Shailesh Lodha
{{Short description|Indian actor, writer and comedian (born 1969)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Shailesh Lodha
| image = Shailesh Lodha in 1000 episode celebration of TMKOC.jpg
| caption = Lodha in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|11|08}}{{cite web |title=8 नवंबर मुझ अकिंचन का जन्म दिवस ही नहीं, दिन माँ शारदा के चरणों में नत होने का, दिन हर आशीष के बारम्बार आभार का,मुझ अकिंचन को मां वीणा पाणी का आशीर्वाद और आप का स्नेहाशीष ही मेरी सब से बड़ी थाती है|url=https://www.facebook.com/lodhashailesh/photos/a.1523230861285020/1989080261366742 |website=Facebook |publisher=Shailesh Lodha |access-date=6 November 2023}}
| birth_place = Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
| education =
| occupation = Poet
Actor
Writer
Host
Anchor
Motivational Speaker
| years_active = 1997–present
| spouse = Dr Swati Lodha
| children = 1
| parents =
| relatives =
| known_for = Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
}}
Shailesh Lodha (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian poet, actor and writer.{{cite news |last=Tuli |first=Aachal |date= 17 April 2013 |title=Shailesh Lodha - a fan of Delhi's heat |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-17/news-and-gossip/38615533_1_delhi-lagte-open-spaces |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015114618/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-17/news-and-gossip/38615533_1_delhi-lagte-open-spaces |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 October 2013 |work=The Times of India |access-date=16 May 2022}}{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/I-would-love-to-do-a-negative-role-someday-Shailesh-Lodha/etarticleshow/18239474.cms | newspaper=The Times Of India | title=I would love to do a negative role someday: Shailesh Lodha | date=30 January 2013 | first=Amar Ashok | last=Jajoo | access-date=10 March 2019 }} He is best known for portraying Taarak Mehta in the longest running Hindi sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.
Personal life
Lodha was born in Jodhpur in a Marwari family.{{cite web |title=Shailesh Lodha - मारवाड़ी भाषा री बात ही निराळी {{!}} शैलेश लोढ़ा |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpDEvn0T5xI |website=YouTube | date=22 February 2018 |publisher=RDC Rajasthani |access-date=21 February 2022|quote=At 3:06}} Lodha is married to a management author, Swati Lodha, and has a daughter Swara. Since his father was transferred to different places, Lodha travelled a lot. His mother loved reading and had a good vocabulary in Hindi. At the age of nine, Lodha was nicknamed "Baal Kavi". He had an office job, but he left it to follow his passion, i.e. writing poems.{{cite news |title=In Pics: Meet Shailesh Lodha aka Tarak Mehta in real life |url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/ENT-TV-in-pics-meet-shailesh-loddha-aka-tarak-mehta-in-real-life-4747232-PHO.html?seq=4 |work=Daily Bhaskar |access-date=12 August 2017 |date=17 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920195930/http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/ENT-TV-in-pics-meet-shailesh-loddha-aka-tarak-mehta-in-real-life-4747232-PHO.html?seq=4 |archive-date=20 September 2018}} In a 2015 interview Lodha said, "I am half Jain".{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/celebrities-react-to-the-meat-ban-during-paryushan/liveblog/48915360.cms |title=Celebrities react to the meat ban during Paryushan |work=The Times of India |access-date=19 January 2019}}
Lodha has completed B.Sc.{{cite news|title=Revealed! You will be shocked to know the education qualifications of'Taarak Mehta…' star cast|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/ENT-TV-daya-jethalal-babita-you-will-be-shocked-to-know-education-qualifications-of-taa-5074996-PHO.html?seq=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810030125/http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/ENT-TV-daya-jethalal-babita-you-will-be-shocked-to-know-education-qualifications-of-taa-5074996-PHO.html?seq=5|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 August 2015|work=Daily Bhaskar|access-date=14 October 2016|date=5 August 2015}}
Career
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Lodha first appeared on Wah Wah a poetry show created by Shri Adhikari Brothers and then Comedy Circus as a contestant, and later in Comedy ka Mahamukabla.{{cite news |title=From Dilip Joshi to Munmun Dutta, first show of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah actors - Shailesh Lodha |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/from-dilip-joshi-to-munmun-dutta-first-show-of-taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chashmah-actors/photostory/84520946.cms?picid=84521120 |access-date=28 May 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=18 July 2021}}{{cite news |title=तारक मेहता का उल्टा चश्मा:14 साल बाद शो को अलविदा कहने जा रहे हैं शैलेष लोढ़ा! पिछले एक महीने से नहीं की शूटिंग |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/entertainment/bollywood/news/shailesh-lodha-is-going-to-say-goodbye-to-the-show-after-14-years-not-shooting-from-the-last-one-month-129817716.html |access-date=28 May 2022 |work=Bhaskar |date=21 May 2022}} He portrayed Taarak Mehta in the sitcom series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah from 2008 to 2022.{{cite news |title=Shailesh Lodha readies his fourth book |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Shailesh-Lodha-readies-his-fourth-book/etarticleshow/9636330.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015114635/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-18/tv/29896926_1_shailesh-lodha-fourth-book-three-books |url-status=live |archive-date=15 October 2013 |date=18 August 2011 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=29 October 2011}}{{cite news |title=Shailesh Lodha bags a new show after quitting Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/shailesh-lodha-bags-new-show-after-quitting-taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chashmah-7928315/ |access-date=28 May 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=21 May 2022}}{{cite news |title=Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah: Shailesh Lodha के बाद क्या टप्पू यानि Raj Anadkat ने भी छोड़ा शो! |url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/entertainment/television/taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chashmah-after-shailesh-lodha-did-tappu-aka-raj-anadkat-also-leave-the-show/1213016 |access-date=10 June 2022 |work=Zee News |date=8 June 2022 |language=hi}}
Lodha was the main presenter in the TV program Wah! Wah! Kya Baat Hai! telecast on SAB TV during 2012-13. In 2019, he appeared in the comedy film Wig Boss along with Sunil Pal and Rakhi Sawant.{{cite web |title=Wig Boss Cast List |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/wig-boss/cast/ |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=19 July 2019 |access-date=31 March 2020}}
In 2022, Lodha filed a lawsuit against producer Asit Kumarr Modi for his pending dues and on his production company Neela Tele Films. On 5 August 2023, the verdict came in Lodha's favour.{{Cite news |last=Choudhury |first=Shaibalina |date=5 August 2023 |title=Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah: Shailesh Lodha wins lawsuit filed against Asit Modi for not clearing his dues |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news/taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chashmah-shailesh-lodha-wins-lawsuit-filed-against-asit-modi-for-not-clearing-his-dues-1234104 |work=PINKVILLA |access-date=5 August 2023}}
Filmography
=Television=
Author
Awards
- National Srijan Award 2016{{cite news|title=It's raining awards for Shailesh Lodha|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Its-raining-awards-for-Shailesh-Lodha/articleshow/51911786.cms|date=21 April 2016|work=The Times of India|access-date=12 August 2017}}
- Bharat Gaurav
- Rajasthan Gaurav
- Kaka Hathrasi Hasya Ratna Award 2022{{cite news |title=प्रसिद्ध कवि और अभिनेता शैलेश लोढ़ा 'काका हाथरसी हास्य रत्न' से सम्मानित |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/literature/sahitya-sansar-shailesh-lodha-honored-by-kaka-hathrasi-hasya-ratna-and-kavi-sammelan-surendra-sharma-ashok-chakradhar-praveen-shukla-7807156.html |work=News18 |date=6 November 2023 |access-date=20 September 2024}}
= TV awards=
- 2014 – Zee Gold Awards (Best Anchor)
- 2018 – Zee Gold Awards (Best Actor in Comic Role) [Male]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|3848199}}
- {{Facebook|lodhashailesh}}
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Category:Male actors in Hindi television
Category:Indian stand-up comedians
Category:Indian male comedians
Category:Male actors from Rajasthan