Marathi International Film and Theatre Awards have gained popularity worldwide in a short time. This year’s Mhaiskar MIFTA awards 2012 will be held in Singapore soon. This year the organizers have found a new Travel Partner ‘Kesari Tours and Travels’. But, as per the practice of nominating the films and Dramas, the yearly festival will be held in Thane’s Kashinath Ghanekar auditorium between Sept 2nd and 9th 2012. 10 films and 10 Dramas have been short listed for the first round of this festival by the Jury. Nominations will be declared thereafter. Reasonable rates for tickets will be offered to the audience during this festival by the organizers.

The 10 Dramas selected for the festival are ‘Vaishali Cottage’, ‘Sargam’, ‘Keshava Madhava’, ‘Alibaba aani Chalisitle Chor’, ‘Shivaji Underground in Bhimnagar Mohalla’, ‘Mee Revati Deshpande’, ‘Saasu Majhi Dhansoo’, ‘Tom aani Jerry’, ‘Khall Khatak’ & ‘Lagnabambaal’. Among the 10 films competing the first round are ‘Masala’, ‘Zhakaas’, ‘Satarangi Re’, ‘Tukaram’, ‘Shala’, ‘Ajintha’, ‘Badam Rani Gulam Chor’, ‘Kakasparsha’, ‘Deool’ and ‘Bharatiya’.