The Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Awards are presented by the Marathi television channel Zee Talkies to honour excellence in Marathi cinema. It has been given annually since 2009, with the latest—the 14th edition—of the award-giving ceremony having been held in 2024.[1][2] The awards are decided by a jury, consisting of noted film-makers, critics and technicians, while winners in a separate category named "Favourite awards" are chosen by public voting.[3]

Maharashtracha Favourite Kon?
Awarded forExcellence in cinematic achievements in Marathi cinema
CountryIndia
Presented byZee Talkies
First awarded2009
Most recent Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? winners
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Award Favourite Actor Favourite Actress
Winner Riteish Deshmukh
(Ved)
Genelia D'Souza
(Ved)
 
Award Favourite Supporting Actor Favourite Supporting Actress
Winner Nagraj Manjule
(Ghar Banduk Biryani)
Mrinal Kulkarni
(Subhedar)

Previous Favourite Film

Dharmaveer

Favourite Film

Ved

History

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The first edition of the awards was held to select the most popular artists, however not for any technical work. In the first year of the awards, viewers were asked to choose their all-time favourite film and artists in nine categories - Favourite Hero, Heroine, Film, Director, music director, Playback Singer Male/Female, Villain and Comedian.[4][5][6]

Awards

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Critics

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  • Favourite Film
  • Favourite Director
  • Favourite Actor
  • Favourite Actress
  • Favourite Writer
  • Favourite Lyricist

Ceremony

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The ceremony is held every year at the Hotel Hyatt Regency in Mumbai and is telecasted on Zee Talkies only. However, it is not televised live. Except for the first edition, the ceremonies are held in November or December though always before the announcement of the Filmfare Awards Marathi.[7]

Ceremony Date Host(s) Title sponsor
1st MFK Awards 19 September 2009 Mahesh Manjrekar Lux
2nd MFK Awards 28 November 2010
3rd MFK Awards 11 December 2011
4th MFK Awards 9 December 2012
5th MFK Awards 2 December 2013 Swapnil Joshi and Pushkar Shrotri
6th MFK Awards 28 December 2014 Swapnil Joshi and Sai Tamhankar
7th MFK Awards 20 December 2015 Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Siddharth Chandekar
8th MFK Awards 17 March 2017 Shreyas Talpade and Amey Wagh
9th MFK Awards 20 January 2018 Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Amey Wagh
10th MFK Awards 24 February 2019 Amey Wagh
11th MFK Awards 12 January 2020 Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Amey Wagh
12th MFK Awards 23 December 2021 Swapnil Joshi and Amey Wagh Vaseline
13th MFK Awards 20 January 2023[1][2] Amey Wagh and Priyadarshan Jadhav Jagannath Gangaram Pednekar Jewellers
14th MFK Awards 18 January 2024[8][9] Amey Wagh and Mahesh Manjrekar

2009

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The ceremony was hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar.

De Dhakka led the ceremony with 5 nominations, followed by Aamhi Satpute, Uladhaal and Galgale Nighale with 4 nominations each.

De Dhakka earned 3 awards, including Favourite Film and Favourite Actor and Aamhi Satpute earned 2 awards.

Siddhartha Jadhav and Makarand Anaspure received 3 nominations in different categories, where the former earned Favourite Comedian and Favourite Villain while the latter earned Favourite Actor.

2010

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The ceremony was hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar.[10]

Natarang led the ceremony with 9 nominations, followed by Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy with 6 nominations and Gallit Gondhal, Dillit Mujra with 4 nominations respectively.

Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy and Natarang won 4 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

2011

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The ceremony was hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar.[11]

Mee Sindhutai Sapkal led the ceremony with 7 nominations, followed by Balgandharva with 6 nominations and Lalbaug Parel with 5 nominations respectively.

Mee Sindhutai Sapkal won 4 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.

2012

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The ceremony was hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar.[12]

Kaksparsh led the ceremony with 8 nominations, followed by Tukaram and Deool with 6 nominations each.

Kaksparsh earned 5 awards and Zhakaas earned 3 awards.

2013

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2014

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2015

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Timepass 2 and Double Seat led the ceremony with 11 nominations, followed by Classmates with 9 nominations and Elizabeth Ekadashi with 7 nominations, respectively. Ankush Chaudhari and Priya Bapat had two nominations for Favourite Actor and Favourite Actress respectively, former won it for Classmates.[13]

Double Seat won 4 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.[14]

2016

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Sairat led the ceremony with 19 nominations, followed by Katyar Kaljat Ghusali with 11 nominations.

Sairat won 11 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.[15]

2017

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Ventilator led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Ti Saddhya Kay Karte with 9 nominations.[16][17]

Faster Fene and Ti Saddhya Kay Karte won 4 awards each, thus becoming the most-awarded films at the ceremony.[18]

2018

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2019

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The ceremony was hosted by Vaibhav Tatwawadi and Amey Wagh.[19]

Fatteshikast led the ceremony with 12 nominations, followed by Khari Biscuit with 8 and Anandi Gopal with 6 nominations.[20]

Khari Biscuit earned 4 awards, making it the most-awarded film of the ceremony, whereas Hirkani earned 3 awards including Favourite Film, Favourite Actress and Best Supporting Actor.[21]

2021

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The awards were organized to honored the best Marathi films of the decade. It took place in December 2021 and was hosted by Swapnil Joshi and Amey Wagh, along with Mahesh Manjrekar.

The nominations were the winners from 2010 to 2019.[22][23]

Sairat won 5 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony.[24][25]

2022

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2023

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References

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