What is Taarak Mehta?
[[File:Tarak_Mehta.jpg|thumb|Mehta in January 2015]] '''Taarak Mehta''' (26 December 1929 &ndash; 1 March 2017) was an [[India]]n [[column]]ist, [[humour]]ist, writer and [[playwright]]. He was best known for the column ''Duniya Ne Undha Chasma'' in the [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] language. He [[translate]]d and [[adapted]] many [[Comedy|comedies]] into Gujarati. He was also a well-known figure in the Gujarati theatre.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Contemporary Indian theatre: interviews with playwrights and directors|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi|year=1989 |page=159}}</ref> He was born in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]. Mehta died after a long illness on 1 March 2017, at the age of 87.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/writer-taarak-mehta-the-inspiration-behind-taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chashmah-no-more/articleshow/57405136.cms|work=Times of India|title=Writer Taarak Mehta, the inspiration behind 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah', no more|date=1 March 2017|access-date=1 March 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Taarak}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in India]] [[Category:Columnists]] [[Category:Indian playwrights]] {{Bio-stub}}