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Idhar Udhar is a Hindi sitcom which first aired on Doordarshan in 1985. It was directed by Anand Mahendroo and produced by Shobha Doctor. It starred real-life sisters Ratna Pathak and Supriya Pathak. Its first season was taken off the air after 12 episodes.

In December 1997, owing to the success of Dekh Bhai Dekh, Anand Mahendroo launched a sequel to the series under the banner of Advance Entertainment Network Ltd. with the original star cast of both Pathak sisters and Liliput, along with Bhavana Balsavar.

Plot

Season 1 (1985)

The story revolves around the lives of Sunita (Ratna Pathak), an air hostess and Poonam (Supriya Pathak), an ad executive. They stay together as paying guests in a flat in Mumbai. Their lives take an interesting turn when they end up sharing their flat with Kumar Bhairav (Ravi Baswani), a struggling actor and Sudhir (M.M. Faruqui (Lilliput)), a small-time broker.

Season 1 focuses on all the problems and joys they experience living in the same house.

Season 2 (1998)

13 years later, Sunita (Ratna Pathak) and Poonam (Supriya Pathak / Lillete Dubey) return to Mumbai and end up sharing the same apartment exactly the way they used to. They are allotted the same apartment by their old friend Sudhir's (Liliput) mischievous adopted sons Jai and Harsh. Sudhir is now a filthy rich builder and married to his ex-secretary Katie (Bhavana Balsavar).

Season 2 peeks into the lives of Sunita, Poonam, Sudhir, Katie and their kids.

Cast

Season 1

• Ratna Pathak as Sunita
• Supriya Pathak as Poonam
• Lilliput as Sudhir
• Ravi Baswani as Kumar Bhairav(alias)/Asif Mohammad Khan (real name)/Ronnie Gonsalves(imposter)
• Shammi as Mrs. Bregenza
• Dina Pathak as Poonam's grandmother
• Nisha Singh as Shabnam, Asif's love interest
• Guddi Maruti as Shabnam, Sunita's friend
• Tom Alter as Ronnie Gonsalves(real)
• Deepak Tijori as Susheel, a stranger in episode 8

Season 2

• Ajay Padhye / Rakesh Paul as Harsh
• Aditya Kapadia as Akhil
• Abhishek Sharma as Atul
• Shruti Sharma as Himani
• Tanvi Bhatia as Shivani
• Bhavana Balsavar as Katie
• Ananya Khare as Mary
• Parvin Dabas as Vishal, Poonam's husband
• Amita Nangia as Kiran
• Viju Khote
• Prabhat Bhattacharya as Jai
• Paintal

References

1. ^ "Advance India.com". Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
2. "Doordarshan: The money machine". 15 April 1986. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
3. "Anand Mahendroo plans updated version of Dekh Bhai Dekh & Idhar Udhar". 8 December 1997. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
4. "Idhar Udhar Season 1 Full Episode No. 1 Youtube". Retrieved 15 March 2016.
5. "Idhar Udhar Season 2 Full Episode No. 1 Youtube". Retrieved 15 March 2016.
6. "The Actors' Gallery on indiantelevison.com".
7. "Rakesh Paul's Baddie Image". 26 August 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

External links

• Idhar Udhar on IMDb

• Indian television sitcoms
• DD National original programming
• 1980s Indian television series
• 1985 Indian television series debuts
• 1998 Indian television series endings