Sarabhai vs Sarabhai: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The show revolves around the life of a fictional Gujarati family, the Sarabhais. They are portrayed as a typical family in the class of elite socialites of Mumbai.The family consists of Indravadan Sarabhai and his wife Maya, who live in an apartment with their younger son Rosesh. Their older son Sahil and his wife Monisha Sarabhai live in the apartment across the hallway. Maya considers the name Manisha middle class and renames her Monisha before their marriage. The middle-class habits of Monisha irk Maya. Monisha, on the other hand, does not appreciate Maya's snooty and snobbish behaviour. Indravadan constantly derides Roshesh for being tied to his mother's apron strings and for writing bad poetry. Maya and Roshesh consider Indravadan's attitude towards Rosesh and his gregarious nature boorish. The ensuing conflict and comedy becomes Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. Much of the humour is derived f...

Series details

• Title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Hindi
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2004-11-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-07-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: JioHotstar
• Network country: India
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 29206
• IMDb ID: tt1518542
• TVDB ID: 257980

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2004-11-01; final listed air date 2006-04-16.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-05-15; final listed air date 2017-07-17.

Source and licence

Adapted from Sarabhai vs Sarabhai on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.