The 56th Maharashtra State Film Awards, presented by the Government of Maharashtra celebrated excellence in Marathi cinema by honoring the best films released in 2018.
The nominations for the awards were announced by the Minister of Cultural Affairs, Vinod Tawde, along with winners in the technical and child artist categories. The award ceremony took place on 26 May 2019.
In total, 66 entries certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) released between 1 January and 31 December 2018, were submitted for the preliminary round of evaluation. John Bailey, who was the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, attended the ceremony as the chief guest.
Awards and nominations Source:
Film and director awards Best Film IBest Director I Bhonga Shivaji Lotan Patil – BhongaBest Film IIBest Director II Bandishala Milind Lele – BandishalaBest Film IIIBest Director III Tendlya Sachin Jadhav, Nachiket Waikar – TendlyaBest Rural FilmBest Rural Film Director Bhonga Shivaji Lotan Patil – BhongaBest Social FilmBest Social Film Director Ek Sangaychay Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar Bandishala Chumbak Tendlya Bhonga Firebrand Aamhi Doghi Bhurji Dithee Lokesh Gupte – Ek Sangaychay Abhijeet Deshpande – Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar Milind Lele – Bandishala Sandeep Modi – Chumbak Sachin Jadhav, Nachiket Waikar – Tendlya Shivaji Lotan Patil – Bhonga Aruna Raje – Firebrand Pratima Joshi – Aamhi Doghi Ashish Girme – Bhurji Sumitra Bhave – Dithee
Acting awards Best Actor (Shahu Modak and Sivaji Ganesan Award)Best Actress (Smita Patil Award) Kay Kay Menon – Ek Sangaychay as Malhar Raorane Subodh Bhave – Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar as Kashinath Ghanekar Kishor Kadam – Dithee as Ramji Mukta Barve – Bandishala as Madhavi Devika Daftardar – Naal as Aai Kalyanee Mulay – Nude as YamunaBest Supporting Actor (Chintamanrao Kolhatkar Award)Best Supporting Actress (Shanta Hublikar and Hansa Wadkar Award) Swanand Kirkire – Chumbak as Prasanna Sumeet Raghavan – Aapla Manus as Rahul Gokhale Sachin Khedekar – Firebrand as Anand Pradhan Chhaya Kadam – Nude as Chandrakka Rajeshwari Sachdev – Firebrand as Divya Nandita Patkar – Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar as Irawati BhideBest Child Artist (Gajanan Jagirdar Award) Shrinivas Pokale – Naal as Chaitya Aman Kamble – Tendlya as Tendlya
Debut awards Best Debut Film ProductionBest Debut Direction Bandishala Tendlya Sachin Jadhav, Nachiket Waikar – Tendlya Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti – NaalBest Debut Actor (Kashinath Ghanekar Award)Best Debut Actress (Ranjana Deshmukh Award) Firoz Sheikh – Tendlya Ashish Girme – Bhurji Gauri Kothawade – Pushpak Vimaan Preeti Rankhambe – Bhurji
Music awards Best Playback Singer MaleBest Playback Singer Female Hrishikesh Ranade – Whatsup Lagna for "Tujhya Athvaninche" Adarsh Shinde – Sopaskar for "Ya Jagi Nasen Me" Swapnil Bandodkar – Madhuri for "Mala Sorry Mhanaychay" Priyanka Barve – Bandishala for "Disha Petlya Daahi" Vaishali Samant– Farzand for "Tumhi Yetana" Nihira Joshi – Whatsup Lagna for "Funkarichi Vaadale"Best LyricsBest Background Score Sanjay Krushnaji Patil – Bandishala for "Kalokhachya Vatevar" Sunil Sukhtankar – Welcome Home for "Radhe Radhe" Cyli Khare – Nude for "Dis Yeti Dis Jati" Vijay Narayan Gavande – Bandishala Santosh Mulekar – Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar Piyush Kanojiya – Savita Damodar ParanjpeBest Music Director (Arun Paudwal Award)Best Choreographer Rajesh Sarkate – Menaka Urvashi Narendra Bhide, Santosh Mulekar – Pushpak Vimaan Shailendra Barve – Ek Sangaychay Umesh Jadhav – Menaka Urvashi Phulwa Khamkar – Whatsup Lagna Deepali Vichare – Pushpak Vimaan
Writing awards Best Story (Madhusudan Kalelkar Award)Best Screenplay Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti – Naal Shivaji Lotan Patil – Bhonga Aruna Raje – Firebrand Shivaji Lotan Patil, Nishant Dhapse – Bhonga Sumitra Bhave – Dithee Abhijeet Deshpande – Ani... Dr. Kashinath GhanekarBest Dialogue Vivek Bele – Aapla Manus Aruna Raje – Firebrand Guru Thakur – Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar
Technical awards Best Costume DesignBest Makeup Chaitrali Gupte – Ek Sangaychay Vikram Gaikwad – Ani.. Dr. Kashinath GhanekarBest Cinematography (Pandurang Naik Award)Best Editing Sudhir Palsane – Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar Nachiket Waikar – TendlyaBest Sound MixingBest Sound Editing Mandar Kamlapurkar – Pushpak Vimaan Gandhar Mokashi – Ani... Dr. Kashinath GhanekarBest Art Direction (Saheb Mama aka Fateh Lal Award) Narendra Haldankar – Bandishala
Special awards Raj Kapoor Award Waman BhonsleRaj Kapoor Special Contribution Award Paresh RawalV. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award Sushama ShiromaneeV. Shantaram Special Contribution Award Bharat Jadhav
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