Shailesh Lodha is an Indian actor, comedian and writer.

He appears in the sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is a sitcom that airs on SAB TV. The show was first aired on 28 July 2008. The air-time of the show is from Monday to Friday at 8.30 p.m IST. The show is produced by Neela Telefilms and the series writers are Raju Odedra and Rajan Upadhyay...

as real-life columnist Taarak Mehta

Taarak Mehta

Tarak Mehta is an Indian columnist, humorist, writer and playwright. best known for the column Duniya Ne Undha Chasma in Gujarati Language. He has translated and adapted several comedies into Gujarati, and has been well-known figure in the Gujarati theatre...

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Lodha has also written four books: the first two were satirical humour, the third was a self-help book co-written with his wife, and his most recent book, Diljale Ka Facebook Status, is a collection of poems written from the point-of-view of a jilted lover.