Baa Bahoo Aur Baby

Series overview

Plot

Season 1

Season 2

Three Years Later

Cast

Main

• Sarita Joshi as Godavari Labh Shankar Thakkar aka Baa: She is the matriarch of the Thakkar family. She is a strict, stubborn, loving and caring woman. She has six sons and two daughters. Her husband Labh Shankar used to spend money in alcohol leading to poverty for family members, leading to strained relationship between them. She used to run Tiffin service to manage the household expenses and educate her children. If someone disobeys her or interrupts in her conversation, she says- 'Koi behes nahi karega, jo behes karega vo sidha ghar se bahar jayega.' To that, her son Gopal always replies 'Aise... aise karke....'. She also has a catchphrase- "Kuch nahi sikhaya maa-baap ne, bas bhej diya!" She is secretly called Mogambaa, Jog Maya etc. by a few members of the family due to their frustration on her. Krishna Villa was given by her deceased father and sister-in-law Gunvanti to her family.
• Arvind Vaidya as Labh Shankar Thakkar a.k.a. Bapuji: He is Godavari's husband, a jolly and fun loving man who loves his family, a theatre actor and the patriarch of the family, only for saying as he was an alcoholic man and used to spend his earnings in wrong habits due to which the family had to live in poverty. He frequently sings the famous song of the film Mughal-e-Azam 'Mohe panghat pe.... Nandlaal chedh gayo re....' He always teases Arvind to try and make Arvind talk to him, as Arvind never talks to him directly due to his habit of drinking. Gopal always calls his liquor 'Kaala khatta' as it smells very bad.
• Benaf Dadachandji as Radhika Birju Mehta a.k.a. Baby: Radhika is Godavari and Labh Shankar's youngest child and younger daughter. She is handicapped. She is stubborn and lazy, yet everyone's favourite. She understands life and cares for all her family members. She had love for Anish but after knowing that Anish and her niece Dimple love each other, she happily accepted their relationship. Later, she fell in love with Birju and married him. and have a son, Ahaan.
• Deven Bhojani as Gopal Labh Shankar Thakkar a.k.a. Gattu: He is Godavari and Labh Shankar's youngest son. He is a foodie and an intellectually disabled child. He is also a great fan and admirer of actress Rani Mukherjee and always says that he wants to marry her after she finishes all her films' shootings. He is everyone's favourite in the family, mostly amongst his nephews and nieces. Gattu’s innocence and persistent childlike nature, which gets him into trouble, most of the time, is a matter of concern for Baa
• Rajeev Mehta as Arvind Labh Shankar Thakkar a.k.a. Mota Bhai: He is Godavari and Labh Shankar's eldest son, Leela husband and father of Dimple and Jigar. He is an ill-tempered, strict and old-fashioned insurance agent. He mostly wears his checks-designed shirt. He always thinks about his brothers and sisters before himself. He obeys Baa at any point of time and say "Baa kabhi galat nahi hoti hai." Whenever he gets angry, he loudly says "Ha...".
• Lubna Salim / Anjali Mukhi as Leela Arvind Thakkar: She is Priyavardhan Raichura's daughter, Arvind's wife and mother of Dimple and Jigar. She came from a rich family and always insists on having imported things in the house. She had two dreams - to go to U.S.A. and do acting in films. She is called Hema Malini of Thakkar family. She loves everyone in the family except but often fights with Charubala.
• Paresh Ganatra as Praveen Labh Shankar Thakkar a.k.a. Labaad: Praveen is Godavari and Labh Shankar's second son. He is Praveena's widower and father of Mehul, Mitali and Chaitali. He is a stingy saree businessman. He has a love hate relationship with Baa and always try to make money. Though he loves Hemal, despite the latter being his adopted brother, he used to hate it when he earlier did not give money in the house.
• Vaishali Thakkar as Praveena Thakkar a.k.a. Bhullakad: She was Shakuntala's daughter, Devki's sister, Praveen's wife and mother of Mehul, Mitali and Chaitali. She named Baa by many names like Jog Maya, Mogambaa in frustration. She had a habit of forgetting things and also used to bet with family members. She was a very strict mother and always got angry when her kids wreaked havoc in the house. She loved everyone in the family, but due to the love-hate relationship, with Charubala, she often fought with her. She died in the crash of a building.
• Nimisha Vakharia as Charubala Bhayani a.k.a. Charr, Charu: She is Godavari and Labh Shankar's third child and elder daughter. She is married to Tushar, who she calls 'Tussshar...' and is mother of Simran and Khushi. She lives in Walkeshwar. She keeps comparing the lifestyle of people in town and of those in suburbs. She has a love hate relationship with Leela and Praveena. She often fights on petty issues and irritates everyone.
• Nitin Vakharia as Tushar Bhayani: He is Malti's son, Charubala's husband and father of Simran and Khushi. He always cracks stupid and irritating jokes which only Charubala finds funny. Praveen secretly calls Tushar a hyena as Tushar always laughs like one.
• Jamnadas Majethia as Dr. Harshad Labh Shankar Thakkar: He is Godavari and Labh Shankar's third son, Shilpa's husband and father of Soumil and Saloni. When he was a child, one of his school friends once taunted him that as his mother was a cook, she would make Harshad a cook too. Baa felt insulted and vowed to make Harshad a doctor. Harshad, to fulfill his mother's dream, worked hard and became a successful doctor. He is calm, patient, responsible and kind hearted. He can do anything for the betterment of the family members, even crossing the extra mile, which led to the family members being overdependent on him, which indirectly led to him and his family leaving Krishna Villa for five years, prior to returning.
• Sonali Sachdeva as Dr. Shilpa Harshad Thakkar: She is Harshad's wife and a doctor. She is a loving, caring, calm, patient and responsible wife, daughter-in-law and mother.
• Rajesh Kumar as Subodh Labh Shankar Thakkar: He is Godavari and Labh Shankar's fourth son, Meenakshi's husband and father of Manav and Disha. He is an actor. He is a calm, patient and responsible man.
• *As the narrator in Season 2: Episode 48
• Suchita Trivedi as Meenakshi Subodh Thakkar: She is Subodh's less educated, shy and slow wife and mother of Manav and Disha. Subodh fall in love with her at first sight. She is a big devotee of Lord Krishna. Whenever Subodh tries to have romance with her, she runs away as she is old-fashioned. She is from a poor family hailing from a small village near Kolkata what she often refers while talking. She always starts crying in small things.
• Kamlesh Oza as Hemal Labh Shankar Thakkar a.k.a. Mafatlal: He is Godavari and Labh Shankar's youngest son. Hemal is actually the nephew of Godavari's sister-in-law, Gunvanti. But Hemal's parents died when he was very young. Thus, Godavari adopted him and raised him like his own son. He first worked in a call center, but later joined a bank. Earlier, Praveen used to hate that he never gave money in house. He earlier liked many girls, but eventually met Gurinder, fell in love and married her to adopt her niece Lucky. He later became father to twin daughters.
• Sweta Keswani as Gurinder Hemal Thakkar a.k.a. Gudiya: She is Hemal's Punjabi wife. She and Hemal fell in love with each other when they both met in bank. Later, Hemal secretly married her in the court to help Gurinder adopt her niece Lucky. When Godavari found about it, she decided to get Hemal and Gurinder married again as per the Hindu rituals in Mandap, along with Dimple's wedding. After marriage, Gurinder had a few problems adjusting in the house. But the Thakkars accepted her eventually. She has habit of clarifying words or names with two different meanings or persons whenever not needed. She later became mother to twin daughters.
• Amit Varma as Birju Mehta: He is Sumitra's son, Janki's nephew and Radhika's husband. He is an artist. His father had died in a car accident when Birju was just a child. He used to imagine Radhika in his paintings even before meeting her. He fall in love with her at first sight. Later, they got married and have a son.