Majaa Talkies

Majaa Talkies
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Genre	Comedy
Directed by	Srujan Lokesh
Presented by	Srujan Lokesh
Theme music composer	V Manohar
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Kannada
No. of episodes	125 as of 15 May 2016 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Srujan Lokesh
Production location(s)	Kanteerava Studios, Bengaluru; India
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Approx. 45 minutes
Production company(s)	Lokesh Productions
Release
Original network	ETV Kannada / Colors Kannada
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 360p (YouTube)
Original release	7 February 2015 (2015-02-07) – Present
Chronology
Related shows	Maja with Sruja Comedy Circle
External links
Majaa Talkies on Colors Kannada Website

Majaa Talkies (Kannada: ಮಜಾ ಟಾಕೀಸ್) is an Indian sketch comedy show that premiered on ETV Kannada (now Colors Kannada) on 7 February 2015. The episodes focus on comical scripts and usually feature celebrity guests who are invited on the show to promote their latest films in the comedy-focused talk show format. The show became Karnataka's highest rated scripted TV show in June 2015. As of September 2015, the show achieved maximum TRP and clinched the number one spot in Kannada television.

The show is hosted and directed by Srujan Lokesh, a popular artist of the Kannada Cinema. The format of the show was said to be based on a popular Hindi show aired on Colors TV, Comedy Nights with Kapil hosted by Kapil Sharma. However, Srujan Lokesh considers it as a sequel to Maja with Sruja, a comedy show that aired on Asianet Suvarna during 2010-11, hosted by Srujan himself.

The cast of the show includes few veterans in the field of Kannada Cinema and Theatre such as Mimicry Dayanand, V Manohar and Mandya Ramesh. V Manohar has also composed the title song for the show. The set for the show has been created at Kanteerava Studios, Bengaluru and episodes are shot here. The show broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays on Colors Kannada at 8:00 PM IST. All episodes will also become available online in full length on the official YouTube channel of Colors Kannada and the online streaming platform and app 'Voot' after the original airing.

Cast

Current Cast

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• Srujan Lokesh as Host / Srujan / Mr. Lokesh

Srujan is the main character of the show. He hosts the show while being the part of the scripted comedy. He is the tenant of Dayanand (Mimicry Dayanand), on the show and it is portrayed that he owes rent to the landlord for an undisclosed period of time. He is still the resident of Dayanand's place by through help offered by Honey, Dayanand's Daughter. Honey is also Srujan's romantic interest. His wife is Rani (Shwetha Chengappa), and it is shown that the couple haven't been happy since they have married.

• Indrajith Lankesh as Permanent guest / Mr. Lankesh / Ijila

Indrajith Lankesh is seated as a permanent guest in the show. He is often interactive with the script but majorly seen enjoying the happenings of the house. The script involves a love story between Indrajith and Varalakshmi (Aparna). He is referred as 'Mr. Lankesh' by Srujan and he refers Srujan as 'Mr. Lokesh' which is a symbolic portrayal of friendship between their fathers. He is also referred as 'Ijila' by Varalakshmi.

• Shwetha Chengappa as Rani

Rani (Shwetha Chengappa) is Srujan's wife in the show. She is a main character portraying a common Indian homemaker. She is often said to worship and believe in Morning Band Guruji, a television astrologer who suggests solutions that make no sense to various problems she face. She is happy with her husband, however Srujan considers their marriage is a tragedy in his life.

• Aparna Vastarey as Varalakshmi

Varalakshmi (Aparna), often referred as 'Varu' is the elder sister of Rani (Shwetha Chengappa) and Muddesh (Mandya Ramesh). She is shown to be unmarried and interested in Ijila (Indrajinth Lankesh). She considers herself a celebrity, calls herself as 'One and Only Varalakshmi'. She is usually seen fooling around saying that her contacts extend from regional celebrities to big names of the world including Barack Obama.

• Mimicry Dayanand as Dayanand

Dayanand is the landlord of Srujan's house (or the show set) and is always shown demanding the money or the rent Srujan owes him. He often portrays other characters too. His daughter is Honey, Srujan's romantic interest. Dayanand, however, is aware of this and shown to be protective about his daughter.

• V Manohar as Bhatta

Bhatta (V Manohar) is the cook of Srujan's house and always shown to experiment on cooking. He also portrays few other characters. He often composes comical lyrics for popular songs and sings it on the show as a part of the script. He shares a similarity of being bald with Indrajith Lankesh.

• Mandya Ramesh as Muddesh

Muddesh (Mandya Ramesh) was introduced in the show much later than the rest of the cast, in the 23rd episode. He is the younger brother of Varalakshmi (Aparna) and elder brother of Rani (Shwetha Changappa). He is shown to have fights with Srujan, his brother-in-law often for silly reasons.

• Rajini as Rajini

Rajini was introduced on the 62nd episode as a main character in the show. She is portrayed as a furious lady and shown to be the new tenant for the upper portion of the house where Srujan and his family lives.

• Kuri Prathap as Kadle Puri

Kadle Puri (Kuri Prathap) debuted into the main cast on the 109th episode of Majaa Talkies. He was introduced as the groom for Varalakshmi (Aprana) by Muddesh (Mandya Ramesh). He is said to be Dubai-returned businessman who has a camel-washing business. He refers Srujan as 'Cobra' (co-brother) and Rani (Shwetha Chengappa) as 'Zebra'.

• Pavan in various characters

Pavan has appeared in almost all episodes portraying various characters and parodies of famous people. He has no permanent character unlike Srujan, Shwetha, Aparna, Dayanand or Ramesh but is an essential addition for the script as the script's storyline would always feature a central character which is portrayed by Pavan.

• Rajashekhar in various characters

Similar to Pavan, Rajashekhar has no permanent character. However, he is scripted into the storyline portraying various characters sometimes paired with Pawan. He is also one of the scriptwriters of the show.

Recurring Cast

• Vandana Dayanand as Honey

Honey (Vandana Dayanand) is the daughter of Dayanad (Mimicry Dayanand), the landlord. She was portrayed as a romantic interest for Srujan. She was seen helping Srujan when her father demands the money he owes him. However, Rani (Shwetha Chengappa) opposed her being nice to Srujan and Dayanand was shown to be protective about his daughter when Srujan tried to flirt with her. This character was gradually minimised after the introduction of Rajini in the main cast.

• Apoorva as Sakkre Uma and in various characters

Apoorva has appeared in most of the episodes portraying various characters. She is usually scripted to be paired with Pavan on the show. She also has no permanent character like Pavan.

• Anushree in various characters

Anushree appears in the show often portraying various characters as a part of the scripted storyline.

• Unknown artists in various characters

Many other artists appear in the show often portraying various characters as a part of the scripted storyline.

Previous Cast

• Usha Bhandari as Ajji

Ajji (Usha Bhandari) was shown to be the maternal grandmother of Srujan, she used to get disturbed by the noise in the house. She usually came out yelling about the events taking place in the house. The last appearance of Ajji was in the 16th episode. This character is no more seen in the show however, there is no official word about the absence of the character.

Band (Noise Pollution)

• Rekha Mohan (ReMo)

ReMo leads the official band of the show, which is called as the Noise Pollution by Srujan. ReMo has appeared in most of the episodes. She sings various songs, sometimes with adaptions to the original lyrics suitable for the script. She often gets involved as a part of the script in the show.

• Usha Kokila

Usha Kokila often leads the band in the absence of ReMo. She also sometimes is included in the show's script under various roles. She is famous for her unique way of pronouncing 'Super' on the show.

• Unknown Artists

Other unknown artists perform along with the lead ReMo in the band on all the episodes of Majaa Talkies.

Episodes

It was said in a press meet that there will be 104 episodes in the first season by Srujan Lokesh himself. However, the show has crossed the 104 episodes and as of 15 May 2016, 125 episodes have been aired.

List of Episodes

#	Telecast Date	Guests	Featured Movie Promotion	Notes
1	7 February 2015	Sharan	Raja Rajendra
2	8 February 2015	Pooja Gandhi, Mano Murthy, Satish Pradhan	Abhinetri
3	14 February 2015	Ajay Rao, Mayuri	Krishna Leela	Valentine's Day Special Episode.
4	15 February 2015	Jayram Karthik	Bangalore 560023
5	21 February 2015	Parul Yadav, Rakshith Shetty, Yogaraj Bhat	Vaastu Prakaara
6	22 February 2015	Shubha Poonja, Rakesh Adiga, Jaggu Sirsi	Kotigond Love Story
7	28 February 2015	Arun Sagar, Anushree, Prathap Narayan, T K Dayanand	Benkipatna
8	1 March 2015
9	7 March 2015	V Harikrishna, Sruthi Hariharan, Dhananjay, A P Arjun	Rhaatee
10	8 March 2015	Manjula Gururaj, Thara	None	Episode focused on Women's Day.
11	14 March 2015	Chiranjeevi Sarja, Madarangi Krishna, Chikkanna, Guru Deshpande	Rudra Tandava
12	15 March 2015	S. Narayan, Pankaj, Pavan	Daksha
13	21 March 2015	Ragini Dwivedi	None	Festive episode based on Ugadi celebrations.
14	22 March 2015	Mohan, Dattanna, Sowjanya, Bhoomika	Male Nilluvavarege
15	28 March 2015	Gurukiran, Arjun Janya	None	Episode focused on Musicians.
16	29 March 2015	Prem Kumar, Amulya	Male	Last appearance of Ajji character.
17	4 April 2015	Om Prakash Rao, Nagshekhar, Chandan, Shravya, Vruksha	Katte
18	5 April 2015	Chandini, Gurudath, Nayana, Dhanush, Veena Sundar	Khaidi
19	11 April 2015	Yogaraj Bhat2, Diganth, Ragini Dwivedi2, Imran Sardhariya, Krish Joshi	Parapancha
20	12 April 2015	T N Seetharam, Satyajih, Subramanya, Pratheek, Sunil, Deepti, Khushi	Hingyake Neeve Heli
21	18 April 2015	Rajesh Krishnan, L N Shastri, Karthika	Melody
22	19 April 2015	Rakshith Gowda, Nidhi Kushalappa, Jayanth Kaykini, Sudha Belavadi	Nan Love Track
-	25 April 2015	V Ravichandran, Priyamani, Mayuri Upadhya, (also Akul Balaji as additional host)	None	Special episode to mark the launch of 'Colors Kannada' re-branding; aired as Dancing Talkies.
	26 April 2015
23	2 May 2015	Sanjjanaa, Naveen Krishna, Vaardhik Joseph	Mandya to Mumbai	Introduction of Muddesh in the main cast.
24	3 May 2015	Deepak Thimaya, Deepika Kamaiah, Ashwini Gowda	Neene Bari Neene
25	9 May 2015	V Harikrishna2, Amulya2, Dinakar Thoogudeep, Kaviraj, Suraj Gowda	Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole	Also official launch of the movie.
26	10 May 2015
27	16 May 2015	Vijay Raghavendra, Haripriya, Kuri Ranga	Rana Thanthra
28	17 May 2015	Thilak, Yagna Shetty, Seeni	H/34 Pallavi Talkies
29	23 May 2015	Ajith Hanumakkanavar, Jayaprakash Shetty, Prathima Bhat, Sowmya	None	Episode focused on News Anchors.
30	24 May 2015	Shashank Raj, Achyuth Kumar, Mayuri2, Sridhar, Manju	Krishna Leela	Clebrating 50-day successful run of the film.
31	30 May 2015	Rachita Ram, Chikkanna2, Nandakishor	Ranna
32	31 May 2015
33	6 June 2015	Kiccha Sudeep, Rekha, Pooja Lokesh, Mayur Patel		Episode included a special shadow play by Prahlad Acharya.
34	7 June 2015
35	13 June 2015	Master Anand & Robo Family Team, Disha	None	Celebrating of 500 episodes of Robo Family aired on Colors Kannada.
36	14 June 2015	Shubha Poonja2, Nagshekhar2, Yathish, Anjana, Rakesh	Tharle Nann Makklu
37	20 June 2015	V Ravichandran, Sudha Rani, Bhoomika Chawla, Nikesha Patel, Shakeela, Ravi Shankar	Luv U Alia	Also audio launch of the film.
38	21 June 2015
39	28 June 2015	Yogesh, Girija Lokesh, Hemanth, Shruthi	None	Episode to celebrate Srujan's bithday.
40	4 July 2015	Karunya Ram, Nabha Natesh, Shubhra Aiyappa	Vajrakaya	Celebrating successful run of the film.
41	5 July 2015	Priyanka Upendra, Dinesh Baboo, Krupakar	Priyanka
42	11 July 2015	Gangavathi Pranesh, Narasimha Joshi, Basavaraj Mahamani, Indumathi Salimath	None	Episode focused on Stand-up Comedians.
43	12 July 2015	Anup Bhandari, Nirup Bhandari, Kuri Prathap, Avantika Shetty, Radhika Chetan	RangiTaranga
44	18 July 2015	Sathish Ninasam, Aishani Shetty	Rocket
45	19 July 2015	Srinath, Padma Vasanthi	None
46	25 July 2015	Sharan2, Haripriya2, Jayatheertha	Bullet Basya
47	26 July 2015
48	1 August 2015	RJ Pradeep, RJ Nethra, RJ Sowjanya, RJ Rapid Rashmi	None	Episode focused on Radio Jockeys.
49	2 August 2015	Chikkanna3, Ashok, Mithra, Aishwarya Sindhogi	Sapnon Ki Rani
50	8 August 2015	Pratap Simha, Vishweshwar Bhat, Yashwant Sardeshpande	None	Episode focused on Journalism.
51	9 August 2015	Vinod Prabhakar, Srinivasa Murthy, Vinaya Prasad, Gayathri Iyer, Ramnarayan	Tyson
52	15 August 2015	Darshan Tugudeep, Bullet Prakash	None	50th Episode Celebrations; Episode included a special painting performance by Vilas Nayak and a special shadow play by Prahlad Acharya2.
53	16 August 2015
54	22 August 2015	Chiranjeevi Sarja2, Meghana Raj, Pavana Gowda, Yogish Dwarakish, Prakash Belawadi, Balaji Manohar, Arohitha, Anoop Seelin, K M Chaitanya, Ravi Shankar2	Aatagara
55	23 August 2015
56	29 August 2015	Ananthnag, Shruthi Hariharan2, Chetan Chandra, Gadda Viji, Shalini Vadnikatti, Rithesh, Bharath B J	Plus	Episode included special Ranga-Geethe performance.
57	30 August 2015
58	5 September 2015	Jayram Karthik2, Sanjjanaa2, Rajeev, Tennis Krishna, Mimicry Gopi	Bengaluru 560023
59	6 September 2015	Baraguru Ramachandrappa, Bhavya, Kumar Govind, Sundar Raj, Rajini, Muralidhar Halappa	Maranadandane
60	12 September 2015	Kishore, Parvathy Nair, Poornachandra Tejaswi, Madhu Chandra	Vascodigama
61	13 September 2015	Aishwarya Nag, Chetan Chandra2, Raviteja, Srikanth	Jaathre
62	19 September 2015	Upendra	Uppi 2	Two-hour Special Mega Episode; Celebration of Upendra's birthday; Introduction of Rajini in the main cast.
63	3 October 2015	Chandan Kumar, Sangeetha Chauhan, Ninasam Prashanth	Luv U Alia	Second promotion for the movie on the show.
64	4 October 2015	Yogaraj Bhat3, Pramod, Sushmitha, Sindhu Lokanath, Manju Mithra	Geetha Bangle Store
65	10 October 2015	Prajwal Devaraj, Devaraj, Sheethal Shetty, P C Shekar	Arjuna
66	11 October 2015	A P Arjun, N Sandesh, Sindhu Lokanath2	Mr. Airavata
67	17 October 2015	Malashri	Ganga	Two-hour Special Mega Episode.
68	18 October 2015	Pavani (Anusha Rangnath), Dhanya (Deepika), Gowri (Ranjani Raghavan), Deepa (Kavya)	None	Two-hour Special Mega Episode, Episode focused on Colors Kannada serial actresses.
69	24 October 2015	Arun Sagar2, Anushree2, Shrunga, Shwetha	Ring Master
70	31 October 2015	Sharmila Mandre, Dharma Keerthiraj, Raghava Murali, Praveen, Pavan	Mumtaz
71	1 November 2015	Master Hirannaiah, Chandrashekhar Kambara	None	Special episode to celebrate Kannada Rajyothsava.
72	7 November 2015	Chiranjeevi Sarja3, Amulya3, Chandru, Prathap, Soundarya Jagadish	Ram Leela
73	8 November 2015	Sanchari Vijay, P Sheshadri	Naanu Avanalla Avalu	Episode to celebrate National Awards.
74	14 November 2015	Arjun Sarja, Dhruva Sarja, A M R Ramesh	Game	75th Episode Celebrations.
75	15 November 2015
76	21 November 2015	Chandrika (Rajeshwari), Anjali, Radha, Kinnari (Disha)	None	Episode focused on serials (Agnisakshi and Kinnari) aired on Colors Kannada.
77	22 November 2015	Yogi, Mahesh, T P Siddaraju, Ambuja, Deepak Madhuvanahalli, Anoop Seelin2, Mimicry Gopi	Bhagyaraj
78	28 November 2015	Diganth2, Krithi Karabandha, Ranadeep, Mahesh	Minchagi Nee Baralu
79	29 November 2015	Kishore, Thara2, Yagna Shetty2, Ashwini, Jogi Sunitha, Manohar Joshi, P Annayya	Octopus
80	5 December 2015	Sriimurali	Rathavara
81	6 December 2015	Shivadhwaj Shetty, Devadas Kapikad, Naveen D Padil	Chandi Kori, Chaali Polilu, Eregla Panodchi	Episode focused on Tulu Film Industry.
82	12 December 2015	M D Pallavi, Nanditha, Shamitha Malnad	None	Episode focused on Playback Singers.
83	13 December 2015	M S Umesh, Sanketh Kashi, Honnavalli Krishna, Madarangi Krishna2, Vaishali Deepak, Milana Nagaraj, Shiva	Charlie
84	19 December 2015	Anup Bhandari2, Nirup Bhandari2, Avantika Shetty2, Radhika Chetan2, Kuri Pratap2, Karthik, Siddu Moulimani	None	Celebrating successful run of the film RangiTaranga (150 days).
85	20 December 2015
86	26 December 2015	Siddharth (Vijay Suriya), Sannidhi (Vaishnavi)	None	Episode focused on serial (Agnisakshi) aired on Colors Kannada.
87	27 December 2015	Gurunandan, Tanishka Kapoor, Apoorva Gowda, Chinmayi, Kiran Ravindranath, Naresh Kumar, Amith	1st Rank Raju
88	2 January 2016	Priyamani2, Komal Kumar, Srinivas Raju	Kathe Chitrakathe Nirdeshana Puttanna
89	3 January 2016	Prem Kumar2, Raju Thalikote, Anuradha Bhat, Mohan Malagi, V Shekar	Mast Mohabbat
90	9 January 2016	Dinakar Thoogudeep2, Kaviraj2, Amulya4, Suraj Gowda2, Shalini, Chitra Shenoy, Sangeetha Krish	Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole	Second promotion for the film on the show, a video message from Darshan Toogudeep was aired.
91	10 January 2016	Yagna Shetty, Parul Yadav2, Sanchari Vijay	Killing Veerappan
92	16 January 2016	Haripriya3, Rakshith Shetty2, Rishab Shetty, Pramod Shetty	Ricky	Episode also included Haripriya in the show's script.
93	17 January 2016	Gowrish Akki, Ranganath Bharadwaj, Hameed Palya, Sanjjanaa3, Vihaan Gowda, Manasa	Cinema My Darling	Episode focused on News Anchors.
94	23 January 2016	Mukhyamantri Chandru, Sihi Kahi Chandru, Sihi Kahi Geetha	None
95	24 January 2016	Anish Tejeshwar, Aditi Rao, Krishi Tapanda, Naveen Reddy, Avinash, Bullet Prakash2, Ajaneesh Loknath	Akira
96	30 January 2016	Sushma Veer, Sunami Kitti, Jayashree, Krithika, RJ Nethra	None	Episode focused on Bigg Boss Kannada 3 contestants.
97	6 February 2016	Ravishankar Gowda, Manju Bhashini, Roopa Prabhakar, Prashanth, Sunetra Pandith, Namitha Rao, Sangeetha Gururaj	None	Two-hour Special Mega Episode, Episode focused on Silli Lalli, a popular Kannada sitcom that aired on ETV Kannada during 2000s.
98	7 February 2016	Shiva Rajkumar, P Vasu, K A Suresh	Shivalinga	Two-hour Special Mega Episode, Celebraion of 100 episodes of the show. (Though being touted to be 100th episode, this was the 98th episode.)
99	13 February 2016	Devaraj, Surya, Aqsa Bhatt, Raghu Mukherjee, Ratnaja, Raviraj, Danny	Preethiyalli Sahaja
100	14 February 2016	Jai Jagadish, Vijayalakshmi Singh, Srinagar Kitty, Bhavana Belagere	None	Valentine's Day Special Episode.
101	20 February 2016	Ajay Rao2, Amulya5, Sridhar Sambhram, Anil Kumar	Krishna-Rukku
102	21 February 2016	Satish Pai, Santosh, Ashok	None	Episode focused on artists of Kundapurada Mooru Muttugalu comedy play.
103	27 February 2016	Sadhu Kokila, Sumanth Shailendra, Shanvi Srivastava, Shailendra Babu	Bhale Jodi
104	28 February 2016	Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Anirudhha Jatkar, Keerthi Vishnuvardhan	None	Episode focused on life of late Dr. Vishnuvardhan.
105	5 March 2016	Ramesh Aravind, Loknath, Sunil Kumar Desai	...Re	The episode was initially hosted by Ramesh Aravind.
106	6 March 2016	Jagan, Kavya Gowda, Raviprasad Mandya, Sangeetha, Divya, Ramya	None	Episode focused on serials (Gandhari and Om Shanti Om Shakti) aired on Colors Kannada.
107	12 March 2016	Shwetha Srivatsav, Sonu Gowda, Karunya Ram2, Manasa Joshi, Sukrutha Wagle, D Sumana Kittur, Girija Lokesh2, Lakshmi Chandrashekhar	Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu
108	13 March 2016
109	19 March 2016	Shruti, Chandan Kumar, Rehman Haseeb, Mithra	None	Episode focused on Bigg Boss Kannada 3 contestants; Introduction of Kuri Prathap into the main cast.
110	20 March 2016
111	26 March 2016	Dhananjay, Parul Yadav3, Anoop Seelin3, Pawan Wadeyar	Jessie
112	27 March 2016	Praveen, Meghana Gaonkar, Hemanth, Suni, Ashu Bedra	Simpallag Innondh Love Story
113	2 April 2016	Arun Sagar3, Harini, Mohan Juneja, Bhajarangi Loki, Madhu Guruswamy, Vidya	Jai Maruthi 800
114	3 April 2016	Vanitha Vasu, Chaitra H G	None	Episode focused on Item number artists.
115	9 April 2016	Sharan3, Shubha Poonja3, Shruthi Hariharan3, Arjun Janya2	Jai Maruthi 800	Second promotion for the film on the show.
116	10 April 2016	Sunil Puranik, Sringeri Ramanna, Padmaja Rao, Vijayamma, Namitha Kulkarni	None	Episode focused on Moodala Mane, a popular Kannada serial that aired on ETV Kannada during 2000s.
117	16 April 2016	Ashok Bassi (Junior Rajkumar), Jayashree Raj (Junior Vishnuvardhan), Bhojraj (Junior Shankarnagr)	None	Episode fucused on doppelgangers of popular Kannada actors.
118	17 April 2016	Kasturi Shankar, B R Chaya, Sangeetha Katti	None	Episode focused on Playback Singers.
119	23 April 2016	Chikkanna4, Nikita Thukral, Vikram Arya, Venugopal	Thale Bachkolli Powder Hakkolli	Episode included a comedy skit from Kuri Prathap and Chikkanna.
120	24 April 2016	Richard Louis, Sudha Baragur, Asad Ulla Baig	None	Episode focused on Stand-up Comedians.
121	30 April 2016	Thara3, Sudha Murthy	None	Episode focused on Female Achievers.
122	7 May 2016	Vijay Suriya4, Kavya Shetty	Ishtakamya
123	8 May 2016	Bhargavi Narayan, Sudha Belawadi, Prakash Belawadi2, Samyukta Hornad	None	Episode focused on Belawadi artists family.
124	14 May 2016	Ragini Dwivedi3, Anand P Raju, Mass Mada	Ranachandi
125	15 May 2016	Srinath, Geetha Srinath, Pragathi, P H Vishwanath	Suli
124	21 May 2016		None	Episode focused on Choreographers of Kannada Film Industry.
125	22 May 2016		None	Episode focused on Muktha, a popular Kannada serial that aired on ETV Kannada during 2000s.

Super-scripted number denotes the count of appearance.

Special Episodes

Dancing Talkies

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Title Snapshot of Dancing Talkies

Various promotional programmes were telecaseted prior to the official launch of Colors Kannada, which was rebranded due to takeover of then ETV Kannada by Viacom 18. As a part of promotion, Majaa Talkies and Dancing Stars Season 2 were merged for a one-time-venture called as Dancing Talkies. The merger was hosted by both Srujan Lokesh (host of Majaa Talkies) and Akul Balaji (host of Dancing Stars Season 2). The show integrated game show for the cast of Majaa Talkies and participants of Dancing Stars Season 2 and was presented in the theme of Super Minute, a game show based on Minute to win it which was hosted by Ganesh and telecasted on the channel previously. The show starred V Ravichandran, Priyamani, Mayuri Upadhya (the judging panel of Dancing Stars Season 2) and Indrajit Lankesh himself as guests. The contestants of Dancing Stars Season 2 and the cast of Majaa Talkies were the audience for this episode. The episode was aired on 25 and 26 April 2015 and the running time was around 135 minutes combined.

Two-hour Special 'Mega Episodes'

Episode 62

On Saturday, 19 September 2015, a special two-hour long episode named 'Mega Episode' was aired from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM in which Upendra was invited as a guest. The episode also celebrated Upendra's birthday and also marked the introduction of a new character Rajini to the main cast of Majaa Talkies. The two-hour format was because, on the next day, 20 September, the channel had to telecast the Grand Finale Episode of Dancing Stars Juniors. The airing of Majaa Talkies on the next day would not be possible due to this as the timeslot for this program was unavailable. The episode run time was around 90 minutes excluding the commercial slots.

Episode 67

Another 'Mega Episode' featuring Malashri was aired on Saturday, 17 October 2015. The episode promoted the upcoming release of the Malashri starrer Ganga. The episode run time was around 90 minutes excluding the commercial slots.

Episode 68

Another 'Mega Episode' featuring female lead actresses from different daily serials aired on Colors Kannada was aired on Sunday, 18 October 2015.

Episode 97

This 'Mega Episode' had the cast of the popular Kannada sitcom of the 2000s, Silli Lalli on the show. The cast reprise their roles for a segment on the episode. The episode was aired on Saturday, 6 February 2016.

Episode 98

This was a 'Mega Episode' aired on Sunday, 7 February 2016 to celebrate the 100th episode of Majaa Talkies. Though being touted to be 100th episode, this was the 98th episode. The show had Shiva Rajkumar as the guest.

Majaa Talkies: Unseen/Bloopers

On 3 and 4 October 2015, new episodes containing unaired content and bloopers were telecasted from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM to fill the timeslot which was previously used by the completed Dancing Stars Juniors. These episodes followed the original telecast of new episodes of Majaa Talkies.

Majaa Party

A special episode was aired at 9 AM on 1 January 2016, as a part of the New Year Celebrations. This episode was be aired in the morning, unlike the usual evening telecast patterns of Majaa Talkies. This episode promoted the movie Kismat and the guests were Vijay Raghavendra, Spandana Vijay, Sangeetha, Kavitha (Lakshmi Baramma fame), Raghu Dixit and his team.

Majaa Santhe

Another special episode, Majaa Santhe is scheduled to be aired soon. This episode is the first outdoor venture for Majaa Talkies and will be organised in conjunction with Serial Santhe and Cinema Santhe shows of Colors Kannada.

Awards & Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee/Recipient	Result
2015	Colors Kannada Anubandha Awards	Jana Mecchida Samsara (Favorite Family)	Majaa Talkies	Nominated
		Jana Mecchida Jodi (Favorite Couple)	Srujan - Raani	Nominated
		Jana Mecchida (Favorite) Style Icon - Male	Srujan	Nominated
		Jana Mecchida (Favorite) Style Icon - Female	Raani	Nominated
		Jana Mecchida Nayaki (Favorite Character - Female)	Raani	Nominated
		Jana Mecchida (Favorite) Youth Icon	Srujan	Nominated
		Jana Mecchida Hadu (Favorite Title Song)	Majaa Talkies	Nominated
		Mane Mecchida Mathina Malla (Best Orator)	Srujan Lokesh	Won
		Mane Mecchicda (Best Rated) Non-Fiction Show	Majaa Talkies	Nominated

Sponsorship

The show had numerous sponsors from the launch. The usual pattern followed was a primary and a secondary sponsor for the show. For few episodes, the show even grabbed two secondary sponsors when the viewership was at its peak. It currently has no sponsors. The timeline of the sponsorship has been described below.

Primary Sponsor Timeline

Starting Episode	Ending Episode	Primary Sponsor
Episode 1	Episode 53	Ramraj Cotton (as Ramraj Banian)
Episode 54	Episode 73	Nisargalaya Root Hair Oil
Episode 74	Episode 78	Nisargalaya Brahmi Oil

Secondary Sponsor Timeline

Starting Episode	Ending Episode	Secondary Sponsor
Episode 1	Episode 7	Unibic Cookies
Episode 8	Episode 27	Unibic Cookies	Imperial Blue Superhits Music CDs
Episode 28	Episode 31	Imperial Blue Superhits Music CDs
Episode 32	Episode 33	Vivo Smart Phones	Imperial Blue Superhits Music CDs
Episode 34		Vivo Smart Phones
Episode 35	Episode 57	Vivo Smart Phones	Unibic Cookies
Episode 58	Episode 61	Amrutanjan Pain Balm Extra Power
Episode 62	Episode 82	Amrutanjan Pain Balm Extra Power
Episode 96	Episode 110	Hatsun Curd

Trivia

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• This show is ETV Kannada's second sktech comedy show after Comedy Circle, which was hosted by Arun Sagar and Shalini.
• This show is Srujan Lokesh's second comedy show after Maja with Sruja aired on Asianet Suvarna during 2010-11.
• This show is Srujan Lokesh's first directorial initiative.
• This is the fourth production for Lokesh Productions, however first of its genre, the three other productions being game/reality shows.
• Vandana Dayanand, who plays Honey, the daughter of Dayanand, is the real life daughter of Mimicry Dayanand.
• V Manohar, who plays Bhatta, shares the similarity of baldness with Indrajith Lankesh.
• Both Arun Sagar and Srujan Lokesh who were the pioneers of sketch comedy in Kannada, have been the contestants of Season 1 and Season 2 of Bigg Boss Kannada respectively. Both have ended up as runners-up in their participating seasons.
• Suvarna TV launched a new show, Bengaluru Benne Dose with Arun Sagar and Neethu in the lead roles, which was believed to be a direct competition to Majaa Talkies. However, the show was a flop.

History

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Title Snapshot of Maja with Sruja

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Title Snapshot of Comedy Circle

Maja with Sruja (2010)

Maja with Sruja was a sketch comedy show that was aired on Asianet Suvarna during 2010. The show was directed by Vijaya Prasad, known for his famous directorial venture Silly Lalli. He is also the director of the film Sidlingu. The identity of Vijaya Prasad was never revealed in the show. Srujan Lokesh hosted the show and veterans like Mimicry Dayanand, Arun Sagar and Antony Kamal were a part of the comedy focused talk show. Celebrities were being invited for casual talk as well as film promotions. The show ended in 2011 despite being highly appreciated by the viewers. Srujan Lokesh hinted about a new season in the finale of Maja with Sruja but this did not happen. Srujan Lokesh then became busy with his home production Lokesh Productions and produced different shows including Kaasige Toss and Chota Champion. He also hosted and judged a cookery reality show Kitchen Kiladigalu with Sihi Kahi Chnadru in 2012. Later in 2013, Arun Sagar was roped in as a contestant for Season 1 of Bigg Boss Kannada by ETV Kannada where he stood out as the runner-up of the season.

Comedy Circle (2014)

Arun Sagar, after coming out of Bigg Boss house, started another sketch comedy show on ETV Kannada named as Comedy Circle. Though this show appeared to be reincarnation of Maja with Sruja with all the recurring characters, it missed Srujan Lokesh on the show. The show was directed by Vijaya Prasad again, and hosted by Arun Sagar initially. The casting was expanded for the show, which included Arun Sagar, Shalini, Mimicry Dayanand, Antony Kamal, Mimicry Gopi, Mithra, and Girija Lokesh (Srujan Lokesh's mother) in the main cast. For unknown reasons, Arun Sagar was present only for first few episodes. Later, Shalini took up the hosting for Comedy Circle and the show successfully completed around 40 episodes. It is notable that, during the telecast of Comedy Circle, Srujan Lokesh was inside the Bigg Boss house as a contestant for the Season 2 of Bigg Boss Kannada aired on Asianet Suvarna where he also, became runner-up of the season.

External links

• Official website
• Majaa Talkies on Facebook
• Colors Kannada on Facebook
• Watch Majaa Talkies on YouTube