Kushal Badrike (born 20 July 1982) is a Marathi film, television and stage actor along with being a Hindi television actor, notable for his comic roles in India. He is best known for his comedy skits in Chala Hawa Yeu Dya. He played role of Shridhar Mahajan in the Colors Marathi's daily soap Asa Saasar Surekh Bai. He also works in the web series known as Struggler Saala, available on YouTube.
Kushal married to Sunaina Badrike, a kathak dancer.
Kushal has started his career from Marathi plays like Jaago Mohan Pyare and Lali Leela. Some of his hit movies like , Maza Navra Tuzi Bayko, Huppa Huiyya, Bhaucha Dhakka, etc. He also played a role in a web series Struggler Saala. He participated in the comedy reality show Fu Bai Fu which was aired on Zee Marathi. Currently, he working in comedy talk show Chala Hawa Yeu Dya from 2014.
He is starring in Madness Macheyenge - India Ko Hasayenge (transl.âÂÂWill Create Madness - Will Make India Laugh) an Indian comedy show on Sony Entertainment Television which premiered on 9 March 2024 alongside Huma Qureshi, Harsh Gujral, Kettan Singh, Paritosh Tripathi, Gaurav Dubey, Siddharth Sagar, Hemangi Kavi, Snehil Mehra, Inder Sahni, and Ankita Shrivastav.