The Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award, begun in 1962, presented annually at the

Maharashtra State Film Awards Maharashtra State Film Awards, one of the prestigious awards of Marathi cinema, are awarded by the Government of Maharashtra to Marathi language films and artists. They were first awarded in 1963. The Maharashtra State Film Awards are adjudicat ...

of India to the supporting actress for best performance in a

Marathi cinema Marathi cinema is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Marathi language, which is widely spoken in the state of Maharashtra. It is based out of Mumbai. It is the oldest film ind ...

. The awardees are decided by a jury constituted every year. The inaugural award was named as "Hansa Wadkar Award for Best Supporting Actress" and was awarded to Kusum Deshpande for the film ''

Prapanch ''Prapanch'' is a 1961 Indian Marathi- language family drama directed by Madhukar Pathak and produced by Indian National Pictures. The film stars Sulochana, Shrikant Moghe, Seema Deo, Kusum Deshpande, Amar Sheikh in lead roles. At the 9th Nation ...

'', directed by Madhukar Pathak.

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