Badai Bungalow (transl. Bungalow for Boasting) is an Indian Malayalam sketch comedy and celebrity talk show hosted by Ramesh Pisharody, Mithun Ramesh, and Kalabhavan Navas that launched on Asianet from 2013. It airs every Saturday and Sunday at 8:00 PM. The second season of the show aired on every Friday at 9:30 PM.
Each episode features celebrity guests who usually appear to promote their latest films in a comedy-focussed talk show format. Several stars from Malayalam film and television industry has participated in this show. This show is inspired by Comedy Nights with Kapil.
Mukesh is a permanent guest in the show playing the role of Badai Bungalow's owner.[1] Due to high viewership, the air time was changed to every Sunday at 8:30 pm.[when?] It replaced the long-running comedy series Cinemala. The show ended on 3 June 2018.
The second season of the series premiered on 3 March 2019 on Asianet channel.
Controversy
Ramesh Pisharody's absence from the program for around a month led to a decrease in the show's popularity. The alternative host, Rajesh, falls short as a replacement for Pisharody, especially in bringing liveliness and engaging guests with humour rather than showering praise and epitomising them as beyond human which fails to ground with the Malayali audience. His absence or speculated termination was met with highly negative feedback through social media.[2][3] Though the main host of the show, Mukesh, said this was a temporary setback.
Rajesh, who was already popular as an anchor, later added a video featuring him with Mukesh, Pisharody, and Arya, clarifying this point. Later, Pisharody returned to the show, and the popularity increased again.
Cast
| Season 1 | Season 2 |
|---|---|
| Main cast | |
| Mukesh as Badai Bungalow's owner | |
| Ramesh Pisharody as Tenant at Badai Bungalow | Kalabhavan Navas as Tenant at Badai Bungalow |
| Manoj Guinness as Neighbor/Regular visitor | |
| Arya Rohit as Tenant's wife | Arya Rohit as Arya |
| Dharmajan Bolgatty as Servant at Badai Bungalow | Apsara as Tenant's wife |
| Praseetha Menon as Ammayi (Tenant's aunt) | |
| Recurring cast | |
| Veena Nair as Cheryammayi (Tenant's aunt) | Anu Joseph as Clara |
| Harisree Martin as a Regular visitor | Jaffar Idukki as Regular visitor |
| Nobi as Servant at Badai Bungalow | Ponnamma Babuas Regular visitor |
| Devi Chandana as kunjammayi | Anju Aravind as Mukesh's wife |
| Saritha.B.Nair as a Regular visitor | Sinoj Varghese as DJ Vicky, Ammayi's Husband |
| Sethu Lakshmi as Regular visitor | |
| Meera Muralidharan as Stella | |
| Apsara as Daisy (tenants at upstairs) | |
| Kishor as Vishnu Namboothiri (tenants at upstairs) | |
| Mamukkoya as Hamzakkoya | |
| Rajesh as Host (in absence of Pisharody) | Mithun Ramesh as Tenant at Badai Bungalow |
| Lakshmi Priya as Ammayi (in the absence of Praseetha) | Lakshmi Menon as Tenant's wife |
Popular guests (Season 1)
- Cine Actors
- Dulquer Salmaan
- Hemanth Menon
- Nishan K. P. Nanaiah
- Jacob Gregory
- Shritha Sivadas
- Innocent
- Seema
- Mohanlal
- Ambika
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma
- Urvashi
- Kalpana
- Jayaram
- Ratheesh Vegha
- Akshara Kishor
- Biju Menon
- Miya
- Shwetha Menon
- Surabhi Lakshmi
- Rima Kallingal
- Lal
- Arya (actor)
- Jayasurya
- Vinay Forrt
- Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
- Maniyanpilla Raju
- Mala Aravindan
- Govind Padmasoorya
- Muthumani
- Amala Paul
- Mamta Mohandas
- Navya Nair
- Methil Devika
- Manju Warriar
- Manoj K. Jayan
- Dileep
- Bhavana
- Anusree
- Unni Mukundan
- Tovino Thomas
- Wamiqa Gabbi
- Nivin Pauly
- Abrid Shine
- Aju Varghese
- Dhyan Sreenivasan
- Vineeth Sreenivasan
- Fahadh Faasil
- Soubin Shahir
- Shamna Kasim
- Honey Rose
- Meera Nandan
- Namitha Pramod
- Narain
- Riyaz Khan
- Ashokan
- Sai Kumar
- Sibi Malayil
- Sithara
- Kunchan (actor)
- Kavya Madhavan
- Nadia Moidu
- Roma Asrani
- Tini Tom
- Guinness Pakru
- Narayanankutty
- Janardanan
- Shivaji Guruvayoor
- Prem Kumar
- Salim Kumar
- Harisree Ashokan
- Kalabhavan Shajohn
- Mamukkoya
- Sudheer Karamana
- Nadirshah
- Renji Panicker
- Alleppey Ashraf
- Ranjini
- Suresh Krishna
- Music Industry
- Serial actors
- Sona Nair
- Roopa Sree and Meghna Vincent
- Rekha ratheesh and Kottayam Pradip
- Lishoy and Leona Lishoy
- Gayathri Arun
- Sonu and Chitra Shenoy
- Premi Vishwanath and Akshara Kishor
- Kishor Satya and Renu Soudhar
- Stand-up comedians
- Sports
- Magician Samraj
Popular Guests (season 2)
Awards
- Asianet comedy awards 2015 – Best Anchor – Ramesh Pisharody
- Flowers TV awards 2016–Best Anchor – Ramesh Pisharody
- Asianet Television Awards 2016 – Golden Star of the Year -Mukesh
- Asianet Television Awards 2016 – Entertainer of the Year – Ramesh Pisharody
- 2nd Asianet comedy awards 2016 – Versatile performance(TV)-Dharmajan
- 19th Asianet film awards Multifaceted Personality of the Year -Mukesh (actor)
- Santhadevi memorial awards 2017 for Best comedy actress -Arya Rohit
- 3rd Asianet comedy awards – Best Performer T.V. – Arya Rohit
- Asianet Television Awards 2018 – Golden Star of the Year -Mukesh
- Asianet Television Awards 2018 – Best Comedian (Non-Fiction) -Manoj Guinness
- 3rd Anand TV film awards – Multifaceted Personality (TV & Films) – Ramesh Pisharody
References
- ^ "'Badai Bungalow' – Inciting a Laugh Riot". newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Absence of Ramesh Pisharody in 'Badai Bungalow' disappoints audiences | Metromatinee". Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Ramesh Pisharody's absence from 'Badai Bungalow' causes uproar on social media - The Hindu". The Hindu.