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