61st Maharashtra State Film Awards

61st Maharashtra State Film Awards
Awarded for	Best of Marathi cinema in 2023
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	Bhera (8)
Most awards	Gypsy
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The 61st Maharashtra State Film Awards, presented by the Government of Maharashtra celebrated excellence in Marathi cinema by honoring the best films released in 2023. ^{[1] [2]}

The nominations were announced on 27 June 2025 by the Minister of Cultural Affairs, Ashish Shelar, who also revealed the winners in the technical and child artist categories. ^[3] The award ceremony took place on 5 August 2025. ^{[4] [5]}

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, 49 entries certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) released between 1 January and 31 December 2023, were submitted for the preliminary round of evaluation. ^[6]

The 60th and 61st ceremonies were held together, with honors in the special categories presented jointly for both years. Anupam Kher received the Raj Kapoor Award, Kajol was honored with the Raj Kapoor Special Contribution Award, Mahesh Manjrekar received the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award, Mukta Barve was presented the V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award, and Bhimrao Panchale was honored with the Lata Mangeshkar Award. ^{[7] [8]}

At the 61st ceremony, Gypsy won the most awards, 8 in total, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Rural Film, and Best Rural Film Director. It was followed by Jaggu Ani Juliet and Naal 2 with 7 awards each. ^{[9] [10]}

Jury members

• Vijay Patkar	• Bhargavi Chirmule
•Prasanna Karkhanis	•Sanjay Dharankar
•Kshitija Khandagale	•Atul Deshpande
•Anjali Khobrekar	•Atul Shidhaye
•Ganesh Pandit	•Arun Mhatre
•Ashish Keskar	• Vitthal Patil
•Archana Patkar	•Rajan Bane
•Amit Bhandari

Awards and nominations

Source: ^{[11] [12]}

Amey Wagh, Best Actor

Rinku Rajguru, Best Actress

Santosh Juvekar, Best Actor

Upendra Limaye, Best Comedian Male

Nirmiti Sawant, Best Comedian Female

Ajay-Atul, Best Music Director

Film and director awards

Best Film I	Best Director I
Bhera	Shrikant Bhende – Bhera
Best Film II	Best Director II
Jaggu Ani Juliet	Mahesh Limaye – Jaggu Ani Juliet
Best Film III	Best Director III
Naal 2	Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti – Naal 2
Best Rural Film	Best Rural Film Director
Gypsy	Sashi Khandare – Gypsy
Best Social Film	Best Social Film Director
Aasha Aatmapamphlet Gypsy Naal 2 Raundal Terav Jaggu Ani Juliet Bhera Jhimma 2 Alibaba Ani Chalishitale Chor	Deepak Bayu Patil – Aasha Ashish Bende – Aatmapamphlet Sashi Khandare – Gypsy Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti – Naal 2 Gajanan Padol – Raundal Harish Ithape – Terav Mahesh Limaye – Jaggu Ani Juliet Shrikant Bhende – Bhera Hemant Dhome – Jhimma 2 Aditya Ingle – Alibaba Ani Chalishitale Chor

Acting awards

Best Actor (Shahu Modak and Sivaji Ganesan Award)	Best Actress (Smita Patil Award)
Amey Wagh – Jaggu Ani Juliet as Jaggu Dada Shridhar Watsar – Sshort and Ssweet Siddharth Jadhav – Hajar Vela Shole Pahilela Manus	Rinku Rajguru – Aasha Kiran Khoje – Terav Vaidahi Parshurami – Jaggu Ani Juliet as Juliet
Best Supporting Actor (Chintamanrao Kolhatkar Award)	Best Supporting Actress (Shanta Hublikar and Hansa Wadkar Award)
Santosh Juvekar – Ravrambha as Jalindar Pravin Dalimbkar – Ghar Banduk Biryani as Gura Subodh Bhave – Alibaba Ani Chalishitale Chor as Parag	Usha Naik – Aasha Ashwini Mahangade – Maharashtra Shahir as Radhabai Sable Suhas Joshi – Jhimma 2 as Indumati Karnik (Indu)
Best Comedian Male (Damuanna Malvankar Award)	Best Comedian Female (Ratnamala Award)
Upendra Limaye – Jaggu Ani Juliet Anand Ingale – Alibaba Ani Chalishitale Chor Girish Kulkarni – Ekda Yeun Tar Bagha	Nirmiti Sawant – Jhimma 2 Namrata Sambherao – Ekda Yeun Tar Bagha Tejaswini Lonari – Aflatoon
Best Child Artist (Gajanan Jagirdar Award)
Kabir Khandare – Gypsy Trisha Thosar – Naal 2

Debut awards

Best Debut Film Production	Best Debut Direction
Gypsy Hajar Vela Shole Pahilela Manus Sshort and Ssweet	Ashish Bende – Aatmapamphlet Harish Ithape – Terav Gajanan Padol – Raundal
Best Debut Actor (Kashinath Ghanekar Award)	Best Debut Actress (Ranjana Deshmukh Award)
Deepak Joil – Bhera Shahu Tukaram – Gypsy Jayesh Thakkar – Aflatoon as Manav	Shraddha Khanolkar – Bhera Gauri Deshpande – Shyamchi Aai as Yashoda Gayatri Bansode – Gypsy

Music awards

Best Playback Singer Male	Best Playback Singer Female
Mohit Chauhan – Ghar Banduk Biryani for "Ghar Banduk Biryani" Swapnil Bandodkar – Phulrani for "Tujhya Sobatine" Ajay Gogavale – Maharashtra Shahir for "Paul Thakle Nahi"	Rucha Bondre – Shyamchi Aai for "Bharjari Ga Pitambar" Shreya Ghoshal – Jhimma 2 for "Rang Ola" Vaishali Mhade – Raundal for "Man Baharla Ga"
Best Song	Best Background Music
Vaibhav Deshmukh – Naal 2 for "Bhingori" Vinayak Pawar – TDM for "Ek Phool" Kshitij Patwardhan – Jhimma 2 for "Rang Ola"	Advait Nemlekar – Naal 2 Ashish Jha – Aasha Virendra Latankar – Terav
Best Music Director (Arun Paudwal Award)	Best Choreographer
Ajay-Atul – Maharashtra Shahir Virendra Latankar – Terav AV Prafullchandra – Naal 2	Rahul Thombre, Sanjeev Hovaladar – Jaggu Ani Juliet for "Tu Bi Aan Mi Bi" Ranju Varghese – Aflatoon for "Maka Naka" Rahul Thombre, Sanjeev Hovaladar – Jaggu Ani Juliet for "Bhavi Amdar"

Writing awards

Best Story (Madhusudan Kalelkar Award)	Best Screenplay
Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti – Naal 2 Paresh Mokashi – Aatmapamphlet Shashikant Khandare – Gypsy	Shashikant Khandare – Gypsy Shyam Pethkar – Terav Paresh Mokashi – Aatmapamphlet
Best Dialogue
Ambar Hadap, Ganesh Pandit – Jaggu Ani Juliet Vivek Bele – Alibaba Ani Chalishitale Chor Paresh Mokashi – Aatmapamphlet

Technical awards

Best Costume Design	Best Makeup
Manasi Attarde – Jaggu Ani Juliet	Hamid Sheikh, Manali Bhosale – Hajar Vela Shole Pahilela Manus
Best Cinematography (Pandurang Naik Award)	Best Editing
Pravin Sonavane – Gypsy	Akshay Shinde – Gypsy
Best Sound Mixing	Best Sound Editing
Vikas Khandare – Gypsy	Kunal Lolsure – Shyamchi Aai
Best Art Direction (Saheb Mama aka Fateh Lal Award)
Amey Bhalerao – Shyamchi Aai

Special awards

Special Encouragement Award
Bhargav Jagtap – Naal 2 [13]
Jury's Special Award
Shyamchi Aai

Superlatives

Multiple wins

Awards	Film
8	Gypsy
7	Jaggu Ani Juliet
	Naal 2
5	Shyamchi Aai
4	Bhera
	Aasha
1	Jhimma 2
	Aatmapamphlet
	Ghar Banduk Biryani
	Maharashtra Shahir
	Hajar Vela Shole Pahilela Manus

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