Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

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Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
Genre	Sitcom
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	See below
Narrated by	Shailesh Lodha
Opening theme	Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
Ending theme	narration by Shailesh Lodha
Composer	Sunil Patni
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	3336
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 (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 Kumarr Modi. It premiered on 28 July 2008 and airs on Sony SAB and is also digitally available on SonyLIV.^[2] The show holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running Indian daily sitcom on television by episode count.^[3]

Summary

The series takes place at the Gokuldham Co-operative Housing Society, an apartment complex in Powder Gali, Film City road, Goregaon East, Mumbai, and focusses on the members of Gokuldham Society.

Gokuldham is also referred 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. They help each other in their problems, to promote unity in diversity. Gokuldham is lively and often laughs. The members of Gokuldham celebrate all the festivals like a family and organise various events. The responsibility of organising these events is often on Tapu Sena's shoulders while Bhide is tensed about exceeding the budget.

Cast and characters

Main

• Dilip Joshi as Jethalal "Jethiya" Champaklal Gada: A Kutchi Gujarati Jain from Bhachau, Gujarat. He runs a store called "Gada Electronics". He is married to Daya and loves her immensely, but has a crush on his neighbour Babita Iyer. He's fed up by Bhide's constant blame on his son Tapu for any mischief in society. He likes Sonu, and dreams about Tapu and Sonu's marriage and Sonu becoming the "Gada khaandaan ki bahu" (The daughter-in-law of Gadas) Jethalal is Tapu's father, Champaklal's only son, Daya's husband. Actors like Rajpal Yadav, Ali Asgar, Kiku Sharda, Ahsaan Qureshi and Yogesh Tripathi were also considered for this role but they all rejected the role.^[4] (2008–present)
• Disha Vakani as Daya Jethalal Gada : Jethalal's wife, Tapu's mother, Champaklal's daughter-in-law and Sunderlal's elder sister. Whenever Jethalal is in the society's compound, she goes on the balcony and publicly shouts embarrassing things to Jethalal. Daya is endearingly called Garba Queen due to her passion for Garba and Annapurna (one who doesn't let anyone remain hungry) by everyone due to her excellent culinary skills. She is from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She has a catchphrase Hey Maa! Mataji! (Oh God!) whenever shocked or excited. Vakani left the show in September 2017 and her character is shown to be living with her mother for pilgrimage. She made cameo appearances in 2018 and 2019.^[5] (2008–2017; 2018; 2019)
• Bhavya Gandhi as Tipendra "Tapu" Jethalal Gada: Jethalal and Daya's only son, Champaklal's only grandson and Sunderlal's nephew. Sonu's best friend. He's the leader of Tapu Sena and very intelligent. There isn't a single house in Gokuldham Society where Tapu's ball hasn't reached and broken something. But, mostly, he breaks the glass of Bhide's window, which results in a verbal fight between Jethalal and Bhide. He is often called Chhoti Daya (younger version of Daya) by Jethalal because he is daring like his mother. (2008–2017).
  • replaced Gandhi as Tipendra (2017–2021).^[6]
• Amit Bhatt as Champaklal Jayantilal Gada aka Bapuji, Champak Chacha: Jethalal's father, Daya's father-in-law and Tipendra's grandfather. He is from Bhachau (Kutch), Gujarat. He publicly discusses embarrassing moments from Jethalal's childhood. Tapu Sena considers him the sixth member of their group. Initially shown naive due to his sudden relocation to Mumbai, he's now the among the most sensible members of society and whole society treats him as father and grandfather (2008–present)
  • Jayantilal Girdharlal Gada: Champaklal's father (in memories and photo) (2021)
• Shailesh Lodha as Taarak Mehta aka Mehta Saahab, Fire Brigade: 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's fed up with Anjali's diet food and seeks 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 whole society makes excuses to skip her diet food. (2008–2020)
  • Sunayana Fozdar replaced Neha Mehta as Anjali. (2020–present)^[7]
• Tanuj Mahashabde as Krishnan Subramaniam Iyer aka Iyer Bhai: He is Babita's husband. Iyer 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 sometimes quarrel, but also cooperate. He's often called as Iyeridli by Jethalaal in his mind due to his constant leg pulling by him.(2008–present)
• Munmun Dutta as Babita Krishnan Iyer: Iyer's wife. Jethalal has a crush on her because of her modernness and beauty. Jethalal unsuccessfully tries to impress her. 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 aka Bhidu: A strict home tutor from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra and Gokuldham Society's only Secretary. Madhavi's husband and Sonu's father. He quarrels with Tapu and Jethalal and often blames Tapu for any problem in the society due to which Jetha often engages in verbal fight with him for constant blame on Tapu. 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 "Madhu" Aatmaram Bhide: Aatmaram's wife is a businesswoman who sells achaar (pickles) and papad (papadum, a seasoned flatbread, with pickles). She is Sonu's mother. She often taunts her husband for his stingy behaviour and is fed up with her husband's constant blame over Tapu since latter's childhood. Whenever Bhide starts with "Humare Zamaane Mein" (In our times), she often cuts him off, irritated, but loves him a lot nonetheless. (2008–present)
• Jheel Mehta as Sonalika "Sonu" Aatmaram Bhide^[8](2008–2012): Bhide and Madhavi's only daughter. Tapu's best friend. She's the only female and most intelligent member of Tapu Sena in terms of studies. She's also fed up with her father's constant blame over Tapu since childhood.
  • replaced Jheel Mehta. (2012–2019)
  • Palak Sindhwani replaced Nidhi Bhanushali.^[9] (2019–present)
• Nirmal Soni as Dr. Hansraj "Hans" Baldevraj Hathi aka Hathi Bhai:^[10] is a foody doctor from North India. He is kind, jolly and fat. His catchphrase is "Sahi Baat Hai"(It is correct) (2008–2009; 2018–present)
  • Kavi Kumar Azad replaced Nirmal Soni as Dr. Hathi. (2009–2018)^[11] and Soni returned as Hathi due to Azad's death.
• Ambika Ranjankar as Komal "Komu" Hansraj Hathi: Dr. Hathi's wife and Goli's mother. Her catchphrase is "Sahi Baat Hai", like her husband. (2008–present)
• Kush Shah as Gulabkumar "Goli" Hansraj Hathi: Dr. Hathi and Komal's. He loves to eat and is the most mischievous member of Tapu Sena. He also has catchphrase "Sahi Baat Hai" like his parents. He often do mischiefs with Jethalaal due to which he often calls Goli Beta Masti Nahin( Goli Dear Don't Do Mischiefs). Bhide often calls him Goya due to his pranks. (2008–present)
• Gurucharan Singh as Roshan Singh Harjeet Singh Sodhi:^[12] A mechanical engineer who owns a car garage. He hails from Jalandhar, Punjab. His Parsi wife is also named Roshan. He likes to party which often ends up getting caught by ladies and Champak Chacha. His catchphrase is "Use Te Main Chhaddanga Nahin" (I'll Not Leave Him) whenever he finds society members in trouble.(2008–2013; 2014–2020)
  • Laad Singh Maan replaced Gurucharan Singh as Sodhi.^[12](2013–2014) and Gurucharan Singh returned as Sodhi.
  • Balwinder Singh Suri replaced Gurucharan Singh as Sodhi.^[13] (2020–present)
• Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal as Roshan Kaur Sodhi:^[14] Sodhi's wife and Gogi's mother. She is a Parsi. However she often berates Sodhi for his addiction to alcohol.(2008–2013; 2016–present)
  • replaced Bansiwal as Roshan.^[14](2013–2016)
• Samay Shah as Gurcharan "Gogi" Singh Roshan Singh Sodhi: Roshan and Sodhi's only son and the youngest member of Tapu Sena, sometime 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" similarly like his father. (2008–present)
• Sharad Sankla as Abdul Nawab Miyaa: Owner of a grocery shop (All in one general store) where gents of the society gather after dinner for general discussions along with drinking soda. He often helps society members in society functions. (2008–present)
• Ghanashyam Nayak as Natwarlal Prabhashankar Undhaiwala aka Nattu Kaka: Nattu is Jethalal's employee and Bagha's paternal uncle. 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?). (2008–2021)^[15]
• Azhar Shaikh as Pankaj "Pinku" Diwan Sahay: Eldest member of Tapu Sena, who initially lived in Gokuldham Society but later shifted to the neighbouring Gulmohar society. His parents Mr. Diwan Sahay and Mrs. Dipika Sahay are agents in R&AW and were deployed overseas for many years. (2008–present)
• Shyam Pathak as Patrakaar Popatlal Bhagwatiprasad Pandey aka Popu: 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. He has twice won The Golden Crow Award. He is a longtime bachelor who wants to marry. 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 favourite uncle. His catchphrases are "Main Duniya Hila Dunga" (I'll shock this world) and "Cancel, cancel, cancel". He is eagerly waiting for his marriage to occur, but often gets rejected by the girl. He is nicknamed by Champak Chacha as "Dibba" and by Sodhi as "Popu. For him, all the ladies of the society are his sisters.(2009–present)
• Tanmay Vekaria as Bagheshwar "Bagha" Dadukh Undhaiwala: Jethalal's employee, Nattu's nephew, and Bawri's fiancé. He is sometimes silly and sometimes smart. His catchphrases are "Jaisi Jiski Soch" (How A Person Thinks) and "Bade Sayane Keh Kar Gaye Hain" (Elderly people said that). (2010–present)

Recurring

• Mayur Vakani as Sundar "Veera" Lal: Daya's only brother and Tapu's maternal uncle. He often creates problems for his brother-in-law Jethalal. He schemes to take money from Jethalal. (2008–present)
• Daya Shankar Pandey as Inspector Chalu Pandey: A police officer in Maharashtra police from Uttar Pradesh background. He's dislikes Society members solving cases themselves and 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) (2011–present)
• Monika Bhadoriya as Bawri Dhondulal Kanpuria: Bagha's fiancée and love interest. She often forgets names, except Bagha, and causes trouble for Jetha in shop. She has a catchphrase, "Haye Haye Galti Se Mistake Ho Gayi" (Oh God, I made a mistake by mistake)(2013–2019)^[16]
• Yash Patel as Magan, a worker at Gada Electronics. (2008–present)
• Kanti Joshi as Baka: Sundar's friend. He has a catchphrase in 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 Mehta's short-tempered and arrogant boss who often asks Mehta do his personal works too. (2020–present)^[17]
• Priya Ahuja as Reporter Rita Shrivastav. (2008; 2009–2010; 2013–present): A reporter in Kal Tak News channel
  • 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)

Cameo appearances

• Asit Kumarr Modi as Himself
• 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)^[18]
• 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 Popat's former love interest. But she married someone else. (2009)^[19]
• Ayushmann Khurrana as himself (2009)^[20]
• Raju Kher as Mr. Chandi Ramani, owner of costliest apartment of society (2010)
• Rishi Raj Kapoor as himself (2010)^[21]
• Neetu Kapoor/Singh as herself (2010)
• Asma Siddiqui as Koyal: Anjali's mischievous sister studying journalism, Popat's former love interest (2010)^[19]
• Yashpal Sharma as Don Kuldeep Singh Rana (2011)^[22]
• Saroj Khan as herself/judge for Society's Disco Night Dance Competition (2012)^[23]
• Kareena Kapoor as herself (2012)
• Sharman Joshi as himself (2009, 2012)^[24]
• Khushboo Tawde as Bulbul: Popat's former love interest. (2013)^[25]
• Tapasya Nayak Srivastava as Bharti (2013)
• Hrithik Roshan as himself to promote Krrish 3 (2013)^[26]
• Simple Kaul as Gulabo: Mohan Pyaare's wife; Jetha'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)^[27]
• Shivaji Satam as A.C.P. Pradyuman from CID (2014)^[28]
• Aditya Srivastava as Inspector Abhijeet from CID (2014)^[28]
• Dayanand Shetty as Inspector Daya from CID (2014)^[28]
• Dinesh Phadnis as Inspector Fredricks/Freddy from CID (2014)
• Gaurav Khanna as Inspector Kavin from CID (2014)
• Amitabh Bachchan as himself (2014,2021)^[29]
• Nigaar Khan as Sophia (2014)^[30]
• Boman Irani as himself (2012, 2014)^[24]
• Tanaya Gupta as Minty/Sapna: A con girl who came to marry and loot Popat, but repented. (2015)^[31]
• Pratish Vora as Mukadam Babu Bhai: who renovated internals of apartments (2015)^[32]
• 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)^[33]
• Deepika Padukone as herself (2014, 2015)^[34]
• Atisha Naik as Mangu Tai (2017)^[35]
• Mahira Sharma as Ekta (Anjali's sister) (2014)/ Host of Ganesh Chaturthi Mahotsav (2017)^[36]
• Shah Rukh Khan as himself (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017)^[37]
• 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)^[38]
• 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)^[39]
• Ajay Devgan as himself (2009, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020)^{[40][41][42][43][44][45]}
• Varun Dhawan as himself (2014, 2016, 2017, 2020)
• Kajol as herself (2015, 2020)^[45]
• Navina Bole as Dr. Monica Sharma (2017) /Dr. Sara (Babita's friend; Jetha's psychiatrist in his weird dreams track) (2020)^[46]
• Deepak Pareek as Bhogilal: Jetha'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)

Story arcs

• Introduction (Episode 1): The narrator of the show Taarak Mehta (Shailesh Lodha) introduces the characters.
• Champaklal's arrival (episodes 5–7): Fed up with little Tapu's mischief, Jethalal is suggested by Taarak to invite his father Champaklal to teach Tapu good manners.
• Samuhik Rakshabandhan (episode 12–13): Members of Gokuladham society celebrate Samuhik Rakshabandhan.
• Kevdra Teej (episodes 21-22) Women of Gokuldham Society celebrate the festival of Teej in the society.
• Ganpati Celebration At Gokuldham 2008 (episodes 23–27): Members of Gokuldham society celebrate the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi.
• Sundar's scheme (episodes 55–62): Sundar brings scheme for Gokuldham members and promises to double their money.
• Tapu's Wedding (episodes 71–83): Champaklal wants to have Tapu get married during his childhood as he himself was.
• Daya's Maun-vrat (episodes 169–173): After a deal with a Chinese client goes awry due to Daya's interference, Jethalal says that Daya shouldn't talk to anyone.
• GPL 1 (episodes 174–184): Gokuldham Premier League season 1 aka 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 no results.
• Jethalal gets annoyed by a Kid (episodes 185–187): Jethalal wants to sleep all day long because of the fatigue of GPL 1. But Daya's friend leaves her son at Jethalal's house and goes shopping with Daya and her son annoys Jethalal all day.
• Jethalal London fiasco and Kerry (episodes 205–244): 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. In the end Popatlal is still a bachelor.
• Holi 2010 (episodes 325–331): Members of Gokuldham society celebrate the festival of Holi.
• Saree sale at Bhatiawadi (episodes 355–364): 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 retaliate by doing a Garba Andolan in front of the hall.
• GPL 2 (episodes 390–402): 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.
• Sodhi meets Irfan Pathan (episodes 403–409): 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.
• Shampoo Massage (episodes 409–412): 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.
• Ghost In Gokuldham (episodes 413–425): 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 actually a criminal and used to terrorise Gokuldham members so that they could carry their illegal activities smoothly. Their cover is blown by Tapu's plan and Gokuldham is saved from the "ghost".
• Popatlal and Koyal (episodes 426–434): Koyal, Taarak Mehta's sister-in-law, comes to stay with her sister in Mumbai for a few days while waiting for a visa to go to a foreign country. Meanwhile, Popatlal falls in love with Koyal, and tries to impress and marry her. In the end, Popatlal remains single.
• Eid Celebration (episodes 435–436): The members of the society celebrate Eid with Abdul.
• Dahi Handi 2010 (episodes 437–444): Gokuldham's Dahi Handi event becomes a competition between the men and the women. After breaking Dahi handi, Daya falls and is injured and admitted her at ICU. Later she recovers and gets discharge from hospital.
• Ganesh Utsav 2010 (episodes 445–452): Gokuladham Sangeet Samrat event is organised on the occasion of Ganesh utsav.
• Babita & Iyer's marriage anniversary (episodes 461–471): 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.
• Chandiramani Flat Auction (episodes 474–481): Chandiramani sells his Gokuldham flat. He wants to sell this flat to both Jethalal and Sodhi. So he organizes an auction. Then Champaklal explains to everyone it's wrong to sell the house via auction, so Chandiramani reverses his decision.
• Popatlal's Rishta (Baijanti) (episodes 541–550): When Popatlal goes to the hotel, he sees a woman named Baijanti. He secretly notes her mobile number but it was wrong and belongs to Babita. He often calls her.
• Mahashivratri (episodes 551–558): Popatlal visits a pandit who tells him to do a special pooja for Mahashivatri so that his marriage takes place. Although everyone is ready for the functiont, but Jethalal who had gone early to clear a payment eats Bhang and is uncontrollable.
• Bhide's 1 Crore Email Fraud (episodes 578–587): 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.
• Jetha's dadaji's photo (episodes 588–596): Jethalal's wallet is stolen which contains the last photo of his grandfather Jayantilal Gada. Later the thief himself returns the wallet at Jethalal home after getting to know about sentimental reasons.
• Sodhi swallows glass (episodes 597–604): Sodhi believes he swallowed a piece of glass while drinking at a party and has to undergo an operation. In the end it's revealed it was actually a piece of ice.
• Bhide sells mangoes (episodes 605–614): Bhide starts a business of selling mangoes from his Bhau kaka in Ratnagiri, but the mangoes prove to be rotten, infuriating Jethalal.
• Ready (episodes 621–622): Salman Khan visits Gokuldham Society to promote Ready.
• Gokuldham Khel Mahotsav (episodes 623–637): Tapu Sena & Champaklal organise a sports and games event for the members of Gokuldham society. Natu kaka and Bagha are invited as judges.
• Chaddi Gang (episodes 638–646): Mistakenly, Jethalal is stuck in his own 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 Gada family, the members of Chaddi Gang are arrested.
• Witness of Chaddi Gang (episodes 659–677): Court hearing of chaddi gang in which Daya agreed to be a witness against them.
• Ganesh Utsav 2011 (episode 686–695): Gokuldham has a fancy dress competition on the occasion of Ganesh utsav.
• Navratri Festival (Falguni Pathak) (episodes 707–710): Falguni Pathak comes to Gokuldham society on the occasion of Navratri.
• Dusseshra(episodes 711-715) : Jethalal's dream and his lesson.
• Iyer's interview in the newspaper (episodes 719–722): Iyer is excited as his interview is published in the newspaper.
• Babita and Iyer buy a fridge (episodes 723–725): Babita and Iyer decide to buy a new refrigerator, resulting in much confusion.
• Diwali 2011 (episodes 726–728): Gokuldham celebrates Diwali with the poor and unprivileged.
• Bhide and Mehta buy lottery tickets (episodes 729–732): Bhide and Mehta buy lottery tickets and hope to win.
• Bhide's new pair of glasses (episodes 785–789): Bhide, as usual, blames Tapu for his broken glasses. Finally, Sonu accepts that it was her mistake.
• Jethalal In Pakistan (episodes 790–810): 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. Therei, 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.
• Popatlal, Señorita & Kalavati (episodes 811–818): Two different families simultaneously come to meet Popatlal for marriage meetings. One family is known to Daya and 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.
• Society Renovation By Sundarlal (episodes 826–856): The renovation work of the society is given to Sunderlal.
• Ferrari Ki Sawaari (episodes 887–896): Sharman Joshi and Boman Irani visit Gokuldham to promote Ferrari Ki Sawaari.
• Raksha-bandhan (episodes 929–932): After Tapu protects a girl named Jiya in school, she ties him rakhi.
• Dahi Handi 2012 (episodes 933–941): A gangster hides a diamond inside Gokuldham's dahi handi.
• Eid 2012 (episodes 942–945): Because Abdul misses his family, Gokuldham invite them and grandly celebrate Eid.
• Jethalal and the passport (episodes 946–951): Jethlal is arrested after he takes the passport of a young boy who had hit Jetha with his bike, but that boy is actually Champaklal's friend's grandson.
• Barfi (episodes 952–963): Ranbir Kapoor visits Gokuldham society to promote Barfi.^[47]
• Ganesh Utsav 2012 (episodes 968–980) A Grand Antakshari event is organised on the occasion of Ganesh utsav.
• Sundar brings Chanya-choli (episodes 983–1000): Sundar starts a business of Chanya-choli on Navratri, which becomes headache for Jethalal. Later, he holds a havan to get rid of Sundar.
• Gulabo & Jethalal (episodes 1025–1056): A girl from Matkunda, Gulabo, claims Jethalal as her husband showing their marriage certificate, video clips of marriage and marriage photographs as proof. But Jethalal says it was a film shooting scene. Society members with 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.
• Republic day 2013 (episodes 1057–1060): Members of Gokuldham society celebrate Republic day 2013.
• Tapu Sena's new smartphones (episodes 1061–1080): 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 understand their mistakes and promise to not overuse the devices.
• Gokuldham gets notice (episodes 1187–1194): The Gokuldham members receive a notice from MAC associates. Which was actually a plan 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.
• Independence Day 2013 (episodes 1203–1206): Couples sing patriotic songs and celebrate Independence Day.
• Raksha Bandhan in Ahmedabad (episodes 1207–1212): Daya and Jethalal travel to Ahmedabad to celebrate raksha bandhan with Sundarlal.
• Lord Krishna in Gokuldham [Dahihandi 2013] (episodes 1213–1218): On the occasion of Janmashtami, Lord Krishna himself arrives in Gokuldham and blesses everyone.
• Kaun Banega Murga [Ganpati Utsav 2013] (episodes 1227–1234): On the occasion of Ganpati Utsav, Tapu Sena organised Kaun Banega Murga program.
• Fitness Camp (episodes 1327–1341): The ladies organize a fitness camp in the society and Babita invites her friend Sofia to conduct it. But Jethalal suffers a painful sprain in his waist during the camp.
• Bhoothnath Returns (episodes 1382–1387): The society members experience paranormal activities in the society. Which was done by Amitabh Bachchan himself who visits Gokuldham society to promote Bhoothnath Returns.^[48]
• Adventure Park (episodes 1408–1419): Bhide gives a surprise to Tapu Sena – a visit to an adventure park.
• GPL 3 (episodes 1426–1445): 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 final ends.
• Hongkong-Disneyland trip (episodes 1465–1478): 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.
• Ganesh Utsav 2014 (episodes 1489–1499): Members of Gokuladham society celebrate Ganesh utsav.
• Bhide's surprise treat (1500 episodes celebration) (episodes 1500–1507): Bhide arranges a surprise and takes everyone out for a day for Mumbai Darshan.
• Swachh bharat abhiyaan (episodes 1518–1524): The ladies have their husbands help them to clean the society as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission.
• Diwali 2014 (episodes 1525–1532): The team of Happy New Year visit Gokuldham to promote their film and celebrate diwali.
• Popatlal purchases new mobile (episodes 1533–1541): 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.
• Kathiawadi food (episodes 1566–1572): Daya promises to cook royal Kathiawadi food, but there is a delay, infuriating Jethalal.
• Champaklal is drunk? (New year 2015) (episodes 1573–1585): The gents decide to secretly drink amidst the new year party, but Champaklal gets drunk.
• Winter Party (episodes 1599–1608): The ladies of Gokuldham society celebrate a winter party.
• Hey Bro (Episode 1609): Ganesh Acharya visits Gokuldham to promote Hey Bro.
• Bawri brings luck to Gada Electronics (episodes 1624–1629): 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 luck has improved due to Bawri. Then the chairman of electronic union, calls Jethalal and tells him everything. Later Jethalal apologizes to everyone for this incident.
• Tapu Sena's SSC result and college admission (episodes 1686–1723): 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.
• Interior renovation (episodes 1758–1808): Due to rising problems in their flats, the Gokuldham members decide to renovate their interiors and face many hurdles.
• The gold biscuit briefcase (episodes 1868–1888): While going to collect payment, Bhide saves a man Dhanraj from accident, for that he got rewarded which leads Bhide to a big trouble.
• Iyer-Babita Divorce (episodes 1909–1934): A miscommunication over mobile creates confusion between Iyer and Babita, eventually leading to divorce.
• 10 crore saree fiasco (episodes 2007–2022): 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.
• Ganesh Utsav 2016 (episodes 2023–2030): Members of Gokuldham society celebrate Ganesh utsav.
• Goa trip (episodes 2235–2246): Tapu Sena arranges to visit Goa with Society members.
• Ganesh Utsav 2017 (episodes 2283–2290): Gokuldham society celebrates the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi.
• Mystery of Pinku's parents (episodes 2384–2415): The residents of Gokuldham society come to know that Pinku's parents work in a secret government agency after many twists and turns.
• Señorika island (episodes 2493–2511): 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.
• Ganesh Utsav 2018 (episodes 2550–2565): Due to heavy rains on the day of Ganpati Utsav, it is not possible to bring the idol. When Hathi realizes this, he brings the idol in torrential rain.
• Gada electronics on sale (episodes 2605–2632): Nattu and Bagha sell Gada electronics to Soorma Bhai without Jethalal's consent.
• Statue of Unity (episodes 2644–2649): The residents of Gokuldham visit the world's tallest statue, the Statue of Unity in Narmada, Gujarat.
• Singapore trip (episodes 2693–2708): Asit Kumarr Modi arranges a Singapore trip for Gokuldham members to make depressed Popatlal happy.
• Ganesh Utsav 2019 (episodes 2812–2824): The members of Gokuldham society celebrate Ganesh utsav.
• Ganpati Utsav 2020 (episodes 2982–2996): The members of the society celebrate Ganesh Utsav during the COVID-19 pandemic following all safety measures.
• Popatlal loses job (episodes 3035–3050): 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 gets his job back.
• Tapu Sena's Pizza Party (episodes 3051–3058): 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.
• Popatlal on Mission Kala Kauva (episodes 3158–3193): Popatlal and his co-worker Bharti expose a gang which 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.
• Marriage Proposals for Popatlal (episodes 3327—3332): After getting Amitabh Bachchan' special mention for Popatlal's marriage on KBC-13, two different families come to Gokuldham for marriage-meeting simultaneously in different houses of the society. 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.

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.^[49]

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.^{[50][51][52][53]}

On it completing 1000 episodes on 6 November 2012,^[54] Asit Kumarr Modi revealed that it took eight years to get this show on air.^[55] 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 air."^[55]

In February 2015, Joshi, Vakani, and Lodha hosted the red carpet at the 60th Britannia Filmfare Awards to promote the Clean India campaign.^[56]

From March to June 2020, filming shut down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India.^[57] 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.^[58] The show started broadcasting its new episodes from 22 July 2020.^[59]

The show completed 3000 episodes on 24 September 2020.^{[citation needed]}

The series was also dubbed in Telugu as Tarak Mama Ayyo Rama for ETV Plus^[60] and Marathi as Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari for Fakt Marathi.^[61]

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.^{[62][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.^[63]

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.^[64]

Crossovers and special episodes

In 2010 the cast of Khichdi made a special appearance to promote their film Khichdi: The Movie.^[65] Also in 2010, Indira Krishnan appeared as Krishnaben to promote her show Krishnaben Khakhrawala.^[66]

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.^[67]

Crossover episodes with C.I.D. named Mahasangam aired in July 2014 in which CID visits Gokuldham Society to solve a case.^[28]

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[68]
2009	Best Actress-Comedy[69]
	Best Serial–Comedy[69]	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
	Best Serial-Comedy[70]
2012	Best Actor-Comedy	Dilip Joshi[71]
2013	The ITA Scroll Of Honour[72]	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
2014	Best Actor-Comedy	Dilip Joshi[73]
	Best Actress-Comedy	Disha Vakani[74]
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[75]
	Best Actor in a Comic Role (Female)	Disha Vakani[75]
	Best Sitcom[75]	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
	Best Sitcom Writer	Raju Odedra and Rajan Upadhyay[75]
2010	Most Popular Actor in a Comic Role (Male)	Dilip Joshi[76]
	Most Popular Actor in a Comic Role (Female)	Disha Vakani[76]
	Most Popular Child Artist (Male)	Bhavya Gandhi[76]
	Best Sitcom[76]	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
	Best Sitcom Writer	Raju Odedra and Rajan Upadhyay[76]
2012	Most Popular Actor in a Comic Role (Male)	Dilip Joshi[77]
	Best Actress in a Comic Role (Jury)	Disha Vakani[77]
	Best Sitcom[77]	Neela Tele Films Private Limited
2013	Actress in a Comic Role (Jury)	Disha Vakani[78]
	Best Director (Sitcom)	Harshad Joshi and Malav Rajda[78]
	Most Popular Actor in a Comic Role	Dilip Joshi[78]
	Best Sitcom / Comedy Program[78]	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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