Bandbudh Aur Budbak is an Indian animated television series directed by Aashish Mall, Mayank Patel and Avinash Walzade and produced by Paperboat Animation Studio. It aired on ZeeQ from 2015 to 2017. It showcases the antics and school life of the two naughty friends, Badrinath and Buddhadev.
Genre Animation
Country of origin India
Original language Hindi
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 156 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers
Aashish Mall
Mayank Patel
Avinash Walzade
Running time 10–12 minutes
Production company Paperboat Animation Studio
Release
Original network ZeeQ
Original release 13 February 2015
Characters
Badrinath
Badrinath is the main character of the show and one of the two best friends. He is the smarter one who thinks ideas to fail others in the things which he wants. He is loyal in his friendship and dislikes studying and coming to school. He mostly plays the video game Mega Robot.
Budhdeb
Budhdeb or Budhadev is also the main character of the show and the other best friend. He is the shy one who always depends on his friend, Badrinath. Like Badrinath, he is also loyal in his friendship and dislikes studying and coming to school. He always utters Ekdum Lallantaap (transl. Very Fantastic). Even Badrinath and sometimes others utter this phrase. Like Badrinath, he also mostly plays Mega Robot.
Dubey
Dubey Ji : is the class teacher of Apna School. He speaks a mix of Bhojpuri and Hindi and sometimes speaks some English phrases too. He is fat and always punishes Badrinath and Budhdeb by making them murga (transl. Rooster).
Makkhan Singh Rathi
Makkhan Singh Rathi known as Rathi Sir in school 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 by a yellow-coloured car. His catchphrase is Principal Hai Hum (transl. I'm the Principal).
Bindiya Roy
Bindiya Roy is the art teacher of the school. She is from West Bengal and speaks out 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.
Gyan Singh
Gyan is the most intelligent student of the school and is from Punjab, India. Always, he gets first position in the class
Maira & Saira
Sisters Maira and Saira are the pretty girls of the school. They often end up causing fights between friends and are typical complaint boxes. They are very stylish and most of the times 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 and they are Jeeva's friend. When angry, Dubey Ji calls them as Tigri (transl. Triplets). All of them wear glasses.
Jeeva
Jeeva is the fattest boy in the class. He has a long nose. He stutters. He considers himself very powerful but actually, he is a cowardly boy. He always tries to make his classmates get punished but Badrinath and Budhdeb saves them. The triplets are Jeeva's friends.
Karan
Karan is a very stylish boy. He is from United States and always boasts about things which his father brings for him from foreign countries (mainly from United States and London).In one of the episodes, he had a bicycle from Australia.
Sabina
Sabina is the monitor of the class. She is from Gujarat. She is very responsible and wears glasses. She is Gyan's friend.
Yogiraj Ji
Yogiraj Ji also known as Yoginath Ji is the yoga teacher of Apna School. He has long hair and 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
Librarian is an anonymous female teacher. She's library in charge and teaches Hindi to the class, as shown in episode Angrezi Ka Aakraman.
Cinderella
Cinderella is a buffalo. She debuted in the episode "Cinderella Story". Both Badrinath and Budhdeb often bump onto her when they don't ride their cycle carefully (often shown in episodes), but she doesn't react in any way to them.