Nominations for the Goodnight presented Zee Gaurav awards 2011 have been announced by the host at a function held in Grand Hyatt Hotel recently. This year Marathi film ‘Mee Sindhutai Sapkal’ received maximum 13 nominations in different categories. In the best film category, ‘Mee Sindhutai Sapkal’ will have tough competition with other films like, ‘Mee Mann Aani Dhruv’, ‘Shikshnachya Aaichha Gho’, ‘Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai’ and ‘Paaradh’.

In the professional stage plays category ‘Nava Gadee Nave Rajya’ has bagged maximum 8 nominations in different categories. In the best play section they face competition from ‘Wah Guru!’, ‘Katkone Trikon’, ‘Katha’& ‘Kaay Danger Vaara Sutlay’. While in the Experimental plays section, ‘Punascha Honeymoon’ has bagged maximum 7 nominations in different categories. In the same section, ‘Ja Khelayla Pal’, ‘Ratandin Aamhi’and ‘Tichi Satra Prakarana’ have bagged six nominations each.

This year’s entries were considered for films and plays released during the period January 2010 to December 2010. There were entries from 64 films, 27 professional plays, 27 Experimental plays and 9 revived plays. Members of Jury were prominant personalities from the respective fields.