Mehta Sahab aka Shailesh Lodha of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is a real life writer and also a great poet.
Shailesh Lodha, whom everyone knows today as Mehta Sahib. In Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, Mehta has been playing the role of a writer for the last 13 years. But do you know that Shailesh Lodha is a writer in real life and also a great poet. Shailesh Lodha is counted among the well-known poets of the country who have given both a special recognition and respect to Hindi. His talent can be gauged from the fact that at the age of 10, Shailesh Lodha read his first poem in front of 10,000 people.
The poem was first recited in 1981
This is the time when there used to be more black and white TVs than color televisions. On 30 September 1981, when Shailesh Lodha was 10 years old, he narrated his first poem to the people. At that time a crowd of 10 thousand people was standing in front of the little boy. The place was Sumerpur in Rajasthan and when that little boy recited the poem, everyone was forced to clap. This journey which started at a young age continues even today. And it has been 40 years since this series went on.
Shailesh Lodha is a well-known poet of the country
In these 40 years, Shailesh Lodha has become a well-known poet of the country with his skill and hard work. The special thing about his poems is to say heart touching things in simple and funny words. 13 years ago Shailesh Lodha was associated with the show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah and till date he is a part of this show. This comedy show made him famous from house to house and today there is hardly anyone who does not know Mehta sahib.