 In 1954 at the very first edition of the National Awards, "Shyamchi Aai" another Marathi film, won the first President's Gold Medal for Cinema.It was directed by Acharya P K Atre, and it was an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Sane Guruji.Marathi cinema was in its full bloom by this time with the advent of greats like V. Shantaram, Master Vinayak, Bhalji Pendharkar, Acharya Atre, followed by Raja Paranjpe, Jyotiram, sonal and mumtaz, Dinkar D Patil, G. D. Madgulkar, Sudhir Phadke , Raja Thakur .