For the past 12 years Sanskuti Kala Darpan has been felicitating personalities from Marathi stage and film industry, by declaring various awards for them. This year they have spread their wings further by organizing a Marathi Drama and film festival at the beginning of this year. The winners will be declared during the ‘Sankruti Kala Darpan Gaurav Rajani Awards’ on 24th March 2012.

The announcement to this effect was made by the organizers, on Sunday 4th March, at Hotel Kohinoor Continental, Mumbai, in presence of many prominent personalities from Marathi entertainment industry and special invitees. Speaking about this years award ceremony, which will be held in a big way, The president Mr. Chandrashekhar Sandwe and Working President ms. Archana Nevrekar said that this year, they have decided to include even Television serial producers and artistes for their awards. In the Drama and film category, they have decided offer cash prizes. In the film category the first three prizes will be Rs. 2 lakh, Rs.1.5 lakh and 1 lakh respectively; while in the Drama category the first three prizes will be Rs. 1.5 lakh, Rs.1 lakh and Rs. 75,000/- respectively.

This year to finalize the nominations for the Professional plays, the judges were Mr. Pradeep Kabre, Anuradha Rajadhyaksha, Amruta Rao, Sheetal Kardekar and Ranjit Masurekar. For Experimental plays category, the role of judges was played by Ashok Kulkarni, Pratibha Amrute, and Vasudha Sahasrabuddhe. In the film’s category, Mr. Ajay Phansekar, A. Radhaswamy, Saumitra Pote, Santosh Bhingarde and Kanchan Adhikari, short listed the films while in the Television section Ms. Rekha Sahay played the role of a judge. The detailed list of nominations will be separately displayed on our site.

In the Experimental plays category, ‘Ajintha’, ‘Lakh lakh Chanderi’ and ‘Sangeet Kone Eke Kaali’ have been nominated, while in the Professional plays category, ‘Bharat Bhagyavidhata’, ‘ Mee Revati Deshpande, ‘Keshava Madhava’ ,’Lagnabambaal’ and ‘Sukhanshi Bhandato Aamhi’ have been short listed. In the Film’s section, ‘Deool’, ‘Khel Mandala’, ‘Shala’, ‘Gajar’ and ‘Balgandharva’ are nominated while in the TV serials section, the following serials have been nominated , ‘Swapnanchya Palikadle’, ‘Suvasini’ and ‘Tujavin Sakhya Re’. There are various other awards to be also declared in these three sections. Marathi Movie World are online partners of this event.