Marathi films & theatre are always known for their unique sense of comedy all over India & even beyond. Zee Talkies honours such comic artists every year through their exclusive “Zee Talkies Comedy Awards”. This year’s event was recently concluded. The awards were hosted by talented artists like Swwapnil Joshi & Pushkaraj Chirputkar. The award show was telecasted on Zee Talkies on 30^th July, Sunday at 6.30 pm.

Marathi stars like Sonali Kulkarni, Mansi Naik, Gashmeer Mahajani, Sumedh Mudgalkar, Bobby Viz will be performing in the show. And humorous skits will be performed by the likes of Bharat Ganeshpure, Santosh Pawar, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Sameer Choughule, Namrata Aawte & Shashikant Kerkar.

The list of award winners includes Priyadarshan Jadhav, Anand Ingle, Sai Tamhankar, Lalit Prabhakar, Vishakha Subhedar & others. ‘YZ’ was leading award winner in the film category & among plays it was ‘9 Koti 57 Lakh’. Here’s the entire list.  

Film Category Winners

• Best Film – Ventilator
• Best Director – Rajesh Mapuskar (Ventilator)
• Best Writer – Kshitij Patwardhan (YZ)
• Best Actor – Lalit Prabhakar (Chi Va Chi Sau Ka)
• Best Actress – Sai Tamhankar (YZ)
• Best Supporting Actor – Akshay Tanksale (YZ)
• Best Supporting Actress – Sharmishtha Raut (Chi Va Chi Sau Ka)

Theatre Category Winners

• Best Play – 9 Koti 57 Lakh
• Best Script – Sanjay Mone (9 Koti 57 Lakh)
• Best Director – Sanjay Kasbekar (Baburao Mastani)
• Best Actor – Anand Ingle (9 Koti 57 Lakh)
• Best Actress – Sulekha Talwalkar (9 Koti 57 Lakh)
• Best Supporting Actor – Sachin Madhav (Baburao Mastani)
• Best Supporting Actress – Madhavi Nimkar (Surakshit Antar Theva)
• Best Revived Play – Shantecha Karta Chalu Ahe
• Best Director (Revived Play) – Vijay Kenkre (Shantecha Karta Chalu Ahe)
• Best Actor (Revived Play) – Priyadarshan Jadhav (Shantecha Karta Chalu Ahe)
• Best Actress (Revived Play) – Vishakha Subhedar (Shantecha Karta Chalu Ahe)

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Comedy is an underrated art. It is one of the most difficult thing to make people laugh. ‘Zee Talkies Comedy Awards’ has been the forerunner in appreciating humour in Marathi film and theatre industry. The annual award show was held this year as well in its full glory at the Ravindra Natyamandir. The theme this year was ‘Kal Aaj Aur Kal’.

‘Murder Mestri’ and ‘Shree Bai Samarth’were awarded the Best Film and Best Play, respectively. Veteran actor Prashant Damle won the Best Actor award, while Kranti Redkar and Manasi Naik were honoured with the Best Actress award at the ceremony. There was a separated section for reprised plays as well and the Best Play award there went to Sanshay Kallol. In the same section Prashant Damle (Sanshay Kallol) and Hemangi Kavi (Ti Phulrani) were announced as the Best Actor and Best Actress.

Madhukar Toradmal who has graced the stage and films in a career of over 5 decades was honoured with the Life Time Achievement Award. ‘Loknatya Vishesh Puraskar’ was awarded to the great performer from Konkan, Mahadev Chodnekar. Senior actor Arun Nalwade was also given the Special Jury Award.

The excitement in the announcement of awards, the top quality performances and the enthusiastic response from the audience made the even a memorable night.

Awardees

Film Section

Best Film – Murder Mestry
Best Director – Rahul Jadhav (Murder Mestry)
Best Screenplay – Neha Kamat, Prashant Loke (Murder Mestry)
Best Actor – Prashant Damle (Bho Bho)
Best Actress – Kranti Redkar (Murder Mestry), Manasi Naik (Carry On Deshpande)
Best Supporting Actor – Siddharth Menon (Poster Girl)
Best Supporting Actress – Mathili Warang (Wanted Bayko Number One)

Drama Section

Best Play – Shree Bai Samarth
Best Director – Rajesh Deshpande (Shree Bai Samarth)
Best Screenplay – Shirish Latkar, Ganesh Pandit, Ashish Pathare, Abhijit Guru (Kuch Meetha Ho Jaya)
Best Actor – Siddharth Jadhav (Gela Udat)
Best Actress – Nirmeeti Sawant (Murder Mestry)
Best Supporting Actor – Abhijeet Chavan(Kuch Meetha Ho Jaya)
Best Supporting Actress – Vanita Kharat (Shree Bai Samarth)

Reprised Play Section

Best Play – Sanshay Kallol
Best Actor – Prashant Damle (Sanshaykallol)
Best Actress – Hemangi Kavi (Ti Phulrani)
Best Director – Santosh Pawar (Tumhich Mazhe Bajirao)

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Poshter Boyz – laugh riot film about three villagers has won prestigious Zee Comedy Awards in various categories. Poshter Boyz team collected trophies in categories like- Hrishikesh Joshi (Best Actor), Neha Joshi (Best Supporting actress), Sameer Patil (Best Director) and CHarudatt Bhagwat (Best Writer). Best Actress was given to Sonali Kulkarni for her exemplery acting in Aga Bai Areccha2 and Vaibhav Mangle took the trophy as Best Supporting actor for Timepass 2.

In Theatre category, All The Best 2 was selected as Best play and Devendra Pem as a Best director. Best Actor was given to Mangesh Kadam and Best Actress to Leena Bhagwat for Gosht Tashi Gamatichi. Best Supporting actor was given BHushan Kadu (Circuit House) while Pooja Nayak won Best Supporting actress for Pahile Pahil. Juree Award was given to Mayuresh Pem (All The Best 2).

Famous writer Gangaram Gavankar were awarded Lifetime achievement Award for his comedy writing. Ramdas Futane and Kantabai Satarkar were also honoured by Special Awards.

The event was full with Marathi film and theatre personalities. Pushkar Shrotri and Makrand Anaspure hosted the event. Sizzling dance performances by Neha Pendse, Mansi Naik and Pooja Sawant were enjoyed. Highlight of the evening was a dance performance on Kishore Kumar’s song medley by Sachin, Shruti Marathe and Sanskruti Balgude. Comedy skits by Santosh Pawar, Kamlakar Satpute, Sameer Chaughule, Vishakha Subhedar, Hemangee Kavi and Siddharth Jadhav made the audience

The event will be broadcast on 12 July at 6:30 pm on Zee Talkies.

Winner List Zee Talkies Comedy Awards 2015 –

THEATRE :

• Best Play: All the best 2
• Best scriptwriter: Advait Dadarkar for Lagin Ghai
• Best director: Devendra Pem for All the best 2
• Best actor: Mangesh Kadam for Goshta Tashi Gamtichi
• Special jury award: Mayuresh Pem for All the Best 2
• Best Actress: Leena Bhagvat for Goshta Tashi Gamtichi
• Supporting actor: Bhushan Kadu for Circuit House
• Supporting actress: Pooja Nayak for Pahila Pahila

Winners List ZTCA 2015 for best comeback shows :

• Best play: Shrimant Damodar Pant
• Best director: Kedar Shinde for Shrimant Damodar Pant
• Best actor: Bharat Jadhav for Shrimant Damodar Pant
• Best movie: Poshter Boys
• Best director- Sameer Patil for Poshter Boys
• Best writer- Sameer Patil, Charudutta Bhagwat for Poshter Boys
• Best actor- Hrushikesh Joshi for Poshter Boys
• Best actress- Sonali Kulkarni for Aga Bai Arechyaa 2
• Best supporting actor- Vaibhav Mangle for Timepass 2
• Best supporting actress- Neha Joshi for Posher Boys

Lifetime achievement award: Gangaram Gavhankar
Special Award: Kantabai Satarkar
Special Award: Ramdas Phutane

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