The 58th Maharashtra State Film Awards, presented by the Government of Maharashtra celebrated excellence in Marathi cinema by honoring the best films released in 2020.
The 58th and 59th editions of the awards were held together, with special category honors being presented jointly for both years. The nominations for both ceremonies were announced on 14 August 2024.
Among the winners, Me Vasantrao emerged as the most awarded film, securing 10 awards in total, including Best Film I, Best Director I and Best Actor. It was followed by Baaplyok which won 7 awards, including Best Film II, Best Director II and Best Supporting Actor. Rahul Deshpande achieved a rare feat by winning in all three categories he was nominated for. Jury members Sharvani PillaiAditi DeshpandeAnil GavasMahendra TeredesaiVinayak PawarMilind Ingle Megha GhadgeManohar AchrekarBhakti MayaluSameer AthalyeVijay BhopeAnita Berde Sharad Sawant Ajit ShiroleMahesh Koli
Awards and nominations Source:
Film and director awards Best Film I (Dadasaheb Phalke Award)Best Director I (Bhalji Pendharkar Award) Me Vasantrao Nipun Dharmadhikari – Me VasantraoBest Film II (Baburao Painter Award)Best Director II (Raja Paranjape Award) Baaplyok Makarand Mane – BaaplyokBest Film III (Master Vinayak Award)Best Director III (Raja Thakur Award) Goshta Eka Paithanichi Shantanu Rode – Goshta Eka PaithanichiBest Rural Film (Dada Kondke Award)Best Rural Film Director (Anant Mane Award) Sumi Amol Gole – SumiBest Social Film (V. Shantaram Award)Best Social Film Director (Datta Dharmadhikari Award) GodaKaath Me Vasantrao Faas Baaplyok Goshta Eka Paithanichi Bittersweet Jayanti Choricha Mamla Sumi Gajendra Ahire – GodaKaath Nipun Dharmadhikari – Me Vasantrao Avinash Kolte – Faas Makarand Mane – Baaplyok Shantanu Rode – Goshta Eka Paithanichi Anant Mahadevan – Bittersweet Shailesh Narwade – Jayanti Priyadarshan Jadhav – Choricha Mamla Amol Gole – Sumi
Acting awards Best Actor (Shahu Modak and Sivaji Ganesan Award)Best Actress (Smita Patil Award) Rahul Deshpande – Me Vasantrao as Vasantrao Deshpande Aroh Welankar – Funral as Heera Siddharth Menon – June as Neel Mrinmayee Godbole – GodaKaath as Preeti Sayali Sanjeev – Goshta Eka Paithanichi as Indrayani Akshaya Gurav – Bittersweet as SagunaBest Supporting Actor (Chintamanrao Kolhatkar Award)Best Supporting Actress (Shanta Hublikar and Hansa Wadkar Award) Vitthal Kale – Baaplyok as Sagar Nitin Bhajan – Sumi as Vasant Pushkaraj Chirputkar – Me Vasantrao as Purushottam Laxman Deshpande Prema Sakhardande – Funral as More Aaji Neeta Shende – Baaplyok as Aai Smita Tambe – Bittersweet as SavitaBest Child Artist (Gajanan Jagirdar Award)Best Comedian Male (Damuanna Malvankar Award) Anish Gosavi – Tak-Tak Jitendra Joshi – Choricha Mamla as Nandan Hemant Dhome – Choricha Mamla as Amarjit Patil
Debut awards Best Debut Film ProductionBest Debut Direction June Jayanti Funral Vaibhav Khisti, Suhrud Godbole – June Shailesh Narwade – Jayanti Vivek Dubey – FunralBest Debut Actor (Kashinath Ghanekar Award)Best Debut Actress (Ranjana Deshmukh Award) Ruturaj Wankhede – Jayanti as Santya Omprakash Shinde – Kaali Maati as Dr. Dhyaneshwar Bodke Vaibhav Kale – Kalokhachya Parambya as Aalif Pallavi Palkar – Faas as Laxmi Payal Jadhav – Baaplyok as Mayuri Resham Shrivardhan – June as Sakshi
Music awards Best Playback Singer MaleBest Playback Singer Female Rahul Deshpande – Me Vasantrao for "Vitthala Darshan Deun Jaa" Ajay Gogavale – Baaplyok for "Uramandi Maya" Adarsh Shinde – Firastya for "Aata Nava Surya Pahu De" Prachi Rege – GodaKaath for "Majya Godabaila Jo Jo Jo" Aanandi Joshi – Kaali Maati for "Aata Shwas Tu" Savani Ravindra – Jivanacha Gondhal for "Yendya Hey Kasa Ghondalay"Best Lyricist (G. D. Madgulkar Award)Best Background Music Guru Thakur – Baaplyok for "Umagaya Baap" Vaibhav Joshi – Me Vasantrao for "Punav Raticha" Gajendra Ahire – GodaKaath for "Gay Pathavnyashi" Vijay Narayan Gavande – Baaplyok Sarang Kulkarni, Saurabh Bhalerao – Me Vasantrao Advait Nemlekar – FunralBest Music Director (Arun Paudwal Award)Best Choreography Rahul Deshpande – Me Vasantrao for "Vitthala Darshan Deun Jaa" Vijay Narayan Gavande – Baaplyok for "Uramandi Maya" Rohit Nagbhide – Firastya for "Aata Nava Surya Pahu De" Sujit Kumar – Choricha Mamla for "Album Kaadhaal Kay" Sharvari Jamenis – Me Vasantrao for "Punav Raticha" Sujit Kumar – Goshta Eka Paithanichi for "Tumchyasathi Ready Raya"
Writing awards Best Story (Madhusudan Kalelkar Award)Best Screenplay Vitthal Kale – Baaplyok Ramesh Dighe – Funral Shantanu Rode – Goshta Eka Paithanichi Shantanu Rode – Goshta Eka Paithanichi Makarand Mane, Vitthal Kale – Baaplyok Gajendra Ahire – GodaKaathBest Dialogue (Acharya Atre Award) Makarand Mane, Vitthal Kale – Baaplyok Ramesh Dighe – Funral Shantanu Rode – Goshta Eka Paithanichi
Technical awards Best Costume DesignBest Makeup Sachin Lovalekar – Me Vasantrao Saurabh Kapade – Me VasantraoBest Cinematography (Pandurang Naik Award)Best Editing Abhimanyu Dange – Me Vasantrao Manish Shirke – Goshta Eka PaithanichiBest Sound MixingBest Sound Editing Anmol Bhave – Me Vasantrao Rashi Butte – BittersweetBest Art Direction (Saheb Mama aka Fateh Lal Award) Ashok Lokare, A. Rucha – Me Vasantrao
Special awards Raj Kapoor Award Asha ParekhRaj Kapoor Special Contribution Award N. ChandraV. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award Shivaji SatamV. Shantaram Special Contribution Award Digpal LanjekarLata Mangeshkar Award Anuradha PaudwalVitthal Smruti Special Contribution Award Rohini HattangadiKanth Sangeet Award Sudesh Bhosale
Superlatives +Multiple winsAwardsFilm10Me Vasantrao7Baaplyok4Goshta Eka PaithanichiGodaKaath2SumiChoricha MamlaJune1FunralTak-TakJayantiFaasBittersweet
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