MUMBAI: Zee Marathi will be airing the "Zee Gaurav Awards" on 31 March at 7 pm.

"Zee Gaurav Awards" is a television and cinema award show in India initiated by Zee Network to reward excellence in the Marathi entertainment world. The awards were presented on 22 March in Mumbai.

The show was anchored by Nilesh Sabale and Abhijeet Khankekar. Legendary Music director Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar was honoured with Lifetime achievement award by Pandit Jasrajji on this occasion.

Gauri Shinde received the Special Gaurav Puraskar ?Marathi Paul Padate Pudhe? for her grand entry with "English Vinglish " into Bollywood.

This year, in the film?s category, ?Balak Palak? received seven awards in different categories.

The best actor Sachin Khedekar and best actress award in films went to Priya Bapat for ?Kaksparsh?.

Bollywood director Balki, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Mahesh Kothare, Sonali Kulkarni, Ashwini Bhave, Varsha Usgaonkar, Dr Jabbar Patel, Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam, Sachin Khedekar, Mrunal Kulkarni, Aishwarya Narkar, Sandeep Kulkarni, Chandrakant Kulkarni and Kavita Medhekar were among those who graced the event along with several small screen celebrities.