14th MFK Awards

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]

14th Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Awards
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
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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.

Winners and nominees

Riteish Deshmukh, Favourite Director, Favourite Actor & Style Icon of the Year

Genelia Deshmukh, Favourite Actress & Popular face of the Year

Mrinal Kulkarni, Favourite Supporting Actress

Sayaji Shinde, Favourite Villain

Shreya Ghosal, Favourite Female Singer

Favourite Film Ved Baipan Bhaari Deva Subhedar Maharashtra Shahir Vaalvi Naal 2 Jhimma 2 Ghar Banduk Biryani	Favourite Director Riteish Deshmukh – Ved Kedar Shinde – Baipan Bhaari Deva Kedar Shinde – Maharashtra Shahir Digpal Lanjekar – Subhedar Paresh Mokashi – Vaalvi Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti – Naal 2 Hemant Dhome – Jhimma 2 Hemant Jangal Awtade – Ghar Banduk Biryani
Favourite Actor Riteish Deshmukh – Ved Ankush Chaudhari – Maharashtra Shahir Swapnil Joshi – Vaalvi Subodh Bhave – Vaalvi Nagraj Manjule – Ghar Banduk Biryani Ajay Purkar – Subhedar	Favourite Actress Genelia Deshmukh – Ved Rohini Hattangadi, Vandana Gupte, Sukanya Kulkarni, Shilpa Navalkar, Suchitra Bandekar, Deepa Parab – Baipan Bhaari Deva Suhas Joshi, Nirmiti Sawant, Kshitee Jog, Suchitra Bandekar, Sayali Sanjeev, Shivani Surve, Rinku Rajguru – Jhimma 2 Shivani Surve – Vaalvi
Favourite Supporting Actor Nagraj Manjule – Naal 2 Jitendra Joshi – Naal 2 Siddharth Chandekar – Jhimma 2 Shubhankar Tawde – Ved Akash Thosar – Ghar Banduk Biryani	Favourite Supporting Actress Mrinal Kulkarni – Subhedar Jiya Shankar – Ved Anita Date – Vaalvi Deepti Devi – Naal 2 Devika Daftardar – Naal 2
Favourite Villain Sayaji Shinde – Ghar Banduk Biryani Raviraj Kande – Ved Digvijay Rohidas – Subhedar Pravin Tarde – Chowk	Favourite Song "Sukh Kalale" – Ved "Ved Lavlay" – Ved "Ved Tujha" – Ved "Kevadyacha Paan Tu" – Sarla Ek Koti "Baharla Ha Madhumas" – Maharashtra Shahir "Gau Nako Kisna" – Maharashtra Shahir "Mangalagaur" – Baipan Bhaari Deva "Baipan Bhari Deva" – Baipan Bhaari Deva "Marathi Pori" – Jhimma 2
Favourite Singer – Male Ajay Gogavale – "Ved Tujha" – Ved Ajay Gogavale, Vishal Dadlani – "Ved Lavlay" – Ved Jayesh Khare – "Gau Nako Kisna" – Maharashtra Shahir Ajay Gogavale – "Baharla Ha Madhumas" – Maharashtra Shahir Ajay Gogavale – "Kevadyacha Paan Tu" – Sarla Ek Koti Adarsh Shinde – "Marathi Pori" – Jhimma 2	Favourite Singer – Female Shreya Ghosal – "Sukh Kalale" – Ved Savani Ravindra – "Mangalagaur" – Baipan Bhaari Deva Shreya Ghosal – "Baharla Ha Madhumas" – Maharashtra Shahir Aarya Ambekar – "Kevadyacha Paan Tu" – Sarla Ek Koti Vaishali Samant, Mugdha Karhade – "Marathi Pori" – Jhimma 2
Favourite Style Icon Riteish Deshmukh Ankush Chaudhari Swapnil Joshi Siddharth Jadhav Lalit Prabhakar Amey Wagh Siddharth Chandekar	Favourite Popular Face of the Year Genelia Deshmukh Sonalee Kulkarni Sai Tamhankar Amruta Khanvilkar Shivani Surve Sayali Sanjeev Rinku Rajguru Vaidehi Parshurami
Favourite Song (Non-film) "Nauvari Pahije" – Sanju Rathod "Jhumka" – Sanju Rathod, Abhiman Marathi Adhikrut "Patlancha Bailgada" – Swapnil Gaikwad, Nateshwari Music Pvt Ltd "Mehbooba" – Preet Bendre "Pahilyanda " – Prasad Shirsath, Brahmaa, Jagdamba Productions "Pirmachi Lagan" – Kunal Karan, Ace Production "Heartbreak Jhala" – Prashant Nakti

Critics

Favourite Film Godavari Aatmapamphlet Shyamchi Aai Tendlya Vaalvi	Favourite Director Nikhil Mahajan – Godavari Ashish Bende – Aatmapamphlet Sujay Dahake – Shyamchi Aai Paresh Mokashi – Vaalvi Sachin Jadhav, Nachiket Waikar – Tendlya
Favourite Actor Jitendra Joshi – Godavari Om Bhutkar – Shyamchi Aai Swapnil Joshi – Vaalvi Subodh Bhave – Vaalvi	Favourite Actress Gauri Deshpande – Shyamchi Aai Gauri Nalawade – Godavari Neena Kulkarni – Godavari
Favourite Writer Madhugandha Kulkarni, Paresh Mokashi – Vaalvi Nikhil Mahajan, Prajakt Deshmukh – Godavari Paresh Mokashi – Aatmapamphlet Sunil Sukthankar – Shyamchi Aai Sachin Jadhav, Nachiket Waikar – Tendlya Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti, Nagraj Manjule – Naal 2	Favourite Lyricist Guru Thakur – "Umagaya Baap Ra" – Baaplyok Jitendra Joshi – "Kojagiri" – Godavari Jitendra Joshi – "Khal Khal Goda" – Godavari Guru Thakur – "Kevadyacha Paan Tu" – Sarla Ek Koti Guru Thakur – "Baharla Ha Madhumas" – Maharashtra Shahir Ajay-Atul – "Sukh Kalale" – Ved Ajay-Atul, Guru Thakur – "Ved Tujha" – Ved

Special Awards

Special Awards Rohini Hattangadi, Vandana Gupte, Sukanya Kulkarni, Shilpa Navalkar, Suchitra Bandekar, Deepa Parab – Baipan Bhaari Deva Mrunal Thakur

Special Contribution Award Asha Kale

Superlatives

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
15	Ved
11	Vaalvi
9	Maharashtra Shahir
8	Godavari
7	Naal 2
	Jhimma 2
6	Baipan Bhaari Deva
5	Subhedar
	Ghar Banduk Biryani
	Shyamchi Aai
4	Sarla Ek Koti
3	Aatmapamphlet
	Tendlya

Multiple wins

Awards	Film
7	Ved
3	Godavari

See also

• Maharashtracha Favourite Kon?