Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's Daya Ben -- Disha Vakani -- has been missing from the show since September 2017. The actress was blessed with a baby girl in November 2017 and she has been on a maternity break since then.
Recently, reports of her quitting the show made headlines however producer Asit Kumarr Modi clarified in January that her contract still hasn't been terminated. "Contract has not been closed. Character of Daya bhabhi is still there and we have not taken any actor to replace her. As and when she wants to come, we will see at that time. If mutually beneficial to both, we shall work together again," he said in a statement.
However as per a latest report in SpotBoye Modi has now decided to give Disha the last 30 days to make up her mind and if she doesnot report back on the sets of 'Taarak Mehta' within the said period, she will be replaced!
A source close to the development informed SpotBoye about the producer's decision, "Bas, ab ho gaya. Modi waited ethically how much he and his cast-crew could. Now, Modi says he will just give a concession period of a month, starting today. There has been absolutely no contact between the two parties ever since Dayaben's last day at shoot. Team Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah has no problems if she wants to look after her baby but some of her demands that they would imply if she was to return, were just not easy to accept when her husband last has a word with us."
Disha's character Daya Ben was shown to have left for her mother's house in 2017 and it has been more more than a year since she has been there. Her character can't even be killed considering it's a comedy show.
"You are forgetting that Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is a comedy daily serial, so they can't bump off her character and plus they have shown that she has gone to her mother's house. How long can Dayaben be shown to be staying in her maika?"
The source concluded, "Seems, Disha wanted to hanker for a bit of publicity in the media. So, she put a some throwback video. Toh dekhte hain kya hota hai. We will still welcome her warmly if she returns without unacceptable do's and don'ts. Else we are going ahead with another actress after 30 days, max 35."
It may be recalled how Disha's husband Mayur Padia's unreasonable demands complicated things further between the actor and the producers in January this year. He apparently wanted his wife to shoot for only four hours per day, and that too just for 15 days a month. The couple also wanted a 100 per cent hike, the source revealed.
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