Bigg Boss Marathi

Bigg Boss Marathi
The eye logo of Bigg Boss Marathi Season 3 with host Mahesh Manjrekar
Based on	Bigg Boss
Presented by	Mahesh Manjrekar
Voices of	Ratnakar Tardalkar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Marathi
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	297 (as of 26 December 2021)
Production
Production locations	Lonavala (Season 1) Goregaon (Season 2 & 3)
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Endemol India
Release
Original network	Colors Marathi (Season 1–3)
Original release	15 April 2018 (2018-04-15) – 26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)

Bigg Boss (or colloquially Bigg Boss Marathi) is the Marathi-language version of the reality television programme Bigg Boss based on Big Brother and airs on Colors Marathi. Mahesh Manjrekar is the host of this show.

The third season was planned to launch in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] However, the makers officially announced that the launch of season 3 will be on 19 September 2021 onwards.^[2]

Overview[]

Concept[]

Bigg Boss Marathi is a reality show based on the Hindi show Bigg Boss which too was based on the original Dutch Big Brother format developed by John de Mol Jr. A number of contestants (known as "housemates") live in a purpose-built house and are isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, housemates nominate two of their fellow housemates for eviction, and the housemates who receives the most nominations would face a public vote. Eventually, one housemate would leave after being "evicted" from the House. In the final week, there will be five housemates. remaining, and the public will vote for who they wanted to win. Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the Marathi version uses celebrities as housemates, not members of the general public.

The house[]

The house is well-furnished and decorated. It has a range of modern amenities, but just two bedrooms, living area, kitchen, store room, smoking room, and four toilet bath rooms. There is a garden, pool, activity area and gym in the House. There is also a Confession Room, where the housemates may be called in by Bigg Boss for any kind of conversation, and for the nomination process. The House has no TV connection, no telephones, and no Internet connection. The set has been built on the place of Big Boss Hindi version. There are 100 cctv cameras which keep eye on contestants.

Rules[]

They are not supposed to tamper with any of the electronic equipment or any other thing in the House. They cannot leave the House premises at any time except when permitted to. They cannot discuss the nomination process with anyone. They cannot sleep in the day time. Also, they need to wear mic all the time and speak in only Marathi language. Sometimes, the housemates may be nominated for other reasons, such as nomination by a person who has achieved special privileges (via tasks or other things), for breaking rules or something else. If something is very serious, a contestant may be evicted directly. All the rules have never been told to the audience, the most prominent ones are clearly seen. The inmates are not permitted to talk in any other language than Marathi language.

Nomination[]

Nomination is a mandatory activity, usually taking place on first day of the week in which all housemates need to take part unless directed by Bigg Boss. Each housemate nominates two other housemates for eviction. Housemates getting maximum nomination votes will be nominated for eviction from the house in that week and undergoes public vote (through Voot) for retention. On the weekend episode, usually one contestant with lowest public votes will be evicted from the house. A housemate may also be directly nominated for eviction by that week's captain of the house or for other reasons by the Bigg Boss. Housemates who are awarded 'immunity' can not be nominated by other contestants. Immunity is automatically given to the week's captain and can be earned by contestants through winning specific tasks or achieving secret tasks given by Bigg Boss. Sometimes, the captain can make a contestant immune from nomination upon Bigg Boss' direction. The housemates are not allowed to discuss about the nominations or the nomination process with each other.

Captaincy[]

The captaincy concept was introduced in the second season. A captain is selected for every week by the Bigg Boss through specific tasks or elected by the housemates. A captain will have additional privileges in the form of immunity from nomination for that particular week, exemption from participating in the task activities and a separate bedroom with facilities more than that of other contestants. The captain will be exempted from nomination procedure for his/her captaincy week and will have power to either nominate a housemate directly or make a housemate immune from nomination or rescue a nominated housemate, depending on Bigg Boss' decisions. Captain's main duty is to supervise the weekly task and make sure the conditions and stipulations are met and task is performed well to procure the 'luxury budget' for the next week. Captains should also keep an eye on house rules and may punish a housemate for violating the rules.

Broadcast[]

Bigg Boss Marathi is aired on Colors Marathi. Everyday's episodes contain the main happenings of the previous day. Every weekend episode mainly focuses on an interview of the evicted contestant by the host.

Eviction[]

Contestants are nominated every week by their housemates. Viewers cast their vote in favour of the contestants they would like to save from eviction. The contestant with the fewest votes is evicted from the house.

Events[]

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Event	Nominations	Weekly task		Luxury budget task	Captaincy task	Interview	Eviction

Series details[]

Series		Host	House Location	Episodes		Originally aired			Days	Housemates	Prize Money	Winner	Runner-up
						First aired	Last aired	Network
	1	Mahesh Manjrekar	Lonavala	99		15 April 2018 (2018-04-15)	22 July 2018 (2018-07-22)	Colors Marathi	98	18	₹25 lakh (US$33,000)	Megha Dhade	Pushkar Jog
	2		Mumbai	99		26 May 2019 (2019-05-26)	1 September 2019 (2019-09-01)		98	17	₹25 lakh (US$33,000)	Shiv Thakare	Neha Shitole
	3			99		19 September 2021 (2021-09-19)	26 December 2021 (2021-12-26)		98	17	₹20 lakh (US$27,000)	Vishal Nikam	Jay Dudhane

Housemate pattern[]

Clique	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3
Film Star	Bhushan Kadu	Kishori Shahane	Surekha Kudachi
	Megha Dhade	Digambar Naik
	Pushkar Jog	Aroh Velankar
	Rajesh Shringarpure	Abhijeet Kelkar	Akshay Waghmare
	Resham Tipnis
	Sai Lokur	Neha Shitole
	Smita Gondkar
	Sushant Shelar	Vidyadhar Joshi	Avishkar Darwhekar
	Vinit Bhonde
	Sharmishtha Raut	Maithily Jawkar	Neetha Shetty
	Nandkishor Choughule
Television Star	Usha Nadkarni	Veena Jagtap	Vikas Patil
			Gayatri Datar
	Jui Gadkari	Shivani Surve	Sneha Wagh
			Vishhal Nikam
	Rutuja Dharmadhikari	Maadhav Deochake	Mira Jagannath
	Aastad Kale	Rupali Bhosale	Sonali Patil
		Neha Shitole	Adish Vaidya
Singer	Tyagraj Khadilkar	Vaishali Mhade	Utkarsh Shinde
			Santosh Choudhari
Journalist	Anil Thatte	None	None
Comedian	Aarti Solanki
Dancer	Pushkar Jog	Surekha Punekar
		Heena Panchal
Chef	None	Parag Kanhare
Political Personality		Abhijeet Bichukale	Trupti Desai
Reality Show Alumni		Shiv Thakare	Meenal Shah
			Jay Dudhane
Psalmodist		None	Shivlila Patil
Winner	Megha Dhade	Shiv Thakare	Vishal Nikam
Runner up	Pushkar Jog	Neha Shitole	Jay Dudhane

Controversies[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website at Colors Marathi