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Lapataganj is a comedy and drama TV series that premiered on Sony SAB on October 26, 2009. It has 2 seasons and 1,078 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 311 "The Best Couple", aired on August 18, 2014.
Based in an imaginary small town called “Lapataganj” (means a lost place), the story is inspired from the writings of Sharad Joshi-who was an eminent Hindi satirist. His wide range of work has highlighted the bitter truth of our society with a satirical punch. These stories while making us laugh; also make us empathize with the situations we face in our daily lives. “Lapataganj” is a town in some part of India which has been long forgotten by the system. The town struggles daily for basic facilities yet the people residing there are the happiest of the lot. The show captures the spirit of a common man to lead a happy life against all odds.
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1,078 episodes · 2 seasons
2009 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 14 years ago
The series is based on Sharad Joshi’s novel of the same name.
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The politicians create a chaos in the village and leave. The power and water supply too are disconnected as the politicians leave from the village. The villagers decide to live happily anyway with the light of their love and affcetion for each other. The serial signs off talking about the ironic life of a common man.
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The politicians are not interested in discussion or resolving any issues. The spend time lazing around and so a dancer is called to entertain and motivate them. The politicians enjoy the dancers performance in the tent while the villagers are fooled with an audio played of a political speech outside the tent.
E765
The politicians fight among themselves and create a chaos. Suthilal and his wife make many sweets and present it to the party, hoping to earn out of the discussion programme. Though the politicians lie about providing a payment and show them out.
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The minister arrives to discuss the issues faced by the vilagers. Mukundi warns Indumati to not attend the discussion and to stay away from politics and politicians. She is furious about not being able to attend the discussion.
E763
The scarcity of water troubles everyone at the village. Elija looses his cool and takes a brick in hand to break the local tap. The villagers try to stop him. Suddenly, there is electricity and water supply in the village. Indumati questions the incident and party elect arrives to inform the villager that the party head is planning to visit Lapataganj.
E762
The villagers make the boys promise to be responsible for celebrating any occasion. Mukundi comes back home but decides to leave again. While Indumati is reminded that the water at home is over. Indumati and Bindumati are worried about the scarcity of drinking water.
E761
Villagers gather along dressed for the party, dance on bollywood numbers and welcome the New Year. The gang of boys then decide to leave for Kanpur post mid night, they are warned by mausi to grab some rest. The next morning the gang returns in an ambulance with a cop after meeting with an accident.
E760
The villagers are excited for the modern New Year party. They get new clothes stichted and are in prep to look the best for the New Year party. Indumati also presents a jean to Mausi for the New Year which she refuses to take and returns it back.
E759
Busy Pandey fools Suthilal and eats everything he has prepared in the shop. While the villagers are going to punish him, his twin brother, Eji Pandey arrives in the village and tells them that he will teach them to celebrate New Years' in the city-style. The very next day, a gang of his friends reaches Lapataganj to celebrate their New Year.
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Sudha Chachi arrives and everyone gathers around to welcome her. Indumati and Bindumati fight yet again to keep her in their homes. Mukundi explains the reason of the fight to Sudha Chachi. Sudha Chachi reminds them of their childhood days and of the love they had for each other. The two sisters felt sorry for being envious of each other and hugged each other with love.
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Indumati and Bindumati are in competition to welcome Sudha Chachi to their respective homes. They push their husbands out of their homes so they get used to sleeping outside, while Sudha Chachi stays at home. Mausi tries to make Indumati understand that she need not fight with her sister. Indumati plans to get a dress stitched for Chachi and so does Bindumati. Busy Pandey creates confusion by pitching in details to both of them.
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Bijji Pandey astonishes every one at the tea stall with his behaviour. He uses a hundred rupee note to hold the hot cup of tea at Suthilals shop and walks away after a show stunt. Mukundi on the other hand is tensed about money. Bijji pandey trains Indumati and Bindumati to carry western clothes and walk in heels, in the Mumbai style. The villagers are surprised looking at them flaunt their new style.
E755
Indumati and Bindumati compete again and get sofa sets for their places for whose is better. Tilu hears Biju bhaiya and blackmails him about telling Buaji everything.
E754
Indumati and Bindumati compete over who has the better curtains and fight over about whose place is Chachiji going to stay over. Biji bhaiya comes to the Lapatagnj after a very long time.
E753
Makundi and Indumati teach their children how to write a letter and recieve one at their home from their children. Mamaji is mad at mausiji that she didn't bring Chameli along with her and Tilu.
E752
Indumati and Bindumati decide to haunt Mamaji and Jijaji with scary stories to resolve their fight. Indumati dresses as a witch and scares both of them off and asks them to stop fighting and come back together.
E751
Mamaji and Lallan have a fight and are upset with each other, so mamaji stops talking to other people as well. Indumati and co decide to end this fight and take several measures.
E750
The policemen try to punish the captured Mamaji which goes wrong and end up hurting themselves. Mukundi, Kachua chacha, and Elija go to the same police station in search of Mamaji and find him.
E749
Mamaji decides to get a cooker for himself and Kachua chacha advises him to get one with an ISI mark and writes it on his arm. The Commissioner gives the Daroga info that a spy from ISI has entered the village, and they catch Mamaji instead.
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Elija feels bad that Mukundi burnt his hands because of him so he decides to get him a present which makes everyone excited. Suttilal finds all his samosas to be bitten from the top and Mamaji decides to act as a detective and solve the crime.
E747
Mukundi is troubled by the fact that his salary is gonna arrive a month late. Elija lost a needle and goes to Mukundi for help. Mamaji's wife is back after a long time and is upset that she was away for a long time.
E746
Suttilal tries to save Mausaji from the enemies and Indumati arrives inbetween to save Sutilal from the beating and helps save the village. Mukundi has a strange issue where his left eye doesnst stop blinking which is a sign of something bad coming his way.
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Pudina chacha decides to solve the moustache problem by taking off mausaji's moustache using a prank. Mukundi plays hide and seek with his children. Mausaji's old enemy visits Lapataganj and as revenge wants to shave the moustaches of everyone present in Lapataganj.
E744
To impress his Mausaji Suttilal gets a fake moustache for himself. Tilu gets a fake moustache too and as a prank puts it on her buaji who unknowingly roams around in the village before being caught and so does Suttilal.
E743
Mukundi's coleague Mishra ji gets praised for his looks before he gets his moustache shaved and made is fun of. Meanwhile Suttilals mausaji comes in town for a visit and is angry over people without a moustache.
E742
People of Lapataganj are about to leave the village as the Daroga comes in time to stop them from running away from him and to arrest them. Kachua chacha manages to get the women back and rescue the men of Lapataganj.
E741
Mukundi and all the men of Lapataganj try to reach their wives and women who are out of town. Suttilal has a scary dream of getting beaten up by the Daroga and other policemen as the ultimatum gets closer.
E740
The new Daroga appointed catches men disguised as women of Lapataganj in their absence and gives an ultimatum of 2 days to get the women back. Mamaji and his son manage to get samosa in the absence of women in town.
E739
Chotu asks help from Lallan as Inspector Devidas tries to intervene in their village function. Suttilal asks Elija to dress up as a woman once again. Lallan pretends to be a woman for saving all the men of Lapataganj.
E738
Guddus friend, Bhimsen, Nautanki wale arrives at Lapataganj. The villagers convince Lallan to pay him and pursue Mukundi to attend the function. Devidas hears about the dancer and decides to take an action against Lapataganj.
E737
The men at Lapataganj are elated to know that their wives are going for a pilgrim tour. Mukundi is upset and doesn't want Indu to go. Chotu pesters Mishri for extra money. Inspector Devidas Singh enters, who is an ardent follower of the Goddess, and a feminist.
E736
Chotu shows the villagers a jackpot that is Tinku lying unconscious at Gandhi Vidyalaya. Mishra constable is actually Tinku thief. Chotu reveals he could catch Tinku only with Tilu's help.
E735
Tinkus robbery attempt fails at Lallans and Chotus place. Indu calls for an assembly to discuss about and gather money for Ruksanas ailment. Tinku steals the full cash amount at Elija's place.
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Lallan shares safety tips with his neighbours as he still fears the threat from Tinku. Mishra, on the other hand takes measurement of Lallans house. Tilu starts doubting Mishras behaviour.
E733
The voxpop says Chotu challenged Tinku, the thief to come to Lapataganj. Tinku, simultaneously accepts his challenge and arrives at Lapataganj. Alongside, Mishri, the constable also visits at the same time, and takes the information about the villagers.
E732
Mukundi struggles to manage the household chores and balances it well with office work. Indu is back and excited to see her husband and son get prizes. Chotu is missing since the morning and so Mishri loses her cool.
E731
Chukundi's teacher loses his money so there is a search conducted at the classroom, revealing all the antics of Golu. Mukundi returns back home early with his reward and goes to Chukundi's school.
E730
Chotu gives a treat to the villagers for Tilu joining the school. Chukundi is stuck as Golu and Chunnu-Munnu increase their demand on knowing that Mukundi will get a reward.
E729
Tilu pesters his father to get him admitted to a school. Golu and Chunnu-Munnu get punished for the same homework. Golu orders Chukundi to get a shirt for him and Chukundi requests Elija to help him out.
E728
Chukundi requests Chameli to prepare halwa for Golu. But, Golu starts demanding more. So, Chukundi decides to tell everything to Mukundi.
E727
Golu loses the challenge he put forward to Chukundi. Police arrive at school to investigate who broke the lock and Golu starts blackmailing Chukundi.
E726
Lallan visits Chameli to celebrate this togetherness of siblings. Bhagyalaxmi celebrates the day with Chukundi and Tilu. Chukundi gets bullied at the school and follows Tilu's suggestion.
E725
Tilu's plan fails but he finally speaks out the truth. Chotu and Tilu are about to leave Lapataganj, but on everyone's request, Lallan makes a life-changing decision.
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Chameli goes for a movie where Lallan accompanies her, Tilu and Chotu also join them. Two strange fellows try to molest her and Chotu retaliates.
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Chotu is sad on hearing the news of Chamelis wedding so Tilu pretends to read her hand to bring the estranged couple close again. But Chameli still avoids talking to Chotu.
E722
Tilu plans to reunite his father with Chameli and targets to pester Chameli in various ways. Tilu befriends Chameli gradually and Chotu is excited to see them.
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Lambodar Prasad a.k.a. Tilu comes to tell that he is Chotu's son and Chameli is devasted to see him. Mishri is excited to see her nephew in Lapataganj. Chukundi and Bhagyalaxmi befriend Tilu as he feels lonely.
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Chotu refrains from intaking any food, and only drinks black tea in an alcohol bottle. Chameli drinks the poison that Lallan was about to and realizes it is honey. Chotu and Chameli are about to get married when Mini-Chotu visits Lapataganj.
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Lallan rushes outside to find Chameli and stop her from marrying Chotu. Lallan threatens the couple that he will commit suicide.
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Chotu seeks help from Mircha so she teams up with Elija to save Chameli from Lallan patroling. Lallan somehow manages to find out Elija's pretense.
2013 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 12 years ago
E311
All the couples are done with their performance. They danced in the rain. Eliza will now announce the winner. The winner will get the title of The Best Couple. Who will be the winner?
E310
Mausi is sad that she doesn't have anyone to participate with. Everyone is busy preparing and decorating for the event. Mukundilal hosts the flag. All the couple dance one by one. Someone gives a letter to Eliza. What could be written in the letter?
E309
Mukundilal, Indumathia and Mausi return back to Lapataganj. Everyone is rehearsing for the couple dance. Everyone pairs up and goes home. Mausi doesn't have anyone.
E308
Chukku alerts everyone in the village about the event and everyone is excited. What could the event be? Is it something good or will it again bring sadness in Lapataganj?
E307
Indumati comes up with a plan to distract the men and snatch the vegetables. They start dancing to distracting the men and take the vegetables. They even call someone important to help them stop the goons.
E306
Indumati and the others join together and decide not to buy vegetables from the vendor. They chase him out of Lapataganj. So the vendor comes back the next day with more men. What will they do now?
E305
The vegetable vendor comes to Lapataganj to sell vegetables but sells them for a very costly price. Each day each vegetable's price increases and decreases. The people are confused. Some people buy costly vegetables but some cannot afford it. What will the people do?
E304
Bade Babu finally figures out that Raj Kumar is Sutti lal. Everyone is shocked. And Lalanji ends up getting Sutti Lal's shop closed. They apologize to each other and go back to their own job and house.
E303
Mukundilal advices Sutti Lal to go back to his shop but Suttilal is stubborn. Both of them suffer at each other's workplace. Food Inspector comes to inspect Sutti Lal's shop because of unhygienic food sold by Lalanji and Suttilal gets into trouble.
E302
Mukundilal and Elija go to visit Sutti Lal where he is working as Raj Kumar. There they see that he is not doing good work. Meanwhile, Bade Babu visits Lapataganj to visit Sutti Lal's shop where Lalanji is working as Sutti Lal.
E301
Suttilal and Lalanji swap houses with each other. Both of them don't feel comfortable in their houses. They pretend in front of each other and act as if everything is fine.
E300
Suttilal goes to Lalanji's office and meets Bade Babu who tells him that his name is Raj Kumar. While Lalanji goes to Suttilal's shop, both of them do worst things at each other's work. What will happen to them?
E299
Lalanji had his boss come over for evening snacks. His boss gets very upset about the stale samosas and leaves. Lalanji gets angry on Suttilal for such a dish.
E298
Biji brings in divorce papers to Mukundi and Bulbul starts crying as she herself is Sureeli, Biji tells her he knew her reality and that is why he did it.
E297
Biji Pandey falls in love with Bulbul and wants to marry her. Mukundi objects as Biji is married, he is asked to divorce Surili to be able to marry Bulbul.
E296
Bulbul goes around Lapataganj and Biji follows her and tries to flirt with her. Mukundi and Indu head to hit Biji when she stops them saying that she very well knows to take care of such boys.
E295
There is a new guest Mukundi and Indumati await. Bulbul looks exactly like Surili and so everyone is confused but Mukundi clarifies that Bulbul just looks like Surili but isn't her.
E294
Biji Pandey fights a case and becomes a government lawyer, After which, he wishes to take his wife home. Mausi however, refuses to let Surili go to Biji's home.
E293
Chukku rents a car and comes in a suit to teach Nanhe a lesson. Nanhe is furious and leaves from there. Chukku reminds him that he can't buy friendship or love with money before he leaves.
E292
Nanhe's father comes to Lapataganj and tells him to stop the shoot. They are shocked about the withdrawal of nine crores from their bank account. Chukku comes in at the same time in a lavish car.
E291
Nanhe and Dolly are shooting the movie. Dolly is able to give a better shot with Chukku. Nanhe is angry and jealous of Dolly and Chukku's friendship.
E290
A director visits Lapataganj and asks Dolly to work in a movie. Dolly gets super excited. The next day everyone waits for the hero. Nanhe turns out to be the hero of the movie and the shooting begins.
E289
A rich man has fallen in love with Dolly and visits Lapataganj everyday. He buys everything for everyone and distributes it among the poor. Dolly and the villagers are astonished.
E288
Chammeli returns to Lapataganj. Mausi is angry with her and does not appreciate it. Mamaji opens a chat store and tells Mausi that Chammeli returned with the condition that Mamaji has to start working.
E287
Madam looks at the clip Indumati was wearing and asks her to return it. Indumati tells her that Mukundi got it for her and demands to know the truth. Mukundi confesses he lied because of Indumati's habit of doubting on him.
E286
Mukundi's boss comes to Lapataganj in search of Mukundi. Indumati gets excited and welcomes her home, Mukundi cuts her out when she tries to apologise for the previous night and hides what happened that night from Indumati.
E285
Mukundi tries to arrange for a friend so Indumati doesn't check on him. He gets a friend and introduces him to Indumati. However, the same guy whom he mentions shows up.
E284
Mukundi comes back at home after a complete day of disappearance. Indumati is furious and questions where is was. Mukundi lies to her about being with a friend all night to avoid more confusion.
E283
Mukundi has a new female boss at work. She is quite impressed with his work and asks him to have lunch with her. They also spend a lot of time with each other after work. Indumati is busy waiting for him at home.
E282
Suttilal is depressed and wishes to give up on life after losing his shop. Mukundi comforts him. The police finds the culprit, Tappu pailwan is found guilty and arrested. Everyone gathers to celebrate with him.
E281
Suttilal is forced to shut his shop. He is accused of selling food that is dangerous for consumption. The police is trying to help them out but find no edge in the case. Mukundi then recalls and gives a lead to the police.
E280
Everyone blames Suttilal and Mirja for giving them stale food and for which they get food poisoning. The policemen come and arrest Suttilal for selling poisonous food.
E279
The leader of the gang is angry and he decides to harm Suttilal and equal all that he has lost during all this time. Dolly is in pain after eating something unhygienic. How will everyone take care of her?
E278
Mishri hits the goon's father and he faints. She gets scared and starts telling that she did not do it intentionally. Everyone tries to wake him up by doing something or the other.
E277
The robbers lose their calm and control and take Suttilal and his wife in their hands. Suddenly, the politicians come protesting and asking for votes. Everyone takes a sigh of relief as they feel they are saved.
E276
The robbers get very angry when no one tells them about the jewellery. They gather everyone around and point gun at each one of them. Will everyone tell the truth to save themselves?
E275
The goons that left their stolen jewellery in Lapataganj are back, but this time in disguise. They have come back to know where are the pieces of jewellery, so they start questioning everyone.
E274
Everyone in Lapataganj is praying and hoping to get the treasure. No one knows about the treasure that Suttilal has. One member from each family is busy in digging to find the treasure.
E273
Suttilal finds the jewellery that was hidden near his shop. He and his wife decide not to tell this to anyone and keep the treasure to themselves. Mirja lies about the jewellery that she is wearing.
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The robbers come to Lapataganj to hide as they were being chased by the policemen. For their safety, they dig a hole near Suttilal's shop and put the stolen jewellery in there and leave from Lapataganj.
E271
Bablu tells Dablu about the robbery news that took place in another village. Dablu starts asking questions and wants to know where are those stolen jewellery kept.
E270
Mishri welcomes Pappu with all her heart back to her house. Pappu is confused as he is not able to understand if anyone knows his truth or not. Elija does not understand Mishri's behaviour.
E269
Lallanji is super happy to get Bindumati back from her home. He elates in happiness and gives all credits to his long tie. Pappu is confused as he does not understand what is going on.
E268
With Baba's blessings, everyone's work is going great in Lapataganj. Suttilal gets the biggest order as he is to serve a number of people who will be attending a birthday party.
E267
No one in Lapataganj is crossing their doors as instructed by the priest. Indumati prays and aspires to make Mukundi a big officer in life. She insists that she will make him the prime minister one day with her prayers.
E266
Customers complain to Suttilal after having his samosas. One of the customers gets angry and warns him that he will be complaining about him in the police station. Mirja blames Chotu for it.
E265
Dablu asks Bablu why did he not go to the wedding that he was supposed to. Bablu tells him the ominous things that happened because of which he was asked not to come to the wedding.
E264
Chotu makes them believe that he is Raju but the don wants 100% proof. So he starts interrogating Chotu and asks him the code that he was assigned.
E263
Gola don is in Lapataganj with his gang. He got the news that the diamond is in Lapataganj and he has made the plan to steal it. But unknowingly, Chotu enters the house where the Gola don is residing.
E262
Raju runs out of the jail and the policemen follow him to some extent and then they lose his tracks. But instead, they come across Chotu who had been hiding for a while. Will Chotu be able to save himself?
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The most recent episode of Lapataganj, Season 2 Episode 311 "The Best Couple", aired on August 18, 2014.
Lapataganj has 2 seasons with 1,078 episodes in total.
Lapataganj first aired on Sony SAB on October 26, 2009.
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