When I watched 'Ghar ki baat' accidentally while surfing, I was pleasantly surprised. It was after a long long time that we are being treated with good clean comedy.
NDTV Imagine's latest Comedy program, Ghar ki baat is now a popular program as of February 2009. With time, this blog will either be lost in the wide world of Internet or people will flock here to learn more about this program. Let's begin with some spice. Did you know that there is Shah Rukh Khan's hand in this program?
The show is all about the typical husband-wife issues in modern living. The show is good and much better than the 'hum-paanch' kind of quality because of:
1. Concept (Husband-Wife, that's an evergreen comedy concept)
2. Story line (A story line-up that is contemporary and well directed)
3. Casting (They did a good job in roping in one of the best talents).
Remember Sarabhai Vs- Sarabhai (yet another amazing 22nd century Indian Comedy)? Well, Sumeet Raghavan, the Saahil from that show plays Rajdeep Yagnik in his typical 'good husband' styled character. A mallu who we are all proud of for his exceptional non-mallu speaking style.
Anyway, Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai deserves a blog to it's name and we'll leave that for another day.
The wife's role is played by Juhi Babbar (daughter of Raj Babbar) and is known as Radhika Yagnik. She does a tremendous job. Her age, her looks, the thought process and her voice. Perfect for the role.
Swapnil Joshi as Kapil Kumar is Rajdeep's saala (Radhika's younger brother). We all know Swapnil from the amazing Comedy Circus. He is the typical young smart but rich and therefore slightly spoilt brother.
Jayati Bhatia plays Dolly Ahluwalia and the well known Ali Asgar (who also did an amazing job in Comedy Circus) plays a very interesting role as Mr. X. Why Mr. X because this is one character that changes every episode to fit into that particular story line. In one episode he is the 'sabzi waala' while in the other, he is the 'Watchman'. An intelligently thought about role. This effect has been used in the widely popular Jaspal Bhatti's Ulta-Pulta.
Why does this show bring such intelligent comedy? Because of the people behind it.
Director: Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
Creative Director: Aziz Mirza
Production: Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Idiot Box
Lyrics for title song: Pritam
Singer for title song: Sukhwinder Singh
Aired first on: January 30th on NDTV Imagine
Days: Friday to Sunday
Time: 21:30 hours
Repeat: Still checking...
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