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 directorDeven 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 languageHindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes558
Production
Producers
Cinematography
  • Vijay Soni
  • Raju Desai
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20-40 minutes
Production companyHats 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 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, Harshad being turned out of the house by Godavari and his return after 5 years, 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, and finally, Babuji has stopped drinking. The series ends with the Thakkar family winning the 'Family of the Decade' award.

Cast

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]

Legacy

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]

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  12. "Work hit as 1.5 lakh cine workers strike work". Outlook India.
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  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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