The 60th Maharashtra State Film Awards, presented by the Government of Maharashtra celebrated excellence in Marathi cinema by honoring the best films released in 2022.
The nominations for the awards were announced on 28 January 2025 by the Minister of Cultural Affairs, Ashish Shelar, along with winners in the technical and child artist categories The award ceremony took place on 5 August 2025.
The Maharashtra Film, Theatre and Cultural Development Corporation had invited submissions for the awards, with the original deadline set for 16 April 2024 but later extending it to 31 May 2024. In total, 50 entries certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) released between 1 January and 31 December 2022, were submitted for the preliminary round of evaluation. Originally, the ceremony was scheduled to take place on 24 April 2025, but it was postponed due to the Pahalgam attack that occurred two days earlier.
Dharmaveer led the nominations with eight, followed by Sunny with 7. Ananya with 6 and 4 Blind Men received 5 nominations.
Dharmaveer won a 6 awards, including Best Film I, Best Director I (for Pravin Tarde) and Best Actor (for Prasad Oak), thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.
Jury members Mugdha GodboleVivek LagooBabasaheb SaudagarVijay BhopeShrirang ArasRaja PhadtareSharad SawantMegha GhadgeChaitrali DongreVinod GanatraSharvani PillaiZafar SultanPrakash JadhavDevdutt RautVidyasagar Adhyapak
Awards and nominations Source:
Film and director awards Best Film IBest Director I Dharmaveer Pravin Tarde – DharmaveerBest Film IIBest Director II Pondicherry Sachin Kundalkar – PondicherryBest Film IIIBest Director III Har Har Mahadev Abhijeet Deshpande – Har Har MahadevBest Rural FilmBest Rural Film Director Gaabh Anup Jatratkar – GaabhBest Social FilmBest Social Film Director Samaira 4 Blind Men Global Aadgaon Har Har Mahadev Dharmaveer Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi Pondicherry Ananya Sunny Gaabh Rishi Deshpande – Samaira Pratap Phad – Ananya Sachin Kundalkar – Pondicherry Hemant Dhome – Sunny Pravin Tarde – Dharmaveer Abhishek Merurkar – 4 Blind Men Anup Jatratkar – Gaabh Sandeep Sawant – Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi Anilkumar Salve – Global Aadgaon Abhijeet Deshpande – Har Har Mahadev
Acting awards Best Actor (Shahu Modak and Sivaji Ganesan Award)Best Actress (Smita Patil Award) Prasad Oak – Dharmaveer as Anand Dighe Vaibhav Tatwawadi – Pondicherry as Rohan Lalit Prabhakar – Sunny as Sunny Amruta Khanvilkar – Chandramukhi as Chandramukhi (Chandra) Umajirao Junnarkar Sai Tamhankar – Pondicherry as Nikita Sonalee Kulkarni – Tamasha Live as ShefaliBest Supporting Actor (Chintamanrao Kolhatkar Award)Best Supporting Actress (Shanta Hublikar and Hansa Wadkar Award) Yogesh Soman – Ananya as Avinash Deshmukh Kishor Kadam – Territory Subodh Bhave – Har Har Mahadev as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Mrunmayee Deshpande – Chandramukhi as Damayanti (Dolly) Daulatrao Deshmane Snehal Tarde – Dharmaveer as Anita Birje Kshitee Jog – Sunny as VaidehiBest Child Artist (Gajanan Jagirdar Award)Best Comedian Male (Damuanna Malvankar Award) Srinivas Pokale – Chhumantar Arnav Deshpande – Aamhi Butterfly Sanjay Narvekar – Timepass 3 as Dinkar Patil Makarand Anaspure – Varhadi Vajantri Bharat Ganeshpure – Pillu Bachelor
Debut awards Best Debut Film ProductionBest Debut Direction Aatur Gulhar Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi Pratap Phad – Ananya Abhishek Merurkar – 4 Blind Men Anup Jatratkar – GaabhBest Debut Actor (Kashinath Ghanekar Award)Best Debut Actress (Ranjana Deshmukh Award) Jaydeep Kodolikar – Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi Akur Rathi – Samaira Ronak Landge – Global Aadgaon Hruta Durgule – Ananya as Ananya Deshmukh Sayali Bandkar – Gaabh as Fulwa Mansi Bhawalkar – Soyrik
Music awards Best Playback Singer MaleBest Playback Singer Female Manish Rajgire – Dharmaveer for "Bhetla Vitthal Majha" Padmanabh Gaikwad – Gulhar for "Ka Re Jeev Jala" Ajay Gogavale – Chandramukhi for "Ghe Tujhyat Saavalit Kanha" Aarya Ambekar – Chandramukhi for "Bai Ga" Amita Ghugari – Soyarik for "Tula Kay Sangu Kaina" Juilee Jogalekar – Samaira for "Sundar Te Dhyan"Best SongBest Background Music Abhishek Khankar – Ananya for "Dhaga Aad Ya" Prashant Madpuwar – Global Aadgaon for "Yalgar Hovu De" Prakash Chavan – Fatwa for "Alagad Maan He" Honey Satmakar – Aatur Avinash–Vishwajeet – Dharmaveer Aditya Bedekar – SunnyBest Music Director (Arun Paudwal Award)Best Choreographer Nihar Shembekar – Samaira Hitesh Modak – Har Har Mahadev Vijay Gawande – Songya Umesh Jadhav – Dharmaveer for "Aai Jagdambe" Rahul Thombre, Sanjeev Hovaladar – Timepass 3 for "Colddrink Watte Gaar", "Waghachi Darkaali" Sujit Kumar – Sunny for "Mee Nachnar Bhai"
Writing awards Best Story (Madhusudan Kalelkar Award)Best Screenplay Sumit Tambe – Samaira Anil Salve – Global Aadgaon Poorval Dhotre, Abhishek Merurkar – 4 Blind Men Tejas Modak, Sachin Kundalkar – Pondicherry Irawati Karnik – Sunny Poorval Dhotre, Abhishek Merurkar – 4 Blind MenBest Dialogue Pravin Tarde – Dharmaveer Makarand Mane – Soyrik Sachin Mullemwar – Territory
Technical awards Best Costume DesignBest Makeup Saurabh Kapde, Sumedh Jadhav – Taathkana Ujjwala Singh – TaathkanaBest Cinematography (Pandurang Naik Award)Best Editing Abhijeet Chaudhary, Omkar Barve – 4 Blind Men Priyashanker Ghosh – Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi Yash Surve – Kata KirrBest Sound MixingBest Sound Editing Lochan Pratap Kanvinde – Har Har Mahadev Suhas Rane – Hya Goshtila Navach NahiBest Art Direction (Saheb Mama aka Fateh Lal Award) Mahesh Kundalkar – Unaad
Special awards Raj Kapoor Award Anupam KherRaj Kapoor Special Contribution Award Kajol V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award Mahesh ManjrekarV. Shantaram Special Contribution Award Mukta BarveLata Mangeshkar Award Bhimrao PanchaleChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Mahavarsha Award Vishal Sharma
Superlatives +Multiple winsAwardsFilm6Dharmaveer4Pondicherry Samaira Ananya3Har Har MahadevChandramukhi 2GaabhAatur Taathkana Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi1Timepass 34 Blind MenKata Kirr
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