Nominations for the Prabhat Puraskar  to be conferred to the winners in 27 categories of Marathi films, have been announced. ‘Happy Journey’, ‘Khwada’, ‘ Nagrik’ & ‘Salaam’ find nominations in the best film category, while Bhaurao Karhade( Khwada), Jayprad Desai ( Nagarik), Kiran Yadnyopavit( Salam), Sachin Kundalkar ( Happy Journey) & Srihari Sathe(Ek Hazarachi Note) have been nominated in Best Director’s category.

In the best actor’s category , the nominees are Alok Rajwade( Rama Madhav) , Atul Kulkarni (Happy Journey) , Riteish Deshmukh (Lai Bhari) , Sachin Khedekar (Nagrik)  and Subodh Bhave (Lokmanya) , while in best actress category Devika Daftardar (Nagrik) , Pooja Nayak  (Agneepankh), Priya Bapat (Happy Journey), Tejaswini Pandit (Candle March) & Usha Naik (Ek Hazarachi Note) find their nominations.

There seems to be good competition for actress in Best Debut category, with names like Mrinmayee Kolwalkar( Miss Match) ,  Pallavi Patil (Classmates) , Sanskruti Balgude (Sangato Aika) , Sanskruti Kher (Swami Public Ltd.) & Sayali Sahasrabuddhe (Candle March)   finding their names in the list, while the competition for the actor in Best Debut is only among three artistes, namely Kashyap Parulekar(Taptapadi) , Bhauraosaheb Shinde (Khwada)  & Rohit Mugullu( Agneepankh) .