V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award
| V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award | |
|---|---|
| State award for contributions to Marathi cinema | |
 The 2024 recipient: Mukta Barve | |
| Awarded for | Contribution to Marathi Cinema. |
| Sponsored by | Government of Maharashtra |
| Reward(s) |
|
| First award | 2009 |
| Final award | 2023 |
| Most recent winner | Mukta Barve |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 14 |
| First winner | Mahesh Kothare |
The V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award, instituted in 2009 for the Maharashtra State Film Awards is an award given by the Government of Maharashtra to long-serving film personalities in Marathi cinema. It was named V. Shantaram in honour of V. Shantaram, one of the successful Marathi filmmaker.
Recipients
| Year | Image | Winner | Field of work | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | .jpg) | Mahesh Kothare | Director, actor, writer | [1] |
| 2010 |  | Sachin | Director, actor, singer | |
| 2011 | – | Smita Talwalkar | Director, actress, producer | [2] |
| 2012 |  | Dilip Prabhavalkar | Actor | |
| 2013 | .jpg) | Reema Lagoo | Actress | [3] |
| 2014 |  | Ajay-Atul | Music Director | |
| 2015 |  | Sonali Kulkarni | Actress | [4] |
| 2016 | – | Alka Kubal | Actress | [5] |
| 2017 | – | Arun Nalawade | Actor | |
| 2018 |  | Mrinal Kulkarni | Actress, director | [6] |
| 2019 |  | Bharat Jadhav | Actor | [7] |
| 2020 |  | Gajendra Ahire | Director, screenwriter | |
| 2021 |  | Ravindra Sathe | Singer | |
| 2022 |
| Nagraj Manjule | Director, screenwriter, actor | |
| 2023 | – | Digpal Lanjekar | Director, actor | |
| 2024 | | Mukta Barve | Actress |
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See also
References
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- ^ "& V. Shantaram Award goes to Smita Patil". Archived from the original on 29 January 2013.
- ^ Mass Media in India - 2004. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 978-81-230-2338-0.
- ^ "Maharashtra government announces annual film awards". The Hindu. 27 April 2015. ISSN 0971-751X.
- ^ "53rd Maharashtra State Film Awards". marathicineyug.com.
- ^ "55th Maharashtra State Film Awards". www.tnpscthervupettagam.com.
- ^ "Unreleased films strike gold at state film awards". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 February 2024.