Roy, Rumi Jafry's Chehre alongside Emraan Hashmi and Shoojit Sircar's Gulabo Sitabo alongside Ayushmann Khurrana.

Late actor Vinod Khanna was honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the year 2018 for his contribution in cinema till the year 2017.