Best hindi comedy tv shows of all time
Flop Show (1989): Jaspal bhatti's satirical take on the common societal problems in India.
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Dekh Bhai Dekh (1993): The story revolves around three generations of the Diwan family, who lived as an extended family in Mumbai suburbs in their ancestral bungalow. The serial takes the family through relationship troubles, business problems, irksome parents and in-laws.
Zabaan Sambhal Ke (1993): Zabaan Sambhal Ke is one of the best comedy shows on DD metro based on a British sitcom "Mind Your Language". Mohan Bharti (Pankaj Kapoor) was an engineer in the show who was forced to teach Hindi in a language school due to high employment rate. His students were the people from all corners of the country as well as the world. Veteran actress Shobha Khotey played the role of a obnoxious principal Miss Lata Dixit. The show was based on a theme of "I-hate-my-job", "lost-in-translation" and culture shock situations.
Ye Jo Hai Zindigi: It was one of the first sitcoms and one of the biggest comedy hit series on indian television. The story revolves around funny happenings in the lives of Ranjit Verma (Shafi Inamdar), and Renu Verma (Swaroop Sampat), who played a married couple in the show alongwith Renu's unmarried brother Raja (Rakesh Bedi).
Shrimaan Shrimati (1995): The series is based on the premise of "love thy neighbour's wife". The main characters are Keshav Kulkarni and his wife Kokila, and their neighbours Prema Shalini and her husband Dilruba. Keshav adores Prema Shalini who is more glamorous and sophisticated than his homemaker wife Kokila. Dilruba is interested in Kokila who is more his type rather than his film star wife. The episodes are centered on their attempts to get closer to each other's wives and the comical situations that result.
Hum Paanch (1995): Anand Mathur, a middle-class businessman living in Bombay, gets no end of trouble from his five wild and troublesome daughters and wife.
Zamana Badal Gaya Hai: The story was about parents their three children and grandmother. It was the hilarious one with the cast includes Aruna Irani, Tiku Talsania, Urvashi Dholakia.
Tu Tu Main Main (2000): Tu Tu Main Main is an Indian television comedy series based on Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arguments and bickering.
Ye Shadi Nahi Ho Sakti: It was the biggest comedy show of sony. The story revolves around a man Golcha (Sudhir Pandey, Bunty Baweja) of the movie Tees Maar Khan, who wants to be bankrupt because they don't want to pay the tax. Therefore they try to loose money but the irony was it always turns into profit.
Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai (2004): Indian comedy show that revolves around the life of a upper-class Gujarati family, the Sarabhai's. They are portrayed as a typical family belonging to the class of elite societies of Mumbai.The main comic part in this show is the relation of the upper-class mother-in-law Maya who constantly belittles her middle-class daughter-in-law Monisha and hates the fact that she behaves as a typical middle-class women.
Just Mohabbat: There were very few serials for children/ teens other than cartoons on Indian TV back in time. This one offered good entertainment for teens and adults. The drama-series that first aired on Sony Entertainment Television in 1996 was featured in two parts. One where the child actor Harsh Lunia played the central character of Jai and the story focused more on his formative years into a mature being and then when the character was replaced by a teenage Vatsal Seth where the story focused on his relationships with his family and friends, specially his imaginary friend.
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Hip Hip Hurray (1999): The story was based on the lives of 12th grade students at the DeNobili High School and their adventures, fears, hopes, relationships and interactions. Besides that the story also focuses on the issues pertinent for the younger generation such as dating, careers, health, exams, causes in a light-hearted manner.
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