Taarak Mehta Producer Asit Modi Opens Up About Missing Actor Gurucharan Singh's Dues

Gurucharan Singh, who played the role of Sodhi in 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', has been missing for almost a week. Show's Producer Asit opens up about their bond and his dues.

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Producer Opens Up About Missing Actor Gurucharan Singh's Dues

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Gurucharan Singh, who played the role of Sodhi in 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', has been missing for almost a week. This news has left his family and colleagues deeply concerned. Amidst growing speculation, reports suggest that Gurucharan Singh may have been struggling with depression.  Recently, the show's producer Asit Modi, who his pained at Gurucharan's disappearance, has talked about him calling the incident "very shocking" 

Speaking with Times Now, Asit said, "This is a very painful and shocking news. He was very loving towards his family. He took the whole responsibility of his parents on himself. We were never really personal with each other but from what I knew of him, he was a very religious person. He had left TMKOC during Covid, but we always had good relations even after that... Gurucharan always used to meet me with a smile. His disappearance is very shocking, I don't know why this has happened. The investigation is on, though, so I am sure something good will turn up. I pray to God that he is safe and he picks up his calls."

Talking about whether Asit met Gurucharan after he left the show, Asit said that he met him "some 6-7 months ago".

In the interview, Asit was also asked about the reports the suggested that Gurucharan had not received his dues when he quit TMKOC in 2020.

Replying to it, Asit told Times Now, "It was nothing like that. That was Covid time, and it was stressful for all of us. The shootings had stopped. Even we didn't know if the show would continue or not. The world was changing around us. Now it's back to normal routine. That was a difficult moment for all of us."

Gurucharan Singh missing case

Gurucharan Singh's father filed a missing person's report (FIR) with the Delhi police after his son went missing on April 22. The actor was scheduled to take a flight from Delhi to Mumbai on April 22 but failed to board the plane. He was last seen in a security camera that caught the 50-year-old actor crossing a road in the Palam neighbourhood.  

According to the tracing information and his cellphone data, he was in Delhi till April 24. His cell phone has been turned off ever since.