It’s rare that a TV show wields this kind of hold over an audience, especially over 15 years.

They will become wedding planners, see how it unfolds, and what capers they get into when they go to a masquerade party,” adds Kapadia. But in the one-hour format, we needed more structure. We did pointless scenes which we got away with. In earlier seasons, there was no semblance of a plot. This time the emphasis is also on a thicker, more structured plot, replete with a beginning, middle and an end. But will you even try to live in such a house? The Parekhs will,” says Majethia. “Everyone, even if not directly, has been a victim of builders’ fraud, maybe a building went into redevelopment, or the builder ran away with the money. They have been victims of a builder’s fraud and are reduced to living in this half-built structure with no roof.

This season of Khichdi opens to Babuji and the clan living in a house devoid of walls. So I thought, why not look into my own,” says Kapadia, who has also written other breakthrough shows like Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai and Baa, Bahu aur Baby and has worked closely with Majethia. Also it’s easier to laugh at a community that’s not yours. There have been times when I think that ‘are they seriously acting this way’. I have lived my life with people who are actually like the Parekhs. They gloat over the fact that their lives have made it to television.

“On the contrary, people from the community are very happy. Also, at a time when offence is an easy zone, the portrayal of a Gujarati family in a certain way and the comedy that unravels during the process is still finding many takers. Be it the gajra-loving Hansa, an eccentric Dadaji or the unpretentious humour of his son Praful, his family was full of such characters. But we also need to instill a sense of responsibility in our audience and encourage good content,” says producer JD Majethia, who also plays Hansa’s brother Himanshu on the show.įor inspiration of the cult classic and creating this dysfunctional family, the second producer, Aatish Kapadia, didn’t have to look far. “When we (the show) came, Ekta Kapoor had started a revolution on television, but can you remember anything from those shows? She upped the scale and the production value for sure, but what was the impact? TV has always been a victim of TRPs.

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