Baa Bahu Aur Baby

Baa Bahoo Aur Baby
A promotional image of "Baa Bahoo Aur Baby"
Genre	Comedy Family drama Coming-of-age
Created by	Hats Off Productions
Written by	Aatish Kapadia
Directed by	Sameer Kulkarni Dipesh Shah
Creative director(s)	Deven Bhojani
Starring	See Below
Opening theme	"Baa Bahoo Aur Baby" by Vinod Rathod
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi (dominant) Gujarati (minor) English (minor)
No. of seasons	2
Production
Producer(s)	Jamnadas Majethia Aatish Kapadia
Location(s)	Mumbai
Cinematography	Vijay Soni Raju Desai
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Season 1 Fri–Sat: 20 minutes Sun: 40 minutes Season 2: 40 minutes
Release
Original network	Star Plus
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	5 August 2005 – 21 February 2010

Baa Bahoo Aur Baby (colloquially known as BBB or B3) is an Indian television dramedy series that aired in prime time on Star Plus between 2005 and 2010. The series was produced by Hats Off Productions and centered on a fictitious Thakkar family, living in Parla East, Mumbai.

The series tracks the story of an elderly woman Godavari Thakkar and her family, consisting of six sons, two daughters and their spouses and children. Godavari, who hails from a very rich family, lives in her father's mansion, the famous Krishna Villa in Parla East, Mumbai, given to her by her late brother and sister-in-law Guvanti, who, with her child Raju, are settled in the United States.

The last episode of the first season showed the family celebrating Godavari's 65th Birthday. The cast was seen wearing the same dresses in the farewell broadcast of the show. The show did return with a second season, but it was eventually cancelled.

The title has two meanings. A simple meaning tells that this show is about "Baa" (Mother in Gujarati), Bahoo (Daughter-in-law in Hindi), and Baby: Referring to Beti (Daughter). Another meaning told in Season 2, Episode 1 was that the title refers to Godavari. She is Baa, Bahoo and Baby i.e. daughter (as the house is her father's) of Krishna Villa.

The series premiered on 5 August 2005 on Star Plus channel airing Friday through Sunday evenings. In mid-2006, the show started airing for 1 hour on Fridays.

Season 2 of the show was weekly, and aired for an hour on Sundays in its short run.

This series revolves around Godavari Thakkar (Sarita Joshi) and her family. She is the head of the Thakkar Family, despite her husband Labhshankar Thakkar (Arvind Vaidya) being alive, who is indulged in drinking and he is accused for never supporting his family financially or morally. Labhshankar ruined his whole working years, by spending all his money on alcohol (a reason Arvind hates him) and Godavari had to run a tiffin service to raise up her children, and they lived in a small room, until Gunvanti gave them the Krishna Villa to live. Godavari has 5 sons, Arvind; a strict and old fashioned insurance agent, Pravin; a mischievous and stingy saree businessman, Harshad; a very successful doctor, Subodh; a playful actor, Gopal; a mentally ill grown child, and Hemal; the adopted son who works in a Call Centre and later in a bank. The family also includes her daughter-in-laws, Leela; Arvind's playful wife, Praveena; Praveen's wife who is naughty and athletic and a saree businesswoman, Shilpa; wife of Harshad and also a doctor, Meenakshi; the shy and slow wife of Subodh, and Gudiya; the Punjabi wife of Hemal (introduced late in the series). Godavari's two daughters are Charubala: a sophisticated woman who always shows off, married to Tushar and living in the town, and Radhika, who is handicapped and a very stubborn girl who is often seen talking rudely. Among the children are Dimple and Jigar, quite grown up children of Arvind and Leela, Mehul, Maitali and Chaitali, children of Praveen and Praveena, Simrun Bhyani: daughter of Charubala and Tushar, Saumil and Saloni, children of Harshad and Shilpa, Manav and later Disha, children of Subodh and Meenakshi, and Lucky, adoptive child of Hemal and Gudiya. Also, the house has a cook Rajja and a worker, Narsi Kaka.