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| name = Tarak Mehta | | name = Tarak Mehta | ||
| image = Tarak Mehta 01.jpg | | image = Tarak Mehta 01.jpg | ||
| caption = Mehta at his residence in Ahmedabad, 2009 | | caption = Mehta, with his trademark inverted glasses, at his residence in Ahmedabad, 2009 | ||
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|12|26|df=y}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|12|26|df=y}}{{cn|date=November 2021}} | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|03|01|1929|12|26}}<ref name="Death2017">{{cite web | title=Writer Taarak Mehta, the inspiration behind 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', no more | website=The Times of India | date=2017-03-01 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/writer-taarak-mehta-the-inspiration-behind-taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chashmah-no-more/articleshow/57405136.cms | access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref> | | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2017|03|01|1929|12|26}}<ref name="Death2017">{{cite web | title=Writer Taarak Mehta, the inspiration behind 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', no more | website=The Times of India | date=2017-03-01 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/writer-taarak-mehta-the-inspiration-behind-taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chashmah-no-more/articleshow/57405136.cms | access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref> | ||
| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Bombay presidency]], [[British India]] | | birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Bombay presidency]], [[British India]] | ||
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| occupation = Columnist, humorist, writer | | occupation = Columnist, humorist, writer | ||
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'''Tarak Janubhai Mehta''' was an [[India]]n columnist, [[humourist]], writer and playwright who is best known for the column ''Duniya Ne Undha Chasma''. He translated and adapted several comedies into Gujarati, and was a well-known figure in | '''Tarak Janubhai Mehta''' was an [[India]]n columnist, [[humourist]], writer and playwright who is best known for the column ''Duniya Ne Undha Chasma''. He translated and adapted several comedies into Gujarati, and was a well-known figure in Gujarati theatre.<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Indian theatre: interviews with playwrights and directors|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi|year=1989 |page=159}}</ref> | ||
His humorous weekly column first appeared in ''[[Chitralekha (weekly)|Chitralekha]]'' in March 1971 and looked at contemporary issues from a different perspective. He published 80 books; three were based on the columns he wrote in the Gujarati newspaper ''[[Divya Bhaskar]]'' while the rest were compiled from the stories in ''Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah''.<ref name=dna>{{cite news |title=Tarak Mehta is 'booked'!|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_tarak-mehta-is-booked-_1237837 |publisher=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] |date=9 March 2009 }}</ref> | His humorous weekly column first appeared in ''[[Chitralekha (weekly)|Chitralekha]]'' in March 1971 and looked at contemporary issues from a different perspective. He published 80 books; three were based on the columns he wrote in the Gujarati newspaper ''[[Divya Bhaskar]]'' while the rest were compiled from the stories in ''Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah''.<ref name=dna>{{cite news |title=Tarak Mehta is 'booked'!|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_tarak-mehta-is-booked-_1237837 |publisher=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] |date=9 March 2009 }}</ref> | ||
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Taarak Mehta belonged to the [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] [[Naagar]] community.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jains-steal-the-show-with-7-Padmas/articleshow/46856659.cms|title=Jains steal the show with 7 Padmas | newspaper=The Times of India|date=9 April 2015|access-date=24 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/showbiz/in-pics-a-look-at-the-life-of-popular-columnist-taarak-mehta-1882280/|title=In pics: A look at the life of popular columnist Taarak Mehta|last=Talreja|first=Vinod|date=2017-03-01|website=India.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref> He lived in [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat, where he moved in 2000, with his second wife, Indu, of over 30 years. His first wife, Ila who later married Manohar Doshi (died 2006), also lived in the same apartment building. He had a daughter from his first marriage, Eshani, who lives in the United States, and has two grandchildren, Kushaan and Shailee.<ref name=dna/><ref>{{cite news |title=Tragedy strikes Tarak Mehta|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-14/ahmedabad/28171060_1_indu-seventh-floor-mumbai |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927184201/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-14/ahmedabad/28171060_1_indu-seventh-floor-mumbai |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=14 July 2009 }}</ref> | |||
Mehta died at the age of 87 years on March 1, 2017 after a prolonged illness.<ref name="Death2017"/> His family donated his body to [[medical research]].<ref name="dna 2017">{{cite web | title=Noted Gujarati playwright Taarak Mehta passes away at 87 | website=dna | year=2017 | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-noted-gujarati-playwright-taarak-mehta-passes-away-at-87-2338931 }}</ref> | Mehta died at the age of 87 years on March 1, 2017 after a prolonged illness.<ref name="Death2017"/> His family donated his body to [[medical research]].<ref name="dna 2017">{{cite web | title=Noted Gujarati playwright Taarak Mehta passes away at 87 | website=dna | year=2017 | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-noted-gujarati-playwright-taarak-mehta-passes-away-at-87-2338931 }}</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Indian columnists]] | [[Category:Indian columnists]] | ||