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The Union government announced on 16 September 2026 that veteran Kannada actor Anant Nag will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024, India's highest honour in cinema, for his contribution to Indian cinema and an illustrious career that has inspired generations, on the recommendation of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award Selection Committee. The award will be presented at the 72nd National Film Awards ceremony in Kevadia, Gujarat, on 22 September 2026. Anant Nag, who has acted in more than 300 films across five decades, more than 200 of them in Kannada, becomes only the second Kannada film actor after Dr Rajkumar, who won it in 1995, to receive the honour.