Khichdi (2002 TV series)

Khichdi is a Hindi language sitcom produced by UTV Software Communications in association with Hats Off Productions, which debuted on StarPlus on 10 September 2002. The series has been rerun on StarPlus and its sister channels several times. It served as the first series in the Khichdi franchise. The second series in the franchise was called Instant Khichdi, which aired on Star Plus's sister channel, Star One. The reruns have aired on several channels including Star Utsav and Pogo. A twenty-episode third series also titled Khichdi premiered on 14 April 2018 on StarPlus.

Premise
Khichdi follows the story of a Gujarati family called Parekhs, who lives in an old mansion. The joint family encounters many typically Indian situations, but they try to solve it in the most atypical fashion imaginable. This is a funny bunch of people that are firmly united in their movement to get separated. They want to sell their ancestral property and move out and form their own nuclear families. But the head of their family does not agree. He gives them the choice to walk out and survive on their own, but nobody is ready to let go of the money that is due to them. So they stay together and wait for the 'head' to change his mind or stop breathing, whichever happens first. And this is where the upwardly mobile middle-class joint family faces its trials and tribulations. Khichdi examines the lighter side of an Indian joint family.

Guest appearances

 * Alpana Buch as School Teacher.
 * Amit Bhatt as various characters'
 * Amit Singh Thakur as George Fernandaz, Melissa's father
 * Anurag Prapanna as Pritam Bharadwaj
 * Apara Mehta as Sandhya
 * Arvind Vaidya as Chandrakant Seth
 * Asha Bachani as Shiela Fernandaz, Melissa's mother
 * Dilip Rawal as Inspector Dheeman Zhaveri
 * Disha Vakani as various characters
 * Ghanashyam Nayak as various characters
 * Kabir Sadanand as grown-up Jacky
 * Kalpana Diwan as Jagdamba Maami
 * Kishwer Merchant as Rambha
 * Krunal Pandit as School Principal's bodyguard
 * Madhur Mittal as Honey Mehta
 * Mayank Tandon as Hoshi
 * Nitin Vakharia as Hotel Manager
 * Nimisha Vakharia as Jyotsana Bai
 * Prakash Bharadwaj as various characters
 * Pratima T. as Hasumati Ben
 * Rajesh Kumar as Chaggan / Vinod Kumar
 * Rita Bhaduri as Hemlata Seth
 * Sharad Sharma as Khabheja
 * Shweta Tiwari as herself
 * Simple Kaul as Manthara
 * Sonu Kakkar as herself, in the Navratri special episode
 * Suchita Trivedi as Mayuraakshi
 * Sudha Chandran as helself
 * Tapan Bhatt as Rajesh Gulati
 * Vaishali Parmar as Praveena
 * Vipra Rawal as Rekha Miss
 * Utkarsh Mazumdar as various characters

Awards and nominations
Khichdi has been almost continuously awarded television awards ever since its debut

Winner

 * 2004: Best Actress-Comedy – Supriya Pathak as Hansa

Winner

 * 2003: TV Actor in a Comic Role (Female) – Supriya Pathak as Hansa
 * 2004: BEST Actor in a Comic Role (Male) – Rajeev Mehta as Praful
 * 2004: Sitcom Writer of the Year – Aatish Kapadia

Nominated

 * 2003: TV Child Artiste of the Year – Yash Mittal as Jacky
 * 2004: The TV Sitcom / Comedy programme of the Year
 * 2004: Lyricist of the Year – Aatish Kapadia
 * 2004: Music Director of the Year – Uttank Vora
 * 2004: Director of the Year (Sitcom) – Aatish Kapadia
 * 2004: Child Artiste of the Year (Female) – Richa Bhadra as Chakki
 * 2004: Child Artiste of the Year (Male) – Yash Mittal as Jacky
 * 2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Male) – Rajeev Mehta as Praful
 * 2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Male) – Anang Desai as Tulsidas Parekh
 * 2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Female) – Supriya Pathak as Hansa
 * 2004: Actor in a Comic Role (Female) – Vandana Pathak as Jayshree
 * 2004: Ensemble (complete star cast of a programme)
 * 2004: The Weekly Serial of the year
 * 2004: Scriptwriter of the year – Aatish Kapadia