The 57th Maharashtra State Film Awards, presented by the Government of Maharashtra celebrated excellence in Marathi cinema by honoring the best films released in 2019.
The nominations for the awards were announced on 29 April 2022 by the Minister of Cultural Affairs, Amit Deshmukh, along with winners in the technical and child artist categories. The award ceremony took place on 22 February 2024.
In total, 89 entries certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) released between 1 January and 31 December 2019, were submitted for the preliminary round of evaluation. Originally, the ceremony was scheduled to take place in May 2022, but it was postponed due to the 2022 Shiv Sena split.
Jury members Ramesh Salgaonkar Arun MhatreKishu Paul Prashant PatadeShrirang ArasVijay KadamManohar AchrekarDilip ThakurJaywant RautPradeep PednekarNandu VardamPrakash Jadhav Ramesh More Kumar Sohoni
Awards and nominations Source:
Film and director awards Best Film IBest Director I Y Ajit Wadikar – YBest Film IIBest Director II Miss U Mister Sameer Joshi – Miss U Mister Best Film IIIBest Director III Smile Please Vikram Phadnis – Smile Please Best Rural FilmBest Rural Film Director Tajmahal Niyaz Mujawar – Tajmahal Best Social FilmBest Social Film Director Anandi Gopal Y Smile Please Miss U Mister Anandi Gopal Basta Baba Bardo Panghrun Prawaas Sameer Vidwans – Anandi Gopal Ajit Wadikar – Y Vikram Phadnis – Smile Please Sameer Joshi – Miss U Mister Sameer Vidwans – Anandi Gopal Tanaji Ghadge – Basta Raj R. Gupta – Baba Bhimrao Mude– Bardo Mahesh Manjrekar – Panghrun Shashank Udapurkar – Prawaas
Acting awards Best Actor (Shahu Modak and Sivaji Ganesan Award)Best Actress (Smita Patil Award) Deepak Dobriyal – Baba as Madhav Lalit Prabhakar – Anandi Gopal as Gopalrao Joshi Kailash Waghmare – Gaabh as Dadu Mrunmayee Deshpande – Miss U Mister as Kaveri Sonali Kulkarni – Pension as Vimal Bhagyashree Milind – Anandi Gopal as Anandi Gopal JoshiBest Supporting Actor (Chintamanrao Kolhatkar Award)Best Supporting Actress (Shanta Hublikar and Hansa Wadkar Award) Rohit Phalke – Panghrun as Madhav Suhas Palshikar – Basta as Namdev Pawar Sanjay Khapre – Tajmahal as Bhima Nandita Patkar – Baba as Anandi Anjali Patil – Man Fakiraa as Mahi Kiran Khoje – Tajmahal as ShewantaBest Child Artist (Gajanan Jagirdar Award)Best Comedian Male (Damuanna Malvankar Award) Aryan Menghji – Baba as Shankar Parth Bhalerao – Basta as Nandya
Debut awards Best Debut Film ProductionBest Debut Direction Zollywood Man Fakiraa Maighaat Achyut Narayan – Vegli Vaat Nitin Supekar – Aatpadi Nights T. Mahesh – GhodaBest Debut Actor (Kashinath Ghanekar Award)Best Debut Actress (Ranjana Deshmukh Award) Deepak Kale – Zollywood Ankita Lande – ''Girlz'' as Mati Desai Akshaya Gurav – Riwanawayli as Aishwarya Ashwini Wadekar – Zollywood as Poonam
Music awards Best Playback Singer MaleBest Playback Singer Female Sonu Nigam – Miss U Mister for "Yeshil Tu" Hrishikesh Ranade – Anandi Gopal for "Mam Pauli" Jasraj Jayant Joshi – Girlfriend for "Gaar Gaar Thetarat" Madhura Kumbhar – Hirkani for "Jagana He Nyara Zal Ji" Aanandi Joshi– Anandi Gopal for "Mam Pauli" Savani Ravindra – Bardo for "Raan Petala"Best LyricsBest Background Music Sanjay Krushnaji Patil – Hirkani for "Jagana He Nyara Zal Ji" Vaibhav Joshi – Panghrun for "Hi Anokhi Gath" Shweta Pendse – Bardo for "Raan Petala" Prafull-Swapnil – Smile Please Saurabh Bhalerao – Anandi Gopal Hitesh Modak – PanghrunBest Music Director (Arun Paudwal Award)Best Choreographer Amitraj – Hirkani Hrishikesh-Jasraj-Saurabh – Anandi Gopal Rohan-Rohan – Smile Please Subhash Nakashe – Hirkani for "Shivrajyabhishek Geet" Rahul Thombre, Sanjeev Hovaladar – Girlfriend for "Lovestory" Chinni Prakash – Once More for "Parineeti Asmanti"
Writing awards Best Story (Madhusudan Kalelkar Award)Best Screenplay B. B. Borkar – Panghrun Manish Singh – Baba Pundalik Dhumal – Pension Vikram Phadnis, Irawati Karnik – Smile Please Sameer Asha Patil – Bonsaay Niyaj Mujawar – TajmahalBest Dialogue Irawati Karnik – Anandi Gopal Shweta Pendse – Bardo Niyaj Mujawar – Tajmahal
Technical awards Best Costume DesignBest Makeup Vikram Phadnis – Smile Please Sanika Gadgil – FatteshikastBest Cinematography (Pandurang Naik Award)Best Editing Karan B. Rawat – Panghrun Ashish Mhatre, Apurva Motiwale – BastaBest Sound MixingBest Sound Editing Mandar Kamlapurkar – Trijya Anup Dev – MaighaatBest Art Direction (Saheb Mama aka Fateh Lal Award) Sunil Nigvekar, Nilesh Wagh – Anandi Gopal
Special awards Raj Kapoor Award Aruna IraniRaj Kapoor Special Contribution Award J. P. DuttaV. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award Ravindra MahajaniV. Shantaram Special Contribution Award Gajendra AhireMaharashtra Bhushan Ashok Saraf
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