Bandbudh Aur Budbak facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bandbudh Aur Budbak
Genre	Animation
Voices of	Pooja Punjabi Sonal Kaushal
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	156 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Djsparkal 3 Aashish Mall Mayank Patel Avinash Walzade
Running time	10–12 minutes
Production company(s)	Paperboat Animation Studio
Release
Original network	ZeeQ
Original release	13 February 2015 (2015-02-13)

Bandbudh Aur Budbak is an Indian animated television series directed by Djsparkal 3 ,Aashish Mall, Mayank Patel and Avinash Walzade and produced by Paperboat Animation Studio. It aired on ZeeQ from 2015 to 2017. As of 2021 the show airs on Cartoon Network. It showcases the antics and school life of the two naughty friends, Badrinath and Buddhadev.

Characters

• Badrinath: Badrinath (Hindi: बदरीनाथ) or Badri 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 Mega Robot video game. He is voiced by Pooja Punjabi.
• Budhdeb: Budhdeb (Hindi: बुधदेब) or Budhadev (Hindi: बुद्धदेव) 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 sometimes utters this phrase. Like Badrinath, he also mostly plays Mega Robot. He is voiced by Sonal Kaushal.
• Dubey: Dubey Ji (Hindi: दूबे जी) 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 (Hindi: मक्खन सिंह राठी, 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 (Hindi: बिंदीया रोय) 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 (Hindi: पटेल) is the peon of the school. He is quite lazy. He is from Gujarat and speaks Gujarati. Sometimes, he even speaks Sanskrit.

• Patil: Patil (Hindi: पाटिल) 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 (Hindi: ज्ञान सिंह) 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 (Hindi: मायरा ओर सायरा) 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 (Hindi: मूकेश, गणेश ओर रमेश) are in triplets and they are Jeeva's friends. When angry, Dubey Ji calls them as Tigri (transl. Triplets). All of them wear glasses.

• Jeeva: Jeeva (Hindi: जीवा) 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 (Hindi: करन) 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 (Hindi: सबीना) 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 (Hindi: योगीराज जी, also known as Yoginath Ji (Hindi: योगीनाथ जी)) is the yoga teacher of Apna School. He has long hair and beard.

• Krishnan Sir: Krishnan Sir (Hindi: कृषनन सर) 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 (Hindi: सिंडरेला) 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.

Episodes

Broadcast

The show was originally released on ZeeQ on 13 February 2015. Later, it started airing on Discovery Kids in March 2018. It also aired on the channels Zee Anmol and Big Magic. From 18 April, 2020 to January 2021, it was telecasted on Cartoon Network.