[2] Bigg Boss Marathi is a reality show based on the Hindi show Bigg Boss, which itself is based on the original Dutch Big Brother format developed by John de Mol Jr. A number of contestants (known as "housemates") live in a purpose-built house and are isolated from the rest of the world.

In the final week, there will be five housemates remaining, and the public will vote for who they wanted to win.

On the weekend episode, usually one contestant with lowest public votes will be evicted from the house.

A housemate may also be directly nominated for eviction by that week's captain of the house or for other reasons by the Bigg Boss.

Sometimes, the captain can make a contestant immune from nomination upon Bigg Boss' direction.

A captain is selected for every week by the Bigg Boss through specific tasks or elected by the housemates.

A captain will have additional privileges in the form of immunity from nomination for that particular week, exemption from participating in the task activities and a separate bedroom with facilities more than that of other contestants.

Every weekend episode mainly focuses on an interview of the evicted contestant by the host.