60th Maharashtra State Film Awards
The 60th Maharashtra State Film Awards, presented by the Government of Maharashtra celebrated excellence in Marathi cinema by honoring the best films released in 2022.
The nominations for the awards were announced on 28 January 2025 by the Minister of Cultural Affairs, Ashish Shelar, along with winners in the technical and child artist categories The award ceremony took place on 5 August 2025.
The Maharashtra Film, Theatre and Cultural Development Corporation had invited submissions for the awards, with the original deadline set for 16 April 2024 but later extending it to 31 May 2024. In total, 50 entries certified by the Central Board of Film Certification released between 1 January and 31 December 2022, were submitted for the preliminary round of evaluation. Originally, the ceremony was scheduled to take place on 24 April 2025, but it was postponed due to the Pahalgam attack that occurred two days earlier.
Dharmaveer led the nominations with seven, followed by Sunny with 6. Ananya, 4 Blind Men and Hya Goshtila Navach Nahi each received 5 nominations.
Dharmaveer won a 6 awards, including Best Film I, Best Director I and Best Actor, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.