The BEST episodes of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai season 1
Every episode of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai season 1!
The show revolves around the life of a fictional Gujarati family, the Sarabhais. They are portrayed as a typical family in the class of elite socialites of Mumbai.The family consists of Indravadan Sarabhai and his wife Maya, who live in an apartment with their younger son Rosesh. Their older son Sahil and his wife Monisha Sarabhai live in the apartment across the hallway. Maya considers the name Manisha middle class and renames her Monisha before their marriage. The middle-class habits of Monisha irk Maya. Monisha, on the other hand, does not appreciate Maya's snooty and snobbish behaviour. Indravadan constantly derides Roshesh for being tied to his mother's apron strings and for writing bad poetry. Maya and Roshesh consider Indravadan's attitude towards Rosesh and his gregarious nature boorish. The ensuing conflict and comedy becomes Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. Much of the humour is derived from the fake, artificial and shallow interactions among the city's elite and their perceived notions of the shortcomings and failings of middle-class society.
#1 - Rosesh has a hit play
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/29/2004
Indravadan causes much merriment by getting an assorted bunch of people to write dialogues for Rosesh’s play. Maya soldiers on through the reading of this play and it turns out to be a great hit. Will Indravadan ever be truly appreciative of Sahil?
#2 - Remembering Popat Kaka
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/6/2004
Popat Kaka passes away and this news is saddening for Maya. She, Sahil and Indravadan are putting together a song to mark the passing of Popat Kaka but unfortunately Maya loses her voice completely. Monisha has to step in and sing on behalf of Maya.
#3 - Indravadan Hypnotized (1)
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 8/8/2005
A hypnotist is the guest of honour at the Sarabhais’ party. However, Indravadan’s scepticism annoys the doctor. So, he takes ‘revenge’ by putting Indravadan under his spell and causing Indravadan to think he is Maya. Will Indravadan come out from the spell soon?
#4 - Sudanshu Paints Maya
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/13/2005
Sudanshu, a painter, is besotted by Maya, much to Indravadan’s irritation. Sudanshu even makes a painting of Maya and confesses his love for her. He invites Maya to his island, a gesture which finds a lot of support from Sahil.
#5 - Maya hosts Baldev Singh
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/2/2005
In a bid to gain some mileage, Maya invites Baldev Singh, a political adviser, and his wife for dinner. This is because Baldev Singh has spoken about electing Maya as president of the Mumbai Cultural Society. What are the hilarious incidents that ensue?
#6 - Maya and her maids
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/6/2005
Maya has many adventures after she fires her servants. While one maid steals Rosesh’s watch, another turns out to be the child of Maya’s former servant. After such incidents, Maya is resigned to re-hiring her former servants.
#7 - Indravadan writes a play
Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 9/19/2005
An impromptu play gives Indravadan the opportunity to win a lot of appreciation because he has refused Sahil’s help. One of the characters in the play is a dead body and this is enacted by Madhusudan, who is deaf!
#8 - Sahil Meets Monisha (2)
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/21/2005
Maya is narrating the story of Sahil and Monisha getting married and how she had to be convinced by Sahil about his feelings for Monisha. It is Indravadan’s encouragement that prompts Sahil to propose to Monisha who breaks off with her fiancé.
#9 - Nilima and Sahil
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/30/2005
Maya and Monisha are irritated with Indravadan and Sahil, respectively, for going to bed without talking to them. Meanwhile, Sahil tells the family about being hassled by his patient, Nilima Verma. Nilima has even lodged a complaint against Sahil. However, she withdraws the complaint later.
#10 - Maya and Sudanshu
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/20/2005
Indravadan does his best to keep Maya from going to Sudanshu’s island. It is only when he takes care of her that she relents. Unfortunately, Indravadan chooses this time to play a prank on her and this irritates her. Sudanshu wishes them good luck for the future.
#11 - Poetry competition between Indravadan and Roshesh
Season 1 - Episode 54 - Aired 11/14/2005
Maya complains to Sahil about Indravadan pouring milk over Roshesh’s head for reading out a romantic poem on cauliflower. Indravan pokes fun on Roshesh’s poetry, when Maya and Sahil defend him. Maya challenges Indravadan that Roshesh will win the poetry contest at the Art and Poetry Club Annual function. The participants recite their handwritten poems. Anirudh who is the judge becomes emotional after listening to Indravadan’s poem. Later, he appreciates Roshesh’s poem too. Anirudh feels Indravadan and Roshesh are ecstatic and suggests them to combine and write poems. However, Sahil is more upset after the suggestion.
#12 - Men are Rational Fools
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/27/2005
Maya dupes Indravadan into drinking milk and this leads her to play a game of checking out rational behaviour with Maya. It involves getting Sahil to refrain from eating sweets. Thanks to Indravadan disclosing the policy of rationalism, Maya ends up winning this challenge.
#13 - Monisha's Date With Actor Karan
Season 1 - Episode 53 - Aired 11/7/2005
Monisha wins the contest and gets to spend time with Karan, an actor. This annoys Sahil, especially when he comes to know that Monisha has accepted an overnight cruise with Karan. He calms down only after coming to know that the tickets are meant for him and Monisha.
#14 - Rosesh's ode to a goldfish
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 10/24/2005
Sahil is torn between Maya and Monisha during the local elections but finally has to vote Maya’s way, thus allowing her to win. The sensitive poet, Sahil, astounds Maya when he writes an ode to her pet goldfish.
#15 - Rosesh's fake marriage
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 10/10/2005
Rosesh pretends to be married and says that he has a child, producing Rita in front of Maya. Maya learns the truth but plans on a big wedding for Rosesh. She tells the family the truth only when they are trying to chase Rita and the boy out.
#16 - Sharman gets bail
Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 10/3/2005
Monisha, true to her form, makes fun of the game of scrabble when the rest of the family is playing. The Sarabhais have to deal with Sharman who is facing imminent arrest. Somehow, Sahil and Indravadan manage to appease the police and get him out on bail.
#17 - Monisha, the Millionaire
Season 1 - Episode 45 - Aired 9/12/2005
Monisha is a millionaire suddenly after her rich uncle bequeaths all his possessions to her. A jealous Maya asks Monisha to give it all away to charity. Indravadan, however, says that Maya should make a charitable donation as well and both end up doing so.
#18 - Rosesh gets kidnapped
Season 1 - Episode 44 - Aired 9/5/2005
Rosesh is kidnapped but even after being presented with the chance to come home, he elects to stay with the kidnappers saying he finds more value there. The family pays the ransom of Rs 25 lakh and Rosesh says he has gifted this amount to the kidnappers.
#19 - Baldev and Swaroopa's problems
Season 1 - Episode 43 - Aired 8/29/2005
Food seems to be the bone of contention between Maya, Indravadan and Monisha at different times. Baldev and his wife Sarupa have marital problems and only Maya supports their decision to go ahead with a divorce. The rest of the family members try and mend things between the couple.
#20 - Maya, Monisha and Antakshari
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 8/22/2005
Maya and Monisha criticise each other and Maya challenges Monisha to a game of ‘antakshari’. Indravadan urges Monisha to accept the challenge. Despite throwing down the gauntlet, Maya is anxious about losing the game to Monisha.
#21 - Indravadan Hypnotized (2)
Season 1 - Episode 41 - Aired 8/15/2005
Maya and Sahil try to stop a sari-clad Indravadan from going out. Maya speaks to Siddharth to get Indravadan out of the hypnotised state. He obliges, but Indravadan is hypnotised again, when he refuses to believe that Siddharth had hypnotised him.
#22 - Sahil's Jealousy
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 7/18/2005
Rosesh makes it through to a movie audition, causing Sahil to talk about the dangers of being in the movie business. Monisha tells him, bluntly, that he is saying this because he is jealous of Rosesh. Unfortunately, Rosesh is dropped from the movie.
#23 - Maya's Nightmare
Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 7/11/2005
Maya goes to the extent of faking cancer to make Sahil cancel his trip to Delhi with Monisha. Maya wants to gift them a house but is made aware that things are not in order as far as ownership is concerned. Indravadan refuses to attend his college reunion.
#24 - Maya's Amnesia
Season 1 - Episode 55 - Aired 11/21/2005
Monisha dreams about Maya having temporary amnesia. What makes the dream even more pleasant is her apparent cordial relationship with Maya. When she is awoken from this dream, she also comes to know from Rosesh that Maya is unconscious. Does Maya have amnesia?
#25 - Rosesh causes an accident
Season 1 - Episode 56 - Aired 11/28/2005
Monisha tells Pratibha about Rosesh causing an accident and this invokes Maya's wrath. Maya, meanwhile, plans to offer compensation to save Rosesh from negative publicity. The presence of social activist, Manisha, scares the Sarabhais.