Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Comedian

Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Comedian
The 2023 recipient: Nirmiti Sawant for Jhimma 2
Awarded for	Best Comedian
Sponsored by	Maharashtra State Film Awards
First award	1995
Final award	2024
Highlights
Total awarded	18
First winner	Nandu Madhav

The Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Comedian is an award, presented annually at the Maharashtra State Film Awards of India to an actor for their comic performance in a Marathi cinema.

Winner

Year	Recipients	Film	Ref.
1995	Nandu Madhav	Bangarwadi	[1]
1996	Dilip Prabhavalkar	Katha Doan Ganpatravanchi	[2]
1997	Vijay Chavan	Kamaal Majhya Baykochi	[3]
1998	Vijay Chavan	Vahinichi Maya
1999	Ashok Saraf	Sawai Hawaldar	[4]
	Nirmiti Sawant	Bindhaast
2000	Ashok Saraf	Maherchi Pahuni	[3]
	Nayana Apte Joshi	Professor Visarbhole
2001	Not Awarded
2002	Jaywant Wadkar	Chalu Navra Bholi Bayko
	Kishori Ambiye
2003	Surekha Kudachi	Polisachi Bayko	[3]
2004	Sanjay Narvekar	Aga Bai Arrecha!
	Vandana Gupte	Pachhadlela
2005	Makarand Anaspure	Kaydyacha Bola	[5]
	Nirmiti Sawant	Khabardar
2006	Makarand Anaspure	Bagh Hath Dakhvun	[5]
2007	Siddharth Jadhav	De Dhakka	[6]
	Nirmiti Sawant	Hi Porgi Kunachi
2008	Nikhil Ratnaparkhi	Gho Mala Asla Hava	[3]
	Nirmiti Sawant	Valu
2009	Pushkar Shrotri	Ek Daav Dhobi Pachhad
	Suhas Paranjape	Kon Aahe Re Tikade
2010	Mohan Joshi	Be Dune Saadechar	[7]
2011	Anand Ingale	Paulwat
2012	Vijay Patkar	Lavu Ka Lath
2013	Siddharth Jadhav	Time Please	[8]
	Deepali Sayyad	Majhya Navryachi Dusri Bayko
2014	Hrishikesh Joshi	Poshter Boyz
2015	Sumeet Raghavan	Sandook
2016	Hrishikesh Joshi	Cheater	[9]
2017	Not Awarded
2018
2019	Parth Bhalerao	Basta	[10]
2020	Jitendra Joshi	Choricha Mamla
2021	Bhau Kadam	Pandu
	Nirmiti Sawant	Jhimma
2022	Sanjay Narvekar	Timepass 3	[11]
2023	Upendra Limaye	Jaggu Ani Juliet
	Nirmiti Sawant	Jhimma 2

Multiple wins

Individuals with two or more Best Comedian Awards:

Wins	Actor
6	Nirmiti Sawant
2	Ashok Saraf, Makarand Anaspure Siddharth Jadhav Hrishikesh Joshi, Sanjay Narvekar Vijay Chavan

References

1. "Bangarwadi@NFDC". www.nfdcindia.com. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
2. "Katha Doan Ganpatravanchi@NFDC". www.nfdcindia.com. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
3. Mujawar, Isak (2014). Gatha Marathi Cinemachi (in Marathi) (1st ed.). Pune: Pratik Prakashan.
4. "Bindhaast sweeps state Marathi film awards". The Indian Express. 2 May 2000. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
5. "अनासपुरे, मकरंद मधुकर". महाराष्ट्र नायक. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
6. "जाधव, सिद्धार्थ रामचंद्र". महाराष्ट्र नायक. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
7. "जोशी, मोहन विष्णू". महाराष्ट्र नायक. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
8. "Winners at the 51st Maharashtra State Awards". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 11 March 2024.
9. "54th Maharashtra State Film Awards".
10. डेस्क, एबीपी माझा एंटरटेनमेंट (23 February 2024). "57 व्या राज्य मराठी चित्रपट पुरस्काराचे वितरण, 'वाय' ठरला सर्वोत्कृष्ट चित्रपट". marathi.abplive.com (in Marathi). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
11. जगताप, नामदेव. "राज्य चित्रपट पुरस्कार सोहळा; हिंदी, मराठी सिनेसृष्टीतील कलाकारांचा सन्मान; पाहा संपूर्ण यादी". ABP Majha (in Marathi). Retrieved 6 August 2025.

External links

• Maharashtra State Film Awards at IMDb