Filmfare Award for Lifetime Achievement
The 2024 recipient: David Dhawan
Awarded for	Commemorating an artist's career
Country	India
Presented by	Filmfare
First awarded	Amitabh Bachchan (1991)
Currently held by	David Dhawan (2024)
Website	Filmfare winners

The Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, initially named Raj Kapoor Award for Lifetime Achievement after Raj Kapoor is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.

List of honourees

† - Indicates the person also won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Year	Image	Honorees	Nature of work	Age when awarded (in years)
2024		David Dhawan	Director	72
2023		Prem Chopra	Actor	87
2022		Subhash Ghai	Director	77
2021		Irrfan Khan (posthumous)	Actor	53
2020		Ramesh Sippy	Director	73
2019		Sridevi (posthumous)	Actress	54
2018		Bappi Lahiri	Music Director	65
		Mala Sinha	Actress	81
2017		Shatrughan Sinha	Actor	71
2016		Moushumi Chatterjee	Actress	67
2015		Kamini Kaushal		88
2014		Tanuja		70
2013		Yash Chopra † (posthumous)	Director	80
2012		Aruna Irani	Actress	65
2011		Manna Dey †	Singer	91
2010		Shashi Kapoor †	Actor	71
		Khayyam	Music Director	83
2009		Om Puri	Actor	58
		Bhanu Athaiya	Costume Designer	79
2008		Rishi Kapoor	Actor	55
2007		Jaya Bachchan	Actress	58
		Javed Akhtar	Screenwriter / Lyricist	62
2006		Shabana Azmi	Actress	55
2005		Rajesh Khanna	Actor	62
2004		Sulochana Latkar	Actress	75
		B. R. Chopra †	Director	89
		Nirupa Roy	Actress	73
2003		Jeetendra	Actor	61
		Rekha	Actress	48
2002		Gulzar †	Screenwriter / Lyricist	67
		Asha Parekh †	Actress	59
2001		Feroz Khan	Actor	61
		Asha Bhosle †	Singer	67
2000		Hema Malini	Actress	51
		Vinod Khanna †	Actor	53
1999		Helen	Actress	60
		Manoj Kumar †	Actor	61
1998		Sharmila Tagore	Actress	53
1997		Dharmendra	Actor	61
		Mumtaz	Actress	49
1996		Ashok Kumar †	Actor	84
		Vyjayantimala	Actress	62
		Sunil Dutt	Actor	66
1995		Waheeda Rehman †	Actress	57
		Shammi Kapoor	Actor	63
1994		Dilip Kumar †		71
		Lata Mangeshkar †	Singer	64
1993		Dev Anand †	Actor	69
1992	–	No award	–	–
1991		Amitabh Bachchan †	Actor	48

Superlatives

• In 58th Filmfare Awards, Yash Chopra became the first artist to become a posthumous winner.
• Oldest Winner – Manna Dey in 56th Filmfare Awards (aged 91)
• Youngest Winner – Amitabh Bachchan in 36th Filmfare Awards & Rekha in 48th Filmfare Awards (both aged 48)
• Number of Female recipients – 21
• Number of Male recipients – 28