The first round of Maharastra State Film awards have been declared. Among them are winners of the technical awards. Santosh Phutane finds his name for best art direction in the film ‘Maat’, while Avinash – Arun adjudged as best cinematographer for the film ‘Vees Manjhe Vees’. The best editing award will go to Deepak Virkut and Vilas Ranade for the film ‘Ranabhoomi’, while best sound design award will go to Resul Pookutty & Amrut Datta. The Best Costume designing award will go to Premita Jadhav and Harshada Khanvilkar , while best publicity design award goes to Shree Venkateshwara Films for the film 1909. Rohit Uttekar & Tejashree Walawalkar share the best child artiste award for their performances in the films ‘Tapal’ and ‘Maat’ respectively.

There are 15 films shortlisted for nominations to final round. They are : ‘Avtarachi Goshta’, ‘Jaijaykar’, ‘Pitruroon’, ‘Yashwantrao Chavan…’ ‘Kapuskondyachi Goshta’, ‘Rangakarmi’, ‘Maat’ , ‘Astu’, ‘Thoda Tujha Thoda Majha’, ‘ Dr.Prakash Baba Amte’, ’72 Miles’, ‘Duniyadari’, ‘Aajcha Diwas Majha’, ‘Tapal’, & ‘Waghi’. In the best actor’s category there are following nominees for the final round. They are Dilip Prabhavalkar, Ashok Lokhande & Sachin Khedekar while those in the final round of nominations in the best actress category are : Smita tambe, Iravati harshe & Mrunal Kulkarni.