List of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai episodes

Last updated

This is a list of episodes of the Indian television sitcom Sarabhai vs Sarabhai . The show had 70 episodes in Season 1 [1] and 10 episodes in Season 2.

Contents

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 708 November 2004 (2004-11-08)16 April 2006 (2006-04-16)
2 1015 May 2017 (2017-05-15)17 July 2017 (2017-07-17)

Episodes

Season 1 (2004–06)

All episodes have been directed by Deven Bhojani. [2]

#TitleOriginal Aired
1"Meet the Sarabhais"8 November 2004 (2004-11-08)
Sahil Sarabhai has run away from his house and has reached at a beach in Goa, away from his bothersome family. There, he meets a novelist, Nagesh Iyer. After a brief interaction, the story moves to Mumbai, where Sahil's family is introduced. By-and-by, Sahil describes past glimpses of each member of his family, thus describing their character traits. Finally, Nagesh ends up writing a book on Sahil's life. The latter takes this as an opportunity to show his family, about his obsession towards their incorrect behaviour towards each other. The attempt fails, and the family becomes even worse. Meanwhile, the episode ends on a note that the book is a hit, and Sahil MIGHT be running away, once again.
2"Dr Acharya to the Rescue!"8 November 2004 (2004-11-08)

Maya is preparing a cake for her birthday. Indravadan comes in and teases her. On Sahil's arrival, Indravadan immediately reminds his son that his wife's birthday falls on the same day as that of Maya. Sahil lands in a dilemma as he commits to both Monisha and Maya, but cannot have dinner with both of them at a single time, keeping in mind the rivalry between the two women. Meanwhile, as Sahil plans to take Maya for lunch, on the pretext of taking her to the doctor (Dr Acharya), Indravadan comes up with a piece of false news, stating that Dr Acharya is a killer, who has murdered three of his patients. That way, Monisha is worried and creates even more chaos by ending up at Zodiac Bistro, where Maya is having lunch with Sahil. Sahil, on the other hand, has already asked his friend to pretend to be Dr Acharya. The result is that the fake and the real doctor, who has been purposefully called on by Indravadan, both end up at the Bistro, wreaking havoc. The confusing situation is handled by Sahil, who spills the beans that how he was unable to spend time with both the women of the house. At home, an emotional resolution takes place, and the episode ends with both the couples going for dinner at Zodiac Bistro.

Guest Star: Gireesh Sahdev
3"The family gets cricket fever"15 November 2004 (2004-11-15)
Monisha and Indravadan are very excited about watching final at Wankhede Stadium, but Maya does not approve of it because of their middle-class slogan. Indravadan tries to steal the tickets from his friend Jayant by inviting him to dinner. Maya finally gets two tickets. Indravadan eats paani puri and then gets Diarrhoea. Monisha fasts for his recovery. Maya bets with Monisha that it won't work. They bet the ticket. Finally, the match is postponed, which enables Indravadan to go to the match. When Monisha claims that she has won the bet, Maya refuses to accept it. They argue about it.
4"Husbands do not Cheat"22 November 2004 (2004-11-22)
The episode starts with Maya holding a party to collect fund for the poor, by drinking wine. Here, Maya's friend Sarita starts talking about various outrageous acts of her husband and claims that men are either tigers or parrots. Monisha supports Sahil; however, Sarita claims that even Sahil might be up to something. Meanwhile, Sahil is regularly flirted with by his female colleague, Dr Kiran. Meanwhile, Sahil's younger sister, Soniya, predicts a woman in Sahil's life. This enrages Monisha, who investigates and catches him with Kiran a.k.a. Shama. Meanwhile, Indravadan is also having an affair with another woman. His secret phone calls make Maya suspicious of her husband. Later, both the women complain about the respective extra-marital affairs of their respective husbands. However, both fake the case, claiming that they were simply trying to show the women how a tiger might behave. The episode ends with Sahil still being flirted with by Shama, and Indravadan gets a new phone, showing that he might indeed be having an affair with another woman, whom he calls by the name Sullu.
5"Jaimin's Drama"29 November 2004 (2004-11-29)
Rosesh is participating in a stage play written by Jaimin. Maya invites a critic for the play reading. Indravadan steals the script and makes inappropriate modifications using the gardener, servant and watchman. But the critic loves it. So Maya gets the gardener, servant and watchman to write the second act of the play.
6"Popat Lal"6 December 2004 (2004-12-06)

Maya's uncle Popatlal is sick, so she decides to go to Los Angeles to see him. Monisha gets excited because of a discount sale in the malls of LA. Sahil isn't able to travel because of a police case filed by a patient. Rosesh's visa gets rejected.

But before they can travel, Popatlal dies. Maya decides to arrange a shradhanjali, but due to Monisha's old food, her throat gets sore. She is upset. So Monisha gets her Jalandhar Baba's well's water. After that, she completely loses her voice. Finally, Monisha sings at the Shradhanjali instead of Maya. [3]
7"Indravadan goes Missing"13 December 2004 (2004-12-13)

Maya and Indravardhan have a tiff. To please her, Indravardhan buys her an old wooden wardrobe from a kabadiwala. Maya is disgusted and wants to throw it out, which upsets Indravardhan. Sahil assures him that Maya loves him. To prove it, he asks Indravadan to hide.

When Maya is unable to find Indravadan, she becomes upset and calls Sonia to check Voodoo chart. Finally, because of Sahil's repeated singing of the same song, Maya finds the truth. To teach Indravadan a lesson, she calls and stages a drama with Kashyap where she plans to run away with him. Finally, Indravadan comes out of the wardrobe.
8"Dance girls at the Sarabhais"20 December 2004 (2004-12-20)
Maya and Monisha go out for some protests, so Sahil, Indravadan, Dushyant and Roshesh decide to party. Indravadan asks his friend to arrange a party. Unknowingly they end up with two beautiful girls who would dance and then massage them. They back-out and ask them to leave. The organizer, Babu wants them to pay the full Rs. 30,000. While they argue, Maya and Monisha return. After some slip-ups, Maya discovers everything. Finally, they enjoy the show as a family.
9"Monisha Learns a Lesson"27 December 2004 (2004-12-27)
Monisha ends up sending an empty lunch box to Sahil's office. He is annoyed. To please him she makes him a meal, which is horrible. When he talks about that, she gets angry and fights with decides to leave the house. To teach her a lesson, he hires an attractive actress to play a maid. When Monisha sees the maid, she becomes very jealous and agrees to keep the house clean and take care of the other responsibilities also.
10"Scrabble Competition between Maya and Indravadan"3 January 2005 (2005-01-03)
Maya challenges Indravardhan to a Scrabble competition when he makes fun of her when she wins a competition. Indravadan trains with Sahil's help and finally wins the competition.
11"Maya's Cleanliness Drive"10 January 2005 (2005-01-10)
Maya's sister, Vidheesha is coming to Mumbai. Monisha forces her to stay in her house. Maya wants to clean Monisha's house and plots to enter her house. Indravadan hears her and asks Monisha to spoil the plan by doing pest control. Finally Maya fakes illness and moves to Monisha's house. Indravadan fakes her report to scare her. Finally Vidheesha cancels her plan and Maya moves back to her house.
12"Rosesh Falls in Love"17 January 2005 (2005-01-17)
Roshesh falls in love with a high society girl, Maggie, who likes her pet more than Rosesh. She is vegan and Rosesh decides to do as she says. Maya is upset and then scolds him. Rosesh fights and leaves the house. Finally they broke up due to some issues with the pets and Rosesh returns home.
13"Prank on Indravadan"24 January 2005 (2005-01-24)
Maya and Sahil play a prank on Indravardhan. Sahil helps Indravadan to prepare a drink and it is served to Dinesh who visits them for a chess match. Dinesh drops dead and everyone blames Indravadan for it. Ila Behen, Madhu Phoopha and Sarita arrive, they try to hide the fact that Dinesh is dead. When everything fails, Indravadan gets very tensed and Maya tells him that it was just a prank.
14"Indravardhan's fantasies, foiled"31 January 2005 (2005-01-31)

Maya treats Indravadan like a child and belittles his attempts to be romantic. While jogging, he meets actress Koki Sharma. He is attracted to her and invites her to lunch. He tells Sahil that he is falling in love with Koki. Sahil asks him to speak to Koki. Indravadan discovers that Koki sees him as her father. Heart-broken he comes home.

Meanwhile Maya discovers hidden cookies at home and is upset with Indravadan. When he comes home, she asks him about Cookie, but he thinks she has found out about Koki. Finally Indravadan realises that she is talking about Cookie and tell her that he needs some romance in their life. She agrees.


Guest Star: Mandira Bedi [4]
15"Soniya's Prediction"7 February 2005 (2005-02-07)
Soniya makes a prediction about a woman's death with name starting with 'M' by 6:00 pm. The person will associated with glass and something black. Both Maya and Monisha are terrified.
16"Rosesh's Insomnia"14 February 2005 (2005-02-14)
Rosesh has insomnia and it drives all the others crazy.
17"Maya's bet with Monisha"21 February 2005 (2005-02-21)
Maya makes a bet with Monisha that men can't remember important dates. Then Maya sets to prove it.
18"Sahil's New Car"28 February 2005 (2005-02-28)
Sahil buys a brand new Coyote car and Monisha and Maya fight to drive it first. On Indravadan's suggestion, Monisha takes out the car without telling Sahil and does an accident. Maya wanting to drive first cooks up a story about a sick child to drive the car. Rosesh while practicing for a beggar's role drops his lotta on the car. For the damage done by Monisha, Sahil blames Rosesh. Monisha confesses and Sahil forgives her.
19"Health Freak Indravadan"7 March 2005 (2005-03-07)
Indravadan has borderline cholesterol problem and it is up to Maya to make him lose his flab and cholesterol. Maya forces him to exercise and Indravadan tries to get out of it. Finally he decides to work-out and becomes a health freak.
20"Sahil meets Monisha - 1"14 March 2005 (2005-03-14)
Maya explains to Dushyant how Sahil and Monisha met and how they fell in love and married. Sahil meets Monisha when asks for a lift. Then they become friends. But Maya arranges for Sahil's marriage with Sarita's daughter Priya. [3]
21"Sahil meets Monisha - 2"21 March 2005 (2005-03-21)
Monisha is also engaged to a vet. Later she realizes her feelings for Sahil and their marriage gets fixed.
22"Sahil's Personal Diary"28 March 2005 (2005-03-28)

Monisha finds Sahil's diary and discovers an affair. Sahil convinces her that he is innocent.


Guest star : Manini Mishra
23"Séance to connect to Baa"4 April 2005 (2005-04-04)
The building's lease papers are missing, so the building is about to be demolished. Soniya and her friend bring Ba's spirit in Monisha's body to find the papers.
24"Baa Possesses Monisha"11 April 2005 (2005-04-11)
Sahil discovers that the whole spirit thing is a prank by Indravardhan and Monisha. He then decides to play a prank on them.
25"Khichdi with Sarabhai Part 1"19 April 2005 (2005-04-19)

Indravadan to invite Jayashree to his house for celebration of the International Family Week. He decides to invite Maya’s cousins also.


Crossover: Khichdi [5]
25"Khichdi with Sarabhai Part 2"25 April 2005 (2005-04-25)

Maya's cousins; Himanshu, Hansa along with their family come over to meet her and Indravadan.


Crossover: Khichdi
26"Rosesh's Poetry Publication"25 April 2005 (2005-04-25)
Rosesh publishes a book of 110 poetries, sahil and others critizes him. At last sahil realises his mistake and motivates rosesh to improve his poetry talent.
27"Nuisance Value of Having a Dog"2 May 2005 (2005-05-02)
Maya invites Swaroopa and her husband Baldev Singh to her house for a party and ends up taking care of their spoilt doggy Dipender for a day.
28"Friendship between Enemies"9 May 2005 (2005-05-09)
Indravardhan and Rosesh decide to become friends.
29"Sarabhais and Sunehri"16 May 2005 (2005-05-16)

Maya reluctantly agrees help a destitute girl as a maid to her house. She robs them. [3] [6]


Guest star : Mallika Sherawat [4]
30"Gadget Freak Dushyant"23 May 2005 (2005-05-23)
Maya's mobile is defunct and flashbacks to the time when he repaired the fridge to convince Monisha why she should not tell Dushyant about it. [3] [6]
31"Nilima and Sahil"30 May 2005 (2005-05-30)
Sahil and Monisha fight due to lack of Sahil's interest in Monisha. The reason for his inattentiveness is a crazy patient, Neelima Verma. [6]
32"Maya and her maids"6 June 2005 (2005-06-06)
Maya scolds her servants and they leave. The replacement smells and steals. Radhabai and Vittal also have troubles with alternate employment. Maya misses her old servants and hires them back. [6]
33"Sudhanshu paints Maya"13 June 2005 (2005-06-13)

Tired of playing mother and housekeeper, Maya decides to go out and when she returns, she has invited an upcoming artist, Sudhanshu, to her house, whose exhibition she went to see. [6]


Guest Star : Parvin Dabas [4]
34"Maya and Sudhanshu"20 June 2005 (2005-06-20)

Maya is ready to leave the house with Sudhanshu, but Sudhanshu is doubtful if she can leave Indravadan. [6]


Guest Star : Parvin Dabas [4]
35"Men are Rational Fools"27 June 2005 (2005-06-27)
Maya has bet with Indravadan that she can make fool of Sahil.Which results in Monisha threatening to leave the house but Sahil not stopping her to. [6]
36"Daughter-in-Law Day"4 July 2005 (2005-07-04)
The society is celebrating daughter-in-law day and Baldev proposes that Monisha should speak about her mother-in-law. Maya gets anxious about her speech. [6]
37"Maya's Nightmare"11 July 2005 (2005-07-11)
Sahil and Monisha plan to shift to Delhi. Maya is scared that Sahil will become middle-class so she tries to stop them. [6]
38"Sibling Rivalry"18 July 2005 (2005-07-18)
Sahil is jealous of Rosesh when he gets a film offer. He is also upset because no one cares that he is being awarded for his sunscreen lotion. [6]
39"Monisha's unromantic life"25 July 2005 (2005-07-25)
Monisha complains that Sahil is not romantic to her and their intimacy is lost. Maya decides to intervene and help. Sahil listens to a famous romantic poem by Anamika Thapar which boosts his hormones. Finally, Monisha and Sahil have sexual intercourse. [6]
40"Indravadan Hypnotized-1"8 August 2005 (2005-08-08)

Indravadan makes fun of a famous hypnotist invited by Maya and in return the hypnotist hypnotises Indravadan to become Maya hilarious consequences follow. [6]


Guest star : Makrand Deshpande [4]
41"Indravadan Hypnotized-2"15 August 2005 (2005-08-15)

Indravadan is finally out of hypnotism. He makes fun again, so the hypnotist makes him Rosesh. [3] [6]


Guest star : Makrand Deshpande [4]
42"Maya, Monisha and Antakshari"22 August 2005 (2005-08-22)

Maya and Monisha play Antakshari as a challenge. Their friends help them. [6]


Guest star : Roop Kumar Rathod and Sonali Rathod
43"Baldev and Sarupa's problems"29 August 2005 (2005-08-29)
Swaroopa wants a divorce and Bladev does not. They come to Sarabhais for help. [6]
44"Rosesh gets kidnapped"5 September 2005 (2005-09-05)
Rosesh is kidnapped for ransom and Indravardhan decides to bargain. When Rosesh finds out, he refuses to come home. [3] [6]
45"Jaspal Mama's Death"12 September 2005 (2005-09-12)
Monisha's uncle Jaspal dies leaving behind expensive paintings and antiques for Monisha. Maya is outraged and tells Monisha to make use of the money by giving it to charity and not wasting it on discount sales. So they have a bet. If Monisha donates all the money and paintings she got from her uncle, Maya will donate 5 lakhs. [6]
46"Indravadan writes a play"19 September 2005 (2005-09-19)
Indravardhan writes a play to show Maya that he can do something constructive. The actors goof up and the audience just laugh at them. [6]
47"Bachelorhood Back"26 September 2005 (2005-09-26)
As a birthday wish Maya gives Indravardhan his bachelorhood. Sahil, Rosesh and Indravadan shift to Sahil's flat. Maya and Monisha stay in Indravadan's flat. The wish becomes disastrous when everything goes wrong. [6]
48"Sharman gets bail"3 October 2005 (2005-10-03)
Sharman, Sahil's cousin causes his friend's dad to have a heart attack three days before his wedding. When the police look for him, he decides to hide at Indravadan's house. [6]
49"Rosesh's confession"10 October 2005 (2005-10-10)
To escape an arrange marriage with Ajanta (Sarita's niece), Rosesh confesses to Maya that he has a wife, Rita and a son, Daksesh.Maya is horrified by the news but afterwards she gets to know that it is a lie and proposes that Rita and Rosesh should get married officially. [3] [6]
50"Indravardhan, Maya and married life"17 October 2005 (2005-10-17)
The story of how Maya and Indravadan met in a party and fell in love. [6]
51"Rosesh's ode to Goldfish"24 October 2005 (2005-10-24)
To save her new pet, a goldfish, Monisha decides to stand against Maya in the society's general election. Sahil, on the other hand, is going out so he can avoid the elections. The results declared are that it is a tie but then Sahil comes and votes for Maya. Monisha is not disturbed because one night before the elections she gave her fish some Paneer and she died. [6]
52"Rosesh wants to be adopted"31 October 2005 (2005-10-31)
Rosesh discovers that Maya wanted to abort her 3rd child (Rosesh). So he decides to advertise for new parents. [6]
53"Monisha's date with actor Karan"7 November 2005 (2005-11-07)

Monisha wins a contest and TV actor Patang visits her home. Sahil is jealous because Monisha is smitten and Patang flirts with her. [6]


Guest star : Aamir Ali [4]
54"Poetry competition between Indravadan and Rosesh"14 November 2005 (2005-11-14)
Rosesh challenges Indravardhan to a poetry competition. [6]
55"Maya's Amnesia"21 November 2005 (2005-11-21)
Maya loses her memory and becomes middle-class. Monisha loves it. [3] [6]
56"Rosesh causes an accident"28 November 2005 (2005-11-28)
Rosesh hits a man and runs. Some social activists demand his arrest. [6]
57"Conflict between Sahil and Indu"5 December 2005 (2005-12-05)
Indravadan makes fun of Sahil publicly and they have a fallout. [7]
58"Indravadan's Expulsion"12 December 2005 (2005-12-12)
Tired of Indravadan's childish activities, Maya throws him out of the house. [7]
59"Nayesha and Jugal's wedding"23 December 2005 (2005-12-23)
Maya's sister Nayesha and Monisha's cousin Jugalkishore visit. They fall in love. [7]
60"Bet between Indravadan and Maya"30 December 2005 (2005-12-30)
Indravardhan tries to prove to Rosesh that women are always suspicious. [7]
61"Rosesh in love with Youyou"6 January 2006 (2006-01-06)
Rosesh falls in love with Yuyu Kilawala. But Maya hates her mother. So he leaves the house to get married. [7]
62"Rosesh's wedding plans"13 January 2006 (2006-01-13)
Rosesh breaks up with Yuyu and returns. Maya tries to find him a bride. [7]
63"Kissme at the Sarabhais"20 January 2006 (2006-01-20)
Madhubhai's niece Kismi comes to live with Maya and Indravadan. Rosesh gets very friendly with her. [7]
64"Yamraj for Indravadan"27 January 2006 (2006-01-27)
Indravadan is visited by Yamraj. Maya begs and tries to save his life. This is later revealed to be a prank staged by Ramesh Shirke, from Rosesh’s theatre company, as a surprise for their wedding anniversary.
65"Vishal Guha's Party"3 February 2006 (2006-02-03)
Sahil is invited by cricketer Vishal Guha for a party with a partner. Maya and Monisha fight to accompany him
66"Monisha becomes sophisticated"10 February 2006 (2006-02-10)
On Maya's insistence, Monisha becomes sophisticated
67"Monisha threatens to commit suicide"17 February 2006 (2006-02-17)
Monisha decides to commit suicide. Maya celebrates.
68"The Midas Chant's Magic"24 February 2006 (2006-02-24)

Dushyant gives Sahil an African Chant to recite. After that everything, Sahil wishes happens.


Guest Star : Parmeet Sethi
69"Brides for Rosesh"3 March 2006 (2006-03-03)
A psychic predicts that Rosesh should marry within a month or he will have to wait for 51 years. Rosesh freaks out
70"Crystal Ball Time"16 April 2006 (2006-04-16)

Another psychic show the Sarabhais their future in a crystal ball. All comes out to be good till they receive a shock for their future in the following 7 years.


Guest Star : Rohitash Gaud and Siddhartha Jadhav

Season 2 (2017)

The new season returned in May 2017 on Hotstar as a web series. [8] The season was titled Sarabhai vs Sarabhai: Take 2. The takes leap of seven years with the introduction of some new characters.

#TitleOriginal Aired
1"Monisha Ki Mannat – 1"15 May 2017 (2017-05-15)
The Sarabhais are stuck in a bus on the edge of a cliff. In the flashback, on Sonya's tarot card reading, Monisha explains that she has vowed to pay visit to the shrine of Matkadharbaba for the marriage of Rosesh. Before boarding the bus, Rosesh meets his love-at-first-sight Jasmine. [9]
2"Monisha Ki Mannat – 2"22 May 2017 (2017-05-22)
Monisha gets Arnab out of the bus through window and he brings some villagers. They help them get out of the bus. Later Rosesh gets stuck on a bridge but Sahil saves him. Sarabhais visit the shrine of Matkadharbaba and fulfills the vow.
3"Rosesh Gets Married"29 May 2017 (2017-05-29)
Rosesh decides to marry Jasmine without consent of Maya. Maya disapproves their marriage and tried to stop it with fake prophecy by Sonia. Jasmine announces pregnancy.
4"Papa don't preach, says Sahil"5 June 2017 (2017-06-05)
Arnab's teacher complains that Arnab brings mobile in school. Sahil blames Indravadan from spoiling Arnab. Sahil and Indravadan starts to argue.
5"Indu's antics"12 June 2017 (2017-06-12)
Sahil insults Indravadan for being reckless and unsuccessful. Everyone motivates Indravadan to open an antic shop. Arnab asks Sahil to apologize to Indravadan.
6"Man of the hour, Kachcha Kela"19 June 2017 (2017-06-19)

No one purchase anything from Indu Antic shop. Dushyant who is later joined by Monisha and Jasmine, accuses Kachcha Kela for robbing something but is proved wrong. Sahil gets happy as the first day of the shop goes flop.


Guest Star: Aatish Kapadia
7"Jasmine, Maya locks horn"26 June 2017 (2017-06-26)
Maya asks everyone to write their true feelings on paper chits on the World Honesty Day. Everyone's printed chits are put in the Bowl.
8"Maya vs Sahil"3 July 2017 (2017-07-03)

There are very bad comments for Maya written on the chits. Maya finds out it was Sahil as the chits were printed from his tablet. However, Maya finds out that it was Rosesh who had written about Maya.


Guest Star: Aatish Kapadia
9"Bahu Machhar Beta Khachhar"10 July 2017 (2017-07-10)

Rosesh and Jasmine do a drama serial. The director insults Rosesh and Jasmine feels bad and quit the serial with Rosesh. Maya and Rosesh shoot an advertisement with Prahlad but Prahlad doesn't like Rosesh's acting.


Guest Star: Jamnadas Majethia & Vishal Gandhi
10"Monisha–Sahil,Divorced?"17 July 2017 (2017-07-17)
Monisha and Maya goes to Arnab sports day and he gets misplaced. Monisha says that if Arnab will come home, she will leave Sahil forever. After Arnab gets home back, Monisha take Arnab with him and goes to her village, leaving Divorce papers for Sahil.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Satish Shah</span> Indian actor

Satish Ravilal Shah is an Indian actor. He is best known for his comic roles in films like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984), Sarabhai vs Sarabhai (2004), Main Hoon Na (2004), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Fanaa (2006) and Om Shanti Om (2007).

<i>Koffee with Karan</i> Indian talk show

Koffee with Karan is an Indian talk show hosted by filmmaker and television personality Karan Johar and produced by Dharmatic Entertainment, the digital content division of Johar's production company Dharma Productions. It debuted on 19 November 2004, and has aired eight seasons over a span of eighteen years. Distributed by Disney Star, its first six seasons aired on Star World India (2004–2019). In 2022, Koffee with Karan moved to Disney+ Hotstar as a streaming exclusive under the service's content label and hub, Hotstar Specials; thereafter the succeeding seasons have aired on the platform. Also that year, Johar's Dharmatic Entertainment replaced Banijay's SOL India as the show's production company. It is the second longest-running talk show after Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan on Indian Hindi-language television, as well as one of the most-watched Indian English-language television shows. In 2007, the show won an Indian Television Academy Award for Best Talk Show and Johar won Best Talk Show Anchor.

<i>Sarabhai vs Sarabhai</i> Indian sitcom

Sarabhai vs Sarabhai is an Indian Hindi-language television sitcom that aired on STAR One from 1 November 2004 to 16 April 2006 and on Disney+ Hotstar from 15 May to 17 July 2017 for two seasons in 80 episodes altogether. The show was directed by Deven Bhojani and produced by Jamnadas D. Majethia and Aatish Kapadia under the production banner of Hats Off Productions. Starring an ensemble cast of Satish Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Sumeet Raghavan, Rupali Ganguly, and Rajesh Kumar, the show revolves around the Sarabhais, a quintessential upper-class Gujarati family living in the upmarket neighbourhood of Cuffe Parade in South Mumbai. The family members include the matriarch, Maya; her husband, Indravadan; their two sons, Sahil and Rosesh; Sahil's wife, Monisha; Indravadan and Maya's son-in-law, Dushyant; and Indravadan's brother-in-law, Madhusudan Fufa. Regarded as being ahead of its generation in terms of its concept, writing, and average viewership ratings at the time of its initial release, the show has gone on to become a cult classic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deven Bhojani</span> Indian actor and director

Deven Bhojani is an Indian actor and director. He is a theatre artist, who is best known for his Gujarati plays. He made his television debut with Shankar Nag’s famous show Malgudi Days in 1987. He mainly gained popularity for his comic roles and for playing some supporting characters. He has won three best director awards for Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, The ITA Award, The Indian Telly Award and The Apsara Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parvin Dabas</span> Indian actor, director and model

Parvin Dabas is an Indian actor, director and model, who works predominantly in Hindi and English language films.

Office Office is an Indian, Hindi language, corruption exposing drama series rendered in humour form. It consists of short stories and focuses on government and other offices and produces the corrupt situations. It got premiered on SAB TV on 3 September 2001. The show was a satirical take on the prevalent corruption in India.

<i>Star Bestsellers</i> Indian TV series or programme

Star Bestsellers is an Indian anthology television series which aired on StarPlus from 17 July 1999 to 23 July 2000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rupali Ganguly</span> Indian actress (born 1977)

Rupali Ganguly is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. One of the highest-paid television actresses in India, Ganguly is widely recognised for her portrayal of Manisha "Monisha" Singh Sarabhai in the sitcom Sarabhai vs Sarabhai (2004–2006) and Anupamaa in the drama Anupamaa (2020–present). She is a recipient of two Indian Telly Awards and one Indian Television Academy Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rajesh Kumar (actor)</span> Indian actor

Rajesh Kumar is an Indian actor and producer, best known for his roles in Indian television shows such as Baa Bahoo Aur Baby and Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. Rajesh is an alumnus of Hindu College, University of Delhi. From the age of 41years he took farming as a profession as according to him that served for the greater purpose for life.

Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role – Male is an award given by Indiantelevision.com as part of its annual Indian Telly Awards for TV serials, to recognize a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a comic role.

The Khichdi franchise is a Hindi language franchise of television series and films created by Hats Off Productions and UTV Software Communications, written and directed by Aatish Kapadia. It is one of the earliest franchises on Indian Television to adopt the western model of appearing in seasons and also the first Indian television series to be adapted into a Bollywood film series.

<i>Gulmohar Grand</i> Indian TV series or programme

Gulmohar Grand is an Indian television miniseries that premiered on 3 May 2015 on StarPlus. The show is produced by Sunshine Productions which aired on Sundays nights. Aashim Gulati, Aakanksha Singh and Gaurav Chopra were the leads of the series.

<i>Bigg Boss</i> (Telugu TV series) Telugu language reality TV game show

Bigg Boss is an Indian Telugu-language television reality show of the Bigg Boss franchise which airs on Star Maa and streams on Disney+ Hotstar in India. It follows the format of the Dutch reality show Big Brother, which was first developed by Endemol in the Netherlands.

<i>Maharaj Ki Jai Ho!</i> Indian 2020 television series

Maharaj Ki Jai Ho! is an Indian television science fiction sitcom series that ran from 23 March 2020 to 20 May 2020 on StarPlus, later shifted to Star Utsav and streams on digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. It starred Satyajeet Dubey in the main lead role of Sanjay. The telecast of the show was hampered due to its low ratings during COVID-19 pandemic and the show had to decline without completing its story in May 2020.

<i>Excuse Me Maadam</i> Indian comedy TV series

Excuse Me Maadam is an Indian comedy television series that has been broadcast since 14 September 2020 on Star Bharat and digitally available on Disney+ Hotstar. Produced by Sanjay Kohli, it stars Rajesh Kumar, Nyra Banerjee and Sucheta Khanna. The serial is sequel of Life Ok serial May I Come In Madam?.

<i>Pandya Store</i> Indian television series

Pandya Store is an Indian Hindi-language television family drama series that premiered from 25 January 2021 to 26 May 2024 on Star Plus. It streams digitally on Disney+ Hotstar. Produced by Sunjoy Waddhwa and Commal Waddhwa under their banner Sphere Origins, the series is an official adaptation of Star Vijay's Tamil series Pandian Stores. One of the longest running Indian television soap operas, the series starred Kinshuk Mahajan, Shiny Doshi, Akshay Kharodia, Kanwar Dhillon, Mohit Parmar, Alice Kaushik, Simran Budharup, Kruttika Desai, Priyanshi Yadav and Rohit Chandel.

<i>Taaza Khabar</i> 2023 Indian fantasy comedy thriller television series

Taaza Khabar is an Indian fantasy comedy thriller television series on Disney+ Hotstar. It was written by Abbas Dalal and Hussain Dalal and directed by Himank Gaur. It stars Bhuvan Bam, Shriya Pilgaonkar, J. D. Chakravarthy, Deven Bhojani, Prathamesh Parab, Nitya Mathur, and Shilpa Shukla. In April 2024, Disney+ Hotstar confirmed that the series had been renewed for a second season.

References

  1. "'Sarabhai vs Sarabhai' won't come back: Deven Bhojani". Hindustan Times. 17 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  2. "Hope to bring 'Sarabhai vs Sarabhai' back to the audience: Deven Bhojani". 12 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Sarabhai vs Sarabhai: Here are 10 best episodes from the hit TV show". Hindustan Times. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Throwback Thursday: 5 celebrity guests of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai who made us LOL". India Today. Ist.
  5. Chakrabarti, Srabanti (29 March 2005). "Lunching with the Sarabhais!". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "indya.com - STAR - STAR One - Sarabhai vs Sarabhai". Archived from the original on 10 December 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "indya.com - STAR - STAR One - Sarabhai vs Sarabhai". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  8. "Sarabhai vs Sarabhai to return in May. Here's its cast then and now". 15 March 2017.
  9. "Sarabhai vs Sarabhai Take 2 first episode review: This time it is funnier and more insane". The Times of India. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.