''Bigg Boss Marathi 1'' is the first season of the Marathi version of the

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show ''

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'' broadcast in India. The grand premiere was held on 15 April 2018 on

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and

Mahesh Manjrekar Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɦeːʃ maːɲd͡zɾekəɾ born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi language, ...

hosted this season of the show. For this season of ''Bigg Boss'', a lavish house set has been constructed in

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. The Grand Finale aired on 22 July 2018 and

Usha Nadkarni Usha Nadkarni (née Kalbag; born 13 September 1946) is an Indian actress. She predominantly works in Hindi and Marathi language, Marathi industry. She is best known for her role of Savita Deshmukh in the show ''Pavitra Rishta''. She participa ...

was declared as the winner and

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as the Runner-up.

Housemates status

Housemates

Original entrants

The housemates in the alphabetical order: * Aarti Solanki - Comedian who participating the comedy reality show '' Fu Bai Fu'' and the dancing reality show ''

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''. * Aastad Kale - Television actor who has appeared in television show ''

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''. * Anil Thatte - Journalist. * Bhushan Kadu - Comedian and actor who appeared in the Marathi reality show Comedy Express. *

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- Television actress who was in the television show ''

''. *

Megha Dhade Megha Dhade is an Indian actress. In 2018, she participated and became the winner of the first season of '' Bigg Boss Marathi 1'' and later participated in '' Bigg Boss 12'' as a wild card contestant. Early life She was born on 22 May in a midd ...

- Film actress who has appeared in several Marathi films, including ''Superstar''. She also participated in the Marathi reality show ''

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''. *

- Film actor and producer who participated in

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Dancing reality shows. *

Rajesh Shringarpure Rajesh Shringarpure (born 29 October 1977) is an Indian film and television actor who appears in Hindi cinema and Marathi cinema.He had played the role of Malhar Rao Holkar in television serial '' Punyashlok Ahilyabai'' on which is being aired ...

- Film and television actor. who acted in many Marathi films, including Zenda, Swarajya and Television serials. *

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- Film and television actress who has appeared in many Marathi and Bollywood Films. She also did a small role in Bollywood Movie

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. * Rutuja Dharmadhikari - Television actress who rose to fame after her performance in a Marathi horror show '' Ratris Khel Chale''. * Sai Lokur - Film actress and model. She is known for her role in Bollywood film

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alongside

Kapil Sharma Kapil Sharma (born Kapil Punj; 2 April 1981) is an Indian stand-up comedian, television host, actor, dubbing artist, producer and singer. Sharma is the host on the stand-up comedy and talk show ''The Great Indian Kapil Show'' and ''The Kapil Sh ...

. *

Smita Gondkar Smita Gondkar is an Indian actress who works primarily in Marathi and Hindi films. She was also featured in the Marathi music video "Pappi De Parula". She was a contestant on '' Bigg Boss Marathi 1.'' Career Smita Gondkar has worked in the Uni ...

- Film actress, model and

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who rose to fame after her appearance in Marathi music video ''Pappi De Paarula''. * Sushant Shelar - Film actor who did many Marathi plays and

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s. *

- Film and television actress who has appeared in Marathi and Bollywood films. She is known for her Performance in Hindi daily soap ''

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''. * Vineet Bhonde - Television actor who appeared in Marathi comedy show ''

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''.

Wild-Card entrants

Sharmishtha Raut Sharmishtha Raut-Desai (née Raut) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Marathi films and television. Early life and career Raut was born on 22 April 1984, and raised in Mumbai. At a very young age, she started learning Bharatanaty ...

- Television actress. She mainly acted in Marathi television serials. *

Tyagraj Khadilkar Tyagraj Khadilkar is an Indian singer, music composer, actor and host in Marathi cinema, Marathi film industry. He was the contestant of Bigg Boss Marathi (season 1), Bigg Boss Marathi 1 and was Evicted on Day 56. Childhood Tyagraj Khadilkar ...

- an actor and singer * Nandkishor Chaughule - an actor and comedian.

Guest entrant

Harshada Khanvilkar Harshada Khanvilkar (born 2 July 1973) is an Indian television, film actress, producer and costume designer. She known for her role in ''Pudhcha Paaul'' as Akkasaheb, in ''Rang Majha Vegla'' as Saundarya Inamdar and in ''Lakshmi Niwas'' as Laksh ...

- Television actress. She is known for her performance in ''

'' as Akkasaheb. She was guest for 1 week.

Guest appearances

Special episode (4 hours)

* 15 April 2018 * 22 July 2018

Nominations table

Notes

: indicates the House Captain. : indicates that the Housemate was directly nominated for eviction prior to the regular nominations process. : indicates that the Housemate was granted immunity from nominations. : indicates that the Housemate was in the Secret Room. *: On Day 1, housemates had to choose 4 housemates for being the House Captain. In the task, Vineet won the House Captain title, Sai won Immunity & Anil was directly nominated. *: On Day 7, Aarti had a power to give immunity to one housemate for the next week. She chose Usha to be immune. *: On Day 22, Rajesh was fake evicted and moved to the secret room. *: Nomination was a part of a task. *: Housemates had to mutually decide to nominate 5 housemates for eviction. *: Harshada stayed for a week as a Guest. *: Voting lines were closed for the week, as Rutuja walked due to illness. *: On Day 52, Sushant walked from the house due to illness. *: This week, House Captain had a special power to directly nominate one housemate for eviction. Sai chose to nominate Smita. *: This week the voting lines are closed. *: Prior to the nomination. Both wild-cards Nandkishor & Sharmishtha were given a secret task. If they succeeded, they will be immune from nomination, but both of them failed and they were directly nominated for eviction. *: For this week, Public voted to win and not to save.

References

External links

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