Baa Bahoo Aur Baby

Baa Bahoo Aur Baby (colloquially known as BBB or B3) is an Indian television dramedy series that aired in prime time on Star Plus between 2005 and 2010 with a total of two seasons.[1][2][3] The series was produced by Hats Off Productions and centered around a fictitious Gujarati Thakkar family living in Parla East, Mumbai.[4]

Baa Bahoo Aur Baby
GenreComedy-drama
Written byAatish Kapadia
Directed by
  • Sameer Kulkarni
  • Dipesh Shah
  • Amitava Bhattacharya
Creative director(s)Deven Bhojani
StarringSarita Joshi
Shakti Arora
Arvind Vaidya
Benaf Dadachandji
Lubna Salim
Paresh Ganatra
Vaishali Thakkar
Gautam Rode
Opening theme"Baa Bahoo Aur Baby" by Vinod Rathod
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Hindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes558
Production
Producer(s)
Cinematography
  • Vijay Soni
  • Raju Desai
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20-40 minutes
Production company(s)Hats Off Productions
Release
Original networkStar Plus
Picture format576i
Original release5 August 2005 (2005-08-05) –
22 February 2010 (2010-02-22)

After the end of the first season, the second season was brought in August 2009 due to popular demand from viewers.[3] However, as it was not well received like the first season, it went off the air on 22 February 2010.[5]

Series
Season Episodes Originally broadcast (India)
First aired Last aired
1 510 5 August 2005 5 April 2009
2 48 23 August 2009[6] 22 February 2010

Overview

Godavari Thakkar a.k.a. Baa is the matriarch of the Thakkar family. Her husband, Labhshankar Thakkar, is an alcoholic and theatre actor, but a loving husband and father although he drinks alcohol but Godavari has a belief that one day he will change himself and that too because of their children.She has raised six sons and two daughters on her own, through tiffin service. The family lives in Krishna villa.

Godavari has six sons: Arvind, a strict and old fashioned insurance agent; Praveen, a mischievous and stingy saree businessman; Subodh, a playful theater actor; Harshad, a successful doctor; Gopal a.k.a. Gattu, an intellectually disabled child; and Hemal, the adopted son who works at a bank. The family also includes her daughter-in-laws, Leela, Arvind's playful wife; Praveena, Praveen's wife who is naughty, athletic and a saree businesswoman (who is dead); Shilpa, Harshad's wife and a doctor; Meenakshi, the shy wife of Subodh and Gudiya, the Punjabi wife of Hemal. Godavari has two daughters, Charubala and Radhika a.k.a. Baby. Charubala is a sophisticated woman who always shows off. She is married to Tushar and lives in South Mumbai. Radhika is handicapped (affected with polio) and a very stubborn girl who is often seen talking rudely, but loves her family and understands life. Among the children are Dimple and Jigar, grown up children of Arvind and Leela; Mehul, Mitali and Chaitali, children of Praveen and Praveena; Simran and Khushi, daughters of Charubala and Tushhar; Saloni and Saumil, children of Harshad and Shilpa; Manav and Disha, children of Subodh and Meenakshi, and Lucky, the adopted child of Hemal and Gudiya. The house has a cook Rajjaa and a worker, Narsi Kaka.

Plot

Season 1

The season begins with a detailed introduction of all the members of the household and how they deal with all the issues impacting a joint family structure. They face different problems and misunderstandings, and how they circumvent them. Notable episodic stories of this season are: Radhika's unrequited love for Anish, an NRI, Anish and Dimple's love story, Arvind not talking to Babuji due to his drinking alcohol habit that has caused severe issues to him and other members of the family from childhood to till date. Harshad being turned out of the house by Godavari and his return after 5 years, Babuji's excessive drinking causes problems and hence trying to remove his habit of drinking alcohol , Praveena's tragic demise, Radhika and Birju's love story, the calamity of Praveen selling their home to a real estate shark without letting family members know, Hemal and Gudiya's wedding, and Jigar's coming of age. The inner turmoils of a matriarch leading a 20+ members family is beautifully represented.

Season 2

The sons get Krishna villa renovated. The season focuses on the relationship of Baby - Birju and Jigar - Rimjhim. Reluctance from the family of Birju to accept Baby as their daughter-in-law creates initial hiccups, but they get married eventually. Rimjhim is daughter of a wealthy businessman and the Thakkar family helps her to elope from a forced arranged marriage as she and Jigar love each other. While Rimjhim and Jigar try to prove themselves worthy, Rekha enters the household as the unwed mother of a newborn whom she hands over to Gattu for care-giving. Gattu grows attached to the newborn girl.

The season ends with the publication of Baa's biography, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby. There is a leap of 3 years where the family members are shown in various situations - Leela and Arvind finally get to visit United States, the children of Pravin are all grown up and pursuing their careers, Harshad and Shilpa open a pediatric hospital in Baa's name, Meenakshi is expecting her third child, and Gudiya has had twin daughters, a breakthrough in polio treatment has helped Baby to recover from her polio, Rimjhim has started a family catering business known as'Thakkar Caterers'and finally Babuji has stopped drinking and is helping Rimjhim in her catering services by handling the accounts and deliveries of the catering services.Gattu is taking care of babies in his Playhouse built on the name of his foster daughter 'Gatuki Palna Ghar' . The series ends with the Thakkar family winning the 'Family of the Decade' award and all the family members are taking a family picture together.

Cast
  • Sarita Joshi as Godavari Thakkar (Baa)-she is Labhshankar's wife and the matriarch of the family . She is strict, stubborn, loving , caring and traditional too . If someone disobey her or is rules / interrupt her in her conversation or decisions she says frequently ' Jo bahes karega..vo seedha ghar se bahar jaeyga' and to that Gattu always replies 'Aise..aise karke....' (showing actions through his hand).She also has a catchphrase"Kuch sikhaya nahi maa- baap ne bas bhej diya".She also called as {Mogambo,Jog Maya etc} by few members of the family secretly due to their frustation on her.
  • Arvind Vaidya as Labhshankar Thakkar (Babuji)- he is Godavari's husband, a theatre actor and is the patriarch of the family only for saying as he is an alcoholic and is said to be fallen on the roads due to hangover. He frequently sings the famous song of the film Mughal-e-Azam 'More panghat pe....Nandlaal chedh gayo re....' He always teases Arvind only to try to make him talk to him(babuji) as he never talks to him directly as he hates his habit of drinking. Gattu always calls his liquor as{ Kaala khatta as it smells very bad.}
  • Benaf Dadachandji as Radhika "Baby"Birju Mehta. (née Thakkar)
  • Deven Bhojani as Gopal "Gattu" Labhshankar Thakkar- Godavari and Labhshankar's youngest{own}son.He is a foodie and a intellectually disabled.He is also a great fan and admirer of actress {Rani Mukherjee} and always says he wants to marry her after she finishes all her films shootings.
  • Rajeev Mehta as Arvind Godavari Thakkar-an insurance agent and an old traditionalist and orthodox man. He always obeys Baa at any point of time and says"Baa toh sahi hi hai".He is Leela's husband and Godavari and Labhshankar's eldest own son.
  • Lubna Salim as Leela Arvind Thakkar (née Raichura)
  • Paresh Ganatra as Praveen Labhshankar Thakkar
  • Vaishali Thakkar as Praveena Praveen Thakkar
  • Nimisha Vakharia as Charubala Tusshar Bhayani (née Thakkar)
  • Nitin Vakharia as Tusshar Bhayani
  • Jamnadas Majethia as Dr. Harshad Godavari Thakkar
  • Sonali Sachdeva as Dr. Shilpa Harshad Thakkar(née Raichura)
  • Rajesh Kumar as Subodh Labhshankar Thakkar
  • Suchita Trivedi as Meenakshi Subodh Thakkar
  • Kamlesh Oza as Hemal Labhshankar Thakkar
  • Sweta Keswani as Gurinder "Gudiya" Hemal Thakkar (née Chaddah)
  • Amit Varma as Birju Mehta
  • Manva Naik as Dimple Anish Kotak (née Thakkar)
  • Gautam Rode as Anish Kotak
  • Jay Soni as Jigar Arvind Thakkar
  • Menaka Lalwani as Rim Jhim Jigar Thakkar (née Talwar)
  • Devarsh Thaker as Mehul Praveen Thakkar
  • Richa Bhadra as Mitali Praveen Thakkar
  • Swini Khara as Chaitali Praveen Thakkar
  • Khushi Dubey as Simrun Tusshar Bhayani
  • Kartik Gantha as Saumil Harshad Thakkar
  • Devanshi Jhaveri as Saloni Harshad Thakkar
  • Smith Seth as Manav Subodh Thakkar/Mansukhlal
  • Navika Kotia as Lucky Hemal Thakkar
  • Siddhartha Jadhav as Rajja
  • Honey Chhaya as Narsi Kaka
  • Rajesh Kumar as Narrator
  • Anjali Mukhi replaced Lubna Salim as Leela Arvind Thakkar in Season 2
  • Shakti Arora replaced Jay Soni as Jigar Arvind Thakkar in Season 2
  • Hardik Chandarana replaced Devarsh Thaker as Mehul from Season 1: Episode 327-504
  • Devarsh Thaker retook his role as Mehul from Season 1: Episode 504 till end of Season 2
  • Afia Tayebali replaced Khushi Dubey as Simrun Tusshar Bhayani (later in Season 1 till Season 2's end)
  • Juhi Rangparia replaced Devanshi Jhaveri as Saloni Harshad Thakkar from Season 1: Episode 314 to Season 2's end
  • Lily Patel as Moti Baa - Labhshankar's mother {Baa} and Godavari's mother in law.Arvind, Subodh,Harshad,Gattu,Charubala, Praveen and Baby(Radhika)'s grand mother {Moti Baa} and Hemal's foster grandmother. She has Amnesia and hence forgets things and goes sometimes too early or too future and hence few members make fun of her illness by saying 'Phirse channel change hogaya'.
  • Supriya Pathak as Gunvanti Maami
  • Jiten Lalwani as Malay Tijoriwala
  • Girish Pardeshi as Kamlesh Kakkad
  • Madhavi Juvekar as Urmila Wagle
  • Atmaram Bhende as Damodar Kaka
  • Ayush Mahesh Khedekar as Gullel
  • Nimisha Vakharia as Prema
  • Komolika Guhathakurta as Revati
  • Jitendra Trehan as Ashutosh Kotak
  • Aditi Pratap as Aarya Kotak
  • Ali Raza Namdar as Jassu Bhai
  • Pushkar Shrotri as Inspector Paranjpe
  • Shubha Khote as Mangu Mausi
  • Simple Kaul as Malaika
  • Aatish Kapadia as Prinjal
  • Arya Rawal as Amita
  • Resham Tipnis as Devki
  • Bhamini Oza as Ms. Jagruti
  • Deepshikha Nagpal as Ichaa
  • Amit Singh Thakur as Mr Kakkad
  • Chetan Hansraj as Kukku
  • Anupama Singh as Sumitra Mehta
  • Dolly Minhas as Jaanki Mehta
  • Neena Kulkarni as Asha Ben
  • Amardeep Jha as Mai
  • Meenal Karpe as Malti Bhayani
  • Mehul Buch as Devendra Marfatia
  • Mohan Bhandari as Priyavadhan Raichura
  • Darshan Jariwala as Dr. Akhilesh Jha
  • Swati Shah as Mayuri Ben
  • Pooja Ruparel as Falguni
  • Delnaaz Irani as Zenobia
  • Karan Sharma as Anirudh Desai
  • Harish Patel as Parshuram Talwar
  • Rupali Ganguly as Rekha
  • Firoz Irani as Baba Bakshi
  • Sakshi Sem as Pooja

Special appearances

Production

The series was filmed at Swathi Studio in Goregaon, Mumbai.[10]

In November 2008, the shootings and telecast of all the Hindi television series including this series and films were stalled on 8 November 2008 due to dispute by the technician workers of FWICE (Federation of Western India Cine Employees) for increasing the wages, better work conditions and more breaks between shootings.[11] FWICE first took a strike on 1 October 2008 when they addressed their problems with the producers and production was stalled.[12] A contract was signed after four days discussions, and shooting was happening only for two hours per day, after which differences increased between them while channels gave them time until 30 October 2008 to sort it out.[13] Failing to do so led to protests again from 10 November 2008 to 19 November 2008, during which channels blacked out new broadcasts and repeat telecasts were shown from 10 November 2008.[13][14] On 19 November 2008, the strike was called off after settling the disputes and the production resumed.[15] The new episodes started to telecast from 1 December 2008.[16]

In other media

Gattu's character, portrayed by Deven Bhojani, was used in the 2012 drama serial Alaxmi Ka Super Parivaar where he came as the nephew of Natwarlal and Mohandas.[17]

Reception

The Indian Express stated, "The strength of the show is its characters that deliver a power-packed performance. The right concoction of situational humour and proper representation of characters remains the forte of the show. With an ensemble cast of seasoned stage artistes, the show manages to hold attention and evoke laughter. The show is an instant hit among the womenfolk. It's a sweet humorous tale worth a dekko."[18]

References
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  2. "Baa Bahoo Aur Baby returns".
  3. "the-reunion-of-team-baa-bahu-aur-baby-will-make-you-nostalgic".
  4. "Baa Bahu Aur Baby completes 500 episodes". Times of India.
  5. "`Baa Bahu Aur Baby` goes off air". Zee News.
  6. "Baa Bahoo aur Baby returns in a new look".
  7. "Jai Chhaniyara's witty Jokes". Hotstar.
  8. "Actress Juhi Chawla with the cast members of Baa Bahoo Aur Baby". The Times of India.
  9. "Katrina Kaif shoots for a special episode of Baa, Bahoo aur Baby". Pinkvilla.
  10. "Baa, Bahu, and fake creepers". Rediff.
  11. "Cine technicians go on strike". The Indian Express.
  12. "Work hit as 1.5 lakh cine workers strike work". Outlook India.
  13. "Strike off, TV shooting to resume". The Indian Express.
  14. "No more repeat of TV soaps as TV industry strike ends". India Today.
  15. "No more repeat telecast of TV soaps as strike ends". Live Mint.
  16. "New look return". The Telegraph.
  17. "Deven returns to TV as Gattu". The Times of India.
  18. "The endearing family is back". The Indian Express.
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