Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (Hindi: तारक मेहता का उल्टा चश्मा; English: Taarak Mehta's Upside Down Glasses) is a sitcom that airs on SAB TV. The show was first aired on 28 July 2008. The air-time of the show is from Monday to Friday at 8.30 p.m IST.[1] The show is produced by Neela Telefilms and the series writers are Raju Odedra and Rajan Upadhyay. The show and its title are based on the column Duniya Ne Undha Chasma (Gujarati: દુનિયાને ઉંધા ચશ્મા) (which loosely translates into "Seeing the world through upside-down glasses") written by Indian columnist and journalist Taarak Mehta for the Gujarati weekly magazine Chitralekha.[2] On 6th February 2012, the show completed 800 episodes.[3]
In August 2010, it beat Baalika Vadhu to become the most watched TV show in India. 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] The set of Gokuldham society is an outdoor set of wooden walls attached on the real flats located in Dada Saheb Phalke Filmcity. The sets are having balconies and the back buildings are hidden by a sheet. The indoor houses of characters are created in different studios in Filmcity. The set was completed only in two months. Producer Asitkumarr Modi spent a huge sum of money to construct the set.
Plot
The serial is based on the happenings of Gokuldham Society and the day-to-day life of its members. The Gokuldham society is like an ideal mix of India's social fabric in Goregaon, Mumbai. In the society, they have Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Bihari, South Indian, Bengali, Parsi people living together in harmony.
The story mainly revolves around Jethalal Champaklal Gada and his family. Jethalal is a successful businessman and runs an electronic store "Gada Electronics" in Andheri, Mumbai. His wife, Daya Jethalal Gada, is an uneducated, my-family-is-everything kind of woman. 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. Daya's brother, Sundarlal, creates problems for Jethalal—which is often humorous. Jethalal also has a innocent crush on Babita, who in reality is the wife of Shri Krishnan Iyer. He frequently makes plans to travel to exotic places with Babita.
Taarak Mehta, is a writer by profession and is the narrator of the show. 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. Whenever Jethalal is in a problem, Taarak Mehta acts as his "Fire Brigade". Jethalal is a good friend of Taarak Mehta.
The Marathi family, Bhide's consists of Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide, 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. He has a love-hate relationship with Jethalal. He never leaves a chance to complain about the mischief's of Tapu and his child brigade. His wife is a home-based businesswoman who makes "achaar" and "paapad" to sell and make money.
The Iyer family consist of Krishnan Subrahmaniam Iyer and his wife Babita Krishnan Iyer. Krishnan Iyer is a well-known scientist and his wife Babita is from Kolkata. While Krishnan Iyer's complexion is dark, Babita, however, is milky-white. Jethalal often flirts with Babita ji, but every time his efforts come to naught because of her husband. So, he (Krishnan Iyer) always looks for a reason to settle scores and get back at Jethalal Gada.
The Sodhi family, the Sodhi's are a pair of Punjabi husband and Parsi wife. 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. Mrs. Roshan Kaur Roshan Singh Sodhi is a housewife with a pleasant personality. They have a son, Gurucharan Singh Roshan Singh Sodhi(Gogi), who is the youngest to all the children of the society and a member of Tapu Sena.
The Hathi family, Dr.Hansraj Hathi, is a doctor who is morbidly obese, but still fond of eating. His wife, Komal Hansraj Hathi, is a housewife and tries to keep a check on her husband's and son Goli Hansraj Hathi's eating habits.
The other funny characters of the show are Popatlal Pandey a.k.a. Patrakar Popatlal, a journalist from Toofan Express who also resides in the society. He is very cynical and demands everything to be cancelled, with the tag lines "cancel kardo" and "duniya hila doonga." He always keeps a umbrella with him. Born on 29th Ferbuary
Natwarlal Prabhashankar Udaywala a.k.a. Nattu Kaka, the employee in Jethalal's Electronic shop. He constantly demands that his salary should be increased.Bageshwar Darukh Udaywala a.k.a. Baga is Nattu Kaka's nephew and Jethalal's employee. He is funny and creates problems in Jethalal's life.
In the evenings, all the men in the society meet after dinner at the shop nearby the society for their regular drink of soda, the shop is run by Abdul, who is a simple person and is like a member of the society. A news reporter named Rita Sharma 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 to a real Hindi News channel named Aaj Tak). There is always a fight between Popatlal (Print journalist) and Rita (Television news reporter), as they both think of 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.
All the ladies of the society are good friends and do their grocery and other shopping together. They also organise Kitty Party when they want to discuss or celebrate something. The Gokuldham society celebrates all the festivals together. Whenever there are any mishaps, the entire society comes together and tackles the problem.
Cast
Shailesh Lodha as Taarak Mehta
Dilip Joshi as Jethalal Champaklal Gada
Disha Vakani as Daya Jethalal Gada
Bhavya Gandhi as Tipendra Jethalal Gada (a.k.a. Tapu)
Amit Bhatt as Champaklal Jayantilal Gada
Gurucharan Singh as Roshan Singh Ajit Singh Sodhi
Mayur Vakani as Sundarlal (a.k.a. Sundar)
Neha Mehta as Anjali Taarak Mehta
Mandar Chandawarkar as Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide
Sonalika Joshi as Madhavi Aatmaram Bhide
Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal as Roshan Kaur Roshan Singh Sodhi
Nirmal Soni / Azad Kavi as Dr. Hansraj Hathi
Ambika Ranjankar as Komal Hansraj Hathi
Tanuj Mahashabde as Krishnan Subrahmaniam Iyer
Moonmoon Dutta as Babita Krishnan Iyer
Shyam Pathak as Patrakar Popatlal Pandey
Tanmay Vekaria as Bageshwar Darukh Udaywala (a.k.a. Baga)
Jheel Mehta as Sonu Aatmaram Bhide
Kush Shah as Goli Hansraj Hathi
Samay Shah as Gurucharan Singh Roshan Singh Sodhi (a.k.a. Gogi)
Nidhi/Priya Ahuja as Reporter Rita Sharma
Sharad Sankla as Abdul
Ghanashyam Nayak as Natwarlal Prabhashankar Udaywala (a.k.a. Nattu Kaka)
Tarun Uppal as Pinku Diwan
Special appearances in the show
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
Vinay Pathak (to promote his film Straight)
Randeep Hooda in the Devnagri 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)
Ayushmann Khurrana (to promote the cricket series DLF IPL)
Khichdi: The Movie cast 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 (to promote their film Jhootha Hi Sahi)
Irfan Pathan, when Roshan Singh Sodhi meets him at his Baroda residence after GPL
Hemant Chauhan in Episode 522 (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
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