List of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai characters

A.k.a. Indu, who is an ex-director of a multinational company. He retired early to take care of the children and help Maya work as a social worker. He is the funniest character in the show, and constantly picks on Maya and Rosesh. He always sides with Monisha in case of a tiff between her and Maya, and constantly tries to create fun conflicts by ratting Sahil out to them, or them out to each other. He is irritated by Madhusudan bhai and his "hain?"s the most, as well as Dushyant, his son-in-law. He is the jest in the family and has attained the title of "Narad Muni", the court jest in Hindu mythology.

She is the female head of the Sarabhai family, and runs the family like a pro. Being a snooty upper-class socialite, her daughter-in-law Monisha's middle-class money-saving techniques and unkempt behaviour is a constant pet peeve for Maya. Her catchphrase is "It's so middle class!", and she continually uses sarcasm to taunt Monisha and make her see the error of her ways. She is constantly after Indravadan to fix his dietary and cleanliness habits, not much unlike Monisha, and pampers her younger son Rosesh, also making sure he doesn't take in a middle-class wife like Sahil. Her son-in-law Dushyant also irritates her by dropping in every time an appliance is damaged.

A cosmetic surgeon. He is the eldest child, and probably the most "normal" one. He is soft, calm, wise, and noble, and is constantly trying to resolve conflicts in his family, between Maya and Monisha, Maya and Indravadan, and Indravadan and Rosesh. He often gets 'sandwiched' between his mother and his wife, and tries not to hurt anyone. He avoids conflicts but loves making fun of his younger brother Rosesh, similar to Indravadan.

A middle class, Punjabi girl from Noida, and now the daughter-in-law of the Sarabhais. She rarely cleans the house and is always lazing around watching daily soaps on the television. She develops a dramatic nature from these shows, and always ends up saying "Mai ghar chhorke ja rahi hu!" to Sahil after every argument with Maya. Her passion is to save money, come what may. She is always at loggerheads with Maya for her thrifty ways. Her father-in-law always supports her, while Sahil is torn between the two. Despite being careless, Monisha is a honest, and innocent loving woman. She was originally Manisha, and was named Monisha by Maya as she found the name Manisha 'too middle-class'.

The youngest child of Maya and Indravadan. He is a theatre artist, aspiring actor, and a poet. He is Maya's favourite and she pampers him a lot. Maya is the only member of Sarabhai family who approves of and appreciates his absurd poetry and acting skills. He has a love-hate relationship with Indravadan as he is always the target of his jokes and pranks. He always seconds his "Momma", even if he doesn't feel so. He has a peculiar and amusing voice, and his poems are always bad but funny.

Arnab "Guddu" Sarabhai is the smart seven-year-old son of Monisha and Sahil. He talks like his grandmother Maya and often becomes subject to a brawl between Monisha and Maya regarding his upbringing.[1]

Most episodes involve the five members of the immediate family. Members of the extended family, and friends, make regular appearances and some episode plots are centred around them as well.

Sonya (played by Kshitee Jog / Shital Thakkar in season 1;[2] Aishwarya Sakhuja in season 2[3]). is the second child of Indu and Maya. She is married to Dushyant Painter, a technician. She exhibits some of Maya's socialite attitude, and is heavily into the occult, specialising in reading the Tarot and foreseeing the future, which sometimes puts the Sarabhai family in paranoia.

Dushyant Painter, played by actor/director Deven Bhojani, is Maya's son-in-law, married to her daughter Sonya. He is much despised by the rest of the family, even by the normally affable Monisha. He has a morbid fascination for various electronic appliances from toasters to tube lights to refrigerators to lifts. When the rest of the family is busy contemplating on some serious matter, he creates much chaos by quoting facts about various electronic brands and their technical details. He seems to be an in-house mechanic and electrical expert, going to great extents to explain the working of electrical goods and often using Rosesh as a guinea pig to explain the working of appliances. His catchphrase is "I'll explain.".[4]

Jasmine, played by Vaibhavi Upadhyay, is Madhusudan's distant relative, and a singer and theatre artist. Rosesh falls in love with her when they meet. Maya disapproves of her accent and her poor English.[1]

Ila ben, played by Rita Bhaduri, is Indravadan's sister and Madhusudan's wife. She often visits Indravadan & Maya, and helps them sort their daily troubles. She is a sweet, lively person who is extremely tolerant with her deaf husband and is the only one able to communicate with him through hand gestures.

Madhu bhai, played by Arvind Vaidya, is Indravadan's brother-in-law, married to his sister Ila ben. He is hard of hearing, and refuses to use a hearing aid. He usually does not acknowledge the fact that he cannot hear, blames others for speaking too softly, and repeatedly asks questions. He is particularly bothersome to Indu and interjects almost always with a "hain?". A lot of humour is derived from his misinterpretations and the difficulty that people have in explaining things to him, which only his wife Ila, and his niece Kismi are able to do.

Pankorben Sarabhai (affectionately known as "Baa"), played by Tarla Joshi, is the mother of Indravadan and Ilaben. She passed away five years before the show began. She is often mentioned by Maya and Indu, and appears in flashback scenes. She ridicules Maya for being snooty and "high-society", and always rebukes Indravadhan for his choice to marry her.[4]

Other characters include the maid Radha bai, their servant Vitthal (played by Ghanashyam Nayak), Maya's socialite friends Baldev (played by Gurpal Singh) and Sarupa Singh, her best friend Sarita and her husband Dinesh, and Maya's NRI sisters, Vidisha (played by Usha Bachani), a single socialite, and Nayesha who is married to Monisha's cousin Jugal Kishore (played by Gireesh Sahedev), as well as Madhusudan's niece, Kismi.[5]

• Yatin Karyekar as writer Nagesh Iyer in Sahil In A book
• Kishwer Merchant as Dr. Kiran in Husbands Do Not Cheat
• Usha Bachani as Vidisha in Maya's Cleanliness Drive
• Mandira Bedi as Cookie Sharma in Indravadhan's Fantasies, Foiled[6]
• Manini Mishra as Dinky Chakravarthy in Sahil's Personal Diary
• The Khichdi (TV series) Family from the Khichdi Crossover Episode ( Khichdi With Sarabhais of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai and Episode 25 of Instant Khichdi).[7]
• Mallika Sherawat as Sunehri to promote her movie Bachke Rehna Re Baba in Sarabhais With Sunehri[6]
• Vaishali Thakkar as Neelima Verma in Nilima And Sahil
• Parvin Dabas as Sudhanshu Khan in Sudhanshu Paints Maya and Maya And Sudhanshu[6]
• Makrand Deshpande as the hypnotist Siddharth in Indravadan Hypnotized Part 1 and Indravadan Hypnotized Part 2[6]
• Roop Kumar Rathod & Sunali Rathod as themselves in Maya, Monisha And Antakshari
• Jimit Trivedi
• Aamir Ali as Patang Mahajan in Monisha's Date With Actor Karan[6]
• Aatish Kapadia as the poet Anirudh Mehta urf "Kachcha Kela" in Episode 53
• Parmeet Sethi as Detective Omkar Nath to promote the Star One show D.O.N. in The Midas Chang's Magic
• Shilpa Mehta as Maya's socialite friend Sarita, seen in many episodes.
• Rohitash Gaud as Mr. Cindolin, the mystic who shows Sarabhai family their future in Crystal Ball Time.
• Bhamini Oza Gandhi as Kissme, Madhusudhan's niece

• Aatish Kapadia as the poet Anirudh Mehta urf "Kachcha Kela" in Episode 6 & 8[2]
• Vishal Gandhi as "Bahu Machhar Beta Khachhar" Director in Episode 9
• Jamnadas Majethia as Prahlad in Episode 9