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Indian sitcom television series
Wagle Ki Duniya
(
transl.
Wagle's World
) is an Indian
sitcom
that aired on
DD National
from 1988 to 1990. It was produced by
Durga Khote
, directed by
Kundan Shah
, and was based on characters created by noted cartoonist,
R. K. Laxman
, especially "
the common man
" about the issues of common
middle-class
Indian man.
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It starred
Anjan Srivastav
as a bumbling sales clerk in a multinational and
Bharati Achrekar
as his wife.
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Overview
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The series was set around the everyday struggles, of the nervous sales clerk, Srinivas Wagle, who lived with the prudence of a middle-class person of the time.
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Cast
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- Anjan Srivastav
as Srinivas Wagle-A sales clerk, Radhika's husband, Manoj and Rajesh's father
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- Bharati Achrekar
as Radhika Wagle-Srinivas's wife, Manoj and Rajesh's mother
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- Dicky Nagpal as Manoj Wagle. Srinivas Wagle and Radhika's Oldest son, Raju's older brother
- Jeetendra Dasadiya as Rajesh Wagle aka Raju. Srinivas Wagle and Radhika's younger son, Manoj's younger brother
- Harish Magon as Bhalla
- Virendra Saxena
as Gadkari
- Narendra Gupta
as Inspector Tyagi
- Shah Rukh Khan
as Careless Driver in Episode 11
- Arpit Singhai as Priyanka Singhai Husband
- Deepak Qazir Kejriwal as Verma, Licence officer
- Achyut Potdar
as Licence officer
- Harish Patel
- Mushtaq Khan
as Manohar
- Nandita Thakur
- Sankalp Dubey
Production
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The weekly series was conceived by R.K. Laxman, and he himself narrated the script.
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It was based on RK Laxman character about quintessential common man.
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The original run was supposed to be of six episodes, but seeing the response, it ran up to 13 episodes.
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The series achieved a
cult status
,
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and made Anjan Srivastav a household name. Film actor,
Shahrukh Khan
made a guest appearance in the series before he did
Fauji
(1988).
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Sequel
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A sequel series
Wagle Ki Nayi Duniya (transl. Wagle's New World)
aired on
StarPlus
in 1999.
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In 2012, the character Wagle was brought back with new series by same team,
Detective Wagle
on
DD National
in November 2012, where Anjan Srivastav reprised his role as Wagle, while the role of his wife was played by
Sulabha Arya
.
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Wagle Ki Duniya ? Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey
(Wagle's World - New Generation, New Stories)
, a sequel series started airing on
Sony SAB
from 8 February 2021.
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See also
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References
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