Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Debut Director

Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Debut Director
Awarded for	Debut Director in a Marathi film
Sponsored by	Maharashtra State Film Awards
First award	2009
Final award	2023
Highlights
First winner	Sudesh Manjrekar
Latest winner	Ashish Bende

The Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Debut Director is an award, presented annually at the Maharashtra State Film Awards of India to a director for their debut performance in a Marathi cinema.

Winners

Year	Actress	Film	Ref.
2009	Santosh Manjrekar	Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy!	[1]
2010	Vikram Gokhale	Aaghaat	[2]
2011	Ajit Bhairavkar	Gajaar: Journey of the Soul
2012	Nikhil Mahajan	Pune 52
2013	Nagraj Manjule	Fandry	[3]
2014	Sameer Patil	Poshter Boyz	[4]
2015	Makarand Mane	Ringan	[5]
2016	Sandeep Patil	Dashakriya	[6]
2017	Vikram Phadnis	Hrudayantar
2018	Sachin Jadhav	Tendlya	[7]
	Nachiket Waikar
2019	Achyut Narayan	Vegli Vaat	[8]
2020	Vaibhav Khisti	June	[9]
	Suhrud Godbole
2021	Rasika Agashe	Ticha Shahar Hona
2022	Pratap Phad	Ananya	[10]
2023	Ashish Bende	Aatmapamphlet

References

1. Mujawar, Isak (2014). Gatha Marathi Cinemachi (in Marathi) (1st ed.). Pune: Pratik Prakashan.
2. "Marathi film Gajaar to go for the Oscars". Hindustan Times. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
3. "Winners at the 51st Maharashtra State Awards". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 11 March 2024.
4. MMW, Team (8 April 2015). "Nominations of Marathi films declared for 52nd State Awards" . Retrieved 11 March 2024.
5. "National Award winning Marathi film Ringan set for theatrical release". Landmarc Films. 7 June 2018.
6. "54th Maharashtra State Marathi Film Awards | 54 व्या महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी चित्रपट पुरस्कारांची घोषणा | Lokmat.com". LOKMAT (in Marathi). 30 April 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
7. "56 व्या राज्य मराठी चित्रपट पुरस्कार सोहळ्यात Carol Littleton चा मराठमोळा अंदाज ठरला लक्ष्यवेधी; 'भोंगा' ठरला सर्वोत्कृष्ट चित्रपट | 🎥 LatestLY मराठी". LatestLY मराठी (in Marathi). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
8. डेस्क, एबीपी माझा एंटरटेनमेंट. "57 व्या राज्य मराठी चित्रपट पुरस्काराचे वितरण, 'वाय' ठरला सर्वोत्कृष्ट चित्रपट". ABP Majha (in Marathi). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
9. "राज्य मराठी चित्रपट पुरस्कार सोहळयात 'बापल्योक'चा डंका, ७ पुरस्कारांवर पाडली छाप". Navarashtra (in Marathi).
10. 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