59th Maharashtra State Film Awards

59th Maharashtra State Film Awards
Awarded for	Best of Marathi cinema in 2021
Awarded by	Government of Maharashtra
Announced on	21 August 2024
Site	NSCI Dome, Worli, Mumbai
Hosted by	Girija Oak and Sonali Kulkarni
Official website	www.filmcitymumbai.org
Highlights
Best Feature Film	Karkhanisanchi Waari
Most awards	Godavari (5)
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The 59th Maharashtra State Film Awards, presented by the Government of Maharashtra celebrated excellence in Marathi cinema by honoring the best films released in 2021. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The 58th and 59th editions were organized together, with the nominations for both announced on 14 August 2024. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Godavari led the winners’ list with 5 awards, including Best Film III, Best Director III and Best Actor. ^[7] It was followed by Karkhanisanchi Waari, Baalbhaarti and Ticha Shahar Hona each of which secured 4 awards. ^[8]

Awards and nominations

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Jitendra Joshi, Best Actor and Best Lyricist

Sonali Kulkarni, Best Actress

Amey Wagh, Best Supporting Actor

Bhalchandra Kadam, Best Comedian Male

Nirmiti Sawant, Best Comedian Female

Rahul Deshpande, Best Playback Singer Male

Aanandi Joshi, Best Playback Singer Female

Film and director awards

Best Film I (Dadasaheb Phalke Award)	Best Director I (Bhalji Pendharkar Award)
Karkhanisanchi Waari	Mangesh Joshi – Karkhanisanchi Waari
Best Film II (Baburao Painter Award)	Best Director II (Raja Paranjape Award)
Frame	Vikram Patwardhan – Frame
Best Film III (Master Vinayak Award)	Best Director III (Raja Thakur Award)
Godavari	Nikhil Mahajan– Godavari
Best Rural Film (Dada Kondke Award)	Best Rural Film Director (Anant Mane Award)
YeRe YeRe Pavsa	Shafaq Khan– YeRe YeRe Pavsa
Best Social Film (V. Shantaram Award)	Best Social Film Director (Datta Dharmadhikari Award)
Baalbhaarti Ticha Shahar Hona Ekda Kaay Zala Godavari Frame Karkhanisanchi Waari Irgal YeRe YeRe Pavsa Raakh Baipan Bhari Deva	Nitin Nandan – Baalbhaarti Rasika Agashe – Ticha Shahar Hona Salil Kulkarni – Ekda Kaay Zala Nikhil Mahajan – Godavari Vikram Patwardhan – Frame Mangesh Joshi – Karkhanisanchi Waari – Irgal Shafaq Khan – YeRe YeRe Pavsa Rajesh Chavan – Raakh Kedar Shinde – Baipan Bhari Deva

Acting awards

Best Actor (Shahu Modak and Sivaji Ganesan Award)	Best Actress (Smita Patil Award)
Jitendra Joshi – Godavar i as Nishikant Deshmukh Sumeet Raghavan – Ekda Kaay Zala as Kiran Sandeep Pathak – Raakh	Sonali Kulkarni – Ticha Shahar Hona Mrunmayee Deshpande – Bebhaan Smita Tambe – Gaurichya Lagnala Yaycha Haa!
Best Supporting Actor (Chintamanrao Kolhatkar Award)	Best Supporting Actress (Shanta Hublikar and Hansa Wadkar Award)
Amey Wagh – Frame Priyadarshan Jadhav – Shaktiman as Tanaji Mohan Agashe – Karkhanisanchi Waari	Hemangi Kavi – Ticha Shahar Hona Kshitee Jog – Jhimma as Meeta Jahagirdar Sheetal Pathak – Janani
Best Comedian Male (Damuanna Malvankar Award)	Best Comedian Female (Ratnamala Award)
Bhalchandra Kadam – Pandu as Pandu Anand Ingale – Luckdown Be Positive Siddharth Jadhav – Lochya Zaala Re as Maanav	Nirmiti Sawant – Jhimma as Nirmala Konde-Patil Sukhanya Kulkarni – Baipan Bhari Deva as Sadhana Shubha Khote – Luckdown Be Positive
Best Child Artist (Gajanan Jagirdar Award)
Aaryan Menghji – Baalbhaarti

Debut awards

Best Debut Film Production	Best Debut Direction
Aata Vel Zaali Janani Luckdown Be Positive	Rasika Agashe – Ticha Shahar Hona Vikram Patwardhan – Frame Rudra Karpe – Kulup
Best Debut Actor (Kashinath Ghanekar Award)	Best Debut Actress (Ranjana Deshmukh Award)
Yogesh Khilare–International Falamfok Rashid Usman Nimbalkar – Irgal Mahesh Patil – Kulup	Sruti Ubale– Bhraman Dhwani Shrusti Vandana – Kulup Shrusti Jadhav – Irgal

Music awards

Best Playback Singer Male	Best Playback Singer Female
Rahul Deshpande – Godavari for "Khal Khal Goda" Shubhankar Kulkarni – Ekda Kaay Zala for "Mi Aahe Shyam" Bhim Shinde – Irgal for "Ye Mazhe Aai"	Aanandi Joshi – Rangiley Funter for "Mann Zhale Baware" Suvarna Rathod – Baipan Bhari Deva for "Ugdya Punha Jivah" Aarya Ambekar – Kulup for "Kesari Kesari"
Best Lyricist (G. D. Madgulkar Award)	Best Background Music
Jitendra Joshi – Godavari for "Khal Khal Goda" Valay Mulgund – Baipan Bhari Deva for "Gadyachya Katyavar" Sandeep Khare – Ekda Kaay Zala for "Mi Aahe Shyam"	Sarang Kulkarni – Karkhanisanchi Waari Pankaj Padghan – Aani Baani AV Prafullachandra – Godavari
Best Music Director (Arun Paudwal Award)	Best Choreographer
Amitraj – Jhimma Rudra Karpe – Kulup Salil Kulkarni – Ekda Kaay Zala	Phulwa Khamkar – Luckdown Be Positive for "Chau Mau Chau Mau" Vitthal Patil – Pandu for "Bhurum Bhurum" Subhash Nakashe – Baipan Bhari Deva for "Mangalagaur"

Writing awards

Best Story (Madhusudan Kalelkar Award)	Best Screenplay
Mangesh Joshi, Archana Borhade – Karkhanisanchi Waari Jayant Pawar – BhauBali Salil Kulkarni – Ekda Kaay Zala	Rasika Agashe – Ticha Shahar Hona Vaishali Naik – Baipan Bhari Deva Nikhil Mahajan, Prajakt Deshmukh – Godavari
Best Dialogue (Acharya Atre Award)
Nitin Nandan– Baalbhaarti Rashid Usman Nimbalkar – Irgal Prakash Kunte – Shaktiman

Technical awards

Best Costume Design	Best Makeup
Shafaq Khan, Rohita More, Nilesh Bhumre – YeRe YeRe Pavsa	Pooja Vishwakarma– Halgat
Best Cinematography (Pandurang Naik Award)	Best Editing
Ranjit Mane – Potra	Paresh Manjrekar – Luckdown Be Positive
Best Sound Mixing	Best Sound Editing
Atul Deshpande – Baipan Bhari Deva	Anil Nikam – Bebhaan
Best Art Direction (Saheb Mama aka Fateh Lal Award)
BhushanRahul, Rakesh Kadam– Pandu

Superlatives

Multiple wins

Awards	Film
5	Godavari
4	Karkhanisanchi Waari
	Baalbhaarti
	Ticha Shahar Hona
3	Frame
	YeRe YeRe Pavsa
2	Pandu
	Jhimma
	Luckdown Be Positive
1	Aata Vel Zaali
	International Falamfok
	Bhraman Dhwani
	Rangiley Funter
	Halgat
	Potra
	Baipan Bhari Deva
	Bebhaan

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