14th Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Awards | |
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Presented on | 18 January 2024 |
Hosted by | Amey Wagh, Mahesh Manjrekar |
Organized by | Zee Talkies |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Ved |
Best Direction | Riteish Deshmukh for Ved |
Best Actor | Riteish Deshmukh for Ved |
Best Actress | Genelia Deshmukh for Ved |
Most awards | Ved (7) |
Most nominations | Ved (15) |
Television coverage | |
Network | Zee Talkies |
The 14th Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Awards ceremony, presented by the Marathi television channel Zee Talkies, honored the best Marathi-language Indian films of 2023. The ceremony was held on 18 January 2024, and was hosted by Amey Wagh and Mahesh Manjrekar.[1][2] The year also introduced Critics choice awards in six categories.[3]
Ved led the ceremony with 15 nominations, followed by Vaalvi with 11 and Maharashtra Shahir with 9 nominations.[4][5]
Ved earned 7 awards, including Favourite Film, Favourite Director, Favourite Actor, and Favourite Actress,[6] making it the most-awarded film of the ceremony, whereas Godavari earned 3 awards — Favourite Film Critics, Favourite Director Critics and Favourite Actor Critics.[7][8]
Riteish Deshmukh got 3 nominations in different categories and won all three, while Genelia Deshmukh won both nominations.[9] Whereas, Jitendra Joshi received 3 nominations in two categories and won Favourite Actor Critics.[10] Nagraj Manjule received 2 nominations for Favourite Actor and Supporting Actor, winning the latter. Ajay Gogavale got 4 nominations in the Favourite Singer – Male category, winning for the song Ved Tujha from Ved.