Paying Guest (TV series)
| Paying Guest | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Rajshri Productions |
| Written by | Diljit Singh, Jimmy Baria, Ranbir Pushp (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Diljit Singh, Jimmy Baria |
| Directed by | Abhinav Pathak, Sameer Ganguly |
| Starring | See Below |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Rajkumar Barjatya |
| Producer | Tarachand Barjatya |
| Cinematography | Ajay Tandon |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Doordarshan |
| Release | 9 May 1985 – 1986 |
Paying Guest is an Indian TV Series released in 1985 on Doordarshan by Rajshri Productions. It revolves around the lives of Krishnakant Trivedi and his wife Sharda, who are staying in an old bungalow of suburban Bombay. Their children are grown up and settled abroad. To fight their loneliness in their old age, they plan to keep some paying guests. Every episode, new guests arrive as paying guests, each with a different story to tell. The show highlighted the problems faced by the then Indian middle class.