Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma: Sikh Community Seeks Ban, Actors And Producer Clear The Air About The Sitcom

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is India's longest running sitcom.

Recently, an episode of the longest-running Indian sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah had featured a living character of tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, which is against the Sikh tenets and has been alleged to hurt the sentiments of Sikh community. According to the reports, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Kirpal Singh Badungar, demanding a ban on the show had said, “No actor or any character can equate himself with the tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. Such an act is unpardonable.” However, the channel clears the air about the sitcom TMKOC allegedly being accused of hurting religious sentiments.

In the show’s defence, producer and creator, Asit Kumarr Modi, in a statement to indianexpress.com, said, “Roshan Singh Sodhi was shown as Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Ka Khalsa, which has been justified through the dialogues & his performance. We have always believed in equality of all the religions & have never intended to hurt the sentiments of anyone.”

He further added, “Our show consists of people from varied religions and cultures who worship each God and celebrate each and every festival with equal respect & happiness. We are aware & respect that in Sikh religion nobody can show or portray themselves as Guru Gobind Singh Ji. We request our viewers not to misinterpret it any other context.”

In Episode 2287 of TMKOC, Sodhi was dressed up as Guru Gobind Singh Ji ka Khalsa. We request viewers to not misinterpret it in any other way pic.twitter.com/MhNnqg8gJl

— TMKOC (@TMKOC_NTF) September 15, 2017

The show’s official Twitter handle had earlier tweeted a picture of Gurcharan Singh and wrote, “In Episode 2287 of TMKOC, Sodhi was dressed up as Guru Gobind Singh Ji ka Khalsa. We request viewers to not misinterpret it in any other way.” Modi too took to Twitter to share the link of Facebook live video where the TV artist was seen clarifying the same. Catch the video here. Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is India’s longest-running sitcom, which is produced by Neela Tele Films Private Limited. The show went on air on July 28. Watch this space for more updates.