‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’: Rakesh Bedi joins the cast of popular comedy show

Popular actor Rakesh Bedi has joined the cast of comedy show ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’. He will be playing the role of Taarak Mehta’s boss on the show.

Rakesh confirmed the news to Times of India. He said, “Yes, I have started shooting for the show and yesterday (August 14) was my first day on the sets.” Talking about his role, he said, “It’s is very interesting. So, I was narrated this role 12 years ago when ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ began. I am playing the role of Taarak Mehta aka Shailesh Lodha’s boss, the character is part of the actual story also in the book. It is a very important role. But things did not materalise as the story did not go in that direction and it was more about Jethalal. This time when the shooting started once again started I was called. The show will see a change and my character will be introduced. My character was always part of the show, but it was never introduced or explored.”

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Rakesh was last seen in ‘Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!’ where he played the father of Angoori. Earlier he was seen in comedy shows like ‘Shrimaan Shrimati’ and ‘Zaban Sambhaal Ke’.

It was in last month, ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’s team finally resumed shooting after 115 days. The shoot was stalled due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

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