Baa Bahoo Aur Baby
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Genre | Comedy-drama |
Created by | Hats Off Productions |
Written by | Aatish Kapadia |
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Creative director(s) | Deven Bhojani |
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Sarita Joshi Shakti Arora Vadiya Arvind Benaf Dadachandji Rajeev Mehta Lubna Salim Paresh Ganatra Vaishali Thakkar Gautam Rode |
Opening theme | "Baa Bahoo Aur Baby" by Vinod Rathod |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 558 |
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Production location(s) | Mumbai |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 20-40 minutes |
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Original network | Star Plus |
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Original release | 5 August 2005 – 22 February 2010 |
Baa Bahoo Aur Baby[1] (colloquially known as BBB or B3) is an Indian television dramedy series that aired in prime time on Star Plus between 2005 and 2010. The series was produced by Hats Off Productions and centered on a fictitious Gujarati Thakkar family, living in Parla East, Mumbai.
All the episodes of Baa Bahoo Aur Baby are available on Hotstar.
The series tracks the story of an elderly woman Godavari Thakkar and her family, consisting of six sons, two daughters and their spouses and children. Godavari, who is from a middle class family, lives in her sister-in-law's mansion who lives in abroad, the famous Krishna Villa in Parla East, Mumbai, given to her by her late brother and sister-in-law Guvanti, who, with her child Raju, are settled in the United States.
Plot
This series revolves around Godavari Thakkar (Sarita Joshi) and her family. She is the head of the Thakkar Family, despite her husband Labhshankar Thakkar (Vaidya Arvind) being alive, who is indulged in drinking and he is accused for never supporting his family financially or morally. Labhshankar ruined his whole working years, by spending all his money on alcohol (a reason Arvind hates him) and Godavari had to run a tiffin service to raise up her children, and they lived in a small room, until Gunvanti gave them the Krishna Villa to live. Godavari has 5 sons, Arvind (Rajeev Mehta); a strict and old fashioned insurance agent, Praveen (Paresh Ganatra); a mischievous and stingy saree businessman, Harshad (Jamnadas Majethia); a very successful doctor, Subodh (Rajesh Kumar) ; a playful actor, Gopal a.k.a. Gattu (Deven Bhojani); a mentally ill grown child, and Hemal (Kamlesh Oza); the adopted son who works in a Call Centre and later in a bank. The family also includes her daughter-in-laws, Leela (Lubna Salim/Anjali Mukhi); Arvind's playful wife, Praveena (Vaishali Thakkar); Praveen's wife who is naughty and athletic and a saree businesswoman (who dies midway through the series), Shilpa (Sonali Sachdeva); wife of Harshad and also a doctor, Meenakshi (Suchita Trivedi); the shy and slow wife of Subodh, and Gudiya (Shweta Keswani); the Punjabi wife of Hemal (introduced late in the series). Godavari's two daughters are Charubala (Nimisha Vakharia): a sophisticated woman who always shows off, married to Tusshar (Nitin Vakharia) and living in the town, and Radhika (Benaf Dadachandji), who is handicapped (affected with polio) and a very stubborn girl who is often seen talking rudely, but loves her family and understands life. Among the children are Dimple (Manva Naik) and Jigar (Jay Soni/Shakti Arora): quite grown up children of Arvind and Leela, Mehul (Devarsh Thakkar/Hardik Sagani), Mitali (Richa Bhadra) and Chaitali (Swini Khara): children of Praveen and Praveena, Simran (Khushi Dubey/Afia Tayebali) and the baby Khushi, daughter of Charubala and Tushar, Saloni (Devanshi Jhaveri/Juhi Rangparia) and Saumil (Kartik Gantha): children of Harshad and Shilpa, Manav (Smith Seth) and later Disha: children of Subodh and Meenakshi, and later Lucky (Navika Kotia): adoptive child of Hemal and Gudiya. Also, the house has a cook Rajja (Siddharth Jadhav) and a worker, Narsi Kaka (Honey Chhaya).
Godavari rules her family strictly and is often called "Hitler","JhogMaya" and "MogamBaa" by her family members mostly by Praveena. Her sons have different qualities and share the blessings of life. Their wives are often worried due to household burdens, but they end up being happy. They face different problems and misunderstanding that were often created between the family members. Normal day to day scenarios are shown as the family deals with their lives in a joint family and deal with challenges. Due to being handicapped, Baby is unable to find a husband, and even Anish does not accept her, instead he admits he loves Dimple, while Baby loved Anish. This is often shown as a sign of grief for Baby throughout the series. Godavari's Krishna Villa has certain rules, saying no one can come in the house with shoes, no food from outside can come (not even spices, bread or flour), and each brother had to give 10000 per month (later 15000) for household expenses. "Jeev hatiya", killing of animals and even insects, is strictly forbidden. They are pure vegetarians and no kind of meat or eggs are allowed. Throughout the series, Baa writes in a secret Red Book no one else is allowed to read. Many different problems and scenarios are shown, and how the family remain united and how different characters interact with each other. The first season showed that Baa (Godavari) ruled her family strictly and responsibly. Her daughter Baby (Radhika Thakkar) had polio (making her legs of no use) and her son Gattu (Gopal Thakkar) is a little bit mentally disturbed due to the poverty she faced and her unavailability as working as a cook to raise her children, hence, he is only physically grown-up, but is a child at mental level. Hemal was told to be adopted by Godavari, when her sister-in-law Gunvanti (Supriya Pathak) insisted. After nearly 175 episodes, Baa invited her son Dr. Harshad Thakkar back to the house after a 5-year period. Harshad was expelled from the house due to an unknown reason which was later revealed. Midway through the season, Godavari's daughter-in-law, Praveena, died in a building collapse. Her son Hemal then got married to Gudiya. Dimple was married to Anish Kotak (Gautam Rode). Baby finds a lover, Birju (Amit Varma): a pleasant young man, and gets engaged to him. In the end of the first season, an author, Asha Ji, proposed to Baa to write her biography, and Baa agrees. In the second season, The Krishna Villa is renovated, and has a completely new appearance. Baby finally marries Birju, and they later settle in America with Birju's Mother and Taima. Jigar also gets engaged to Rim Jhim Talwar (Menaka Lalwani) and later marries her, pursuing his career as an actor.
In the final episode of Season 2, Harshad returns home and tells Godavari that Asha Ji has completed the book. The book gets published titled 'Baa, Bahoo Aur Baby'. A launching ceremony for the book is held where Godavari gives an impressive speech. She addresses a meeting of her family members, each of which have the book's copy, telling the book is all about them, and Baa is grateful to them. In the end, a 3-year later scenario is shown. Arvind and Leela finally are visiting America to welcome Dimple's coming child (a dream of Leela to visit America was shown throughout the series) . Pravin is shown with his children, Mehul, now a fashion designer; Mitali, an Air-Hostess; and Chaitali, a model. Harshad and Shilpa open a hospital on Godavari's name. Meenakshi is again becoming a mother and is joined by her son and daughter while crying. Gudiya gave birth to two twin girls. Rim Jhim starts a catering house and Babuji stops drinking, now helping Rim Jhim. Baby returns with Birju from Germany, with her polio cured and she is finally able to walk, and has a son named Ahan. The family opened a child-care centre for Gattu, where he would take care of all the children who came there: on the name of Gattuki. The Thakkar Family won the "Family of The Decade Award". Saloni writes a poem on the different members of the family and their attributes. The season ends with a final photo of the family.
Cast
- Sarita Joshi as Godavari Thakkar (Baa)
- Arvind Vaidya as Labhshankar Thakkar (Babuji)
- Benaf Dadachandji as Radhika "Baby"Godavari Thakkar
- Deven Bhojani as Gopal "Gattu" Labhshankar Thakkar
- Rajeev Mehta as Arvind Godavari Thakkar
- Lubna Salim as Leela Arvind Thakkar
- Paresh Ganatra as Praveen Labhshankar Thakkar
- Vaishali Thakkar as Praveena Praveen Thakkar
- Nimisha Vakharia as Charubala Tusshar Bhayani (née Thakkar)
- Nitin Vakharia as Tusshar Bhayani
- Jamnadas Majethia as Dr. Harshad Godavari Thakkar
- Sonali Sachdeva as Dr. Shilpa Harshad Thakkar
- Rajesh Kumar as Subodh Labhshankar Thakkar
- Suchita Trivedi as Meenakshi Subodh Thakkar
- Kamlesh Oza as Hemal Labhshankar Thakkar
- Sweta Keswani as Gurinder "Gudiya" Hemal Thakkar (née Chaddah)
- Amit Varma as Birju Mehta
- Manva Naik as Dimple Anish Kotak (née Thakkar)
- Gautam Rode as Anish Kotak
- Jay Soni as Jigar Arvind Thakkar
- Menaka Lalwani as Rim Jhim Jigar Thakkar (née Talwar)
- Devarsh Thaker as Mehul Praveen Thakkar
- Richa Bhadra as Mitali Praveen Thakkar
- Swini Khara as Chaitali Praveen Thakkar
- Khushi Dubey as Simrun Tusshar Bhayani
- Kartik Gantha as Saumil Harshad Thakkar
- Devanshi Jhaveri as Saloni Harshad Thakkar
- Smith Seth as Manav Subodh Thakkar/Mansukhlal
- Navika Kotia as Lucky Hemal Thakkar
- Siddarth Jadhav as Rajja
- Honey Chhaya as Narsi Kaka
- Rajesh Kumar as Narrator
- Anjali Mukhi replaced Lubna Salim as Leela Arvind Thakkar in Season 2
- Shakti Arora replaced Jay Soni as Jigar Arvind Thakkar in Season 2
- Hardik Chandarana replaced Devarsh Thaker as Mehul from Season 1: Episode 327-501
- Devarsh Thaker retook his role as Mehul from Season 1: Episode 501 till end of Season 2
- Afia Tayebali replaced Khushi Dubey as Simrun Tusshar Bhayani (later in Season 1 till Season 2's end)
- Juhi Rangparia replaced Devanshi Jhaveri as Saloni Harshad Thakkar from Season 1: Episode 314 to Season 2's end
- Lily Patel as Moti Baa
- Supriya Pathak as Gunvanti Maami
- Jiten Lalwani as Malay Tijoriwala
- Girish Pardeshi as Kamlesh Kakkad
- Madhavi Juvekar as Urmila Wagde
- Atmaram Bhende as Damodar Kaka
- Ayush Mahesh Khedekar as Gullel
- Nimisha Vakharia as Prema
- Komolika Guhathakurta as Revati
- Jitendra Trehan as Ashutosh Kotak
- Aditi Pratap as Aarya Kotak
- Ali Raza Namdar as Jassu Bhai
- Pushkar Shrotri as Inspector Paranjpe
- Shubha Khote as Mangu Mausi
- Simple Kaul as Malaika
- Aatish Kapadia as Prinjal
- Arya Rawal as Amita
- Resham Tipnis as Devki
- Bhamini Oza as Ms. Jagruti
- Deepshikha Nagpal as Ichaa
- Amit Singh Thakur as Mr Kakkad
- Chetan Hansraj as Kukku
- Anupama Singh as Sumitra Mehta
- Dolly Minhas as Jaanki Mehta
- Neena Kulkarni as Asha Ben
- Amardeep Jha as Mai
- Meenal Karpe as Malti Bhayani
- Mehul Buch as Devendra Marfatia
- Mohan Bhandari as Priyawardhan Raichura
- Darshan Jariwala as Dr. Akhilesh Jha
- Swati Shah as Mayuri Ben
- Pooja Ruparel as Falguni
- Delnaaz Irani as Zenobia
- Karan Sharma as Anirudh Desai
- Harish Patel as Parshuram Talwar
- Rupali Ganguly as Rekha
- Firoz Irani as Baba Bakshi
- Sakshi Sem as Pooja
Special appearances
- Sharman Joshi (Appears in Season 1, Episode 36), to promote Shaadi No. 1
- Soha Ali Khan (Appears in Season 1, Episode 36), to promote Shaadi No. 1
- Ayesha Takia (Appears in Season 1, Episode 37), to promote Shaadi No. 1
- Fardeen Khan (Appears in Season 1, Episode 37), to promote Shaadi No. 1
- Esha Deol (Appears in Season 1, Episode 38) to promote Shaadi No. 1
- Zayed Khan (Appears in Season 1, Episode 38), to promote Shaadi No. 1
- Falguni Pathak (Appears in Season 1, Episode 175), the Navratri Special Episode
- Jay Chhaniyara (Appears in Season 1, Episode 187), to promote The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
- Bakhtiyaar Irani (Appears in season 1, Episode 187), to promote Nach Baliye 2
- Tanaaz Currim (Appears in Season 1, Episode 187), to promote Nach Baliye 2
- Rakhi Sawant (Appears in Season 1, Episode 327), to promote Nach Baliye 3
- Abhishek Avasthi (Appears in Season 1, Episode 327), to promote Nach Baliye 3
- Juhi Chawla (Appears in Season 1, Episode 403), to promote Bhoothnath
- Katrina Kaif (Appears in Season 1, Episode 449), to promote Singh Is Kinng
In other media
Gattu's character, portrayed by Deven Bhojani, was used in the 2012 drama serial Alaxmi Ka Super Parivaar where he came as the nephew of Natwarlal and Mohandas.