The show was produced by Jamnadas Majethia and Aatish Kapadia under the banner of Hats Off Productions and was directed by Deven Bhojani.
Regarded as being ahead of its generation in terms of its concept, writing, and average viewership ratings at the time of its initial release, the show has gone on to become a cult classic.
He is an ex-director of a multinational company, who retired early to take care of the children and help his wife Maya work as a social worker.
Maya Mazumdar Sarabhai, portrayed by Ratna Pathak Shah, is Indravadan's wife, Vallavdas and Pankorben's younger daughter-in-law, Sahil, Sonia and Rosesh's mother, Monisha and Dushyant's mother-in-law, Ilaben's sister-in-law, Madhusudan Bhai's co-sister, and in Season 2, also Aurnob's paternal grandmother.
Being a snooty upper-class socialite, her daughter-in-law Monisha's middle-class money-saving techniques and unkempt behaviour are constant pet peeves for Maya.
Monisha Singh Sarabhai, portrayed by Rupali Ganguly, is Sahil's wife, Indravadan and Maya's daughter-in-law, Sonia and Rosesh's sister-in-law, Dushyant's co-sister, Ilaben and Madhusudan Bhai's niece-in-law, Vallavdas and Pankorben's granddaughter-in-law, and in Season 2, also Aurnob's mother.
She is a middle-class, Punjabi girl from Noida, who rarely keeps the house clean and is always lazing around watching daily soaps on the television.
Guddu is Sahil and Monisha's son, Indravadan and Maya's grandson, Sonia, Dushyant and Rosesh's nephew, Ilaben and Madhusudan Bhai's grandnephew, and Vallavdas and Pankorben's great-grandson.
[2][3] Dushyant Painter, portrayed by Deven Bhojani, is Sonia's husband, Indravadan and Maya's son-in-law, Sahil's younger and Rosesh's older brother-in-law, Monisha's co-brother, Ilaben and Madhusudan Bhai's nephew-in-law, Vallavdas and Pankorben's grandson-in-law, and in Season 2, also Aurnob's paternal uncle.
He has a morbid fascination for various electronic appliances from toasters to tubelights to refrigerators to elevators and loves to explain different theories about the machines whenever he finds a chance.
[4] Ilaben Sarabhai, portrayed by Rita Bhaduri, is Madhusudan Bhai's wife, Vallavdas and Pankorben's older daughter, Indravadan's older sister, Maya's sister-in-law, Sahil, Sonia and Rosesh's paternal aunt, Monisha and Dushyant's aunt-in-law, and in Season 2, also Aurnob's grandaunt.
Madhusudan Bhai, portrayed by Arvind Vaidya, is Ilaben's husband, Indravadan's brother-in-law, Maya's co-brother, Sahil, Sonia and Rosesh's uncle, Monisha and Dushyant's uncle-in-law, Vallavdas and Pankorben's older son-in-law, and in Season 2, also Aurnob's granduncle.
Baa, portrayed by Tarla Joshi, is Vallavdas' wife, Indravadan and Ilaben's mother, Maya and Madhusudan Bhai's mother-in-law, Sahil, Sonia and Rosesh's paternal grandmother, Monisha and Dushyant's grandmother-in-law, and in Season 2, also Aurnob's great-grandmother.
[4] Jasmine Mavani, portrayed by Vaibhavi Upadhyay, is Madhusudan Bhai's distant relative and Rosesh's love interest.