Bhaabi Ji Ghar Par Hai!

Plot

The show is set in the fictional "Modern Colony" in Kanpur and revolves around two neighbouring couples. The husbands, Vibhuti Narayan Mishra and Manmohan Tiwari, have been married for seven years and are bored with their marriages, while being smitten with each other's wives, unbeknownst to one another.

Manmohan Tiwari is a successful undergarment businessman. Often referred to as "Kaccha Baniyaan" (a slang term for someone who sells undergarments), he spends most of his time managing his business. In contrast, his wife, Angoori Tiwari, is a simple and naïve housewife.

Their neighbour, Vibhuti Narayan Mishra, was once an unsuccessful insurance agent and is now unemployed. Often referred to as "Nalla" (a slang term for being unemployed), he spends most of his time doing household chores. In contrast, his wife, Anita Mishra, is a headstrong, intelligent, and modern woman who runs grooming classes. She is the breadwinner of the family and disapproves of her husband's unemployment and laziness.

Their houses are located opposite each other, with the Tiwaris residing in House No. 6 and the Mishras in House No. 9. The Tiwaris own their house, while the Mishras live in a rented property that belonged to Anita's uncle. Much of the plot unfolds in their respective homes, and the characters often visit a nearby tea stall, "Gupta Tea Center", where they discuss their lives and daily affairs.

As both men devise schemes to impress each other's wives—Angoori and Anita—they frequently undermine one another and create further complications for everyone involved.

Cast

Main

Aasif Sheikh as Vibhuti "Vibhu" Narayan Mishra, an unsuccessful insurance agent, Anita's husband, David's nephew, and Helen's son. Often called "Nalla" for being unemployed, he has fallen for the simple-minded Angoori Tiwari, Manmohan’s wife. He is known to be highly educated but refuses to take a regular job due to his ego and laziness. His plans to woo Angoori usually fail due to her naivety, putting him in dire situations. He despises Manmohan Tiwari, believing that Manmohan doesn't deserve a wife like Angoori. Vibhuti has tried numerous times to ruin Manmohan's reputation in front of Angoori, but these attempts have led to negative results. Although he claims to be the "Chhapra University Topper," his Uncle David Mishra revealed that he bought the degree for him during his college years. (2015–2026)

Rohitashv Gour as Manmohan Tiwari, a successful undergarments businessman. Often called ‘Kaccha-Baniyaan’ for selling undergarments, he is attracted to the modern and elegant Anita Mishra, Vibhuti's wife. He is Ramkali's elder son, Laddu's elder brother, and Angoori's husband. He’s often depicted being short tempered and greedy, as he keeps all money to himself and refuses to give it to others. Throughout the series, it is frequently hinted, though never confirmed, that Manmohan may not be Ramkali's biological son from her husband Jummanlal Tiwari but rather from Pandit Ramphal, a priest from whom Ramkali regularly seeks remedies and spiritual advice. (2015–2026)

Shilpa Shinde as Angoori Tiwari. Shinde left the series after a dispute with the series' producer, Binaifer Kohli and former channel head Vikas Gupta. Later in December 2025, she returned, reprising her role as Angoori Tiwari. (2015–2016, 2025-2026)

Ghunghat Wali Bhabhiji (2025–2026)

Shubhangi Atre as Angoori Tiwari (2016–2025) Angoori Tiwari, a traditional Indian housewife who wears a lehenga-style saree, sindoor and mangalasutra and speaks with a Bhojpuri accent. She is gullible, kind-hearted, and innocent, regarded as one of the most kindhearted women in her neighbourhood. She is Manmohan's wife, Bhoorey Lal's daughter, and Puttan's elder sister. Angoori performs various superstitious rituals, often suggested by her loving mother-in-law, Ramkali, leading to humorous outcomes. She occasionally mispronounces English words, prompting others to correct her in certain situations, to which she replies with her signature catchphrase "Sahi Pakde Hai!" (You Got It Right!).

Recurring

Saanand Verma as Anokhelal Saxena, commonly known as Saxena Ji. He is eccentric and mentally unstable. He often electrocutes himself and consumes bizarre or unhealthy items like lizard soup and cockroach tea, followed by his trademark exclamation, "I like it!". Saxena is depicted with various occupations, including lawyer, artist, actor, writer, tailor and singer. (2015-2026)

Yogesh Tripathi as Daroga Happu Singh, a corrupt police inspector who has a secret crush on Gulfam Kali and Anita, whom he affectionately calls 'Gori Mem' (meaning "Fair Ma'am"). He frequently demands bribes and occasionally thrashes Tillu, Tika, and Malkhan for their mischief. (2015-2025)

Jeetu Gupta as Dr. Gupta, a doctor who is often referred to as a "sage" because he frequently resorts to black magic to treat his patients, as his medical prescriptions almost never work. (2015-2026)

Syed Salim Zaidi as Tillu, Manmohan's shop employee who constantly schemes against him to obtain his unpaid salary. To extort his wages, he has robbed Manmohan's house, made threatening calls, and even kidnapped Manmohan's younger brother, but he always fails in his attempts. (2015-2026)

Soma Rathod as Ramkali Tiwari (Ammaji), Jummanlal's wife, Manmohan and Ladoos's mother who loves her daughter-in law, Angoori and younger son, Ladoo. Ramkali is a devoted follower of the renowned astrologer and priest, Pundit Ramphal, who suggests various rituals that she makes Angoori perform to attain health and wealth. The nature of Ramkali's relationship with Pundit Ramphal insinuates that he may be Manmohan Tiwari's biological father. (2015-2026)

Vaibhav Mathur as Tika Ram, an unemployed dimwit who often accompanies his friends Tillu and Malkhan. The trio lives together in a rented place. Tika frequently flirts with girls alongside Malkhan. At times, he is depicted as a diploma holder, while at other times he is shown as illiterate. One of Tika's amusing quirks is his miscommunication; he often says, "I can't toilet," when he actually means, "I can't tolerate. (2015-2026)

Deepesh Bhan as Malkhan Singh. He and his two friends engage in money-making schemes involving chit funds, kidnapping, selling stolen items, and drinking alcohol, but they are frequently caught and jailed. Malkhan often flirts with girls alongside Tika and Tillu. Bhan died on 23 July 2022. (2015–2022)

Guests

Several celebrities and actors have appeared on the show as guest stars, either to promote their films or for special appearances.

Ravi Kishan as himself

Shakti Kapoor as himself

Ranjeet as himself

Kumar Sanu as himself

Alka Yagnik as herself

Govinda as himself

Ranveer Singh promoted Bajirao Mastani

Arjun Kapoor promoted Ki & Ka

Ritesh Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Urvashi Rautela promoted Great Grand Masti

Brett Lee promoted UnIndian.

Sunny Leone appeared as herself in Bhabi ji Ghar Par Hai!: Sunny Leone Special

Shaan promoted The Voice India (Season 2).

Akshay Kumar promoted Jolly LLB 2, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and Gold

Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt promoted Badrinath Ki Dulhania

Anushka Sharma promoted Phillauri

Ayushmann Khurrana and Kriti Sanon promoted Bareilly Ki Barfi

Varun Dhawan promoted Judwaa 2

Nitin Goswami promoted Siddhi Vinayak

Lara Dutta and Ahmed Khan promoted the reality dance show High Fever - Dance Ka Naya Tevar

Background and production

Development and writing

After the launch of &pictures in November 2014, ZEE network launched its second channel under the "&" network brand, "&tv", to be launched in March 2015.

The channel's original content line-up was announced in early 2015 with "Bhabiji..." included, announced as a light-hearted comedy sitcom. All promos were featured on ZEE. The channel intended to place "Bhabiji..." in a late-night slot as a comedy show for adults.

Casting

Before the show went into production, Rashmi Desai was chosen to play the character of 'Angoori'. But Desai rejected the role because of age differences between her and co-actor Rohitash Gaud and the role went to Shilpa Shinde. Actor Aasif Sheikh revealed that before production started, he suggested the makers to cast Shilpa Shinde, when he heard about the character of 'Angoori' for the first time.

After one year in April 2016, approximately 80 actresses auditioned for the role of Angoori and Shubhangi Atre was selected after the unexpected exit of Shinde from the series.

Filming

The set of Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! is located in Naigaon.

In October 2016, film actress Sunny Leone came in for a sequence shoot on the set of Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai!. While on set, she refused to say Angoori's catchphrase "Sahi Pakde Hain" ("You got it right!") as she thought it has a vulgar meaning. It took approximately one hour for the makers to convince her that Angoori says this line in literal context and that it has no vulgar meaning and the shoot was resumed.

Music

The "BhabiJi Rap Song" was sung, composed and written by Anmol Malik and Raftaar. The soundtrack for the serial was released on 25 February 2017 by Zee Music Company.

Specials

In November 2016, the show was extended by one more day, named "Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai Shanivaar Special" in which celebrities visit the sets. Nine Shanivaar Special episodes were aired on Saturdays, with celebrity guest stars appearing as part of a plot woven around them and were subsequently interviewed by the main cast. A 'Sunday Horror Special' was aired in June 2016.

Episode 1: Govinda

Episode 2: Karan Singh Grover and Bipasha Basu

Episode 3: Ranjeet and Shakti Kapoor

Episode 4: Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik

Episode 5: Ravi Kishen

Episode 6: Jimmy Shergill

Episodes 7 & 8: Jackie Shroff

Episode 9: New Year Special, featuring actors from various TV shows of &TV

Episode 10: 1 Hour Horror Special, Ep 341 on 19 June 2016

Sunday Specials

19 March 2017 - Episode 1 Tiwari Becomes Tree

26 March 2017 - Episode 2 April Fool Special

Other media

Spin-off

In 2017, it was reported the show will be adapted for British and Anglo-Spanish audiences, produced by ZEE Studios under the title Love Thy Neighbor. A spin-off titled Happu Ki Ultan Paltan, based upon the character of Daroga Happu Singh, had been green-lighted by And TV in late 2018. The spin-off revolves around Happu's domestic life not seen in "Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!". The show premiered on 4 March 2019.

Film adaptation

A film based on the series called Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! Fun On The Run was released on 6 February 2026. It is be directed by the director of the television series, Shashank Bali. It is produced by Sanjay Kohli, Binaifer Kohli and Vihaan Kohli.

Reception

Critical reception

In 2015, TVR ratings confirmed that Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai! had higher viewership than the popular reality show Bigg Boss, which had the same time-slot and was hosted by actor Salman Khan. Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai! is one of the most-watched sitcoms in Pakistan.

In a 2016 interview, the show's director Shashank Bali acknowledged that when Shilpa Shinde left the show and Shubhangi Atre was roped in for the role of 'Angoori', the show's ratings declined. He said, "Viewers were so involved with the original cast. When Shilpa got replaced, the connection broke with the viewers; hence we dropped in numbers. Now we have again recovered the original rating".

In 2017, the show's publicity was questioned when co-actress, Shilpa Shinde participated in Bigg Boss. In an interview, a reporter asked actor Aasif Sheikh whether Shilpa Shinde's participation in Bigg Boss 11 publicised the show, to which Aasif Sheikh replied, "Our show is doing good, which is what matters. Publicity is publicity whether it is good or bad".

According to DNA, Bhabiji Ghar Par Hai! is a top-ranking sitcom on local primetime television. In 2018, union minister Kiren Rijiju in his tweet, stated he and his wife are enthusiastic followers of Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai!

Catchphrases used by the characters, particularly Angoori's "Sahi Pakde Hain", Vibhuti's "I am sa-a-ah-ree (a humorously exaggerated take on "sorry")...I'm really, really sah-ree", that of Saxena Ji's "I like it", Happu Singh's "Arre Dada" and Masterji's "Sanskar naam ka cheez hai ki nahi" have become popular outside the show.

Aasif Sheikh who plays the role of Vibhuti Narayan Mishra in the show has been acknowledged by World Book of Records London for Performing More than 300 Different Characters in a single running Television show on 19 October 2021.

In a 2023 interview, actor Aasif Sheikh also revealed that when Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hain debuted, nobody was confident about it and thought it would not run beyond six months. He said, “We had never imagined that Bhabi Ji would run for 8 years and would complete 2000 episodes.

Awards and nominations

Indian Telly Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

Controversies

In March 2016, actress Shilpa Shinde unexpectedly left the show. Shinde made several allegations against producers Benaifer Kohli, Sanjay Kohli, co-actress Saumya Tandon, and &TV programming head Vikas Gupta. Shinde stated that she was forced to leave the show and was owed ₹32 lakh (3.2 million rupees). Benaifer Kohli responded in September 2016 that Shinde's salary had twice been raised in the past as per her demand.

The matter was taken to Cine and TV Artists Association (CINTAA) and soon after that, Edit II Productions dispatched a legal document to Shinde for her unexplained absence from the production, which continued.

Shinde mentioned that the makers favoured Tandon over her, citing lack of personal staff for her. Benaifer Kohli denied the discrimination claim and said that she never refused any demand from Shinde regarding her costumes, jewellery or make-up. Tandon stated: "At the beginning of the show when I signed the contract, I had made it clear to the producers that I will manage my own designer and make-up".

On 3 March 2016, Sanjay Kohli announced that the show would replace Shinde, whom he accused of unprofessional behaviour. Shinde stated &TV falsely accused her of unprofessionalism because she refused to sign a new contract with a clause that she not portray a character like Angoori in the future. Binaifer Kohli demanded approximately ₹12 crore (120 million rupees) from Shinde, citing breach of contract as Shinde was trying to work on another show. Shinde said there was no such clause and accused Kohli of contract-tempering.

In March 2017, Shinde filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Sanjay Kohli, whom she accused of sexual harassment, an allegation she later admitted was false. According to the FIR:

Shilpa has alleged that Sanjay often tried to take advantage of her and called her hot and sexy. She said that he even touched her inappropriately once to which she objected with a firm no. Sanjay threatened her that he will throw her out of the show if she spoke to anyone about this. Next day, he again came to her make-up room and told her to get into a physical relationship with him if she wanted to stay on the show. She alleged that her make-up man saw this happening, after which he was fired.