Sarabhai vs Sarabhai video clips

Monisha, who gets married into the rich Sarabhai family, lives opposite to her in-laws. However, there is a constant conflict between them due to her middle-class background.

First episode date: 8 November 2004

Final episode date: 17 July 2017

Network: Star One

Program creator: Hats Off Productions

Directors: Deven Bhojani, Aatish Kapadia

But what is it that makes the show so enduring?

Two words: exceptional writing.

The screenwriter of the show Aatish Kapadia, who was also behind another popular sitcom, Khichdi, creates a menagerie of characters often found around us. We know a friend or a family member like Indravadan, a tattletale man-child. We have all come across a pretentious snob like Maya Sarabhai. There is someone we know who is as lovable as the Momma’s boy, Rosesh. There is the kind hearted yet frugal friend in our lives who can find ingenious ways to save money, like Monisha. And most of us have an agony aunt in our lives like Sahil. We might not know a Madhusudhan Fufa but a partially deaf annoying uncle makes for the drollest running gag. Hein…?

Apart from such relatable characters, Sarabhai tackles one of the prevalent issues in Indian society – the class divide. There are the middle class and the working class and then there’s the higher echelon of the upper class. One travels in buses and trains and the other has probably never traveled without a chauffeur-driven car.

This dichotomy has been in our society since time immemorial and Sarabhai captures it in the best way possible. Maya, a high society artsy Mubi-watching social butterfly, looks down upon a middle-class Monisha who likes watching Uska Pati Sirf Mera Hai – a 1990 Bollywood film – and asks for a free coriander at the supermarket.

We see these characters and stories all around us. Monisha, like many of us, finds comfort in saving five bucks in a tussle with a vendor while, like Maya, many of us prefer calling croissants, crua-san instead of crew-sant at a fancy bakery. This divide is unfortunate, but it is everywhere.

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