:Kaatelal & Sons

{{Short description|Indian television series}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}

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| image = Kaatelal&Sons.jpeg

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| genre = Comedy

| starring = See below

| creator = Abhimanyu Singh

| writer = Mohinder Pratap Singh

| director = Ravi Bhushan
Ranjan Singh Kumar

| creative_director = Dixit Kaul

| story = {{ubl|Ravi Bhushan|Shabia Walia|Nitish Ranjan}}

| screenplay = Sweksha Bhagat

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| theme_music_composer = {{ubl|Sargam Jassu|Nakash Aziz}}

| opentheme = Re Choria Kadak Hain Dil Mein Dhadak Hain

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| country = India

| language = Hindi

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 202

| executive_producer =

| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 21-25 minutes

| company = Contiloe Entertainment

| network = Sony SAB

| producer = Abhimanyu Singh
Roopali Singh

| editor = Satya Sharma

| cinematography = Sandeep Yadav
Mohsin Khan

| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2020|11|16}}–

{{end date|df=yes|2021|08|27}}

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Kaatelal & Sons is an Indian television series that aired on Sony SAB from 16 November 2020 to 27 August 2021.{{Cite news|title=Kaatelal & Sons fame Manav Soneji: It's very heartbreaking that all of a sudden you know the show is going off-air|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/kaatelal-sons-fame-manav-soneji-its-very-heartbreaking-that-all-of-a-sudden-you-know-the-show-is-going-off-air/articleshow/85327319.cms|access-date=2021-09-10|website=The Times of India|date=14 August 2021 |language=en}} Produced by Contiloe Entertainment, it starred Jiya Shankar, Megha Chakraborty, Ashok Lokhande, Paras Arora, Sahil Phull and Vinay Rohrra.{{Cite news|title=Kaatelal & Sons: Megha Chakraborty and Jiya Shankar get candid about transforming into boys - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/kaatelal-sons-megha-chakraborty-and-jiya-shankar-get-candid-about-transforming-into-boys/articleshow/79636932.cms|access-date=2021-09-10|website=The Times of India|date=9 December 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Ashok Lokhande talks about his role in the show Kaatelal & Sons|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/lifestyle/ashok-lokhande-talks-about-his-role-in-the-show-kaatelal-sons-173064|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}

Plot

The plot initially focused on twin sisters Susheela and Garima, who fight against patriarchal traditions to run the family's ancestral salon called Kaatelal & Sons by disguising themselves as Gunnu-Sattu when their father had an accident. They soon realise that their passion was the saloon.

When they face the same norms of patricarchy from their fatherand in-laws, they again successfully change the society's and their father and in-laws' mentality and achieved their dream with the help of their husbands Agni Rajawat (Garima's husband), Madhav Solanki (Susheela's husband), and Susheela's former fiance, Dr.Pramod Chautala and the twins' cousin Putrapaal 'Puttu' Kaatelal Ruhail, and Puttu's love interest and friend, also Agni's sister, Pavni.

Cast

=Main=

  • Megha Chakraborty as Garima "Gunnu" Kaatelal Ruhail Rajawat – Dharampal and Kusum's elder daughter; Susheela's elder twin sister; Agni's wife. (2020–2021)
  • Jiya Shankar as Susheela "Sattu" Kaatelal Ruhail Solanki – Dharampal and Kusum's younger daughter; Garima's younger twin sister; Pramod's ex-fiancée, Madhav's wife. (2020–2021)
  • Ashok Lokhande as Dharampal Kaatelal Ruhail – Shishupal's brother; Kusum's husband; Garima and Susheela's father. (2020–2021)
  • Paras Arora as Dr.Pramod Chautala – Meenakshi and Jai's son, Susheela's ex-fiance, Shekhar's friend. (2020–2021)
  • Sahil Phull as S.H.O Agni Rajawat – Komal's son; Paavni's brother; Garima's husband. (2021)
  • Vinay Rohrra as Madhav Solanki - Balraj's adoptive son, Pankaj's adoptive brother, Susheela's husband.(2021)

=Recurring=

  • Sachin Chaudhary as Putrapaal "Puttu" Kaatelal Ruhail – Shishupal and Chanchal's son; Garima, Susheela and Ritu's cousin brother; Paavni's love interest. (2020–2021)
  • Hemaakshi Ujjain as Kusum Kaatelal Ruhail – Dharampal's wife; Garima and Susheela's mother. (2020–2021)
  • Swati Tarar as Chanchal "Chatur" Kaatelal Ruhail – Ghanshyam's sister; Shishupal's wife; Putrapaal's mother. (2020-2021)
  • Manoj Goyal as Shishupal Kaatelal Ruhail – Dharampal's brother; Chanchal's husband; Putrapaal's father. (2020–2021)
  • Meena Mir as Komal Devi Rajawat – Agni and Pavni's mother. (2021)
  • Prerna Thakur as Pavni Rajawat – Komal's daughter; Agni's sister; Putrapaal's love interest(2021)
  • Pankaj Berry as Balraj Solanki – Omi's father; Madhav's adoptive father. (2021)
  • Sydharth Jeet Singh as Omi Solanki – Balraj's son; Madhav's adoptive brother. (2021)
  • Ankit Mohan as Vikram – Jagat's namesake brother; Garima's former love-interest; Gunnu's best friend; Priyanka's boyfriend (2020–2021).
  • Alice Kaushik as Priyanka Chautala – Garima and Susheela's friend; Vikram's girlfriend(2020-2021)
  • Deepak Tokas as Jagat Seth PhD – Dharampal's rival; Vikram's namesake brother. (2020–2021)
  • Manav Soneji as Phitkari – A helper in Kaatelal & Sons. (2020–2021).
  • Karuna Verma as CMO Dr. Meenakshi "Mini" Chautala – Jai's wife; Pramod's mother. (2020–2021)
  • Hans Dev Sharma as Dr. Jai Chautala – Meenakshi's husband; Pramod's father. (2020–2021)
  • Sanjeev Satija as Chunni – Dharampal, Avatar and Lallan's friend. (2020-2021)
  • Sandeep Sharma as Satyapal – Chunni and Dharampal's friend. (2021)
  • Mukesh Chandel as Lallan – Dharampal, Chunni and Avatar's friend. (2020–2021)
  • Naman Arora as Ompal, Jagat's first righthand. (2020–2021)
  • Prashanth Goswami as Satbeer, Jagat's second righthand. (2020–2021)
  • Thakur Rajveer Singh as Bhagwan Das – A thief (2021)
  • Jayant Raval as Ghanshyam – Chanchal's brother; Ritu's father (2021)
  • Simran Arora as Ritu – Ghanshyam's daughter; Putrapaal's cousin. (2021)
  • Sapan Gulati as Shekhar – Ritu's fiancé, Pramod's London based friend. (2021)
  • Vedika Bhandari as Lily – Pramod's fake wife sent by Meenakshi{{Cite news|title=Kaatelal & Sons: Vedika Bhandari's entry as Lily raise doubts about Dr Pramod being married with a wife and son - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/kaatelal-sons-vedika-bhandaris-entry-as-lily-raise-doubts-about-dr-pramod-being-married-with-a-wife-and-son/articleshow/83773782.cms|access-date=2021-09-10|website=The Times of India|date=23 June 2021 |language=en}} (2021)
  • Radhika Chhabra as Billy Cat – Kitkot famous girl with modern thoughts; first female customers of Kaatelal & Sons (2020-2021)

=Cameo=

Production

=Casting=

Jiya Shankar and Megha Chakraborty were cast to play Garima and Susheela respectively. Alongside them Ankit Mohan and Paras Arora was cast to play their love interest. While in February Mohan{{Cite news|title=Exclusive! Ankit Mohan reveals why he quit Kaatelal & Sons - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-ankit-mohan-reveals-why-he-quit-kaatelal-sons/articleshow/81127468.cms|access-date=2021-09-10|website=The Times of India|date=21 February 2021 |language=en}} made an exit making Sahil Phull entering the parallel lead.{{Cite news|title=Sahil Phull to enter Kaatelal & Sons as Agni, says 'Excited to inspire people towards ungendering their dreams' - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/sahil-phull-to-enter-kaatelal-sons-as-agni-says-excited-to-inspire-people-towards-ungendering-their-dreams/articleshow/81634726.cms|access-date=2021-09-10|website=The Times of India|date=22 March 2021 |language=en}}

In July even Arora left the show making Vinay Rohra enter the show as the new lead.

See also

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