President of Sanskruti Kala Darpan had a great day on Thursday evening, as it was his birthday and also announcement of nominations for the prestigious Sanskriti kala darpan awards for the thirteenth year in succession. After the birthday boy announced the nominations in different categories, Ms. Archana Nevrekar, Vice president of Sankruti Kala Darpan announced that this year they decided to cut down on unnecessary expenditures. “We have decided to use this saved money amounting to around Rs. 11 lakhs by helping the people in drought affected area of Maharashtra. But, there will be no cut on the prize money to be given to the individual winners and production houses,” she stated.

While answering to the queries raised by media persons, related to distribution of aid; Mr. Pramod Pawar, actor and committee member of Sanskriti Kala Darpan, said that they propose to adopt a village and distribute free seeds to all the farmers living in that village to enable them to take the next crop. Those present on the dais were Pradeep Kabre, Neelakanti Patekar, Smita Jayakar , Anjali Nevrekar, Chandrashekhar Sandwe, Pramod Pawar, Prajakta Kulkarni Dighe, Jayadevi, Sheetal Kardekar & Amruta Rao; who are associated with Sanskruti Kala Darpan committee. Those who joined later were Rekha Sahay, Sharad Ponkshe & Kanchan Adhikari. The actual awards ceremony is likely to be held around 15- 20 April 2013.

The nominations declared in the important categories of three different sections are as follows:

Film’s Section –
Best film: 1) Touring Talkies 2) Dhag 3) B.P. 4) Investment 5) Tukaram
Best Direction: Shivaji Lotan Patil ( Dhag), 2) Gajendra Ahire( Touring talkies) 3) Ratnakar Matkari 4) Ravi Jadhav ( B.P.), 5) Sameet kakkad ( Aayna Ka Bayana )
Best actor: Tushar Dalvi ( Investment),2) Sachin Khedekar ( Aayna Ka Bayana) , 3) Jitendra Joshi ( Tukaram), 4) Chinmay Mandlekar ( Vijay Aso), 5) Ravi kale ( Shoor Aamhi Sardar) .
Best actress: 1)Usha jadhav ( Dhag), 2) Trupti Bhoir( Touring Talkies), 3) Supriya Vinod ( Investment), 4) Radhika Bapat, 5) Pratiksha Lonkar (Mokala Shwaas )

Commercial drama:
Best Play : 1) Proposal , 2) Bechaki 3) Maayleki 4) Eka Kshanat! 5) Vaishali Cottage
Best direction: 1) Kumar Sohani ( maayleki), 2) Mangesh kadam ( Vaishali Cottage), 3) Chinmay Mandlekar( Bechaki) 4) Rajan Tamhane ( Proposal) 5) Sharad Ponkshe( Eka Kshanat) .
Best actor: Prasad Oak ( Bechaki), Sharad Ponkshe( Eka Kshanat) 3) Ashish Pawar ( Khall khatak) 4) Mohan Joshi ( Sukhant) 5) Anshuman Vichare ( Mansa Mansa Hup).
Best actress : Amita khopkar ( Vaishali Cottage), 2) Ashwini Ekbote ( Eka Kshanat), 3) Sukanya kulkarni Mone( Fami;ly Drama), Anupama Takmoghe( Time Please) , 5) Sharmishta Raut Nipankar ( Maayleki)

TV serials :
Best Serial : 1) kalay Tasmay Namha( E TV) 2)Pudhacha Paul ( Star Pravah) 3) Gunda Purush Dev ( ETV) ,Ek Mohor Abol ( ETV), 5) Devyani ( Star Pravah).
Best actor : 1) Sangram Salvi( Devyani) 2) Mohan Joshi( GPD) 3) Suni Barve( EMA) 4) Bal Dhuri ( Bandishala)
Best actress: 1) Tejaswini Pandit ( KTN), 2) Shivani Surve( Devyani), 3) ketaki Chitale ( Ambat Goad), 4) Harshada Khanvikar ( P.P.) , 5) Khushbu Tawde( EMA).