V. Shantaram Award | |
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![]() The 2022 recipient: Usha Naik | |
Awarded for | Lifetime achievement |
Location | Maharashtra |
Country | India |
Presented by | Government of Maharashtra |
First awarded | 1994 |
Last awarded | 2022 |
Recent winner | Usha Naik |
Highlights | |
Total awarded | 27 |
First winner | Chandrakant Mandare |
The V. Shantaram Award is the highest award in Marathi cinema, established by the Government of Maharashtra, India. It is presented annually by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Maharashtra. Award instituted in 1994 to recognises individual for their "Lifetime Achievement to Marathi Cinema".
The Government of Maharashtra created the award to commemorate the contribution of Indian filmmaker V. Shantaram.
Year | Image | Recipient | Field of work | Ref. |
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1994 | ![]() | Chandrakant Mandare | Actor | [1] |
1995 | – | Sudhir Phadke | Music composer | [2] |
1996 | ![]() | Lalita Pawar | Actress | [3] |
1997 | ![]() | Sulochana Latkar | [4] | |
1998 | – | Dinkar D. Patil | Director, writer | [5] |
1999 | – | Sumati Joglekar | Actress | |
2000 | – | Vasant Painter | Director | |
2001 | – | Ram Gabale | Director | |
2002 | ![]() | Chandrakant Gokhale | Actor | [6] |
2003 | ![]() | Jayshree Gadkar | Actress | [7] |
2004 | ![]() | Vanamala | ||
2005 | – | Annasaheb Deulgaonkar | Screenwriter, producer | [8] |
2006 | ![]() | Ashok Saraf | Actor | [9] |
2007 | ![]() | Rajdutt | Director | |
2008 | ![]() | Ramesh Deo | Actor | [10] |
![]() | Seema Deo | Actress | ||
2009 | – | Jagdish Khebudkar | Writer, lyricist | [11] |
2010 | – | Asha Kale | Actress | |
2011 | ![]() | Jabbar Patel | Director | [12] |
2012 | – | Leela Gandhi | Actress | |
2013 | – | Pandharinath Jukar | Make-up artist | |
2014 | – | Suryakant Lavande | Cinematographer | [13] |
2015 | – | V.N Mayekar | Editor | |
2016 | ![]() | Vikram Gokhale | Actor | [14] |
2017 | – | Vijay Chavan | ||
2018 | – | Sushma Shiromani | Actress | |
2019 | Not awarded | |||
2020 | – | Ravindra Mahajani | Actor | |
2021 | – | Usha Chavan | Actress | |
2022 | Usha Naik | Actor |
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