Khichdi (2002 TV series)


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. The series has been rerun on STAR Plus and its sister channels several times. It served as the first season of the Khichdi franchise Unlike other Hindi sitcoms, which continuously air throughout the year, Khichdi is one of the earliest shows on Indian television to adopt the Western model of appearing in seasons. 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 Star Plus.

Premise

Khichdi follows the story of a Gujarati family called Parekhs, who live 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 is 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.

Characters

Main

CharacterPortrayed byNotes
Badi MaaDina Pathak /
Lily Patel		She is the mother of Tulsidas. Her name is Tiwariben Parekh. She is very funloving and very fond of pani-puri.
Raju ParekhAmit VarmaHe is the third son of Tulsidas. He starts flirting with any young beautiful girl he meets. He is married to Melissa.
Melissa ParekhTina ParekhShe is 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".
Heera ParekhArya RawalShe is the daughter of Tulsidas. She is very lazy and always has the urge to go to toilet. She is older than her fraternal-twin, Meera.
MadhuriSweety NayakShe is Heera's personal maid. Though she is a servant, Tulsidas is scared of her because she always gets angry with him.
Meera ParekhAmi TrivediShe is the youngest daughter of Tulsidas. She always holds a stick & behaves like a teacher. She is married to Bhavesh Kumar.
Bhavesh KumarKamlesh OzaHe is 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.
Mr. MehtaDinyar ContractorHe is the boss of Praful in office. He always gets mad at Praful's mistakes.
Parminder Singh Gireesh SahedevHe 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 ParminderSeema PandeyShe is Parminder's wife. Whenever she speaks, she makes a weird face which confuses everyone whether she meant good or bad.
Bhai ParminderDamandeep Singh BagganHe is Parminder's younger brother. He is equally stupid like Praful.
Behen ParminderAnokhi SrivastavaShe is Parminder's younger sister. She marries Himanshu.
JigneshAatish KapadiaHe is Jayshree'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..."

Guest appearances

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