Sonali Kulkarni filmographyIndian actress Sonali Kulkarni made her screen debut in 1992 with Girish Karnad's Hindi film Cheluvi, and soon entered Marathi cinema with Jabbar Patel's Mukta (1994). Throughout the 1990s, she balanced film and television, delivering notable early performances in the award-winning Doghi (1995), Amol Palekar’s internationally acclaimed Daayraa (1996), and the political drama Gharabaher (1999).
Marathi cinemaMarathi cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Marathi language, widely spoken in the state of Maharashtra. Based out of Mumbai, it is the oldest film industry in India and a leader in filmmaking in the Indian film industry. Raja Harishchandra, directed by Dadasaheb Phalke and released in 1913, was the first Marathi-language film ever made, and was also India's first full-length feature film.Maharashtra State Film AwardsMaharashtra State Film Awards, one of the prestigious awards of Marathi cinema, are awarded by the Government of Maharashtra to Marathi language films and artists. They were first awarded in 1962. The Maharashtra State Film Awards are adjudicated by an independent jury jointly formed by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra. The jury typically comprises eminent personalities from the film industry.
V. Shantaram Special Contribution AwardThe 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.
Hindi cinemaThis article contains Indic text. Without proper , you may see question marks or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text.Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and Bombay cinema, refers to India's Hindi-language film industry, based in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (another name for Mumbai) and "Hollywood".Filmfare Awards MarathiThe Filmfare Awards Marathi are presented annually to both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Marathi film industry of India. The ceremony had been sponsored by various private organisations in the past as well as in present provisions. During several years in 1990s, a live ceremony was broadcast to television audiences but was later discontinued for unknown reasons. In 1963 the awards were extended to Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali languages.
Government of MaharashtraThe Government of Maharashtra is the executive branch of the Indianstate of Maharashtra. The government is led by the chief minister (currently Devendra Fadnavis since 5 December 2024) who selects the council of ministers and is appointed by the Governor of Maharashtra. The state has had a BJP-led government since 2024.
PuneCity in Maharashtra, IndiaMetropolis in Maharashtra, IndiaPune (Marathi: Puṇē, pronounced ), previously spelled in English as Poona (the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau in Western India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Pune district, and of Pune division.
IndiaCountry in South AsiaIndia, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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Marathi peopleThe Marathi people () or Marathis are an Indo-Aryanethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a Marathi-speaking state of India on 1 May 1960, as part of a nationwide linguistic reorganisation of the Indian states.
National Film AwardsThe National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for excellence within the Indian film industry. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals from 1974 () until 2022 (), and by the NFDC since then.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.