Maharashtracha Favourite Kon?

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. 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.

History

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.

Awards

Favourite Film
Favourite Director
Favourite Actor
Favourite Actress
Favourite Supporting Actor
Favourite Supporting Actress
Favourite Comedian
Favourite Villain
Favourite Song
Favourite Male Debut
Favourite Female Debut
Favourite Playback Singer
Favourite Playback Singer
MFK Award for Style Icon of the Year
MFK Award for Popular Face of the Year
Critics
Favourite Film
Favourite Director
Favourite Actor
Favourite Actress
Favourite Writer
Favourite Lyricist
Ceremony

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.

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

2009

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.

De Dhakka * Sanai Choughade * Aamhi Satpute	Sachin Pilgaonkar & Supriya Pilgaonkar – Aamhi Satpute * Makarand Anaspure & Siddhartha Jadhav – De Dhakka * Sachin Pilgaonkar & Ashok Saraf – Aamhi Satpute
Makarand Anaspure – De Dhakka * Bharat Jadhav – Galgale Nighale * Ankush Chaudhari – Uladhaal	Supriya Pilgaonkar – Aamhi Satpute * Madhura Velankar – Uladhaal * Sai Tamhankar – Sanai Choughade
Siddhartha Jadhav – De Dhakka * Nirmiti Sawant – Sasu Numbari Jawai Dus Numbari * Makarand Anaspure – Sasu Numbari Jawai Dus Numbari	Siddhartha Jadhav – Galgale Nighale * Ramesh Deo – Galgale Nighale * Lokesh Gupte – Uladhaal
"Morya Morya" – Uladhaal * "De Dhakka" – De Dhakka * "Gori Gauri" – Galgale Nighale	Ankush Chaudhari * Sachin Pilgaonkar * Shreyas Talpade
Sai Tamhankar * Hemangi Kavi * Siyaa Patil	-

2010

The ceremony was hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar.
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.

Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy * Natarang * Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho * Gallit Gondhal, Dillit Mujra * Ek Daav Dhobi Pachhad	Santosh Manjrekar – Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy * Ravi Jadhav – Natarang * Mahesh Manjrekar – Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho
Sachin Khedekar – Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy * Bharat Jadhav – Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho * Atul Kulkarni – Natarang	Sonalee Kulkarni – Natarang * Amruta Khanvilkar – Gaiir * Girija Oak – Huppa Huiyya
Ashok Saraf – Ek Daav Dhobi Pachhad * Makarand Anaspure – Gallit Gondhal, Dillit Mujra * Sidhartha Jadhav – Huppa Huiyya	Sayaji Shinde – Gallit Gondhal, Dillit Mujra * Ankush Chaudhari – Gaiir * Ganesh Yadav – Huppa Huiyya
Ajay Gogavale – "Khel Mandla" – Natarang * Dnyaneshwar Meshram – "Vitthala Konta Zenda" – Zenda * Sukhwinder Singh – "O Raje" – Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy	Bela Shende – "Wajle Ki Bara" – Natarang * Kalpana – "Galit Gondhal" – Gallit Gondhal, Dillit Mujra * Bela Shende – "Apsara Aali" – Natarang
"Wajle Ki Bara" – Natarang * "O Raje" – Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy * "Vitthala Konta Zenda" – Zenda	Mahesh Manjrekar – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy * Kishore Kadam – Pandoba for Natarang * Subodh Bhave – Parkhadkar Master for Ek Daav Dhobi Pachhad
Ankush Chaudhari * Atul Kulkarni * Mahesh Manjrekar	Sonalee Kulkarni * Amruta Khanvilkar * Priya Bapat

2011

The ceremony was hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar.
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.

Mee Sindhutai Sapkal * Lalbaug Parel * Taryanche Bait * Balgandharva * Fakta Ladh Mhana	Mahesh Manjrekar – Lalbaug Parel * Ananth Mahadevan – Mee Sindhutai Sapkal * Kiran Yadnyopavit – Taryanche Bait * Ravi Jadhav – Balgandharva * Sanjay Jadhav – Fakta Ladh Mhana
Sachin Khedekar – Taryanche Bait * Subodh Bhave – Balgandharva * Swapnil Joshi – Mumbai Pune Mumbai * Bharat Jadhav – Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho * Sachit Patil – Arjun	Tejaswini Pandit – Mee Sindhutai Sapkal * Mukta Barve – Mumbai Pune Mumbai * Madhura Velankar – Haapus * Amruta Khanvilkar – Arjun * Urmilla Kothare – Mala Aai Vhhaychy!
Siddhartha Jadhav – Lalbaug Parel * Balchandra Kadam – Mast Challay Amcha * Sanjay Narvekar – Fakta Ladh Mhana	Vishakha Subhedar – Mast Challay Amcha * Veena Jamkar – Lalbaug Parel * Jyoti Chandekar – Mee Sindhutai Sapkal
Sachin Khedekar – Fakta Ladh Mana * Sameer Dharmadhikari – Lalbaug Parel * Vidyadhar Joshi – Haapus	"Hey Bhaskara" – Mee Sindhutai Sapkal * "Chinmaya Sakal Hridaya" – Balgandharva * "Kadhi Tu" – Mumbai Pune Mumbai
Suresh Wadkar – "Hey Bhaskara" – Mee Sindhutai Sapkal * Hrishikesh Ranade – "Kadhi Tu" – Mumbai Pune Mumbai * Anand Bhate – "Chinmaya Sakal Hridaya" – Balgandharva	Bela Shende – "Aaj Mhare Ghar Pavana" – Balgandharva * Devki Pandit – "Itkech Mala Jatana" – Mee Sindhutai Sapkal * Urmila Dhangar – "Amhi Nahi Ja" – Ideachi Kalpana
Ideachi Kalpana * Shahanpan Dega Deva * Mast Challay Amcha	Makarand Anaspure – Guldasta * Ashok Saraf – Ideachi Kalpana * Bharat Jadhav – Mast Challay Aamcha
Aniket Vishwasrao * Jitendra Joshi * Santosh Juvekar	Kranti Redkar * Tejaswini Pandit * Urmila Kanetkar

2012

The ceremony was hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar.
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.

Kaksparsh * Tukaram * Shala * Morya * Deool	Mahesh Manjrekar – Kaksparsh * Chandrakanth Kulkarni – Tukaram * Umesh Kulkarni – Deool * Sujay Dahake – Shala * Avadhoot Gupte – Morya
Sachin Khedekar – Kaksparsh * Jitendra Joshi – Tukaram * Bharat Jadhav – One Room Kitchen * Girish Kulkarni – Deool * Makarand Anaspure – Dambis	Amruta Khanvilkar – Zhakaas * Bhargavi Chirmule – One Room Kitchen * Radhika Apte – Tukaram * Priya Bapat – Kaksparsh * Mukta Barve – Badam Rani Gulam Chor
Jitendra Joshi – Zhakaas * Anand Ingale – Badam Rani Gulam Chor * Hrishikesh Joshi – Masala * Pandarinath Kamble – Yedyanchi Jatra * Ketan Pawar - Shala	Savita Malpekar – Kaksparsh * Atisha Naik – Deool * Vishakha Subhedar – Yedyanchi Jatra * Medha Manjrekar – Kaksparsh * Sai Tamhankar – Zhakaas
Vaibhav Mangle – Kaksparsh * Vidyadhar Joshi – Sharyat * Murali Sharma – Ajintha	"Ganadhisha" – Morya * "Deva Tula Shodhu Kutha" – Deool * "Jaganyacha Paya" – Tukaram
Avadhoot Gupte – "Ganadhisha" – Morya * Swapnil Bandodkar – "Swapnatli Pari Tu" – Satrangi Re * Dnyashwar Meshram – "Jaganyacha Paya" – Tukaram	Urmila Dhangar – "Welcome Ho Raya Welcome" – Deool * Rajashree Patak – "Kuthe Paath Phiravun" – Kaksparsh * Hamsika Iyer – "Mann Chimb Pavasali" – Ajintha
Zhakaas * Yedyanchi Jatra * Teen Bayka Fajiti Aika	Makarand Anaspure – Teen Bayka Fajiti Aika * Ankush Chaudhari – Zhakaas * Bharat Jadhav – Yedyanchi Jatra * Sachin Pilgaonkar – Teecha Baap Tyacha Baap * Vijay Patkar – Lau Ka Laath
Ankush Chaudhari * Adinath Kothare * Santosh Juvekar	Ketaki Mategaonkar * Sai Tamhankar * Amruta Khanvilkar