For the last few years, Sony SAB TV's serial 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' has been in the news more because of the controversies related to the show than its story. In the last 2 years many artists have left the show. In place of the actors who left the show, new actors were also cast by the production house, but in this show it is not only difficult but impossible to cast someone else in place of Jethalal i.e. Dilip Joshi. Recently, quoting a media report, it was reported that three months ago, Dilip Joshi had grabbed producer Asit Kumar Modi by the collar and threatened to leave the show. Now how much truth is there in this news? Some actors associated with the show have talked about this.
In a conversation with TV9 Hindi Digital, an actor associated with the serial, on the condition of not disclosing his name, said that fights do not happen anywhere, fights happen everywhere. Sometimes these are professional and sometimes personal. But the personality of both Asit Kumar Modi and Jethalal is not such that they would fight with each other or grab each other by the collar. Often when the lead character of a serial asks for leave, adjustments have to be made, there is a bit of 'neither mine nor yours', there was a bit of debate on this. The matter heated up and then calmed down. Everything went well.
The actor further said that this happens everywhere. After this both of them met several times and had normal conversations. Both have known each other for a long time, they have a brotherly relationship. Someone has tried to make a big deal out of a small and old matter. After this revelation by the actor, when we tried to talk to Asit Kumar Modi's team regarding this matter, they told us that Asit sir is not in Mumbai at present.
Jennifer Mistry, who played the role of Mrs. Roshan Sodhi in 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', said that at the time when the fight was mentioned in this news, she was not a part of the show. Therefore she will not be able to comment anything on this matter. He further said that whenever such a problem occurs on the sets of a serial, the solution to the problem is found by talking among themselves.
In a conversation with a media portal Jethalal Actor Amit Bhatt, who played the role of Champaklal Gada's father, called this news a lie by saying 'No man', while actor Mandar Chandavkar, who played the role of Atmaram Tukaram Bhide, the only secretary of Gokuldham Society, also termed this news as false and said, “This is all complete nonsense. I don't know who is spreading this rumour. We all are shooting here very happily and peacefully.”
