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We honour two eminent film personalities with the PIFF Distinguished Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema. The purpose of the award is to appreciate and applaud the work of legends working in cinema, and to relive their life and times through numerous interactions with them.
Over the years, eminent film personalities from various regions and different streams of filmmaking have been chosen for the award. Recipients have come from regional film industries as well as from Bollywood.
| Year | PIFF Distinguished award for outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema Awardees |
|---|---|
| 22nd PIFF, 2024 | Smt Leela Gandhi Shri Ameen Sayani Shri Goutam Ghose Shri M. M. Keeravaani |
| 21st PIFF, 2023 | Manoj Kumar Enoch Daniels |
| 19th PIFF, 2020 | Ashok Saraf |
| 18th PIFF, 2020 | B. P. Singh Vikram Gokhale |
| 17th PIFF, 2019 | Dilip Prabhavalkar Govind Nihalani |
| 16th PIFF, 2018 | Ramesh Prasad Ramesh Sippy Raj Dutt |
| 15th PIFF, 2017 | Aparna Sen Seema Deo |
| 14th PIFF, 2016 | Soumitra Chatterjee Shyam Benegal |
| 13th PIFF, 2015 | N. D. Mahanor Shatrughan Sinha Tanuja Mukerjee Krzysztof Zanussi |
| 12th PIFF, 2014 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan Vinod Khanna |
| 11th PIFF, 2013 | Ramesh Deo Jeetendra |
| 10th PIFF, 2012 | Amitabh Bachchan Asha Bhosale |
| 9th PIFF, 2011 | Shashikala Saira Banu |
| 8th PIFF, 2010 | Shriram Lagoo Rajesh Khanna |
| 7th PIFF, 2009 | Shashi Kapoor Sulochana Didi Hema Malini |
| 6th PIFF, 2008 | Sharmila Tagore Shammi Kapoor |
| 5th PIFF, 2007 | Asha Parekh Dharmendra |
| 4th PIFF, 2006 | Vyjayantimala Yash Chopra Victor Kemper |
| 3rd PIFF, 2005 | Waheeda Rehman Shakti Samanta |
| 2nd PIFF, 2003 | Lata Mangeshkar Dev Anand |
| 1st PIFF, 2002 | Mrinal Sen Dilip Kumar |
