Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

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Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
Genre	Comedy,Drama,Family
Created by	Asit Kumarr Modi
Based on	Duniya Ne Undha Chashmah by Taarak Mehta
Directed by	Abhishek Sharma Dheeraj Palshetkar Harshad Joshi Malav Suresh Rajda
Starring	Dilip Joshi Disha Vakani Amit Bhatt Raj Anadkat Shailesh Lodha Sunayana Fozdar Munmun Dutta
Narrated by	Shailesh Lodha
Opening theme	Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
Ending theme	Narration by Shailesh Lodha who plays role of Taarak Mehta
Composer	Sunil Patni
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3376
Production
Producers	Asit Kumarr Modi Neela Asit Modi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Neela Tele Films
Distributor	Neela Tele Films[1]
Release
Original network	Sony SAB
Picture format	576i HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	28 July 2008 (2008-07-28) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Taarak Mehta Kka Chhota Chashmah
External links
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
Neela Tele Films

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (TMKOC) (transl. Taarak Mehta's inverted spectacles) is a Hindi sitcom based on the weekly column "Duniya Ne Undha Chasma" by Taarak Mehta in Chitralekha magazine. It is produced by Asit Kumar Modi. It premiered on 28 July 2008 and airs on Sony Sab and is also digitally available on SonyLIV.^[2] It is also available on Sony Sab and their own YouTube channel. The show holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running Indian daily sitcom on television by episode count.^[3]

Premise[]

The series takes place at the Gokuldham Co-operative Housing Society, an apartment complex in Powder Gali, Film City Road, Goregaon East, Mumbai, and focuses on the members of Gokuldham Society who come from different backgrounds.

Gokuldham is also referred to as "Mini India" in the show. The residents of Gokuldham are shown facing mundane problems and finding solutions for those problems. The show also occasionally highlights social issues. Most of the episodes are based on Jethalal being stuck in a problem and Taarak Mehta, his best friend, whom he calls his "Fire Brigade", rescues him. Society Members live like a family and help each other in their problems, to promote unity in diversity. The members of Gokuldham celebrate all the festivals and organise various events too.

Story arcs[]

No.	Title
1	"Introduction"
The narrator of the show Taarak Mehta (Shailesh Lodha) introduces the characters.
2–5	"Mischievous Tapu"
As Tapu is creating problems, it becomes a trouble for society members and Jethalal.
6–7	"Champaklal's Arrival"
Fed up with little Tapu's mischief, Jethalal is suggested by Taarak to invite his father Champaklal to teach Tapu good manners.
8–9	"Heavy Rains"
Tapu Sena and Mehta get stuck in the heavy rains of Mumbai, making society members tense. In the end, they return safely.
10–11	"Champaklal's Phone"
Struggling to adjust to the city, Champaklal gets new phone for day-to-day communication, but this puts society members in trouble. Eventually, he himself returns the mobile.
12–13	"Samuhik Rakshabandhan"
Members of Gokuladham society celebrate 'Samuhik Rakshabandhan'. However, Jethalal doesn't want Babita to tie him "Rakhi", so he revolts.
14–15	"Jethalal Kidnapped"
Jethalal gets kidnapped from his shop by a bunch of thugs who seek ransom in place of returning him. Later, with the help of Tapu, Abdul, and Mehta, the Gada family rescues him from kidnappers.
16–17	"Janamashtami (2008)"
Jethalal and his friends plan to gamble, while on eve of Janamashtami the men challenge the women to break Dahi Handi.
18	"Champaklal as Tapu's Father"
Tapu convinces Champaklal to meet his principal as his father after he lands into trouble at school.
19–20	"Chingur Baba's help"
Fed up with his father and son, Jethalal approaches Chingur Baba for help which eventually causes him more trouble.
21–22	"Kevra Teej"
Women of Gokuldham Society want their husbands to fast for them on the festival of Teej.
23–27	"Ganesh Utsav (2008)"
Besides lots of troubles and chaos, members of Gokuldham society celebrate the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi.
28–29	"Hasya Kavi Sammelan"
A Hasya Kavi Sammelan is organized on the occasion of Ganesh Utsav.
30–34	"Helpless Husbands"
All men of the society are upset with their wives. They meet Gobachari (Taarak's friend) who brainwashes them against their wives.
35–38	"Tapu Sena & Television"
Parents are worried as Tapu Sena is watching TV all day.
39–44	"Navratri (2008)"
Society members celebrate the auspicious festival of Navratri.
45–49	"Kidney for Shaikh"
A Dubai Shaikh offers extravagant money to Jethalal for a kidney.
50–54	"Diwali (2008)"
Bhide urgently needs money for Diwali expenses. Gokuldham celebrates the festival of Diwali.
55–61	"Sundar's Scheme"
Daya's brother Sundar brings scheme for Gokuldham members and promises to double their money.
62–63	"Havan to end TV strike"
Women are angry as the same episodes are telecasting due to strike. Daya and her friends conduct a 'havan' to resolve this problem.
64–65	"Tapu sena strike in school"
The school teachers and the principal are tense as Tapu Sena is striking against their school and summon their parents.
66–69	"Jethalal’s affair with Sweety"
A woman named Sweety (portrayed by Surbhi Chandna) comes and makes everyone believe that Jethalal has an affair with her. Later, it is revealed that she was an old employee of Jethalal and came to get ransom by threatening Jethalal.
70–83	"Tapu's Wedding"
Champaklal wants to have Tapu get married during his childhood as he was, but society members and Jethalal oppose this. Amidst some misunderstandings, Champaklal finally finds a girl for Tapu, but she is older than him. Jethalal also had a dream of Tapu getting married. After explaining to Champaklal about the disadvantages of child marriage, he understands and drops the idea of Tapu's marriage.
84–86	"Drunk Sodhi on Terrace"
Getting warned by Roshan, Sodhi comes to the house again getting drunk, so Roshan refuses to let him enter the house. As a result, Sodhi stands at the edge of the building roof until she forgives him. Later, Sodhi's relatives come into the society and Roshan agrees.
87	"Lohri Eve"
Golkuldham society celebrates the festival of Lohri with Sodhi's relatives who came from Punjab.
88–89	"Makar Sankranti"
On the occasion of Makar Sankranti, there is a kite competition between Jethalal and Sodhi with a condition that whoever loses will sit on a donkey. Later, both of their kites get lost, and the competition ends in a tie.
90–91	"Dr. Hathi stuck in Rickshaw"
Dr. Hathi arrives in the society, but he gets stuck and struggles to get out of a rickshaw. The members of Golkuldham form a human chain to pull him out.
92–93	"Republic Day plans"
All society members initially have separate plans for Republic Day holiday, but eventually, all decide to celebrate Republic Day together.
94–95	"Cultural Dance Program"
To celebrate the dignity of India, a Cultural Dance program was organized, where all society members perform traditional dances. Daya and Jethalal are declared winners of the program, which sparks a conflict between the members based on state and regions.
96–100	"Jethalal Fitness"
Seeing Jethalal getting fat, Babita advises him to do a proper diet and exercise along with other society members and herself in the early morning. During exercise, he thinks Babita's mobile has been stolen so he chases after the thief, as a result, he gets tired the very first day and quits.
100–106	"Donations leads to Jail"
After a movie night, Champaklal feels pity seeing poor people and donates blankets to them, but later comes to know that they sold it for money, resulting in him getting arrested. Later, the thief is caught, and Champaklal is released.
107–114	"Lovely Housemaid"
Society women were upset as their beloved maid Rukmini leaves the society. All members become tense about household chores. Consequently, a new maid named Lovely comes and tries to theft and divide the women in society. Eventually, Lovely is exposed, and Rukmini comes back to society.
115–117	"Bhide swallows a whistle"
Abdul is selling free whistle with toothpaste in a scheme. Bhide accidentally swallows a whistle, making him unable to speak. All members fail to get the whistle out to Bhide's stomach. Later, Daya uniquely solves the problem.
118–122	"Holi with Duplicate Shahrukh and Sachin"
Bhide decides that society will not celebrate Holi due to funding issues. Consequently, Sundar comes with a promise to bring Sachin Tendulkar and Shahrukh Khan to celebrate Holi. Later, they are revealed to be duplicates.
122–125	"Chaggan, Maggan and 25000 rupee"
Sundar tells Jethalal to give 20000 rupees and 5000 rupees to his friends Chaggan and Maggan respectively who are in Mumbai. This leads to a lot of confusion and chaos.
125	"Vinay Pathak in Society"
Vinay Pathak made special appearance as Taarak's friend to promote his film Straight-Ek Tedhi Medhi Love Story.
126–129	"Tapu Sena exams scam"
The lives of the society members revolve around their children’s exams. Starting with Tapu's refusal to write his exam, the story goes around the cheating efforts of Tapu in his exams with the help of Abdul. Bhide comes to know that Tapu is going to buy a question paper from Peon Pappu, but the plan fails as the police inspector arrives and reveals that Tapu complained about Pappu and his scam.
130–132	"Iyer and Babita fight"
The society members are shocked as Iyer and Babita suddenly start fighting. Using this as an advantage, Jethalal eagerly tries to divorce them. Later, it is revealed that it was an April Fool prank by Iyer and Babita which consequently ends with a prank by society members on them.
133–134	"Mahavir Jayanti"
Gada family organize Mahavir Jayanti function in the society.
135–138	"Dental Camp in Gokuldham & Jethalal Toothache"
A dental camp is held by Dr. Hathi and Dr. Kukutiya. The doctors praise Jethalal for having strong teeth. Later after the camp, Jetha gets pain in his teeth due to Tapu. He is scared to go to the dentist. In pressure from all, he gets agree to go to a dentist with Taarak. Later, a hooligan enters the clinic and gives a tight slap to Jethalal which breaks his tooth and ends his toothache.
139–142	"Meenakshi Detergent"
While buying detergent Taarak mistakenly criticizes Meenakshi detergent which was forcefully sold to him by the shopkeeper. Later, Jaggu, Meenakshi’s husband comes to the society to beat Mehta. Finally, he and Jethalal became successful to convince Jaggu.
143–147	"Tiku Ji ki Wadi Trip"
Kids of Gokuldham wanted to go for a picnic in their vacation but their fathers were busy with their work. So, the kids’ mothers along with Champaklal take them to Tiku Ji ki Wadi for a picnic. Later, when Gogi goes missing, the members find him sleeping in the park.
148–152	"Daya and Madhavi Fight in Kitty Party"
Women decide to organize their first kitty party. Bhide doesn’t agree on this as it is against their cultural morals but eventually, Madhavi convinces him. In a game to act their husbands, Daya and Madhavi argued. In the end, Tapu and Sonu solve their fight and the ladies agree to plan their next kitty party.
153–163	"Thieves"
A group of thieves steal a gold necklace from Anjali, and then loot Mohanlal's flat. They then try to rob Jethalal masquerading as mechanics, but they are caught by Tapu Sena who hands them over to the police.
164	"Tobacco Free Mumbai"
Tapu Sena and Mahila Mandal spread awareness to help prevent people from eating tobacco.
165–168	"Patrakar Popatlal"
A newspaper journalist, Popatlal Pandey is transferred back to Mumbai.
169–173	"Daya's Maun Vrat"
After a deal with a Chinese client goes away due to Daya's interference, Jethalal says that Daya shouldn't talk to anyone. She takes his statement literally, making Jethalal depressed. Eventually, Daya breaks her silence.
174–184	"GPL 1"
The society members play a friendly cricket tournament dividing into two teams, "Jabardast Jetha" and "Bindaas Bhide" led by Jethalal and Bhide, respectively. The match result doesn't come out due to not receiving any permits from police for a night tournament and ends with a tie.
185–187	"Jethalal Gets Annoyed by a Kid"
Jethalal wants to sleep all day long because of the fatigue of GPL 1. However, Daya's friend leaves her son at Jethalal's house and goes shopping with Daya, and her son annoys Jethalal all day.
205–244	"Jethalal London Trip and Kerry in India"
Jethalal goes to London for a business trip. There, he meets Kerry and invites her to India. When she arrives in India, Daya assumes that Jethalal has an affair with her. Later, the confusion is cleared, but Popatlal falls in love with Kerry and tries to marry her. However, it is revealed that Kerry loves someone else, so Popatlal is still a bachelor.
259–272	"Tapu Sena Audition"
Tapu Sena get a chance to audition for an ad by Rita.
325–331	"Holi (2010)"
Members of Gokuldham society celebrate the festival of Holi.
355–364	"Saree sale at Bhatiawadi"
Mahila Mandal buy defective sarees, but the saree seller alleges that Mahila Mandal did not buy sarees since they don't have a bill. So Mahila Mandal retaliates by doing a Garba Andolan in front of the shop.
367–371	"Childhood Games"
All the parents are worried as Tapu Sena keeps watching devices all day. Champaklal advises the parents to play their childhood games with their children.
390–402	"GPL 2"
Tapu Sena, tired of their boring vacation, plan GPL 2 with the help of Sundar. Jethalal is caught in crossfire since Daya and Babita are the captains with the team names "Daya Dandiya Devils" and "Blaster Babita". Daya's team wins the match while Babita's team loses.
403–409	"Sodhi meets Irfan Pathan"
Irfan Pathan is impressed by Sodhi's game in GPL-2, which was telecasted LIVE on TV. Sodhi being on cloud nine decides to meet Irfan Pathan at his house in Vadodara.
409–412	"Shampoo Massage"
While Daya massages Jethalal's head, she mistakenly applies shampoo instead of oil, making his hair spiked. Iyer laughs at him and clicks a photo, so the humiliated Jethalal does the same to Iyer.
413–425	"Ghost In Gokuldham"
A woman in a white saree who resembles a ghost constantly terrorises Gokuldham Society members. Despite repeated attempts to drive her away, she doesn't listen and threatens them. Tapu Sena and Rita suspect foul play and uncover that the ghost is a criminal and used to terrorise Gokuldham members so that they could carry out their illegal activities smoothly. Their cover is blown by Tapu's plan and Gokuldham is saved from the fake ghost.
426–434	"Popatlal and Koyal"
Koyal, Taarak Mehta's sister-in-law, comes to Gokuldham society to stay with him for a few days while waiting for a visa to go to London. Meanwhile, Popatlal falls in love with Koyal and tries to impress and marry her. Koyal considers it a joke but later regrets it. In the end, Popatlal remains single.
435–436	"Eid Celebration"
The members of the society celebrate Eid with Abdul.
437–444	"Dahi Handi (2010)"
Gokuldham's Dahi Handi event becomes a competition between the men and the women. After breaking Dahi Handi, Daya falls and is admitted to ICU. Later, she recovers and gets discharged from the hospital.
445–452	"Ganesh Utsav (2010)"
Gokuladham Sangeet Samrat event is organised on the occasion of Ganesh Utsav.
461–471	"Babita & Iyer's marriage anniversary"
Iyer buys a sports car for Babita on their wedding anniversary, but it proves to be stolen. Inspector Chalu Pandey gives them a 72-hour deadline to prove their innocence and to catch the dealer. Jethalal poses as a Sheikh from Dubai who wants the car, and the dealer is trapped and arrested.
474–481	"Chandiramani Flat Auction"
Chandiramani sells his Gokuldham flat. Jethalal and Sodhi both are interested, so he organizes an auction. However, Champaklal explains to everyone it's wrong to sell the house via auction, so Chandiramani reverses his decision.
482–483	"Goli Misses His Father"
To lose weight, Hathi takes a visit to a naturopathy camp for some days. However, Goli misses him and asks his mother to bring back his father. So, Mehta advises his mother to call Goli's paternal uncles to their home so that he doesn't feel alone.
488–491	"Daya doesn't respond from locked home"
When Daya mistakenly spoils Jethalal's INR 15 Lakh cheque by pouring tea on it, he harshly insults her. When Jethalal realizes his mistake, he tries to call her from his shop and even comes to society to talk but she doesn't respond from locked (inside) home. After some time, with the help of society members, they come to know that she was sleeping after having cough syrup and Jethalal apologizes.
492–498	"Magic Show in Society"
Tapu Sena faces a lot of trouble while playing cricket on their vacations, so they ask Mehta about any other vacation plan. During this chat, Mehta's childhood friend Magician Munnalal calls him, and Mehta invites him to do a magic show in their society. After the show, Tapu Sena urges Mehta to tell his friend to teach them some magic tips. After learning magic, Tapu Sena does some mistakes in their society and later they apologize for it.
501–506	"Ladies get credit cards"
Ladies are fascinated by the credit card, and they all get one, but later they come to know that the bank is fraud.
507–510	"Paint cans delivered to Jethalal"
Jethalal acquires paint cans instead of money and doesn't know what to do with them.
537–541	"Tapu goes bald"
Tapu is adamant about going bald even after everyone requests him not to. Eventually, he does, and the reason comes out is that his classmate, who was suffering from cancer, is bald and students were bullying him.
541–550	"Baijanti's wrong number"
When Popatlal goes to the hotel, he sees a woman named Baijanti. He secretly notes her mobile number often calls her, but it was wrong and belongs to Babita.
551–558	"Mahashivratri"
Popatlal visits a pandit who tells him to do special pooja for Mahashivatri so that his marriage takes place. Although everyone is ready for the function, Jethalal, who had gone early to clear a payment eats 'Bhang' and is uncontrollable. However, with Taarak’s help, Jethalal becomes normal.
564–572	"Sundar's 30 lakh scam"
Sundar takes a loan from a moneylender but doesn't repay it and hides in Jethalal's house. Later all the confusions clear.
578–587	"Bhide's 1 Crore Email Fraud"
According to an email, Bhide discovers that he has won INR 1 crore, so he pays a deposit for the prize money. But later he comes to understand that he has been frauded, so society members help him to recover his money and arrest those frauds.
588–596	"Jetha's Dadaji's Photo"
Jethalal's wallet is stolen which contains the only photo of his grandfather late Jayantilal Gada. Later the thief himself returns the wallet at Jethalal's home after getting to know about sentimental reasons.
597–604	"Sodhi Swallows Glass"
Sodhi believes he swallowed a piece of glass while drinking at a party and has to undergo an operation. In the end, it is revealed it was a piece of ice.
605–614	"Bhide Sells Mangoes"
Bhide starts a business of selling mangoes from his Bhau kaka in Ratnagiri, but the mangoes prove to be rotten, infuriating Jethalal.
615–620	"Tapu Sena Hunger Strike"
To get season balls and cricket bats Tapu Sena go for a hunger strike.
621–622	"Ready"
Salman Khan visits Gokuldham Society to promote Ready.
623–637	"Gokuldham Khel Mahotsav"
Tapu Sena & Champaklal organise a sports and games event for the members of Gokuldham society. Nattu Kaka and Bagha are invited as judges.
638–646	"Chaddi Gang Part 1"
Mistakenly, Jethalal is stuck in his godown for the whole night. Later, a thief gang named Chaddi Gang enters the godown and tries to steal the electronic items from there. But, with the help of the Gada family, the members of the Chaddi Gang are arrested.
659–677	"Chaddi Gang Part 2"
The story continues from where it left off with the Chaddi Gang's leader's sister getting to know that he's in jail. So she forces her brother Rana to free the leader, or there would be terrible consequnces. So he kidnaps Daya. But he eventually apologizes and realises his mistakes as a criminal in the underworld.
678	"Janmashtamani (2011)"
The members of Gokuldham celebrates Janmashtamani and find out who will get chance to break Dahi Handi.
679–681	"Dahi handi (2011)"
Dr. Hathi is selected to break the Dahi Handi, making everyone shocked, because they don’t know how Hathi will do it.
686–695	"Ganesh Utsav (2011)"
Gokuldham has a fancy dress competition on the occasion of Ganesh Utsav.
701–706	"The 80,000-horse statue"
Sundar parcels an expensive horse statue to Jethlal to take care of it, but everyone in Gokuldham Society break it.
707–710	"Navratri (2011)"
Falguni Pathak comes to Gokuldham society on the occasion of Navratri.
711–715	"Dusherra (2011)"
Jethalal dreams of Ravana and decides not to burn it and asks society members to do the same.
719–722	"Iyer's interview in the newspaper"
Iyer is excited as his interview is published in the newspaper, but his house newspaper is swapped.
723–725	"Babita and Iyer buy a fridge"
Babita and Iyer decide to buy a new refrigerator, resulting in much confusion.
726–728	"Diwali (2011)"
Gokuldham celebrates Diwali with the poor and unprivileged.
729–732	"Lottery tickets"
Bhide and Mehta buy lottery tickets and hope to win. However, Bhide changes the tickets with Mehta based on his lucky numbers, in the hope to get his winning ticket.
785–789	"Bhide's new pair of glasses"
Bhide, as usual, blames Tapu for his broken glasses. Finally, Sonu accepts that it was her mistake.
790–810	"Jethalal In Pakistan"
Jethalal takes the members of Gokuldham to Kutch and they enjoy the visit. But Jethalal is misguided due to a camel and crosses the border into Pakistan. There, Jethalal is investigated by Karim Khan. The Gada family reaches Delhi for help. Jethalal's grandfather helped Karim Khan's grandfather during the 1947 partition, so Khan releases Jethalal and he safely returns to India.
811–818	"Popatlal, Señorita & Kalavati"
Two different families simultaneously come to meet Popatlal for marriage meetings. One family is known to Daya, while the other is known to the Hathi family. With a plan, Popatlal tries to simultaneously meet both parties at different houses with two different characters, but the truth comes out and both families reject Popatlal for hiding the truth.
825–839	"Society Renovation by Sundarlal"
The renovation work of the society is given to Sunderlal. However, Jethalal doubts if he will do it properly or not.
840–847	"Disco Dance Competition"
To celebrate the new society, a disco dance contest is organized with an imported car as the prize.
848–851	"Abdul's New Shop"
Upset by the comments that his shop looks old, Abdul decides to leave Gokuldham Society forever, but the society members surprise him with a new and renovated shop.
852–856	"Girvi Gehne"
Jethalal decides to sell the mortgaged jewellery, unknowing that it belongs to Daya.
857–867	"Gandhi Maidaan"
The society members decide to use Gandhiji's methods and teachings to stop the construction in Gandhi Maidaan.
868–870	"Iyer forgets his briefcase"
Iyer forgets his briefcase with important documents at Jethalal's store, and Jethalal must deliver it in time.
871–872	"Mother's Day"
Tapu Sena surprise their mothers and celebrate Mother's Day.
873–878	"Lord Ganesh Sculpture"
The ladies unintentionally purchase and parcel an expensive idol of Lord Ganesha but are stuck in the shop when they can't pay.
881–886	"Jethalal Gets Electric Shock"
Jethalal is electrocuted at Babita's house while repairing her tubelight and develops a phobia of electricity.
887–891	"Society Bhangaar"
Tapu decides to sell the “society bhangaar” (trash), but also sells Bhide's scooter, making Bhide very angry.
891–896	"Ferrari Ki Sawaari"
Sharman Joshi and Boman Irani visit Gokuldham to promote Ferrari Ki Sawaari.
897–901	"Jethalal fights with everyone"
Jethalal misplaces a Rs. 25 lakh cheque and angrily fights with everyone.
905–911	"Bol Bachchan press conference"
Society members pretend to be reporters to attend the Bol Bachchan press-conference.
912–914	"Bhide's moustache"
Bhide's fake moustache is stuck, and everyone tries different ways to remove it.
915–922	"Jethalal gives bribe"
Gents plan to party, but in hurry, they enter a no-entry road. Jethlal tries to pay his way out, but the honest policeman asks him to get his father to the police station. He requests Daya to act as her mother and go to the police station but gets caught when Champaklal also arrives at the police station.
923–928	"Choco Moco Chocolate"
Babita throws the chocolate gifted by Jethalal. Seeing this he is devastated but later all the confusions are cleared.
929–932	"Raksha-bandhan (2012)"
After Tapu protects a girl named Jiya in school, she ties him rakhi.
933–941	"Dahi Handi (2012)"
A gangster hides a diamond inside Gokuldham's Dahi Handi.
942–945	"Eid (2012)"
Because Abdul misses his family, Gokuldham invite them and grandly celebrate Eid.
946–951	"Jethalal and Passport"
Jethalal is arrested after he takes the passport of a young boy who had hit Jetha with his bike, but that boy is Champaklal's friend's grandson.
952–963	"Barfi"
Ranbir Kapoor visits to promote Barfi.
968–980	"Ganesh Utsav (2012)"
A Grand Antakshari event, hosted by Amit Mistry, is organised on the occasion of Ganesh Utsav, which Tapu's team wins.
983–1000	"Sundar brings Chanya-Choli"
Sundar starts a business of Chanya-Choli on Navratri, which becomes a headache for Jethalal. Later, he holds a havan to get rid of Sundar.
1001–1009	"1000 Episodes Celebration"
Ajay Devgn and Sonakshi Sinha visit Gokuldham Society to promote Son of Sardar. Asit Kumarr Modi introduces the whole crew of TMKOC for the celebration of 1000 happisodes (episodes).
1010–1018	"Blind people donation"
Tapu Sena collects a huge donation as part of their school project for blind people, but Tapu gives it to a fraud blind couple on the road, who are later revealed to be the members of the same organization.
1019–1024	"Jewellery Shopping"
Bhide's kaka arrives in Gokuldham Society to buy jewellery for his daughter from Jethalal. However, Jethalal isn't at home and has gone for a weight loss program.
1025–1056	"Gulabo"
A woman from Matkunda, Gulabo, claims Jethalal as her husband showing their marriage certificate, video clips of marriage, and marriage photographs as proof. However, Jethalal says it was a film shooting scene, and society members with the Gada family take Jethalal's side. After that Gulabo files a case in the court, but later she accepts that it was just a film shooting, after Jethalal, seeing no hope to win the case, acts like a hermit. Gulabo then marries Jethalal's lawyer who falls for her seeing her very first time.
1057–1060	"Republic Day (2013)"
Members of Gokuldham society celebrate Republic Day.
1061–1080	"Tapu Sena's new smartphones"
To fulfill a promise, Jethalal has to give a smartphone to Tapu. With Tapu, other members of Tapu Sena request smartphones from their parents. They misuse their new phones and are suspended from school. Later, Tapu Sena understands their mistakes and promises to not overuse the devices.
1081–1088	"Bharti"
A lady named Bharti is found on the terrace and she explains that she was physically harassed by some goons. The society members then teach those goons a lesson.
1089–1112	"Sheru"
A dog seeks shelter in Gokuldham and the members decide to keep him and Daya names him "Sheru". Jethalal is extremely scared of the dog. In the end, Sheru is loved by Jethalal and Champaklal too.
1113–1119	"Gogi at the Gada's"
After Roshan and Sodhi go to Amritsar for family reasons, Gogi stays at Gada house and annoys Jethalal.
1120–1131	"Sangram Singh Mangoes Orchard"
Tapu Sena steal mangoes from the garden of a man named Sangram Singh, who holds Gogi as a punishment.
1132–1137	"Babita's phone number"
Jethalal notes down Babita's cousin phone number on a cash note and then misplaces it.
1145–1153	"Trucks in Gokuldham"
3 Unknown trucks are stuck in the compound without any driver which creates confusion and chaos. Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 film is also promoted. Roshan and Sodhi return at the end from Punjab.
1154–1174	"Khote Classes"
After Sonu tops her school exams, Vishwasrao Khote claims she studied from his classes even though she didn't. Everyone successfully proves Bhide's innocence.
1175–1185	"Taarak's affair with Kavita"
Anjali finds out that Taarak is chatting with a girl named Kavita and suspects he has an affair.
1187–1194	"Gokuldham Society is Sold?"
The Gokuldham members receive a notice from MAC associates. However, it was a prank made by Asit Kumarr Modi, who surprises society members on completing 5 years of the show where Shah Rukh Khan & Rohit Shetty also come to promote Chennai Express.
1195–1202	"Tapu and Champaklal in Paris"
Tapu wins a Smurfs 2 contest and the prize includes a trip to Paris and Brussels.
1203–1206	"Independence Day (2013)"
Couples sing patriotic songs and celebrate Independence Day.
1207–1212	"Raksha Bandhan in Ahmedabad"
Daya and Jethalal travel to Ahmedabad to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with Sundarlal.
1213–1218	"Dahihandi (2013)"
On the occasion of Janmashtami, Lord Krishna himself arrives as child and breaks "handi" in Gokuldham and blesses everyone.
1227–1234	"Ganpati Utsav (2013)"
On the occasion of Ganpati Utsav, Tapu Sena organised Kaun Banega Murga program.
1219–1225	"Jethalal is stalked"
Jethalal is scared as a stranger is continuously stalking and taking his photos. Later, it is revealed that the stranger likes Jethalal’s shirts and wanted clothes like him.
1251–1254	"25000 rupees envelope"
Tapu Sena finds an envelope with 25000 rupees in it.
1254–1258	"Champaklal's Hiccups"
Champaklal gets hiccups at midnight and it doesn't stop.
1259–1264	"Bhide's antique radio"
Bhide buys an antique radio, but weird and ghostly events start occurring. Iyer then finds out that "Jadoo" Wants to send a message to Krrish.
1265–1269	"Sachin Tendulkar retirement"
Tapu Sena is very sad as their favourite cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar is retiring.
1270–1278	"Necklace Fraud"
Ladies go for a Kitty Party and buy a gold necklace in celebration but find out that it is fake. They decide to catch the thief red-handed and a disguised Daya acts as a rich woman to lure the thief to their trap.
1285–1308	"Popatlal and Bulbul"
Bulbul escapes two days before her wedding and arrives in Mumbai. While sitting alone in the Shiv temple she meets Popatlal after which Popatlal takes Bulbul to his house and tries to save her from the police. After that, Bulbul's parents find out that Popatlal has Bulbul, so they both decide that Bulbul will marry him. At the time of marriage, everyone understands that Bulbul is in love with Rahul. In the end, Popatlal lets Rahul secretly marry Bulbul and remains single.
1327–1341	"Fitness Camp"
The ladies organize a fitness camp in the society and Babita invites her friend Sofia (played by Nigaar Khan) to conduct it. However, Jethalal suffers a painful sprain in his waist during the camp.
1342–1346	"Anjali demands a surprise gift"
Anjali wants a gift from Taarak, but he has no idea what to gift her.
1347–1353	"Tapu Sena extra classes"
Tapu Sena lies about attending extra classes, so no one knows where they go. Later, society members come to know that they go to teach poor & needy kids who want to study.
1354–1361	"Bhide-Madhavi anniversary"
Society members organize a surprise anniversary party for Bhide and Madhavi.
1362–1364	"Holi (2014)"
Various reasons cause Holi to be cancelled.
1365–1369	"Youngistaan"
Jackky Bhagnani and Neha Sharma visit Gokuldham Society to promote their film Youngistaan.
1370–1378	"Sodhi is Missing"
Sodhi is kidnapped by some sardars, and society members search for him. In the end, they meet him at a Gurudwara.
1387–1389	"Varun Dhawan in Gokuldham"
Varun Dhawan visits to promote his film Main Tera Hero.
1382–1387	"Bhoothnath Returns"
The society members experience paranormal activities in the society, which was done by Amitabh Bachchan himself who visits Gokuldham society to promote Bhoothnath Returns.
1408–1419	"Adventure Park Surprise"
Bhide gives a surprise to Tapu Sena – a visit to an adventure park.
1420–1425	"Krishnan Subramaniam Iyyer's Promotion Party"
Krishnan Subramaniam Iyyer's Promotion Story.
1426–1445	"GPL 3"
Mehta hits a six on Tapu's ball which spills Jethalal's Jalebi Fafda. This results in GPL 3 with Jethalal and Mehta being captains. Jethalal's team is named as "Jetha Ke Jaanbaaz" while Mehta's team is named as "Mehta Ke Maharathi". Jethalal's team eventually wins the match while everyone eats Jalebi Fafda after the ends.
1447–1465	"10 Crore Ruby"
A mysterious man who reveals himself to be Ajay Dewan secretly comes to the Gokuldham Society in disguise which creates a suspicion in the society members' minds. He reveals that he is in Mumbai to sell a ruby which is worth 10 crore. But one day both Ajay Dewan and the ruby go missing, causing the society members to call in the CID cops to investigate.
1465–1478	"Hongkong-Disneyland trip"
The members of Gokuldham society win a trip to Hongkong-Disneyland in Tapu Sena's lottery and the whole society except Mehta family, Iyer & Popatlal fly to Hongkong.
1489–1499	"Ganesh Utsav (2014)"
Members of Gokuldham society celebrate Ganesh Utsav.
1500–1507	"Bhide's surprise treat (1500 Episodes Celebration)"
Bhide arranges a surprise and takes everyone out for a day for Mumbai Darshan.
1518–1524	"Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan"
The ladies have their husbands help them to clean the society as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission.
1525–1532	"Diwali (2014)"
The team of Happy New Year visit Gokuldham to promote their film and celebrate diwali.
1533–1541	"Popatlal purchases a new phone"
Popatlal buys a new phone from Jethalal's shop to replace his damaged old phone. But his nitpicking while shopping annoys Jethalal, so he plays a prank using Popatlal's phone.
1546–1547	"Daya's Mother"
Everyone is very excited to meet Daya's mother as she is coming to Mumbai to receive her Samaj Ratna award. But it is revealed that Sundar is the one who is acting to be Daya's mother. Everyone is shocked but later all the misunderstandings are clear.
1566–1572	"Kathiawadi food"
Daya promises to cook royal Kathiawadi food, but there is a delay, infuriating Jethalal.
1573–1585	"Champaklal is drunk?/New Year (2015)"
The gents decide to secretly drink amidst the new year party, but Champaklal to catch them acts as drunk.
1589–1595	"Bhide's Sakharam"
Madhavi buys a new scooter for Bhide with help from Champaklal.
1599–1608	"Winter Party"
The ladies of Gokuldham society celebrate a winter party by organizing 'No.1 Dil Todne Wala' Poetry Program.
1609	"Hey Bro"
Ganesh Acharya visits Gokuldham to promote Hey Bro.
1624–1629	"Bawri brings luck to Gada Electronics"
Jethalal is upset due to his business not running well, so Bawri brings customers to Gada Electronics from another electronics store. From that, Jethalal thinks that his luck has improved due to Bawri. Then the chairman of the electronic union calls Jethalal and tells him everything, and later Jethalal apologizes to everyone for this incident.
1686–1723	"Tapu Sena's SSC result and college admission"
Tapu Sena gets a good result in SSC boards, but only Tapu from the Tapu Sena struggles to get admission in M.K. Gandhi college. I.M. Khare is a corrupt trustee and the Gokuldham members expose him.
1758–1808	"Interior renovation"
Due to rising problems in their flats, the Gokuldham members decide to renovate their interiors and face many hurdles.
1822–1824	"Conspiracy against Tapu"
A boy, Vicky, in Tapu's college throws a plane made from Tapu's note book page on Professor Nalini. She takes Tapu's ID card as punishment and tells him to bring his father to school. Meanwhile, Tapu disguises Popatlal as Jethalal and brings him to college.
1824–1826	"Prof. Nalini's Rishta with Popatlal"
Popatlal goes to meet with a girl for his marriage, who turns out to be Tapu's professor Nalini and she rejects Popatlal.
1827–1829	"Promotion of Dilwale"
As Nalini rejects Popatlal, he is very sad and Asit Modi brings Shahrukh Khan and Kajol to make him happy and as well as for the promotion of Dilwale.
1831–1842	"Babita's image on the Tobacco hoarding"
Since teenage Babita dreams to be a model but can't. When Jethalal finds out, he helps her get a chance to do an advertisement, unaware that the advertisement promotes tobacco.
1868–1888	"The gold biscuit briefcase"
While going to collect a payment, Bhide saves a man Dhanraj from an accident, for that he got rewarded which leads Bhide to big trouble.
1909–1934	"Iyer-Babita Divorce"
A miscommunication over mobile creates confusion between Iyer and Babita, eventually leading to divorce.
2007–2022	"10 crore saree"
Daya and the other ladies of Gokuldham wish to wear a 10-crore saree they saw in a diamond exhibition. They request Jethalal to arrange it for one day. Jethalal arranges a duplicate saree for them. Later, he and Mehta are arrested when the real saree is stolen on the same day. But the main thief of the saree turns out to be the 10-crore saree-owner's wife.
2023–2030	"Ganesh Utsav (2016)"
Members of Gokuldham society celebrate Ganesh Utsav.
2235–2246	"Goa trip"
Tapu Sena arranges to visit Goa with Society members.
2283–2290	"Ganesh Utsav (2017)"
Gokuldham society celebrates the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi and organizes "Divya Veshbhusha" program.
2095–2102	"Ghanchakkar In Shop"
A strange fellow invades Jethalal's shop and calls it his own. Later, he follows Jethalal to society and calls it things his own too.
2384–2415	"Pinku's Parents"
The residents of Gokuldham society come to know that Pinku's parents work in a secret government agency after many twists and turns.
2493–2511	"Señorika Island"
Champaklal dreams that his son is involved in a 300-crore bank-loan scam and has escaped to an island country called Señorika island. However, even after he wakes up, he fears that his dream would come true. Later, Jethalal returns and Champaklal is relieved.
2605–2632	"Gada Electronics on sale"
Nattu Kaka and Bagha sell Gada Electronics to Soorma Bhai without Jethalal's consent.
2644–2649	"Statue of Unity trip"
The residents of Gokuldham visit the world's tallest statue, the Statue of Unity in Narmada, Gujarat.
2693–2708	"Singapore trip"
Asit Kumarr Modi arranges a Singapore trip for Gokuldham members to make depressed Popatlal happy.
2812–2824	"Ganesh Utsav (2019)"
The members of Gokuldham society celebrate Ganesh Utsav.
2982–2996	"Ganesh Utsav (2020)"
The members of the society celebrate Ganesh Utsav during the COVID-19 pandemic following all safety measures.
3035–3050	"Popatlal loses job"
Due to coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, Popatlal's newspaper agency Toofan Express shuts down and he becomes unemployed. He tries for different jobs but fails each time. In the end Popatlal eventually gets his job back.
3051–3058	"Tapu Sena's Pizza Party"
Bhide advises Tapu Sena to not eat food from outside. However, Tapu Sena plans to order pizza from a restaurant without anyone knowing. They buy the food with the help of Abdul and eat it at Taarak Mehta's house. Anjali is surprised to find the pizza boxes at home and accuses Mehta of eating without her knowledge, but Dr. Hathi finds the truth.
3158–3193	"Popatlal on Mission Kala Kauva"
Popatlal and his co-worker Bharti expose a gang that black-marketed Covid drugs, oxygen cylinders, and COVID-19 vaccines during the second wave. They reach Rang Tarang resort and are assisted by Dr. Hathi, Jethalal, Bagha, and Champaklal.
3194–3221	"Gokuldham in Rang Tarang Resort"
After the events of mission Kala Kauva, the Gokuldham residents are invited to Rang Tarang Resort.
3268–3277	"Bhide's cheque"
Tapu Sena is given the task to deposit Bhide's cheque but because of Goli eating Pani Puri, the cheque is lost. Tapu Sena lie consistently, unaware that everyone knows the truth.
3316–3322	"Madhavi's burnt saree"
Bhide accidentally burns Madhavi's favorite saree gifted by her brother whilst ironing and goes on a mission to buy a new one.
3323–3326	"Gokuldham in Kaun Banega Crorepati"
Asit Kumar surprises everyone with an invitation to KBC-13 by Amitabh Bachchan.
3327–3332	"Marriage Proposals for Popatlal"
After getting Amitabh Bachchan's special mention for Popatlal's marriage on KBC-13, two different families come to Gokuldham for marriage-meeting simultaneously in Hathi and Bhide's house. As a plan, Popatlal tries hard to meet both the families sitting in Bhide & Hathi's homes simultaneously. But later they get to know, no one came to the society for a marriage meeting.
3334–3337	"Popatlal Sherwani Curse"
Popatlal thinks his Sherwani is stopping him from getting married so he gets rid of it, but it always comes back to him. Eventually, he throws it out from his balcony, and it lands on Bhide while driving which causes chaos in the society.
3338–3360	"Karela Bhoot in Taarak"
In the greed of food Goli spies on Taarak and reports to Anjali. She finds out Taarak eats at a hotel secretly, Because of this she uses the "Khiladi" diet, but Taarak and Tapu Sena come up with a plan of "Karela Bhoot" to escape it. Anjali gets to know the truth and decides to teach Taarak a lesson with the help of Champaklal's plan and Mahila Mandal's.

Cast and characters[]

Main[]

• Dilip Joshi as Jethalal "Jetha/Jethiya" Champaklal Gada: A Kutchi Gujarati Jain from Bhachau, Gujarat. He is a less educated yet successful businessman who runs a store called "Gada Electronics". Jethalal is fed up with his family members creating problems for him, though he loves them all very dearly. He is happily married to Daya, but has a huge crush on his neighbour Babita. He always falls in trouble and is rescued by his best friend, Taarak. He is a foodie and loves eating Jalebi and Fafda. He is called Tapu Ke Papa(Tapu's father) by Daya as she feels shy in taking his name. (2008–present)
• Disha Vakani as Daya Jethalal Gada: Jethalal's wife. She is from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She is funny, brave, innocent, and a very caring housewife. Like her husband, she too is less educated. She is endearingly called Garba Queen for her passion for Garba and often called Annapurna(Goddess of food and nourishment) for her excellent culinary skills. She often annoys and embarrasses Jethalal by publicly revealing his funny secrets. She has a catchphrase "Hey Maa! Mataji"!(Oh God!) whenever shocked or excited. Unlike other female members of society, who refer to their husbands by their names, she shies in calling Jethalal by his name and thus calls him Tapu Ke Papa(Tapu's father). (2008–2017; 2018; 2019)
• Bhavya Gandhi as Tipendra Tapu Jethalal Gada: Jethalal and Daya's son, who is doted a lot by the latter. He is the leader of his group Tapu Sena, consisting of his friends, and is naughty yet very intelligent and kind. Whenever he plays cricket with his friends, he often breaks the glass windows of society members especially Bhide's window, resulting in a verbal fight between Jethalal and Bhide. He is often called Chhoti Daya (a younger version of Daya) by Jethalal because he is daring like his mother. (2008–2017).
  • replaced Gandhi as Tipendra (2017–present).^[4]
• Amit Bhatt as Champaklal Jayantilal Gada aka Champak Chachaji/Bapuji/Dadaji: Jethalal's father. He is from Bhachau (Kutch), Gujarat. He is very dear to Tapu and treats Daya like his own daughter. He often scolds Jethalal for his laziness and often publicly shares embarrassing moments from his childhood. However, Champaklal loves him very much as he raised him alone after his mother's demise. He is uneducated yet very sensible and a Gandhian. Initially shown naive due to his sudden relocation to Mumbai from Bhachau, he is now one of the most sensible and respected members of society, and always teaches a moral to wrong people. The whole society, including his family members, respect him a lot. (2008–present)
  • Jayantilal Girdharlal Gada: Champaklal's father (in memories and photo) (2021)
• Shailesh Lodha as Taarak Mehta: The narrator of the show who is a writer and poet by profession, he had a love marriage with Anjali. He is from Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He is Jethalal's best friend, who calls him Fire Brigade as he helps him through most of his problems. He is the only person in the society who knowns that Jethalal has a crush on Babita. He is fed up with Anjali's diet food and seeks the opportunity to eat spicy food. (2008–present)
• Neha Mehta as Anjali Taarak Mehta aka ATM: Taarak's wife. She is a dietitian and an excellent best out of waste artist. Her husband is fed up with her diet food and the whole society makes excuses to skip her diet food. (2008–2020)
  • Sunayana Fozdar replaced Neha Mehta as Anjali. (2020–present)^[5]
• Tanuj Mahashabde as Krishnan Subramaniam Iyyer: He is a scientist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is a society committee member and Treasurer. He had a love marriage with Babita. He and Jethalal are at loggerheads with each other because of Jetha's secret crush on Babita. Iyyer often makes fun of Jethalal's English and less education leading him to be secretly called as Iyeridli by Jethalal. (2008–present).
• Munmun Dutta as Babita Krishnan Iyyer: Iyyer's wife. Jethalal has a huge crush on her because she is the prettiest and most fashionable lady in the society, and tries hard to impress her but in vain, as Babita only considers him as a good friend. She was a dancer in the film industry and wanted to become a successful model but sacrificed her dream after her love marriage. She is from Kolkata. (2008–present)
• Mandar Chandwadkar as Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide: A strict tutor from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra and Gokuldham Society's one and only secretary. He is stingy, extremely strict, conservative. He dislikes Tapu due to his mischief and often fights with Jethalal. The society members often make fun of his bald head. His catchphrases are "Main Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide Is Gokuldham Society Ka Ekmev Secretary" (I, Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide, this Gokuldham Society's only secretary) and "Are Hamaare Zamaane Mein" (In our times). (2008–present)
• Sonalika Joshi as Madhavi Aatmaram Bhide: Aatmaram's wife who has a home business of achaar (pickles) and papad (papadum, a seasoned flatbread, with pickles). She often taunts her husband for his stingy behavior and is fed up with her husband's constant blame over Tapu and Jethalal since the latter's childhood. Whenever Bhide starts with the irritating stories of his childhood, she often cuts him off, but loves him a lot, and is very understanding and affectionate. She is affectionately called Madhu by her husband (2008–present)
• Jheel Mehta as Sonalika Sonu Aatmaram Bhide (2008–2012): Bhide and Madhavi's only daughter, Tapu's best friend. She is the only female and most intelligent member of Tapu Sena in terms of studies. Though she is fed up with her father's constant blame for Tapu since childhood, she is very dear to her parents.
  • replaced Jheel Mehta. (2012–2019)
  • Palak Sindhwani replaced Nidhi Bhanushali.^[6] (2019–present)
• Nirmal Soni as Dr. Hansraj Baldevraj Hathi :^[7] An overweight doctor from North India. He is kind, jolly, amiable, and loves to eat a lot. His catchphrase is "Sahi Baat Hai". He is affectionately called Hans by his wife, Komal. (2008–2009; 2018–present)
  • • Dr. Vanraj Hathi (Dr. Hathi's youngest brother) (2009-2011)
  • Kavi Kumar Azad replaced Nirmal Soni as Dr. Hathi. (2009–2018)^[8] and Soni returned as Hathi due to Azad's death.
• Ambika Ranjankar as Komal Hansraj Hathi: Dr. Hathi's wife. She is also overweight and often taunts her husband for eating so much. She hardly scolds her son for doing mischief as she pampers him. She is affectionately called Komu by her husband. Her catchphrase is '' Oh, come on ''. (2008–present)
• Kush Shah as Gulabkumar Goli Hansraj Hathi: Dr. Hathi and Komal's son. Like his parents, he is an overweight boy who loves to eat and is the most mischievous member of Tapu Sena. He also has the catchphrase "Sahi Baat Hai" like his dad. He often tricks Jethalal for food, due to which he often says Goli Beta Masti Nahin (Dear Goli, don't be naughty). Bhide often calls him Golya due to his pranks. (2008–present)
• Gurucharan Singh as Roshan Singh Harjeet Singh Sodhi:^[9] A mechanical engineer who owns a car garage. He is very strong and hails from Jalandhar, Punjab. His Parsi wife is also named Roshan. He likes to party and drink which often ends up getting caught by ladies and Champaklal. He is always romantic with his wife. His catchphrase is "Use Te Main Chhaddanga Nahin" (I won't spare him) whenever he finds society members in trouble. (2008–2013; 2014–2020)
  • Laad Singh Maan replaced Gurucharan Singh as Sodhi.^[9](2013–2014) and Gurucharan Singh returned as Sodhi.
  • Balwinder Singh Suri replaced Gurucharan Singh as Sodhi.^[10] (2020–present)/ Sodhi's Friend Ballu (2019)
• Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal as Roshan Kaur Sodhi:^[11] Sodhi's wife. She is a sweet Parsi woman, who had a love marriage with Sodhi. However, she often scolds Sodhi for his addiction to alcohol. (2008–2013; 2016–present)
  • replaced Bansiwal as Roshan.^[11](2013–2016)
• Samay Shah as Gurcharan Gogi Singh Roshan Singh Sodhi: Roshan and Sodhi's only son and the youngest member of Tapu Sena, mostly shown to be naive. He's a copy of his father in terms of nature and is, therefore, called "Junior Sodhi/ Medium Sodhi" by Bhide. His catchphrase is "Use Te Main Chhaddanga Nahin" similar to his father. (2008–present)
• Shyam Pathak as Patrakaar Popatlal Bhagwatiprasad Pandey: He is from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He works as a senior crime reporter in the Toofan Express and is the head of the digital edition of Toofan Express. He is a society committee member who won theThe Golden Crow Award twice. He is a longtime bachelor who is eagerly waiting for his marriage, but often gets rejected by girls. He is stingy and short-tempered and always carries an umbrella. However, he doesn't show his stingy behaviour when Tapu Sena needs help that's why he's their favorite uncle. His catchphrases are "Main Duniya Hila Dunga" (I'll shake this world) and "Cancel, cancel, cancel". For him, all the ladies of the society are like his sisters. He's affectionately called Popu by Sodhi (2009–present).
• Sharad Sankla as Abdul Nawab Miyaa: Owner of a grocery shop (All In One General Store) where the gents of the society gather after dinner for general discussions along with drinking soda. He shares a good bond with Tapu Sena and often helps society members for the society's events. (2008–present)
• Ghanashyam Nayak as Natwarlal Prabhashankar Undhaiwala aka Nattu Kaka: Nattu is Jethalal's employee. He handles the accounts section of Gada Electronics. He is from Undhai Village, Gujarat. Whenever Jethalal assigns him some unwanted work, he pretends to not have heard and shouts, "Hain! Aapne mujhe kuch kaha kya?" (Sorry! Did you say something to me?). He often irritates Jetha by doing unwanted work and flaunting his English speaking skills, though he is very loyal and hardworking. (2008–2021)^[12]

• Tanmay Vekaria as Bagheshwar Bagha Undhaiwala : Nattu's nephew; Bawri's fiancé and Jetha's employee. He is bent, and also irritates Jetha with his silly nature. He too is loyal like his uncle.

Recurring[]

• Mayur Vakani as Sundar Lal: Daya's only brother. He often creates problems for his brother-in-law Jethalal, and schemes to take money from him. He is very dear to his sister. He's affectionately called "Sundar Vira"(Vira means younger brother in Gujarati) by Daya (2008–present)
• Daya Shankar Pandey as Inspector Chalu Pandey: A police officer in Maharashtra police from Uttar Pradesh background. He dislikes society members solving cases themselves, leaving him no chance to be credited for solving even a single case. He fears his wife Basundi. He has a catchphrase, "Hamara Naam Hai Inspector Chalu Pandey Jhuth Bologe Toh Padenge Dande" (My name is Inspector Chalu Pandey and if you dare to lie then I will not leave you through my stick) (2010–present)
• Azhar Shaikh as Pankaj "Pinku" Diwan Sahay: Oldest member of Tapu Sena, who initially lived in Gokuldham Society but later shifted to the neighbouring Gulmohar Society. His parents Mr. Diwan and Mrs. Dipika Sahay are agents in R&AW and were deployed overseas for many years. (2008–present)

• Monika Bhadoriya as Bawri Dhondulal Kanpuria: Bagha's fiancée and love interest. She often forgets names, except Bagha, and causes trouble for Jethalal in the shop. She has a catchphrase, "Haye Haye Galti Se Mistake Ho Gayi" (Oh God, I made a mistake by mistake)(2013–2019)^[13]
• Yash Patel as Magan, a worker at Gada Electronics. (2008–present)
• Kanti Joshi as Baka: Sundar's friend. He has a catchphrase in the Gujarati language "Kem Palty" (How are you?) and often chews paan which irritates Jetha. (2010–present)
• Jatin Bajaj as Bhailu: Sundar's friend. (2014–present)
• Rakesh Bedi as Babulal: Taarak's short-tempered and arrogant boss who often asks Mehta to do his personal works too. (2020–present)^[14]
• as Reporter Rita Shrivastav. (2008; 2009–2010; 2013–present): A reporter in Kal Tak News channel who is rival of Popatlal.
  • Nidhi Nautiyal replaced Ahuja as Reporter Rita Shrivastav. (2010–2013). Priya Ahuja was again cast in the role after Nautiyal left the show in 2013.
• Anil Yadav as Matka King Mohanlal (2008–2009)
• Kamal Ghimiray as Shubhankar Banerjee: Iyer's boss from Bengali background (2019–present)

Special appearances[]

• Harshad Joshi as Himself and various other characters
• Malav Suresh Rajda as Himself and various other characters
• Priti Savior as Bhanumati Sattavala: wife of Rasikbhai. (2008)
• Surbhi Chandna as Sweety: former salesgirl at Gada Electronics who later claimed to be Jethalal's girlfriend to extort money from him however got exposed by Tapu. (2008)^[15]
• Nupur Bhatt as Tina: Tapu's wife in Jethalal's dream. (2008)
• as Bunty: Daya's friend's son who annoyed Jethalal. (2009)
• Kari Irwin Otteburn as Kerry: Jetha's namesake sister from London and Popatlal's former love interest. But she married someone else. (2009)^[16]
• Ayushmann Khurrana as himself (2009)^[17]
• Raju Kher as Mr. Chandi Ramani, owner of costliest apartment of society (2010)
• Rishi Kapoor as himself (2010)^[18]
• Neetu Singh Kapoor as herself (2010)
• Asma Siddiqui as Koyal: Anjali's mischievous sister studying journalism, Popat's former love interest (2010)^[16]
• Nilesh Divekar as Gaffur Ghislea. A vasooli man who comes for Vasooling Gold Money from Bhide.(2010)
• Yashpal Sharma as Don Kuldeep Singh Rana (2011)^[19]
• Saroj Khan as herself/judge for Society's Disco Night Dance Competition (2012)^[20]
• Kareena Kapoor Khan as herself (2012)
• Sharman Joshi as himself (2009, 2012)^[21]
• Khushboo Tawde as Bulbul: Popat's former love interest. (2013)^[22]
• Tapasya Nayak Srivastava as Bharti (2013)
• Hrithik Roshan as himself to promote Krrish 3 (2013)^[23]
• Simple Kaul as Gulabo: Mohan Pyaare's wife; Jethalal's namesake sister. A girl from Matkunda village, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand who claimed to be Jetha's first wife but lost case after getting exposed and married Jetha's defence lawyer Mohan Pyaare. (2012–2013)^[24]
• Shivaji Satam as A.C.P. Pradyuman from CID (2014)^[25]
• Aditya Srivastava as Inspector Abhijeet from CID (2014)^[25]
• Dayanand Shetty as Inspector Daya from CID (2014)^[25]
• Dinesh Phadnis as Inspector Fredricks/Freddy from CID (2014)
• Gaurav Khanna as Inspector Kavin from CID (2014)
• Amitabh Bachchan as himself (2014,2021)^[26]
• Nigaar Khan as Sophia (2014)^[27]
• Boman Irani as himself (2012, 2014)^[21]
• Tanaya Gupta as Minty/Sapna: A con girl who came to marry and loot Popatlal, but repented. (2015)^[28]
• Pratish Vora as Mukadam Babu Bhai: who renovated internals of apartments (2015)^[29]
• Deepesh Bhan as Rahul (Goli's cousin)/ Lawyer Pyare Mohan (Gulabo's husband, Jetha's defence lawyer in Gulabo's case) (2010, 2012, 2015)
• Ganesh Acharya as himself (2015)^[30]
• Deepika Padukone as herself (2014, 2015)^[31]
• Atisha Naik as Mangu Tai (2017)^[32]
• Mahira Sharma as Ekta (Anjali's sister) (2014)/ Host of Ganesh Chaturthi Mahotsav (2017)^[33]
• Shah Rukh Khan as himself (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017)^[34]
• Manisha Yadav as Ratnavali: Babita's friend who uses ratnas to test love however proved to be a troublemaker for Jetha (2017)
• Salman Khan as himself (2011, 2015, 2017)^[35]
• Garima Goel as Dhanraj's wife (2016)/Ganesh Chaturthi's host (2018)
• Mamta Dutta as Sania: A member of a smuggling group who disguised herself a ghost to scare Gokuldham Society's members (2010)
  • as Darawani Dulhan (2018)
• Ranveer Singh as himself (2019)^[36]
• Ajay Devgan as himself (2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020)^{[37][38][39][40][41][42]}
• Varun Dhawan as himself (2014, 2016, 2017, 2020)
• Kajol as herself (2015, 2020)^[42]
• Navina Bole as Dr. Monica Sharma (2017) /Dr. Sara (Babita's friend; Jetha's psychiatrist in his weird dreams track) (2020)^[43]
• Deepak Pareek as Bhogilal: Je⁸tha's greedy business associate who tried to cheat him and many other businessmen. He was later arrested by Society members' intelligence. His catchphrase was "Bhagwan Sabka Bhala Kare Par Shuruaat Mujhse Kare" (God should help everyone, but start with me.) (2021)
• Aradhana Sharma as Deepti: Rang Tarang Resort's room-service employee who worked as an agent of Madanlaal, the black marketing mastermind (2021)
• Kajal Pahuja as Bharti: Popat's innocent and short-tempered namesake sister who worked as junior to Popat in Toofan Express and assisted him in Mission Kaala Kauwa. (2021)
• Soni Patel as Sanjana: Rang Tarang Resort's receptionist who worked as an agent of black marketing mastermind Madanlaal under the guise of an unmarried girl (2021)
• Muni Jha as Madanlal: the black marketing mastermind (2021)
• Arsh Merchant as Rangatarang Resort's manager (2021)
• Dev Kumar as Mukesh: Rang Tarang Resort's waiter (2021)
• Raj Premi as Sangram Singh Rathore (2013)
• Nilesh Bhatt as Various characters including Hariyali Hotel Manager (2013), Chandu chillar (2014), Carpenter Babu Chipke (2017, 2020)
• Nitin Keswani as Plumber Ghansu Ghayal (2019, 2021)

Production and promotion[]

The series was approached initially for the channels Star Plus and Zee TV. When they rejected the series, Sony SAB accepted the script.^[44]

The shooting happens in film city, Mumbai. Some parts of the show have also been shot for that time storyline in places such as Gujarat, New Delhi, Goa and in overseas locations such as London, Brussels, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore.^{[45][46][47][48]}

On it completing 1000 episodes on 6 November 2012,^[49] Asit Kumarr Modi revealed that it took eight years to get this show on air.^[50] Further, he said, "Originally, it was a column in a Gujarati magazine, and I bought its rights in 2001. I approached every channel, but the trend of daily soaps had just started, and saas-bahu shows dominated the scene. Whoever I approached said there was no scope for comedy every day. But I had a feeling that one-day comedies, too, would become a daily trend. Finally, in 2008, Taarak Mehta... came on the air."^[50]

In February 2015, Joshi, Vakani, and Lodha hosted the red carpet at the 60th Britannia Filmfare Awards to promote the Clean India campaign.^[51]

From March to June 2020, filming shut down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India.^[52] During the same period it was revealed that it was originally planned for two years and might have gone off-air in 2010 itself as per original plan. But viewers' love made it a seamless series.^[53] The show started broadcasting its new episodes from 22 July 2020.^[54]

The show completed 3000 episodes on 24 September 2020.^[3]

The series was also dubbed in Telugu as Tarak Mama Ayyo Rama for ETV Plus^[55] and Marathi as Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari for Fakt Marathi.^[56]

Reception[]

In the first week of 2017, the show stood in the fourth position with 6,004 TVT ratings. In the fourth week, the show entered the top five and stood in the fifth position with 6,059 TVT ratings. In March 2017, the show remained within the top five shows urban-rural metrics. In the 25th week of 2017, the show stood at the top spot with 6,092 TVT ratings. In the 26th week of 2017, the show stood at third spot with 6,049 TVT ratings. It is the longest-running scripted show on Indian television. In the 1st week of 2018, the show topped the chart with 6961 TVT ratings.^{[57][better source needed]} In the 42nd week of 2019, the show stood at the first position with 7952 TVT ratings. In week 29 of 2020, the show emerged as number one show post-COVID-19 lockdown with 6477 TVT ratings.^[58]

Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Piotr Glinski visited the sets of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah in February 2016.^[59]

Crossovers and special episodes[]

• In 2010 the cast of Khichdi made a special appearance to promote their film Khichdi: The Movie.^[60]
• Also in 2010, Indira Krishnan appeared as Krishnaben to promote her show Krishnaben Khakhrawala.^[61]
• Special episode "Anand Ka Safar" to pay tribute to Rajesh Khanna aired in July 2012 in which the cast members danced on Khanna's songs.^[62]
• Crossover episodes with C.I.D. named "Mahasangam" aired in July 2014 in which CID visits Gokuldham Society to solve a case.^[25]
• TMKOC Cast were invited in Kaun Banega Crorepati in 2021 as guests.

Spin-off[]

An animated series based on the characters of the Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah titled Taarak Mehta Kka Chhota Chashmah started airing on Sony Yay from 19 April 2021.^{[citation needed]}

Awards[]

Indian Television Academy Awards[]

Year	Category	Recipient(s)
2008	Best Actress-Comedy	Disha Vakani[63]
2009	Best Actress-Comedy[64]
	Best Serial–Comedy[64]	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
	Best Serial-Comedy[65]
2012	Best Actor-Comedy	Dilip Joshi[66]
2013	The ITA Scroll Of Honour[67]	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
2014	Best Actor-Comedy	Dilip Joshi[68]
	Best Actress-Comedy	Disha Vakani[69]
2015	Best Show – Comedy	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
2016	Best Serial- Comedy	Neela Tele Films Private Limited

Indian Telly Awards[]

Year	Category	Recipient(s)
2009	Best Actor in a Comic Role (Male)	Dilip Joshi[70]
	Best Actor in a Comic Role (Female)	Disha Vakani[70]
	Best Sitcom[70]	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
	Best Sitcom Writer	Raju Odedra and Rajan Upadhyay[70]
2010	Most Popular Actor in a Comic Role (Male)	Dilip Joshi[71]
	Most Popular Actor in a Comic Role (Female)	Disha Vakani[71]
	Most Popular Child Artist (Male)	Bhavya Gandhi[71]
	Best Sitcom[71]	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
	Best Sitcom Writer	Raju Odedra and Rajan Upadhyay[71]
2012	Most Popular Actor in a Comic Role (Male)	Dilip Joshi[72]
	Best Actress in a Comic Role (Jury)	Disha Vakani[72]
	Best Sitcom[72]	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
2013	Actress in a Comic Role (Jury)	Disha Vakani[73]
	Best Director (Sitcom)	Harshad Joshi and Malav Rajda[73]
	Most Popular Actor in a Comic Role	Dilip Joshi[73]
	Best Sitcom / Comedy Program[73]	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
2019	Best Actor in a Comic Role	Dilip Joshi
	Best Sitcom / Comedy Program	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
	Best Ensemble Fiction	Sony SAB

Star Guild Awards[]

Year	Category	Recipient(s)
2011	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Dilip Joshi
2013	Best Comedy Series	Neela Tele Films Private Limited

See also[]

• List of Hindi comedy shows
• List of programmes broadcast by Sony SAB

References[]

External links[]

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