''Instant Khichdi'' is an Indian

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that aired on

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from 1 July 2005 to 7 August 2005. The series served as the second season of ''Khichdi'' franchise and a sequel to the show ''

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'', which aired on

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channel. The show has been made into a film: '' Khichdi: The Movie''.

Plot

The series portrays the life of an eccentric Gujarati joint family living in

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. The family is led by the elderly Tulsidas Parekh and consists of his offspring, who he acquired at a local carnival. The first season, particularly the initial episodes, focus on the idiosyncratic members of the family who are only united by their desire to separate from each other. Since the patriarch does not permit them to sell off their house and separate into

nuclear families A nuclear family (also known as an elementary family, atomic family, or conjugal family) is a term for a family group consisting of parents and their children (one or more), typically living in one home residence. It is in contrast to a single ...

, they live on hoping that he changes his mind or passes away. Eventually, they move into a much larger house left behind by a deceased aunt. They become overnight millionaires when they discover oil in their older property. The second season portrays humorous depictions of a

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family that is trying to settle itself into higher society with their new-found wealth. They live on in their own eccentric way, trying to ace the lives of the super-rich.

Cast

Anang Desai Anang Desai (born 4 May 1953) is an Indian film and television actor. Desai has appeared in more than 100 television shows and 70 films, known for his portrayal of the character Babuji in the television series Khichdi and its eponymous film. H ...

as Tulsidas Parekh a.k.a. Babuji: Praful, Bharat, Raju, Heera and Meera's father; Hansa, Jayashree, Melissa and Bhavesh Kumar's father-in-law; Damyanti's widower; Tiwariben's son and Jackky and Chakki's grandfather. *

Rajeev Mehta Rajeev Mehta is an Indian actor working in Hindi TV shows and Hindi films. He is well known for his comic role as Praful Parekh in the television comedy drama '' Khichdi'' and as Arvind Thakkar in ''Baa Bahoo Aur Baby'' both of which aired on St ...

as Praful Tulsidas Parekh:Tulsidas and Damyanti's elder son; Hansa's husband; Bharat, Raju, Heera and Meera's elder brother and Chakki's father. *

Supriya Pathak Supriya Pathak Kapur (born 7 January 1961) is an Indian actress who works in Gujarati and Hindi films and television. She garnered widespread recognition and acclaim with her portrayal of Hansa Parekh in the ''Khichdi'' franchise. She has rece ...

as Hansa Praful Parekh: Praful's wife; Chandrakant's daughter; Himanshu's elder sister; Tulsidas's eldest daughter-in-law and Chakki's mother. *

Vandana Pathak Vandana Pathak is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films, stage and television. She is known for her role as Jayshree Parekh in the ''Khichdi'' franchise; as well as her antagonistic role of Gaura in the soap opera ''Saath Nibhaana Saathi ...

as Jayshree Bharat Parekh:Tulsidas's widowed second daughter-in-law; Bharat's widow; Jignesh's elder sister and Jackky's mother. *

Jamnadas Majethia Jamnadas "JD" Majethia (born 5 February 1969) is an Indian actor, director and producer. He is well known for his work in Gujarati and Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standard ...

as Himanshu Chandrakant Seth: Hansa's younger brother; Behen Parminder's husband. * Richa Bhadra as Chakki Praful Parekh:Hansa and Praful's daughter. Jackky's cousin and Tulsidas's granddaughter. * Yash Mittal as Jackky Bharat Parekh: Jayashree and Bharat's son; Chakki's cousin and Tulsidas's grandson. * Amit Varma as Raju Tulsidas Parekh * Tina Parekh as Melissa Raju Parekh * Arya Rawal as Heera Tulsidas Parekh: Tulsidas's eldest daughter; Praful, Bharat, Raju and Meera's sister. *

Kamlesh Oza Kamlesh Oza is an Indian television actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in ...

as Bhavesh Kumar * Aatish Kapadia as Jignesh *

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as Parminder Singh: Bhai Parminder and Behen Parminder's brother. * Anokhi Srivastava as Parminder Himanshu Seth: Bhai Parminder and Parminder Singh's sister and Himanshu's wife. * Sweety Nayak as Madhuri * Lily Patel as Tiwariben Parekh a.k.a. Badi Maa * Deepesh Shah as Inspector Dheeman (and various characters) * Ami Trivedi as Mira Tulsidas Parekh (archived footage)

Guest appearances

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as Shehnaaz *

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as Pranay *

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as Nisha * Kalpana Diwan as Jagdamba Maami (photo) * Kishwer Merchantt as Rambha * Shabnam Sayed as Kaamna *

Dinyar Contractor Dinyar Contractor (23 January 1941 – 5 June 2019) was an Indian stage actor, comedian and Bollywood/ Tollywood actor. He acted in Gujarati theatre and Hindi theatre, as well as Hindi movies. He started acting at school and began his profession ...

as Mr. Mehta *

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as 'Vodka' Genie *

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as Sandhya Devi * Aanchal Dwivedi as Savitri *

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as Cindy *

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as Wilson *

Chetan Hansraj Chetan Hansraj (born 15 June 1972) is an Indian film and television actor. Career Hansraj started his career as a child actor in 1980, doing over 250 press advertisements and 30 ad films, and his debut film ''Kook Doo Koo'' was selected for th ...

as Rakesh * Dimple Shah as Hetal * Jignesh Joshi as Manish (and other characters) * Cast of ''

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'' in the crossover episode

Awards and nominations

Indian Telly Awards

Winner * 2005: Best Actor in a Comic Role ( Female ) -

as ''Hansa'' * 2005: Best Child Artiste (Male) - Yash Mittal as ''Jacky'' Nominated * 2005: Best Sitcom / Comedy Writer - Aatish Kapadia * 2005: Best Actor in a Comic Role (Female) - Vandana Pathak as ''Jayshree'' * 2005: Best Actor in Comic Role (Male) - Rajeev Mehta as ''Praful'' * 2005: Best Sitcom/Comedy Programme

References

External links

''Instant Khichdi'' official site on STAR One
{{STAR One Star One (Indian TV channel) original programming Indian comedy television series 2005 Indian television series debuts Television series about dysfunctional families 2005 Indian television series endings Television shows adapted into films Hats Off Productions