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{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| runtime = 22 minutes
| director = Anand Mahendroo
| producer =
| language = Hindi
| genre =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Ratna Pathak]]|[[Supriya Pathak]]}}
| country = India
| network = [[DD National]]
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 34
| first_aired = {{start date|1985}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1998}}
}}

'''''Idhar Udhar''''' is a [[Hindi]] [[sitcom]] which first aired on [[Doordarshan]] in 1985.<ref name="Advance India">{{cite web|url=http://www.advanceindia.com/television.html|title=Advance India.com|accessdate=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520044736/http://www.advanceindia.com/television.html|archive-date=20 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was directed by Anand Mahendroo and produced by Shobha Doctor. It starred real-life sisters [[Ratna Pathak]] and [[Supriya Pathak]]. Its first season was taken off the air after 12 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/19860415-increased-commercialisation-and-revenue-transform-dowdy-doordarshan-into-an-alluring-siren-800783-1986-04-14|title=Doordarshan: The money machine|publisher=|date=15 April 1986|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>

The show was heavily inspired by Three's Company.

In December 1997, owing to the success of ''[[Dekh Bhai Dekh]]'', Anand Mahendroo launched a sequel to the series under the banner of Advance Entertainment Network Ltd. with the original star cast of both Pathak sisters and Liliput, along with [[Bhavana Balsavar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/19971208-anand-mahendroo-plans-updated-version-of-dekh-bhai-dekh-and-idhar-udhar-831037-1997-12-07|title=Anand Mahendroo plans updated version of Dekh Bhai Dekh & Idhar Udhar|date=8 December 1997|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>

== Plot ==
===Season 1 (1985) ===
The story revolves around the lives of Sunita ([[Ratna Pathak]]), an air hostess and Poonam ([[Supriya Pathak]]), an ad executive. They stay together as paying guests in a flat in [[Mumbai]]. Their lives take an interesting turn when they end up sharing their flat with Kumar Bhairav ([[Ravi Baswani]]), a struggling actor and Sudhir ([[Lilliput (actor)|M.M. Faruqui (Lilliput)]]), a small-time broker.

Season 1 focuses on all the problems and joys they experience living in the same house.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBgfrm8Ro7w|title=Idhar Udhar Season 1 Full Episode No. 1 Youtube|accessdate=15 March 2016}}</ref>

===Season 2 (1998) ===
13 years later, Sunita ([[Ratna Pathak]]) and Poonam ([[Supriya Pathak]] / [[Lillete Dubey]]) return to Mumbai and end up sharing the same apartment exactly the way they used to. They are allotted the same apartment by their old friend Sudhir's (Liliput) mischievous adopted sons Jai and Harsh. Sudhir is now a filthy rich builder and married to his ex-secretary Katie ([[Bhavana Balsavar]]).<ref name="Advance India" />

Season 2 peeks into the lives of Sunita, Poonam, Sudhir, Katie and their kids.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQAp2qLUSO8|title=Idhar Udhar Season 2 Full Episode No. 1 Youtube|accessdate=15 March 2016}}</ref>

== Cast ==
;Season 1
* [[Ratna Pathak]] as Sunita
* [[Supriya Pathak]] as Poonam
* [[Lilliput (actor)|Lilliput]] as Sudhir
* [[Ravi Baswani]] as Kumar Bhairav(alias)/Asif Mohammad Khan (real name)/Ronnie Gonsalves(imposter)
* [[Shammi (actress)|Shammi]] as Mrs. Bregenza
* [[Dina Pathak]] as Poonam's grandmother
* Nisha Singh as Shabnam, Asif's love interest
* [[Guddi Maruti]] as Shabnam, Sunita's friend
* [[Tom Alter]] as Ronnie Gonsalves(real)
* [[Deepak Tijori]] as Susheel, a stranger in episode 8

;Season 2
* Ajay Padhye<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/old-html/industryresources/actors/ajay.htm|title=The Actors' Gallery on indiantelevison.com|publisher=|date=|accessdate=}}</ref> / Rakesh Paul as Harsh<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/television/rakesh-pauls-baddie-image/article_89916|title=Rakesh Paul’s Baddie Image|date=26 August 2013|accessdate=15 March 2016}}</ref>
* [[Aditya Kapadia]] as Akhil
* Abhishek Sharma as Atul
* Shruti Sharma as Himani
* [[Tanvi Bhatia]] as Shivani
* [[Bhavana Balsavar]] as Katie
* [[Ananya Khare]] as Mary
* [[Parvin Dabas]] as Vishal, Poonam's husband
* [[Amita Nangia]] as Kiran
* [[Viju Khote]]
* Prabhat Bhattacharya as Jai
* [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9254574/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Idhar Udhar] on [[IMDb]]

[[Category:Indian television sitcoms]]
[[Category:DD National original programming]]
[[Category:1980s Indian television series]]
[[Category:1985 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1998 Indian television series endings]]

Idhar Udhar - Revision history

Heriberto60T at 06:10, 25 November 2025