Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actor

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.

Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actor
The 2024 recipient: Jitendra Joshi for Godavari
Awarded for	Best performance by an actor in a Marathi film
Reward(s)	₹100,000 (US$1,200)
First awarded	1962
Last awarded	2024
Most recent winner	Jitendra Joshi
Highlights
Total awarded	56
First winner	Gajanan Jagirdar

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	–	Raja Paranjape	Haa Maza Marg Ekla
1964	–	Kashinath Ghanekar	Pathlaag
1965		Chandrakant Mandare	Yuge Yuge Me Vaat Pahili	[2]
1966		Chandrakant Mandare	Pavna Kathcha Dhondi	[2]
1967		Chandrakant Gokhale	Swapna Tech Lochani
1968		Chandrakant Mandare	Khandobachi Aan	[2]
1969		Chandrakant Gokhale	Dharmakanya
1970	–	Kashinath Ghanekar	Dev Manoos
1971		Gajanan Jagirdar	Donhi Gharcha Pahuna
1972		Dilip Prabhavalkar	Prem Kahani
1973		Nilu Phule	Haath Lavin Tithe Sone	[3]
1974		Nilu Phule	Samna
1975		Nilu Phule	Choricha Mamla
1976	–	Arun Sarnaik	Pahuni
1977	–	Arun Sarnaik	Farrari
1978		Chandrakant Gokhale	Irsha
1979		Ashok Saraf	Baeel Veda	[4]
1980	–	Yashwant Datta	Sansar	[5]
1981		Amol Palekar	Akrit	[6]
1982		Ashok Saraf	Ek Daav Bhutacha	[7]
1983	–	Yashwant Datta	Shapit	[5]
1984		Nana Patekar	Raghu Maina	[4]
1985		Ashok Saraf	Bahurupi	[4]
1986		Nana Patekar	Gad Jejuri Jejuri	[8]
1987		Ajinkya Deo	Sarja	[4]
1988	–	Laxmikant Berde	Nashibwan
1989		Vikram Gokhale	Kalat Nakalat
1990	–	Laxmikant Berde	Shubha Bol Narya
1991		Dilip Prabhavalkar	Chaukat Raja
1992		Ashok Saraf	Aapli Mansa
1993		Mohan Joshi	Savat Mazi Ladki
1994	–	Avinash Narkar	Mukta
1995	–	Chandrakant Kulkarni	Bangarwadi	[9]
1996		Mohan Joshi	Rao Saheb
1997	–	Avinash Narkar	Paij Lagnachi
1998		Mohan Joshi	Tu Tithe Mee
1999		Sachin Khedekar	Gharabaher
2000			Mrugjal
2001		Shreyas Talpade	Reshamgath	[10]
2002	–	Mahesh Elkunchwar	Vastupurush	[11]
2003		Sandeep Kulkarni	Shwaas
2004		Subodh Bhave	Aamhi Asu Ladke	[12]
2005		Sandeep Kulkarni	Dombivli Fast
2006		Umesh Kamat	Samar - Ek Sangharsh
2007		Ajinkya Deo	Vasudev Balwant Phadke
2008		Upendra Limaye	Jogwa	[13]
2009		Bharat Jadhav	Jhing Chik Jhing
		Subodh Bhave	Ranbhool
2010		Siddharth Jadhav	Lalbaug Parel
2011		Subodh Bhave	Balgandharva
2012		Sachin Khedekar	Kaksparsh	[14]
2013	–	Ashok Lokhande	Yashwantrao Chavan: Bakhar Eka Vaadalaachi	[15]
2015		Shashank Shende	Ringan
2016	–	Mangesh Desai	Ekk Albela
2017		Shashank Shende	Redu
2018		Kay Kay Menon	Ek Sangaychay
2019		Deepak Dobriyal	Baba
2022		Rahul Deshpande	Me Vasantrao
2023		Jitendra Joshi	Godavari

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 four awards. Nilu Phule, Chandrakant Gokhale, Subodh Bhave, Sachin Khedekar and Mohan Joshi with three awards, while Chandrakant Mandare, Kashinath Ghanekar, Arun Sarnaik, Gajanan Jagirdar, Ravindra Mahajani, Laxmikant Berde, Ajinkya Deo, Sandeep Kulkarni and Shashank Shende have won the award two times.
• The most recent recipient is Jitendra Joshi who is honoured at the 57th Maharashtra State Film Awards for his performance in Godavari.^[16]
• 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	Actress
4	Ashok Saraf
3	Nilu Phule Chandrakant Gokhale Subodh Bhave Mohan Joshi
2	Chandrakant Mandare Kashinath Ghanekar Arun Sarnaik Gajanan Jagirdar Ravindra Mahajani Laxmikant Berde Ajinkya Deo Sandeep Kulkarni Shashank Shende Sachin Khedekar

References

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External links

• Maharashtra State Film Awards at IMDb