Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Music Director

The Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Music Director is an honour established in 1962, and presented at the Maharashtra State Film Awards for best music director Marathi cinema. The inaugural award was named as "Arun Paudwal Award for Best Music Direction" and was awarded to Sudhir Phadke for the film Prapanch, directed by Madhukar Pathak.

Maharashtra State Film Awards for Best Music Director
The 2024 recipient: Ajay-Atul for Maharashtra Shahir
Awarded for	Best Music Director
Country	India
Presented by	Government of Maharashtra
Reward(s)	₹50,000
First award	Sudhir Phadke, Prapanch (1962)
Currently held by	Ajay-Atul  Maharashtra Shahir (2024)

The first recipient of the award was Sudhir Phadke who was honoured for his composition for Prapanch in 1962. Anand Modak is the most frequent winner having won six awards. Sudhir Phadke has won it five times. Ram Kadam and Ajay-Atul have won it four times. Datta Davjekar, Ashok Patki, and Amitraj have won the award thrice each.

Winners

Year	Recipient	Film	Ref
1962	Sudhir Phadke	Prapanch	[1]
1963	Datta Davjekar	Rangalya Ratri Asha	[1]
	Vasant Pawar
	Datta Davjekar
1964		Pathlaag	[1]
1965	Vasant Pawar	Sawaal Majha Aika!	[1]
1966	Anandghan	Sadhi Mansa	[2]
1967	Datta Davjekar	Santh Wahate Krushnamai	[1]
1968	Sudhir Phadke	Aamhi Jato Amuchya Gava	[3]
1969	Datta Naik	Apradh	[1]
1970	Hridaynath Mangeshkar	Janaki	[4]
1971	C. Ramchandra	Gharkul
1972	Ram Kadam	Ekta Jeev Sadashiv
1974	Ram Kadam	Sugandhi Katta	[1]
1975	Vasant Desai	Bayanno Navre Sambhala	[1]
1976	Hridaynath Mangeshkar	Ha Khel Sawalyancha	[4]
1977	Datta Naik	Bala Gau Kashi Angai
1978	Hridaynath Mangeshkar	Jait Re Jait	[4]
1979	Vishwanath More	Haldi Kunku
1980	Ram Kadam	Paij	[1]
1981	Vishwanath More	Gondhalat Gondhal	[5]
1982	Bhaskar Chandavarkar	Ek Daav Bhutacha	[4]
1983	Vishwanath More	Sansar Pakhrancha	[5]
1984	Hridaynath Mangeshkar	Mahananda	[4]
1985	Ashok Patki	Ardhangi	[6]
1986	Anil-Arun	Aaj Zale Mukta Mee	[1]
1987	Arun Paudwal	Gammat Jammat	[7]
1988	Vishwanath More	Bandiwan Mi Ya Sansari
1989	Anand Modak	Kalat Nakalat	[8]
1990	Bhaskar Chandavarkar	Aaghat	[4]
1991	Sharang Dev	Anpekshit
1992	Ashok Patki	Aapli Mansa	[1]
1993	Ram Kadam	Sai Baba	[9]
1994	Anand Modak	Mukta	[8]
1995	Anand Modak	Doghi
1996	Anand Modak	Rao Saheb
1997	Achyut Thakur	Paij Lagnachi	[10]
1998	Milind Hate	Ratra Aarambh
1999	Achyut Thakur	Ghe Bharari	[11]
2000	Anand Modak	Raju	[8]
2001	Suresh Wadkar	Ashi Dnyaneshwari
2002	Shrirang Umrani	Dahavi Fa
2003	Saleel Kulkarni	Vitthal Vitthal
2004	Rishiraj	Me Tujhi Tujhech Re
2005	Aashish Rego and K.C Loy	Pak Pak Pakaak	[6]
2006	Ashok Patki	Savlee
2007	Ajay-Atul	Tujhya Majhya Sansarala Ani Kay Hava	[12]
2008	Ajay-Atul	Jogwa
2009	Anand Modak	Dhoosar
	Shrirang Umrani	Gho Mala Asla Hava
2010	Ajay-Atul	Natarang
2011	Narendra Bhide	Paulwat
2012	Kaushal Inamdar	Ajintha	[13]
2013	Atul Lohar	Pikuli	[14]
2014	Ajay Singha	Kaakan
2015	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy	Katyar Kaljat Ghusali
2016	Amitraj	Dashakriya
2017	Vijay Narayan Gavande	Redu	[15]
2018	Rajesh Sarkate	Menaka Urvashi	[16]
2019	Amitraj	Hirkani	[17]
2020	Rahul Deshpande	Me Vasantrao	[18]
2021	Amitraj	Jhimma
2022	Nihar Shembekar	Samaira	[19]
2023	Ajay-Atul	Maharashtra Shahir