Every year, coinciding with the birth anniversary of Dadasaheb Phalke, Maharashtra Government distribute awards to artistes and makers of Marathi films. This year, the award ceremony will be held for the first time in Borivali, Mumbai, on 30th April 2016. The announcement to this effect was made by Maharashtra Cultural Minister Mr. Vinod Tawde.

Along with this important announcement the nominations in different categories of awards were also declared. Total 73 films had submitted their entries and the names of 10 films nominated for the the best film award are, ‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusali‘, ‘Natsamrat‘, ‘Dagadi Chawl‘, ‘The Silence‘, ‘Bioscope‘, ‘Double Seat‘, ‘Halal‘, ‘Ringan‘,’Rangaa Patangaa‘ and ‘Highway‘. Some of the technical awards have already been declared and ‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusali‘ has already scored with maximum awards. In the individual awards also, Katyar leads with nominations, followed by ‘Double Seat‘.

The nominations for best actor’s category are, Sachin Pilgaonkar( Katyar Kaljat Ghusali), Ankush Choudhary( Double Seat) & Shashank Shende (Ringan); while the nominations in Best actress category are, Mukta Barve( Double Seat), Smita Tambe ( Partu) & Mrunmayee Deshpande( Anuraag) .