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Dada Saheb Phalke award for Dev Anand

New Delhi, December 9
Evergreen Bollywood actor Dev Anand has been selected for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2002 for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.

The award carries a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh, a shawl and a Swarna Kamal and was instituted in 1969 to commemorate the outstanding contribution of the late Dadasaheb Phalke to the cinema, official sources said here today.

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will give away the award at a ceremony scheduled to be held on December 29. — PTI