The 3rd Filmfare Marathi Awards is a ceremony, presented by Jio, honored the best Indian Marathi-language films of 2016.

Sairat led the ceremony with 22 nominations, followed by Ventilator with 16 nominations and Natsamrat with 13 nominations.

Sairat won a record 11 awards, the most awards for a single film in a year, including Best Film, Best Director (for Nagraj Manjule), Best Actress and Best Female Debut (both for Rinku Rajguru), Best Male Debut (for Akash Tosar) and Best Music Director (for Ajay-Atul).

Rinku Rajguru set an unmatched record of Filmfare, becoming the only actress to win both Best Actress and Best Debut Female for her performance in Sairat. Jitendra Joshi received dual nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ventilator and Poshter Girl respectively. Sai Tamhankar earned dual nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Vazandar and Family Katta, winning for latter.

Ceremony It was held at Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, the 3rd Filmfare Marathi Awards honored the films released in 2016. At a press conference helmed by editor of Filmfare magazine, Jio was revealed as the title sponsor. Actors Pushkar Shrotri and Pushkaraj Chirputkar were announced as the co-hosts, while singers Jasraj Jayant Joshi and Priyanka Barve, and actors Sonalee Kulkarni, Bhargavi Chirmule, Manasi Naik, Sanskruti Balgude, Gashmeer Mahajani, Girija Joshi, Abhinay Berde, Mrunmayee Godbole, Vaibhav Tatwawadi, Pooja Sawant, Ankush Chaudhari and Tejaswini Pandit performed during the event. Bollywood actors Jackie Shroff, Deepika Padukone, Aditi Rao Hydari and Madhuri Dixit along with her husband were also present at the event. It took place on 27 October 2017, and was broadcast on Colors Marathi.

Winners and nominees

Best FilmBest Director Sairat Natsamrat Ventilator Family Katta Vazandar Nagraj Manjule – Sairat Mahesh Manjrekar – Natsamrat Chandrakant Kulkarni – Family Katta Sachin Kundalkar – Vazandar Rajesh Mapuskar – Ventilator Best Actor Best ActressNana Patekar – Natsamrat as Ganpat Ramchandra Belwalkar Mangesh Desai – Ekk Albela as Bhagwan Dada Akash Thosar– Sairat as Prashant (Parshya) Kale Swapnil Joshi – Friends as Neel Makarand Anaspure – Rangaa Patangaa as Jumman Jitendra Joshi – Ventilator as Prasanna KamerkarRinku Rajguru – Sairat as Archana (Archi) Patil Sai Tamhankar – Vazandar as Kaveri Priya Bapat – Vazandar as Pooja Medha Manjrekar – Natsamrat as Kaveri Ganpat Belwalkar Vandana Gupte – Family Katta as Malti Sabnis Veena Jamkar – Lalbaugchi Rani as Sandhya Parulekar Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Vikram Gokhale – Natsamrat as Rambhau Ashutosh Gowariker – Ventilator as Raja Kamerkar Tanaji Galgunde – Sairat as Pradeep Bansode Jitendra Joshi – Poshter Girl as Bharatrao Zende Aniket Vishwasrao – Poshter Girl as Bajrang Dudhbhate Kishor Kadam – ChauryaSai Tamhankar – Family Katta as Manju Sabnis Mrunmayee Deshpande– Natsamrat as Vidya Ganpat Belwalkar Chhaya Kadam– Sairat as Suman Akka Priyanka Bose – Half Ticket as Aai Sukanya Kulkarni – Ventilator as Sarika Mrinal Kulkarni – & Jara Hatke as Meera Best Male Debut Best Female DebutAkash Thosar – Sairat as Prashant (Parshya) KaleRinku Rajguru – Sairat as Archana (Archi) Patil Best Music Director Best Lyricist Ajay–Atul – Sairat Amitraj – Poshter Girl GV Prakash – Half Ticket Avinash, Vishwajeet – Vazandar Rohan-Rohan – Ventilator Hrishikesh-Saurabh-Jasraj – Phuntroo Ajay–Atul – "Yaad Lagla" – Sairat Kshitij Patwardhan – "Rubaba Pahije" – Half Ticket Mandar Cholkar – "Ti Swapnaatalya Pari Saarkhi" – Phuntroo Manoj Yadav – "Baba" – Ventilator Omkar Kulkarni – "Golu Polu" – Vazandar Vaibhav Joshi – "Rakhumai" – Poshter Girl Best Playback Singer – Male Best Playback Singer – FemaleAjay Gogavale – "Yaad Lagla" – Sairat Ajay-Atul – "Zingaat" – Sairat Anand Shinde, Adarsh Shinde – "Awaaz Vadhav DJ" – Poshter Girl Jasraj Joshi – "Ti Swapnaatalya Pari Saarkhi" – Phuntroo Pravin Kuvar – "Pipani" – Photocopy Swapnil Bandodkar – "Priyankara" – YZ Chinmayi – "Sairat Zaala Ji" – Sairat Ketaki Mategaonkar – "Kasa Jeev Guntala" – Phuntroo Ketaki Mategaonkar – "Priyankara" – YZ Neha Rajpal – "Tu Jithe" – Photocopy Shreya Ghoshal – "Aatach Baya" – Sairat Vibhavari Apte Joshi – "Naatyas Naav Aapulya" – Natsamrat

Critics' awards Best Film Mahesh Manjrekar – Natsamrat Best Actor Best Actress Mangesh Desai – Ekk Albela as Bhagwan Dada Vandana Gupte – Family Katta as Malti Sabnis

Technical Awards Best Story Best ScreenplayRajesh Mapuskar – Ventilator Chinmay Patankar – Rangaa Patangaa Hemant Dhome – Poshter Girl Nagraj Manjule – Sairat Sachin Kundalkar – VazandarRajesh Mapuskar – Ventilator Mahesh Manjrekar, Abhijeet Deshpande – Natsamrat Nagraj Manjule – Sairat Sachin Kundalkar – Vazandar Best Dialogue Best EditingNagraj Manjule, Bharat Manjule – Sairat Dnyanesh Zoting – Half Ticket Mahesh Manjrekar, Abhijeet Deshpande – Natsamrat Kshitij Patwardhan – YZ Rajesh Mapuskar – VentilatorRameshwar Bhagat – Ventilator Faizal-Imran – Half Ticket Faizal-Imran – YZ Gorakshnath – Vazandar Paresh Manjrekar – Natsamrat Kutub Inamdar – Sairat Best Choreography Best CinematographyRahul Thombre, Sanjeev Howaladar – "O Kaka" – YZ Nagraj Manjule – "Zingaat" – Sairat Siddhesh Dalvi – "Mitra" – Kanha Subhash Nakashe – "Jagdamba" – Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari Umesh Jadhav – "Filmy Filmy" – Guru Umesh Jadhav – "Krishna Janmla" – Kanha Sanjay Memane – Half Ticket Ameya Chavan – Kaul: A Calling Milind Jog – Vazandar Savita Singh – Ventilator Sudhakar Yekkanti Reddy – Sairat Best Production Design Best Sound DesignVasu Patil – Half Ticket Abhishek Redkar – Vazandar Eknath Kadam – Natsamrat Siddharth Tatooskar – & Jara Hatke Siddharth Tatooskar – YZ Nikhil Kovale – VentilatorSanjay Maurya, Allwyn Rego – Ventilator Avinash Sonawane – Sairat Avinash Sonawane, Abhishek Nair – Phuntroo Anmol Bhave – YZ Anmol Bhave – Half Ticket Rhitwick Raj Pathak, Siddharth Dubey – Kaul: A Calling Best Background ScoreAjay–Atul – Sairat Ajit Parab – Natsamrat Mannan Munjal – Kaul: A Calling Rohan-Rohan – Ventilator Saurabh Bhalerao – YZ Troy Arif – Half Ticket

Special awards Lifetime Achievement AwardAshok SarafBest Debut DirectorRajesh Mapuskar – Ventilator Limelight AwardMahesh Kothare

Superlatives

+Multiple nominations Nominations Film22Sairat16Ventilator13Natsamrat11Vazandar9Half Ticket8YZ6Poshter Girl5Family KattaPhuntroo3Kaul: A Calling

+Multiple wins Awards Film11Sairat5Ventilator 3Natsamrat2Half TicketFamily Katta

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