MUMBAI: In a recent interview, the actor who played Roshan Sodhi in the popular sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (TMKOC) claimed that he did not leave the show in 2012; rather, he was replaced by the show's makers without his knowledge. He said he was unaware of the replacement's identity and was taken aback when a new Sodhi was introduced during an episode.
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“Taraak Mehta is like my family because if I didn’t consider them as family, I would have said a lot of things about them which I didn’t. In 2012, they replaced me, I didn’t leave the show,” he told Siddharth Kannan.
“There was some conversation about contract and agreement going on at that time. They didn’t even tell me that they were going to replace me. I was in Delhi and I was sitting with my family members and we were watching Taarak Mehta. And in that episode, Dharam paaji had a cameo for a film promotion or something. I said ‘wow, Dharam paaji is here’ and in that episode, they introduced the new Sodhi. I was shocked when I saw that. I was watching it with my parents and they were just as shocked,” the actor continued.
Singh recalled that the makers faced a lot of criticism for replacing him. He mentioned that even his fans were ‘angry’ with him but he could not do anything since the final decision was taken by the ‘bosses’.
“They were under a lot of pressure after they replaced me. Even I was getting so much pressure from the audience. When I would go to the gym, people would say ‘Why have you left? This is not fun you should go back’ and they would say this angrily. People would scold me like you scold your family members. I said ‘it’s not up to me, it’s up to the bosses’,” he said.
Gurcharan Singh played the character Roshan Singh Sodhi, a fun-loving man who is constantly in the mood for parties and never hesitates to show his wife his love. He was a founding cast member and one of the show's most well-liked characters.
Due to popular demand, Gurcharan returned to the show the next year after leaving in 2012. Actor Balwinder Singh Suri took his position following his exit in 2020. Since then, Singh has vanished from our television screens.
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