Maharashtrachi Hasyajatra

Indian Marathi-language comedy television show

Sai Tamhankar
Prasad Oak
Alka Kubal
Makarand Anaspure
Mahesh Kothare
Siddhartha Jadhav
Sonali Kulkarni
Pushkar Shrotri

Country of originIndiaOriginal languageMarathiNo. of seasons5No. of episodes803ProductionExecutive producerDashrath ShirsatProducersSachin Goswami
Sachin MoteCamera setupMulti-cameraRunning time45-90 minutesProduction companyWet Cloud ProductionOriginal releaseNetworkSony MarathiRelease22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) –
present

Maharashtrachi Hasyajatra (transl. Comedy fair of Maharashtra) is an Indian Marathi-language comedy show which premiered on Sony Marathi on 22 August 2018.

It is produced by Sachin Goswami and Sachin Mote under the banner of Wet Cloud Production. It is hosted by Prajakta Mali.^[1]^[2]

Season summary

Year	Season	Host	Judges	Winners
2018	Maharashtrachi Hasyajatra 1	Prajakta Mali	Sai Tamhankar Prasad Oak	Gaurav More Vanita Kharat
2019	Maharashtrachi Hasyajatra 2	Prajakta Mali	Sai Tamhankar Prasad Oak Mahesh Kothare	Prithvik Pratap Sheetal Kulkarni
2020	Maharashtrachi Hasyajatra – Vindoacha Nava Hangam	Prajakta Mali	Sai Tamhankar Prasad Oak Alka Kubal Makarand Anaspure	Shramesh Betkar Prathamesh Shivalkar
2021	Maharashtrachi Hasyajatra - Navya Korya Vinodacha Punha Hangam	Prajakta Mali	Sai Tamhankar Prasad Oak

Concept

It is a Marathi language stand up comedy reality show where popular Marathi actors and professional comedians perform skits on stage. Skits' duration is around 12 to 15 minutes. First of all host of show (Prajakta Mali) briefly introduces subject of skit to audience & Judges (Prasad Oak, Sai Tamhankar). Then all comedians perform their act (skit). Judges give them comments as per their performances. As this show has been extremely popular, many celebrities too use this platform for promoting their films, dramas and webseries & they also take part in skit as guest performer.^[3]

Judges

Judges	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3
Sai Tamhankar	Main (2018–present)
Prasad Oak	Main (2018–present)
Mahesh Kothare		Main (2019)
Alka Kubal			Main (2020)
Makarand Anaspure			Main (2020)
Siddharth Jadhav		Recurring (2019-2021)
Pushkar Shrotri		Recurring (2019-2020)

Guest Judge

Cast

Color key: Hasya Khurda; Hasya Budruk

Cast	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4
Prasad Khandekar	Captain (2018–present)
Namrata Sambherao	Captain (2018)	Quit	Captain (2019–present)
Samir Chaughule	Captain (2018–present)
Vishakha Subhedar	Captain (2018 - 2022)
Gaurav More	Winner (2018)	Performer (2019–present)
Vanita Kharat	Winner (2018)	Performer (2019)	Performer (2019) and Captain (2019)	Performer (2019–present)
Shramesh Betkar	Runner-up (2018)	Performer (2019)	Winner (2019)	Performer (2022)
Prathamesh Shivalkar	Runner-up (2018)	Performer (2019)	Winner (2019)	Performer (2022)
Rasika Vengurlekar	2nd Runner-up (2018)	Performer (2019–present)
Mukesh Jadhav	2nd Runner-up (2018)	Not Participated		Not Participated
Anvita Phaltankar	3rd Runner-up (2018)	Quit
Mandar Mandavkar	3rd Runner-up (2018)	Quit
Sayali Parab	4th Runner-up (2018)	Performer (2019–present)
Nitin Jadhav		Quit
Ajay Kamble		Quit
Bhakti Ratnaparkhi	5th Runner-up (2018)	Performer (2019)	Quit	Quit
Ashutosh Wadekar	5th Runner-up (2018)	Quit		Quit
Shailesh Korde	6th Runner-up (2018)			Quit
Mahendra Khillare	6th Runner-up (2018)			Quit
Ankit Mhatre	7th Runner-up (2018)			Quit
Mayuri Mohite	7th Runner-up (2018)			Quit
Pandharinath Kamble	Guest Performer (2018)	Captain (2019–2022)
Arun Kadam		Captain (2019–present)
Anshuman Vichare		Captain (2019–2022)
Prabhakar More		Performer (2019–2022)
Suhas Paranjape		Performer (2019-2021)
Sandesh Upashyam		Performer (2019-2020)		Quit
Rohit Chavan		Performer (2019-2020)		Quit
Shyam Rajput		Performer (2019–2022)
Prithvik Pratap	Not Participated	Winner (2019)	Quit	Performer (2021–present)
Sheetal Kulkarni	Not Participated	Winner (2019)	Quit	Quit
Shivali Parab	Not Participated	Runner-up (2019)	Performer (July 2020 – present)
Shivali Parab	Not Participated		Performer (2019)	Quit
Sachin Gavade	Not Participated		Performer (2020)	Quit
Nimish Kulkarni		2nd Runner-up (2019)	Performer (July 2020 – June 2022)
Nimish Kulkarni			Performer (2019)	Quit
Chetana Bhat	Not Participated		Performer (2019–2022)
Renuka Bodhankar		3rd Runner-up (2018)	Quit	Quit
Akshay Joshi		3rd Runner-up (2018)	Quit	Quit
Kiran Dange		4th Runner-up (2018)	Quit	Quit
Niyati Ghate		4th Runner-up (2018)	Quit	Quit
Akshay Dhamal		5th Runner-up (2018)	Quit	Quit
Pranita Salunkhe		5th Runner-up (2018)	Quit	Quit
Ashish Pawar		Quit	Performer (July 2020 - 2021)	Quit
Onkar Bhojane		Performer (2019–2022)
Bhushan Kadu		Quit	Performer (July 2020 - 2021)

Priyadarshani Indalkar (2020-2022)
Nikhil Bane (2018-2022)
Dattu More (2022)
Viraj Jagtap (2022)
Ashish Pawar (2022)
Rohit Mane (2022)

Guests Comedians

Sulekha Talwalkar
Anupama Takmoghe
Atul Todankar
Prajakta Hanamghar
Anand Ingale
Surekha Kudachi
Chinmayee Sumeet
Suvedha Desai
Rujuta Deshmukh
Bhargavi Chirmule
Bharat Jadhav
Meghana Erande
Jyoti Subhash
Apurva Nemlekar^[4]
Subodh Bhave
Prasad Jawade
Vijay Nikam
Mahesh Manjrekar
Lalit Prabhakar
Rohit Raut
Subhash Ghai
Rohit Haldikar
Sonali Parchure
Vijay Patkar
Atul Gogavale
Bhuvan Bam
Akshay Tanksale
Ranveer Singh

References

^ "Prajakta Mali excited to host Maharashtrachi Hasya Jatra once again - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ "Prajakta Mali Vs Sai Tamhankar: Who Dresses Their Best On The Sets Of Maharashtrachi Hasya Jatra?". IWMBuzz. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ "Prajakta Mali Asks Fans To Spot Her in Picture Celebrating 500 Episodes of Her Show". News18. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ "Ratris Khel Chale fame Apurva Nemlekar to feature in Maharashtrachi Hasya Jatra - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 April 2022.