Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actor

Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actor
The 2024 recipient: Amey Wagh for Jaggu Ani Juliet
Awarded for	Best performance by an actor in a Marathi film
Sponsored by	Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Maharashtra)
Reward(s)	₹100,000 (US$1,200)
First award	1962
Final award	2024
Most recent winner	Amey Wagh
Highlights
Most awards	Ashok Saraf
Total awarded	61
First winner	Gajanan Jagirdar

The Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actor is an award, begun in 1962, presented annually at the Maharashtra State Film Awards of India to an actor for best performance in a Marathi cinema. The awardees are decided by a jury constituted every year. They are announced by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister. The inaugural award was named as "Shahu Modak Award for Best Actor" and was awarded to Gajanan Jagirdar for the film Shahir Parshuram.

Winners

Ashok Saraf (top) and Nilu Phule (bottom) are the most frequent winners with Five and three awards respectively.

Year	Photos of winners	Recipient(s)	Film	Ref.
1962		Gajanan Jagirdar	Shahir Parshuram	[1]
1963	–	Arun Sarnaik	Rangalya Ratri Asha	[2]
1964	–	Kashinath Ghanekar	Pathlaag
1965	–	Arun Sarnaik	Sawaal Majha Aika!	[2]
1966		Suryakant Mandhare	Malhari Martand	[3]
1967		Chandrakant Gokhale	Swapna Tech Lochani
1968		Chandrakant Mandare	Khandobachi Aan	[4]
1969		Chandrakant Gokhale	Dharmakanya
1970	–	Arun Sarnaik	Dhakti Bahin	[2]
1971		Sachin Pilgaonkar	Ajab Tujhe Sarkar	[5]
1972-73	–	Sharad Talwalkar	Jawai Vikat Ghene Aahe
1974		Nilu Phule	Haath Lavin Titha Sona
1975		Nilu Phule	Samna	[6]
1976		Nilu Phule	Choricha Mamla
1977	–	Yashwant Datta	Daga
1978		Shreeram Lagoo	Devkinandan Gopala
1979		Ashok Saraf	Baeel Veda	[7]
1980	–	Yashwant Datta	Sansar	[8]
1981		Amol Palekar	Akrit	[9]
1982	–	Yashwant Datta	Shapit	[8]
1983		Nana Patekar	Raghu Maina	[7]
1984		Ashok Saraf	Bahurupi	[7]
1985		Nana Patekar	Gad Jejuri Jejuri	[10]
1986	–	Mohan Gokhale	Aaj Zale Mukt Mi
1987		Ashok Saraf	Prem Karuya Khullam Khulla	[7]
1988	–	Laxmikant Berde	Gholat Ghol
1989		Vikram Gokhale	Kalat Nakalat
1990	–	Pramod Pawar	Aaghat
1991		Dilip Prabhavalkar	Chaukat Raja
1992		Ashok Saraf	Aapli Mansa	[7]
1993		Ashok Saraf	Vazir
1994	–	Ravindra Mankani	Limited Manuski
1995	–	Dilip Kulkarni	Aai	[11]
1996		Mohan Joshi	Rao Saheb
1997	–	Avinash Narkar	Paij Lagnachi
1998		Dilip Prabhavalkar	Ratra Aarambh
1999		Sachin Khedekar	Gharabaher
2000		Kishor Kadam	Dhyaas Parva
2001		Shivaji Satam	Ek Hoti Vaadi	[12]
2002		Shreyas Talpade	Reshamgath	[13]
2003	–	Arun Nalawade	Shwaas
2004		Shivaji Satam	Uttarayan	[14]
2005		Sandeep Kulkarni	Dombivli Fast
2006		Umesh Kamat	Samar - Ek Sangharsh
2007		Ajinkya Deo	Vasudev Balwant Phadke
2008		Upendra Limaye	Jogwa	[15]
2009		Bharat Jadhav	Jhing Chik Jhing
2010		Subodh Bhave	Ranbhool
		Prasad Oak	Ti Ratra
2011		Subodh Bhave	Balgandharva
2012		Sachin Khedekar	Kaksparsh	[16]
2013	–	Ashok Lokhande	Yashwantrao Chavan: Bakhar Eka Vaadalaachi	[17]
2015		Shashank Shende	Ringan
2016	–	Mangesh Desai	Ekk Albela
2017		Shashank Shende	Redu
2018		Kay Kay Menon	Ek Sangaychay
2019		Deepak Dobriyal	Baba
2020		Rahul Deshpande	Me Vasantrao
2021		Jitendra Joshi	Godavari
2022		Prasad Oak	Dharmaveer
2023		Amey Wagh	Jaggu Ani Juliet

Superlatives

• The first recipient was Gajanan Jagirdar, who was honoured at the 1st Maharashtra State Film Awards in 1962 for his performance in the film Shahir Parshuram.
• As of 2024, Ashok Saraf is the most honoured actor with five awards. Nilu Phule and Yashwant Datta with three awards, while Chandrakant Gokhale, Arun Sarnaik, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Shivaji Satam, Nana Patekar, Sachin Khedekar, Subodh Bhave, Prasad Oak, and Shashank Shende have won the award two times.
• The most recent recipient is Amey Wagh who is honoured at the 61st Maharashtra State Film Awards for his performance in Jaggu Ani Juliet . ^[18]
• Chandrakant Gokhale and Vikram Gokhale, Ramesh Deo and Ajinkya Deo are Pair of Father-Son Won The Award. Also Chandrakant Mandare and Suryakant Mandhare Pair of Brothers won the Award.

Multiple wins

Individuals with two or more Best Actor (BA) awards:

Wins	Actor
5	Ashok Saraf
3	Nilu Phule Arun Sarnaik Yashwant Datta
2	Chandrakant Gokhale Nana Patekar Dilip Prabhavalkar Shivaji Satam Sachin Khedekar Subodh Bhave Prasad Oak Shashank Shende

References

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External links

• Maharashtra State Film Awards at IMDb