3rd Filmfare Awards Marathi

The 3rd Filmfare Marathi Awards is a ceremony, presented by Jio, honored the best Indian Marathi-language films of 2016.
Sairat led the ceremony with 22 nominations, followed by Ventilator with 16 nominations and Natsamrat with 13 nominations.
Sairat won a record 11 awards, the most awards for a single film in a year, including Best Film, Best Director, [Filmfare Award for Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Marathi|Best Actress – Marathi|Best Actress] and Best Female Debut, Best Male Debut and Best Music Director.
Rinku Rajguru set an unmatched record of Filmfare, becoming the only actress to win both Best Actress and Best Debut Female for her performance in Sairat. Jitendra Joshi received dual nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ventilator and Poshter Girl respectively. Sai Tamhankar earned dual nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Vazandar and Family Katta, winning for latter.

Ceremony

It was held at Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, the 3rd Filmfare Marathi Awards honored the films released in 2016. At a press conference helmed by editor of Filmfare magazine, revealed Jio as the title sponsor. Actors Pushkar Shrotri and Pushkaraj Chirputkar were announced as the co-hosts, while singers Jasraj Jayant Joshi and Priyanka Barve, and actors Sonalee Kulkarni, Bhargavi Chirmule, Manasi Naik, Sanskruti Balgude, Gashmeer Mahajani, Girija Joshi, Abhinay Berde, Mrunmayee Godbole, Vaibhav Tatwawadi, Pooja Sawant, Ankush Chaudhari and Tejaswini Pandit performed during the event. Bollywood actors Jackie Shroff, Deepika Padukone, Aditi Rao Hydari and Madhuri Dixit along with her husband were also present at the event. It took place on 27 October 2017, and was broadcast on Colors Marathi.

Winners and nominees

Best Film	Best Director
Sairat * Natsamrat * Ventilator * Family Katta * Vazandar	Nagraj Manjule – Sairat* Mahesh Manjrekar – Natsamrat * Chandrakant Kulkarni – Family Katta * Sachin Kundalkar – Vazandar * Rajesh Mapuskar – Ventilator
Best Actor	Best Actress
Nana Patekar – Natsamrat as Ganpat Ramchandra Belwalkar * Mangesh Desai – Ekk Albela as Bhagwan Dada * Akash Thosar– Sairat as Prashant Kale * Swapnil Joshi – Friends as Neel * Makarand Anaspure – Rangaa Patangaa as Jumman * Jitendra Joshi – Ventilator as Prasanna Kamerkar	Rinku Rajguru – Sairat as Archana Patil * Sai Tamhankar – Vazandar as Kaveri * Priya Bapat – Vazandar as Pooja * Medha Manjrekar – Natsamrat as Kaveri Ganpat Belwalkar * Vandana Gupte – Family Katta as Malti Sabnis * Veena Jamkar – Lalbaugchi Rani as Sandhya Parulekar
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Vikram Gokhale – Natsamrat as Rambhau * Ashutosh Gowariker – Ventilator as Raja Kamerkar * Tanaji Galgunde – Sairat as Pradeep Bansode * Jitendra Joshi – Poshter Girl as Bharatrao Zende * Aniket Vishwasrao – Poshter Girl as Bajrang Dudhbhate * Kishor Kadam – Chaurya	Sai Tamhankar – Family Katta as Manju Sabnis * Mrunmayee Deshpande– Natsamrat as Vidya Ganpat Belwalkar * Chhaya Kadam– Sairat as Suman Akka * Priyanka Bose – Half Ticket as Aai * Sukanya Kulkarni – Ventilator as Sarika * Mrinal Kulkarni – & Jara Hatke as Meera
Best Male Debut	Best Female Debut
Akash Thosar – Sairat as Prashant Kale	Rinku Rajguru – Sairat as Archana Patil
Best Music Director	Best Lyricist
Ajay–Atul – Sairat Amitraj – Poshter Girl* GV Prakash – Half Ticket* Avinash, Vishwajeet – Vazandar* Rohan-Rohan – Ventilator* Hrishikesh-Saurabh-Jasraj – Phuntroo*	Ajay–Atul – "Yaad Lagla" – SairatKshitij Patwardhan – "Rubaba Pahije" – Half Ticket Mandar Cholkar – "Ti Swapnaatalya Pari Saarkhi" – Phuntroo Manoj Yadav – "Baba" – Ventilator Omkar Kulkarni – "Golu Polu" – Vazandar *Vaibhav Joshi – "Rakhumai" – Poshter Girl
Best Playback Singer – Male	Best Playback Singer – Female
Ajay Gogavale – "Yaad Lagla" – Sairat Ajay-Atul – "Zingaat" – Sairat* Anand Shinde, Adarsh Shinde – "Awaaz Vadhav DJ" – Poshter Girl* Jasraj Joshi – "Ti Swapnaatalya Pari Saarkhi" – Phuntroo* Pravin Kuvar – "Pipani" – Photocopy* *Swapnil Bandodkar – "Priyankara" – YZ	Chinmayi – "Sairat Zaala Ji" – Sairat Ketaki Mategaonkar – "Kasa Jeev Guntala" – Phuntroo* Ketaki Mategaonkar – "Priyankara" – YZ Neha Rajpal – "Tu Jithe" – Photocopy Shreya Ghoshal – "Aatach Baya" – Sairat* Vibhavari Apte Joshi – "Naatyas Naav Aapulya" – Natsamrat*

; Critics' awards
; Technical Awards
; Special awards

Superlatives

Nominations	Film
22	Sairat
16	Ventilator
13	Natsamrat
11	Vazandar
9	Half Ticket
8	YZ
6	Poshter Girl
5	Family Katta
5	Phuntroo
3	Kaul: A Calling

Awards	Film
11	Sairat
5	Ventilator
3	Natsamrat
2	Half Ticket
2	Family Katta