The Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Third Film is presented annually by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra, to recognise the third-best film in Marathi cinema. It is one of the most prestigious honours in the Marathi film industry and is presented as part of the Maharashtra State Film Awards ceremony. The award was later renamed the Master Vinayak Award for Best Film. The award was first presented in 1962. The recipients are selected by a jury appointed by the state government.
Films directed by Dada Kondke and Girish Ghanekar have each won the award three times. Films directed by Anant Mane, Murlidhar Kapadi, Babasaheb Phattelal, Rajdutt, N. S. Vaidya, Mahesh Kothare, Sanjay Surkar, and Shantanu Rode have each won the award twice. Madhav Shinde’s films won the award in consecutive years (1969 and 1970). Lapandav directed by Shrabani Deodhar was the first by a female director to win in this category. It was not presented in 1965.
Winners List of films, showing the year and director(s) Year Film(s) Director(s)1962Shahir Parshuram Anant Mane1963PhakiraChandrashekhar1964Thoratanchi KamalaMadhu Shinde1965 Not awarded1966Shevatcha MalusaraVasant Joglekar1967Swapna Tech LochaniChandrawadan1968EktiRaja Thakur1969DharmakanyaMadhav Shinde1970Laxman Resha1971Donhi Gharcha PahunaGajanan JagirdarSongadyaGovind Kulkarni1972-73Andhala Marto DolaDada Kondke 1974Ashi Hi Sataryachi TarhaMurlidhar Kapadi 1975Bayanno Navre SambhalaDattatray Kulkarni 1976PahuniAnant Mane1977Naav Motha Lakshan Khota Murlidhar Kapadi 1978 Jait Re JaitJabbar Patel1979Bot Lavin Tithe GudgulyaDada Kondke1980PaijBabasaheb Phattelal1981AkritAmol Palekar 1982 Aali Angawar Dada Kondke1983Thorli JauKamlakar Torne 1984Bahurupi Satish Randive1985StridhanBabasaheb Phattelal 1986Aaj Zale Mukta MeRajdutt1987Khatyal Sasu Nathal SoonN. S. Vaidya1988Rangat SangatGirish Ghanekar1989Hamaal De DhamaalPurushottam Berde1990 KooldeepakN. S. Vaidya1991AnapekshitSanjeev Naik1992Vaajva Re VaajvaGirish Ghanekar 1993LapandavShrabani Deodhar1994Majha ChakulaMahesh Kothare1995Aboli Amol Shedge1996Suna Yeti GharaK. Radhaswami 1997Navsacha PorGirish Ghanekar 1998HasriSubhash Phadke1999GharabaherSanjay Surkar2000MrugjalSatish Rajwade2001ZanzavatRajdutt2002BhetChandrakant Kulkarni2003Vitthal VitthalGajendra Ahire2004Saatchya Aat GharatSanjay Surkar2005KhabardarMahesh Kothare2006Savali Rajendra Talik2007Checkmate Sanjay Jadhav2008DhudgusRajendra Patil 2009Ek Cup ChyaSumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar2010Platform Veena Lokur2011Taryanche Bait Kiran Yadnopavit2012Ajintha Nitin Chandrakant Desai2013Jaijaikar Shantanu Rode2014Lokmanya: Ek Yugpurush Om Raut2015Dagadi Chawl Chandrakant Kanse2016Ventilator Rajesh Mapuskar2017Kshitij Ek Horizon Manoj Kadam2018Tendlya Sachin Jadhav, Nachiket Waikar2019Smile PleaseVikram Phadnis2020Goshta Eka PaithanichiShantanu Rode2021GodavariNikhil Mahajan2022Har Har MahadevAbhijeet Deshpande 2023Naal 2Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti2024Nach Ga GhumaParesh Mokashi
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