Zee Natya Gaurav, an annual event where excellence of the theatre is honored with prestigious award took place recently. The televised show of this event will be telecasting on Zee Marathi on 9th April at 7 pm.

The highlight of the event was giving lifetime achievement to legendary theatre actor Vikram Gokhale. Vikram has always been a favorite actor and his portrayal of various roles in plays like Barrister, Vahto Hee Durvaanchi Judi, Mahasagar, Jaswandi, Kamla and Makrand Rajadhyaksha. Senior theatre artiste Arun Kakde presented him lifetime achievement award.
The event was rocked by Amar Photo Studio by winning 8 awards in various categories. However, Teen Paayaachee sharyat won Best Actor- Sanjay Narvekar, Best Actress Sharwari Lohkare, and best director – Vijay Kenkre. Best play was given to Magna Talyakathi and special mention was won by Kodamantra. In experimental theatre, Hey Ram won 8 awards in various categories including Best Actor – Nishant Kadam, Best Actress Tejaswi Parab, Best Director Ram Daund and Best Play.

During the event, classical singers Priyanaka Barve and Rahul Deshpande presented an act from Sangeet Manapman. Pushkar Shrotri presetend monoact from Ekach Pyala. Dr. Amol Kolhe presented Raigadala Jevha Jaag yete. Bharat Jadhav and his team presented an act from his record breaking play Sahi Re sahi. Vandana Gupte and Pushkaraj Chirputkar hosted this event.

Don’t forget to watch this event on Zee TV at 7 pm on 9th April.

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Zee Gaurav is considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in Marathi. Every year the whole industry & the fans eagerly wait for the awards night. As we are all aware in 2016 ‘Sairat’ was the film that was loved by one & all. So it’s not a surprise that in this year’s Zee Chitra Gaurav it’s the most nominated movie. ‘Sairat’ has 11 nominations followed by Sumitra Bhave – Sunil Sukthankar’s ‘Kaasav’ with 8 nominations & then ‘Half Ticket’ & ‘Ranga Patanga’ with 7 nominations each.

In case of Zee Natya Gaurav, Amar Photo Studio is the most nominated play with 12 nominations among the ‘Commercial Play’ category followed by Mahesh Elkunchwar’s Magna Talyakathi with 9 nominations, whereas in the ‘Experimental Play’ category ‘Hey Ram’ has bagged 12 nominations. It will be exciting to see who wins what!

The jury for ‘Zee Chitra Gaurav’ includes Raghuvir Kulkarni, Milind Ingle & Natsamrat fame dialogue writer Kiran Yadnyopavit. The judges for ‘Zee Natya Gaurav – Commercial Category’ are Suresh Khare, Vijay Tapas & Ravindra Divekar, whereas the jury for ‘Zee Natya Gaurav – Experimental Category’ includes Nitin Nerurkar, Rajan Tamhane & famous actor/playwright Yogesh Soman.

Here is the List for Major Nominations in Zee Gaurav 2017:-

Zee Chitra Gaurav 2017 Nominations :

• Best Lyricist
  • Sameer Samant – “Mansane Mansashi” – Ubuntu
  • Ilahi Jamadar – “Ae Sanam” – Ranga Patanga
  • Ajay Gogavale – “Zingaat” – Sairat
• Best Playback Singer (Female)
  • Savani Ravindra – “Magan Man Mast Malanga” – One Way Ticket
  • Shreya Ghoshal – “Aatach Baya Ka Bawarla” – Sairat
  • Neha Rajpal – “Oli Ti Maati” – Photocopy
• Best Playback Singer (Male)
  • Adarsh Shinde – “Ae Sanam” – Ranga Patanga
  • Ajay Gogavale – “Yad Lagla” – Sairat
  • Gaurav Dhagavkar – “Magan Man Mast Malanga” – One Way Ticket
• Best Music
  • Ajay-Atul – Sairat
  • Gaurav Dhagavkar – One Way Ticket
  • Kaushal Inamdar – Ranga Patanga
• Best Story
  • Rajan Khan – Halal
  • Girish Joshi – Take Care Goodnight
  • Ambar Hadap, Ganesh Pandit, Jatin Wagle – Bandh Nylonche
• Best Screenplay
  • Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar – Kaasav
  • Girish Joshi – Take Care Goodnight
  • Rajesh Mapuskar – Ventilator
• Best Dialogues
  • Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar – Kaasav
  • Nagraj Manjule & Bharat Manjule – Sairat
  • Girish Kulkarni – Jaundyana Balasaheb
• Best Supporting Actress
  • Smita Tambe – Ganvesh
  • Priyanka Kamat Bose – Half Ticket
  • Poonam Shedgavkar – Nadi Vahte
  • Priyadarshan Jadhav – Halal
  • Sarang Sathye – Ubuntu
  • Sandeep Pathak – Ranga Patanga
• Best Child Artist
  • Arya Adhav – Dashkriya
  • Shubham More, Vinayak Potdar – Half Ticket
  • Bhagyashri Shankpal – Ubuntu
• Best Actress
  • Irawati Harshe – Kaasav
  • Parna Pethe – Photocopy
  • Rinku Rajguru – Sairat
• Best Actor
  • Makarand Anaspure – Ranga Patanga
  • Aakash Thosar – Sairat
  • Girish Kulkarni – Jaundyana Balasaheb
• Best Director
  • Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar – Kaasav
  • Nagraj Manjule – Sairat
  • Rajesh Mapuskar – Ventilator
• Best Film
  • Sairat – Zee Studios
  • Ventilator – Purple Pebble & Magic Pictures
  • Kaasav – Vichitra Nirmiti
  • Take Care Goodnight – S.P. Entertainment Private Ltd.
  • Ubuntu – Fable Factory

Zee Natya Gaurav 2017 ‘Commercial Category’ Nominations

• Best Set Design
  • Pradeep Mulye – Amar Photo Studio
  • Prasad Walavalkar – Code Mantra
  • Pradeep Mulye – Teen Payanchi Sharyat
• Best Supporting Actress
  • Pooja Thombre – Amar Photo Studio
  • Purva Pawar – Magna Talyakathi
  • Swanandi Tikekar – Ek Shunya Teen
• Best Supporting Actor
  • Vaibhav Mangle – Magna Talyakathi
  • Lokesh Gupte – Teen Payanchi Sharyat
  • Siddhesh Purkar – Amar Photo Studio
• Best Comic Actress
  • Sakhi Gokhale – Amar Photo Studio
  • Apurva Nemlekar Deshpande – Aalay Motha Shahana
  • Lekha Mukund – Atithi Devo Bhava
• Best Comic Actor
  • Santosh Pawar – Aalay Motha Shahana
  • Sandeep Gaikawad – Kananchi Ghadi Tondavar Bot
  • Suvrat Joshi – Amar Photo Studio
• Best Actress
  • Shubhangi Gokhale – Sakhar Khallela Manus
  • Mukta Barve – Code Mantra
  • Sharvari Lohokare – Teen Payanchi Sharyat
  • Nivedita Saraf – Magna Talyakathi
  • Manasi Kulkarni – Chhada
• Best Actor
  • Prashant Damle – Sakhar Khallela Manus
  • Ajay Purkar – Code Mantra
  • Sanjay Narvekar – Teen Payanchi Sharyat
  • Sumit Raghvan – Ek Shunya Teen
  • Girish Oak – U Turn 2
• Best Playwright
  • Anand Mhasvekar – U Turn 2
  • Vidyasagar Adhyapak – Sakhar Khallela Manus
  • Mahesh Elkunchwar – Magna Talyakathi
  • Manaswini Lata Ravindra – Amar Photo Studio
  • Vivek Apte – Bandh Mukta
• Best Director
  • Rajesh Joshi – Code Mantra
  • Chandrakant Kulkarni – Sakhar Khallela Manus
  • Chandrakant Kulkarni – Magna Talyakathi
  • Vijay Kenkre – Teen Payanchi Sharyat
  • Nipun Dharmadhikari – Amar Photo Studio
• Best Play
  • Code Mantra – Anamika & Rasika
  • Sakhar Khallela Manus – Ekdant Creations, Ashtavinayak & Prashant Damle Fan Foundation
  • Magna Talyakathi – Ashtavinayak & Jigisha
  • Teen Payanchi Sharyat – Suyog
  • Amar Photo Studio – Subak

Zee Natya Gaurav 2017 ‘Experimental Category’ Nominations

• Best Actress
  • Tejasvi Parab – Hey Ram
  • Ashwini Kaasar – Baby Doll
  • Aarti Wadgabalkar – Bail Melay
  • Priya Jamkar – Savitri
  • Gauri Nalawade – Absolute
• Best Actor
  • Vikas Patil – Bail Melay
  • Nishant Kadam – Hey Ram
  • Anil Rasal – Janak
  • Nitin Jadhav – Gara
  • Pranav Prabhakar – Handabhar Chandnya
• Best Playwright
  • Ram Daund – Hey Ram
  • Datta Patil – Handabhar Chandnya
  • Dr. Vivek Bele – MH 12 J 16
  • Makarand Sathe – Ashadh Bar
  • Shardul Saraf – Janak
• Best Director
  • Ram Daund – Hey Ram
  • Sachin Shinde – Handabhar Chandnya
  • Aniket Sane – Baby Doll
  • Subodh Pande – MH 12 J 16
  • Rajiv Mulye – Bail A Bolbala
• Best Play
  • Handabhar Chandnya – Social Networking Forum
  • Bail A Bolbala – Lokrang Manch, Satara
  • MH 12 J 16 – Prayog, Pune
  • Baby Doll – Brothers
  • Hey Ram – Vijigisha Foundation, Kalyan

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The annual Vaman Hari Pathe presents ‘Zee Marathi Award 2014’ held recently in a huge event. This year Julun Yeti Reshimgathi serial won seven awards while Honaar Suun Mee Hyaa Gharchi has won six awards.

Honaar Suun Mee Hyaa Gharchi has won the prestigious best serial award along with Best couple for Jahnavi and Shree. Jahnavi (Tejasjree Pradhan) has also bagged an award as best heroine. Best Hero was won by Aditya (Lalit Prabhakar) of Julun Yeti Reshimgathi.

More than 70 thousand viewers voted in 70 centres across 14 cities all over Maharashtra. The televised event will be braodcase on 26 October at 7 pm.

Zee Marathi Award 2014 Winners are:

• Best Serial : Honaar Suun Mee Hyaa Gharchi
• Best Family : Desai Family Julun Yeti Reshimgathi
• Best Hero : Aditya (Lalit Prabhakar) – Julun Yeti Reshimgathi
• Best Heroine : JahnaviHonaar Soon MeeYaaGHarachee
• Best Character female : Asmita
• Best Siblings : Aditya, Amit, Archana – Julun Yeti Reshimgathi
• Best Couple : Shree- Jahnavi – Honaar Suun Mee Hyaa Gharchi
• Best Mother : Mai Desai – Julun Yeti Reshimgathi
• Best Father : Nana Desai – Julun Yeti Reshimgathi
• Best Daughter in law : Jahnavi (Tejasjree Pradhan) – Honaar Suun Mee Hyaa Gharchi
• Best Supporting Character Female : Mahalaxmi : Jai Malhar
• Best Supporting Character Male : Laxmikant Gokhale – Honaar Suun Mee Hyaa Gharchi
• Best Comic character : Suresh Kudalkar – Julun Yeti Reshimgathi
• Best Title Song : Jai Malhar
• Best Anchor : Nilesh Sable – Chala Havaa Yeu Dyaa
• Best Judge : Avdhut Gupte – Saregamapa
• Best Reality Show : Home Minister
• Best Newcomer : Aditi Khanolkar (Suruchi Adarkar) – Ka Re Durava

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• Best Editor : Jayant Jathar – Balak Palak (BP)

• Best Cinematography : Mahesh Limaye Balak Palak (BP)

• Best Art Direction : Eknath Kadam (Tukaram)

• Best Choreography : Rohan Rokade, Umesh Jadhav – Aayna Ka Bayna

• Best Costumes : Sumitra Bhave, Geeta Godbole (Samhita)

• Best Makeup : Geeta Godbole (Samhita)

• Best Sound : Manoj Mochemadkar (Kaksparsh)

• Best Background Music : Mahesh-Chinar – Balak Palak (BP)

• Best Lyricist : Dasu Vaidya (Tukaram)

• Best Music Director : Kaushal Inamdar (Ajintha)

• Best Playback Singer (Female) : Rajashri Pathak – Kuthe Paath Firavuni (Kaksparsh)

• Best Playback Singer (Male) : Shekhar Ravjiani – Haravali Pakhare – Balak Palak (BP)

• Best Story : Usha Datar (Kaksparsh)

• Best Screenplay : Ravi Jadhav, Ambar Hadap, Ganesh Pandit – Balak Palak (BP)

• Best Dialogues : Girish Joshi (Kaksparsh)

• Best Supporting Actor (Female) : Hemangi Kavi (Pipani)

• Best Supporting Actor (Male) : Sanjay Khapre (Kaksparsh)

• Best Actor (Female) : Priya Bapat (Kaksparsh)

• Best Actor (Male) : Sachin Khedekar (Kaksparsh)

• Best Director : Ravi Jadhav – Balak Palak (BP)

• Best Film : Balak Palak (BP)

• Special Award : Balak Palak (BP) & Aayna Ka Bayna

• Special Award : Gauri Shinde (English-Vinglish)

• Special Award : Ha Bharat Maza

• Fresh Face Award : Priya Bapat

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