S01E01 The NIL institute
Students enter the National Institute of Languages and interact with each other in their first Hindi class. Miss Dixit, the principal, finally manages to recruit a Hindi teacher for the students.
Watch Your Tongue
S01E29: The Goonda Raaj
A local goon decides to run for an election and in order to improve his Hindi for public speaking, at point blank, he enrols himself at NIL. His presence and threatening mannerism leaves the entire NIL terrorised.
Overview
Zabaan Sambhalke is a Hindi sitcom. An engineer Mohan Bharti is forced to teach Hindi at a language school. His students are people from all corners of the country and the world, exchanging cultures and lost in translations. It is the Indian version of the British sitcom Mind Your Language (1977).
Episodes
S01E02 Marathi Theatre Artist Joins NIL
Vitthal Pote, a Marathi theatre artist joins the Hindi class of Mr. Bharti. See how he entertains the class with his acting skills.
S01E03 Robbers Attack Ruslan
Few robbers see Ruslaan and want to rob him off the money. It is Mohan Bharti who saves the day. Watch how he performs this difficult task with ease.
S01E04 Students' Strike
The NIL students form a union to put forth their demands before Principal Ms. Dixit. Mr. Charles is elected the leader and Mr. Vaswani becomes his secretary, to fulfill their demands.
S01E05 Jenny's Kid
Jenny brings her niece to the institute and keeps the kid with Archana, the receptionist. Watch what happens when Ms. Dixit finds out about the kid.
S01E06 Miss Dixit's Funeral
Mr. Mohan Bharti asks his students to interact with each other in Hindi and engages them in role plays, which leads to hilarious conversations. Principal Ms. Dixit falls ill and a misunderstanding results in confusion.
S01E07 School Inspection
Mr. Sharma, a poet pays a visit to NIL to inspect the progress of students. Watch what happens when Ms. Dixit gets intoxicated with Molotov's vodka and passes out.
S01E08 The Innocent Niece
Mr. Mohan Bharti's niece Guddi visits him for a vacation and so he takes her to the institute where she creates troubles for all students and staff. See how the staff deals with Guddi.
S01E09 Mr Mohan Falls Sick
Mr. Mohan Bharti falls ill after catching cold. His students visit him at his home and get medicines for him. See whether his health worsens or recovers due to these medicines.
S01E10 A Rajasthani Cook Joins NIL
A Japanese embassy official brings his cook, a Rajasthani, to the institute to get him admitted to the Hindi course. Watch how Professor Mohan Bharti manages to cope up with this new student in class.
S01E11 Double Trouble
Vivek Vaswani meets Mohan Bharti in the bank but he refuses to recognise him. After Vaswani gives him details about Mohan Bharti, the stranger claims to be Mohan Bharti. Who is the real Mohan Bharti?
S01E12 Gujju Rap
Jasubhai Patel, an NRI from London and an upcoming Gujrati rapper, comes to NIL to learn Hindi. Watch what happens when Mohan Bharti tries to teach Hindi to this enthusiastic dancer.
S01E13 Rap Fever
Rapper Jasubhai Patel leaves a lasting impression on his classmates and makes them all rap singers. Watch if Mr. Bharti is able to cure his students of the rap fever.
S01E14 Birthday Presents
Mr. Mohan Bharti's students plan a surprise birthday party for him in the class. They decide to collect money and purchase a gift for him to be presented by Ms. Dixit.
S01E15 Birthday Party Fever
Students of NIL are very excited for Mohan Bharti's birthday. They decorate the classroom and get cakes and pastries to celebrate his birthday. Watch what happens when Mohan Bharti finally arrives.
S01E16 Ruslaan's Brother
Ruslaan's brother Wahab, a dwarf, visits NIL and meets Ms. Dixit. He tells Ms. Dixit that he wants to enroll for the Hindi course as he wants to keep an eye on the activities of...
S01E17 Good Boy Mohan
Mr. Mohan Bharti gets a call from a public company for a full-time job. He decides to quit his job at the school and join the new company. Watch how the students react to Mr....
S01E18 Love Affair
Seema, a beautiful girl from America joins NIL and enters Mohan Bharti's class. Watch how Mohan Bharti and Seema's attachment creates differences between Archana and him.
S01E19 Admission Paploo
Mohan Bharti arrives for the lecture dressed in suit and tie. Watch how Mohan Bharti changes his way of interacting with the students after his newfound riches. A new student named Paploo joins the class.
S01E20 It's Party Time
Ms. Dixit decides to leave for a pilgrimage. Mr. Mohan Bharti gives a party to his friends in celebration of getting a new job. Watch what happens in this party.
S01E21 Mohan In Trouble
Mr. Mohan Bharti gives a party to his friends in celebration of getting a new job. However, Mr. Bharti's boss turns out to be a fraud businessman. See how he solves this problem.
S01E22 Film Shooting Part 01
A film producer named Shatir Ali comes to NIL to seek Mr. Mohan Bharti's permission to allow Ms. Vijaya to shoot a film with him inside the class. Watch how Ms. Dixit reacts.
S01E23 Film Shooting Part 02
Mr. Bharti smuggles the production crew inside the class by getting them inducted into NIL as students. Watch what happens when Ms. Dixit finds out about Mr. Bharti's lies.
S01E24 Jackson Effect
NIL students dress up as Michael Jackson and get obsessed with the icon. Watch how Mr. Mohan Bharti manages to cure his students of this new pop fever.
S01E25 A Bengali Man Joins NIL
A new Bengali student Bomkesh joins NIL and receives a warm welcome from his classmates. Watch how Mr. Bharti's students interact with the new member of the class.
S01E26 The Crook
In this episode of Zabaan Sambhalke, a new Bengali student joins NIL and receives a warm welcome from his class mates. The new Bengali student introduces himself as Mr. Mukherjee, the magician. Watch how Mr....
S01E27 The Affair of Surprise
Charles wife suspects him of having an affair with his NIL classmate Vijaya. With her suspicion, she reaches NIL and seeks everyone's help to sort out the situation. Confusion brews as everyone at NIL follows...
S01E28 The Christmas Party and the Fungi Panic
Jennifer, an NIL student, invites everyone at NIL for the Christmas party at her house. At the party, a cake with fungi gets distributed, but the real panic sets in among everyone at the party...
S01E29 The Goonda Raaj
A local goon decides to run for an election and in order to improve his Hindi for public speaking, at point blank, he enrols himself at NIL. His presence and threatening mannerism leaves the entire...
S01E30 The Quest for a Pretend Wife
An NIL student Mr. Ruslan's brother who resides in Dubai forces him to get married. Reluctant to get married, Mr. Ruslan turns to Mohan for advice, and Mohan suggests him to trick his brother into...
S01E31 The Nautanki
Vittal, an NIL student who works for a local drama club, dresses up as a woman and tricks everyone at NIL into believing that he is in fact his twin sister Sunanda. Comedy ensues as...
S01E32 The Peeping Protest
NIL's Principal Miss Dixit gets some CCTV cameras installed throughout the institute which Mohan believes is an intrusion of the students' and his privacy. In the protest of the gratuitous surveillance, Mohan along with the...
S01E33 The Con Job
An NRI lures NIL's peon Chaturvedi into acquiring a job overseas for huge sum of money. Chaturvedi now daydreams of being super rich and employing the students and staff of NIL's. However, his short-lived dream...
S01E34 The Budgeted Speaking
In an attempt to tighten NIL's expenditure, Principal Miss Dixit shortens the pantry and housekeeping supplies. Following the orders, peon Chaturvedi dilutes the phenyl in an empty milk bottle, so that it can last longer....
S01E35 Lottery Ticket
Makkhan Singh buys a lottery ticket and dreams of winning five crore rupees. While he builds castles in the air, everybody makes fun of his optimism and they're all thoroughly shocked when his lottery number...
S01E36 Reality Vs Dream
Professor Mohan gets humiliated at a job interview. Infuriated, he takes out his anger on every person at his institute. He wakes up the next day and is relieved to know it was all a...
S01E37 Miss Dixit Loses Her Memory
Principal Miss Dixit misses her lover Anatoli Molatov. One day, Molatov visits the institute after his flight to Bangkok gets delayed. In an attempt to hug him, overjoyed Miss Dixit runs towards him and hits...
S01E38 Popat Dalal Salesman Of The Year
Popat Dalal, an ace salesman, comes to NIL with a bag full of assorted goodies. Everyone convinces him to take admission in their academy to improve his Hindi language. With his excellent convincing skills, Dalal...
S01E39 A Ventriloquist At NIL
A ventriloquist takes admission at NIL to learn Hindi and entertains the class with his silly jokes and comments. All's fun and games until the dummy suddenly starts speaking without the ventriloquist and scares the...
S01E40 Auditions For Hindi Newsreader
Mohan Bharti is invited to give an audition for a newsreader for BVC channel. He is ecstatic about the news but soon finds out that all his students have also applied for the same post....
S01E41 Qawwali Competition
Qawwali lover Mr. Keki informs the class that there's a qawwali competition and the winners will get a hefty cash prize. Thinking he can send some money to his mother, Professor Mohan agrees to write...
S01E42 The Nawab's Parrot
A filthy rich Nawab arrives at NIL to take admission for his parrot. He wants his bird to learn Hindi and is willing to pay a hefty donation for the same. Professor Mohan is furious...
S01E43 Hunt For The Wanted
A new film actor hangs up WANTED posters of himself as a publicity stunt and enters NIL pretending to be a deadly thief. Alert NIL dwellers overpower him and call the police. Once they find...
S01E44 Mr. Vaswani's Superstition
Pandit Latthapande, an astrologer, feeds lies to people and takes money from them. He tells Mr. Vaswani that he will die at the hands of a friend. Mr. Vaswani gets paranoid by this revelation and...
S01E45 Don't Irritate
Professor P. K. Sheshadri, a raucous psychologist, visits NIL for serving his research on agitation and takes on Mohan's class. As the Professor annoying experiments start to pester everyone at NIL, Mohan, the class teacher,...
S01E46 The Terrible Two
NIL's trust's board of directors decide to close down NIL but Principal of NIL's Miss Dixit solely opposes the decision. Then the antsy board members get two local goons admitted at NIL to raise havoc...
S01E47 The Improper Investigation
To fulfil his childhood dream,Mohan applies at a Detective Agency for the position of a Private Investigator.Meanwhile, his mother is trying to get him married. Mohan informs the NIL class to portray his character as...
S01E48 The Melancholy Poetry Pandit
An NIL student, Charles Spencers's uncle, a grief-stricken Urdu Poetry Pandit, who has married 24 times already, visits NIL while Charles is away. He charms the whole NIL with his melancholy persona while looking for...
S01E49 The "Uniformed" NIL
Following the board of directors' order, NIL Principal Miss Dixit makes wearing uniforms mandatory for everyone at NIL, including its staff. Annoyed by the gratuitous mandate, Mohan along with the class initiate a uproarious protest.
S01E50 The Serial Disaster
Vaswani, a rich NRI miser and an NIL student, decides to produce a TV serial to impress his father who is visiting him from Hong Kong. Chaos ensues as the production cost of the show...
Cast
Pankaj Kapur
Mohan Bharti
Rajender Mehra
Makkhan Singh
Shubha Khote
Ms. Dixit
Keith Stevenson
Mr. Ruslan
Dinyar Tirandaz
Mr. Keki
Simon Asoyo
Mungwango Asoyo
Bhavana Balsawar
Ms. Vijaya
Chandu Parkhi
Chaturvedi
Tom Alter
Mr. Charles
Tannaz Irani
Jennifer Jones
Vivek Vaswani
Vivek Vaswani
Meenacshi Martins
Archana
