Shailesh Lodha

Shailesh Lodha
Born 15th July, 1969[1]
Sirohi, Rajasthan, India
Residence Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor, anchor, author
Years active 1997–present
Known for Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
Spouse(s) Swati Lodha

Shailesh Lodha is an Indian actor, comedian and writer.[2][3] He is widely recognized for his role of Taarak Mehta (a real life Gujarati columnist) in the India's longest running sitcom serial Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, which he is portraying since July 2008.

Personal Life

Shailesh is a married to a management author Swati Lodha and has a daughter-Swaara Lodha. Since his father was transferred to different places, Shailesh travelled a lot. His mother loved reading and had a good vocabulary in Hindi. At a young age of 9 years old, Shailesh was nicknamed as "Baal kavi". Shailesh also had an office job but he left it to follow his passion , i.e writing poems.[4]

While performing LIVE for Wah! Wah! Kya Baat Hai! at ST. Andrews College, Asit Kumarr Modi met Shailesh for the first time and offered him the role of Taarak Mehta in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.

Career

He first appeared in Comedy Circus as contestant and later in Comedy ka Mahamukabla . Since 28 July 2008, he appears in the sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah as real-life columnist Taarak Mehta. He other than being a character of the plot, is also a narrator who speaks of the happenings of the show, as well as life challenges like inflation, corruption in a satirical manner at the end of each episode.[5] He is from Jodhpur, Rajasthan.[6][7][8] He was the main presenter in a TV program named Wah! Wah! Kya Baat Hai! telecasted on SAB TV during 2012-13.

Shailesh has completed BSc and PG in marketing [9]

Author

Lodha has written four books: the first two are satirical humour, the third is a self-help book co-written with his wife, and his most recent book, Diljale Ka Facebook Status, is a collection of poems written from the point of view of a jilted lover.[5]

Awards for contribution to poetry or literature

[10]

TV Awards

References

  1. ↑ "In Pics: Meet Shailesh Lodha aka Tarak Mehta in real life". http://daily.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017. External link in |website= (help)
  2. ↑ "The Times of India: Latest News India, World & Business News, Cricket & Sports, Bollywood". The Times Of India.
  3. ↑ "I would love to do a negative role someday: Shailesh Lodha – The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  4. ↑ "In Pics: Meet Shailesh Lodha aka Tarak Mehta in real life". http://daily.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017. External link in |website= (help)
  5. 1 2 "Shailesh Lodha readies his fourth book". The Times of India. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Shailesh Lodha had a huge surprise – The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  7. ↑ "Shailesh Lodha's b-day bash – The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  8. ↑ "A touching moment at Times Square – The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  9. ↑ "Revealed! You will be shocked to know the education qualifications of‘Taarak Mehta…’ star cast". bhaskar.com. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "It’s raining awards for Shailesh Lodha". http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017. External link in |website= (help)
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