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How Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's Disha Vakani, Dilip Joshi and others looked in their younger days

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Jun 9, 2021, 17:26 IST
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How Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's Disha Vakani, Dilip Joshi and others looked in their younger days

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah has been running on television for more than a decade now. The cast of the sitcom enjoys huge popularity. Hence, we dug out some rare photos from their childhood and younger days. Here, a young Dishani Vikani, who played the role of Dayaben before her maternity break, can be seen in a traditional attire in two ponytails. (Photo: Instagram)

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Dilip Joshi

Dilip Joshi plays the role of Jethalal in the sitcom. He shared this one from his younger days. It was taken in 1983. Dilip wrote with this one, "The green room at the legendary Prithvi Theatre in Juhu, just before we were about to go live with our play ‘Khelaiya’. Lots of fond memories from that time with the entire cast and crew, especially Chandu Bhai, Paresh Bhai, and the one and only Mahendra Joshi!" (Photo: Instagram)

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Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal

This photo was shared by Roshan Sodhi aka Jenifer Mistry Bansiwal herself from the time she was just 14. She captioned it as, "Guess who...Jab mai chotti bachchi thi...When I was 14 years old..." (Photo: Instagram)

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Nirmal Soni

Nirmal is seen as Dr Hathi on the show. The actor looked quite adorable in his childhood days and this photo serves as proof. Nirmal shared it on his social media handle and captioned it as, "When I was in school.......... My i-card." (Photo: Instagram)

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Ambika Ranjankar

The actress, who plays the role of Komal Hathi on the show, shared this one from her college days. Talking about life thereafter, she wrote, "When I was in college, portfolio done, to approach producers for work... touch wood I've always got projects without auditions/ screen test or without being asked for photos. My work was seen through my Hindi, Marathi and Gujrati plays and I was approached for serials.. I've been blessed, God has been kind... English commercial play karna hai... that experience is left out... let's see..." (Photo: Instagram)

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Munmun Dutta

This is a photo of little Munmun, who plays the role of Babita in the sitcom, playing the harmonium when she was younger. She looks cute as a button in this dress. She captioned it as, "Little me singing." (Photo: Instagram)

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Sonalika Joshi

The actress is seen as Madhavi on the show, and here's her adorable photo from childhood. Just like reel life, Sonalika has a daughter in real life, who also looks a lot like her. (Photo: Instagram)

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Mandar Chandwadkar

Mandar plays the role of Bhide in Taarak and this is his photo from his younger days. While he is mostly seen in kurtas on the show, the actor looks handsome in a white tee-shirt in this one. He captioned it as, "Hamare zamane me..." (Photo: Instagram)

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Shailesh Lodha

Shailesh Lodha plays the title role of Taarak Mehta in the show. The actor is also Jethalal aka Dilip Joshi's 'Fire Brigade' in the sitcom. This is his photo from his younger days and he looks handsome as ever.

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Shyam Pathak

Shyam Pathak plays the role of patrakar Popatlal in Taarak. He looks pretty good in this picture from his younger days.

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Ajjampur Ramadas
1822 days ago
Whatever said & done, all these actors, each one of them have played their role in this serial, Tarak..... , very brilliantly. My hats off to them. They keep the audience glued to the TV throughout.
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