Gurucharan Singh Makes SHOCKING Revelation About His Replacement From TMKOC: 'They Did Not Even Tell Me'

Gurucharan Singh claimed that he did not leave Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah in 2012, but the makers replaced him. In a recent interview, the actor, who used to play the role of Roshan Sodhi in the popular sitcom, alleged that the makers of TMKOC replaced him in 2012 without even informing him. He argued that he had no knowledge about his replacement and was shocked to see when a new Sodhi was introduced during an episode.

“Taraak Mehta is like my family because if I didn’t consider them as family, I would have said a lot of things about them which I didn’t. In 2012, they replaced me, I didn’t leave the show,” he told Siddharth Kannan.

“There was some conversation about contract and agreement going on at that time. They didn’t even tell me that they were going to replace me. I was in Delhi and I was sitting with my family members and we were watching Taarak Mehta. And in that episode, Dharam paaji had a cameo for a film promotion or something. I said ‘wow, Dharam paaji is here’ and in that episode, they introduced the new Sodhi. I was shocked when I saw that. I was watching it with my parents and they were just as shocked,” the actor continued.

Singh recalled that the makers faced a lot of criticism for replacing him. He mentioned that even his fans were ‘angry’ with him but he could not do anything since the final decision was taken by the ‘bosses’.

“They were under a lot of pressure after they replaced me. Even I was getting so much pressure from the audience. When I would go to the gym, people would say ‘Why have you left? This is not fun you should go back’ and they would say this angrily. People would scold me like you scold your family members. I said ‘it’s not up to me, it’s up to the bosses’,” he said.

Gurcharan Singh played the role of Roshan Singh Sodhi — a fun-loving man who is always in party mode and never shies away from expressing love for his wife. He was one of the popular characters on the show, and also a founding cast member. Gurcharan, however, left the show in 2012 only to return next year due to public demand. After his exit in 2020, he was replaced by actor Balwinder Singh Suri. Singh has been missing from our television screens ever since.