25th Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar

25th Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar
Presented on	19 February 2025
Hosted by	Riteish Deshmukh, Amey Wagh [1]
Highlights
Best Film	Paani
Most awards	Paani (7)
Most nominations	Paani (19)
Television coverage
Network	Zee Marathi
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The 25th Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar is a ceremony, presented by the Zee Marathi television network, which honors the best Indian Marathi-language films of 2024. ^[2] It was held on 19 February 2025, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and was telecast on 8 March 2025. ^{[3] [4]} Paani led the ceremony with 19 nominations, followed by Phullwanti and Gharat Ganpati with 13 nominations each. ^[5]

Paani won 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Music Director, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. ^{[6] [7]} Phullwanti and Amaltash won 6 and 5 awards respectively. ^[8]

Adinath Kothare received the most nominations at the ceremony, with a total of six, and won awards for Best Director and Best Lyricist, followed by Mahesh Manjrekar with five nominations, who won Best Actor and Best Dialogue. ^[9] In the Best Supporting Actress category, the film Nach Ga Ghuma had three nominations, with Namrata Sambherao winning for her role as Asha. ^{[10] [11]}

Winners and nominees

Best Film	Best Director
Paani Gharat Ganpati Amaltash Juna Furniture Phullwanti	Adinath Kothare – Paani Navjyot Bandiwadekar – Gharat Ganpati Suhas Desale – Amaltash Ram Khatmode – Navardev Bsc. Agri Varun Narvekar – 1234
Best Actor	Best Actress
Mahesh Manjrekar – Juna Furniture as Govind Shridhar Pathak Adinath Kothare – Paani as Hanumant Kendre Gashmeer Mahajani – Phullwanti as Venkatadhwari Narasimha Shastri Kshitish Date – Navardev Bsc. Agri as Rajvardhan (Raja) Shreyas Talpade – Hi Anokhi Gaath as Shreeniwas	Vaidehi Parshurami – 1234as Sayali Prajakta Mali – Phullwanti as Phullwanti Mukta Barve – Nach Ga Ghuma as Rani Pallavi Paranjape – Amaltash as Keerthi Potdar Rucha Vaidya – Paani as Survana Priyadarshini Indalkar – Navardev Bsc. Agri as Sukanya
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Kshitish Date – Dharmaveer 2 as Eknath Shinde Kshitish Date – Phullwanti as Shrimant Sawai Madhavrao Peshwa Sunil Abhayankar – Phullwanti as Nana Fadnavis Sanjay Mone – Gharat Ganpati as Bhau Gharat Upendra Limaye – Juna Furniture as Prakash Dagdu Bhope (Pakya Bhai)	Ashwini Bhave – Gharat Ganpati as Ahilya Gharat Shubhangi Gokhale – Gharat Ganpati as Kusum Aatya Chinmayee Sumeet – Phullwanti as Minakshi Devi Medha Manjrekar – Juna Furniture as Suhasini Pathak
Best Actor in a Comic Role	Best Actress in a Comic Role
Makarand Anaspure – Navardev Bsc. Agri as Bhausaheb Sarang Sathaye – Nach Ga Ghuma as Anand (Gotya) Sameer Khandekar – Gharat Ganpati as Ashok Bhauji Kiran Sonawane – 1234 Tanaji Galgunde – International Falamfok	Namrata Sambherao – Nach Ga Ghuma as Asha Gargi Phule – Navardev Bsc. Agri as Kusum Aatya Sukanya Kulkarni – Nach Ga Ghuma as Rani's mother Supriya Pathare – Nach Ga Ghuma as Anand's mother
Best Music Director	Best Lyirist
Gulraj Singh – Paani Avinash–Vishwajeet – Phullwanti Sanket Sane – Gharat Ganpati Bhushan Mate – Amaltash	Adinath Kothare – Paani Manoj Yadav– Paani
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Rahul Deshpande – Amaltash Shankar Mahadevan – "Paani - Title Track" – Paani Adarsh Shinde – "Nachnar"– Paani Mahesh Manjrekar – "Kay Chukle Saang Naa" – Juna Furniture Abhay Jodhpurkar – "Navasachi Gauri Mazi" – Gharat Ganpati	Vaishali Mhade – "Madanmanjiri" – Phullwanti Aarya Ambekar – "Phullwanti - Title Track" – Phullwanti Deepti Mate – Amaltash Sayali Khare – "Vasarachi Aai" – Gharat Ganpati
Best On-Screen Pair	Best Child Artist
Vaidehi Parshurami, Nipun Dharmadhikari – 1234	Myra Vikul – Nach Ga Ghuma

Technical Awards

Best Story	Best Screenplay
Suhas Desale – Amaltash Nipun Dharmadhikari, Varun Narvekar – 1234 Adinath Kothare, Nitin Dixit – Paani Navjyot Bandiwadekar, Alok Sutar – Gharat Ganpati Mahesh Manjrekar – Juna Furniture	Nitin Dixit – Paani Navjyot Bandiwadekar, Alok Sutar, Vaibhav Chinchalkar – Gharat Ganpati Suhas Desale, Mayuresh Wagh – Amaltash Mahesh Manjrekar – Juna Furniture Nipun Dharmadhikari, Varun Narvekar – 1234
Best Dialogue	Best Editing
Mahesh Manjrekar – Juna Furniture Varun Narvekar – 1234 Nitin Dixit – Paani Pravin Tarde – Dharmaveer 2 Madhugandha Kulkarni, Paresh Mokashi – Nach Ga Ghuma	Suhas Desale – Amaltash Mayur Hardas, Adinath Kothare – Paani Rahul Bhatankar – Juna Furniture Aniket Kale – 1234 Faisal Mahadik – Nach Ga Ghuma
Best Choreography	Best Cinematography
Umesh Jadhav – Phullwanti	Mahesh Limaye – Phullwanti Shelly Sharma, Prasad Bhende – Gharat Ganpati Arjun Sorte – Paani Rushi Tambe, Bhushan Mate – Amaltash Sanjivkumar Hilli – Navardev Bsc. Agri
Best Art Director	Best Sound Design
Sumit Patil – Gharat Ganpati Nitesh Nandgaonkar – Dharmaveer 2 Prashant Bidkar – Paani Eknath Kadam – Phullwanti Sampada Gejji – 1234	Anmol Bhave – Paani Manasi Mali – Amaltash Mandar Kamlapurkar – Dharmaveer 2 Bhagat Singh Rathore – Aata Vel Zaali Pranam Pansare – Phullwanti
Best Background Score	Best Costume Design
Amol Dhadphale, Bhushan Mate, John Mathew – Amaltash Avinash–Vishwajeet – Phullwanti Gulraj Singh – Paani Sanket Sane – Gharat Ganpati Saurabh Bhalerao – 1234	Manasi Attarde – Phullwanti Aparna Guram, Mahesh Sherla – Gharat Ganpati Nilima Kothare, Nita Khadke, D.N. Creation – Paani Kalyani Kulkarni Gugle – 1234 Moushumi Shaikh, Kalyani Kulkarni Gugle, Mangesh Bhayde – Amaltash
Best Makeup Artist
Mahesh Barate – Phullwanti Vidyadhar Bhatte – Dharmaveer 2 Harshad Khule – Navardev Bsc. Agri Santosh Gayke – Paani Rajesh valve – Gharat Ganpati

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
Nivedita Saraf [12]
Special Contribution Award
Chhaya Kadam [13] Shreyas Talpade [14]
Blockbuster Movie 2025
Navra Maza Navsacha 2
Most Natural Performance of the Year
Prajakta Mali – Phullwanti [15]
Best Debut Talent
Suhas Desale – Amaltash
Marathi Paul Padte Pudhe
Aditya Sarpotdar [16]

Superlatives

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
19	Paani
16	Gharat Ganpati
	Phullwanti
13	Amaltash
10	1234
9	Juna Furniture
7	Navardev Bsc. Agri
	Nach Ga Ghuma
5	Dharmaveer 2

Multiple wins

Awards	Film
7	Paani
6	Phullwanti
5	Amaltash
2	Gharat Ganpati
	1234
	Juna Furniture
	Nach Ga Ghuma

See also

• Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar
• List of Marathi films of 2024

References

1. "Video: "बापाला मुलाशी बोलायला…", जितेंद्र जोशी रितेश देशमुखसाठी घेऊन आला खास व्यक्तीचं पत्र, ऐकताच अभिनेता झाला भावुक". Loksatta (in Marathi). 3 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
2. "Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar: 'पार्टी तर होणारच'; झी चित्र गौरव पुरस्काराच्या रौप्यवर्ष सोहळ्याचा शुभारंभ". Saam TV (in Marathi). 28 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
3. "Photos: रितेश देशमुख अन् अमेयचं सुत्रसंचालन ते 'या' कलाकारांची झी चित्र गौरव पुरस्कार २०२५ मध्ये हजेरी". Zee 24 Taas (in Marathi). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
4. "Red Carpet Photos: २५ व्या 'झी चित्र गौरव' पुरस्कार सोहळ्यात मराठी कलाकारांचा ग्लॅमरस अंदाज". Loksatta (in Marathi). 28 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
5. "Prajakta Mali : 'फुलवंती'ची उंच भरारी, तब्बल 'इतक्या' पुरस्कारांनी सन्मानित". Saam TV (in Marathi). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
6. "'झी चित्र गौरव' पुरस्कारांमध्ये 'या' सिनेमाने मारली बाजी! सर्वोत्कृष्ट अभिनेता व अभिनेत्री ठरले...; वाचा विजेत्यांची संपूर्ण यादी..." Loksatta (in Marathi). 8 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
7. "आदिनाथ कोठारेच्या 'पाणी' आणि 'फुलवंती' चा झी चित्र गौरव पुरस्कारात डंका; प्राजक्ता माळीचा आनंद गगनात मावेना". Sakal (in Marathi). 20 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
8. "प्राजक्ता माळीचा आनंद गगनात मावेना! एक-दोन नव्हे तर 'फुलवंती' सिनेमाने जिंकले तब्बल 'इतके' पुरस्कार, म्हणाली..." Loksatta (in Marathi). 19 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
9. "झी चित्र गौरव पुरस्कार सोहळ्यात पाणी ठरला अव्वल!". Zee 24 Taas (in Marathi). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
10. "झी चित्र गौरव २०२५ : नम्रता संभेराव ठरली यंदाची सर्वोत्कृष्ट...; 'महाराष्ट्राची हास्यजत्रा' फेम प्रसाद खांडेकरच्या पोस्टने वेधलं लक्ष". Loksatta (in Marathi). 19 February 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
11. "'माझं नाव घेताच पोटात गोळा अन् अंगावर काटा... नम्रता संभेरावची 'झी चित्र गौरव'चा पुरस्कार मिळाल्यानंतर भावुक पोस्ट". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
12. ""काय बोलू, खूप भावनिक...", निवेदिता सराफ यांचे डोळे पाणावले; महानायिकेचा लाडक्या मैत्रिणीच्या हस्ते सन्मान, पाहा प्रोमो..." Loksatta (in Marathi). 1 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
13. "आईची नथ अन् साडी नेसून फ्रान्सला गेले कारण...; छाया कदम यांनी सांगितली भावुक आठवण, 'या' पुरस्काराने झाला सन्मान". Loksatta (in Marathi). 8 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
14. "गौरव मोरेची 'ती' विनंती ऐकताच श्रेयस तळपदेने केलं असं काही...; भर कार्यक्रमात पिकला हशा, पाहा व्हिडीओ". Loksatta (in Marathi). 3 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
15. "Prajakta Mali : क्षण आणखी फुलायला लागले... प्राजक्ता माळीच्या आयुष्यात घडली खास गोष्ट, पोस्ट व्हायरल". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 22 March 2025.
16. "अवघ्या २३ व्या वर्षी पहिल्या सिनेमाचं दिग्दर्शन, आज बॉलीवूडमध्ये आहे मोठं नाव! 'मराठी पाऊल पडते पुढे' पुरस्काराचा मानकरी ठरला..." Loksatta (in Marathi). 8 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.