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Disha Vakani (born 17 August 1978) is an Indian television actress, who has also acted in some Bollywood films and TV commercials. She is most known for her role as Daya Jethalal Gada in the popular comedy series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah on SAB TV. She is paired opposite Dilip Joshi who plays the role of Jethalal Champaklal Gada and their on screen chemistry is much famous and appreciated.
Vakani grew up in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where her father Bhim Vakani was a noted personality of Gujarati theatre, and she started acting in plays as a child actor. After her schooling, she graduated in the Dramatic arts from Gujarat College in Ahmedabad.
Vakani started her career as a stage actor, acting in popular Gujarati plays like Kamal Patel v/s Dhamal Patel, Baa Retire Thai Che and Lali Lila, before moving to small roles in films like Devdas (2002) and Jodha Akbar (2008). However her breakthrough role came in 2008, she was casted in the role of Daya Jethalal Gada or Daya-Ben in the comedy series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah on SAB TV, along with actor Dilip Joshi, who plays her husband, which made her household name. As her popularity rose, within a year, the role was expanded, unlike the original Gujarati play, by columnist and journalist Taarak Mehta, where her character only had a minor role. Her popular grating voice in the series, was based on the broken voices of Gujarati theatre actor of old times, when without the presence of mikes, actors has scream out their dialogues and thus their voices soon became gravelly.
She went on win the Indian Television Academy Awards for Best Actress - Comedy twice in 2008 and 2009. She also appeared in the Tide commercial.
She lives in Kandivli, Mumbai. Mayur Vakani who plays the character of Sundarlal, Daya's brother in the serial, Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashmah, is her real brother.
Vakani grew up in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where her father Bhim Vakani was a noted personality of Gujarati theatre, and she started acting in plays as a child actor. After her schooling, she graduated in the Dramatic arts from Gujarat College in Ahmedabad.
Vakani started her career as a stage actor, acting in popular Gujarati plays like Kamal Patel v/s Dhamal Patel, Baa Retire Thai Che and Lali Lila, before moving to small roles in films like Devdas (2002) and Jodha Akbar (2008). However her breakthrough role came in 2008, she was casted in the role of Daya Jethalal Gada or Daya-Ben in the comedy series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah on SAB TV, along with actor Dilip Joshi, who plays her husband, which made her household name. As her popularity rose, within a year, the role was expanded, unlike the original Gujarati play, by columnist and journalist Taarak Mehta, where her character only had a minor role. Her popular grating voice in the series, was based on the broken voices of Gujarati theatre actor of old times, when without the presence of mikes, actors has scream out their dialogues and thus their voices soon became gravelly.
She went on win the Indian Television Academy Awards for Best Actress - Comedy twice in 2008 and 2009. She also appeared in the Tide commercial.
She lives in Kandivli, Mumbai. Mayur Vakani who plays the character of Sundarlal, Daya's brother in the serial, Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashmah, is her real brother.
