Jijaji Chhat Per Hain


Jijaji Chhat Per Hain is an Indian Sitcom Television serial that first time premiered on 9 January 2018 and concluded on 21 February 2020 on Sony SAB. The show involves Murari, who continually tries to control his daughter, Elaichi, a street smart and free spirited girl; and Pancham, an aspiring music director, Who works as a salesman in Murari's Lehenga shop, and is in love with Elaichi. It is produced by Edit II Production.

Plot

Season 1

Murari Lal Bansal is a lehenga shop owner in Chandni Chowk, Delhi who lives with his nagging wife Karuna,, and a free-spirited and outspoken daughter, Elaichi. Half of the Chandni Chowk is infatuated by Elaichi but she considers them unsuitable for her. Rebellious Elaichi has several tricks up her sleeve. She continues to go to school by intentionally flunking each year in eleventh standard but passed in her fifth attempt and now is in twelfth standard, even at the age of 23, to avoid living the grown-up life and dodging marriage.
The twist in the tale comes when Murari rents out his rooftop room/ 'barsati' to Pancham, a 24-year-old boy from Agra who aspires to be a music director. Pancham moved to Delhi with his best friend, Pintu, both of whom have limited resources to bank on. To make his ends meet, he ends up working in Murari's shop as an assistant. Since Murari is principally determined to not rent his 'barsati' to bachelors, Pancham fakes about being married and disguises Pintu, as a woman posing as his wife. However, Elaichi figures out what is going on and takes an instant liking of Pancham's mild and innocent behavior.
The story goes on from here as Pancham tries to balance his dream of becoming a music director, his work and concealing his wife's 'secret', whereas Elaichi constantly flirts with Pancham and teases him with jokes and pranks, while Murari tries to control his daughter's behavior in the most unsuccessful of ways.
Elaichi tells Pancham and Pintu that she knows Pintu is a boy and not Pancham's wife. She then marries with Pancham unknowing to her father Murari but with the consent of her grandmother.
Then, Elaichi, Pancham, Pintu and Sunita solve the day to day problems faced by them due to Elaichi's marriage to Pancham but in one of Elaichi's pranks, Pancham and Pintu are thrown out of the house and shop by Murari.

Season 2

After that, Pancham and Pintu return, disguised as siblings, Sanjana Kohli and Sanjeev Kohli to rent the house and shop again on the advice of Elaichi.
Chatanki and Sanjana aka Pancham get married in a fake marriage but due to increase in problems for Elaichi and Pancham after this, Elaichi plans to run away Sanjana and Sanjeev so that Pancham and Pintu can return in their original getup.
After this, Pancham and Pintu return to the house after being forgiven by Murari but due to an Electric shock Pancham lost his memory and did not recognize Elaichi as his wife.
Now, it is another uphill task for Elaichi to make Pancham fall in love with her again.
Among the regular mischiefs of Elaichi arrives Murari's friend Bansi's daughter Sargam who gets fall in love with Pancham.She offered him to settle in Canada and become a musician there, which he accepted quickly
When Ilaichi realized the affair between Pancham and Sargam,She made plans to stop him from going to Canada but they didn't got very well succeeded
When there were no plans left she went to an neighborhood temple and wanted to commit suicide, when Pancham got to know, he hurriedly went there and got hit by an temple bell, which then his whole memory came back.
After that one day Murari saw Pancham filling sindoor on the forehead of ilaichi and went berserk, he went to his room and got a gun which he shooted him but missed, the show ended with an climax that whether Murari shot second bullet or not.

Seasons

Cast and characters

Main

Speaking about the show, Sony SAB Sr EVP & Head Neeraj Vyas said, “Keeping up with our vision to provide entertaining comedies and to make India laugh, we begin 2018 with a hilarious new show, Jijaji Chhat Per Hain. This show highlights the various idiosyncrasies of our characters. The dynamic plots of the story and the playful camaraderie between the characters is sure to excite the viewers.”

Casting

was chosen to play the titular role of Jijaji. Talking about the show he said, “It’s an amazing experience wherein I am exploring a lot of shades that might not have chartered in my earlier projects. The team and the vibe is brilliant. Everyone is playful and the captain of the ship has a vision which is very comforting to know.”
Hiba Nawab was selected to play the role of Elaichi. Talking about the show she said, “This is my second comedy show. Definitely I am excited to be a part of it because I think laughter is the best medicine. This is not something real hiba is. This time I am trying something I have never done before, this is an overall different character.”

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryCastRoleResultSources
2018Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actor in a Supporting RoleAnup UpadhyayMurari Bansal
2019Indian Telly AwardsBest Actor in comic roleHiba NawabElaichi