Taarak Mehta (Sailesh Lodha) He
is a calm, composed and a famous journalist who writes a humorous
column for a weekly magazine. A well known name in the world of
literature'Taarak Mehta' is the narrator of the happenings in Gokuldham
Co-operative society. He introduces all the characters to the viewers.
He is an intelligent man and can have endless discussions on a topic
which can end up irritating his beloved wife 'Anjali'. The man is very
fond of giving advice & loves solving Jethalal's problems.
Jethalaal trusts Taarak Mehta and finds a philosopher and friend in
him. Taarak Mehta on the other hand is fascinated by the way Jethalaal
the gujarati businessman lives his life. |
Mrs. Mehta (Shweta Bhosle) She
is a young, sophisticated and modern woman. She believes in creating
something useful out of the waste and thus experiments extensively
perusing this habit. She is a dietician by profession and controls
Taarak Mehta's diet. Jethalaal frequent visits to meet Taarak at their
house often upset her. |
Jethalaal (Dilip Joshi) Jethalaal
is an uneducated Gujarati businessman who believes that humans are born
only to mint money. He is a typical Gujarati 'baniya' who will still
think twice before entering a plush restaurant. Jethalaal's constant
worry is his son Tapu, who is very mischievous. Apart from earning
money, controlling Tapu becomes his mission in life. To action the same
he calls his father Champaklaal from the village. Instead, hell breaks
lose as his father Champaklal joins hands with Tapu, encouraging him in
all his mischievous pursuits. |
Daya Ben (Disha Wakani) She
is a simple housewife. She desperately tries to keep up with the norms
of the modern society but fails to do so.She lives under the
misconception that her son Tapu is the most innocent child in the
entire world and thus ignores people's complaints against her son.She
spends most of her time making peace between Tapu and Jethalaal. A
sensitive person at heart she gets tears in her eyes at the drop of a
hat. |
Champaklaal (Amit Bhatt) Champaklaal
is Jethalaal father and lives in the village. He believes in the simple
fact that Good Indian Healthy Food is incomplete without Desi
Ghee.(Indian Butter).He has a loud personality and knows how to take
advantage of situations taking excuse of his age. Champaklaal purposely
confronts people around him and is a perfect example of "Pachpan mein
bachpan"(act like a child when you are 55). He shares a love/hate
relationship with his son Jethalaal and teams up with Tapu causing
menace in the society. He rescues Tapu from Jethalaal's wrath. To spice
it up he compares Tapu's childhood to Jethalaal's. Champaklaal is a
proud grandfather of Tapu and thus extends his complete support to the
mischievous lad. |
Tapu / Tipendra (Bhavya Gandhi) Tapu
is Jethalaal's mischievous 10 year old son - a very sweet, innocent,
smart yet very naughty, hyper active and ultra modern kid. He has the
knack to take his father Jethalaal for a roller coater ride with his
antics. He is the 'Hero' of his team and a 'Villain' of the Gokuldham
Co-operative Society where all the members are troubled by the
activities of this menace of a boy. He is extremely attached to his
grandfather Champaklaal and has a soft corner for Chutki who is Mr.
Bhide's daughter. |
Roshan Sodhi (Gurucharan Singh) He
owns a transport business and also runs a Mandap Decorators service as
an ancillary business to support his wife. Mr. Sodhi is a very short
tempered and aggressive man. He hates 'Tapu' for breaking the glass of
his window unlimited number of times. |
Mrs. Roshan Sodhi (Jennifer) A
Parsi lady married to a Sardar defines Roshan who also shares her name
with her husband. She is a sweetheart and very co-operative. She
innocently commits a mistake but never realizes it which turns into a
funny light moment. Both Sodhi and Roshan always have communication
issues because of the language barrier. The irony is that she runs a
Marriage Bureau. she
gets easily upset if anything happens to her child Goli. She wants to
see her son on television and wants him to be a superstar. |
Gogi Sodhi (Samay Shah) He is cute little boy who speaks Parsi but is a Sardaar wearing a small 'pag'. |
Mr. Bhide (Mandar) A
teacher by profession he runs a small coaching centre in his apartment.
He likes to raise trivial issues and immediately steps back when it
stretches beyond the purview of being trivial. His biggest worry is
that his daughter 'Chutki' is 'Tapu's' classmate. He has a constant
fear that one day his daughter will elope with Tapu and Jethalaal's
residence will be her new home. This thought sends shivers down 'Mr.
Bhide's' spine which is why 'Tapu' and 'Mr. Bhide' are always at each
others throats. | |
Chutki (Jheel Mehta) The
only daughter of 'Mr. Bhide', 'Chutki' is a very sweet child who is not
only well mannered but cultured as well. She is an intelligent and
systematic girl. She goes to school on time, attends all her classes,
comes back home, plays for a little while, does her homework, prepares
her bag for the next day, prays to God and goes to sleep. Unfortunately
her father's insecurities irritate the little girl.Though Tapu and she
argue a lot they get along equally well. Mr. Bhide's constant effort
that she ties Tapu a Rakhi goes down the drain.credit goes to sab tv website | |
Madhavi Bhide (Sonalika Joshi) She is Bhide's wife and Sonu's mother. She has a pickle and papad making business. She is a typical Maharashtrian housewife. |
Dr. Hansraj Haathi (Azad Kavi) Dr.
Haathi is a fat and healthy man who keeps falling off to sleep in the
middle of conversations. All the society's residents go to him for
medication. He speaks very little and softly. The entire 'HAANTHI
FAMILY' are a healthy bunch of happy people. | |
Mrs. Komal Haathi (Ambika Ranjankar) She is Dr. Haathi's wife , she too is fat, she keeps making various delicacies for Haathi since he always feels hungry. Sometimes she is irritated because in spite of making many food items Haathi is always hungry. | |
Goli Haathi (Kush Shah) He is Haathi's son and just like him is always hungry. Everywhere he goes , he just wants to eat food. |
Babita (Moonmoon) She
is stylish and has a different taste. An 'A- GRADE' junior artist |
Mr. Krishnan Iyyer (Tanuj Mahashadde) He is Babita's husband and also a scientist by profession. He considers Jethalal as his enemy since Jethalal has a soft corner for Babita. He leaves no chance to irritate Jethalal | |
Pinku He lives alone in the society. He is the member of Tappu Sena. | |
Patrakar Popatlal (Shyam Pathak) Popatlal Patkar, who happens to be a journalist from Toofan Express. He is a very cranky person who picks up fight for no rhyme or reason and stops by to give his opinion on everything. He is a pessimistic person and signature word is CANCEL which irritates the other society members. | |
Nattu Kaka (Ghanshyam Nayak) He helps Jethalal at his shop. Nattu Kaka always asks Jethalal for increase in his salary. Also he take such actions , that irritate Jethalal sometimes. | |
Rita Shrivastav - Rita Reporter (Priya Ahuja) She works as a news reporter for a channel called Kal Tak. She always reports the happenings in the Gokuldham society. Even a small issue is made a breaking news by her. | |
Abdul Abdul is a familiar figure in the Gokuldham society. He has a shop outside the compound. He is very helpful and helps the members solve their various problems. | |
Sunder (Mayur Vakani) He is Daya's brother , he gets all his work done by using Jethalal's money. Jethalal considers him as Panvati. Sunder loves his sister and vice a versa. | |
Koyal (Assma Siddhiqui) She is Anjali's sister and comes to Mumbai to get her visa for foreign studies.She is also shown as Popatlal's love interest. |