Zee Gaurav Awards, one of the most prestigious awards in Marathi cinema and theatre industry recently announced its nominations for various categories. Elizabeth Ekadashi, the film praised by critics and audience has received whooping 13 nominations. Riteish Deshmukh’s mega-hit Lai Bhari has received 12 nominations. Lokmanya-EkYugpurush, Poshter Boyz and Classmates are other films which have received nominations.
For theatre, KedarShinde directed and Bharat Jadhav starrer Dhantedhan has received most nominations in nine categories. Sanjay Khapre starrer KalatNakalat has received 8 nominations. Also, there will be good competition between Tee, Goshta Simple Pilaachee, Zopala.
From this year onwards, Zee Gaurav will have two separate award ceremonies for films and theatre. Chitragaurav, for films will take place 13 March, while Natyagaurav, for theatre will take place on 26 March.
For Zee Gaurav 2015, films and drama (except revived drama) released between January 2014 and December 2014 were considered. For films, Raghuveer Kulkarni, Milind Ingle and VidyadharPathare were jury members. Sanjay Mone, Swati Chitnis and Ravindra Divekarwere the jury members for commercial theatre and Dr. Anil Bandivadekar, Vijay Kenkare and Pradeep Rane were jury members for experimental theatre.
1. Best Costume
- Chaitrali Dongre: Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Mahesh Sherala: Lokmanya Ek Yugpurush
- Paurnima Oak: Rama Madhav
- Paurnima Oak: Ticha Umbaratha
- Geeta Godbole: Viti Dandu
2. Best Makeup
- Atul Sidhaye: Classmates
- Vikram Gaikwad – Lokmanya Ek Yugpurush
- Vinay Suryavanshi: Rama Madhav
- Malcom Fernandis- Shutter
- Jagdish Yere (Concept- Vikram Gaikwad) – Viti Dandu
3. Best Art Direction
- Devdas Bhandari _ Taptapadi
- Sachin Bhilare- Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Prashant Bidkar- Killa
- Santosh Futane- Lokmanya Ek Yugpurush
- Mahesh Kudalkar-Viti Dandu
4. Best Choreography
- Ganesh Acharya – “Ala Holicha San” – Lai Bhari
- Umesh Jadhav –“Yaha Vaha sara jahan- Pyarwali Lovestory
- Umesh Jadhav – “Ali Lahar kela kahar” Pyarwali Lovestory
- Akshata Tikhe- “Hammamaa re Pora hammama” – Rama Madhav
- Javed Sanadi- “Zampak Zampak Zampak”- Mamachya Gavala Jauya
5. Best Editing
- Imran- Faisal – Classmates
- Abhijeet Deshpande- Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Jayant Jathar- Happy Journey
- Charushree Roy- Killa
- Rajesh Rao- Sau. Shashi Devshar
6. Best Cinematography
- Mahesh Ane- 7 Roshan Villa
- Amol Gol- Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Avinash Arun- Killa
- Sanjay Memane- Lai Bhari
- Prasad Bhende- Lokmanya Ek Yugpurush
7. Best Sound Recording
- Pramod Chandorkar
- Anmol Bhave- Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Anmol Bhave- Killa
- Pramod Chandorkar- Lokmanya Ek Yugpurush
- Anmol Bhave- Mamachya Gavala Jauya
8. Best Background score
- Sumit Belleri- Taptapadi
- Bapi-Tutul-Babanchi Shala
- Sameer Mhatre- Lokmanya Ek Yugpurush
- Santosh Mulekar- Viti Dandu
- Narendra Bhide- Rama Madhav
9. Best Lyricist
- Dasu Vaidya – Mani Achanak- Dusari Goshta
- Dr. Sadashiv Javdekar- Ushashee Gandh- Gondan
- Guru Thakur- Mauli Mauli- Lai Bhari
- Guru Thakur- Jeev BHulala – Lai Bhari
- Vaibhav Joshi- Hool deooni – Taptapadi
10. Best Playback Singer (Female)
- Bela Shende- Bavare Prem he- Bavare Prem he
- Kirti Killedar- Mani Achanak – Dusai Gosht
- Priyanka Barve- Ushashi Gandh – Kondan
- Neha Rajpal- Jaganyach Asha- Kaakan
- Madhura Datar- Loot Liyo- Rama Madhav
11. Best Playback singer (Male)
- Hrishikesh Ranade- Baware Prem he- Baware Prem he
- Harsh- Amitraj- Nave nave geet he manache- Classmates
- Mangesh Dhakade- Mani Achanak – Dusari Goshta
- Swapnil Bandodkar- Aikavi Vatare- Gurupaurnima
- Ajay Gogawale- Mauli Mauli- Lai Bhari
12. Best Music Director
- Ajay Naik- Baware Prem he- Baware Prem he
- Troy- Arif- Tutatana Tutato haa jeev kaa- Classmates
- Mangesh Dhakade- Mani Achanak- Dusari Goshta
- Ajay Singha- Jaganyache Asha- Kakan
- Ajay Atul- Mauli Mauli- Lai Bhari
13. Best Story
- James Albert- Classmates
- Madhugandha Kulkarni – Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Tushar Paranjape, Avinash Arun- Killa
- Sameer Patil- Poshter Boyz
- Jayant Pawar- Ticha Umbaratha
14. Best screenplay
- Madhugandha Kulkarni- Paresh Mokashi- Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Tushar Paranjape- Killa
- Sameer Patil – Charudatt Bhagwat- Poshter Boyz
- Sachin Kundalkar- Happy Journey
- Sarvani Sudhrut – Amol Shedge- Sau. Shashi Devdhar.
Best Dialogues
- Kshitij Patwardhan- Classmates
- Madhugandha Kulkarni- Paresh Mokashi- Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Sanjay Pawar- Lai Bhari
- Sameer Patil- Poshter Boyz
- Kaustubh Savarkar – Sau. Shashi Devdhar
Best Child Artiste
- Sayli Bhandarkavthekar- Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Shreerang Mahajan- Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Archit Devdhar- Killa
- Vivek Chabukswar- Salaam
- Nishant Bhavsar- Viti Dandu
Best Actor in a negative role:
- Siddharth Jadhav- Dream Malll
- Sharad Kelkar – Lai Bhari
- Chinmay Mandlekar – Ticha Umbaratha
- Sachit Patil- Classmates
- Sonali Khare- 7 Roshan Villa
Best actress in a supporting role.
- Nandita Dhuri – Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Sulabha Arya – Gurupaurnima
- Tavi Azmi- Lai Bhari
- Shruti Marathe- Taptapadi
- Jyoti Chandekar- Ticha Umbaratha
Best Actor in a supporting role
- Siddharth Chandekar – Classmates
- Sandeep Pathak- Ek Hajarachee note
- Sanjay Khapre- Lai Bhari
- Hrishikesh Joshi – Poshter Boyz
- Tushar Dalvi – Sau. Shashi Devdhar
Best Actress
- Usha Naik- Ek Hajarachee Note
- Priya Bapat- Happy Journey
- Sai Tamhankar- Sau. Shashi Devdhar
- Veena Jamkar- Taptapadi
- Tejaswini Pandit- Ticha Umbaratha
Best Actor
- Bharat Jadhav- Chintamani
- Ankush Chaudhari
- Atul Kulkarni – Happy Journey
- Riteish Vilasrao Deshmukh- Lai Bhari
- Sachin Khedekar- Shutter
Best Director
- Aditya Sarpotdar- Classmates
- Paresh Mokashi- Elizabeth Ekadashi
- Sachin Kundalkar- Happy Journey
- Nishikant Kamat- Lai Bhari
- Sameer Patil- Poshter Boyz
Best Film
- Elizabeth Ekadashi – Maysabha and Essel Vision Productions Ltd.
- Happy Journey – Everst Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
- Lai Bhari- Cinematra Entertainment and Media Pvt Ltd.
- Lokmanya- Ek Yugpurush- Neena Raut Films
- Poshter Boyz- Affluence Movies Pvt. Ltd.
