Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi, Telugu and Bhojpuri films. He is credited with directing the critically acclaimed films Vaastav: The Reality (1999), Astitva (2000) and Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005). He has won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi for Astitva and two Star Screen Awards. He is also known as host of the reality show, Bigg Boss Marathi since 2018.
Sachin Pilgaonkar, often known mononymously by his screen name as Sachin, is an Indian Marathi-language and Hindi-language actor, director, producer, writer, and singer who has directed and acted in several Marathi films of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Pallavii Subhash Shirke is an Indian actress. A model turned actress, she began her career in Marathi plays, films and TV shows and later appeared in Hindi TV shows. She has worked in various Telugu, Kannada, and Marathi films along with a Sri Lankan (Sinhala) film as well. She is known for her roles as Dharma in the television show Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat (2015-2016), and as Yasodhara - the wife of Prince Siddhartha - in the film Bimba Devi Alias Yashodhara (2018).
Siddhartha Ramchandra Jadhav is an Indian actor, entertainer and comedian from Sewri, Maharashtra. He has acted in television, Marathi and Hindi films. He has acted in several Bollywood movies like Golmaal and Golmaal Returns but he asserts that his first love is Marathi film, TV and stage. Jadhav also acted in a Bengali movie named Ami Subhash Bolchi having Mithun chakraborty as the lead. Referred to in the media as the "Comedy King of Marathi Cinema".
Prarthana Behere is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television and Hindi and Marathi films. She starts her career at 16 and is known for her role in the Hindi television show Pavitra Rishta as Vaishali Manohar Karanjkar. She is winner of 9X Jhakaas Heroine Hunt Season 1. She debuted in Marathi television in 2021 playing Neha Kamat in Zee Marathi's Mazhi Tuzhi Reshimgath.
Upendra Sidhaye, born and brought up in Pune, is a screenplay and story writer in Indian Film industry (Bollywood). Sidhaye won honors and admiration with his debut film Mumbai Meri Jaan (2008). Sidhaye and Yogesh Vinayak Joshi collectively received the Filmfare Awards (2009) and Cine Blitz award of best screenplay for Mumbai Meri Jaan.
Chidiya Ghar is a sitcom which aired on Sony SAB from 28 November 2011 to 2 October 2017. The series was produced by Ashwni Dhir under the banner of Garima Productions. The show gets its name “Chidiya Ghar” because Chidiya Ghar means “zoo” in Hindi as all the characters in this show have animal names of the hindi language.
Sai Tamhankar is an Indian actress known for her work in Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam language film and television.
Aadesh Chandrakant Bandekar is a Marathi actor, TV host, and a Shiv Sena secretary and leader. He is known for hosting the Marathi game show Home Minister on Zee Marathi since 2004. He is the chairman of Shree Siddhivinayak Temple Trust and has a status of Minister of State Government of Maharashtra. He holds a Degree in M.A. Political Science from University of Mumbai (2020-22).
Chala Hawa Yeu Dya is an Indian television show in the Marathi originally aired on Zee Marathi. The show opens with Nilesh Sable's topical comic monologue, then transitions into guest interviews featuring celebrity guests typically from the Marathi film and theatre industry followed by comedic sketches by recurring performers Bhalchandra Kadam, Kushal Badrike, Bharat Ganeshpure, Shreya Bugade, Sagar Karande, Ankur Vadhave, Yogesh Shirsat, Tushar Deol, Umesh Jagtap, Snehal Shidam.
Mayuri Wagh is a Marathi television and film actress. She is known for her performances in Asmita and in Ti Phulrani.
Family Katta is an Indian Marathi-language comedy-drama film directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni and produced by Vandana Gupte. Released in India on 7 October 2016, the film has a star cast of more than 10 actors which includes Dilip Prabhavalkar, Vandana Gupte, Alok Rajwade, Gauri Nalawade, Kiran Karmarkar, Prateeksha Lonkar, Sachin Deshpande, Sulekha Talwalkar, Sanjay Khapre, Sai Tamhankar and Aadesh Shrivastava. The plot revolves around an elderly couple Madhukar Sabnis and Malati Sabnis based in Pune who plan a reunion on their 50th wedding anniversary to resolve the differences between their children and grandchildren.
Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar were an Indian filmmaker duo working predominantly in Marathi cinema and Marathi theatre. Bhave and Sukthankar had made seventeen feature films, more than fifty short films, and four TV serials; all of which had been written by Bhave. Sunil Sukthankar, a Film and Television Institute of India graduate (1989) is also an actor and a lyricist. He has written more than 90 songs for their own films as well as various other Marathi and Hindi films. The duo had won various national and international accolades for the films Doghi (1995), Dahavi Fa (2002), Vastupurush (2002), Devrai (2004), Astu (2016) and Kaasav (2017). At the 64th National Film Awards, their feature film Kaasav won the prestigious President Golden Lotus National Award.
Mayuri Deshmukh is an Indian television and film actress. She is known for portraying Manasi Deshpande in Zee Marathi's Khulta Kali Khulena. Since November 2020, she is currently playing Prof. Malini Chaturvedi in StarPlus's Imlie.
Usha Naik is an Indian actress who works in Marathi films. She started her career as a background dancer in films.
Suchitra Bandekar is an Indian actress. She mainly works in Hindi and Marathi films and television.
Love Lagna Locha is an Indian Marathi television serial produced by Vidyadhar Pathare. It started airing on Zee Yuva from 22 August 2016 and ended on 17 February 2018.
Home Minister is an Indian Marathi reality game show which is aired on Zee Marathi. It was started on 13 September 2004. It is the Zee Marathi's third longest-running Indian television series in Marathi TV shows.
Basta is a 2021 Indian Marathi-language comedy drama film directed by Tanaji Ghadge and produced by Sunil Phadtare. The film stars Sayali Sanjeev, Subodh Bhave and Parth Bhalerao. It was released in India on 29 January 2021.
