The Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actor is an honour presented annually at the Maharashtra State Film Awards to recognize an actor for the best performance in a leading role in a Marathi film industry. Established in 1962, the recipients are selected by a jury constituted each year by the Government of Maharashtra. They are announced by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and presented by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Over the course of 62 award ceremonies, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the award has been presented to 44 different actors. The award was later renamed the Shahu Modak Award for Best Actor, in honour of Shahu Modak, one of the most celebrated actor of Indian and Marathi cinema. Recipients receive a statuette and a cash prize of ₹1 lakh (US$1,000).
Achievement records Multiple wins Individuals with two or more Best Actor awards:
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Other achievement records AchievementActorRecordMost consecutive winsNilu Phule 3Eldest winnerGajanan Jagirdar Chandrakant Mandare age 55Youngest winnerSachin Pilgaonkar age 14
Nilu Phule holds the record for the most consecutive Best Actor wins, taking the award three years in a row from 1974 to 1976. Apart from him, Ashok Saraf (1992–1993) and Subodh Bhave (2011–2012) are the only others to have won in back-to-back years. A total of 18 actors have received both the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards: Chandrakant Gokhale, Gajanan Jagirdar, Chandrakant Mandare, Sharad Talwalkar, Nilu Phule, Ashok Saraf, Shreeram Lagoo, Mohan Gokhale, Ajinkya Deo, Yashwant Dutt, Vikram Gokhale, Avinash Narkar, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Mohan Joshi, Arun Nalawade, Sandeep Kulkarni, Kishor Kadam and Amey Wagh. Ashok Saraf is the most decorated actor in this category with five Best Actor wins, and is the only actor to have won the award across four different decades. The award has been won by real-life brothers Suryakant Mandhare and Chandrakant Mandare on separate occasions. It has also been won by the father-son pair of Chandrakant Gokhale and Vikram Gokhale. Amol Palekar is among the few to have won both the Best Actor and Best Director awards, including for the same film, Akriet. Sachin Pilgaonkar is the only other actor to have won both awards, along with the Best Child Artist award. Vikram Gokhale later added the Best Debut Director award to his name. Dilip Prabhavalkar, Ashok Saraf, Mohan Joshi, Jitendra Joshi and Upendra Limaye have each won both the Best Actor and Best Comedian awards. Mohan Joshi, Sandeep Kulkarni and Umesh Kamat have additionally been honoured with the Special Jury Award.\ Sachin Pilgaonkar remains the youngest Best Actor recipient, having won the award at the age of 14 for Ajab Tujhe Sarkar (1971). Gajanan Jagirdar and Chandrakant Mandare are the oldest recipients, having won for Shahir Parshuram (1962) and Khandobachi Aan (1968) respectively.
Winners and nominees +List of award recipients, showing the year, role(s) and film(s)YearPhotos of winnersRecipient(s)Role(s)Work(s)Refs. 1962 Gajanan Jagirdar Parshuram Shahir Parshuram 1963 Arun Sarnaik Yashwant Rangalya Ratri Asha 1964 Kashinath Ghanekar Balasaheb Panse Pathlaag 1965 Arun Sarnaik Jayawanta Sawaal Majha Aika! 1966 Suryakant Mandhare Gulab Malhari Martand 1967 Chandrakant Gokhale Chandrakant Swapna Tech Lochani 1968 Chandrakant Mandare Shiva Khandobachi Aan 1969 Chandrakant Gokhale Shivram Bhatikar Dharmakanya 1970 Arun Sarnaik Madhav Dhakti Bahin 1971 Sachin Pilgaonkar Uddhav Ajab Tujhe Sarkar 1972–73 Sharad Talwalkar Pant Jawai Vikat Ghene Aahe 1974 Nilu Phule Nilu Haath Lavin Titha Sona 1975 Nilu Phule Hindurao Dhonde Patil Samna 1976 Nilu Phule Chanderrao Choricha Mamla 1977 Yashwant Dutt Maya Daga 1978 Shreeram Lagoo Gadge Baba Devaki Nandan Gopala 1979 Ashok Saraf Avinash Baeelveda 1980 Yashwant Dutt Shrikanth Manohar Sansar 1981 Amol Palekar Mukutrao Shinde Akrit 1982 Yashwant Dutt Bali Shapit 1983 Nana Patekar Raghu Raghu Maina 1984 Ashok Saraf Sawalya (Bhau Kaka) Bahurupi 1985 Nana Patekar Khandu Gad Jejuri Jejuri 1986 Mohan Gokhale Shrikant B. Mahajan Aaj Zale Mukt Mi 1987 Ashok Saraf Bajrang Prem Karuya Khullam Khulla 1988 Laxmikant Berde Sachin Damodar Gholat Ghol 1989 Vikram Gokhale Manohar Desai Kalat Nakalat 1990 Pramod Pawar Aaghat 1991 Dilip Prabhavalkar Nandu Chaukat Raja 1992 Ashok Saraf Raghunath Aapli Mansa 1993 Ashok Saraf CM Babasaheb Mohile Vazir 1994 Ravindra Mankani Srirang Limited Manuski 1995 Dilip Kulkarni Avinash Pradhan Aai 1996 Mohan Joshi Rao Saheb Rao Saheb 1997 Avinash Narkar Shambhu Paij Lagnachi 1998 Dilip Prabhavalkar Shridhar Phadke Ratra Aarambh 1999 Sachin Khedekar Vasudha's brother Gharabaher 2000 Kishor Kadam Raghunath Karve Dhyaas Parva 2001 Shivaji Satam Doctor Ek Hoti Vaadi 2002 Shreyas Talpade Deven Resham Gaath 2003 Arun Nalawade Vichare Aajoba Shwaas 2004 Shivaji Satam Raghuvir Rajadhyaksha / Raghu Uttarayan 2005 Sandeep Kulkarni Madhav Apte Dombivli Fast 2006 Umesh Kamat Samar Samar – Ek Sangharsha 2007 Ajinkya Deo Vasudev Balwant Phadke / Kashikar Baba Vasudev Balwant Phadke 2008 Upendra Limaye Tayappa Jogwa 2009 Bharat Jadhav Mouli Jhing Chik Jhing 2010 Subodh Bhave Lokesh Satam (Abhijeet Deshpande) Ranbhool 2011 Subodh Bhave Bal Gandharva Balgandharva 2012 Sachin Khedekar Hari Dada Damle Kaksparsh 2013 Ashok Lokhande Yashwantrao Chavan Yashwantrao Chavan: Bakhar Eka Vaadalaachi 2014 Subodh Bhave Bal Gangadhar Tilak Lokmanya: Ek Yugpurush 2015 Shashank Shende Arjun Magar Ringan 2016 Mangesh Desai Bhagwan Dada Ekk Albela 2017 Shashank Shende Tatu Redu 2018 Kay Kay Menon Malhar Raorane Ek Sangaychay 2019 Deepak Dobriyal Madhav Baba Kailash Waghmare Ghoda Lalit Prabhakar Gopalrao Joshi Anandi Gopal 2020 Rahul Deshpande Vasantrao Deshpande Me Vasantrao Aroh Welankar Heera Funral Siddharth Menon Neel June 2021 Jitendra Joshi Nishikant Deshmukh Godavari Sumeet Raghavan Kiran Ekda Kaay Zala Sandeep Pathak Dhanu Raakh 2022 Prasad Oak Anand Dighe Dharmaveer Vaibhav Tatwawadi Rohan Pondicherry Lalit Prabhakar Sunny Sunny 2023 Amey Wagh Jaggu Dada Jaggu Ani Juliet Shridhar Watsar Daddy Sshort and Ssweet Siddharth Jadhav Khandu Hajar Vela Shole Pahilela Manus 2024 Sunil Barve Sudhir Phadke Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke Gashmeer Mahajani Venkatdhwari Narsimha Shastri Phullwanti Milind Shinde Raghunath Ghaath
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