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{{Short description|Indian sitcom series}}{{EngvarB|date=May 2014}}
{{Short description|Indian sitcom series}}
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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| name        = Khichdi
| image               =  
| image             =
| genre               = {{ubl|[[Sitcom]]|[[Comedy drama]]}}
| genre             = {{ubl|[[Sitcom]]|[[Comedy drama]]}}
| company             = {{ubl|Hats Off Productions|[[UTV Software Communications]]}}
| company           = {{ubl|Hats Off Productions|[[UTV Software Communications]]}}
| writer               = [[Aatish Kapadia]]
| writer           = [[Aatish Kapadia]]
| director             = Aatish Kapadia
| director         = Aatish Kapadia
| producer             = {{ubl|[[Jamnadas Majethia]]|Aatish Kapadia}}
| producer         = {{ubl|[[Jamnadas Majethia]]|Aatish Kapadia}}
| executive_producer   = {{ubl|[[Ronnie Screwvala]]|[[Zarina Screwvala|Zarina Mehta]]}}
| executive_producer= {{ubl|[[Ronnie Screwvala]]|[[Zarina Screwvala|Zarina Mehta]]}}
| country             = India
| country           = India
| language             = Hindi
| language         = Hindi
| num_seasons         = 3
| num_seasons       = 3
| channel             = [[StarPlus]]
| channel           = [[Star Plus]]  
| first_aired         = {{Start date|df=y|2002|9|10}}
| first_aired       = {{Start date|df=y|2002|9|10}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|df=y|2004|7|20}}
| last_aired       = {{end date|df=y|2004|7|20}}
| num_episodes         = 98
| num_episodes     = 98  
| list_episodes       = List of Khichdi episodes
| list_episodes = List of Khichdi episodes
| related              = {{ubl|[[Instant Khichdi]]|[[Khichdi Returns]]}}
| followed_by = {{ubl|[[Instant Khichdi]]|[[Khichdi Returns]]}}
| related =
}}
}}


'''''Khichdi''''' is a Hindi language sitcom produced by [[UTV Software Communications]] in association with Hats Off Productions, which debuted on [[STAR Plus]] on 10 September 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k2/aug/aug131.htm|title=Star to launch new weekly comedy in September|work=Indiantelevision.com|date=22 August 2002}}</ref> The series has been rerun on [[STAR Plus]] and its sister channels several times. It served as the first series in the ''[[Khichdi (franchise)|Khichdi franchise]]''. The second series in the franchise was called ''[[Instant Khichdi]]'', which aired on Star Plus's sister channel, [[STAR One]]. The reruns have aired on several channels including [[STAR Utsav]] and [[Pogo (TV channel)|Pogo]]. A twenty-episode third series also titled [[Khichdi (2018 TV series)|Khichdi]]'' premiered on 14 April 2018 on StarPlus.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/khichdi-2-to-end-this-month-the-show-lasted-for-barely-two-months/articleshow/64400882.cms?from=mdr|title='Khichdi 2' to end this month|accessdate=June 1, 2018}}</ref>
'''''Khichdi''''' is a Hindi language [[sitcom]] produced by [[Disney India|UTV Software Communications]] in association with Hats Off Productions, which debuted on [[StarPlus]] on 10 September 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k2/aug/aug131.htm|title=Star to launch new weekly comedy in September|work=Indiantelevision.com|date=22 August 2002|access-date=1 June 2011|archive-date=16 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116064214/http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k2/aug/aug131.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The series has been rerun on [[StarPlus]] and its sister channels several times. It served as the first series in the ''[[Khichdi (franchise)|Khichdi franchise]]''. The second series in the franchise was called ''[[Instant Khichdi]]'', which aired on Star Plus's sister channel, [[Star Bharat|Star One]]. The reruns have aired on several channels including [[StarPlus#Star Utsav|Star Utsav]] and [[Pogo (TV channel)|Pogo]]. A twenty-episode third series also titled ''[[Khichdi (2018 TV series)|Khichdi]]'' premiered on 14 April 2018 on StarPlus.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/khichdi-2-to-end-this-month-the-show-lasted-for-barely-two-months/articleshow/64400882.cms?from=mdr|title='Khichdi 2' to end this month|accessdate=June 1, 2018|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613234206/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/khichdi-2-to-end-this-month-the-show-lasted-for-barely-two-months/articleshow/64400882.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref>


== Premise ==
== Premise ==


''Khichdi'' follows the story of a Gujarati family called Parekhs, who lives in an old mansion. The joint family encounters many typically Indian situations, but they try to solve it in the most atypical fashion imaginable. This is a funny bunch of people that are firmly united in their movement to get separated. They want to sell their ancestral property and move out and form their own nuclear families. But the head of their family does not agree. He gives them the choice to walk out and survive on their own, but nobody is ready to let go of the money that is due to them. So they stay together and wait for the 'head' to change his mind or stop breathing, whichever happens first. And this is where the upwardly mobile middle-class joint family faces its trials and tribulations. ''Khichdi'' is a look at the lighter side of an Indian joint family.
''Khichdi'' follows the story of a Gujarati family called Parekhs, who lives in an old mansion. The joint family encounters many typically Indian situations, but they try to solve it in the most atypical fashion imaginable. This is a funny bunch of people that are firmly united in their movement to get separated. They want to sell their ancestral property and move out and form their own nuclear families. But the head of their family does not agree. He gives them the choice to walk out and survive on their own, but nobody is ready to let go of the money that is due to them. So they stay together and wait for the 'head' to change his mind or stop breathing, whichever happens first. And this is where the upwardly mobile middle-class joint family faces their trials and tribulations. ''Khichdi'' examines the lighter side of an Indian joint family.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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! scope="col" | Tulsidas Parekh
! scope="col" | Tulsidas Parekh
| [[Anang Desai]]
| [[Anang Desai]]
| Praful, Bharat, Raju, Heera and Meera's father; Damyanti's widower; Diwaliben's son; Hansa, Jayashree, Melissa and Bhavesh Kumar's father-in-law; Jackky and Chakki's grandfather. He is the family patriarch. He is always in a bad mood but is known to have a good heart. His wife, Damyanti who suffering a heart attack and she died, Tulsidas lives with his family in his very old ancestral house called 'Mohan Niwas'. He does not agree to sell it at any cost, in spite of repeated persuasion from his children. He appears to be fed up of his family members but, deep down, loves them. All family members call him 'Babuji'.
| Praful, Bharat, Raju, Heera and Meera's father; Damyanti's widower; Diwaliben's son; Jackky and Chakki's grandfather. He is the family patriarch. He is always in a bad mood but is known to have a good heart. His wife, Damyanti, died of a heart attack, Tulsidas lives with his family in his very old ancestral house called 'Mohan Niwas'. He does not agree to sell it at any cost, despite his children's pleas. Despite the frustration they cause, he still loves them. All family members call him 'Babuji'.
|-  
|-  
! scope="col" | Praful Tulsidas Parekh
! scope="col" | Praful Tulsidas Parekh
| [[Rajeev Mehta]]
| [[Rajeev Mehta]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040201/spectrum/tv.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=10 December 2022|archive-date=10 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210104419/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040201/spectrum/tv.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Tulsidas and Damyanti's elder son; Bharat, Raju, Heera and Meera's eldest brother; Hansa's husband; Chakki's father. He is notoriously stupid. He is often seen interpreting things at face value, leading to hilarious situations. He never does anything right, which makes people (especially Tulsidas) mad at him, who would utter the now popular dialog "Praful! Tu toh Gadhaa Hai!" (Praful! You're a Donkey!). He also translates English words for his wife, although always incorrectly.  
| Tulsidas and Damyanti's elder son; Bharat, Raju, Heera and Meera's eldest brother; Hansa's husband; Chakki's father. He is notoriously stupid. He is often seen interpreting things at face value, leading to hilarious situations. He never does anything right, which makes people (especially Tulsidas) mad at him, who would utter the now popular dialog "Praful! Tu toh Gadhaa Hai!" (Praful! You're a Donkey!). He also translates English words for his wife, although always incorrectly.
|-  
|-  
! scope="col" |Hansa Praful Parekh
! scope="col" |Hansa Praful Parekh (née Seth)
| [[Supriya Pathak]]
| [[Supriya Pathak]]
  |Tulsidas's eldest daughter-in-law; Praful's wife; Himanshu's elder sister; Chakki's mother. She is as stupid as Praful, or perhaps more than him. She never works in the house, while repeating, "Mein to thak Gayi bhaaishaab" ("I'm so tired"). She is always richly dressed and cannot live without wearing 'Gajre' (strings of flowers) in her hair. She doesn't speak English and hence needs to have it translated by Praful, which has great comic results.
  |Praful's wife; Himanshu's elder sister; Chakki's mother and Chandrakant's daughter. She never works in the house, while repeating, "Mein to thak Gayi bhaaishaab" ("I'm so tired"). She is always richly dressed and cannot live without wearing 'Gajre' (strings of flowers) in her hair. She does not speak English and hence relies on Praful's errant translations.
|-  
|-  
! scope="col" |Jayshree Bharat Parekh
! scope="col" |Jayshree Bharat Parekh
| [[Vandana Pathak]]
| [[Vandana Pathak]]
|Tulsidas's widowed second daughter-in-law; Bharat's wife; Jackky's mother; Jignesh's elder sister. She loves to cook & gossip and is often seen on the phone talking to her Baa (mother). She controls the management of the household. She aims to sell 'Mohan Niwas' and live in an independent apartment. She always irritates Tulsidas while serving tea to him. Hansa and Jayshree are childhood friends.
|Bharat's widow; Jackky's mother; Jignesh's elder sister. She loves to cook and gossip and is often seen on the phone talking to her Baa (mother). She controls the management of the household. She aims to sell 'Mohan Niwas' and live in an independent apartment. She always irritates Tulsidas while serving tea to him. Hansa and Jayshree are childhood friends.
|-  
|-  
! scope="col" |Himanshu Seth
! scope="col" |Himanshu Seth
|[[Jamnadas Majethia]]
|[[Jamnadas Majethia]]
|Hansa's younger brother; Behen Parminder's husband/ He also lives with the Parekhs & is as stupid as Hansa & Praful, with Babuji derisively addressing him as ''Moonchowaale Hansa'' (Mustached Hansa). He has a Catering business. His favorite line is "Kissi ko pata nahi chalega" ("No one will know about it").
|Hansa's younger brother; Behen Parminder's husband; Chandrakant's son. He also lives with the Parekhs and is as stupid as Hansa and Praful, with Babuji derisively addressing him as ''Moonchowaale Hansa'' (Mustached Hansa). He has a catering business. His favorite line is "Kissi ko pata nahi chalega" ("No one will know about it").
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|-  
! scope="col" |Chakki Praful Parekh
! scope="col" |Chakki Praful Parekh
| [[Richa Bhadra]]
| Richa Bhadra
| Hansa and Praful's daughter. Unlike her parents, she is intelligent. She has a catchphrase, "Bade Log Bade Log" (Oh! the elders, the elders!), which she repeats along with her cousin Jacky.
| Hansa and Praful's daughter. Unlike her parents, she is intelligent. She and her cousin Jacky use the catchphrase "Bade Log Bade Log" (Oh! the elders, the elders!).
|-
|-
! scope="col" |Jackky Bharat Parekh
! scope="col" |Jackky Bharat Parekh
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! scope="col" | Notes
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|-
! scope="col" |Tiwariben Parekh
! scope="col" |Diwaliben Parekh
|[[Dina Pathak]] / [[Lily Patel]]
|[[Dina Pathak]] / [[Lily Patel]]
|Tulsidas's mother; Praful, Bharat, Raju, Heera and Meera's paternal grandmother. She is very fun-loving and very fond of pani-puri (a popular spicy snack).
|Tulsidas's mother; Praful, Bharat, Raju, Heera and Meera's paternal grandmother. She is fun-loving and fond of pani-puri (a popular spicy snack).
|-  
|-  
! scope="col" |Raju Tulsidas Parekh
! scope="col" |Raju Tulsidas Parekh
|[[Amit Varma (actor)|Amit Varma]]
|[[Amit Varma (actor)|Amit Varma]]
|Tulsidas and Damyanti's younger son; Praful, Bharat, Heera and Meera's brother; Melissa's husband. He starts flirting with any young beautiful girl he meets though he is married to Melissa.  
|Tulsidas and Damyanti's younger son; Praful, Bharat, Heera and Meera's brother; Melissa's husband. He flirts with any young beautiful girl he meets despite being married to Melissa.
|-  
|-  
! scope="col" | Melissa Raju Parekh  
! scope="col" | Melissa Raju Parekh  
|[[Tina Parekh]]
|[[Tina Parekh]]
|Tulsidas's youngest daughter-in-law; Raju's wife.She is beautiful and well-educated. Jayshree is jealous of her and calls her 'Kadki'. Tulsidas regularly says of her, "Maine to pehle hi Kaha tha ki ye ladki Raju ke liye theek Nahi hai" ("I had said at the outset that this girl is not right for Raju").  
|Raju's wife. She is beautiful and educated. Jayshree is jealous of her and calls her 'Kadki'. Tulsidas regularly says of her, "Maine to pehle hi Kaha tha ki ye ladki Raju ke liye theek Nahi hai" ("I had said at the outset that this girl is not right for Raju").
|-  
|-  
! scope="col" | Heera Tulsidas Parekh
! scope="col" | Heera Tulsidas Parekh
|Arya Rawal
|Arya Rawal
| Tulsidas's eldest daughter; Praful, Bharat, Raju and Meera's sister. She is very lazy and always has the urge to go to the toilet. She is older than her fraternal-twin, Meera.
| Tulsidas's eldest daughter; Praful, Bharat, Raju and Meera's sister. She is lazy and often goes to the toilet. She is older than her fraternal twin, Meera.
|-  
|-  
! scope="col" |Madhuri
! scope="col" |Madhuri
|Sweety Nayak
|Sweety Nayak
|She is Heera's personal maid. Though she is a servant, Tulsidas is scared of her because she always gets angry with him.
|She is Heera's personal maid. Though she is a servant, Tulsidas fears her because she is often angry with him.
|-  
|-  
! scope="col" | Meera Bhavesh Kumar
! scope="col" | Meera Bhavesh Kumar
|[[Ami Trivedi]]
|[[Ami Trivedi]]
| Tulsidas's youngest daughter; Bhavesh Kumar's wife; Praful, Bharat, Raju and Heera's younger sister. She always holds a stick & behaves like a teacher. She is married to Bhavesh Kumar.
| Tulsidas's youngest daughter; Bhavesh Kumar's wife; Praful, Bharat, Raju and Heera's younger sister. She always holds a stick and behaves like a teacher. She is married to Bhavesh Kumar.
|-  
|-  
! scope="col" |Bhavesh Kumar
! scope="col" |Bhavesh Kumar
|[[Kamlesh Oza]]
|[[Kamlesh Oza]]
|Meera's husband. He lives with the Parekhs instead of in his own house. He is always hungry and keeps eating all the time, without doing any work.
|Meera's husband. He lives with the Parekhs instead of in his own house. He often eats, but never works.
|-  
|-  
! scope="col" |Mr. Mehta
! scope="col" |Mr. Mehta
|[[Dinyar Contractor]]
|[[Dinyar Contractor]]
| He is the boss of Praful in office. He always gets mad at Praful's mistakes.
| He is Praful's boss in the office. He is infuriated by Praful's mistakes.
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Parminder Singh (I)
! scope="col" | Parminder Singh (I)
| [[Gireesh Sahedev]]
| [[Gireesh Sahedev]]
| Bhabhi Parminder's husband; Bhai Parminder and Behen Parminder's elder brother. He becomes the neighbor of Parekhs when they start living in 'Jagdamba Niwas'. In his entire family, everybody else is also named Parminder. He always argues with Tulsidas. He & his family imitate all the happenings in Chandigarh in their lifestyle.  
| Bhabhi Parminder's husband; Bhai Parminder and Behen Parminder's elder brother. He becomes the neighbor of the Parekhs when they start living in 'Jagdamba Niwas'. In his entire family, everybody else is also named Parminder. He often argues with Tulsidas. He and his family imitate all the happenings in Chandigarh in their lifestyle.
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Bhabhi Parminder  
! scope="col" | Bhabhi Parminder  
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! scope="col" | Bhai Parminder  
! scope="col" | Bhai Parminder  
| [[Damandeep Singh Baggan]]
| [[Damandeep Singh Baggan]]
| Parminder Singh and Behen Parminder's brother. He is equally stupid as Praful.
| Parminder Singh and Behen Parminder's brother. He is as stupid as Praful.
|-
! scope="col" | Heera's servant
| Urmila Katkar
| She is the maid of Heera.
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Behen Parminder
! scope="col" | Behen Parminder
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|-
! scope="col" | Jignesh
! scope="col" | Jignesh
|[[Aatish Kapadia]]
|Aatish Kapadia
|Jayashree's younger brother. Also living with the Parekhs, He has a habit of repeating a sentence three times before finally speaking. His frequently used phrase is "Mujhe lagta hai ki..."  
|Jayashree's younger brother. Also living with the Parekhs, he often repeats a sentence three times before finally speaking. He frequently says "Mujhe lagta hai ki..."  
|}
|}


==Guest appearances==
===Guest appearances===
* [[Alpana Buch]] as ''School Teacher''
* [[Alpana Buch]] as School Teacher.
* [[Amit Bhatt]] as ''various characters''  
* [[Amit Bhatt]] as various characters'
* Amit Singh Thakur as ''George Fernandaz, Melissa's father''
* Amit Singh Thakur as George Fernandaz, Melissa's father
* Anurag Prapanna as ''Pritam Bharadwaj''
* Anurag Prapanna as Pritam Bharadwaj
* [[Apara Mehta]] as ''Sandhya''
* [[Apara Mehta]] as Sandhya
* Arvind Vaidya as ''Chandrakant Seth''
* Arvind Vaidya as Chandrakant Seth
* Asha Bachani as ''Shiela Fernandaz, Melissa's mother''
* Asha Bachani as Shiela Fernandaz, Melissa's mother
* Dilip Rawal as ''Inspector Dheeman Zhaveri''
* Dilip Rawal as Inspector Dheeman Zhaveri
* [[Disha Vakani]] as ''various characters''
* [[Disha Vakani]] as various characters
* [[Ghanashyam Nayak]] ''as various characters''
* [[Ghanashyam Nayak]] as various characters
* [[Kabir Sadanand]] ''as grown-up Jacky''
* [[Kabir Sadanand]] as grown-up Jacky
* Kalpana Diwan as ''Jagdamba Maami''
* Kalpana Diwan as Jagdamba Maami
* [[Kishwer Merchant]] as ''Rambha''
* [[Kishwer Merchant]] as Rambha
* [[Krunal Pandit]] as ''School Principal's bodyguard''
* [[Krunal Pandit]] as School Principal's bodyguard
* [[Madhur Mittal]] as ''Honey Mehta''
* [[Madhur Mittal]] as Honey Mehta
* Mayank Tandon as ''Hoshi''
* Mayank Tandon as Hoshi
* Nitin Vakharia as ''Hotel Manager''
* Nitin Vakharia as Hotel Manager
* [[Nimisha Vakharia]] as ''Jyotsana Bai''
* [[Nimisha Vakharia]] as Jyotsana Bai
* Prakash Bharadwaj as ''various characters''
* Prakash Bharadwaj as various characters
* Pratima T. as ''Hasumati Ben''
* Pratima T. as Hasumati Ben
* [[Rajesh Kumar (actor)|Rajesh Kumar]] as ''Chaggan / Vinod Kumar''
* [[Rajesh Kumar (actor)|Rajesh Kumar]] as Chaggan / Vinod Kumar
* [[Rita Bhaduri]] as ''Hemlata Seth''
* [[Rita Bhaduri]] as Hemlata Seth
* Sharad Sharma as ''Khabheja''
* Sharad Sharma as Khabheja
* [[Shweta Tiwari]] as ''Herself''
* [[Shweta Tiwari]] as herself
* [[Simple Kaul]] as ''Manthara''
* [[Simple Kaul]] as Manthara
* [[Sonu Kakkar]] as ''Herself'', in [[Navratri]] special episode  
* [[Sonu Kakkar]] as herself, in the [[Navratri]] special episode  
* [[Suchita Trivedi]] as ''Mayuraakshi''
* [[Suchita Trivedi]] as Mayuraakshi
* Tapan Bhatt as ''Rajesh Gulati''
* [[Sudha Chandran]] as helself
* Vaishali Parmar as ''Praveena''
* Tapan Bhatt as Rajesh Gulati
* Vipra Rawal as ''Rekha Miss''
* Vaishali Parmar as Praveena
* Utkarsh Mazumdar as ''various characters''
* Vipra Rawal as Rekha Miss
* Utkarsh Mazumdar as various characters


== Awards and nominations ==
== Awards and nominations ==
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===[[Indian Television Academy Awards]]===
===[[Indian Television Academy Awards]]===
'''Winner'''
=== Winner ===
*2004: '''Best Actress-Comedy''' - [[Supriya Pathak]] as ''Hansa''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2004 |title=ITA Awards 2004 Winners |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526071531/http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2004 |archivedate=26 May 2012 }}</ref>
*2004: Best Actress-Comedy – [[Supriya Pathak]] as ''Hansa''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2004 |title=ITA Awards 2004 Winners |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526071531/http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2004 |archivedate=26 May 2012 }}</ref>


===[[Indian Telly Awards]]===
===[[Indian Telly Awards]]===
'''Winner'''
*2003: '''TV Actor in a Comic Role (Female)''' - [[Supriya Pathak]] as ''Hansa''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k3/nov/nov177.htm|title=Husband-wife duo Pankaj Kapoor, Supriya Pathak take the comedy cake}}</ref>
*2004: '''BEST Actor in a Comic Role (Male)''' - Rajeev Mehta as ''Praful''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k4/telly_win_2004.htm|title=Winners list of the Sangini Indian Telly Awards 2004- Popular}}</ref>
*2004: '''Sitcom Writer of the Year''' - Aatish Kapadia<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k4/tradewin2004.htm|title=Winners list of the Sangini Indian Telly Awards 2004- Technical}}</ref>


'''Nominated'''
=== Winner ===
*2003: '''TV Child Artiste of the Year''' - Yash Mittal as ''Jacky''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k3/pop_nominee.htm|title=Nominees for the Popular Awards Indian Telly Awards 2003}}</ref>
*2003: TV Actor in a Comic Role (Female) – [[Supriya Pathak]] as ''Hansa''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k3/nov/nov177.htm|title=Husband-wife duo Pankaj Kapoor, Supriya Pathak take the comedy cake|access-date=9 July 2012|archive-date=23 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223020820/http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k3/nov/nov177.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*2004: '''The TV Sitcom / Comedy programme of the Year'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k4/nominee.htm|title=Nominees for the Popular Awards Indian Telly Awards 2004|access-date=9 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016123453/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k4/nominee.htm|archive-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2004: BEST Actor in a Comic Role (Male) – Rajeev Mehta as ''Praful''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k4/telly_win_2004.htm|title=Winners list of the Sangini Indian Telly Awards 2004- Popular|access-date=9 July 2012|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911073714/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k4/telly_win_2004.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2004: '''Lyricist of the Year''' - Aatish Kapadia
*2004: Sitcom Writer of the Year – Aatish Kapadia<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k4/tradewin2004.htm|title=Winners list of the Sangini Indian Telly Awards 2004- Technical|access-date=9 July 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025300/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k4/tradewin2004.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2004: '''Music Director of the Year''' - [[Uttank Vora]]
 
*2004: '''Director of the Year (Sitcom)''' - Aatish Kapadia
=== Nominated ===
*2004: '''Child Artiste of the Year (Female)''' - Richa Bhadra as ''Chakki''
*2003: TV Child Artiste of the Year – Yash Mittal as ''Jacky''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k3/pop_nominee.htm|title=Nominees for the Popular Awards Indian Telly Awards 2003|access-date=9 July 2012|archive-date=16 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016115839/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k3/pop_nominee.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2004: '''Child Artiste of the Year (Male)''' - Yash Mittal as ''Jacky''
*2004: The TV Sitcom / Comedy programme of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k4/nominee.htm|title=Nominees for the Popular Awards Indian Telly Awards 2004|access-date=9 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016123453/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k4/nominee.htm|archive-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2004: '''Actor in a Comic Role (Male)''' - Rajeev Mehta as ''Praful''
*2004: Lyricist of the Year – Aatish Kapadia
*2004: '''Actor in a Comic Role (Male)''' - Anang Desai as ''Tulsidas Parekh''
*2004: Music Director of the Year – [[Uttank Vora]]
*2004: '''Actor in a Comic Role (Female)''' - [[Supriya Pathak]] as ''Hansa''
*2004: Director of the Year (Sitcom) – Aatish Kapadia
*2004: '''Actor in a Comic Role (Female)''' - [[Vandana Pathak]] as ''Jayshree''
*2004: Child Artiste of the Year (Female) – Richa Bhadra as ''Chakki''
*2004: '''Ensemble (complete star cast of a programme)'''
*2004: Child Artiste of the Year (Male) – Yash Mittal as ''Jacky''
*2004: '''The Weekly Serial of the year'''
*2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Male) – Rajeev Mehta as ''Praful''
*2004: '''Scriptwriter of the year''' - Aatish Kapadia
*2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Male) – Anang Desai as ''Tulsidas Parekh''
*2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Female) – [[Supriya Pathak]] as ''Hansa''
*2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Female) – [[Vandana Pathak]] as ''Jayshree''
*2004: Ensemble (complete star cast of a programme)
*2004: The Weekly Serial of the year
*2004: Scriptwriter of the year – [[Aatish Kapadia]]


==See also==
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* [http://www.hotstar.com/#!/khichdi-1648-s Khichdi] on [[hotstar]]
*[http://www.startv.in/show/khichdi/367 Khichdi officially uploaded Episodes]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071017023848/http://starutsav.indya.com/serials/khichdi/index.html Official Site on STAR Utsav]


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Khichdi
Genre
Written byAatish Kapadia
Directed byAatish Kapadia
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes98 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
Production companies
Release
Original networkStarPlus
Original release10 September 2002 (2002-09-10) –
20 July 2004 (2004-07-20)
Chronology
Related shows
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Khichdi is a Hindi language sitcom produced by UTV Software Communications in association with Hats Off Productions, which debuted on StarPlus on 10 September 2002.[1] The series has been rerun on StarPlus and its sister channels several times. It served as the first series in the Khichdi franchise. The second series in the franchise was called Instant Khichdi, which aired on Star Plus's sister channel, Star One. The reruns have aired on several channels including Star Utsav and Pogo. A twenty-episode third series also titled Khichdi premiered on 14 April 2018 on StarPlus.[2]

Premise[edit | edit source]

Khichdi follows the story of a Gujarati family called Parekhs, who lives in an old mansion. The joint family encounters many typically Indian situations, but they try to solve it in the most atypical fashion imaginable. This is a funny bunch of people that are firmly united in their movement to get separated. They want to sell their ancestral property and move out and form their own nuclear families. But the head of their family does not agree. He gives them the choice to walk out and survive on their own, but nobody is ready to let go of the money that is due to them. So they stay together and wait for the 'head' to change his mind or stop breathing, whichever happens first. And this is where the upwardly mobile middle-class joint family faces their trials and tribulations. Khichdi examines the lighter side of an Indian joint family.

Characters[edit | edit source]

Main[edit | edit source]

Character Portrayed by Notes
Tulsidas Parekh Anang Desai Praful, Bharat, Raju, Heera and Meera's father; Damyanti's widower; Diwaliben's son; Jackky and Chakki's grandfather. He is the family patriarch. He is always in a bad mood but is known to have a good heart. His wife, Damyanti, died of a heart attack, Tulsidas lives with his family in his very old ancestral house called 'Mohan Niwas'. He does not agree to sell it at any cost, despite his children's pleas. Despite the frustration they cause, he still loves them. All family members call him 'Babuji'.
Praful Tulsidas Parekh Rajeev Mehta[3] Tulsidas and Damyanti's elder son; Bharat, Raju, Heera and Meera's eldest brother; Hansa's husband; Chakki's father. He is notoriously stupid. He is often seen interpreting things at face value, leading to hilarious situations. He never does anything right, which makes people (especially Tulsidas) mad at him, who would utter the now popular dialog "Praful! Tu toh Gadhaa Hai!" (Praful! You're a Donkey!). He also translates English words for his wife, although always incorrectly.
Hansa Praful Parekh (née Seth) Supriya Pathak Praful's wife; Himanshu's elder sister; Chakki's mother and Chandrakant's daughter. She never works in the house, while repeating, "Mein to thak Gayi bhaaishaab" ("I'm so tired"). She is always richly dressed and cannot live without wearing 'Gajre' (strings of flowers) in her hair. She does not speak English and hence relies on Praful's errant translations.
Jayshree Bharat Parekh Vandana Pathak Bharat's widow; Jackky's mother; Jignesh's elder sister. She loves to cook and gossip and is often seen on the phone talking to her Baa (mother). She controls the management of the household. She aims to sell 'Mohan Niwas' and live in an independent apartment. She always irritates Tulsidas while serving tea to him. Hansa and Jayshree are childhood friends.
Himanshu Seth Jamnadas Majethia Hansa's younger brother; Behen Parminder's husband; Chandrakant's son. He also lives with the Parekhs and is as stupid as Hansa and Praful, with Babuji derisively addressing him as Moonchowaale Hansa (Mustached Hansa). He has a catering business. His favorite line is "Kissi ko pata nahi chalega" ("No one will know about it").
Chakki Praful Parekh Richa Bhadra Hansa and Praful's daughter. Unlike her parents, she is intelligent. She and her cousin Jacky use the catchphrase "Bade Log Bade Log" (Oh! the elders, the elders!).
Jackky Bharat Parekh Yash Mittal Jayashree and Bharat's son. Like Chakki, he is also intelligent and has the catchphrase "Bade Log Bade Log", which he says along with Chakki.
Character Portrayed by Notes
Diwaliben Parekh Dina Pathak / Lily Patel Tulsidas's mother; Praful, Bharat, Raju, Heera and Meera's paternal grandmother. She is fun-loving and fond of pani-puri (a popular spicy snack).
Raju Tulsidas Parekh Amit Varma Tulsidas and Damyanti's younger son; Praful, Bharat, Heera and Meera's brother; Melissa's husband. He flirts with any young beautiful girl he meets despite being married to Melissa.
Melissa Raju Parekh Tina Parekh Raju's wife. She is beautiful and educated. Jayshree is jealous of her and calls her 'Kadki'. Tulsidas regularly says of her, "Maine to pehle hi Kaha tha ki ye ladki Raju ke liye theek Nahi hai" ("I had said at the outset that this girl is not right for Raju").
Heera Tulsidas Parekh Arya Rawal Tulsidas's eldest daughter; Praful, Bharat, Raju and Meera's sister. She is lazy and often goes to the toilet. She is older than her fraternal twin, Meera.
Madhuri Sweety Nayak She is Heera's personal maid. Though she is a servant, Tulsidas fears her because she is often angry with him.
Meera Bhavesh Kumar Ami Trivedi Tulsidas's youngest daughter; Bhavesh Kumar's wife; Praful, Bharat, Raju and Heera's younger sister. She always holds a stick and behaves like a teacher. She is married to Bhavesh Kumar.
Bhavesh Kumar Kamlesh Oza Meera's husband. He lives with the Parekhs instead of in his own house. He often eats, but never works.
Mr. Mehta Dinyar Contractor He is Praful's boss in the office. He is infuriated by Praful's mistakes.
Parminder Singh (I) Gireesh Sahedev Bhabhi Parminder's husband; Bhai Parminder and Behen Parminder's elder brother. He becomes the neighbor of the Parekhs when they start living in 'Jagdamba Niwas'. In his entire family, everybody else is also named Parminder. He often argues with Tulsidas. He and his family imitate all the happenings in Chandigarh in their lifestyle.
Bhabhi Parminder Seema Pandey Parminder Singh's wife. Whenever she speaks, she makes a weird face which confuses everyone whether she meant good or bad.
Bhai Parminder Damandeep Singh Baggan Parminder Singh and Behen Parminder's brother. He is as stupid as Praful.
Heera's servant Urmila Katkar She is the maid of Heera.
Behen Parminder Anokhi Srivastava Himanshu's wife; Parminder Singh and Bhai Parminder's younger sister. She marries Himanshu.
Jignesh Aatish Kapadia Jayashree's younger brother. Also living with the Parekhs, he often repeats a sentence three times before finally speaking. He frequently says "Mujhe lagta hai ki..."

Guest appearances[edit | edit source]

Awards and nominations[edit | edit source]

Khichdi has been almost continuously awarded television awards ever since its debut

Indian Television Academy Awards[edit | edit source]

Winner[edit | edit source]

Indian Telly Awards[edit | edit source]

Winner[edit | edit source]

  • 2003: TV Actor in a Comic Role (Female) – Supriya Pathak as Hansa[5]
  • 2004: BEST Actor in a Comic Role (Male) – Rajeev Mehta as Praful[6]
  • 2004: Sitcom Writer of the Year – Aatish Kapadia[7]

Nominated[edit | edit source]

  • 2003: TV Child Artiste of the Year – Yash Mittal as Jacky[8]
  • 2004: The TV Sitcom / Comedy programme of the Year[9]
  • 2004: Lyricist of the Year – Aatish Kapadia
  • 2004: Music Director of the Year – Uttank Vora
  • 2004: Director of the Year (Sitcom) – Aatish Kapadia
  • 2004: Child Artiste of the Year (Female) – Richa Bhadra as Chakki
  • 2004: Child Artiste of the Year (Male) – Yash Mittal as Jacky
  • 2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Male) – Rajeev Mehta as Praful
  • 2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Male) – Anang Desai as Tulsidas Parekh
  • 2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Female) – Supriya Pathak as Hansa
  • 2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Female) – Vandana Pathak as Jayshree
  • 2004: Ensemble (complete star cast of a programme)
  • 2004: The Weekly Serial of the year
  • 2004: Scriptwriter of the year – Aatish Kapadia

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Star to launch new weekly comedy in September". Indiantelevision.com. 22 August 2002. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "'Khichdi 2' to end this month". Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "ITA Awards 2004 Winners". Archived from the original on 26 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Husband-wife duo Pankaj Kapoor, Supriya Pathak take the comedy cake". Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Winners list of the Sangini Indian Telly Awards 2004- Popular". Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "Winners list of the Sangini Indian Telly Awards 2004- Technical". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Nominees for the Popular Awards Indian Telly Awards 2003". Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "Nominees for the Popular Awards Indian Telly Awards 2004". Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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