MUMBAI : The Zee Network's regional language channel Alpha Marathi has bagged 12 awards at the prestigious 'Maharashtra Times Sanman'.

Alpha Marathi received 30 nominations in 14 categories. The most popular series 'Vadalvaat '' received 6 awards from 10 nominations, that of best series and the best title song, in addition to T. Ramraj Naidu for best editing, Pushpang Gawade and Naresh Desai for the best camera work, Abhay Paranjpe for best screenplay and Arun Nalavde as the best actor. The best actress went to Suhita Thatte for 'Megh Datale'.'Nakshratranche Dene' won 2 awards, the best concept in non-fiction and the best non-fiction programme. 'Campus A Fair war' received 2 awards, the best youth programme and the best male compere Jitendra Joshi. The best female compere went to Rani Gunaji for 'Manasi Tumchya Ghari'.

Speaking on winning the awards at 'Maharashtra Times Sanman', Sr. Vice President,Alpha Marathi, Nitin Vaidya, said "I thank Maharashtra Times and our audience once again for voting for the shows on 'Alpha Marathi' channel for the prestigious 'Maharashtra Times Sanman' Awards'. We have always been a leader in the providing quality programming to our viewers since the time of our launch, our programming strategy have also focused on the shows, which can relate to our audience."