# MFK Award for Favourite Actor

Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Award for Favourite Actor is given by Zee Talkies as part of its annual Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? ceremony for Marathi films. The award was first given in 2009.

## Superlatives

| Superlative | Actor | Record |
| Actor with most awards | Sachin Khedekar Riteish Deshmukh | 3 |
| Actor with most nominations | Sachin Khedekar Ankush Chaudhari Swapnil Joshi | 8 |
| Actor with most consecutive nominations | Sachin Khedekar (2010-2014) | 5 |
| Actor with most nominations without ever winning | Bharat Jadhav Atul Kulkarni Prathamesh Parab | 3 |
| Actor with most nominations in a single year | Sachin Khedekar (2021) | 3 |
| Actor with most nominations in a single year | Ankush Chaudhari (2015) Amey Wagh (2017) | 2 |
| Oldest winner | Prasad Oak (2022) | 48 |
| Oldest nominee | Dilip Prabhavalkar (2014) | 70 |
| Youngest winner | Akash Thosar (2016) | 23 |
| Youngest nominee | Srinivas Pokle (2018) | 8 |
* With three wins, Sachin Khedekar and Riteish Deshmukh have the most awards. Khedekar also holds the record for most consecutive wins, having won the award for three years in a row from 2010 to 2012.
* Actors who have won both Favourite Actor and Favourite Supporting Actor awards include Ankush Chaudhari, Sachin Khedekar and Prasad Oak.
* Two actors have won the Favourite Actor award for their debut performances: Riteish Deshmukh for Lai Bhaari (2014) and Akash Thosar for Sairat (2016). Other actors who got nominated in this category for their debut performances are Prathamesh Parab for Timepass (2014), Lalit Prabhakar for Chi Va Chi Sau Ka (2017) and Srinivas Pokle for Naal (2018).
* Akash Thosar became the youngest winner of the Favourite Actor award at the age of 23 for Sairat (2016), while Srinivas Pokle became the youngest Favourite Actor nominee in the history of MFK at the age of 8 for Naal (2018).
* Sachin Khedekar has the highest number of consecutive nominations, having been nominated for the award every year from 2010 till 2014; followed by Swapnil Joshi being nominated consecutive four times from 2013 to 2016 and winning the award in 2013 for Duniyadari.
* Ankush Chaudhari and Amey Wagh hold the record for the highest number of Favourite Actor nominations in a single year. Chaudhari has been nominated twice in 2015 and Wagh in 2017.
* Swapnil Joshi, Parth Bhalerao, Prathamesh Parab and Makarand Anaspure are the only actors to be nominated twice for the same role. Joshi achieved this feat twice in the Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai franchise, being nominated for his role as Gautam Pradhan (in 2011 for Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai and in 2016 for Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2). Parth Bhalerao as nominated in two consecutive year 2017 and 2018 for his role as Dhungraj in Boyz and Boyz 2. Prathamesh Parab was nominated in 2014 and 2022 for his role as Dagadu Parab in Timepass and Timepass 3 and Makarand Anaspure was nominated in 2009 and 2022 for his role as Makarand Jadhav in De Dhakka and De Dhakka 2, winning in 2009.
* Dagadu Parab is the only character for which two Favourite Actor awards were nominated, both Prathamesh Parab (in 2014 and 2022) and Priyadarshan Jadhav (in 2015) nominated for Timepass.

## Winners and nominees

| Year | Actor | Role(s) | Film |
| 2009 | Makarand Anaspure † | Makarand Jadhav | De Dhakka |
| 2009 | Sachin Pilgaonkar | Mukund (Kandya) Satpute | Amhi Satpute |
| 2009 | Bharat Jadhav | Galgale | Galgale Nighale |
| 2009 | Ankush Chaudhari | Vicky | Uladhaal |
| 2010 | Sachin Khedekar † | Dinkar Bhosale | Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy |
| 2010 | Atul Kulkarni | Guna Kagalkar | Natarang |
| 2010 | Girish Kulkarni | Mangesh Nadkarni | Gandha |
| 2010 | Upendra Limaye | Tayappa | Jogwa |
| 2011 | Sachin Khedekar † | Shridhar | Taryanche Bait |
| 2011 | Bharat Jadhav | Madhukar Rane | Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho |
| 2011 | Sachit Patil | Arjun | Arjun |
| 2011 | Swapnil Joshi | Gautam Pradhan | Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai |
| 2011 | Subodh Bhave | Balgandharva | Balgandharva |
| 2012 | Sachin Khedekar † | Hari Dada Damle | Kaksparsh |
| 2012 | Girish Kulkarni | Keshav Rambhol | Deool |
| 2012 | Jitendra Joshi | Tukaram | Tukaram |
| 2012 | Bharat Jadhav | Ravi | One Room Kitchen |
| 2012 | Makarand Anaspure | Dattu | Dambis |
| 2013 | Swapnil Joshi † | Shreyas Talwalkar | Duniyadari |
| 2013 | Sachin Pilgaonkar | Arun Deshpande | Ekulti Ek |
| 2013 | Atul Kulkarni | Ram Subramanyam | Premachi Goshta |
| 2013 | Vikram Gokhale | Ratnakar | Anumati |
| 2013 | Sachin Khedekar | Ramchandra Gokhale | Kokanastha |
| 2014 | Riteish Deshmukh † | Prince/Maauli | Lai Bhaari |
| 2014 | Swapnil Joshi | Satyajeet Pathak | Mangalashtak Once More |
| 2014 | Sachin Khedekar | Vyankatesh Kulkarni | Pitruroon |
| 2014 | Mahesh Manjrekar | Pradeep Sharma | Rege |
| 2014 | Prathamesh Parab | Dagadu Parab | Timepass |
| 2014 | Dilip Prabhavalkar | Narba | Narbachi Wadi |
| 2015 | Ankush Chaudhari † | Satya | Classmates |
| 2015 | Ankush Chaudhari | Amit Naik | Double Seat |
| 2015 | Nana Patekar | Prakash Amte | Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero |
| 2015 | Swapnil Joshi | Amar | Pyaar Vali Love Story |
| 2015 | Atul Kulkarni | Niranjan | Happy Journey |
| 2015 | Priyadarshan Jadhav | Dagadu Parab | Timepass 2 |
| 2016 | Akash Thosar † | Prashant (Parshya) Kale | Sairat |
| 2016 | Nana Patekar | Ganpat Belvalkar | Natsamrat |
| 2016 | Subodh Bhave | Sadashiv Gurav | Katyar Kaljat Ghusali |
| 2016 | Swapnil Joshi | Gautam Pradhan | Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2 |
| 2016 | Ankush Chaudhari | Suryakant | Dagadi Chawl |
| 2017 | Amey Wagh † | Banesh Fene | Faster Fene |
| 2017 | Amey Wagh | Alok | Muramba |
| 2017 | Lalit Prabhakar | Satyaprakash | Chi Va Chi Sau Ka |
| 2017 | Ankush Chaudhari | Anurag | Ti Saddhya Kay Karte |
| 2017 | Jitendra Joshi | Prasanna Kamerkar | Ventilator |
| 2017 | Parth Bhalerao | Dhungraj | Boyz |
| 2018 | Subodh Bhave † | Vilas | Pushpak Vimaan |
| 2018 | Parth Bhalerao | Dhungraj | Boyz 2 |
| 2018 | Srinivas Pokle | Chaitya | Naal |
| 2018 | Om Bhutkar | Rahul (Rahulya) Patil | Mulshi Pattern |
| 2018 | Bhausaheb Shinde | Baban | Baban |
| 2019 | Lalit Prabhakar † | Gopal Joshi | Anandi Gopal |
| 2019 | Swapnil Joshi | Sunil Kulkarni | Mogra Phulaalaa |
| 2019 | Ankush Chaudhari | Krishna | Triple Seat |
| 2019 | Chinmay Mandlekar | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj | Fatteshikast |
| 2019 | Prathamesh Parab | Thoke | Takatak |
| 2019 | Sanjay Narvekar | Anna | Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2 |
| 2021 | Riteish Deshmukh † | Prince/Maauli | Lai Bhaari |
| 2021 | Sachin Khedekar | Dinkar Bhosale | Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy |
| 2021 | Sachin Khedekar | Shridhar | Taryanche Bait |
| 2021 | Sachin Khedekar | Hari Dada Damle | Kaksparsh |
| 2021 | Akash Thosar | Prashant (Parshya) Kale | Duniyadari |
| 2021 | Swapnil Joshi | Shreyas Talwalkar | Duniyadari |
| 2021 | Ankush Chaudhari | Satya | Classmates |
| 2021 | Amey Wagh | Banesh Fenw | Faster Fene |
| 2021 | Subodh Bhave | Vilas | Pushpak Vimaan |
| 2021 | Lalit Prabhakar | Gopal Joshi | Anandi Gopal |
| 2022 | Prasad Oak † | Anand Dighe | Dharmaveer |
| 2022 | Adinath Kothare | Daulatrao Deshmane | Chandramukhi |
| 2022 | Amey Wagh | Sudhir Joshi | Zombivli |
| 2022 | Lalit Prabhakar | Vishwas/Jaggu | Zombivli |
| 2022 | Bhau Kadam | Pandu | Pandu |
| 2022 | Sharad Kelkar | Baji Prabhu Deshpande | Har Har Mahadev |
| 2022 | Prathamesh Parab | Dagadu Parab | Timepass 3 |
| 2022 | Makarand Anaspure | Makarand Jadhav | De Dhakka 2 |
| 2023 | Riteish Deshmukh † | Satya Jadhav | Ved |
| 2023 | Ankush Chaudhari | Shahir Sable | Maharashtra Shahir |
| 2023 | Swapnil Joshi | Aniket | Vaalvi |
| 2023 | Subodh Bhave | Dr. Anshuman | Vaalvi |
| 2023 | Nagraj Manjule | Inspector Raya Patil | Ghar Banduk Biryani |
| 2023 | Ajay Purkar | Tanaji Malusare | Subhedar |