The nominations for the most prestigious Zee Gauravawards, have been announced. In a star studded ceremony hall at Hotel Lalit, Andheri, the announcements were made in different categories, besides releasing the Zee calendar , for paying tributes to the great Marathi stars, on the occasion of 100 years of Indian cinema.

Zee Gaurav, is in its 14th year and has received tremendous support and respect from the Marathi entertainment industry. It has brought back competition and encouraged brilliance and talent in the Marathi industry since its establishment.

This year, Zee Gaurav has announced nominations to the prominent and talented personalities for outstanding performance from 21 categories in films, 12 categories in commercial plays and 9 categories in experimental plays. The winners for the esteemed titles for Zee Gaurav will be announced in the glorious, grandeur Zee Gaurav event, which is to be held on Friday, March 8, 2013@ Shahaji Raje Krida Sankul, Andheri.

Mr. Swanand Kirkire, Raghuveer Kulkarni and Harish Joshi were the judges for the film section. In the Commercial Marathi plays section Suhas Joshi, Ravindra Divekar and Vivek Lagoo were the judges; while Swati Chitnis, Dr.Shirish Athavale and Praveen Bhole acted as judges for experimental plays section.

The list of nominations for some of the important categories are as follows:

Best Film: Kaksparsha, Aayna ka Baayna, Sanhita, Tukaram & Balak Palak.
Best Director: Chandrakant Kulkarni, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sumitra Bhave- Sunil Sukhtankar, Samit Kakkad & Ravi Jadhav
Best actor: Vikram Gokhale( Anumati), Sachin Khedekar( Kaksparsha), Jitendra Joshi( Tukaram), Tushar dalvi( Shyamche Vadil), Girish Kulkarni (Masala ).
Best actress: Amruta Subhash ( Masala), Renuka Daftardar ( Sanhita),Priya Bapat( Kaksparsha),Supriya Vinod( Investment),Veena Jamkar ( Kutumb).
Best Supporting Actor: Vijay Kadam( Balak Palak),Hrishikesh Joshi( Masala), Sanjay Khapre( Kaksparsha).
Best Supporting actress: Medha Manjrekar ( kaksparsha), Hemangi kavi( Pipani),Savita Malpekar ( Kaksparsha).

Aniruddha Potdar, Ratnakar Matkari& Usha Datar find their names in the nominations for Best story, while Girish Joshi, Kshitij Zarapkar, Ganesh Pandit-amber Hadap and Ravi Jadhav find their names in the nominations for best screenplay. In the best dialogues category, Sanjay pawar’s name is added to the list of screenplay writers, excluding Kshitij Zarapkar. There will be competition among Sanjay Memane, Sanjay Jadhav & Mahesh Limaye for best Cinematographer’s award. In the best music category, Ashok Patki- Avadhoot Gupte together will pose challenge for kaiushal Inamdar and Vishal shekhar.

In the singers category, Suresh Wadkar, Aniruddha Joshi , Shekhar Ravjivani, Hamsika Aiyer,Rajashree Pathak, Urmila Dhangar and Kalyani Salunke find their names among the nominees. In the lyrics section Kishore Kadam, N.D.Mahanor and Dasu Vaidya will fight for the award. In the experimental plays, the nominees are Alibaba Aani Chalis Chor, Silent Scheme, Chitragoshti, Gharbar and Gayab Geet. While in the Professional Drama section,there will be competition among ‘Tom Aani Jerry’, ‘Gandhi Aadva Yeto’,’Shivaji Undergroun in Bhimnagar Mohalla’,’Sagale Ubhe Aahet’ and ‘Bechaki’.

Now, all eyes on the main ceremony to be held on 8th March 2013. Till then, Marathi Movie world wishes to all production houses, directors and artistes.