Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’s Dilip Joshi used to be a theatre actor

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Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is a super successful sitcom. The show started over 12 years ago and there has been no looking back. Dilip Joshi, Munmun Dutta amongst others have earned unprecedented fame with that too. But did you know our Jethalal would earn only Rs. 50 per role only before it all happened? Below is all the scoop you need.

Many would be surprised to hear but Dilip has been a part of many successful movies like One 2 Ka 4, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Maine Pyaar Kiya amongst others. The actor started his career back in 1989 but struggled to get good roles. Without giving up on hopes, the Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah actor began doing theatre roles and working as a backstage artist.

Dilip Joshi himself opened up about it in his recent conversation with Sorabh Pant on Youtube. He shared, “I started at a backstage artist in the commercial stage. No one used to give me roles. I used to get Rs 50 per role. But the passion to keep doing theatre was there. I didn’t care if it was a backstage role. The big role would come in the future but I just wanted to stick to the theatre.”

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