Kal Penn x TMKOC crossover: 'How I Met Your Mother' actor meets Dilip Joshi, Asit Modi and team
Hollywood actor Kal Penn, best known for his roles in 'How I Met Your Mother' and 'House', is currently in India and his first stop was the Gokuldham Society. The Indian-American actor visited the set of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah to meet the cast and crew of the popular Hindi sitcom.
PTC News Desk: Hollywood actor Kal Penn, best known for his roles in 'How I Met Your Mother' and 'House', is currently in India and his first stop was the Gokuldham Society. The Indian-American actor visited the set of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah to meet the cast and crew of the popular Hindi sitcom.
He appears to be a huge fan of the popular sitcom, as he wrote an emotional statement expressing his happiness on being greeted warmly by the show's cast and crew.
Penn, real name Kalpen Suresh Modi, shared photos from his on-location visit to Mumbai. "Looking at an apartment in Gokuldham Society with some new friends. Thanks to @officialasitkumarrmodi ji & the Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah fam for the set visit. Nicest cast & crew, I appreciate you showing me around!" he captioned.
"Fun trivia, #TMKOC is one of the most watched shows in the world (40 million people tune into each episode). It's also India's longest-running scripted tv show, with more than 4,300 episodes," the caption further read.
Penn is seen posing with the show's producer, Asit Kumar Modi, as well as the main cast, which includes Dilip Joshi, Sunayana Fozdar, Mandar Chandwadkar, Ambika Ranjankar, Munmun Dutta, Monaz Mevawalla, Shyam Pathak, Kiran Bhatt, Tanmay Vekaria, and Balwinder Singh Suri.
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, based on the late humourist Tarak Mehta's Gujarati column Duniya Ne Undha Chashmah, premiered on Sony SAB on July 28, 2008.