Versatile Marathi actor Jitendra Joshi is in the news. He has won Best actor’s award for the film ‘Godavari (गोदावरी)’ at the New York Indian Film Festival ( NYIFF) 2022. ‘Godavari’ is Jio Studios presented Marathi film , which is produced by Blue Drop Films and Jitendra Joshi Pictures. This film has already earned a name at different national and international film festivals , wherever it was screened.

Directed by Nikhil Mahajan, this film will now be screened among the five films at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival . Speaking about his film director Nikhil  Mahajan said, “I am glad that Jitendra was selected for the  best actor’s award  at NYIFF. This film was completed in 17 days.” The film stars Jitendra Joshi, Vikram Gokhale, Neena Kulkarni, Sanjay Mone, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Gauri Nalavade in lead roles.