Bandbudh Aur Budbak is an Indian animated comedy television series produced by Aashish Mall, Mayank Patel and Avinash Walzade. It was also produced by Paperboat Animation Studios. It premiered originally on
ZeeQ in 2015. It showcases the antics and school life of two naughty friends named Badrinath and Budhdeb.[1]
Characters
Main
Badrinath "Badri": Badrinath is one of the main characters of the show. He is the smart one who thinks of ideas to fail others in the things that he wants. He is loyal to his friendship and dislikes studying and going to school. He mostly plays Mega Robot. He is voiced by Pooja Punjabi.
Budhdeb "Budh": Budhdeb is one of the main characters of the show. Budhdeb is loyal to his friendship and dislikes studying and going to school. He always utters Ekdum Lallantaap!! (
transl. Very Fantastic!). Even Badrinath sometimes utters this phrase. Like Badrinath, he also mostly plays Mega Robot. He is voiced by Sonal Kaushal.
Recurring
Jeeva: Jeeva is the fattest boy in the class. He stutters. He considers himself very powerful but actually, he is a cowardly boy.
Gyan Singh: Gyan is the most intelligent student in the class and is from
Punjab,
India. Always, gets first position in the class.
Sabina: Sabina is the monitor of the class. She is from Gujarat. She is very responsible and wears
glasses. She is Gyan's friend.
Karan: Karan is a very stylish boy. He is from
the United States and always boasts about things that his father brings for him from foreign countries (mainly from
the United States and
London).
Maira & Saira: Sisters Maira and Saira are the pretty girls of the school. They are very stylish and most of the time speak
English. They love to talk about
movies and often talk about them when they walk in the school corridors.
Mukesh, Ganesh & Ramesh: Brothers Mukesh, Ganesh & Ramesh are in triplets. All of them wear
glasses.
Dubey: Dubey Ji is the class teacher of Badri and Budh's class. He speaks Awadhi and sometimes speaks some
English phrases too. He is fat and always punishes Badrinath and Budhdeb by making them
murga (
transl. Rooster) whenever they act badly in school.
Makkhan Singh Rathi: Makkhan Singh Rathi is the principal of Apna School. He is from
Haryana and speaks
Haryanvi and sometimes uses English for official communication. He has a tall and thin frame. He loves trophies and urges students to get trophies for the school. He comes to school in a
yellow-colored car. His catchphrase is Aakhir Principal Hai Hum (
transl. After All I'm The Principal).
Bindiya Roy: Bindiya Roy is the art teacher of the school. She is from
West Bengal and speaks some
Bengali when she speaks
Hindi or
English. She wears
glasses. She often says Khub Bhalo (
transl. Very Good).
Patel: Patel is the peon of the school. He is quite lazy. He is from
Gujarat and speaks
Gujarati. Sometimes, he even speaks
Sanskrit.
Patil: Patil is the security guard of the school. He is sincere and responsible. He is quite active. He is from
Maharashtra and speaks
Marathi.
Yogiraj Ji: Yogiraj Ji also known as Yoginath Ji is the yoga teacher of Apna School. He has long hair and a beard.
Krishnan Sir: Krishnan Sir is the lab assistant of Apna School. He is sincere, intelligent, and responsible. He wears glasses. He is from
Kerala.
Librarian: She is an anonymous female teacher. She is in charge of the library and teaches Hindi to the class, as shown in the episode Angrezi Ka Aakraman. Her name is not mentioned
Cinderella: Cinderella is a
buffalo. She debuted in the episode "Cinderella Story". Both Badrinath and Budhdeb often bump into her when they don't ride their cycle carefully, but she doesn't react in any way to them.
The show was originally released on
ZeeQ on 13 February 2015. Later, it aired on
Discovery Kids from February 2018 to 2019.[2][3] It also aired on the channels
Zee Anmol and
Big Magic. From 18 April 2020, it was telecasted on
Cartoon Network.[4][5] In July 2021, the series was also broadcast by
Pogo TV.[6]