Bandbudh Aur Budbak

Bandbudh Aur Budbak
File:Bandbudh Aur Budbak logo.jpg
Genre	Comedy
Voices of	Pooja Punjabi Sonal Kaushal
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	165 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Aashish Mall Mayank Patel Avinash Walzade
Running time	10–12 minutes
Production company	Paperboat Animation Studios
Release
Original network	ZeeQ
Original release	13 February 2015 (2015-02-13)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Bandbudh Aur Budbak (Hindi: बंद्बुध और बुड़बक) is an Indian animated comedy television series produced by Aashish Mall, Mayank Patel and Avinash Walzade. It was also produced by Paperboat Animation Studios. It premiered originally on ZeeQ in 2015. It showcases the antics and school life of two naughty friends named Badrinath and Buddhadev.

Characters

Main

• Badrinath: Badrinath (Hindi: बद्रीनाथ), also called Badri is the main character of the show and one of the two best friends. He is the smarter one who thinks ideas to fail others in the things which he wants. He is loyal in his friendship and dislikes studying and coming to school. He mostly plays the Mega Robot video game. He is voiced by Pooja Punjabi.
• Budhdeb: Budhdeb (Hindi: बुधदेब), also called Buddhadev is also the main character of the show and the other best friend. He is the shy one who always depends on his friend, Badrinath. Like Badrinath, he is also loyal in his friendship and dislikes studying and coming to school. He always utters Ekdum Lallantaap (transl. Very Fantastic). Even Badrinath sometimes utters this phrase. Like Badrinath, he also mostly plays Mega Robot. He is voiced by Sonal Kaushal.
• Dubey: Dubey Ji (Hindi: दूबे जी) is the class teacher of Apna School. He speaks Awadhi and sometimes speaks some English phrases too. He is fat and always punishes Badrinath and Budhdeb by making them murga (transl. Rooster) whenever they act badly in school. He is voiced by Rajeev Raj.
• Makkhan Singh Rathi: Makkhan Singh Rathi (Hindi: मक्खन सिंह राठी, known as Rathi Sir in school) is the principal of Apna School. He is from Haryana and speaks Haryanvi and sometimes uses English for official communication. He has a tall and thin frame. He loves trophies and urges students to get trophies for the school. He comes to school by a yellow-coloured car. His catchphrase is Principal Hai Hum (transl. I'm the Principal). He is voiced by Manish Bhawan.
• Bindiya Roy: Bindiya Roy (Hindi: बिंदीया रॉय) is the art teacher of the school. She is from West Bengal and speaks out some Bengali when she speaks Hindi or English. She wears glasses. She often says Bengali: খুব ভালো, romanized: Khub Bhalo (transl. Very good).
• Patel: Patel (Hindi: पटेल) is the peon of the school. He is quite lazy. He is from Gujarat and speaks Gujarati. Sometimes, he even speaks Sanskrit.

Recurring

• Patil: Patil (Hindi: पाटिल) is the security guard of the school. He is sincere and responsible. He is quite active. He is from Maharashtra and speaks Marathi.
• Gyan Singh: Gyan (Hindi: ज्ञान सिंह) is the most intelligent student of the school and is from Punjab, India. Always, he gets first position in the class. He is voiced by Samriddhi Shukla
• Maira & Saira: Sisters Maira and Saira (Hindi: मायरा ओर सायरा) are the pretty girls of the school. They often end up causing fights between friends and are typical complaint boxes. They are very stylish and most of the times speak English. They love to talk about movies and often talk about them when they walk in the school corridors.
• Mukesh, Ganesh & Ramesh: Brothers Mukesh, Ganesh & Ramesh (Hindi: मूकेश, गणेश ओर रमेश) are in triplets and they are Giva's friends. When angry, Dubey Ji calls them as Tigri (transl. Triplets). All of them wear glasses.
• Jeeva: jeeva (Hindi: जीवा) (often incorrectly spelled as giva even by himself) is the fattest boy in the class. He has a long nose. He stutters. He considers himself very powerful but actually, he is a cowardly boy. He always tries to make his classmates get punished but Badrinath and Budhdeb always saves them. The triplets are Jeeva's friends. He is voiced by Harsh Joshi
• Karan: Karan (Hindi: करण) is a very stylish boy. He is from United States and always boasts about things which his father brings for him from foreign countries (mainly from United States and London).In one of the episodes, he had a bicycle from Australia.
• Sabina: Sabina (Hindi: सबीना) is the monitor of the class. She is from Gujarat. She is very responsible and wears glasses. She is Gyan's friend.
• Yogiraj Ji: Yogiraj Ji (Hindi: योगीराज जी, also known as Yoginath Ji (Hindi: योगीनाथ जी)) is the yoga teacher of Apna School. He has long hair and beard.
• Krishnan Sir: Krishnan Sir (Hindi: कृषनन सर) is the lab assistant of Apna School. He is sincere, intelligent and responsible. He wears glasses. He is from Kerala.
• Librarian: She is an anonymous female teacher. She is in charge of the library and teaches Hindi to the class, as shown in episode Angrezi Ka Aakraman. Her name is not mentioned
• Cinderella: Cinderella (Hindi: सिंडरेला) is a buffalo. She debuted in the episode "Cinderella Story". Both Badrinath and Budhdeb often bump onto her when they don't ride their cycle carefully (often shown in episodes), but she doesn't react in any way to them.

Episodes

Main article: List of Bandbudh Aur Budbak episodes

Broadcast

The show was originally released on ZeeQ on 13 February 2015. Later, it aired on Discovery Kids from February 2018 to 2019. It also aired on the channels Zee Anmol and Big Magic. From 18 April 2020, it was telecasted on Cartoon Network. In July 2021, the series was also broadcast by Pogo TV.

See also

• List of Indian animated television series
• Pyaar Mohabbat Happy Lucky
• Chimpoo Simpoo
• List of Bandbudh Aur Budbak episodes