Gullak Actor Jameel Khan Says Show Evokes A Sense Of Nostalgia: It's Written, Served With Love

Jameel Khan plays the lead role in the TVF series Gullak. Season 4 of the show was released recently and has been garnering love from the audiences. Days after the release of the series, the actor shared about his character in the show and why the series is a hit. 

Jameel Khan talks about the success of Gullak 

Jameel Khan found fame while playing Santosh Mishra, a middle-class patriarch in the popular SonyLIV series Gullak, which the actor says reflects the upbringing he and many in India have received. "There are many people of my age, who come from the lower middle class and have made a mark for themselves, for whom the show evokes a sense of nostalgia... It's a show written with a lot of love, served with a lot of love," Khan told PTI in an interview.

"We are in season four and it is on par with the previous seasons, if not higher. That's the love of the audience, they have related so wonderfully with the show," the actor said about the TVF-produced show that revolves around the daily life of the Mishra family, living in a nondescript Uttar Pradesh city.

Jameel Khan on the rise of OTT 

There are many breakout performances for the actor across mediums, Gullak being the latest. "In films, there was this very lovely indie film called 'Loins of Punjab'. There was this paint commercial, 'Waah Sunil Babu, naya ghar, nayi gadi, nayi Mrs, badhiya hai'. These are those milestones that will be remembered, then there was the ad 'Shauq badi cheez hai'.

"Then, Baby, Gangs of Wasseypur, Ram-Leel... And, now Gullak has been a milestone since 2019 because it's there constantly in public memory. The reach of OTT is really wide. That's also why it's a breakout performance." Gullak season 4 is streaming on Sony Liv on June 7.