Maharashtra State Film Awards, one of the prestigious awards of Marathi cinema, are awarded by the Government of Maharashtra to Marathi language films and artists. They were first awarded in 1963.
Maherchi Sadi is a 1991 Indian Marathi-language family drama film produced and directed by Vijay Kondke. The film stars Alka Kubal, Usha Nadkarni, Ramesh Bhatkar, Vijay Chavan and Ajinkya Deo played pivotal roles. The film grossed over ₹12 crore in its first three months of release, making it the fifth highest-grossing Indian film of 1991 as well as highest-grossing Marathi film of that time.
The 29th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1981. Ceremony took place in April 1982.
Sawaal Majha Aika! is a Marathi Indian black and white film released in 1964. The film is produced and directed by Anant Govind Mane under his banner "Chetana Chitra". The storyline of the film is based on a traditional theatre form called Tamasha. The film has many popular songs sung by Sulochana Chavan.
Bandhan is a 1991 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Anant Mane and produced by Chelaram Bhatia and Lalchand Bhatia under the banner of Glamour Films, featuring Ajinkya Deo, Nishigandha Wad, Ramesh Bhatkar and Sharad Talwalkar. It was released on 5 March 1991.
Sulekha Talwalkar is a Marathi film, television and theatre actress working in Maharashtra.
Anant Mane (1915-1995) was a film director from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India who directed approximately 60 movies during the golden era of Marathi cinema. He was known for making films based on the folk art form Tamasha, and also directed a number of family melodramas. He teamed up with the music director Vasant Pawar and directed several hit movies in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Hansa Wadkar (1923–1971) was a Marathi and Hindi film and stage actress of Indian cinema. She started her acting career at the age of thirteen years, as a heroine in the bilingual film Vijaychi Lagne (1936). Wadkar went on to make a name for herself working in the reputable film companies like Bombay Talkies, Prabhat Film Company and National Studios. Her career defining role was in Vishnupant Damle's Sant Sakhu (1941) where she enacted the role of the female saint Sakhu. Her other memorable roles were in the Tamasha genre films like Lokshahir Ram Joshi (1947), termed as the "Classic Marathi Tamasha musical". Sangtye Aika (1959) was another of Marathi cinema's "best known Tamasha film" along with Ram Joshi. She thus acted in two of Marathi cinema's biggest hits Lokshahir Ramjoshi and Sangtye Aika. The title "Sangtye Aika" was used by Wadkar for her autobiography compiled in 1971. The autobiography was initially serialised in the Marathi magazine Manoos helped by journalist Arun Sadhu.
Madhu Kambikar is an Indian performing folk art artist, theatre actor and film and TV personality, from Maharashtra.
Jagachya Pathivar is a 1960 Indian Marathi-language musical drama film directed and produced by Raja Paranjape. Along with Paranjape the film stars Seema Deo, Dhumal, Raja Gosavi, Ramesh Deo, Sharad Talwalkar, Rekha Kamat also features.
Lakhachi Gosht is a 1952 Indian Marathi-language comedy film directed and produced by Raja Paranjape, who also co-wrote the screenplay with G. D. Madgulkar. The film stars Raja Gosavi (debut), Sharad Talwalkar, Rekha Kamat, Chitra in the pivotal roles. The music is composed by Sudhir Phadke. Cinematography is done by Bal Bapat, and editing is handled by Raja Thakur. The film is a humorous comedy about two impoverished friends. When one of them develops feelings for a wealthy and attractive girl, her father offers the young guy a fortune, which he must spend in less than a month.
Sangte Aika is an Indian Marathi-language drama film film directed and produced by Anant Mane, from a screenplay Vyankatesh Madgulkar, featured Jayshree Gadkar, Dada Salvi, Chandrakant, Suryakant, Hansa Wadkar, Sulochana Latkar, Vasant Shinde. The film was a huge commercial hit, ran over 131 weeks in Pune's Vijayanand Theatre and screened alomost two year across the cities in Maharashtra, a record that later broken by the Hindi film Sholay. Afterwards, the movie served as the inspiration for Wadkar's 1970 autobiography of the same name.
Mohityanchi Manjula is a 1963 Indian Marathi-language historical fiction film directed by Bhalji Pendharkar who also provide story, screenplay and dialougues and produced by Jay Bhavani Chitra, the film stars Suryakant, Jayshree Gadkar, Chandrakant, Baburao Pendharkar in the pivotal roles. The film plot follows a fictional story inspired from the life of Bahirji Naik, a secret agent of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Ashtavinayak is a Marathi-language film released on 9 February 1979. The film was directed by Rajdutt and produced by Sharad Pilgaonkar under the banner of Manorama Films. The film is based on the family from Ichalkaranji which took place in 1975.
