The beautiful black lady is now in the hands of many Marathi film award winners. Only difference was that during this  Filmfare awards for Marathi films, the traditional musical instruments of Maharashtra, the Dhol -tashe , Lejhim and Tutari, were played in the background  music , to honour the award winners. So, one thing is clear that Filmfare have started recognising the strength and progress of Marathi films, during the past few years.

Several celebrities from Bollywood were also present on the occasion. Prominent among them were, Vidya Balan, Urmila Matondkar, Tabu, Athiya shetty, Varun Dhavan & Suraj Pancholi.Among the top celebrities in Marathi were Ramesh Deo, Mahesh Manjrekar, Riteish Deshmukh, Sonali Kulkarni, Mrinal Kulkarni, Mahesh Kothare & others.

Films like ‘Lai Bhari’,’ Rege’,’ Elizabeth Ekadashi’ & ‘Fandry’ shared most of the awards, while ‘ Prakash Baba Amte- The real hero’ bagged the Filmfare award for the best film, besides bagging the best actor( Nana Patekar) and Best actress( Sonali Kulkani) awards. The award for the best popular actor award  went to Riteish Deshmukh for his debut in Marathi through super hit Marathi film ‘Lai Bhari’.

The first award for Film fare Lifetime achievement, went to veteran actor Ramesh Deo, who at the age of 86 years, is still active with his acting assignments.