Meri Bassai

Meri Bassai मेरी बास्सै
Inter title of Meri Bassai
Also known as	Meri Bassai
Genre	Sitcom Drama
Created by	Daman Rupakheti Sitaram Kattel Kedar Ghimire
Written by	Sitaram Kattel
Story by	Sitaram Kattel
Directed by	Sitaram Kattel Kunjana Ghimire
Starring	(For entire casts, see below)
Theme music composer	Shankhar Adhikari 'Ghayal'
Opening theme	"Ekai xin Fursad xaina"
Ending theme	"Je gare ni sukha xaina"
Composer(s)	Chetan Sapkota
Country of origin	Nepal
Original language(s)	Nepali
No. of episodes	493(as of 8 April 2017) (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Suman Khatiwada
Location(s)	Kathmandu, Nepal
Cinematography	Manraj Shrestha 'Gurjudhara'
Editor(s)	Rabin Bhatta
Camera setup	Multiple camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Media Hub Pvt. Ltd
Release
Original network	Nepal Television
Picture format	720p (SDTV)
Original release	2006 – present
External links
Media Hub Nepal

Meri Bassai (Nepali: मेरी बास्सै) is a Nepali sitcom television series that began in 2006. It is one of the most viewed television programs in Nepal. Sitaram Kattel is the script writer, co-director and one of the major actors of this sitcom. The most interesting fact of this sitcom is that Sitaram Kattel has performed more than 24 roles alone due to which he has been considered as one of the Nepal's most talented and best comedian ever.

Meri Bassai revolves around the daily happenings of a small village in hilly region of Nepal.

Generally, Sitaram Kattel as Dhurmush does some bad evils like theft or lies everybody in villages. Every time he escapes from punishment and at last when he is caught, he is put at prison in "Thokthake Prahari Chauki", Kusunde by Himal Ashahi. But somehow he escapes from the jail. At last he learns lesson from that but continuous his next crime. His wife Suntali and his father tells him not to do so.

Kedar Ghimire as Magne Budho always borrows things from others. He has no front teeth and always says "aile lattale dera bariko patama puryaidinxu."

Kunjana Ghimire plays as Suntali, Dhurmush's wife as she is his wife in reality. She also plays as Fatauri amai who always asks for money or goods from others and the most talkative in those villages.

Balxi Dhurbe is the fisher and head of fishing.

Muiyya is the wife of Magne Budha and Bandre is his brother-in-law.

Mulako saag and Chamsuri are the parents of Suntali.

Sitaram Kattel plays other various roles like Muskan Pasa who loves fatauri, Aite, Ward adhyakxa, Khadka ji, Khadananda guru, etc. with more than 20 roles up to date. But mainly Meri Bassai depicts problems and livelihood of people living in village are of Nepal.