Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Award for Favourite Actor is given by Zee Talkies as part of its annual Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? ceremony for Marathi films. The award was first given in 2009.
Superlatives +SuperlativeActorRecordActor with most awardsSachin Khedekar Riteish Deshmukh3Actor with most nominationsSachin Khedekar Ankush ChaudhariSwapnil Joshi8Actor with most consecutive nominationsSachin Khedekar 5Actor with most nominations without ever winningBharat Jadhav Atul Kulkarni Prathamesh Parab3Actor with most nominations in a single yearSachin Khedekar 3Ankush Chaudhari Amey Wagh 2Oldest winnerPrasad Oak 48Oldest nomineeDilip Prabhavalkar 70Youngest winnerAkash Thosar 23Youngest nomineeSrinivas Pokle 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 Year Photos of winners Actor Role(s) FilmRef. 2009 Makarand Anaspure † Makarand Jadhav De Dhakka Sachin Pilgaonkar Mukund (Kandya) Satpute Amhi Satpute Bharat Jadhav Galgale Galgale Nighale Ankush Chaudhari Vicky Uladhaal 2010 Sachin Khedekar † Dinkar Bhosale Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy Atul Kulkarni Guna Kagalkar Natarang Girish Kulkarni Mangesh Nadkarni Gandha Upendra Limaye Tayappa Jogwa 2011 Sachin Khedekar † Shridhar Taryanche Bait Bharat Jadhav Madhukar Rane Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho Sachit Patil Arjun Arjun Swapnil Joshi Gautam Pradhan Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai Subodh Bhave Balgandharva Balgandharva 2012 Sachin Khedekar † Hari Dada Damle Kaksparsh Girish Kulkarni Keshav Rambhol Deool Jitendra Joshi Tukaram Tukaram Bharat Jadhav Ravi One Room Kitchen Makarand Anaspure Dattu Dambis 2013 Swapnil Joshi † Shreyas Talwalkar Duniyadari Sachin Pilgaonkar Arun Deshpande Ekulti Ek Atul Kulkarni Ram Subramanyam Premachi Goshta Vikram Gokhale Ratnakar Anumati Sachin Khedekar Ramchandra Gokhale Kokanastha 2014 Riteish Deshmukh † Prince/Maauli Lai Bhaari Swapnil Joshi Satyajeet Pathak Mangalashtak Once More Sachin Khedekar Vyankatesh Kulkarni Pitruroon Mahesh Manjrekar Pradeep Sharma Rege Prathamesh Parab Dagadu Parab Timepass Dilip Prabhavalkar Narba Narbachi Wadi 2015 Ankush Chaudhari † Satya Classmates Ankush Chaudhari Amit Naik Double Seat Nana Patekar Prakash Amte Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero Swapnil Joshi Amar Pyaar Vali Love Story Atul Kulkarni Niranjan Happy Journey Priyadarshan Jadhav Dagadu Parab Timepass 2 2016 Akash Thosar † Prashant (Parshya) Kale Sairat Nana Patekar Ganpat Belvalkar Natsamrat Subodh Bhave Sadashiv Gurav Katyar Kaljat Ghusali Swapnil Joshi Gautam Pradhan Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2 Ankush Chaudhari Suryakant Dagadi Chawl 2017 Amey Wagh † Banesh Fene Faster Fene Amey Wagh Alok Muramba Lalit Prabhakar Satyaprakash Chi Va Chi Sau Ka Ankush Chaudhari Anurag Ti Saddhya Kay Karte Jitendra Joshi Prasanna Kamerkar Ventilator Parth Bhalerao Dhungraj Boyz 2018 Subodh Bhave † Vilas Pushpak Vimaan Parth Bhalerao DhungrajBoyz 2 Srinivas Pokle Chaitya Naal Om Bhutkar Rahul (Rahulya) Patil Mulshi Pattern Bhausaheb Shinde Baban Baban 2019 Lalit Prabhakar † Gopal Joshi Anandi Gopal Swapnil Joshi Sunil Kulkarni Mogra Phulaalaa Ankush Chaudhari Krishna Triple Seat Chinmay Mandlekar Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Fatteshikast Prathamesh Parab Thoke Takatak Sanjay Narvekar Anna Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2 2021 Riteish Deshmukh † Prince/Maauli Lai BhaariSachin Khedekar Dinkar Bhosale Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy Shridhar Taryanche Bait Hari Dada Damle Kaksparsh Akash Thosar Prashant (Parshya) Kale Sairat Swapnil Joshi Shreyas TalwalkarDuniyadari Ankush Chaudhari Satya Classmates Amey Wagh Banesh Fenw Faster Fene Subodh Bhave Vilas Pushpak Vimaan Lalit Prabhakar Gopal Joshi Anandi Gopal 2022 Prasad Oak † Anand Dighe Dharmaveer Adinath Kothare Daulatrao Deshmane Chandramukhi Amey Wagh Sudhir JoshiZombivli Lalit Prabhakar Vishwas/Jaggu Bhau Kadam Pandu Pandu Sharad Kelkar Baji Prabhu Deshpande Har Har Mahadev Prathamesh Parab Dagadu Parab Timepass 3 Makarand Anaspure Makarand Jadhav De Dhakka 22023Riteish Deshmukh †Satya JadhavVedAnkush ChaudhariShahir SableMaharashtra ShahirSwapnil JoshiAniketVaalviSubodh BhaveDr. AnshumanNagraj ManjuleInspector Raya PatilGhar Banduk BiryaniAjay PurkarTanaji MalusareSubhedar
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