The 14th Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Awards ceremony, presented by the Marathi television channel

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, honored the best

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-language Indian films of

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. The ceremony was held on 18 January 2024, and was hosted by

Amey Wagh Amey Wagh (born 13 November 1988) is an Indian actor known for his work in Marathi films such as ''Popat'', '' Faster Fene'', '' Muramba'', ''Girlfriend''. He was recently seen portraying Kushal in season 2 of '' Sacred Games'' and Balvir Sube ...

and

Mahesh Manjrekar Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɦeːʃ maːɲd͡zɾekəɾ born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi language, ...

. The year also introduced Critics choice awards in six categories. '' Ved'' led the ceremony with 15 nominations, followed by '' Vaalvi'' with 11 and ''

Maharashtra Shahir ''Maharashtra Shahir'' () is an Indian Marathi-language musical-biographical film based on the life of Padma Shri Shahir Sable, a Maharashtrian singer, playwright, performer and folk theatre producer and director. It is directed by Kedar Shin ...

'' with 9 nominations. '' Ved'' earned 7 awards, including Favourite Film, Favourite Director, Favourite Actor, and Favourite Actress, making it the most-awarded film of the ceremony, whereas ''

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'' earned 3 awards — Favourite Film Critics, Favourite Director Critics and Favourite Actor Critics.

Riteish Deshmukh Riteish Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and television presenter who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Marathi cinema, Marathi films. Known for his comic portrayals, Deshmukh is a recipient of several ...

got 3 nominations in different categories and won all three, while

Genelia Deshmukh Genelia Deshmukh (née D'Souza; born 5 August 1987), also credited professionally as Genelia, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil films. Described in the media as one of the leading South Indian actresses ...

won both nominations. Whereas, Jitendra Joshi received 3 nominations in two categories and won Favourite Actor Critics.

Nagraj Manjule Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (born 24 August 1978) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He works in Marathi cinema, and is best known for ''Sairat'' and ''Pistulya''—the latter for which he r ...

received 2 nominations for Favourite Actor and Supporting Actor, winning the latter.

Ajay Gogavale Ajay-Atul is an Indian music composer duo comprising brothers Ajay Ashok Gogavale and Atul Ashok Gogavale. Known for their works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Marathi and Hindi films. They are recipient of a National Film Award, four Filmf ...

got 4 nominations in the Favourite Singer – Male category, winning for the song ''Ved Tujha'' from ''Ved''.

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