Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Award for Favourite Actor is given by Zee Talkies as part of its annual Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? ceremony for Marathi films.[1][2] The award was first given in 2009.
| Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? for Favourite Actor | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded for | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Zee Talkies |
| First awarded | Makarand Anaspure, De Dhakka (2009) |
| Currently held by | Riteish Deshmukh, Ved (2023) |
Superlatives edit
| Superlative | Actor | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Actor with most awards | Sachin Khedekar | 3 |
| Actor with most nominations | Sachin Khedekar | 8 |
| Actor with most consecutive nominations | Sachin Khedekar (2010-2014) | 5 |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Bharat Jadhav Atul Kulkarni Prathamesh Parab |
3 |
| Actor with most nominations in a single year | Sachin Khedekar (2021) | 3 |
| Ankush Chaudhari (2015) Amey Wagh (2017) |
2 | |
| Oldest winner | Prasad Oak (2022) | 48 |
| Oldest nominee | Dilip Prabhavalkar (2014) | 70 |
| Youngest winner | Akash Thosar (2016) | 23 |
| Youngest nominee | Srinivas Pokle (2018) | 8 |
- With three wins, Sachin Khedekar and Riteish Deshmukh have the most awards. Khedekar also holds the record for most consecutive wins, having won the award for three years in a row from 2010 to 2012.
- Actors who have won both Favourite Actor and Favourite Supporting Actor awards include Ankush Chaudhari, Sachin Khedekar and Prasad Oak.
- Two actors have won the Favourite Actor award for their debut performances: Riteish Deshmukh for Lai Bhaari (2014) and Akash Thosar for Sairat (2016). Other actors who got nominated in this category for their debut performances are Prathamesh Parab for Timepass (2014), Lalit Prabhakar for Chi Va Chi Sau Ka (2017) and Srinivas Pokle for Naal (2018).
- Akash Thosar became the youngest winner of the Favourite Actor award at the age of 23 for Sairat (2016), while Srinivas Pokle became the youngest Favourite Actor nominee in the history of MFK at the age of 8 for Naal (2018).
- Sachin Khedekar has the highest number of consecutive nominations, having been nominated for the award every year from 2010 till 2014; followed by Swapnil Joshi being nominated consecutive four times from 2013 to 2016 and winning the award in 2013 for Duniyadari.
- Ankush Chaudhari and Amey Wagh hold the record for the highest number of Favourite Actor nominations in a single year. Chaudhari has been nominated twice in 2015 and Wagh in 2017.
- Swapnil Joshi, Parth Bhalerao, Prathamesh Parab and Makarand Anaspure are the only actors to be nominated twice for the same role. Joshi achieved this feat twice in the Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai franchise, being nominated for his role as Gautam Pradhan (in 2011 for Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai and in 2016 for Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2). Parth Bhalerao as nominated in two consecutive year 2017 and 2018 for his role as Dhungraj in Boyz and Boyz 2. Prathamesh Parab was nominated in 2014 and 2022 for his role as Dagadu Parab in Timepass and Timepass 3 and Makarand Anaspure was nominated in 2009 and 2022 for his role as Makarand Jadhav in De Dhakka and De Dhakka 2, winning in 2009.
- Dagadu Parab is the only character for which two Favourite Actor awards were nominated, both Prathamesh Parab (in 2014 and 2022) and Priyadarshan Jadhav (in 2015) nominated for Timepass.
Winners and nominees edit
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References edit
- ^ a b Editorial, M. M. W. (19 September 2009). "'Maharashtracha Favorite Kon?'". Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Supriya Pilgaonkar during Maharashtracha Favourite Kon Awards 2013, held at Grand Hyatt, in Mumbai, on December 1, 2013". photogallery.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ Editorial, M. M. W. (1 November 2010). "'Zee Talkies-Lux' Maharashtracha favourite Kon". Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ Marathi, TV9 (1 December 2021). "'महाराष्ट्राचा फेवरेट कोण? सुवर्णदशक सोहळा', नामांकनातून कोण मारणार बाजी? प्रेक्षकांची उत्सुकता शिगेला!". TV9 Marathi (in Marathi). Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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