Mr. Yogi (TV series)

*Mr. Yogi*
Mr. Yogi
Created by	Ketan Mehta
Based on	Kimball Ravenswood by Madhu Rye
Starring	Mohan Gokhale, Pallavi Joshi, Channa Ruparel and others
Narrated by	Om Puri
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer	Ketan Mehta
Running time	22 minutes (approx.)
Original release
Network	Doordarshan 1
Release	1988 –; 1989

Mr. Yogi is an Indian comedy mini television series which aired from 1988 to 1989 on DD 1. It is a story of a USA settled Indian boy trying to arrange his marriage in India. It was produced and directed by Ketan Mehta, and starred Mohan Gokhale.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was based on the Gujarati novel Kimball Ravenswood by Madhu Rye which was later adapted into the 2009 movie What's Your Raashee?^[4]

Story

An MBA student from America, Yogesh Ishwarlal Patel (a. k. a. Y. I. Patel or Mr. Yogi), meets 12 girls and tries to select one of them as his bride in India. Om Puri narrated the story. The story revolves around Yogi and his search for a perfect bride.

Cast

Mohan Gokhale - Yogesh Ishwarlal Patel
Om Puri - Sutradhar / narrator
Chandrakant Thakkar - Ishwarlal Patel, Mr.Yogi's father
Arvind Joshi - Uncle
Ravi Jhankal - Jitubhai
Channa Ruparel-Anjali, to be bride of Mesh Rashi
Pallavi Joshi - The bride
Deepa Sahi - Rohini
Radha Seth
Kiran Bir Sethi - Jhankhana
Sushmita Mukherjee - Keerti
Savita Bhatia
Gopi Desai- Aneela
Anita Sareen
Rekha Rao - Vishaka
Rani Gunaji
Shubhangi Gokhale
Rajendranath Zutshi Conny

References

^ Ramnath, Nandini (3 January 2021). "Remembering the original (and the one and only) Mr Yogi – Mohan Gokhale". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
^ "The DD Files: 12 possible brides for a fortunate NRI in the hilarious 'Mr Yogi'". 8 March 2016.
^ "Mr. Yogi: Mr. Yogi was a popular Hindi sitcom, which ran on Doordarshan in the 80s. Starring Mohan Gokhale as Yogesh Ishwarlal Patel aka Y.I. Patel alias Mr. Yogi, an MBA student from American, the story revolved around Mr. Yogi's hunt for the perfect bride".
^ "A new Zodiac sign?". The Hindu. October 2009.

[1] Ramnath, Nandini (3 January 2021). "Remembering the original (and the one and only) Mr Yogi – Mohan Gokhale". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

[2] "The DD Files: 12 possible brides for a fortunate NRI in the hilarious 'Mr Yogi'". 8 March 2016.

[3] "Mr. Yogi: Mr. Yogi was a popular Hindi sitcom, which ran on Doordarshan in the 80s. Starring Mohan Gokhale as Yogesh Ishwarlal Patel aka Y.I. Patel alias Mr. Yogi, an MBA student from American, the story revolved around Mr. Yogi's hunt for the perfect bride".

[4] "A new Zodiac sign?". The Hindu. October 2009.

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