Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

The series takes place at the Gokuldham Co-operative Housing Society, an apartment complex in Powder Gali, Film City road, Goregaon East, Mumbai, and focusses on the members of Gokuldham Society.

Gokuldham Society

Gokuldham is also referred as "Mini India" in the show. The residents of Gokuldham are shown facing mundane problems and finding solutions for those problems. The show also occasionally highlights social issues. Most of the episodes are based on Jethalal being stuck in a problem and Taarak Mehta, his best friend, whom he calls his "Fire Brigade", rescues him. They help each other in their problems, to promote unity in diversity. Gokuldham is lively and often laughs. The members of Gokuldham celebrate all the festivals like a family and organise various events. The responsibility of organising these events is often on Tapu Sena's shoulders while Bhide is tensed about exceeding the budget.

• Introduction (Episode 1): The narrator of the show Taarak Mehta (Shailesh Lodha) introduces the characters.
• Tapu's mischief (episodes 2—4): Tapu is doing mischievous things for that Jethalal falls in many troubles also sends Jethalal to jail.
• Champaklal's arrival (episodes 5–7): Fed up with little Tapu's mischief, Jethalal is suggested by Taarak to invite his father Champaklal to teach Tapu good manners.
• Tapu Sena & Mehta Missing (episodes 8—9): Mumbai rains heavily for that Tapu Sena & Mehta are stuck somewhere, as results society members gets tensed. Later they return to society safely.
• Champaklal gets a mobile (episodes 9—11): Struggling in the city to adjust for Champaklal is recording of missing from the society. As idea, Jethalal gives a mobile phone to him, for what others get disturbed by Champaklal. In the end, he himself returns the mobile for not being used to of it.
• Samuhik Rakshabandhan (episode 12–13): Members of Gokuladham society celebrate Samuhik Rakshabandhan.
• Jethalal gets kidnapped (episodes 14—15): Jethalal is kidnapped with help of his own temporary staff. Later, with help of Tapu, Abdul & Mehta, Gada family rescue him from kidnappers.
• Purush Mandal's gamble (episodes 16—17): Purush Mandal plans to play gamble with money on the occasion of Janmashtami at outside society. But, Tapu Sena, Abdul & Champaklal catch them.
• Champaklal as Tapu's father (episode 18): School sends a complaint letter to Tapu, where they call Tapu's father. Scared Tapu requests Champaklal to come as his father to school. Work as words, later Jethalal comes to know the truth.
• Chingur Baba (episodes 19—20): Fed-up of his father and son's shenanigans, Jethalal approaches Chingur Baba for help. The Baba provides him with a remedy and a hopeful Jethalal returns home to do as instructed. But all thanks to Daya, Jethalal who himself gets changed because of that remedy. Later with help of Mehta, he turns back to normal.
• Kevdra Teej (episodes 21-22) Women of Gokuldham Society celebrate the festival of Teej in the society.
• Ganpati Utsav 2008 (episodes 23–29): Members of Gokuldham society celebrate the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi.
• Sundar's scheme (episodes 55–62): Sundar brings scheme for Gokuldham members and promises to double their money.
• Tapu's Wedding (episodes 71–83): Champaklal wants to have Tapu get married during his childhood as he himself was. But society members and Jethalal oppose this. After failing to find a girl for Tapu, some misunderstandings occur, Champaklal finds a girl, but she is older than Tapu. After explaining to Champaklal about the disadvantages of child marriage, he understands and drops the idea of Tapu's marriage.
• Sodhi on roof (episodes 84—87): Getting warned by Roshan, Sodhi comes to house again getting drunked. Angry Roshan is not letting him to enter in the house, as result Sodhi stands at the edge of building roof until she forgives him. Later, Sodhi's relatives come to the society and Roshan agrees. Society members celebrate Lohri with Sodhi's relatives.
• Kite Competition (episodes 88—89): After celebrating Lohri, society members get ready to celebrate Uttarayan. Where two teams have been divided to compete in a kite competition, one is of Jethalal and another one is of Sodhi. Both Jethalal & Sodhi lose it and enjoy the festival.
• Jethalal exercises with Babita (episodes 97—99): Seeing Jethalal getting fat, Babita advices him to do proper diet and exercise along with other society members and herself at early morning. Work as words, during doing exercise he thinks Babita's mobile has been stolen so he chases after the thief, as result he gets tired.
• Champaklal gets arrested (episodes 100—106): After having a movie-night at cinema hall, Gada family is returning home by walking. On the way, they see some poor people sleeping on the road without any covers in the cold. Champaklal decides to donate them blankets and after that money, during distributing money, mistakenly police thinks he is a thief. Gets arrested with money and later, the real thief surrenders and Champaklal has been released.
• Gujarati Actress Meenakshi (episodes 139—142): To help injured wife, Mehta goes to a ration store to buy some goods, where some misunderstandings happen and a guy of Jaggu, (criminal minded) husband of Gujarati actress Meenakshi, hears as Mehta abusing Meenakshi and he tells it to Jaggu. Angry Jaggu comes to beat Mehta, but situation gets under controlled. Later Jaggu again comes to Mehta to tell him to write a film story for his wife, but Mehta denies with Jethalal's presence of mind.
• Gogi Lost in Picnic (episodes 143—147): After fathers deny to take Tapu Sena for a picnic during their vacation, Mahila Mandal & Champaklal take them to Tikuji-Ni-Wadi, where Gogi is lost later they find him.
• Thieves in Society (episodes 153—164): After seeing so many thief incidents in society, society members bring some watchmen but they become useless. Having an AC problem, Daya calls repairmen to fix it but the thief gang comes as them and try to steal money from Jethalal home. Later gets caught with help of Tapu Sena.
• Daya's Maun-vrat (episodes 169–173): After a deal with a Chinese client goes awry due to Daya's interference, Jethalal says that Daya shouldn't talk to anyone. Although initially Jethalal takes his statement lightly but afterwards becomes depressed due to Daya's silence. Unable to see him depressed, Daya breaks her Maun-vrat.
• GPL 1 (episodes 174–184): Gokuldham Premier League season 1 aka GPL-1. The society members play a friendly cricket tournament dividing into two teams, "Jabardast Jetha" and "Bindaas Bhide" led by Jethalal and Bhide, respectively. The match result doesn't come out due to not receiving any permits from police for a night tournament and ends with no results.
• Jethalal gets annoyed by a Kid (episodes 185–187): Jethalal wants to sleep all day long because of the fatigue of GPL 1. But Daya's friend leaves her son at Jethalal's house and goes shopping with Daya and her son annoys Jethalal all day.
• Jethalal London fiasco and Kerry (episodes 205–244): Jethalal goes to London for a business trip. There, he meets Kerry and invites her to India. When she arrives in India, Daya assumes that Jethalal has an affair with her. Later, the confusion is cleared, but Popatlal falls in love with Kerry and tries to marry her. In the end Popatlal is still a bachelor.
• Holi 2010 (episodes 325–331): Members of Gokuldham society celebrate the festival of Holi.
• Saree sale at Bhatiawadi (episodes 355–364): Mahila Mandal buy defective sarees, but the saree seller alleges that Mahila Mandal did not buy sarees since they don't have a bill. So Mahila Mandal retaliate by doing a Garba Andolan in front of the hall.
• GPL 2 (episodes 390–402): Tapu Sena, tired of their boring vacation, plan GPL 2 with the help of Sundar. Jethalal is caught in crossfire, since Daya and Babita are the captains with the team names "Daya Dandiya Devils" and "Blaster Babita". Daya's team wins the match while Babita's team loses.
• Sodhi meets Irfan Pathan (episodes 403–409): Irfan Pathan is impressed by Sodhi's game in GPL-2, which was telecasted LIVE on TV. Sodhi being on cloud nine decides to meet Pathan at his house in Vadodara.
• Shampoo Massage (episodes 409–412): While Daya massages Jethalal's head, she mistakenly applies shampoo instead of oil, making his hair spiked. Iyer laughs at him and clicks a photo, so the humiliated Jethalal does the same to Iyer.
• Ghost In Gokuldham (episodes 413–425): A woman in a white saree who resembles a ghost constantly terrorises Gokuldham Society members. Despite repeated attempts to drive her away, she doesn't listen and threatens them. Tapu Sena and Rita suspect foul play and uncover that the "ghost" is actually a criminal and used to terrorise Gokuldham members so that they could carry their illegal activities smoothly. Their cover is blown by Tapu's plan and Gokuldham is saved from the "ghost".
• Popatlal and Koyal (episodes 426–434): Koyal, Taarak Mehta's sister-in-law, comes to stay with her sister in Mumbai for a few days while waiting for a visa to go to a foreign country. Meanwhile, Popatlal falls in love with Koyal, and tries to impress and marry her. In the end, Popatlal remains single.
• Eid Celebration (episodes 435–436): The members of the society celebrate Eid with Abdul.
• Dahi Handi 2010 (episodes 437–444): Gokuldham's Dahi Handi event becomes a competition between the men and the women. After breaking Dahi handi, Daya falls and is injured and admitted her at ICU. Later she recovers and gets discharge from hospital.
• Ganesh Utsav 2010 (episodes 445–452): Gokuladham Sangeet Samrat event is organised on the occasion of Ganesh utsav.
• Babita & Iyer's marriage anniversary (episodes 461–471): Iyer buys a sports car for Babita on their wedding anniversary, but it proves to be stolen. Inspector Chalu Pandey gives them a 72-hour deadline to prove their innocence and to catch the dealer. Jethalal poses as a Sheikh from Dubai who wants the car, and the dealer is trapped and arrested.
• Chandiramani Flat Auction (episodes 474–481): Chandiramani sells his Gokuldham flat. He wants to sell this flat to both Jethalal and Sodhi. So he organizes an auction. Then Champaklal explains to everyone it's wrong to sell the house via auction, so Chandiramani reverses his decision.
• Goli Misses His Father (episodes 482—483): To lose weight, Hathi takes a visit to naturopathy camp for some days. But Goli misses him and asks his mother to bring back his father. So, Mehta advises his mother to call Goli's paternal-uncles to their home so that he doesn't feel alone.
• Daya doesn't respond from locked home (episodes 488—491): Daya mistakenly spoils Jethalal's INR 15 Lakh cheque by pouring tea on it, angry Jethalal throws some harsh and mean words against of her, resulting she feels bad. Later, when Jethalal realizes his mistake, he tries to make a call her from shop and even comes to society to talk but she doesn't respond from locked (inside) home. After some time, with help of society members they come to know that she was sleeping after having cough syrup and Jethalal apologizes.
• Magic Show in Society (episodes 492—498): Tapu Sena faces a lot of trouble during playing cricket on their vacations. So, they ask Mehta about any other vacation plan. During this chat, Mehta's childhood friend Magician Munnalal makes a phone-call him and Mehta invites him to do a magic show in their society. After the show, Tapu Sena urges Mehta to tell his friend to teach them some magic tips. After learning magic, Tapu Sena does some mistake in their society and later they apologize for it.
• Popatlal's Rishta (Baijanti) (episodes 541–550): When Popatlal goes to the hotel, he sees a woman named Baijanti. He secretly notes her mobile number but it was wrong and belongs to Babita. He often calls her.
• Mahashivratri (episodes 551–558): Popatlal visits a pandit who tells him to do a special pooja for Mahashivatri so that his marriage takes place. Although everyone is ready for the functiont, but Jethalal who had gone early to clear a payment eats Bhang and is uncontrollable.
• Bhide's 1 Crore Email Fraud (episodes 578–587): According to an email, Bhide discovers that he has won INR 1 crore, so he pays a deposit for the prize money. But later he comes to understand that he has been frauded, so society members help him to recover his money and arrest those frauds.
• Jetha's dadaji's photo (episodes 588–596): Jethalal's wallet is stolen which contains the last photo of his grandfather Jayantilal Gada. Later the thief himself returns the wallet at Jethalal home after getting to know about sentimental reasons.
• Sodhi swallows glass (episodes 597–604): Sodhi believes he swallowed a piece of glass while drinking at a party and has to undergo an operation. In the end it's revealed it was actually a piece of ice.
• Bhide sells mangoes (episodes 605–614): Bhide starts a business of selling mangoes from his Bhau kaka in Ratnagiri, but the mangoes prove to be rotten, infuriating Jethalal.
• Ready (episodes 621–622): Salman Khan visits Gokuldham Society to promote Ready.
• Gokuldham Khel Mahotsav (episodes 623–637): Tapu Sena & Champaklal organise a sports and games event for the members of Gokuldham society. Natu kaka and Bagha are invited as judges.
• Chaddi Gang (episodes 638–646): Mistakenly, Jethalal is stuck in his own godown for the whole night. Later, a thief gang named Chaddi Gang enters the godown and tries to steal the electronic items from there. But, with the help of Gada family, the members of Chaddi Gang are arrested.
• Witness of Chaddi Gang (episodes 659–677): Court hearing of chaddi gang in which Daya agreed to be a witness against them.
• Ganesh Utsav 2011 (episode 686–695): Gokuldham has a fancy dress competition on the occasion of Ganesh utsav.
• Navratri Festival (episodes 707–710): Falguni Pathak comes to Gokuldham society on the occasion of Navratri.
• Dusseshra(episodes 711-715) : Jethalal's dream and his lesson.
• Iyer's interview in the newspaper (episodes 719–722): Iyer is excited as his interview is published in the newspaper.
• Babita and Iyer buy a fridge (episodes 723–725): Babita and Iyer decide to buy a new refrigerator, resulting in much confusion.
• Diwali 2011 (episodes 726–728): Gokuldham celebrates Diwali with the poor and unprivileged.
• Bhide and Mehta buy lottery tickets (episodes 729–732): Bhide and Mehta buy lottery tickets and hope to win.
• Bhide's new pair of glasses (episodes 785–789): Bhide, as usual, blames Tapu for his broken glasses. Finally, Sonu accepts that it was her mistake.
• Jethalal In Pakistan (episodes 790–810): Jethalal takes the members of Gokuldham to Kutch and they enjoy the visit. But Jethalal is misguided due to a camel, and crosses the border into Pakistan. Therei, Jethalal is investigated by Karim Khan. The Gada family reaches Delhi for help. Jethalal's grandfather helped Karim Khan's grandfather during the 1947 partition, so Khan releases Jethalal and he safely returns to India.
• Popatlal, Señorita & Kalavati (episodes 811–818): Two different families simultaneously come to meet Popatlal for marriage meetings. One family is known to Daya and other is known to the Hathi family. With a plan, Popatlal tries to simultaneously meet both parties at different houses with two different characters. But, the truth comes out and both families reject Popatlal for hiding the truth.
• Society Renovation By Sundarlal (episodes 826–856): The renovation work of the society is given to Sunderlal.
• Ferrari Ki Sawaari (episodes 887–896): Sharman Joshi and Boman Irani visit Gokuldham to promote Ferrari Ki Sawaari.
• Raksha-bandhan (episodes 929–932): After Tapu protects a girl named Jiya in school, she ties him rakhi.
• Dahi Handi 2012 (episodes 933–941): A gangster hides a diamond inside Gokuldham's dahi handi.
• Eid 2012 (episodes 942–945): Because Abdul misses his family, Gokuldham invite them and grandly celebrate Eid.
• Jethalal and the passport (episodes 946–951): Jethlal is arrested after he takes the passport of a young boy who had hit Jetha with his bike, but that boy is actually Champaklal's friend's grandson.
• Barfi (episodes 952–963): Ranbir Kapoor visits Gokuldham society to promote Barfi.[48]
• Ganesh Utsav 2012 (episodes 968–980) A Grand Antakshari event is organised on the occasion of Ganesh utsav.
• Sundar brings Chanya-choli (episodes 983–1000): Sundar starts a business of Chanya-choli on Navratri, which becomes headache for Jethalal. Later, he holds a havan to get rid of Sundar.

• Gulabo & Jethalal (episodes 1025–1056): A girl from Matkunda, Gulabo, claims Jethalal as her husband showing their marriage certificate, video clips of marriage and marriage photographs as proof. But Jethalal says it was a film shooting scene. Society members with Gada family take Jethalal's side. After that Gulabo files a case in the court. But later she accepts that it was just a film shooting.
• Republic day 2013 (episodes 1057–1060): Members of Gokuldham society celebrate Republic day 2013.
• Tapu Sena's new smartphones (episodes 1061–1080): To fulfill a promise, Jethalal has to give a smartphone to Tapu. With Tapu, other members of Tapu Sena request smartphones from their parents. They misuse their new phones and are suspended from school. Later, Tapu Sena understand their mistakes and promise to not overuse the devices.
• Gokuldham gets notice (episodes 1187–1194): The Gokuldham members receive a notice from MAC associates. Which was actually a plan made by Asit Kumarr Modi, who surprises society members on completing 5 years of the show where Shah Rukh Khan & Rohit Shetty also come to promote Chennai Express.
• Independence Day 2013 (episodes 1203–1206): Couples sing patriotic songs and celebrate Independence Day.
• Raksha Bandhan in Ahmedabad (episodes 1207–1212): Daya and Jethalal travel to Ahmedabad to celebrate raksha bandhan with Sundarlal.
• Lord Krishna in Gokuldham [Dahihandi 2013] (episodes 1213–1218): On the occasion of Janmashtami, Lord Krishna himself arrives in Gokuldham and blesses everyone.
• Kaun Banega Murga [Ganpati Utsav 2013] (episodes 1227–1234): On the occasion of Ganpati Utsav, Tapu Sena organised Kaun Banega Murga program.
• Fitness Camp (episodes 1327–1341): The ladies organize a fitness camp in the society and Babita invites her friend Sofia to conduct it. But Jethalal suffers a painful sprain in his waist during the camp.
• Bhoothnath Returns (episodes 1382–1387): The society members experience paranormal activities in the society. Which was done by Amitabh Bachchan himself who visits Gokuldham society to promote Bhoothnath Returns.[49]
• Adventure Park (episodes 1408–1419): Bhide gives a surprise to Tapu Sena – a visit to an adventure park.
• GPL 3 (episodes 1426–1445): Mehta hits a six on Tapu's ball which spills Jethalal's Jalebi Fafda. This results in GPL 3 with Jethalal and Mehta being captains. Jethalal's team is named as "Jetha Ke Jaanbaaz" while Mehta's team is named as "Mehta Ke Maharathi". Jethalal's team eventually wins the match while everyone eats Jalebi Fafda after the final ends.
• Hongkong-Disneyland trip (episodes 1465–1478): The members of Gokuldham society win a trip to Hongkong-Disneyland in Tapu Sena's lottery and the whole society except Mehta family, Iyer & Popatlal fly to Hongkong.
• Ganesh Utsav 2014 (episodes 1489–1499): Members of Gokuladham society celebrate Ganesh utsav.
• Bhide's surprise treat (1500 episodes celebration) (episodes 1500–1507): Bhide arranges a surprise and takes everyone out for a day for Mumbai Darshan.
• Swachh bharat abhiyaan (episodes 1518–1524): The ladies have their husbands help them to clean the society as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission.
• Diwali 2014 (episodes 1525–1532): The team of Happy New Year visit Gokuldham to promote their film and celebrate diwali.
• Popatlal purchases new mobile (episodes 1533–1541): Popatlal buys a new phone from Jethalal's shop to replace his damaged old phone. But his nitpicking while shopping annoys Jethalal, so he plays a prank using Popatlal's phone.
• Kathiawadi food (episodes 1566–1572): Daya promises to cook royal Kathiawadi food, but there is a delay, infuriating Jethalal.
• Champaklal is drunk? (New year 2015) (episodes 1573–1585): The gents decide to secretly drink amidst the new year party, but Champaklal gets drunk.
• Winter Party (episodes 1599–1608): The ladies of Gokuldham society celebrate a winter party.
• Hey Bro (Episode 1609): Ganesh Acharya visits Gokuldham to promote Hey Bro.
• Bawri brings luck to Gada Electronics (episodes 1624–1629): Jethalal is upset due to his business not running well, so Bawri brings customers to Gada Electronics from another electronics store. From that, Jethalal thinks that luck has improved due to Bawri. Then the chairman of electronic union, calls Jethalal and tells him everything. Later Jethalal apologizes to everyone for this incident.
• Tapu Sena's SSC result and college admission (episodes 1686–1723): Tapu Sena gets a good result in SSC boards, but only Tapu from the Tapu Sena struggles to get admission in M.K. Gandhi college. I.M. Khare is a corrupt trustee and the Gokuldham members expose him.
• Interior renovation (episodes 1758–1808): Due to rising problems in their flats, the Gokuldham members decide to renovate their interiors and face many hurdles.
• Popatlal as Tapu's Father (episodes 1820—1826): Jealous Vicky, classmate of Tapu, has planned conspiracy against of Tapu. Professor Nalini is angry at him and tells Tapu to bring his father to college. Scared Tapu tells it to Popatlal and requests him to come to his college as being his father. Simultaneously, Popatlal plans a marriage meeting after the college meeting. College matter gets solved but coincidentally, the bride-interest turns to be Nalini. Where he meets her and family with Tapu's parents. Nalini rejects him for lying and Popatlal remains single.
• Finding a cup of tea (episodes 1858—1864): Daya goes to relative's house and Jethalal forgets to have his hot tea so, as he doesn't know how to make, he goes to Mehta house for a cup of tea. But, both he and Mehta don't get any there. They search for a cup of tea in the society too, but visit tea stall after not getting anywhere. Unlucky duo get arrested from the tea stall because of someone else's mistake. Later, get released and finally take a sip of tea in the police station itself and return to society.
• Champaklal's Radio (episode 1865): Gada family listens songs in Gaanelal, their village's old radio.
• The gold biscuit briefcase (episodes 1868–1888): While going to collect payment, Bhide saves a man Dhanraj from accident, for that he got rewarded which leads Bhide to a big trouble.
• Iyer-Babita Divorce (episodes 1909–1934): A miscommunication over mobile creates confusion between Iyer and Babita, eventually leading to divorce.

• 10 crore saree fiasco (episodes 2007–2022): Daya and the other ladies of Gokuldham wish to wear a 10-crore saree they saw in a diamond exhibition. They request Jethalal to arrange it for one day. Jethalal arranges a duplicate saree for them. Later, he and Mehta are arrested when the real saree is stolen on the same day. But the main thief of the saree turns out to be the 10-crore saree-owner's wife.
• Ganesh Utsav 2016 (episodes 2023–2030): Members of Gokuldham society celebrate Ganesh utsav.
• Lucky Bangle (episodes 2095—2102): Daya gives her lucky bangle to Jethalal, who may get a big order from his shop. Later, a person named by Manhar Manmoji, with having mental issue, steals his bangle even comes to his shop tells that shop is belonged to him. After some time, Jethalal takes him to Gokuldham and then society members realize he is not mentally stable. They take care of him and later Manmoji's relatives come to Gada house and he gets normal mentally and happily returns to home.
• Madhvi fights with Bhide (episodes 2201—2205): During solving Roshan & Sodhi matter, the Bhide couple starts their fight because of a small topic. Later gets resolved and happily ends it with a trip.
• Goa trip (episodes 2235–2246): Tapu Sena arranges to visit Goa with Society members.
• Ganesh Utsav 2017 (episodes 2283–2290): Gokuldham society celebrates the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi.
• Jethalal promises Iyer (episodes 2371—2376): Iyer buys a brand new phone from Jethalal's Gada Electronics to give a surprise to Babita and taken promise from Jethalal to not reveal it. Babita also comes to the shop to buy the same mobile then Jethalal lies her about unavailability of the mobile, where he gets exposed and she gets angry at him. Later, Iyer tells the truth.
• Mystery of Pinku's parents (episodes 2384–2415): The residents of Gokuldham society come to know that Pinku's parents work in a secret government agency after many twists and turns.
• Señorika island (episodes 2493–2511): Champaklal dreams that his son is involved in a 300-crore bank-loan scam and has escaped to an island country called Señorika island. However, even after he wakes up, he fears that his dream would come true. Later, Jethalal returns and Champaklal is relieved.
• Ganesh Utsav 2018 (episodes 2550–2565): Due to heavy rains on the day of Ganpati Utsav, it is not possible to bring the idol. When Hathi realizes this, he brings the idol in torrential rain.
• Gada electronics on sale (episodes 2605–2632): Nattu and Bagha sell Gada electronics to Soorma Bhai without Jethalal's consent.
• Statue of Unity (episodes 2644–2649): The residents of Gokuldham visit the world's tallest statue, the Statue of Unity in Narmada, Gujarat.
• Singapore trip (episodes 2693–2708): Asit Kumarr Modi arranges a Singapore trip for Gokuldham members to make depressed Popatlal happy.
• Ganesh Utsav 2019 (episodes 2812–2824): The members of Gokuldham society celebrate Ganesh utsav.
• Ganpati Utsav 2020 (episodes 2982–2996): The members of the society celebrate Ganesh Utsav during the COVID-19 pandemic following all safety measures.

• Popatlal loses job (episodes 3035–3050): Due to coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, Popatlal's newspaper agency Toofan Express shuts down and he becomes unemployed. He tries for different jobs but fails each time. In the end Popatlal gets his job back.
• Tapu Sena's Pizza Party (episodes 3051–3058): Tapu Sena plans to order pizza from a restaurant without anyone knowing. They buy the food with the help of Abdul and eat it at Taarak Mehta's house. Anjali is surprised to find the pizza boxes at home and accuses Mehta of eating without her knowledge, but Dr. Hathi finds the truth.
• Popatlal on Mission Kala Kauva (episodes 3158–3193): Popatlal and his co-worker Bharti expose a gang which black-marketed Covid drugs, oxygen cylinders and COVID-19 vaccines during the second wave. They reach Rang Tarang resort and are assisted by Dr. Hathi, Jethalal, Bagha and Champaklal.
• Bhide Burns Madhvi's Saree (episodes 3316—3322): Madhvi's brother and his wife are coming to her house after a long years of time. Madhvi wants to welcome them by wearing a saree given by her brother himself. But mistakenly Bhide burns her beloved saree while ironing it without anyone's knowledge. He tries to hide the fact but later gets exposed.
• Kaun Banega Crorepati (episodes 3323—3326): Asit Kumarr Modi receives a call from none other than Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, inviting him and society members for his popular TV show Kaun Banega Crorepati season 13.[50]
• Marriage Proposals for Popatlal (episodes 3327—present): After getting Amitabh Bachchan's special mention for Popatlal's marriage on KBC-13, two different family come to Gokuldham for marriage-meeting simultaneously in different houses of the society contd..

The series was approached initially for the channels Star Plus and Zee TV. When they rejected the series, Sony SAB accepted the script.[51]

The shooting happens in film city, Mumbai. Some parts of the show have also been shot for that time storyline in places such as Gujarat, New Delhi, Goa and in overseas locations such as London, Brussels, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore.[52][53][54][55]

On it completing 1000 episodes on 6 November 2012,[56] Asit Kumarr Modi revealed that it took eight years to get this show on air.[57] Further, he said, "Originally, it was a column in a Gujarati magazine, and I bought its rights in 2001. I approached every channel, but the trend of daily soaps had just started, and saas-bahu shows dominated the scene. Whoever I approached said there was no scope for comedy every day. But I had a feeling that one day comedies, too, would become a daily trend. Finally, in 2008, Taarak Mehta... came on air."[57]

In February 2015, Joshi, Vakani, and Lodha hosted the red carpet at the 60th Britannia Filmfare Awards to promote the Clean India campaign.[58]

From March to June 2020, filming shut down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India.[59] During the same period it was revealed that it was originally planned for two years and might have gone off-air in 2010 itself as per original plan. But viewers love made it a seamless series.[60] The show started broadcasting its new episodes from 22 July 2020.[61]

The show completed 3000 episodes on 24 September 2020.

The series was also dubbed in Telugu as Tarak Mama Ayyo Rama for ETV Plus[62] and Marathi as Gokuldhamchi Duniyadari for Fakt Marathi.[63]

In the first week of 2017, the show stood in the fourth position with 6,004 TVT ratings. In the fourth week, the show entered the top five and stood in the fifth position with 6,059 TVT ratings. In March 2017, the show remained within the top five shows urban rural metrics. In the 25th week of 2017, the show stood at the top spot with 6,092 TVT ratings. In the 26th week of 2017, the show stood at third spot with 6,049 TVT ratings. It is the longest-running scripted show on Indian television. In the 1st week of 2018, the show topped the chart with 6961 TVT ratings.[64] In the 42nd week of 2019, the show stood at the first position with 7952 TVT ratings. In week 29 of 2020, the show emerged as number one show post COVID-19 lockdown with 6477 TVT ratings.[65]

Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Piotr Glinski visited the sets of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah in February 2016.[66]

In 2010 the cast of Khichdi made a special appearance to promote their film Khichdi: The Movie.[67] Also in 2010, Indira Krishnan appeared as Krishnaben to promote her show Krishnaben Khakhrawala.[68]

Special episode Anand Ka Safar to pay tribute to Rajesh Khanna aired in July 2012 in which the cast members danced on Khanna's songs.[69]

Crossover episodes with C.I.D. named Mahasangam aired in July 2014 in which CID visits Gokuldham Society to solve a case.[29]

An animated series based on the characters of the Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah titled Taarak Mehta Kka Chhota Chashmah started airing on Sony Yay from 19 April 2021.

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