60th Maharashtra State Film Awards

60th Maharashtra State Film Awards
60th Maharashtra State Film Awards
Awarded for	Best of Marathi cinema in 2022
Awarded by	Government of Maharashtra
Announced on	5 August 2025
Site	NSCI Dome, Worli, Mumbai
Hosted by	Prasad Oak and Amruta Subhash
Official website	www.filmcitymumbai.org
Highlights
Best Feature Film	Dharmaveer
Most awards	Dharmaveer (6)
Most nominations	Dharmaveer (7)

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.^[1]^[2]

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^[3]^[4] The award ceremony took place on 5 August 2025.^[5]^[6]

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.^[7]^[8] 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.^[9]

Dharmaveer led the nominations with seven, followed by Sunny with 6. Ananya, 4 Blind Men and Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi each received 5 nominations.^[10]

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.^[11]^[12]

Jury members

• Mugdha Godbole	• Vivek Lagoo
• Babasaheb Saudagar	• Vijay Bhope
• Shrirang Aras	• Raja Phadtare
• Sharad Sawant	• Medha Ghadge
• Chaitrali Dongre	• Vinod Ganatra
• Sharvari Pillai	• Zafar Sultan
• Prakash Jadhav	• Devdutt Raut
• Vidyasagar Adhyapak

Awards and nominations

Source:^[13]^[14]

Pravin Tarde, Best Director I

Sachin Kundalkar, Best Director II

Prasad Oak, Best Actor

Amruta Khanvilkar, Best Actress

Sai Tamhankar, Best Actress

Mrunmayee Deshpande, Best Supporting Actress

Sanjay Narvekar, Best Comedian Male

Hruta Durgule, Best Debut Actress

Anupam Kher, Raj Kapoor Award

Kajol, Raj Kapoor Special Contribution Award

Mahesh Manjrekar, V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award

Mukta Barve, V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award

Bhimrao Panchale, Lata Mangeshkar Award

Film and director awards

Best Film I	Best Director I
Dharmaveer	Pravin Tarde – Dharmaveer
Best Film II	Best Director II
Pondicherry	Sachin Kundalkar – Pondicherry
Best Film III	Best Director III
Har Har Mahadev	Abhijeet Deshpande – Har Har Mahadev
Best Rural Film	Best Rural Film Director
Gaabh	Anup Jatratkar – Gaabh
Best Social Film	Best 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 Shefali
Best 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 Vaidehi
Best 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 Production	Best Debut Direction
Aatur Gulhar Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi	Pratap Phad – Ananya Abhishek Merurkar – 4 Blind Men Anup Jatratkar – Gaabh
Best 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 Male	Best 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 Song	Best 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 – Sunny
Best 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 Men
Best Dialogue
Pravin Tarde – Dharmaveer Makarand Mane – Soyrik Sachin Mullemwar – Territory

Technical awards

Best Costume Design	Best Makeup
Saurabh Kapde, Sumedh Jadhav – Taathkana	Ujjwala Singh – Taathkana
Best Cinematography (Pandurang Naik Award)	Best Editing
Abhijeet Chaudhary, Omkar Barve – 4 Blind Men Priyashanker Ghosh – Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi	Yash Surve – Kata Kirr
Best Sound Mixing	Best Sound Editing
Lochan Pratap Kanvinde – Har Har Mahadev	Suhas Rane – Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi
Best Art Direction (Saheb Mama aka Fateh Lal Award)
Mahesh Kundalkar – Unaad

Special awards

Raj Kapoor Award
Anupam Kher^[15]
Raj Kapoor Special Contribution Award
Kajol^[16]
V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award
Mahesh Manjrekar^[17]^[18]
V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award
Mukta Barve^[19]
Lata Mangeshkar Award
Bhimrao Panchale^[20]
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Mahavarsha Award
Vishal Sharma

Superlatives

Multiple wins
Awards	Film
6	Dharmaveer
4	Pondicherry
	Samaira
	Ananya
3	Har Har Mahadev
3	Chandramukhi
2	Gaabh
	Aatur
	Taathkana
	Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi
1	Timepass 3
	4 Blind Men
	Kata Kirr

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[2] PTI (28 January 2025). "Maharashtra govt to organise international-level Marathi film festival". ThePrint. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

[3] "६० व्या राज्य मराठी चित्रपट पुरस्कारासाठी नामांकने जाहीर". www.mahamtb.com (in Marathi). Retrieved 3 August 2025.

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[9] "Maharashtra State Marathi Film Awards Marks 60 Years; Govt Forms Panel To Boost Screen Time". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 6 August 2025.

[10] "साठाव्या राज्य मराठी चित्रपट पुरस्कारांच्या प्राथमिक फेरीची नामांकने घोषित, राज्य शासनातर्फे यावर्षीपासून आंतरराष्ट्रीय दर्जाचा मराठी चित्रपट महोत्सव- Ashish Shelar". Time Maharashtra (in Marathi). 28 January 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.

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