Badai Bungalow is an Indian Malayalam sketch comedy and celebrity talk show hosted by Ramesh Pisharody, launched on Asianet from 2013 on every Sunday at 9 pm. Each episode features celebrity guests who usually appear to promote their latest films in a comedy-focused 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 the permanent guest in the show playing the role of Badai Bungalow's owner. Due to high viewership, the timing was changed to every Sunday at 8:30 pm. The show replaced the long running comedy serial Cinemala.
Pisharody's absence to the program for around a month has led to a decrease in the show's popularity. The alternative Rajesh also falls short as a replacement for Pisharody especially in bringing liveliness and ability to engage guests with humor rather than showering with all praise and epitomizing them as beyond human which fails to ground with the malayali audience. His absence or speculated termination was met with high negative feedback through social media. 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.
Mukesh as Badai Bungalow's OwnerRamesh Pisharody as Tenant at Badai BungalowManoj Guinness as Neighbor/Regular visitorArya Rohit as Tenant's wifeDharmajan Bolgatty as ServantPraseetha Menon as Ammayi (Tenant's Aunt)Harishri Martin as Regular visitorEarlier castRajesh as Host (in absence of Pisharody)Lakshmi Priya as Ammayi (in the absence of Praseetha)Devi Chandana as kunjammayiSaritha.B.Nair as Regular visitorSethulakshmi as Regular visitorApsara as New family in upstairsNew additional castMamukkoya as HamsakkaIndrans as SugunanCine ActorsMohanlal and MeenaSeemaAmbika (actress)Kaviyoor PonnammaJayaram, Ratheesh Vegha and Akshara KishorBiju MenonMiyaShwetha MenonRima KallingalLalArya (actor)JayasuryaVinay ForrtLakshmi GopalaswamyManiyanpilla RajuMala AravindanMuthumaniAmala PaulMamta MohandasNavya NairManju WarriarManoj K. JayanDileepBhavana (Malayalam actress)AnusreeUnni MukundanNivin Pauly and Abrid ShineAju Varghese and Dhyan SreenivasanVineeth Sreenivasan and Dhyan SreenivasanFahadh Faasil and Soubin ShahirShamna KasimHoney RoseMeera NandanNamitha PramodNarainRiyaz KhanAshokanSaikumar (actor)Sibi Malayil and SitharaKunchan (actor)Kavya MadhavanNadia MoiduRoma AsraniTini Tom and Guinness PakruNarayanankuttyJanardananShivaji GuruvayoorPrem KumarSalim KumarHarisree AshokanKalabhavan ShajohnMamukkoyaSudheer KaramanaNadirshahRenji PanickerAlleppey AshrafRanjiniSuresh KrishnaMusic IndustryP. JayachandranSayanora PhilipStephen DevassyK. S. ChithraVidhu Prathap and DeepthiVaikom VijayalakshmiSerial actorsSona NairRoopa Sree and Meghna VincentRekha ratheesh and Kottayam PradipLishoy and Leona LishoyGayathri ArunSonu and Chitra ShenoyPremi Vishwanath and Akshara KishorKishor Satya and Renu SoudharStand-up comediansKottayam NazeerJayaraj WarrierPoliticiansSportsAsianet comedy awards 2015 - Best Anchor - Ramesh PisharodyAsianet Television Awards 2016 - Golden Star of the year -MukeshAsianet Television Awards 2016 - Entertainer of the year - Ramesh PisharodyAsianet comedy awards 2016 - Versatile performance(TV)-Dharmajan19th Asianet film awards Multifaceted personality of the year -Mukesh (actor)