Shrimaan Shrimati is an Indian Hindi-language sitcom that aired on Doordarshan from 1994 to 1999. It starred Jatin Kanakia, Rakesh Bedi, Reema Lagoo and Archana Puran Singh. The show was created by Ashok Patole, directed by Rajan Waghdhare and produced by Gautam Adhikari and Markand Adhikari (popularly referred to as the "Adhikari brothers"). Shrimaan Shrimati was dubbed in Tamil as Thiruvallar Thirumathi. In 1999 it was remade in Sinhalese as Nonawaruni Mahathwaruni, which was aired on Sirasa TV. In 2015, a show named Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai! which is based on this show started airing on &TV. A reboot series titled Shrimaan Shrimati Phir Se premiered on Sony SAB on 13 March 2018. Doordarshan re-telecast the series on DD National in month of April 2020, during COVID-19 lockdown in India.

Plot

Shrimaan Shrimati was based on the premise of "love thy neighbor's wife". Keshav Kulkarni (Jatin Kanakia) is married to Kokila Kulkarni (Reema Lagoo). They are neighbors with popular film actress Prema Shalini (Archana Puran Singh) and her effeminate husband Dilruba Jarnail Singh Khurana (Rakesh Bedi). Keshav is attracted to Prema's glamor and pretentious lifestyle, while Dilruba is attracted to Kokila who is a smart elegant housewife and unpretentious. The husbands use every possible opportunity (and create many of their own) to seek the affections of the others' wives behind their own wives' backs. Often their efforts come to naught. The other important characters in the TV series are Keshav and Kokila's son Ajay 'Chintu' (Ajay Nagrath), another neighbor Ganga (Hema Diwan), Keshav's boss Dayashankar (sometimes Bablu Prasad) Sharma (Shail Chaturvedi). Office co-worker Gokhale (Vijay Gokhale) is Keshav's frequent coconspirator---an aspiring actor, Gokhale often overdoes his performances in the many schemes he hatches for Keshav.

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Sequel and reboot

A sequel series Aaj Ke Shrimaan Shrimati based on same concept but with a new cast and characters aired on SAB TV in 2005. &TV show Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! is noted to have been inspired by Shrimaan Shrimati. A reboot series Shrimaan Shrimati Phir Se premiered on SAB TV in 2018.