Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!

• Aasif Sheikh as Vibhuti Ahuti Narayan Mishra (Vibhu), the unemployed husband of Anita Mishra. Often called 'Nalla' for being jobless, which has become a running gag on the show, he has fallen for the simple-minded Angoori Tiwari. He is known to be highly educated but still won't do a regular job out of his ego. His plans to woo Angoori but usually fails due to her naivety and this puts him in dire situations. He has a best friend Prem Chaudhary, with whom he hangs out and sometimes devices schemes to earn money through odd ways. He hates Manmohan Tiwari because he thinks Tiwari doesn't deserve a wife like Angoori who puts him above anything else. He has tried numerous times to degrade Tiwari's image in front of Angoori to negative results. Although he claims to be 'Chhapra University Topper', his Uncle David Mishra revealed that he bought the degree for him during his college. He has a talent of saying poetry and tries to tell Angoori that he loves her by saying poetry in Hindi and Urdu.
• Rohitash Gaud as Manmohan Tiwari, a successful undergarments businessman, who is attracted to the modern and elegant Anita Mishra. He is called Kaccha-Baniyaan (crude words for undergarments) by Vibhuti because he thinks Tiwari's business is disgraceful. He is known to be petty and stingy yet a very cunning person. He always tries to manipulate situations in his favour, sometimes to impress Anita Mishra, with little to no success. He has a love-hate relationship with his overtly dominating mother and gets irritated whenever Angoori follows his mother's wishes blindly, even if it gets him in peril. He gets very defensive whenever Vibhuti asks him about his mother's connections to Pandit Ramphal or about his father who is said to have become a sage in the Himalayas.
• Shilpa Shinde as Angoori Manmohan Tiwari (March 2015 – March 2016) – Shinde left the series after a dispute with the series' producer, Binaifer Kohli and former channel head Vikas Gupta.[10]
• Shubhangi Atre as Angoori Manmohan Tiwari – She is a traditional Indian housewife who likes to wear lehenga style saree, sindoor and mangalasutra and has a Bhojpuri accent.[11] Being a simple, naive and loving woman who easily believes anybody and everybody, she is kind-hearted and innocent. She performs various superstitious rituals sometimes told to her by her loving mother-in-law which lead to hilarious outcomes. She cooks the most delicious food. She usually speaks English words incorrectly, so everybody around her corrects her vocabulary, which she follows by her now iconic line "sahi pakde hai" (you have caught it right as if you got the meaning right) to acknowledge that the person understood what she was trying to say.[12] When she gets upset with Tiwari, she calls her mother-in-law known as Amma Ji. Sometimes, Angoori also insults Vibhuti in her own innocent ways. She has a good friendship with Anita.
• Saumya Tandon as Anita Vibhuti Narayan Mishra (Anu), an elegant, modern lady who leads grooming classes in Kanpur. She is headstrong and smart. She is a black belt in karate. Vibhuti's unemployment really irritates her which is why she dominates him over every issue. To fulfill her romantic fantasies, she constantly forces Vibhuti to perform various characters like a thief, a robber, a college stud, a painter, a dacoit, an electrician, a cop among many others which most of the times frustrates him. She frequently taunts Vibhuti by comparing him with Manmohan Tiwari, which he hates. Whenever she gets upset over Vibhuti's antics, she throws him out of the house. She has a good friendship with Angoori. Anita often reads a magazine named 'Meri Chant Saheli' (My Clever Friend (female)) published by Kalavati Sharma, who speaks for women's empowerment and tries various tips and tricks from the magazine to test Vibhuti's loyalty towards herself.

• Yogesh Tripathi as Daroga Happu Singh, a corrupt Daroga (police inspector) who has a secret crush on Anita whom he calls 'Gori Mem' (meaning "Fair Ma'am"). He demands bribes from everybody in exchange for favours from him (and calls them "nyochhaavar" which means sacrifices) much to the chagrin of the residents, to feed his "nine kids" and a "pregnant wife" although nobody believes him as he has been saying that for years now. He yearns for a promotion, but Police Commissioner Resham Pal always gets in his way. He is short-tempered and most of the time he is seen thrashing Tillu, Tika and Malkhan at the tea stall for their antics.
• Saanand Verma as Anokhelal Saxena, more popularly known as Saxena Ji, a genius and talented but aptly crazy man with an obsession of electrocuting himself, being tortured and eating almost anything that is poisonous or unhealthy, like lizard soup and cockroach tea. He usually expresses his joy of madness by saying his iconic "I Like It!!". Over the course of the show, he is shown to possess various talents like being a lawyer, an artist, an actor, a writer, a singer, etc. The reason for his insanity is never explained.
• Kishore Bhanushali as Resham Pal Singh, the Commissioner of Kanpur Police Department. He is known to be honest and straightforward and dislikes Happu Singh. He is a secret admirer of Gulfam Kali. Actor Kishore Bhanushali has been a lifelong impersonator of a late Indian film actor Dev Anand and he brings his characteristics to this role. He has also appeared as another character 'Sharma Uncle' in a one-hour horror special episode previously before taking on this character later.
• Vaibhav Mathur as Teeka Ram, a dim-wit unemployed man, who hangs out with Tillu and Malkhaan. The trio share a rented place to live but have been kicked out of it several times by their landlord for flirting with his daughter.
• Deepesh Bhan as Malkhan, as dim-witted as Teeka, he frequently unsuccessfully woos girls. He and with the other two are often seen trying to make easy money through odd jobs like kidnapping, selling stolen items, fraud, etc., but are often caught and jailed. He is often seen flirting with girls which end with him and Teeka being beaten by the girls or Daroga Happu Singh.
• Syed Salim Zaidi as Tillu, Tiwari's shop employee who constantly plots against him to get back his six months of unpaid salary. Although dim-witted, he is relatively more intelligent than Tika and Malkhan. He has taken severe measures to extort his salary from his boss's pocket, like robbing Tiwari's house, threatening calls and kidnapping Tiwari's younger brother, etc., but circumstances always turn against him and he is left empty-handed.
• Soma Rathod as Ramkali Tiwari (Amma Ji), Tiwari's strict mother who constantly beats him for every mistake and loves her daughter-in-law, Angoori. It was revealed by Manmohan Tiwari that his father left her mother before his birth and that his birth was kept as a secret for some time due to certain unknown circumstances. Amma Ji is an avid follower of a famous astrologer and priest, Pundit Ramphal. He tells her various rituals which in turn Amma Ji makes Angoori perform to get health and wealth-related benefits. At that point, several hints suggest Pundit Ramphal is Manmohan Tiwari's biological father, but this is never fully explored.
• Falguni Rajani as Gulfam Kali, an infamous tawaif (courtesan) of Kanpur. Every male character has visited her place at some point in the show to admire her dance and beauty, except Saxena Ji who considers Gulfam Kali his sister. She manipulates the male characters because she knows secrets about every man and threatens to reveal them if they won't do her bidding. Although the women of the show dislike her presence, they treat her respectfully, anyway.
• Vishwajeet Soni as Prem Chaudhary, Vibhuti's best friend who is a foul-mouthed cunning show-off, much to Vibhuti's ire and also an impersonator of Indian film actor Prem Chopra. He comes from a rich background and deals in several illegal activities like gambling and smuggling. Despite this, he helps Vibhuti in rough times and often hangs out with him. He is disliked by Anita because she fears that Vibhuti might become a criminal in his influence.
• Akshay Patil as Pelu Chaurasia, the colony's mute rickshaw puller. He communicates by pulling out message slips out of his muffler tied around his head. He is known for his intelligence. He ends conversations through his signature 'wide awkward smile'. He also carries a portable radio, providing songs appropriate to often hilarious situations.
• Anup Upadhyay as David Mishra, Vibhuti's UK-based rich uncle who always visits him in awkward situations. He is rich although his business is unknown. Whenever he visits Vibhuti, he brings papers to his ₹20 crore property, so he can name Vibhuti his heir. But, due to one reason or another, he and sometimes others, too, shred the papers. He often asks Pelu "London mein taxi chalaega?" (Would You Like To Drive Taxi in London?) whenever he comes to Kanpur as he likes his company.
• Jeetu Gupta as Dr. Gupta, a doctor who is basically a "tantrik", as he always tells people. He performs black magic on his patients to cure them because his prescriptions never work.
• Rakesh Bedi as Bhoorey Lal, Angoori's alcoholic but loving father, who hates Tiwari for marrying her by lying about his profession. He likes Vibhuti and sometimes when he's drunk, he mumbles about preferring him as his son-in-law if he would have found him sooner, much to the dismay of Tiwari.
• Vijay Kumar Singh as Master Bhoop Singh. He is a Masterji (teacher) in Ladoo's school. Bhoop Singh is a believer of strict Indian moral values or "Sanskar" as he calls them. In the show, he is the caricature of old-fashioned teachers from rural India. He wears khadi jacket, carries an Indian-style side-bag called "Jhola" and always has a long and thin bamboo stick called "Santi" to beat those who misbehave. Whenever, he witnesses any improper behaviour in public, he recites his catchphrase which is Sanskar naam ka cheez hai ki nahi? lit. (Do you have any moral values or not?).
• Saurabh Kaushik as Panditji, he is disciple of pundit Ramphal.
• Hardik Gohil as Laddoo Tiwari, who is the younger brother of Manmohan Tiwari and Ramkali's younger son. He favours his sister-in-law, Angoori more than his own brother and thinks of her as his second mother, as he would call her, 'Bhabhi Ma'. He is known to have a subtle-telepathic ability and perceives others' thoughts.
• Anup Kumar Singh as Pundit Ramphal, the famous astrologer and priest whom Ammaji blindly follows and gets ideas from him for various superstitious rituals to get health and wealth-related benefits. He has also appeared as various other characters before and after, such as govt. officials such as CBI officer, IT officer and TTE Namepal Singh from Episodes 474 to 476.
• Naveen Bawa as various characters, including businessman Bhushan Bhabhuta from Bhabhuta Builders in Episodes 276 to 278 and Anita's American cousin brother Mark Shutermurgh in Episodes 682 through 686.
• Feroz as Chhedi, a flirting Dhobi (washerman) of the locality.
• Sohit Vijay Soni as News Anchor and various other characters.
• Rajeev Mehra as various characters including a Minister of Uttar Pradesh and also the new police commissioner.
• Anu Awasthi as Anu Awasthi (Anu Mama) Ramkali's brother, Manmohan Tiwari's uncle.
• Manoj Santoshi (writer of Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!) appeared as Balushankar Khasoute in episodes 408-410 of 'Sangeet Hi Jeevan Hai' story arc where he tries to flirt with Angoori. He appeared again in episodes 790-791 of 'Kanpur To Goa' as a Don of Goa after Tiwari and Vibhuti flirt with his sisters.
• Sandeep Anand as Puttan, Angoori's brother who is a thief.
• Manju Brijnandan Sharma (2015-2016) / Pratima Kazmi (2020-present).[13] as Helen Ahuti Narayan Mishra, Vibhuti's mother.
• Liliput as Maamulal Chaurasiya, Vibhuti's Mamaji (mother's brother) who suffers from haemorrhoids and is led to believe that Vibhuti is a doctor.
• Navin Prabhakar as the mentally unstable Kavi (poet) Pramod Pralay Jhangirabadi who has been in love with Anita since college days. He again appeared briefly as a short-tempered musician Jaleel Chaudhary.[14]

• Ranveer Singh (Episode: 209) – to promote Bajirao Mastani
• Arjun Kapoor (Episode: 285) – to promote Ki & Ka
• Ritesh Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Urvashi Rautela (Episode: 363) – to promote Great Grand Masti
• Brett Lee (Episode: 381) – to promote UnIndian
• Sunny Leone (Episodes: 417-421) – as part of Bhabi ji Ghar Par Hai!: Sunny Leone Special
• Shaan (Episode: 466) – to promote The Voice India (Season 2)
• Akshay Kumar (Episode: 510) – to promote Jolly LLB 2
• Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt (Episode: 530) – to promote Badrinath Ki Dulhania
• Anushka Sharma (Episode: 540) – to promote Phillauri
• Akshay Kumar (Episode: 639) – to promote Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (as part of Bhabi ji Ghar Par Hai!: Toilet Special)
• Ayushmann Khurrana and Kriti Sanon (Episode: 645) – to promote Bareilly Ki Barfi
• Varun Dhawan (Episode: 671) – to promote Judwaa 2
• Nitin Goswami (Episode: 692) – to promote Siddhi Vinayak
• Lara Dutta and Ahmed Khan (Episode: 806) – to promote the reality dance show High Fever - Dance Ka Naya Tevar.[15]
• Krushna Abhishek and Nazia Hussain (Episode: 877) – to promote Teri Bhabhi Hai Pagle.[16]
• Akshay Kumar (Episode: 902) – to promote Gold

After the successful launch of &pictures in November 2014, the ZEE network launched its second channel under the "&" network brand, "&tv", to be launched in March 2015.[17] The channel's original content line-up was announced in early 2015 with "Bhabiji..." included, announced as a light-hearted comedy sitcom. Promos were aired on all of ZEE network with an aggressive marketing strategy. The channel intended to place "Bhabiji..." in a late-night slot as a comedy show for adults.[18]

In a 2016 interview, one of the lead actors Rohitash Gaud cited that the show was initially developed as an adult comedy show for male viewers. He said, "We show (adult jokes) in a very subtle way. We made this show for men. We were not focusing on women or children. But when we saw that children were getting attached to it, then we thought of lowering down the naughty element of the show".[19]

About Angoori's catchphrase "Sahee Pakde Hai", director Shashank Bali recalled that they came up with the idea after the first day of the shoot, when the show's writer and his friend Manoj Santoshi called him and asked him if they can give Angoori a catchphrase, for whenever her English would go wrong, she would say that. He further said the way Santoshi said ' Sahi Pakde Hai ' excited him. The next day, they both met Shinde and requested her to get familiar with the dialogue and after that, Shinde did it effortlessly and it became a mainstay of the show.[20]

Before the show went into production, Rashmi Desai was chosen to play the character of 'Angoori'. But Desai rejected the role because of age differences between her and co-actor Rohitash Gaud and the role went to Shilpa Shinde.[21] Actor Aasif Sheikh revealed that before production started, he suggested the makers cast Shilpa Shinde, when he heard about the character of 'Angoori' for the first time.[22] After one year in April 2016,[23] approximately 80 actresses auditioned for the role of Angoori and Shubhangi Atre was selected after the unexpected exit of Shinde from the series.[24]

The set of Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! is located in Naigaon.[3][4][5]

In October 2016,[25] film actress Sunny Leone came in for a sequence shoot on the set of Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai!. While on set, she refused to say Angoori's catchphrase "Sahi Pakde Hain" ("You got it right!") as she thought it has a vulgar meaning. It took approximately one hour for the makers to convince her that Angoori says this line in literal context and that it has no vulgar meaning and the shoot was resumed.[26]

In March 2018, the show's entire cast and crew went to Goa, a beach holiday destination, to celebrate the show's third anniversary and shot an entire story sequence named 'Kanpur To Goa'.[27]

The "BhabiJi Rap Song" was sung, composed and written by Anmol Malik and Raftaar. The soundtrack for the serial was released on 25 February 2017 by Zee Music Company.[28]

Since the show's inception in 2015, it has garnered positive reviews and acclaim from the critics and viewers alike.[34] In 2015, TVR ratings confirmed that Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai! had higher viewership than the popular reality show Bigg Boss, which had the same time-slot and was hosted by actor Salman Khan.[7] Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai! is one of the most-watched sitcoms in Pakistan.[35]

In a 2016 interview, the show's director Shashank Bali acknowledged that when Shilpa Shinde left the show and Shubhangi Atre was roped in for the role of 'Angoori', the show's ratings declined. He said, "Viewers were so involved with the original cast. When Shilpa got replaced, the connection broke with the viewers; hence we dropped in numbers. Now we have again recovered the original rating".[20]

According to the TellyChakkar.com, "Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai! is still at the top in the TRP charts. The show which never fails to impress the audience with its rib-tickling comedy and talented actors is one of the most loved shows on Indian television".[36]

In 2017, the show's publicity was questioned when co-actress, Shilpa Shinde participated in Bigg Boss. In an interview, a reporter asked actor Aasif Sheikh whether Shilpa Shinde's participation in Bigg Boss 11 publicised the show, to which Aasif Sheikh replied, "Our show is doing good, which is what matters. Publicity is publicity whether it is good or bad".[37]

According to Daily News and Analysis, Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai! is a top-ranking sitcom on local primetime television.[38] In 2018, union minister Kiren Rijiju in his tweet, stated he and his wife are enthusiastic followers of Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai![38]

Catchphrases used by the characters, particularly Angoori's "Sahi Pakde Hain", Vibhuti's "I am sa-a-ah-ree (a humorously exaggerated take on "sorry")...I'm really, really sah-ree", that of Saxena Ji's "I like it", Happu Singh's "Arre Dada" and Masterji's "Sanskar naam ka cheez hai ki nahi" have become popular outside the show.[39][40][41]

In March 2016, actress Shilpa Shinde unexpectedly left the show.[46] Shinde made several allegations against producers Benaifer Kohli,[47] Sanjay Kohli,[47][48] co-actress Saumya Tandon,[49] and &TV programming head Vikas Gupta.[50] Shinde stated that she was forced to leave the show[51] and was owed ₹32 lakh (3.2 million rupees).[52][49] Benaifer Kohli responded in September 2016 that Shinde's salary had twice been raised in the past as per her demand.[53]

The matter was taken to Cine and TV Artists Association (CINTAA) and soon after that, Edit II Productions dispatched a legal document to Shinde for her unexplained absence from the production, which continued.[54][55]

Shinde mentioned that the makers favoured Tandon over her, citing lack of personal staff for her.[46][56] Benaifer Kohli denied the discrimination claim and said that she never refused any demand from Shinde regarding her costumes, jewellery or make-up.[57] Tandon stated: "At the beginning of the show when I signed the contract, I had made it clear to the producers that I will manage my own designer and make-up".[58]

On 3 March 2016,[59] Sanjay Kohli announced that the show would replace Shinde, whom he accused of unprofessional behaviour.[59] Shinde stated &TV falsely accused her of unprofessionalism because she refused to sign a new contract with a clause that she not portray a character like Angoori in the future.[60] Binaifer Kohli demanded approximately ₹12 crore (120 million rupees)[61] from Shinde, citing breach of contract as Shinde was trying to work on another show.[46][62] Shinde said there was no such clause and accused Kohli of contract-tempering.[63]

In March 2017, Shinde filed a First Information Report (FIR)[55][64] against Sanjay Kohli, whom she accused of sexual harassment.[65][47] According to the FIR:

Shilpa has alleged that Sanjay often tried to take advantage of her and called her hot and sexy. She said that he even touched her inappropriately once to which she objected with a firm no. Sanjay threatened her that he will throw her out of the show if she spoke to anyone about this. Next day, he again came to her make-up room and told her to get into a physical relationship with him if she wanted to stay on the show. She alleged that her make-up man saw this happening, after which he was fired.[66]

Shinde also stated that she talked about the matter to her co-actress Saumya Tandon.[49] Shinde further said that after listening to the matter, Tandon's reply was: "No one rapes in our industry, Shilpa".[49] Shinde stated that Benaifer Kohli tried to bury the matter and threatened her.[47] Tandon responded to Shinde's statement:

It is so sad that she used my name. Saying that she confided in me is not true at all. I shared a very professional relationship with her. [...] I didn't get any such vibes from my producer [Sanjay Kohli] and I never noticed him having such kind of intention for any other female on our sets. In fact, he doesn't really come on the sets and he never goes to any actor's room or vanity at all, so I didn't experience any such thing.[49]

In April 2017, actress Sameeksha Singh, who worked with producers Binaifer Kholi and Sanjay Kholi in their serial Zaara, stated that she was in the same situation when she was working with them. She said Sanjay Kohli used to flirt with her but his actions were unacceptable in Shinde's situation.[67] Television actress Kavita Kaushik who worked with Sanjay Kohli on his show FIR, questioned why Shinde was quiet for one year and accused her of being a bad example for other girls.[68] Shinde replied that she was facing many problems at that time and that it is difficult to publicly address sexual harassment.[68]

In April 2017, Benaifer Kohli and Sanjay Kohli registered a case against Shinde for defamation.[69]

On 13 February 2018,[70][71] Shinde stated the show's makers had approached her and requested her to finish the matter and she had retracted her FIR against Sanjay Kohli.[71][72]