No! Shailesh Lodha, playing the character of Taarak Mehta in the TV show ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ became a victim of death hoax as the noted writer Tarak Mehta passed away today morning
Noted playwright Tarak Mehta passed away earlier in the morning today. But small screen character of Taarak Mehta, played by Shailesh Lodha, was caught in the web of death hoax. Many fans on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook believed that it was Shailesh Lodha, who plays Taarak Mehta on ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’, has passed away. To quash the rumours of Shailesh Lodha’s death, the TV actor is doing good and shooting for the show as well. Fans were shocked with the news of the death of Tarak Mehta, only to know later that it was the original writer who has passed away, and not the actor. Fans mourned the death of Tarak Mehta, who inspired the popular TV show ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’, on a national channel, from his celebrated Gujarati column ‘Duniya Ne Undha Chashma’.