The 55th Maharashtra State Film Awards, presented by the Government of Maharashtra celebrated excellence in Marathi cinema by honoring the best films released in 2017.
The nominations for the awards were announced on 4 April 2018 by the Minister of Cultural Affairs, Vinod Tawde, along with winners in the technical and child artist categories. The award ceremony took place on 30 April 2018.
In total, 61 entries certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) released between 1 January and 31 December 2017, were submitted for the preliminary round of evaluation. Jury members Ashok Rane Kanchan AdhikariArun Mhatre Sharad PolNarendra Pandit Vijay KadamSatish Randive Anant AmembalAnjali KhobrekarSuresh KhareNarendra Kondra Sharad Sawant Jafar Sultan Keshav Pandhare
Awards and nominations Source:
Film and director awards Best Film IBest Director I Redu Sagar Vanjari – ReduBest Film IIBest Director II Muramba Varun Narvekar – MurambaBest Film IIIBest Director III Kshitij Ek Horizon Manoj Kadam – Kshitij Ek Horizon Best Rural FilmBest Rural Film Director Idak: The Goat Deepak Gawade – Idak: The GoatBest Social FilmBest Social Film Director Mantr Redu Mala Kahich Problem Nahi Asehi Ekada Vhave Muramba Kshitij Ek Horizon Bhetali Tu Punha Nashibvaan Idak: The Goat Ziprya Devendra Shinde– Mantr Sagar Vanjari – Redu Sameer Vidwans – Mala Kahich Problem Nahi Sushrut Bhagwat – Asehi Ekada Vhave Varun Narvekar– Muramba Manoj Kadam – Kshitij Ek Horizon Chandrakant Kanse – Bhetali Tu Punha Amol Gole – Nashibvaan Deepak Gawade – Idak: The Goat Kedar Vaidya – Ziprya
Acting awards Best Actor (Shahu Modak and Sivaji Ganesan Award)Best Actress (Smita Patil Award) Shashank Shende – Redu as Tatu Bhau Kadam – Nashibvaan as Baban Umesh Kamat – Asehi Ekada Vhave as Siddharth Pooja Sawant – Bhetali Tu Punha as Ashwini Chhaya Kadam – Redu as Chhaya Tejashri Pradhan – Asehi Ekada Vhave as Kiran Best Supporting Actor (Chintamanrao Kolhatkar Award)Best Supporting Actress (Shanta Hublikar and Hansa Wadkar Award) Shubhankar Ekbote – Mantr as Sunny Upendra Limaye – Kshitij Ek Horizon as Shripati Sachin Khedekar – Muramba as Alok's Father Sharvani Pillai – Asehi Ekada Vhave as Revati Chinmayee Sumit – Muramba as Alok's Mother Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar – Nashibvaan as GeetaBest Child Artist (Gajanan Jagirdar Award)Special Jury Award Sahil Joshi – Aa Bb Kk as Hari Maithli Patwardhan – Pipsi as Chaani Chhaya Kadam - Redu as Chhaya
Debut awards Best Debut Film ProductionBest Debut Direction Copy Aa Bb Kk Prabho Shivaji Raja Vikram Phadnis– Hrudayantar Rohan Deshpande – Pipsi Dhondiba Karande - Palshichi PTBest Debut Actor (Kashinath Ghanekar Award)Best Debut Actress (Ranjana Deshmukh Award) Rohit Phalke – Manjha Kiran Dhane – Palshichi PT
Music awards Best Playback Singer MaleBest Playback Singer Female Ajay Gogavale – Redu for "Devak Kalji Re" Javed Ali – Huntash for "Dise Dhoosar Dhoosar" AV Prafullachandra – Zala Bobhata for "Zunjur Munjur Pahatela" Savani Shende – Asehi Ekada Vhave for "Savare Rang Mein" Aanandi Joshi – Autrocity for "Aalabai Tarunya" Shalmali Kholgade – Nashibvaan for "Sonyachi Pankh Lavun"Best LyricsBest Background Score Guru Thakur – Redu for "Devak Kalji Re" Ashwini Shende – Ti Saddhya Kay Karte for "Jara Jara Tipur Chandane" Vaibhav Joshi – Asehi Ekada Vhave for "Bhetate Ti Ashi" Nandkumar Ghanekar – Nashibvaan Vijay Narayan Gavande – Redu Narendra Bhide – PimpalBest Music Director (Arun Paudwal Award)Best Choreographer Vijay Narayan Gavande – Redu AV Prafullachandra – Zala Bobhata Hrishikesh-Saurabh-Jasraj – Mala Kahich Problem Nahi Rajesh Bidwe– Shentimental Umesh Jadhav – Ziprya Shiamak Davar – Hrudayantar
Writing awards Best Story (Madhusudan Kalelkar Award)Best Screenplay Deepak Gawade– Idak: The Goat Devendra Shinde – Mantr Sanjay Navgire – Redu Sanjay Navgire– Redu Paresh Mokashi, Madhugandha Kulkarni– Chi Va Chi Sau Ka Sanjay Jamkhindi – Bhetali Tu Punha Best Dialogue Rohini Ninawe – Hrudayantar Devendra Shinde – Mantr Varun Narvekar– Muramba
Technical awards Best Costume DesignBest Makeup Prakash Nimkar – Ziprya Shrikant Desai– Redu Best Cinematography (Pandurang Naik Award)Best Editing Archana Borhade – Idak: The Goat Devendra Murdeshwar – ZipryaBest Sound MixingBest Sound Editing Dinesh Uchil – Palyadvasi Resul Pookutty, Arnav Datta – Kshitij Ek Horizon Best Art Direction (Saheb Mama aka Fateh Lal Award) Vinayak Katkar – Ziprya
Special awards Raj Kapoor Award DharmendraRaj Kapoor Special Contribution Award Rajkumar HiraniV. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award Vijay ChavanV. Shantaram Special Contribution Award Mrinal Kulkarni
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