The first Marathi short film festival concluded with a happy note at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Mumbai. Young film makers had a good opportunity to display their creative work through various subjects to invite the attention of the world.

The best short film’s award went to Vikrant Pawar’s sensible film ‘Ghadyalancha Davakhana’. Suresh Joshi (Fresh Suicide) was adjudged the best actor, while little Sharvi Kulkarni bagged the best actress award for her performance in ‘Aaji’. Young director Piyush Thakkar was declared the best director for his film ‘Khara karodpati’.

Some of the award winning short films like Kedar jape’s ‘Bangadya’ and Reema amrapurkar’s ‘Janani’ were also shown during the festival. Wellknown personalities from Marathi industry like Atul Kukarni, Sandeep Kulkarni, Sanjay Pawar, Vidyadhar Pathare and Prabhakar Nikalankar were present on the occasion to encourage young film makers.