Lapataganj - Sharad Joshi Ki Kahaniyon Ka Pata is a comedy

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 serial which airs on SAB TV

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 at 10PM from Monday to Friday. The show is based on an imaginary town called Lapataganj (Translation

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: A lost place), being inspired from the writings of a eminent Hindi

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 satirist, Sharad Joshi

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Story

Lapataganj is a town in some part of India which has been long forgotten by the system. The town struggles daily for basic facilities yet the people residing there are the happiest of the lot. The show captures the spirit of a common man to lead a happy life against all odds.

Primary characters

• Rohitash Gaud
  Rohitash Gaud
  Rohitash Gaud, also sometimes credited as Rohitashv Gaur or Rohitashv Gour, is an Indian television and film actor, best known for portraying the role of Mukundi Lal Gupta, in the SAB TV sitcom Lapataganj – Sharad Joshi Ki Kahaniyon Ka Pata....
  
   as Mukundi Lal Gupta, a common man who is forever smiling irrespective whether is happy or not. Aged 35, he is a government office clerk and doesn’t normally take a bribe.He is the main protagonist of the show.
• Sucheta Khanna
  Sucheta Khanna
  Sucheta Khanna is an Indian TV and film actress. She has worked in Hari Mirchi Laal Mirchi, a comedy serial telecast by DD National. She is currently playing the role of Indumati in the SAB TV comedy series Lapataganj....
  
   as Indumati Gupta, a common Indian wife and housewife who regards her husband as God. She speaks slowly, scolds slowly and her mother tongue (because she being from Uttar Pradesh) disallows the use of word ‘sha’. Hence, words like ‘shaadi’ are pronounced as ‘sadi’, ‘khushboo’ is pronounced as ‘khusboo’. She even mispronounces Urdu words as well.
• Vineet Kumar
  Vineet Kumar
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   as Kachua Prasad, who is fondly called by the Lapataganj residents as Kachua Chacha (literally tortoise uncle). He is affected by nothing nor does he commit anything, staying true to his name.
• Shubhangi Gokhale as Mishri Mausi (Mishri Aunty), the agony aunt of Lapataganj. She has advice for everyone, and is an extremely emotional, kind-hearted person who breaks into tears at the drop of a hat. She has the unusual habit of forgetting the words albeit which leads to humorous incidences.
• Abbas Khan as Pappu Pandey, fondly called by the Lapataganj residents as Biji Pandey, due to him being always busy. His colorful clothes match his colorful personality. Aged above 30, he is still ‘biji’ (busy) studying law, who he and others pronounces as ‘laa’. He is very busy roaming the Lapataganj on his bicycle, most often to chase Surili, his love interest. His favourite word is "papa kasam"(Father's Oath)
• Preeti Amin as Surili, daughter of Mishri mausi. She is very pretty, but unfortunately she is sent by the God as a mute, therefore, her beautiful expressions are limited to just ‘khao’ (eat), ‘jaao’ (go), ‘laao’ (bring), ‘aaao’ (come) etc.
• Anup Upadhyay as the brother of Mishri Mausi, and is called by the Lapataganj residents as Mama (the Hindi word for mother’s brother). He is the frequent habit of replying “Yeh kaam to pitaji kiya karte the..” (My father used to do this work…) at whatever that is said to him which creates a great humor.
• Krishna Bhatt as Elizabeth tailor,in lapataganj called ;'alija' an old resident of Lapataganj who had gone to South India
  South
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  , to meet his mentor, but later returned to showcase his modern fashion in Lapataganj. He has the frequent habit of ending his sentence with ‘hainge’ instead of ‘hai’.
• Rakesh Srivastava as Lallan Bajpai,the brother-in-law of Mukundi Lal Gupta.He has a habit of saying "Humse kisi ne kaha hi nahi" when asked him about anything.He replies when someone asks him so.He works in PWD (public Works Department) and always boast about that he is not an ordinary man as he works in PWD.
• Sutti Lal is owner of only snack shop in Laaptaganj. His tea, samosas & jalebis are tasty and famous. However, he often complaints about the the unpaid bills. He loves his wife, Mirchaa but is scared of her beatings. Recently his wife's brother, Pudina has come to Laaptaganj &works at his shop.
• Mirchaa is wife of Sutti Lal & creates humorous situations that arise due to her extra large size. She is fond of eating & often eats up all the snacks which his husband prepares to which the latter gets angry.
• Chukundi Gupta, the son of Mukundi and Indumati. He is eight years old and studies in third grade.
• Guddu, a brother like man to Pappu pandey
• Karaan Singh September 2009 – October 2009 (2 months) Guest.

Recurring characters

• Bharti Achrekar as Sindhumati, mother of Indumati and Mukundi's mother-in-law. She was bitten by a male dog and female dog and both of them died. Therefore in an episode, Mukundi says "Meri saas hi hai bahut zeherili" (My mother-in-law is indeed very poisonous).She often comes to Mukundi's house and troubles him.

External links

• Lapataganj Official Site on SAB TV