Wagle Ki Duniya (transl. Wagle's World) is an Indian sitcom that aired on DD National from 1988 to 1990. It was produced by Durga Khote, directed by Kundan Shah, and was based on characters created by noted cartoonist, R. K. Laxman, especially "the common man" about the issues of common middle-class Indian man. It starred Anjan Srivastav as a bumbling sales clerk in a multinational and Bharati Achrekar as his wife.
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Overview
The series was set around the everyday struggles, of the nervous sales clerk, Srinivas Wagle, who lived with the prudence of a middle-class person of the time.
Cast
Anjan Srivastav as Srinivas Wagle-A sales clerk, Radhika's husband, Manoj and Rajesh's father
Bharati Achrekar as Radhika Wagle-Srinivas's wife, Manoj and Rajesh's mother
Dicky Nagpal as Manoj Wagle. Srinivas Wagle and Radhika's elder son, Raju's elder brother
Jeetendra Dasadiya as Rajesh Wagle a.k.a. Raju. Srinivas Wagle and Radhika's younger son, Manoj's younger brother
Harish Magon as Bhalla
Virendra Saxena as Gadkari
Narendra Gupta as Inspector Tyagi
Shah Rukh Khan as Careless Driver in Episode 11
Arpit Singhai as Priyanka Singhai Husband
Deepak Qazir Kejriwal as Verma, Licence officer
Achyut Potdar as Licence officer
Harish Patel
Mushtaq Khan as Manohar
Nandita Thakur
Sankalp Dubey
Production
The weekly series was conceived by R.K. Laxman, and he himself narrated the script. It was based on RK Laxman character about quintessential common man.
The original run was supposed to be of six episodes, but seeing the response, it ran up to 13 episodes. The series achieved a cult status, and made Anjan Srivastav a household name. Film actor, Shahrukh Khan made a guest appearance in the series before he did Fauji (1988).
Sequel
A sequel series Wagle Ki Nayi Duniya (transl. Wagle's New World) aired on StarPlus in 1999.
In 2012, the character Wagle was brought back with new series by same team, Detective Wagle on DD National in November 2012, where Anjan Srivastav reprised his role as Wagle, while the role of his wife was played by Sulabha Arya.
Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey (Wagle's World - New Generation, New Stories), a sequel series started airing on Sony SAB from 8 February 2021. The show focuses on Srinivas' younger son Rajesh Wagle, his family and his neighbors. Both Anjan Srivastav and Bharti Achrekar reprised their roles.