IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award

The IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year is a National honor instituted by the International Film Festival of India.[1][2] The recipient is honored for their "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Cinema of India. The award was first instituted in the year 2013 from the 44th IFFI.[3][4]

IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year
Awarded for"Outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema"
Sponsored byInternational Film Festival of India
First awarded2013 (2013)
Last awarded2022
Most recent winnerChiranjeevi
Highlights
First winnerWaheeda Rahman

Indian Film Personality of the Year (2013–Present)

Since 2013, on the occasion of 100 years of Cinema of India, the Award for the "Indian Film Personality of the Year" was instituted. The annual award is presented to an Indian film personality for their outstanding contribution to the Indian Film Industry through their craft. This Award consists of a Silver Peacock Medal, a certificate and a cash prize of ₹ 10,00,000.[5][6]

Edition Image Awardee Craft
44th Waheeda Rahman Actress
45th Rajinikanth Actor
46th Ilaiyaraaja Composer
47th S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Playback singer and composer
48th Amitabh Bachchan Actor
49th Salim Khan Screenwriter
51st Biswajit Chatterjee Actor
52nd Hema Malini Film personality
Prasoon Joshi Lyricist
53rd Chiranjeevi-20190801110016-8359.jpg Chiranjeevi Actor and producer

IFFI Golden Jubilee ICON Award

On the occasion of Golden Jubilee year of IFFI, veteran actor Rajinikanth was conferred with the Golden Jubilee ICON Award in the year 2019.[7]

Edition Image Awardee Craft
50th Rajinikanth Actor

References
  1. "'Beatriz's War' wins Golden Peacock at 44th International film festival of India – Times of India".
  2. "IFFI 2013 Winners – The Golden Peacock award goes to BEATRIZ's WAR." iffigoablog.blogspot.in.
  3. "44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)" (PDF). employmentnews.gov.in.
  4. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/feacontent.aspx?relid=100683
  5. "Who will be the Indian Film Personality of the Year at IFFI 2017?". 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  6. "Waheeda receives Indian Film Personality of the Year award at IFFI". 20 November 2013.
  7. "Rajinikanth, Isabelle Huppert to Be Honoured at IFFI 2019". 2 November 2019.
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