Zabaan Sambhalke (transl. Watch Your Tongue) is an Indian Hindi-language sitcom directed by Rajiv Mehra. It is the Indian version of the British sitcom Mind Your Language (1977).[1]
Zabaan Sambhalke | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Directed by | Rajiv Mehra |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 106 |
Production | |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | DD Metro (season 1) Home TV (season 2) |
Release | 1993 1998 | –
Related | |
Zaban Sambhal Ke |
The show ran for two seasons, first in 1993–1994 with 54 episodes on DD Metro Channel, and later in 1997–1998 with another 52 episodes on Home TV. The show featured actors Pankaj Kapur, Viju Khote, Shubha Khote and Tom Alter. Reruns also aired on SAB TV.[2]
Mohan Bharti is an engineer who is forced to teach Hindi in a language school. His students are from throughout the world. Along with them is the obnoxious principal Miss Lata Dixit of the National Institute of Language, aka NIL.
The show ran for two seasons, first in 1993–1994 with 54 episodes on DD Metro Channel, and later in 1997–1998 with another 52 episodes on Home TV.[4]
Shemaroo Entertainment released VCD and DVD sets of the complete series in 2009.[5]
Namita Bhandare of India Today wrote, "Based on Mind Your Language, this copycat serial about a group of people trying to learn Hindi still scores."[6] In 2011, Rediff.com in a retrospective article wrote, "Although a remake of Mind Your Language, Zabaan Sambhalke worked because it relied more on the characters than its plot. Its humour sprang from the cultural clashes."[7]