List of Nukkad characters

The 1986 show Nukkad which was telecasted by Doordarshan. The show revolves a street corner which has a group of members live with each other and ways to tackle day to day situations.
Major characters
*Dilip Dhawan—Guru (Guru aka Raghunath is a small time electrician don and the de-facto leader of the Nukkad gang. Helpful and impartial by nature, Guru is often useful in resolving petty quarrels between the Nukkad residents)
* Avtar Gill—Kaderbhai(Kader Kutty owns a small dingy restaurant which often becomes a meeting point for other Nukkad members. He is generous and does not charge the poor Nukkad members for tea and snacks)
*Pavan Malhotra —Hari (Hari Mourya is a humble hard working youth who owns a small shop for repairing bicycles and filling air in bicycle tyres. Hari is besotted with Madhu, the attractive, educated daughter of Gupta seth. However Gupta seth despises their romance and is always watchful of Hari & Madhu.)
*Sameer Khakhar—Khopdi (Khopdi aka Gopal is a chronic drunkard who is loved by all)
* Haidar Ali—Raja (Raja Patel is an unemployed vagabond who moves around smartly dressed in a suit and with an "I know it all" attitude)
*Javed Khan—Karim miya Hajaam (Karim is a barber and owns a small hair cutting salon)
*Sangeeta Naik—Radha (The domestic maid who works in the houses at Nukkad. She loves Hari and is annoyed that he does not reciprocate and instead loves Madhu.)
*Rama Vij—Teacherji (Teacherji aka Maria is a widow who lives alone. Guru and Maria both love each other, but do not explicitly confess their love.)
*Ajay Wadhavkar - Ganpat Havaldar (Ganpat is the neighborhood havaldar often called in whenever there is trouble at Nukkad.)
*Suresh Chatwal—Dukhiya shayar(Dukhiya Chandigarhi is an unemployed "shayar" who lives for free with Guru. Dukhiya bores everybody with meaningless shayaris (couplets). He Khopdi and Raja form the unemployed trio who live off other's money.)
*Suresh Bhagwat - Ghanshu Bhikari (Ghanshu aka Ghanshyam is the neighborhood beggar.)
* Shrichand Makhija Chaurasia Paanwala (Chaurasia is a paanwala with a paan-beedi shop next to Kaderbhai's restaurant)
* Kundu Mochi (The cobbler by the streetside)
* Tambi Waiter(Tambi works as a waiter at Kaderbhai's restaurant)
* Dagdu Jamadar(Dagdu is the municipality sweeper at Nukkad)
* Bengali Bandwala ( An old trumpet player)
* Gupta Seth (Owner of grocery stores)
* Maniklal Seth (Owner of a jewelry shop)
Secondary characters
Other characters included Madhu (Hari's love interest and daughter of Gupta seth), Suresh (rich spoilt son of Seth Maniklal) and the wives of Maniklal and Guptaji.

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