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| show_name = Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
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| runtime = 22 minutes
| company = [[Neela Tele Films]]
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| network = [[SONY SAB]]
[[SONY PAL]]
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| producer = [[Asitkumarr Modi]]
[[Neela Asit Modi]]
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| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2008|07|28}}
| last_aired = present
| website = https://www.sonyliv.com/details/show/4600324971001/Taarak-Mehta-Ka-Ooltah-Chashmah
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| website_title = Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
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| director = {{Plainlist|
* [[Abhishek Sharma]]
*[[Dheeraj Palshetkar]]
* [[Harshad Joshi]]
* [[Malav Suresh Rajda]]
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| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| creator = [[Asitkumarr Modi]]
| based_on = "Duniya Ne Oondha Chashmah" by [[Taarak Mehta]]
| writer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Raju Odedra]]
* [[Rajen Upadhyay]]
* [[Rakesh Joshi]]
* [[Manish Mehta]]
* [[Niren Bhatt]]
* [[Jitendra Parmar]]
* [[Ashok Parmar]]
* [[Abhishek Makwana]]
* [[Abbas Hirapurwala]]
* [[Dev Keshwala]]
* [[Nitin Keswani]]

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| country = India
| language = Hindi
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| num_episodes = 3427 
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'''''Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah''''' ({{translation}} Taarak Mehta's inverted [[spectacles]]; sometimes abbreviated as '''''TMKOC''''') is an Indian [[Hindi Language]] television [[sitcom]]. One of India's longest running television shows, it is produced by [[Neela Tele Films]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/munmun-dutta-opens-up-about-the-controversy-surrounding-taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chashmah-comes-out-in-support-of-gurcharan-singh-sodhi/articleshow/60731844.cms|title=Munmun Dutta opens up about the controversy surrounding Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah; comes out in support of Gurcharan Singh (Sodhi)|date=18 September 2017|newspaper=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref> The show went on air on 28 July 2008. It airs from Monday to Friday on [[SAB TV]]. Reruns of the show started on [[Sony Pal]] from 2 November 2015.

The show is based on the column ''Duniya Ne Undha Chashma'' written by columnist and journalist/playwright [[Taarak Mehta]] for the Gujarati weekly magazine ''[[Chitralekha (weekly)|Chitralekha]]''.

== Plot ==
The series takes place at the Gokuldham Co-operative Society, an apartment complex in Powder Gali, Goregaon East, Mumbai around Gada Family which consists of a successful businessman Jethalal Champaklal Gada, his father Champaklal Jayantilal Gada, his wife Daya and their naughty son Tipendra Gada (Tapu) who is the leader of his friend circle called "Tapu Sena."

Jethalal calls his father Champaklal to keep an eye on Tapu but the opposite happens and he joins hands with Tapu. Most of the episodes are based on Jethalal being stuck in a problem and Taarak Mehta, his best friend, helps him out of it whom Jethalal calls "Fire Brigade."

The show covers topical issues which are socially relevant. The residents of Gokuldham faces daily life problems and finds solutions for it but with a moral value too in a hilarious manner. Although Gokuldham Society consists of 50 flats but the show mostly focuses on the lives of the families, that are of; Jethalal Champaklal Gada, a Gujarati; Taarak Mehta, who is from Rajasthan; Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide, who belongs to Marathi culture; Dr. Hansraj Hathi, a Bihari overweight doctor; Krishnan Iyer, a scientist from Chennai but has a Bengali wife; Roshan Singh Sodhi, A Punjabi but has a Parsi wife and Patrakaar Popatlal from Bhopal, a bachelor from eleven years. They always help each-other in their problems, to promote Unity in Diversity.

== Cast and Characters ==
'''<big>Main</big>'''

'''Gada Family:'''

[[Dilip Joshi]] as [[Jethalal Champaklal Gada]] (2008-present)

[[Disha Vakani]] as [[Daya Jethalal Gada]] (2008-2017)

[[Amit Bhatt]] as [[Champaklal Jayantilal Gada]] (2008-present)

[[Bhavya Gandhi]] / [[Raj Anadkat]] as [[Tipendra Jethalal Gada (Tapu)]] (2008-2017/2017-present)

'''Mehta Family:'''

[[Shailesh Lodha]] as [[Taarak Mehta]] (2008-present)

[[Neha Mehta]] / [[Sunanya Fozdar]] as [[Anjali Mehta]] (2008-2020/2020-present)

'''Iyer Family:'''

[[Tanuj Mahashabde]] as [[Krishnan Subramaniam Iyer]] (2008-present)

[[Munmun Dutta]] as [[Babita Iyer]] (2008-present)

'''Bhide Family:'''

[[Mandar Chandwadkar]] as [[Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide]] (2008-present)

[[Sonalika Joshi]] as [[Madhavi Aatmaram Bhide]] (2008-present)

[[Jheel Mehta]] / [[Nidhi Bhanushali]] / [[Palak Sidhwani]] as [[Sonalika Aatmaram Bhide (Sonu)]] (2008-2012/2012-2019/2019-present)

'''Sodhi Family:'''

[[Gurcharan Singh]] / [[Laad Singh Mann]] / [[Balvinder Singh]] as [[Harjeet Singh Sodhi]] (2008-2013,2014-2020/2013-2014/2020-present)

[[Jennifer Mistry Banshiwal]] / [[Dilkhush Reporter]] / [[Jennifer Mistry Banshiwal]] as [[Roshan Kaur Sodhi]] (2008-2013,2016-present/2013-2016)

[[Samay Shah]] as [[Gurcharan Singh Sodhi (Gogi)]] (2008-present)

'''Hathi Family:'''

[[Nirmal Soni]] / [[Kavi Kumar Azad]] / [[Nirmal Soni]] as [[Dr. Hansraj Hathi]] (2008-2009,2018-present/2009-2018)

[[Ambika Ranjankar]] as [[Komal Hathi]] (2008-present)

[[Kush Shah]] as [[Gulabkumar Hathi (Goli)]] (2008-present)

'''Others:'''

[[Azhar Shaik]] as [[Pankaj Diwan Sahay (Pinku)]] (2008-present)

[[Sharad Sankla]] as [[Abdul]] (2008-present)

[[Shyam Pathak]] as [[Patrakar Popatlal Bhagwati Pandey]] (2009-present)

[[Ghanashyam Nayak]] as [[Natwarlal Prabhashankar Udhaiwala (Nattu Kaka) ]](2008-2020)

[[Tanmay Vekaria]] as [[Bagheshawar Dadukh Udhaiwala (Bagha)]] (2011-present)

[[Monika Bhadoriya]] as [[Bawri Dhondulal Kanpuria]] (2013-2019)

[[Mayur Vakani]] as [[Sundarlal]] (2008-present)

[[Priya Ahuja]] / [[Mihika Verma]] as [[Rita Srivastava]] (2009-2010,2013-present/2010-2013)

[[Daya Shankar Pandey]] as [[Inspector Chalu Pandey]] (2010-present)

[[Asitkumarr Modi]] as himself (2008-present)

'''<big>Guests</big>'''

==References==
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