Dhindora

*For the song of the same name, see Dhindora (song).*

***Dhindora*** (Hindi: ढिंढोरा, *Ḍhiṇḍhorā*[?]) is a comedy drama web series created by Bhuvan Bam and directed by Himank Gaur. The series stars Gayatri Bhardwaj and Anup Soni, as well as Jeeveshu Ahluwalia and Rajesh Tailang. It follows the story of Bhuvan's family and friends as they battle through different circumstances in life.

It is available exclusively on YouTube in Hindi audio with Hindi closed captions and English subtitles.

A second season of the show was confirmed by Bhuvan on 7 January 2023, on an interview with Men of culture.

## Plot

Babloo, Janaki, and Bhuvan constitute a middle-class family living in the suburbs of Delhi. Babloo is in dire need of a promotion at his job, while Bhuvan is an aspiring singer. Babloo is promoted, but his unimpressed boss reduces his salary. Upset, Babloo purchases a lottery ticket and wins it. On the way to informing Bhuvan, he is hit by an oncoming vehicle and admitted to a hospital.

At the hospital, Bhuvan falls in love with their allotted doctor, Tara. Babloo however, loses all his memory and cannot remember where he put the lottery ticket. Meanwhile, Janaki trumpets about the lottery to everyone in their society, leading to them practically worshipping Babloo just because he has money to help others. A statue of Babloo is erected in the colony. Titu, Janaki's brother and Bhuvan's maternal uncle, is at gunpoint for trying to escape his loan shark Lakhan, popularly known as Papa Maakichu.

On hearing that Babloo has been admitted to the hospital, Lakhan helps out Titu by lending him some more money. When Bhuvan, Bancho and Sameer try to investigate the hit-and-run case, they are led to Titu, who reveals the story to them and is ousted by Janaki from the family. However, he convinces the trio that he did not deliberately hit him. Mangloo comes in a provides them evidence that it was Hola, Babloo's old friend, who pushed him into colliding with the car. They record Hola's confession and thus Titu regains Janaki's trust.

Soon after, it is revealed that Babloo has not won the lottery and he was faking losing his memory because Janaki had already trumpeted about the lottery money to everyone and he had no choice. When it comes to light before the colony, Bhuvan's family becomes a social reject, and is shamed. Meanwhile, Tara informs Bhuvan that she has been accepted into a college in London and is moving out soon. Titu is tortured by Lakhan for failing to return the money yet again.

One month later, Babloo's luck changes when he is fired, but encounters the man who sold him the lottery ticket, again. He offers the man a pizza, and is in turn gifted three lottery tickets, and wins one of them. He purchases a BMW car, and Bhuvan goes to London to stay with Tara for some time. Sameer becomes a pilot, Bancho buys his dream motorcycle, public facilities are installed at the park, and Titu pays off all his debt to Lakhan. One fine day however, Hola arrives at Janaki's doorstep with a bloody knife, and the season ends with a cliffhanger.

## Cast

* Bancho
* Sameer Fuddi
* Babloo
* Janaki
* Titu
* Papa Maakichu
* Mangloo
* Hola
 Jeeveshu Ahluwalia
 Ishtiyaq Khan

## Episodes

1. Lag Gayi
2. Baasi Roti
3. Nano Thug Lenge
4. Saste Sherlock
5. Erection In Progress
6. DTYDHTB
7. Toota Ek Taara
8. Samay Ka Pahiya

## Trivia

* The first episode of the series, *Lag Gayi* ranked #1 trending on YouTube India for four consecutive days.
* A shot that takes place inside the Paradise Hospital in the second episode *Baasi Roti* required 173 takes to be successful, was repeated over a period of three days.
* Then-CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki retweeted to a tweet by YouTube India on 6 October 2021, stating she is "very excited to watch the new web series #Dhindora from @Bhuvan\_Bam."
* During the filming of the scene from *Nano Thug Lenge* where Babloo is hit by Titu's car in a flashback, Bhuvan accidentally sprained his back hanging from the stunt rig.
	+ In the same episode, the flashback and Hola's present scene were confirmed to be shot nine months apart due to the COVID-19 lockdown halting the principal photography process.
* Around January 2022, the entry for the series on IMDb suffered a vote brigading which led to about 90% of the ratings being 10/10, massively lifting *Dhindora*'s average rating.

## External links

* YouTube playlist
* IMDb
* Trailer on YouTube
* Wikipedia article

## References

1. ↑ How to make Your own Web series with @BBKiVines. *Men of Culture*. YouTube (7 January 2023).
2. ↑ One Shot 173 Takes| BBKV Productions | @BBKiVines. *BB Ki Vines Productions*. YouTube (26 December 2021).
3. ↑ Very excited to watch the new web series #Dhindora from @Bhuvan\_Bam - check out the trailer below! 👇. *@SusanWojcicki*. Twitter (6 October 2021).
4. ↑ IMDb has to fight against the spam. A YouTuber getting his fans to spam 10/10s on his show (Dhindora).. *u/ZADDYISAGOD*. r/imdb on reddit (1 February 2022).