V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award

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| name = V. Shantaram Special Contribution Award

| image = Mukta Barve at the special screening of the short film ‘Devi’.jpg

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| caption = The 2024 recipient: Mukta Barve

| subheader = State award for contributions to Marathi cinema

| awarded_for = Contribution to Marathi Cinema.

| sponsor = Government of Maharashtra

| firstawarded = 2009

| lastawarded = 2023

| reward = {{ubl|Gold Medal|₹ 2,00,000}}

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| holder_label = Most recent winner

| holder = Mukta Barve

| award1_type = Total awarded

| award1_winner =14

| award2_type = First winner

| award2_winner = Mahesh Kothare

| award3_type = Last winner

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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

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! Year !! Image !! Winner

!Field of work !! Ref

2009

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! scope="row" | Mahesh Kothare

|Director, actor, writer

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2010

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! scope="row" | Sachin

|Director, actor, singer

2011

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! scope="row" | Smita Talwalkar

|Director, actress, producer

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2012

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! scope="row" | Dilip Prabhavalkar

|Actor

2013

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! scope="row" | Reema Lagoo

|Actress

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2014

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! scope="row" | Sonali Kulkarni

|Actress

{{Cite news |date=2015-04-27 |title=Maharashtra government announces annual film awards |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/maharashtra-government-announces-annual-film-awards/article7147328.ece |access-date= |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}

2015

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! scope="row" | Alka Kubal

|Actress

{{Cite news |title=53rd Maharashtra State Film Awards |website=marathicineyug.com}}

2016

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! scope="row" | Arun Nalawade

|Actor

2017

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! scope="row" | Mrinal Kulkarni

|Actress, director

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2018

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! scope="row" | Bharat Jadhav

|Actor

{{Cite news |title=Unreleased films strike gold at state film awards |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/unreleased-films-strike-gold-at-state-film-awards/articleshow/69517421.cms?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM=&from=mdr |access-date=2024-02-12 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

2019

| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | Not awarded

2020

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! scope="row" |Gajendra Ahire

|Director, screenwriter

2021

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! scope="row" |Ravindra Sathe

|Singer

2022

File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Swarna Kamal Award to Nagraj Manjule (Best Direction) for the Non-feature film – PAVASACHA NIBANDHA, at the 65th National Film Awards Function, in New Delhi.JPG