From Veena Jagtap's sudden exit from Aai Mazi Kalubai to Bhushan Pradhan's TV comeback after 8 years, a look at the newsmakers of Marathi television

The last few days have also been eventful yet controversial in the Marathi television industry. Actors from the industry entertained the audience, while a few surprised everyone with their big announcements. Here are the newsmakers of Marathi TV.

Marathi TV show Aai Mazi Kalubai TV has been abuzz ever since its launch. A few months ago, the lead actress of the show Prajakta Gaikwad was axed by producer Alka Kubal due to her alleged unprofessionalism and Veena Jagtap replaced her as Aarya. Recently, the show witnessed a major change. Veena Jagtap, who replaced Prajakta Gaikwad, left the show midway. The close source to ETimes TV said, "Veena decided to quit due to her health issues. She was keeping unwell for the last couple of days and had been facing major health issues due to back-to-back shoot schedules."

Actress Bhagyashree Limaye on Thursday took to social media to inform everyone that her father, Madhav Limaye, has passed away. She posted a picture with her father and wrote, "Rest in peace Baba," According to sources, her father was undergoing treatment in Solapur for severe illness.

Maharashtra has been witnessing a spike in COVID-19 cases from the past few days, and celebrities from films and TV like Bharat Jadhav, Kishori Shahane, Leena Bhagwat, Subodh Bhave took their vaccination shots and shared their vaccination moment on social media. The actors also thanked the BMC officials and urged everyone to wear masks and use sanitizers.

Veteran actress Shashikala Jawalkar Saigal passed away at her residence on April 4 (Sunday). The actress breathed her last at the age of 88. Shashikala was a part of the blockbuster Marathi movie Lek Chalali Sasarla which featured renowned actress Alka Kubal. Reminiscing memories of Shashikala, Alka told Etimes TV, "In Lek Chalali Sasarla, she was playing a grey shade character of my on-screen mother-in-law, and I was playing a Bholi daughter-in-law who faces domestic violence by her. One day we were shooting for a scene where she had to pull my hair, and she did it so hard that I started crying after that scene. She later revealed to everyone that she did that purposely because she wanted me to give real expressions to the camera.”

Aai Mazi Kalubai's lead actress Veena Jagtap left the show midway due to her health issues, and Freshers fame Rashmi Anpat stepped into her shoes. Talking about her replacement, Rashmi said, "I am getting a mixed reaction from the audience. I know it's hard for them also to accept me as Aarya. It might take some time, but I will try my best to impress everyone."

Marathi actress Meera Joshi, who rose to fame with the TV shows and films, recently made her fans proud with her recent exertion. The actress performed at the World's highest Shiva Temple, famously known as Tungnath (located in Uttarakhand), and created a world record in high range book of world records. Interestingly, Meera Joshi also became the first actress to achieve this.

Marathi actress and Sangeet Samrat host Urmila Nimbalkar is going to be a mommy soon. She shared the good news by posting a picture on social media that saw her cradling her baby bump. This will be the first child for the actress. Urmila and Sukirt tied the knot 8 years ago in a low-key wedding ceremony. The couple is happy together and often gives major couple goals on social media.

Bigg Boss Marathi 2 and Aai Kuthe Kay Karte actress Rupali Bhosle recently surprised fans by posting a picture of mangalsutra and captioned it as "Finally... It's happening". The picture of mangalsutra and the caption took her fans by surprise, and a few also were assuming that Rupali is soon going to tie the knot. Rupali opened up about it in a chat with Etimes TV. She said, "Well, I just want to inform everyone that yes, there will be a wedding that will soon happen but not mine but my brother, Sanket's. My brother Sanket will tie the knot soon, and we all have started shopping for his wedding. We bought a nice Mangalsutra for his wife, and that picture was all about it, and It's going to be a special day for me.”

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan's TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati has inspired different versions in other Indian languages. In Marathi, the show is titled as Kon Honaar Crorepati (KHC), and the TV show is now all set to entertain the viewers soon with a new season. As per the close sources, the most awaited show, Kon Honaar Crorepati, received a record-breaking response compared to its previous seasons. (PC - Instagram)

Actor Bhushan Pradhan, who began his career with television, is set to return to the small screen after eight years. Bhushan was last seen in the Marathi serial 'Pinjara'. Now, Bhushan is all set to play Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in his upcoming Marathi show titled 'Jay Bhavani, Jay Shivaji. (PC - Instagram)