Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

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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: દુનિયાન ઉંધા ચશ્મા) which loosely translates to "Seeing The World Through Upside-Down Glasses" written bycolumnist and journalist Taarak Mehta for the Gujarati weekly magazine Chitralekha.

Contents   [hide]  1 Plot 2 Characters 2.1 Gada Family 2.2 Mehta Family 2.3 Bhide Family 2.4 Iyer Family 2.5 Sodhi Family 2.6 Hathi Family 2.7 Other members 3 Cast 4 Production 4.1 Shooting 4.2 Film adaptation 4.3 Special appearances 5 Reception 5.1 Response 5.2 Awards 6 References 7 External links

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah तारक मेहता का उल्टा चश्मा Taarak Mehta's Upside Down Glasses
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	SAB TV 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
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of episodes	1108 as on April 03, 2013
Production
Producer(s)	Neela Asitkumar Modi Asitkumar Modi
Location(s)	Mumbai Gujarat London
Running time	Approx. 20 minutes
Productioncompany(s)	Neela Telefilms
Broadcast
Original channel	SAB TV
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original run	28 July, 2008 – Present
External links

[edit]Plot

The serial is based on the happenings of Gokuldham Co-Operative Housing Society and the day-to-day life of its members. Gokuldham society is a mix of India's social fabric which is mentioned in the sitcom to be present in Powder Galli, Filmcity Road, GoregaonEast, Mumbai. In the society live Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Bihari, South Indian, Bengali,Parsi and Muslim in harmony.

All the people of the society are good friends and they share a great sense of camaraderie among each other. Gokuldham Society celebrates all the festivals together, with pomp and vigour. They do quarrel with each other at times, but soon enough things patch among up. Whenever there is any mishap, the entire society comes together and tackles the problem and helps each other as a unit. The society members live together like a family. Gokuldham Society depicts a miniature India as it shows "Unity In Diversity".

[edit]Characters

[edit]Gada Family

The story mainly revolves around Jethalal Champaklal Gada and his family. Gada family isKutchi-Gujarati Jain. Jethalal is a successful businessman and runs an electronic store, "Gada Electronics", in Andheri, Mumbai. He has only studied until class 10 and cannot speak English. This serial captures the drama of his day to day life and his interactions with the people of Gokuldham society. He is also scared of his father. Jethalal has a innocent crush on Babita, Krishnan Iyer's wife and he always fights with Krishnan Iyer and Aatmaram Bhide. His wife, Daya Jethalal Gada is an uneducated, family oriented woman, who has studied till class 7. She is always ready to dance the "Garba" and people call her "Garba Queen". She is from Ahmedabad. She is shown to be always on the phone with her mother, who finds new and funny names for Jethalal. She calls Jethalal as "Tapu Ke Papa" as she, like many Indian housewives, thinks it is sin to take the husband's name. Jethalal often scolds her. Despite this, there is love and unity between them.

They have a son Tipendra Jethalal Gada(Tapu), who is smart but very naughty. Tapu is the leader of society's children's brigade known as "Tapu Sena". They make all the plans for fun parties on holidays. He is not liked by Aatmaram Bhide, who always complains about him to Jethalal, but is best friend of Bhide's daughter Sonu. Champaklal Jayantilal Gada, father of Jethalal is a very kind man and an ideal grandfather in his late sixties. He is an ardent Gandhian follower. He is very religious and the entire society respects him. He often scolds Jethalal when he disrespects Daya. When Jethalal does something he doesn't like, he gets mad at him. He looks like his father Late Jayantilal Girdharlal Gada.

[edit]Mehta Family

Taarak Mehta is a writer by profession and is the narrator of the show as well as Jethalal's best friend in the society. Whenever Jethalal has a problem, Taarak Mehta acts as his "fire brigade". Taarak Mehta is portrayed to be a modern man who, however, 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.

[edit]Bhide Family

The Marathi family, the Bhides, consists of Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide, a teacher, who is forever nostalgic about "good old times", his wife Madhavi Aatmaram Bhide, and their daughter Sonu Aatmaram Bhide. Aatmaram 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 had a scooter which never starts which he later, after much persuasion for all the members of the society, decided to sell off. He is usually shown to be complaining about Tapu's mischief. He always wants to maintain discipline in society but no one listens to him. His wife Madhavi is a home-based businesswoman who sells "achaar" and "papad". She often gets tired of her husband's behaviour. His daughter Sonu is an intelligent girl and is Tapu's best friend.

[edit]Iyer Family

The Iyer family consists of Krishnan Subrahmaniam Iyer and his wife Babita Krishnan Iyer. Krishnan Iyer is a South Indian hailing fromChennai who is a well-known scientist and his wife Babita is Bengali from Kolkata. While Krishnan Iyer's complexion is dark, Babita is fair. Jethalal has an innocent crush on Babita. Jethalal often flirts with Babita, 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 a beautiful, modern woman. She thinks Jethalal and Daya as her good friends and opposes her husband whenever he fights with Jethalal.

[edit]Sodhi Family

The Sodhis are a pair of Punjabi husband and Parsi wife having the same name. Theirs is a love marriage. Roshan Singh Harjeet Singh Sodhi, is a garage owner and is a happy-go-lucky person, who gets aggressive with those who mess with him or any of the society members. He is always ready for a party and the subsequent drinking binge. 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, which seems to be the only fly in the ointment of their happy married life. They have a son, Gurucharan Singh Roshan Singh Sodhi(Gogi), who is the youngest child in the Tapu Sena. Gurucharan Singh aka Sodhi has stopped shooting from 14 February (2013). It is believed some differences occurred between the maker and Gurucharan

[edit]Hathi Family

The Bihari family of Hathis include Dr. Hansraj Hathi, a doctor who is morbidly obese, who is fond of eating. He often comments as "sahi baat hai". His wife Komal Hansraj Hathi, who is also morbidly obese, is 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 is always eating food. He is very naughty and often scolded by the adults.

[edit]Other members

A prominent non-resident of Gokuldham society is Daya's brother, Sundarlal(Sundar), referred to by Daya as "Sundar veera". He is very affectionate towards his sister and nephew, but creates problems for Jethalal. A common situation involves Sundar travelling all the way from Ahmedabad to Mumbai in an Air-conditioned taxi and asking Jethalal to pay the fare, giving excuses that he doesn't have enough cash while promising to pay back the money soon, which he never does. Jethalal gets irritated by him and refers to Sundar as "Panoti".

Another funny character in the show is Patrakar Popatlal Pandey, a journalist from "Toofan 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 always carries an umbrella with him. He always tries to marry but in vain he doesn't succeed.

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. He helps everyone in the society and is a friend of all men in 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". There is always a fight between Popatlal and Rita, 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 Undhaiwala(Nattu Kaka),who hails from a village in Gujarat named Undhai, is an employee in Jethalal's electronics shop. He is in his sixties but considers himself as young and speaks some English and always demands that his salary should be raised. Whenever Jethalal scolds him, he pretends to have hearing problem and says, "aapne mujhse kucch kahaa?". Bageshwar Dadukh Undhaiwala(Baga) is Nattu Kaka's nephew and Jethalal's employee. He is funny and creates problems in Jethalal's life. Baga always says, "jaisi jiski soch". The uncle and nephew both have a great bonding with each other.

[edit]Cast

Portrayed by	Role
Gada Family
Dilip Joshi	Jethalal Champaklal Gada
Disha Vakani	Daya Jethalal Gada
Bhavya Gandhi	Tipendra Jethalal Gada
Amit Bhatt	Champaklal Jayantilal Gada
	Jayantilal Girdharlal Gada
Mehta Family
Shailesh Lodha	Taarak Mehta
Neha Mehta	Anjali Taarak Mehta
Bhide Family
Mandar Chandwadkar	Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide
Sonalika Joshi	Madhavi Aatmaram Bhide
Jheel Mehta / Nidhi Bhanushali	Sonu Aatmaram Bhide
Sodhi Family
Gurucharan Singh	Roshan Singh Harjeet Singh Sodhi
Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal	Roshan Kaur Roshan Singh Sodhi
Samay Shah	Gurucharan Singh Roshan Singh Sodhi
Iyer Family
Tanuj Mahashabde	Krishnan Subramaniam Iyer
Moonmoon Dutta	Babita Krishnan Iyer
Hathi Family
Nirmal Soni / Azad Kavi	Dr. Hansraj Hathi
Ambika Ranjankari	Komal Hansraj Hathi
Kush Shah	Goli Hansraj Hathi
Others
Mayur Vakani	Sundarlal
Shyam Pathak	Patrakar Popatlal Pandey
Sharad Sankla	Abdul
Priya Ahuja Rajda	Rita Shrivastav
Tarun Uppal	Pinku Diwan
Ghanashyam Nayak	Natwarlal Prabhashankar Udaywala
Tanmay Vekaria	Bageshwar Dadukh Udaywala
Dayashankar Pandey	Inspector Chalu Pandey

[edit]Production

[edit]Shooting

The major part of the shooting was done in Mumbai. However some parts of the show were also shot in places in Gujarat, like Kutch,Ambaji and Ahmedabad and even overseas locations like London.

In late 2012 it was announced that the cast and crew might go abroad for a special shooting schedule. Producer Asitkumarr Modi said: "I am planning for a particular episode where the entire cast of Gokuldham are planning for a picnic abroad, and so we are planning to take the entire cast of 'Taarak Mehta...' somewhere abroad." He further added: "We will be shooting in a location where none of the serials have been shot before. It should be a visual treat and should look different than other shoots...It will take some time to execute it and we need to also look at the revenue that will be needed for the shoot."

[edit]Film adaptation

After Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah completed its 1000 episodes on 6th November, 2012, producer of the show Asitkumar Modihas decided to make a film on the sitcom. He said: "Yes, I am planning to make a movie on Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah. The film is in its scripting stage. I have to take this call because of the viewers' request. They have been requesting me to make a film onTaarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah". He further told: "In my film, I assure, I will involve film celebrities. I have already approached many of them. I will soon make an official announcement. These days comedy films are working very well. So I believe this is the right time. I am very excited about the film. The film will go on the floors in 2013". He has decided to shoot the film on a different canvas as he does not want the audience to feel that they are watching yet another episode of the serial."

[edit]Special appearances

Bol Bachchan cast with the cast ofTaarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

List of special appearances:

• Taarak Mehta in the first episode, Diwali festival episode, in the 200th episode and also in the 900th 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).

• Anandji Virji Shah in the Ganesh Chaturthi festival episode, in Gokuldham Sangeet Samrat Competition as judge.

• Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh (to promote their film Do Dooni Chaar).

• John Abraham and Pakhi Tyrewala in the Navratri festival episode; (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.

• Boman Irani and Sharman Joshi (to promote their film Ferrari Ki Sawaari).

• Abhishek Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Rohit Shetty, Prachi Desai and Asin (to promote their film Bol Bachchan).

• Sabri Brothers (Aftab Sabri and Haashim Sabri) to celebrate Eid in Gokuldham society with Qawwali.

• Ranbir Kapoor (to promote his film Barfi!).

• Kareena Kapoor (to promote her film Heroine).

• Paresh Rawal in the Ganesh Chaturthi festival episode; (to promote his film Oh My God).

• Anandji Virji Shah in the Ganesh Chaturthi festival episode in Antakshari competition.

• Asitkumar Modi, the producer of this sitcom, in the 1000th episode.

• Giaa Manek (to promote her show, (Jeannie Aur Juju).

• Ajay Devgn and Sonakshi Sinha (to promote their movie Son of Sardaar) and to congratulate the team for completing 1000 episodes.

• The whole off-set team of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah including the director, producer, writers, sound designers of the show to celebrate the show's success of 1000 episodes on the 1008th episode of the show).

• Taarak Mehta's daughter to congratulate the team for completion of 1000 episodes.

• Sanjai Mishra (to promote his film Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga).

• Sajid Khan(director) and Ajay Devgn (to promote their film Himmatwala).