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{{Infobox award
| name = [[Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar]] for Best Actor
| image =
| caption = The 2025 recipient: [[Mahesh Manjrekar]]
| awarded_for = Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
| presenter = [[Zee Marathi]]
| country = [[India]]
| year = [[Subodh Bhave]], <br> ''Man Pakharu Pakharu'' (2007)
| holder = [[Bharat Jadhav]], <br/> ''[[Ata Thambaycha Naay!]]'' & <br/> [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]], <br/> ''[[Dashavatar (2025 film)|Dashavatar]]'' (2026)
| website =
}}

The '''Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar for Best Actor''' is chosen by the viewers of [[Zee Marathi]] as part of its [[Zee Cine Awards|annual award ceremony]] for [[Marathi cinema|Marathi films]], to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.

==List of winners and nominees==

===2000s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="2%" | Year
! width="14%" | Photos of winners
! width="18%" | Actor
! width="18%" | Roles(s)
! width="48%" | Film
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''2008'''
| rowspan="4" |{{Border|[[File:Subodh Bhave 1.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Subodh Bhave]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Nilay Raje'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''Man Pakharu Pakharu'''''
|-
|[[Ashok Shinde]]
|Shakun
|''Aevdhese Aabhal''
|-
|[[Bharat Jadhav]]
|Ghotale
|''[[Bakula Namdeo Ghotale]]''
|-
|[[Sachin Khedekar]]
|Shekhar
|''[[Kadachit]]''
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''2009'''
| rowspan="5" |{{Border|[[File:Upendra Limaye 1.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Upendra Limaye]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Tayyappa'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Jogwa]]'''''
|-
| [[Makarand Anaspure]]
| Makarand Jadhav
| ''[[De Dhakka]]''
|-
| [[Girish Kulkarni]]
| Kisna
| ''[[The Damned Rain|Gabhricha Paus]]''
|-
| Avinash Narkar
| Avya
| ''Mahasatta''
|-
| Girish Pardeshi
| Jaywant
| ''Marmabandh''
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="2%" | Year
! width="14%" | Photos of winners
! width="18%" | Actor
! width="18%" | Roles(s)
! width="48%" | Film
|-
! rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | '''2010'''
| rowspan="3" |{{Border|[[File:Sachin Khedekar.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Sachin Khedekar]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Dinkar Bhosale'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy]]'''''
|-
|[[Atul Kulkarni]]
|Guna Kagalkar
|''[[Natarang]]''
|-
|[[Bharat Jadhav]]
|Mauli
|''[[Jhing Chik Jhing]]''
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''2011'''
| rowspan="5" |{{Border|[[File:Subodh Bhave 1.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Subodh Bhave]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Lokesh'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Ranbhool]]'''''
|-
| [[Swapnil Joshi]]
| Gautam
| ''[[Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai]]''
|-
| [[Bharat Jadhav]]
| Madhukar Rane
| ''[[Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho]]''
|-
| [[Adinath Kothare]]
| Jagdish (Jaggu)
| ''Ved Laavi Jeeva''
|-
| Ranjit Agashe
| Inspector Chulbul Pandey
| ''Me, Mann Ani Dhruv''
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''2012'''
| rowspan="5" |{{Border|[[File:Subodh Bhave 1.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Subodh Bhave]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Bal Gandharva]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Balgandharva (film)|Balgandharva]]'''''
|-
| [[Girish Kulkarni]]
| Keshav Rambhol
| ''[[Deool]]''
|-
| [[Sachin Khedekar]]
| Shridhar
| ''[[Taryanche Bait]]''
|-
| [[Chinmay Mandlekar]]
| Parth
| ''[[Gajaar: Journey of the Soul]]''
|-
| Mangesh Desai
| Dasu
| ''Khel Mandla''
|-
! rowspan= "5" style="text-align:center" | '''2013'''
| rowspan="5" |{{Border|[[File:Sachin Khedekar.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Sachin Khedekar]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Hari Dada Damle'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Kaksparsh]]'''''
|-
| [[Jitendra Joshi]]
| [[Tukaram]]
| ''[[Tukaram (film)|Tukaram]]''
|-
| [[Girish Kulkarni]]
| Rewan
| ''[[Masala (2012 film)|Masala]]''
|-
| [[Vikram Gokhale]]
| Ratnakar
| ''[[Anumati (film)|Anumati]]''
|-
| [[Tushar Dalvi]]
| Madhav
| ''Shyamche Vadil''
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''2014'''
| rowspan="4" |{{Border|[[File:Mohan Agashe.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Mohan Agashe]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Dr. Chakrapani Shastri'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Astu]]'''''
|-
| [[Nana Patekar]]
| [[Prakash Amte]]
| ''[[Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero]]''
|-
| [[Adinath Kothare]]
| Amod
| ''[[Avatarachi Goshta]]''
|-
| [[Swapnil Joshi]]
| Shreyas Talwalkar
| ''[[Duniyadari]]''
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''2015'''<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-01-13 |title=Riteish, Tejaswini bag awards |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/news/riteish-tejaswini-bag-awards/articleshow/46584546.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-02-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |{{Border|[[File:Riteish Deshmukh at the Promotion of 'Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum' 06.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Riteish Deshmukh]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Prince/Mauli'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Lai Bhaari]]'''''
|-
|[[Bharat Jadhav]]
|Chintamani
|''[[Chintamani (2014 film)|Chintamani]]''
|-
|[[Atul Kulkarni]]
|Niranjan
|''[[Happy Journey (2014 Marathi film)|Happy Journey]]''
|-
|[[Sachin Khedekar]]
|Jitya Bhau
|''[[Shutter (2014 film)|Shutter]]''
|-
|[[Ankush Chaudhari]]
|Bhurabhai
|''[[Por Bazaar]]''
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''2016'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebrating Marathi Cinema's Global Reach at Zee Chitra Gaurav 2016 |url=https://www.zee.com/in-the-news/celebrating-marathi-cinemas-global-reach-at-zee-chitra-gaurav-2016/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=www.zee.com}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |{{Border|[[File:Nana patekar.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Nana Patekar]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Ganpat Belwalkar'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Natsamrat]]'''''
|-
| [[Ankush Chaudhari]]
| Amit Naik
| ''[[Double Seat]]''
|-
| [[Swapnil Joshi]]
| Shivam Sarang
| ''[[Mitwaa]]''
|-
| [[Kishor Kadam]]
| Laxman
| ''[[Partu]]''
|-
| [[Sumeet Raghavan]]
| Vamanrao Ashtaputre
| ''[[Sandook]]''
|-
! rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | '''2017'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-20 |title=Zee Chitra Gaurav 2017 : ‘झी चित्र गौरव’ पुरस्कार विजेत्यांची संपूर्ण यादी|trans-title=Zee Chitra Gaurav 2017 : Complete List of 'Zee Chitra Gaurav' Award Winners|url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan/zee-chitra-gaurav-2017-winners-list-1436032/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Loksatta |language=mr}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |{{Border|[[File:Girish Kulkarni (cropped).jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Girish Kulkarni]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Balasaheb'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Jaundya Na Balasaheb]]'''''
|-
| [[Akash Thosar]]
| Prashant (Parshya) Kale
| ''[[Sairat]]''
|-
| [[Makarand Anaspure]]
| Jumman
| ''[[Rangaa Patangaa]]''
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''2018'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sontakke |first=Siddhi |date=2018-03-11 |title=Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar 2018 Winners |url=https://starmarathi.in/zee-chitra-gaurav-puraskar-2018-winners/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=STAR Marathi |language=en-US |archive-date=16 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816053617/https://starmarathi.in/zee-chitra-gaurav-puraskar-2018-winners/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |{{Border|[[File:Sachin Khedekar.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Sachin Khedekar]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Bhaskar Pandit'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Baapjanma]]'''''
|-
| [[Lalit Prabhakar]]
| Satyaprakash (Satya)
| ''[[Chi Va Chi Sau Ka]]''
|-
| [[Amey Wagh]]
| Banesh Fene
| ''[[Faster Fene]]''
|-
| [[Subodh Bhave]]
| Shekhar Joshi
| ''[[Hrudayantar]]''
|-
| [[Vaibhav Tatwawadi]]
| Alok
| ''Bhetali Tu Punha''
|-
! rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | '''2019'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-03 |title=Zee Marathi Gaurav Awards: झी मराठी गौरव पुरस्कारात यांनी मारली बाजी... वाचा संपूर्ण यादी|trans-title=Zee Marathi Gaurav Awards: Zee Marathi Gaurav Award wins... read full list|url=https://www.lokmat.com/filmy/marathi-cinema/zee-marathi-gaurav-awards-2019-winners/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=LOKMAT |language=mr}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Om Bhutkar]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Rahul (Rahulya) Patil'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Mulshi Pattern]]'''''
|-
| [[Subodh Bhave]]
| [[Kashinath Ghanekar]]
| ''[[Ani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar]]''
|-
|[[Nagraj Manjule]]
| Chaitya's father
| ''[[Naal (film)|Naal]]''
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''2020'''
| rowspan="5" |{{Border|[[File:Lalit Prabhakar.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Lalit Prabhakar]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Gopalrao Joshi'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Anandi Gopal]]'''''
|-
|[[Amey Wagh]]
|Nachiket Pradhan
|''[[Girlfriend (2019 film)|Girlfriend]]''
|-
|[[Deepak Dobriyal]]
|Baba
|''Baba''
|-
|[[Bhalchandra Kadam|Bhau Kadam]]
|Baban
|''[[Nashibvaan]]''
|-
|[[Pranav Raorane]]
|Vasant Khatmode
|''[[Aatpadi Nights]]''
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="2%" | Year
! width="14%" | Photos of winners
! width="18%" | Actor
! width="18%" | Roles(s)
! width="48%" | Film
|-
! rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | '''2022'''
|{{Border|[[File:Subodh Bhave 1.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Subodh Bhave]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Sadashiv Gurav'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (film)|Katyar Kaljat Ghusali]]'''''
|-
|{{Border|[[File:Upendra Limaye 1.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''[[Upendra Limaye]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''Tayappa'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;"| '''''[[Jogwa]]'''''
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center" |'''No Other Nominees '''
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''2023'''
| rowspan="5" |{{Border|[[File:Prasad Oak during the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2017), in Panaji, Goa.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Riteish Deshmukh|Prasad Oak]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | [[Anand Dighe|'''Anand Dighe''']]
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Ved (film)|Dharmaveer]]'''''
|-
| [[Prasad Oak|Riteish Deshmukh]]
| Satya Jadhav
| ''[[Ved (film)|Ved]]''
|-
| [[Jitendra Joshi]]
| Nishikant Deshmukh
| ''[[Godavari (2022 film)|Godavari]]''
|-
| [[Sumeet Raghavan]]
| Kiran
| ''[[Ekda Kaay Zala]]''
|-
| [[Rahul Deshpande]]
| [[Vasantrao Deshpande]]
| ''[[Me Vasantrao]]''
|-
! rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | '''2024'''
| rowspan="3" |{{Border|[[File:ShashankShende.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Shashank Shende]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''Tatya'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Baaplyok]]'''''
|-
| [[Swapnil Joshi]]
| Aniket
| ''[[Vaalvi]]''
|-
| Ashutosh Gaikwad
| Shubham
| ''[[Unaad]]''
|-
! rowspan="5" |2025<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-08 |title='झी चित्र गौरव' पुरस्कारांमध्ये 'या' सिनेमाने मारली बाजी! सर्वोत्कृष्ट अभिनेता व अभिनेत्री ठरले...; वाचा विजेत्यांची संपूर्ण यादी... |url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan/television/zee-chitra-gaurav-2025-winners-list-best-movie-is-paani-and-mahesh-manjrekar-won-best-actor-award-read-full-list-sva-00-4938781/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Loksatta |language=mr}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |{{Border|[[File:Mahesh Manjrekar 1.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''[[Mahesh Manjrekar]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Govind Shridhar Pathak'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''''[[Juna Furniture]]'''''
|-
|[[Adinath Kothare]]
|Hanumant Kendre
|''[[Paani (film)|Paani]]''
|-
|Kshitish Date
|Rajvardhan (Raja)
|[[Navardev Bsc. Agri]]
|-
|[[Gashmeer Mahajani]]
|Venkatadhwari Narasimha Shastri
|''[[Phullwanti]]''
|-
|[[Shreyas Talpade]]
|Shreeniwas
|[[Hi Anokhi Gaath|''Hi Anokhi Gaath'']]
|-
! rowspan="5" |2026<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-18 |title=आता थांबायचं नाय! 'झी चित्र गौरव' पुरस्कारांमध्ये 'या' कलाकारांनी मारली बाजी, सर्वोत्कृष्ट अभिनेत्री ठरली...; विजेत्यांची नावं आली समोर |url=https://www.loksatta.com/manoranjan/television/zee-marathi-chitra-gaurav-2026-awards-winners-ata-thambaycha-naay-received-best-film-award-sva-00-5723574/ |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Loksatta |language=mr}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |{{Border|[[File:Bharat Jadhav.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}{{Border|[[File:Dilip Prabhavalkar.jpg|130px|centre]]|width=2px|style=solid|color=grey}}
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''[[Bharat Jadhav]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Sakharam Manchekar'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''''[[Ata Thambaycha Naay!]]'''''
|-
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''[[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''Babuli Mestri'''
| style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''''[[Dashavatar (2025 film)|Dashavatar]]'''''
|-
|[[Lalit Prabhakar]]
|Amar Randive
|''[[Aarpar]]''
|-
|[[Mahesh Manjrekar]]
|Keshav
|''[[Devmanus (film)|Devmanus]]''
|-
|[[Abhinay Berde]]
|Ninad Bhalerao
|''[[Uttar (film)|Uttar]]''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Awards established in 2008]]
[[Category:Film awards for lead actor]]
[[Category:Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar]]

Zee Chitra Gaurav Puraskar for Best Actor - Revision history

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