V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award


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

YearImageWinnerField of workRef
2009Mahesh KothareDirector, actor, writer
2010SachinDirector, actor, singer
2011Smita TalwalkarDirector, actress, producer
2012Dilip PrabhavalkarActor
2013Reema LagooActress
2014Ajay-AtulMusic Director
2015Sonali KulkarniActress
2016Alka KubalActress
2017Arun NalawadeActor
2018Mrinal KulkarniActress, director
2019Bharat JadhavActor
2020Gajendra AhireDirector, screenwriter
2021Ravindra SatheSinger
2022
Nagraj ManjuleDirector, screenwriter, actor
2023Digpal LanjekarDirector, actor
2024Mukta BarveActress