Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
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| Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah | |
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| Created by | Sab TV Team Neela Telefilms |
| Written by | Raju Odedra Rajan Upadhyay |
| Directed by | Harshad Joshi |
| Starring | See Below |
| Opening theme | "Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah" by Shailendra Barve |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 861 as on April 30, 2012 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Neela Asit Modi Asit Kumar Modi |
| Running time | Approx. 20 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | SAB TV |
| Release | July 28, 2008 – Present |
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is an Indian sitcom that airs on SAB TV. The show first aired on July 28, 2008 and is produced by Neela Telefilms. The show and its title are based on the column Duniya Ne Oondha Chashmah (Gujarati: દુનિયાને ઉંધા ચશ્મા) which loosely translates to "Seeing The World Through Upside-Down glasses" written by columnist and journalist Taarak Mehta for the Gujarati weekly magazine Chitralekha.[1] The air-time of the show is from Monday to Friday at 8.30 p.m IST.[2]
In August 2010, the show beat Colors TV's popular serial Balika Vadhu.[3] It has often been noted for its frequent references to issues of social importance in the country and its positive approach towards the problems faced by the society.[4] Lauded performances by its lead and supporting actors alike have also contributed in making the show a success.[5] On February 6, 2012, the show completed 800 episodes.[5]
The serial's producer Asit Modi spend lot of money on the construction of sets[citation needed]. The outer set is made of wooden planks and the inner sets are located at different studios in the Dadasaheb Phalke Filmcity[citation needed]. Recently[when?], the set got renovated and is made more beautiful and large[citation needed].
Plot
The serial is based on the happenings of Gokuldham Society and the day-to-day life of its members. The Gokuldham society is a mix of India's social fabric in Goregaon, Mumbai. In the society live Gujaratis, Marathis, Punjabis, Biharis, South Indians, Bengalis, Parsis in harmony.
The story mainly revolves around Jethalal Champaklal Gada and his family. Gada family is Kutchi-Gujarati Jain. Jethalal is a successful businessman and runs an electronic store "Gada Electronics" in Andheri, Mumbai. He is educated till class 10 only and cannot speak English properly. Often there are problems in his life and cannot live for one day happily. Jethalal also has a innocent crush on Babita, who is wife of Krishnan Iyer. His wife, Daya Jethalal Gada, is an uneducated, my-family-is-everything kind of woman, who is a class 7 graduate. She always plays "Garba" and people call her "Garba Queen". She is from Ahmedabad. She always on phone with her mother keeps Jethalal's funny names. She calls Jethalal as "Tapu Ke Papa" and herself as "Daya Tapu Ke Papa Gada", as she thinks it is sin to take husband's name. Jethalal often scolds her and says her "non sense". But, Jethalal and Daya love each other and can do anything for each other.
They have a son Tipendra Jethalal Gada(Tapu), who is smart but very naughty and is the leader of society's children brigade "Tapu Sena". Champaklal Jayantilal Gada, father of Jethalal is an ideal man in his late sixties, religious and often scolds Jethalal when he disrespects Daya, goes to the temple every day, and is very kind. He looks like his father Late Jayantilal Girdharlal Gada. Daya's brother, Sundarlal(Sundar), creates problems for Jethalal,which is often humorous in costs of taxis, loans, deliveries etc. and often introduces new schemes to make money. Jethalal gets irritated by him and he has stored his name in his mobile as "Panoti" meaning "Unlucky person". Daya's too much care taking for him is definitely not acceptable and must be in control by listening to what Jethalal is saying as he is always right.
Taarak Mehta is a writer by profession and is the narrator of the show. Whenever Jethalal is in a problem, Taarak Mehta acts as his "fire brigade". Jethalal is a good friend of Taarak Mehta. He is of modern thoughts but does not forget his traditional values. He helps everybody in society. His wife, Anjali Taarak Mehta, is a dietician and feeds her husband only with diet-rich foods such as freshly prepared "bitter-gourd juice and khichdi". She is a good friend of all ladies of society and also their leader.
The Marathi family, the Bhides, consists of Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide, who's stuck in his good old times, his wife Madhavi Aatmaram Bhide, and their daughter Sonu Aatmaram Bhide. Aatmaram is a teacher by profession, and is also the secretary of the society and often says himself as "ekmev secretary". He has a love-hate relationship with Jethalal and his family. He has a scooter which never starts. He never leaves a chance to complain about the mischief of Tapu and his child brigade. He always want to maintain discipline in society but no one listens to him. His wife Madhavi is a home-based businesswoman who makes "achaar" and "papad" to sell and make money. She often gets tired of her husband's behaviour. His daughter Sonu is a intelligent girl and is Tapu's best friend. Her father always tries to keep her away from Tapu.
The Iyer family consists of Krishnan Subrahmaniam Iyer and his wife Babita Krishnan Iyer. Krishnan Iyer is a South Indian hailing from Chennai who is a well-known scientist and his wife Babita is Bengali from Kolkata. While Krishnan Iyer's complexion is dark, Babita is milky-white. Jethalal often flirts with Babita ji, but every time his efforts come to naught because of her husband. So, he always looks for a reason to settle scores and get back at Jethalal Gada. Babita is beautiful and of modern thoughts. She thinks Jethalal and Daya as her good friends and opposes her husband whenever he fights with Jethalal.
The Sodhis are a pair of Punjabi husband and Parsi wife having same name. Theirs is a love marriage. Roshan Singh Ajit Singh Sodhi, is a garage owner and is a happy-go-lucky person and also aggressive for those who mess with him or any society members. He often gets scolding from his wife as he has habit of drinking and doing party. Mrs. Roshan Kaur Roshan Singh Sodhi is a housewife with a pleasant personality. She loves her husband and son. She doesn't like her husband's habit of drinking. They have a son, Gurucharan Singh Roshan Singh Sodhi(Gogi), is the youngest to all the children of the society. He is just like his father but he is too afraid of small-small things.
The Bihari family of Hathis include Dr Hansraj Hathi, a doctor who is morbidly obese, but still fond of eating. He often comments as "Sahi baat hai" meaning "that's right". His wife Komal Hansraj Hathi, a modern woman and a housewife who tries to keep a check on her husband's and son Goli's eating habits. Goli Hansraj Hathi is like his father who always eats food. He is very naughty and often scolded by Jethalal and Bhide.
Another funny character in the show is Patrakar Popatlal, a journalist from Toofan Express(a parody of the real-life newspaper Indian Express) who also resides in the society. He is a North Indian and hails from Bhopal. He is very cynical and demands everything to be cancelled, with the tag lines "cancel kardo" and "duniya hila doonga". He is very negative. He always carries an umbrella with him. Born on February 29, he always tries to marry but in vain.
In the evenings, all the men in the society meet after dinner at the shop nearby the society for their regular glass of soda. The shop is run by Abdul, a simple Muslim person who is like a member of the society. A news reporter named Rita Shrivastav is also the member of the society, who always helps the ladies and children. She works as a correspondent for the news channel "Kal Tak"(parody of a real-life Hindi news channel named Aaj Tak). There is always a fight between Popatlal (print journalist) and Rita (television news reporter), as they both consider their media as superior to the other. There is another boy named Pinku Diwan, who lives alone and his parents are never shown in the show and are assumed to be working abroad.
Natwarlal Prabhashankar Udaywala(Nattu Kaka) is an employee in Jethalal's electronics shop. He is in sixties but consideres himself as young and speaks half English but, thinks himself as intelligent. He constantly demands that his salary be increased. Whenever Jethalal scolds him, he pretends to have hearing problem and says, "aapne mujhse kucch kahan". Bageshwar Dadukh Udaywala(Baga) is Nattu Kaka's nephew and Jethalal's employee. He is funny and creates problems in Jethalal's life. He laughs when not required and that also in a humorous way and has a unique style of walking. He always says everybody, "jaisi jiski soch". They both have a great bonding with each other which becomes a headache for Jethalal.
All the people of the society are good friends and do they share a great bond with each other. Gokuldham Society celebrates all the festivals together, with pomp and vigour. They all quarrel with each other but again get one. Whenever there are any mishaps, the entire society comes together and tackles the problem and helps each other. The society members live together like a family. Local people say Gokuldham as "Mini India" as it shows "Unity In Diversity".
Cast and characters
| Actor | Character | |
|---|---|---|
| Dilip Joshi | Jethalal Champaklal Gada | |
| Disha Vakani | Daya Jethalal Gada | |
| Bhavya Gandhi | Tipendra Jethalal Gada a.k.a. Tapu | |
| Amit Bhatt | Champaklal Jayantilal Gada / Jayantilal Girdharlal Gada | |
| Shailesh Lodha | Taarak Mehta | |
| Neha Mehta | Anjali Taarak Mehta | |
| Mandar Chandwadkar | Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide | |
| Sonalika Joshi | Madhavi Aatmaram Bhide | |
| Jheel Mehta | Sonu Aatmaram Bhide | |
| Gurucharan Singh | Roshan Singh Ajit Singh Sodhi | |
| Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal | Roshan Kaur Roshan Singh Sodhi | |
| Samay Shah | Gurucharan Singh Roshan Singh Sodhi a.k.a. Gogi | |
| Tanuj Mahashabde | Krishnan Subramaniam Iyer | |
| Moonmoon Dutta | Babita Krishnan Iyer | |
| Nirmal Soni / Azad Kavi | Dr. Hansraj Hathi | |
| Ambika Ranjankar | Komal Hansraj Hathi | |
| Kush Shah | Goli Hansraj Hathi | |
| Ghanashyam Nayak | Natwarlal Prabhashankar Udaywala a.k.a. Nattu Kaka | |
| Tanmay Vekaria | Bageshwar Dadukh Udaywala a.k.a. Baga | |
| Mayur Vakani | Sundarlal a.k.a. Sundar | |
| Shyam Pathak | Patrakar Popatlal Pandey | |
| Priya Ahuja / Nidhi | Rita Shrivastav a.k.a. Rita Reporter | |
| Sharad Sankla | Abdul | |
| Tarun Uppal | Pinku Diwan | |
| Kary Irwin | Kary | |
| Anil Yadav | Matka King Mohanlal | |
| Dayashankar Pandey | Chalu Pandey | |
Special Appearances
- Taarak Mehta in the first episode, Diwali festival episode and in the 200th episode
- Raju Srivastav in the 200th episode
- Satish Kaushik, Ruslaan Mumtaz and Sheena Shahabadi in the 200th episode (to promote their film Tere Sang)
- Vinay Pathak (to promote his film Straight)
- Randeep Hooda in the Ganesh Chaturthi festival episode (to promote his film Love Khichdi)
- Shreyas Talpade in the Ganesh Chaturthi festival episode (to promote his film Aagey Se Right)
- Ajay Devgan in the Diwali festival episode (to promote his film All The Best: Fun Begins)
- Sunil Pal (to promote his film Bhavnao Ko Samjho)
- Sharman Joshi and Vatsal Seth (to promote their film Toh Baat Pakki)
- Irfan Pathan, when Roshan Singh Sodhi meets him at his Baroda residence after GPL
- Ayushmann Khurrana (to promote the cricket series DLF IPL)
- Anang Desai, Rajeev Mehta, Nimisha Vakharia, Jamnadas Majethia and Supriya Pathak in the Ganesh Chaturthi festival episode (to promote their film Khichdi: The Movie)
- Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh (to promote their film Do Dooni Chaar)
- John Abraham and Pakhi Tyrewala in the Navratri festival (to promote their film Jhootha Hi Sahi)
- Indira Krishnan (to promote her serial Krishnaben Khakhrawala)
- Hemant Chauhan in Bhajan Samaroh after Gokuldham is repainted
- Darsheel Safary (to promote his film Zokkomon)
- Salman Khan (to promote his film Ready)
- The Smurfs (as in the movie), (to promote their film The Smurfs)
- Falguni Pathak in the Navratri festival episode and Sharad Poornima episode
- Saroj Khan in the Disco Dance competition as judge
Awards
- 2009: Best Actor in Comic Role (Male) – Dilip Joshi[6]
- 2009: Best Actor in Comic Role (Female) – Disha Vakani[6]
- 2009: Best Sitcom – Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah[6]
- 2009: Best Sitcom Writer – Raju Odedra, Rajen Upadhyay[6]
- 2010: Most Popular Actor in Comic Role (Male) – Dilip Joshi[7]
- 2010: Most Popular Actor in Comic Role (Female) – Disha Vakani[7]
- 2010: Most Popular Child Artist (Male) – Bhavya Gandhi[7]
- 2010: Best Sitcom Writer – Raju Odedra, Rajen Upadhyay[7]
- 2010: Most Popular Sitcom – Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah[7]
- 2009: Most Popular Actor in Comic Role (Female) – Disha Vakani[8]
- 2009: Best Serial (Comedy) – Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah[8]
- 2010: Best Serial(Comedy) – Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah[9]
- 2010: Best Actor in Comic Role (Male) – Dilip Joshi[citation needed]
- 2010: Best Actor in Comic Role (Female) – Disha Vakani[citation needed]
- 2010: Best Comedy Show of The Year – Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah[citation needed]
Lions Gold Awards
- 2010: Lions Favorite Actor in a Comic Role (Female) – Disha Vakani[10]
- 2010: Lions Favorite Actor in a Comic Role (Male) – Dilip Joshi[10]
- 2009: Best New Actor in a Comic Role (Female) – Disha Vakani[11]
- 2011: Best Actor in Comic Role (Male) – Dilip Joshi[citation needed]
References
- ^ Jankharia, Bhavin: The Daya Gada Laugh, Mumbai Mirror, 23 May 2009.
- ^ SAB TV. "Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah". Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ Mazumder, Jayeeta (1 September 2010). "Taarak Mehta... beats Balika Vadhu". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ Patel, Nidhin (13 October 2011). "'Taarak Mehta' completes 700 episodes". Times of India. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ a b TellychakkarTeam (6 February 2012). "Asit Modi's Taarak Mehta... completes 800 episodes today". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Indian Telly Popular Awards 2009 – Winners". Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Indian Telly Popular Awards 2010 – Winners". Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ a b "The Indian Television Academy Awards 2009 – Winners". Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ "The Indian Television Academy Awards 2010 – Winners". Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Winners of Lions Gold Awards 2010". 12 January 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ "New Talent Awards 2009 – Winners". Retrieved 23 October 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah at IMDb
- Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah on Facebook