After setting TV audiences in splits, Khichdi hits the big screen this week. Actors Supriya Pathak Kapoor and Rajiv Mehta are now hopeful that their recipe for laughs will work on the big screen

The Parekhs endeared themselves to Indian television audiences almost a decade ago. The joint family with its battalion of quirky characters went on to turn the comedy around into a top grosser on Indian television. The two famous characters, Hansa played by Supriya Pathak Kapoor and Praful played by Rajiv Mehta engage in lively banter, as Sunday MiD DAY listens in.


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Have you ever got into a real-life khichdi (mess)?

Supriya: Yes; but I managed to extricate myself. I was racing to drop my son to school and I bumped into another car. The lady driver was enraged. But before she could accost me, people gathered around my car and when her daughter spotted me, she yelled, 'Mummy, don't say anything to her. She is Hansa.' The mother and daughter congratulated me on my work and left.
Rajiv: A policeman once let me off for getting into a wrong lane saying, 'Praful bhai main aap ko kaise rok sakta hoon?'