Meri Bassai is a Nepali sitcom television series. It began in 2006 and still continuing and has become the longest running sitcom in Nepal. Sitaram Kattel is the script writer, co-director and one of the major actors of the sitcom.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Cameo appearance

Plot summary

Meri Bassai revolves around the daily happenings of a small village in a hilly region of Nepal. Generally, Dhurmush (Sitaram Kattel) does some bad act like stealing or deceiving someone. Every time he tries to escape from punishment, however he gets caught at the end and put in prison at Thokthake Prahari Chauki, Kusunde by Himal Ashahi. But somehow he escapes from the jail. He learns the lesson from his act, but continues to his next crime. His wife Suntali (Kunjana Ghimire) and his father tell him not to continue such crime but it makes no difference to him. Suntali is also the most talkative person in the village. Magne Budho (Kedar Ghimire) always borrows things from villagers. He does not have front teeth and always says "aile lattale dera bariko patama puryaidinxu." Muiyya is the wife of Magne Budha, and Bandre is his brother-in-law. Balxi Dhurbe is the fisher and head of fishing. Mulako saag and Chamsuri are the parents of Suntali. The basic story of Meri Bassai shows the problems and livelihood of rural people of Nepal.