MFK Award for Favourite Actress

Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? for Favourite Actress
The 2022 recipient: Genelia Deshmukh for Ved
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Country	India
Presented by	Zee Talkies
First awarded	Supriya Pilgaonkar, Amhi Satpute (2009)
Currently held by	Genelia Deshmukh, Ved (2023)

Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Award for Favourite Actress is given by Zee Talkies as part of its annual Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? ceremony for Marathi films.[1][2] The award was first given in 2009 for the films released in the preceding year 2008.

Superlatives

Superlatives	Actor	Record
Actress with most awards	Sonalee Kulkarni Sai Tamhankar Amruta Khanvilkar Rinku Rajguru	2
Actress with most nominations	Mukta Barve	8
Actress with most nominations in a single year	Priya Bapat (2015)	2
Actress with most consecutive year nominations	Mukta Barve (2014-2017)	4
Actress with most nominations without ever winning	Priya Bapat Mrumnayee Deshpande	4
Eldest winner	Madhuri Dixit (2018)	51
Eldest nominee	Tanuja (2014)	71
Youngest winner	Rinku Rajguru (2016)	15
Youngest nominee

• With two wins each, Sai Tamhankar, Sonalee Kulkarni, Rinku Rajguru and Amruta Khanvilkar have the most awards.
• Sai Tamhankar is the overall most nominated performers in the female acting categories, each with overall 24 nominations, followed by Amruta Khanvilkar with 16, and Sonalee Kulkarni with 14 nominations each.
• Tamhankar has 7 nominations for Favourite Actress, five for Favourite Supporting Actress, and eleven for Popular Face of the Year, while Khanvilkar has 6 nominations for Favourite Actress, one for Favourite Supporting Actress, and nine for Popular Face of the Year, and Kulkarni has 6 nominations for Favourite Actress and eight for Popular Face of the Year.
• Mukta Barve holds the record for the maximum Favourite Actress nominations with 8, followed by Tamhankar with 7, Khanvilkar and Kulkarni with 6 nominations each, and Priya Bapat and Mrunmayee Deshpande with 4 nominations each. Barve also holds the record for most consecutive nominations with 4 between 2014 and 2017.
• Supriya Pilgoankar, Medha Manjrekar, Pallavi Joshi, Urmilla Kothare, Mukta Barve, Amruta Khanvilkar, Mrunmayee Deshpande, Vandana Gupte and Sukanya Kulkarni each received nominations in both categories the Favourite Actress and Favourite Supporting Actress. Sai Tamhankar is the only actress who won this both Awards.
• On five occasions, actresses were nominated for both these awards in the same year: Sai Tamhankar in 2013 (for Duniyadari and Balak Palak), 2015 (for Classmates and Pyaar Vali Love Story), 2017 (for Jaundya Na Balasaheb and Family Katta), Mrunmayee Deshpande in 2016 (for Katyar Kaljat Ghusali and Natsamrat), and Amruta Khanvilkar in 2022 (for Chandramukhi and Har Har Mahadev).
• Priya Bapat and Mrunmayee Deshpande holds the record of maximum nominations without ever winning, with four, followed by Sonali Kulkarni with three nominations.
• Madhuri Dixit, who won the award in 2018 at the age of 51 for Bucket List, is the eldest winner, while Tanuja became the eldest nominee in 2014 at the age of 71 for Pitruroon. Rinku Rajguru, in 2016, became the youngest winner and youngest nominee at the age of 15 for Sairat. Rajguru also became the only actress to win Favourite Female Debut and Favourite Actress for the same film.

Winners and nominees

Year	Photos of winners	Actor	Role(s)	Film	Ref.
2009		Supriya Pilgaonkar †	Annapurna (Purna) Satpute	Amhi Satpute	[1]
		Madhura Velankar	Priti	Uladhaal
		Medha Manjrekar	Sumati Jadhav	De Dhakka
		Ketaki Thatte	Gauri	Galgale Nighale
		Sai Tamhankar	Saee	Sanai Choughade
2010		Sonalee Kulkarni †	Nayana Kolhapurkarin	Natarang	[3]
		Amruta Khanvilkar	Neha	Gaiir
		Pallavi Joshi	Rita	Rita
		Girija Oak	Vasanti	Huppa Huiyya
2011		Tejaswini Pandit †	Sindhutai Sapkal	Mee Sindhutai Sapkal
		Urmilla Kothare	Yashoda	Mala Aai Vhhaychy!
		Amruta Khanvilkar	Anushka	Arjun
		Mukta Barve	Gauri	Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai
		Madhura Velankar	Ankita & Amruta	Haapus
2012		Amruta Khanvilkar †	Manjula	Zhakaas
		Priya Bapat	Uma Damle	Kaksparsh
		Radhika Apte	Aawalibai	Tukaram
		Bhargavi Chirmule	Suman	One Room Kitchen
		Mukta Barve	Pencil	Badam Rani Gulam Chor
2013		Sai Tamhankar †	Shirin Ghatge	Duniyadari	[2]
		Shriya Pilgaonkar	Swara Deshpande	Ekulti Ek
		Priya Bapat	Amruta Deshpande	Time Please
		Mrunmayee Deshpande	Kusum	Mokala Shwaas
		Kranti Redkar	Kajal	No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey
2014		Ketaki Mategaonkar †	Prajakta Lele	Timepass
		Mukta Barve	Aarti Pathak	Mangalashtak Once More
		Tanuja	Bhagirathi	Pitruroon
		Sai Tamhankar	Shubhada	Sau Shashi Deodhar
		Urmila Matondkar	Purva	Ajoba
		Radhika Apte	Kavita	Lai Bhaari
2015		Mukta Barve †	Manjiri Naik	Double Seat
		Priya Bapat	Prajakta Lele	Timepass 2
			Janaki	Happy Journey
		Sai Tamhankar	Alia	Pyaar Vali Love Story
		Sonali Kulkarni	Mandakini Amte	Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero
		Amruta Subhash	Aruna Kale	Killa
2016		Rinku Rajguru †	Archana (Archie) Patil	Sairat	[4]
		Amruta Khanvilkar	Zareena	Katyar Kaljat Ghusali
		Mrunmayee Deshpande	Uma
		Mukta Barve	Gauri Pradhan	Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2
		Medha Manjrekar	Kaveri Belvalkar	Natsamrat
		Sonalee Kulkarni	Rupali Thorat	Poshter Girl
2017		Sai Tamhankar †	Karishma	Jaundya Na Balasaheb
		Mithila Palkar	Indu	Muramba
		Mrinmayee Godbole	Savitri	Chi Va Chi Sau Ka
		Sonali Kulkarni	Shaila Katdare	Kachcha Limboo
		Mukta Barve	Samaira Joshi	Hrudayantar
		Parna Pethe	Aboli	Faster Fene
2018		Madhuri Dixit †	Madhura Sane	Bucket List
		Sonali Kulkarni	Radha Agarkar	Gulabjaam
		Devika Daftardar	Chaitya's mother	Naal
		Tejaswini Pandit	Bubli	Ye Re Ye Re Paisa
		Mrunmayee Deshpande	Kesar	Farzand
		Kalyani Muley	Yamuna	Nude
2019		Sonalee Kulkarni †	Hirkani	Hirkani
		Mukta Barve	Madhavi Sawant	Bandishala
		Shivani Surve	Meera	Triple Seat
		Mrunmayee Deshpande	Kesar	Fatteshikast
		Ritika Shrotri	Meenakshi	Takatak
		Bhagyashree Milind	Anandi Joshi	Anandi Gopal
2021		Rinku Rajguru †	Archana (Archie) Patil	Sairat	[5]
		Sonalee Kulkarni	Nayana Kolhapurkarin	Natarang
			Hirkani	Hirkani
		Sai Tamhankar	Shirin Ghatge	Duniyadari
			Karishma	Jaundya Na Balasaheb
		Amruta Khanvilkar	Manjula	Zhakaas
		Ketaki Mategaonkar	Prajakta Lele	Timepass
		Tejaswini Pandit	Sindhutai Sapkal	Mee Sindhutai Sapkal
		Mukta Barve	Manjiri Naik	Double Seat
		Madhuri Dixit	Madhura Sane	Bucket List
2022		Amruta Khanvilkar †	Chandramukhi (Chandra) Junnarkar	Chandramukhi	[6]
		Hruta Durgule	Ananya Deshmukh	Ananya
		Vaidehi Parashurami	Seema Joshi	Zombivli
		Sonalee Kulkarni	Shefali	Tamasha Live
		Ritika Shrotri	Babli	Darling
2023		Genelia Deshmukh	Shravani Jadhav	Ved	[7][8]
		Rohini Hattangadi, Vandana Gupte, Sukanya Kulkarni, Shilpa Navalkar, Suchitra Bandekar, Deepa Parab	Jaya, Shashi, Sadhana, Ketaki Patil, Pallavi, Charu Deshmukh	Baipan Bhari Deva
		Suhas Joshi, Nirmiti Sawant, Kshitee Jog, Suchitra Bandekar, Sayali Sanjeev, Shivani Surve, Rinku Rajguru	Indumati Karnik, Nirmala Konde-Patil, Meeta Jahagirdar, Vaishali Deshpande, Krutika Joshi, Manali, Taniya Konde-Patil	Jhimma 2
		Shivani Surve	Dr. Devika	Vaalvi

References

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