The Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Social Film is an award presented annually at the Maharashtra State Film Awards to the best social film in Marathi cinema. The awards are managed directly by the Government of Maharashtra under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Maharashtra. The category recognizes Marathi-language films that authentically address social issues, reform, and the everyday realities of contemporary society in Maharashtra. The recipients are selected by a jury appointed by the state government. The Best Social Film award was first presented in 1985, twenty-two years after the inaugural ceremony held in 1963. The category was later renamed the V. Shantaram Award for Best Film, in honour of V. Shantaram, one of the most celebrated pioneers of Indian and Marathi cinema.
Winners List of films, showing the year and director(s) Year Film(s) Director(s)1984MahanandaK. G. Korgaonkar Lek Chalali Sasarla N. S. Vaidya1985NikhareDr. Devdutt Mhatre1986The PurnasatyaBhaskar JadhavAnyaySatish Randive1987VahinisahebRaju Phirke1988Pandharichi VaariRamakant Kavthekar1989SuryodayBharat Sasane1990AaghatRamakant Kavthekar1991PratikarVilas Rakte1992Patit PavanAruna Raje1993Paisa Paisa PaisaKumar Sohoni1994BhasmaPurushottam Berde1995NeelambariSatish Randive1996PutravatiBhaskar Jadhav 1999Ghe BharariYashwant Bhalkar2001Sangharsh JeevanachaTapandas2003Not Only Mrs. RautGajendra Ahire2004DevraiSumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar2005Pak Pak PakaakGautam Joglekar2006Mission Champion Sangeet Kulkarni 2007Vasudev Balwant PhadkeGajendra Ahire2009SukhantSanjay Surkar2010Mala Aai Vhhaychy!Samruddhi Porey 2011Dusrya Jagatil Satish Randive2012Shyamche VadilR. Viraj2013Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero Samruddhi Porey2014Nagrik Jayprasad Desai2015Halal Shivaji Lotan Patil2016Oli Ki Suki Anand Gokhale 2017MantrDevendra Shinde2018Ek Sangaychay Lokesh Gupte 2019Anandi GopalSameer Vidwans2020GodakathGajendra Ahire2021BaalbhaartiNitin Nandan 2022SamairaRishi Deshpande 2023AshaDeepak Patil2024SthalJayant Somalkar
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