Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actor
| Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actor | |
|---|---|
The 2024 recipient: Amey Wagh for Jaggu Ani Juliet | |
| Awarded for | Best performance by an actor in a Marathi film |
| Sponsored by | Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Maharashtra) |
| Reward | ₹100,000 (US$1,200) |
| First award | 1962 |
| Final award | 2024 |
| Most recent winner | Amey Wagh |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | Ashok Saraf |
| Total awarded | 61 |
| First winner | Gajanan Jagirdar |
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.
Winners
Ashok Saraf (top) and Nilu Phule (bottom) are the most frequent winners with Five and three awards respectively.
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 five awards. Nilu Phule and Yashwant Datta with three awards, while Chandrakant Gokhale, Arun Sarnaik, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Shivaji Satam, Nana Patekar, Sachin Khedekar, Subodh Bhave, Prasad Oak, and Shashank Shende have won the award two times.
- The most recent recipient is Amey Wagh who is honoured at the 61st Maharashtra State Film Awards for his performance in Jaggu Ani Juliet.[18]
- 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 | Actor |
|---|---|
| 5 | |
| 3 |
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| 2 |
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