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Phalke award for Dev Anand

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI DEC. 9. `Evergreen' hero Dev Anand has been selected for the Dada Saheb Phalke Award - for 2002 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to all aspects of film-making. It will be presented to the 80-year-old veteran actor-producer-director here on December 29. He will be the 34th recipient.

The Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said the award was in recognition of Dev Anand's histrionic abilities, extraordinary creativity and long association — lasting more than 50 years — with all forms of film-making. ``His contribution to the growth of Indian cinema has been truly outstanding.''

The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 2 lakhs, a shawl and a ``swarna kamal''.

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